Obituaries

Jul 20, 2021

Beverly Jean Gore, 89, of Crawford, and Memphis, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Beverly was born on January 11, 1932, in Sac County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Gerhard Theodore and Nora Lenore Neville-Habenicht.

After attending the Stockholm #10 School in Boyer, Iowa...

Jul 19, 2021

Mabel "Ruth" Alexander, 90, of Memphis, Missouri passed away Monday, July 19, 2021, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri.

Ruth was born on October 27, 1930, near Rosati, Phelps County, Missouri, the daughter of William H. and Mabel Addie Leonard Holton.

In the early 30's her family moved to a farm north of...

Jul 18, 2021

William F. "Bill" Lewis, 92, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2021, at The Pines in Kirksville, Missouri, surrounded by family. He was born January 18, 1929 the 10th of 12 children and 8th son of Clifford and Mary (Tully) Lewis. Bill attended the Edina Public School, graduating from the Edina High School in the Class of 1947....

Jul 17, 2021

Barbara Ann Bruegenhemke Kiley, of Lee's Summit, Missouri formerly from Baring, MO passed away on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at her home surrounded by family. She was born February 23, 1931 in Edina, Missouri, the first child, of Leo Joseph Bruegenhemke and Verna Mae Lingenfelter Bruegenhemke. Barbara attended school at St. Joseph and Baring High Schools. Barbara then went on...

Jul 16, 2021

Alvin Morris Moutrie passed away July 16th, at the University of Iowa Hospital. Funeral service will be at noon on Wednesday, July 21, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, with military rites by the Henry County Honor Guard. Visitation will be held 10:00 a.m. until service time. Celebration of Life to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Alvin's...

Jun 25, 2021

Kevin Ray Skinner, 66, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Friday, June 25, 2021, at his home near Memphis, Missouri.

Kevin was born on December 11, 1954, in Edina, Missouri, the son of Oscar and Lorene Ellen Golden Skinner.

He attended Scotland County Elementary in Memphis, Missouri and graduated from the Hannibal High School in the...

Jun 18, 2021

Richard Alexander Bloom, 80, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, June 18, 2021, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was born on January 22, 1941, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Richard George and Myrtle Henrietta Otto Bloom. Dick attended school in Freeport, Illinois and graduated in the Class of 1957, he continued his education with...

Jun 14, 2021

Ray Dean Drage, 87, of Edina, Missouri passed away Monday evening, June 14, 2021, at his residence in Edina, Missouri. Ray was born on March 19, 1934, at Perry Illinois, the son of Arthur Tandy and Elsie May Icenogle Drage. He was raised in the Perry, Illinois area, attended Perry and Chambersburg Schools. Ray worked as a farm hand in...

Jun 6, 2021

Brent Lavern Eberly, precious son of Mahlon and Becky Eberly, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away with family on June 6, 2021 in Columbia, Missouri at the age of 3 years, 7 months, and 1 day. Brent was born on November 5, 2017 in Columbia, MO, the son of Mahlon and Becky (Martin) Eberly. His life was short but touched the...

May 23, 2021

Larry Eugene Primm, 80, of Novelty, Missouri, passed away Sunday evening, May 23, 2021, at his farm northwest of Novelty, Missouri. Larry was born on September 25, 1940, in Canton, Illinois, the son of Leroy Theodore and Rosalea Taylor Primm. He attended school at Antioch Rural School near Colony and graduated from the Baring High School in the Class of...

May 5, 2021

Glen "Dale" Laske, Jr. 79, of Palmyra, Missouri formerly of Hurdland, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri. Dale was born on September 13, 1941, in Novinger, Missouri, the son of Glen Dale Sr. and Christine Skender Laske. He graduated in 1959 from Kirksville High School. On August 20, 1960 he married...

May 3, 2021

Danny Austin Garrett, 56, of Gorin, Missouri, passed away Monday, May 3, 2021, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa following a motorcycle accident.

He was born on April 16, 1965, in Moline, Illinois, the son of Larry Eugene and Charlotte Ruth Kraus Garrett.

He attended school and graduated from the Rockridge...

Apr 26, 2021

Everlee RyAnn Zimmerman, 17 Month Old, passed away Monday, April 26, 2021, at the St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, surrounded by family. She has forever won her battle with Muscle Eye Brain disease and leaky SCID.

Everlee was born on November 21, 2019, in St. Louis, Missouri the daughter of...

Apr 22, 2021

Charles Frederick Adams, 88, of Gorin, Missouri, passed away at his home on April 22, 2021.

He was born on February 25, 1933, near Arbela, Missouri, the Lawn Ridge Area, the son of Roy Clark and Hallie Beard Adams.

Charles served his country in the United States Army, during...

Mar 16, 2021

Georgia Elenor Couch, 88, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

She was born on March 13, 1933, in Downing, Missouri, the daughter of James Richard and Kitty Belle Peterson Couch.

Georgie graduated from the Memphis High School in the Class of 1951. She...

Mar 14, 2021

Marcus LaRay Weaver, age 26 of Knox City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2021, at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. He was born on July 5, 1994, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, the son of John M. and Helen Derstine Weaver. Marcus moved with his family to Northeast Missouri in 2009 and was a member of the Oak View...

Mar 1, 2021

Oren Stanley Erickson, 82, of Rutledge, Missouri, passed away Monday, March 01, 2021, at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.

He was born on December 28, 1938, in Gorin, Missouri, the son of Everett Elias and Vivian Lorene Scifers Erickson.

Oren graduated from the Gorin High School in the Class of 1957.

On...

Feb 23, 2021

Micheal Scott Sanders, 62, of Plevna, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. Mike was born on September 11, 1958, in Mesa, Arizona, the son of Raymond and LaQuetta Gipson Leuthauser. He graduated from the Pacifica High School of Garden Grove, California, in the Class of 1976. On May 28, 1977,...

Feb 23, 2021

Don Edward Ewing died peacefully in his sleep February 23, 2021 at home in Lecanto, Florida. Born in Rutledge Missouri, July 30, 1921, to John T. Ewing and Carrie Tull Ewing Don's lifelong sense of reality and clear-eyed approach to the world was born on an ancestral working farm. Don was known to those around him as a steadfast...

Feb 20, 2021

Everett "Grant" Parsons, 97, of Kirksville, Missouri formerly of a farm south of Edina, Missouri, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2021, at the Life Care Center in Brookfield, Missouri. Grant was born on October 9, 1923, in Newark, Missouri, the son of William Everett and Ethel Pauline Hall Parsons. He attended rural school at Plevna, Missouri and graduated from the...