MICHAEL PAUL LILLEY

Graveside service: 11 a.m. Friday, May 1, New Hope Cemetery in Louisburg, under the direction of Cantlon Otterness Funeral Home of Buffalo.

The Rev. Richard Prater officiated. Online condolences can be made at www.cantlonotterness.com.

Escorts will be family and friends.

Michael Paul Lilley, 35, was born Feb. 28, 1980, in Lafayette, La., the son of Glen Griser and Kimberly Lilley. He died April 29, 2015, at Cox South in Springfield.

His family moved to Springfield where he was reared, and attended and graduated from school.

He loved swimming, snowball fights, riding his bicycle, eating and Mickey Mouse.

He enjoyed spending time with all his friends at the Arc of the Ozarks group home, where he helped out by taking out the trash and doing paperwork.

He was preceded in death by his mother; his grandmother, Paula Ragland; his great-grandparents: Paul and Corine Maulin; and his great-aunt, Darlene Maulin.

Survivors include his father, Glen Griser; his godparents: Darrell and wife, Carla Richardson; his god brother, Daniel Richardson; cousins: Ronnie and Karen Condren; and many friends who will all truly miss him.