Carrol Lee Dempsey, 87 of Columbia, passed away on August 2, 2025 at the New Florence Nursing Home.
The family will receive friends on August 30, 2025 from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. at Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City. Funeral services will follow visitation at 11 p.m. Interment immediately following the service at the Montgomery City Cemetery.
Carrol was born July 24, 1938, in Eolia (Pike County) to Benjamin Franklin and Lorene Vernita (Haddock) Dempsey.
Carrol graduated from Wellsville-Middletown High School in 1956 after spending the previous years in Bowling Green, prior to the reorganization of Wellsville-Middletown school district. He married LInda Sue Conrad on August 31, 1960, in Buell. Linda and Carrol set up housekeeping in Montgomery City, where they lived until 2007 when they moved to Columbia. Carrol worked for Neidergerke Truck Line and Allied Truck System hauling new cars across America. After retirement, Carrol drove cars for local dealerships in and around Columbia and Central Missouri. He especially enjoyed the friends he made driving during retirement.
Carrol is survived by his daughter, Lorrie Knoepflein and husband Steve of Montgomery City; his son, Mark Dempsey and wife Kathy of Columbia; five grandchildren, Shawn Pittman and husband Jay of Folsom, La.; Nicholas Knoepflein and wife Kayla of Elberta, Ala.; Kale Dempsey and wife Samanatha of Hallsville; Tate Dempsey and wife Morgan of Istanbul, Turkey; and Kadee Knernschield and husband Elliot of Spanish Fort, Ala.; eight great-grandchildren, Greyson, Ella and Coldon Pittman, Lainey Knoepflein, Kolten and Truitt Dempsey, and Dietrich and Moody Dempsey; brother, Bill Dempsey of Vandalia; sister, Dianne Crump and husband Ronnie of Vandalia; sister-in-law, Wanda Caminiti of Apple Valley, Calif.; brother-in-law, Gary Conrad and wife Susan of Wentzville; sister-in-law, Cheryl Conrad of Houston, Texas; several nieces and nephews living in Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Florida, New York and California.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Linda; his brothers, Wilmer “Jack” and Claude; sister, Doris Chick; and an infant brother and sister.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the American Diabetes Association in care of Schlanker Funeral Home, 207 Danville Road, Montgomery City, Missouri 63361.
