Dr. Ronald E. Masters, age 69 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Thursday, July 9, 2009 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M., Monday, July 13, 2009 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends one hour before the service on Monday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to Gideons International and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Dr. Masters was born in Clinton, Missouri. He received his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry/ Pharmacology from the University of Missouri Kansas City. He was a pharmacist for many years and also was a college professor. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Clinton.

He is survived by his children, Craig Masters and wife, Heidi of Salina, Kansas, Cathy Norris and husband, Larry of Sterrett, Alabama, Karen Singleton and husband, Michael of Waco, Texas, Connie Cook and husband, Mark of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Kimberly Wilkinson and husband, Daniel of Lenexa, Kansas; his sister, Phyllis Richardson and husband, Joe of Calhoun, Missouri as well as nine grandchildren, Joshua and Danielle Norris, Ashley, Stacey and Collin Singleton, Meredith, Ethan and Mallory Cook and Nicholas Wilkinson.