Pitman Funeral Home Obituaries: Search & Locations

Q: How do I find an older Pitman Funeral Home obituary?

Search the official archive by surname, try maiden names, nicknames and spelling variations, and browse older months using the obituary page navigation.

Q: Are Pitman Funeral Home obituaries official death certificates?

No. An obituary is a memorial notice, while a death certificate is an official vital record.

Q: How can I find an old Missouri death certificate?

Use the Missouri State Archives death-certificate database for records within its released historical collection.

Pitman Obituary Search, Service Details and Missouri Record Help

If you are looking for Pitman Funeral Home obituaries, the fastest starting point is the funeral home’s official obituary database. Pitman Funeral Home serves families through chapels in Wentzville, Warrenton, Wright City, Augusta and Jonesburg, Missouri.

This guide explains how to search the obituary list, what information you may find in a notice, how to locate an older obituary, where each chapel is located, and what official Missouri records can help when an obituary alone does not answer your question.

Quick answer:

Pitman’s official obituary page allows visitors to search by name or word, browse by last-name letter, and move through monthly obituary listings. If you already know the deceased person’s name, begin with the official search rather than browsing hundreds of notices manually.

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How to Search Pitman Funeral Home Obituaries

The official obituary database is more useful than a basic list because it provides several ways to narrow a search. You can use a person’s name, a word connected with the obituary, a surname letter, or the month navigation shown on the listings page.

Open the official obituary page.
Go to Pitman Funeral Home’s All Obituaries page.
Enter the person’s name.
Start with the last name if you are unsure about spelling of the first name, nickname or middle name. The search field accepts a partial or full name.
Try a broader search if there is no result.
Search only the surname, then try a maiden name, married surname, nickname or a shortened version of the first name.
Use the alphabet or month controls.
If the name search is not enough, browse by the first letter of the surname or move through previous months.
Open the individual obituary.
Review the notice for family relationships, dates, service information, memorial instructions and other details published for that person.

Search tip: Do not assume the obituary uses the name you knew personally. A person called Bill may appear as William, Bob as Robert, Susie as Susan, or a married woman may be indexed under her married surname rather than her maiden name.

What Information Can a Pitman Obituary Include?

The amount of information varies from family to family. Recent notices on the official site commonly include several pieces of information that can help with funeral planning, genealogy and burial research.

Detail	Why it may be useful
Full or preferred name	Helps confirm that you have found the correct person.
Age and death date	Useful for identifying the correct death record and separating people with similar names.
City or community	Can help identify the appropriate chapel, cemetery, church or county record system.
Spouse and relatives	Useful for family-tree research and confirming identity.
Life history	May mention employment, military service, organizations, churches, education and hobbies.
Visitation or funeral details	Provides the date, time and location when published by the family.
Burial or cemetery information	Can provide the clue needed to locate a grave.
Memorial donations	Shows whether the family has requested donations to a church, charity or other organization.

An obituary is an important source, but it is not the same as a government death certificate. Treat obituary details as a strong research lead and use official records when you need legal or archival confirmation.

Pitman Funeral Home Locations in Missouri

Pitman Funeral Home’s official website lists five chapel locations. Using the correct location matters when you are confirming visitation details, asking about a past service or trying to identify where a family made arrangements.

Chapel	Official address	Phone
Wentzville Chapel	1545 Wentzville Parkway, Wentzville, MO 63385	636-327-6600
Warrenton Chapel	904 Hwy. 47 South, Warrenton, MO 63383	636-456-3200
Wright City Chapel	300 E. Veterans Memorial Pkwy, Wright City, MO 63390	636-327-6600
Augusta Chapel	5542 Walnut St., Augusta, MO 63332	636-327-6600
Jonesburg Chapel	106 W. Lion St., Jonesburg, MO 63351	636-456-3200

Before attending a service: Use the individual obituary to verify the actual service venue. A visitation may be at a Pitman chapel while the funeral, Mass, graveside service or burial takes place at a church or cemetery elsewhere.

How to Find an Older Pitman Funeral Home Obituary

The official obituary archive extends well beyond the few notices visible on the homepage. The main listing contains hundreds of pages, so searching is usually more efficient than repeatedly selecting older pages.

Use this search order

Search the exact surname. Use the official obituary search and begin with the family name.
Remove the first name. This helps when the person used a nickname, middle name or different spelling.
Try maiden and married names. This is especially important when researching women in family-history records.
Browse the approximate month. If you know roughly when the death occurred, use the monthly navigation.
Search relatives. A spouse, sibling or parent’s obituary may mention the person you are researching and reveal additional family details.

For broader grave and burial research, you can also use the Find a Graves official-source research guide to work from an obituary toward cemetery, veteran and vital-record sources.

What to Do If You Cannot Find the Obituary

A missing search result does not necessarily mean Pitman Funeral Home did not serve the family. There are several common reasons a notice may be difficult to locate.

Name variation

The notice may use a legal first name, nickname, maiden name, remarried surname, initials or different spelling.

Different funeral provider

A local resident may have used another funeral home even if burial occurred near a Pitman chapel.

Service in another city

The person’s residence, place of death, funeral location and cemetery may all be different.

No online obituary

Not every family publishes a public notice, especially for older deaths or private services.

Practical fallback checklist

Try surname only.
Try maiden, married and previous surnames.
Search common nickname/legal-name combinations.
Check the approximate month instead of relying only on text search.
Confirm whether you mean Pitman Funeral Home in Missouri rather than a similarly named Pittman funeral provider elsewhere.
Use a spouse, parent, sibling or child’s obituary to identify family connections.
For older Missouri deaths, use the Missouri State Archives death-certificate database.

