Floyd L. Prock

Floyd L. Prock Jr., 95, of Joplin, passed away Nov. 19, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital. Prock was born June 9, 1923, in Osceola to the late Floyd Prock, Sr. and Edna Mae Wilkerson Prock and had lived in the Joplin area most of his life.
He worked at Hamm Chevrolet in Aurora, R&S Chevrolet for 29 years as parts manager and Schumacher-Blum Chevrolet in Carthage. Prock then worked for the Joplin R-VIII School District at Cecil Floyd Elementary as day engineer, and upon retirement he worked at various Joplin R-VIII schools as well as the administration building as a substitute engineer and custodian.
Prock was a veteran of the United States Army Air Corps. He served tours in Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Northern Apennines Mountains, Po Valley, Southern France, Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland. Prock was awarded with several medals and citations, including the WWII Greek Commemorative Medal, the Presidential Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with ten Battle Stars. He married Henrietta Musgrave in 1948 in Aurora. She preceded him in death in 2016.
Survivors include a daughter, Susan (Prock) Estero of Florida. Services were held Nov. 20, 2018 at Parker Mortuary Chapel. Interment followed at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hunters Hope Foundation, in care of Parker Mortuary.