Clarence Lee Chartier, 90 of Kearney, formerly of Joplin, Missouri, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 at Kinship Point Northridge in Kearney. His funeral will be at 3 p.m. today (Thursday) Jan. 5, at O'Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney with Pastor John Fowler officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be held at Athens Cemetery, Jewell, Kansas.

Clarence was born Dec. 8, 1932, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Arthur L. Chartier, Sr. and Katherine L. (Cook) Chartier. He was raised in Leavenworth and received his education from Le...