Use Missouri Death Records When You Need More Than an Obituary

For genealogy or historical research, Missouri’s official death records can provide details that an obituary may omit. The Missouri State Archives maintains an online death-certificate database for records that have reached the state’s archival release period.

The archive search supports first, middle and last name, death year and county. Digitized certificate images are linked to many search results. Older certificates can contain birth information, parents’ names, spouse information, occupation, funeral-home details and burial information.

Open the Missouri State Archives death-certificate search.
Visit the official Missouri Death Certificates database.
Start with surname and approximate year.
Avoid entering too many fields at first. Older records often contain spelling differences.
Narrow by county if needed.
Wentzville is in St. Charles County; Warrenton and Wright City are in Warren County; Jonesburg is in Montgomery County. A person’s death county may still differ from the chapel location.
Open the certificate image.
Compare the funeral-home and burial fields with the obituary information.

Need a newer or certified death certificate? The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Records handles current vital-record services and certified copies. Start at the official Missouri Vital Records portal for current ordering rules, forms and contact information.

Researching a Veteran Mentioned in a Pitman Obituary

If an obituary mentions military service, you may be able to verify the burial location through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator includes many veterans and eligible family members buried in national, state veterans and other participating cemeteries, plus certain veterans buried in private cemeteries when qualifying government marker information is available.

Open the VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
Search using the veteran’s full name.
Add birth and death dates when available to separate similar names.
Save the cemetery name, section and gravesite information shown in the result.
Compare the VA record with the obituary before adding the information to a family tree or memorial record.

Funeral, Memorial and Cremation Services

Pitman Funeral Home states that it provides several arrangements rather than a single fixed service format. These include traditional church or chapel funerals, graveside services, personalized non-traditional services, memorial services, veterans services and cremation with or without a service.

The funeral home also states that it can assist families with cemetery documents and regulations, necessary paperwork, insurance matters, Social Security-related paperwork, veterans-benefit forms and arrangements for out-of-state burial when required.

Need	Where to start
Current obituary or service time	Official obituary listings
Funeral or cremation options	Pitman service information
What to do immediately after a death	When Death Occurs guide
Questions about a specific chapel or past service	Official contact page

The Wentzville location also has an on-site crematory according to Pitman’s official service information.

How to Contact Pitman Funeral Home About an Obituary

If the online search does not answer your question, prepare enough information before contacting the funeral home. This makes it easier for staff to determine which service or family record you mean.

Have these details ready

Full name of the deceased
Possible maiden or previous surname
Approximate date or year of death
City where the person lived or died
Name of spouse or close relative
Possible Pitman chapel
Cemetery name, if already known

Main contact route

Pitman’s official contact page lists the individual chapel addresses and telephone numbers and provides a contact form for questions.

Open Official Contact Page

For a funeral happening soon: Always verify the service time and venue from the individual obituary or directly with the funeral home before traveling. Funeral arrangements can change, and the cemetery or church may be separate from the funeral-home chapel.

Pitman Funeral Home Obituaries: Frequently Asked Questions

1. Where can I find official Pitman Funeral Home obituaries?

Use Pitman Funeral Home’s official All Obituaries page. It includes name searching, word searching, surname-letter browsing and monthly navigation.

2. Can I search Pitman obituaries by name?

Yes. The official obituary page provides a field for a partial or full name. Starting with the surname is usually best when you are unsure of a nickname, middle name or exact first-name spelling.

3. Does Pitman Funeral Home have more than one location?

Yes. Its official website lists chapels in Wentzville, Warrenton, Wright City, Augusta and Jonesburg, Missouri.

4. How do I find an older Pitman Funeral Home obituary?

Search the official archive by surname first, then try maiden names, nicknames and spelling variations. You can also browse older months using the obituary page’s date controls.

5. Why can I not find a person’s obituary?

The notice may use another name, the family may not have published an online obituary, another funeral provider may have handled the service, or the death may predate the accessible online notice.

6. Can an obituary tell me where someone is buried?

Sometimes. A notice may identify a cemetery or graveside service, but not every obituary publishes burial information. When the cemetery is missing, check death records, veteran records or contact the funeral home with the person’s identifying details.

7. Are Pitman Funeral Home obituaries official death certificates?

No. An obituary is a public memorial notice, while a death certificate is an official vital record. For certified Missouri death records, use the Missouri Bureau of Vital Records.

8. How can I find an old Missouri death certificate?

Use the Missouri State Archives online death-certificate database for records that fall within the archive’s released historical collection. The database allows searches by name, year and county and links to digitized certificate images.

9. How can I find the grave of a veteran listed in an obituary?

Search the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator using the veteran’s full name and, when available, birth and death dates.

10. Which Pitman Funeral Home should I contact?

If the obituary identifies a chapel, contact that location first. If you are unsure, use Pitman’s official contact page and provide the deceased person’s full name, approximate death date, community and known relatives.

Finding the Right Pitman Obituary Without Wasting Time

For most searches, begin with the official Pitman obituary database and enter the person’s surname. If the first search fails, try alternate names, older months and family members before assuming no notice exists.

If your goal is genealogy or burial verification rather than simply reading the obituary, use the obituary as the starting clue. Then compare important facts with the Missouri State Archives, the Bureau of Vital Records, a cemetery record or the VA gravesite locator when military service applies.

This approach gives you a clearer path from a name in an obituary to verified death, funeral and burial information without relying on unverified third-party listings.

Information note: Chapel addresses, telephone numbers, obituary-search features and service information are based on Pitman Funeral Home’s official website. Government-record guidance is based on official Missouri and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs resources. Service schedules and current obituary listings can change, so verify time-sensitive details before traveling.

Pitman Funeral Home Obituaries: Search Notices, Services & Locations