William "Bill" L. Zorn, 75, Kidder, Missouri, passed away on April 18, 2012, at the VA Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Bill was born on June 11, 1936, in Barnwell, South Carolina, to Charles and Elvira Aldridge Zorn. He attended the Barnwell School and he proudly served our country in the Army during the Korean War. He had retired as a self-employed truck driver.

Bill was an active member of the Kidder Baptist Church and had loved singing in the choir. He was also a past commander, adjutant and member of the Kidder American Legion Post #140, the past Mayor of Kidder and a member of the Kidder City Council, as well as a Trustee for the Kidder Township, member of the Kidder Senior Housing Board, and the Treasurer of the Kidder Food Pantry.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Johnny, Stanley, and Aubrey; two sisters, Martha and Kathleen; and a son, Clifford.

He married Evelyn Wood on July 20, 1964, in Miami, Oklahoma. She survives of the home.

Additional Survivors: Daughter, Shirley Zorn, South Carolina; Son, Bill Zorn, Trinidad, Colorado; Son, Wade Whitmire, Missoula, Montana; Son, Charles Zorn, Lawton, Oklahoma; Son, William L. Zorn, Jr., Cameron, Mo.; Daughter, Jeannette (Steven) Dotson, Cameron; and Daughter, Jackie Gray, Linneus, Mo; nine grandchildren: Michael Zorn, John H. Burdick, Eric Zorn, Christopher Zorn, Rashelle Burdick, Skyler Gray, Wyatt Zorn, Austin Dotson, and Trent Gray; two great-grandchildren, Kara and Kale Zorn; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service: 3 p.m., Friday, April 20, 2012, at the Kidder Baptist Church. Visitation: at the church from 1:30 until service time on Friday. Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Gallatin, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kidder Baptist Church.