Claude Duane Mishler, 75, of Mexico, died on Dec. 23, 2005, in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Harold Carrison officiating. Visitation will be from noon until the time of the service at the funeral home. A private committal service will be held at a later date. Mr. Mishler was born on Oct. 11, 1930, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Clarence Harvey and Sadie Myrtle Kees Mishler. He was married to Norma Lea Smith, who died on April 4, 1986. On Oct. 10, 2001, he married Eva Mae Duvall, who survives at the home. Mr. Mishler was a locomotive engineer for the Kansas City Southern Railroad Company for 38 years until his retirement in April 1990. After retirement he worked for Audrain Medical Center for nearly five years. In addition to his wife, survivors include one son, Steven Lee Mishler and wife Jeanie, DeBerry, Texas; two daughters, Claudia Gail Stathis, Athens, Greece, and Lori Rebecca Weibel and husband Greg, Thompson, Mo.; six grandchildren, Micah Stathis, Patrick Mishler, Matthew Weibel, Stephanie Mishler, Drew Mishler, and Zachery Sage; five stepchildren, Larry Coffer, Willie Coffer, Judy Fletcher, Donnie Coffer and Sarah Graves; 17 step grandchildren and several step great grandchildren. In addition to his first wife, three brothers preceded him in death.