Obituaries

Jun 10, 2020

Edith Horst Martin of 11641 State Hwy. 15, Memphis, Missouri, 63537, passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at her residence north of Memphis.

She was born on June 18, 1952, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania the daughter of David W. and Edna B. Martin.

On May 20, 1972, at Mt. Etna, Pennsylvania, Edith married Curvin Martin...

Jun 6, 2020

Daisy Swearingen 79 of Edina, Missouri went to be with the Lord June 6, 2020 in the Knox County Nursing Home. The daughter of Raymond and Dorothy (Scott) Barnes, she was born in Knox County, Missouri, December 9th, 1940. She was united in marriage to Jerry Swearingen on September 23 1961, in Edina, Missouri. To this union three daughters were...

Jun 5, 2020

Terry L. Fincher, 68, of Memphis, Missouri passed away Friday, June 5, 2020 at his residence surrounded by family.

Terry was born on July 20, 1951 in Kirksville, Missouri, the son of Charles Loweldene and Gloria Eilene Wineinger Fincher.

He attended Grade School in Downing and graduated from the Schuyler County High School in the...

May 24, 2020

Pamela Gay Tripp, 60, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Sunday, May 24 2020, at her residence in Memphis, Missouri.

She was born on February 26, 1960, in Edina, Missouri, the daughter of Kenneth Earl and Margie Corinne Spray Thrasher

Pam graduated from the Scotland County High School in the Class of 1978. She continued her...

May 17, 2020

Steven D. Magruder, 73, of Jackson, MO (formerly of Brashear, MO) passed away peacefully May 17, 2020 at his home, surrounded by family. He was born in Kirksville, Missouri on April 2, 1947 to Dorrance Magruder and Lois (Leonard) Magruder. Steve was raised in the Brashear/Gibbs area and graduated from Adair Co. R-II High School in 1965. After high school,...

May 16, 2020

JoAnn Gossman, 90, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Saturday Morning, May 16, 2020 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. JoAnn was born on February 16, 1930, in rural Adair County near Novinger, Missouri, the daughter of William Sr. and Eva Glydwell Jackson. She attended school in Kirksville, Missouri and graduated from the Kirksville High School in the Class of...

Apr 30, 2020

C. M. "Kip" Wood, 86, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2020, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis, Missouri. Kip was born on November 6, 1933, in Camden, Illinois, the son of Clifford Houston "Kip" and Elva Wilhelmina Kiefer Wood. He grew up and attended school at Augusta High and graduated in the Class of 1951,...

Apr 28, 2020

Gloria (Seals) Stearley, age 66 passed away suddenly on April 28, 2020, after experiencing a ruptured brain aneurysm.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale and Elma Seals of Arbela, Missouri.  Gloria's family moved to their farm north of Memphis when she was two years of age. She and her siblings attended Scotland County R-1 schools from...

Apr 19, 2020

Terry Gene Crutcher, 80, of New London, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020, at the Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri. Terry was born on May 13, 1939, in Memphis, Missouri, the son of George D. and Olive Estelene Whittom Crutcher. He was raised in the Memphis, Missouri area and attended Memphis High School before graduating...

Apr 9, 2020

Amanda Nicole Dalton, 40, of Milliken, Colorado, passed away April 9, 2020, in her home holding her husband's hand.

Amanda was born January 16, 1980, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the daughter of Alvin "Sonny" and Gloria Meador Singleton Thompson.

She moved to Colorado in 2005, and married Tim Dalton on July 27, 2008, and they...

Mar 30, 2020

Keeley Harsell, 22, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday morning at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. She was born on May 26, 1997, in Kirksville, Missouri, the daughter of Kirk and Marty Strange. Keeley attended the Knox County Elementary and High School, graduating in the Class of 2015. On June 24, 2017, at the Bee Ridge Methodist...

Feb 24, 2020

Lawrence George Schroeder, 90, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday, February 24, 2020, at the LaBelle Manor in LaBelle, Missouri. Lawrence was born on September 12, 1929, in Shady Oak, Iowa, the son of George Joseph and Mary Catherine Farber Schroeder. His family moved to a farm southeast of Edina, Missouri, at the age of seven, and he attended a...

Feb 17, 2020

Freda Pauline Witt, 69, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday, February 17, 2020, at her home west of Edina, Missouri. Freda was born on June 18, 1950, in Fairfield, Iowa, the daughter of Paul Lenard and Esther Irene Pearson Witt. She began her education in Michigan before graduating from the Fairfield High School, as Valedictorian, in the Class of 1968....

Feb 14, 2020

Ivalee Pearl Crawford, 98, of Columbia, Missouri, formerly of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020, at home in Columbia, Missouri.

She was born January 17, 1922, the daughter of Elbert and Pearl Mae Winn Whittom, in their farm home south of Downing, Missouri.

Ivalee attended Grade School and High School, in Downing, Missouri,...

Feb 13, 2020

David Eugene Sears, 63, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away Thursday, February 13, 2020 at the Valley View Care Center in Moberly, Missouri. David was born on July 15, 1956, in Rock Falls, Illinois, the son of Leslie Melvord and Shirley Jean Morris Sears. David attended school in Rock Falls, Illinois and Huntsville, Missouri. He worked construction and maintenance for the...

Feb 1, 2020

Debbie Darlene Vangrinsven, 52, of Eugene, Missouri passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020, at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born on February 14, 1967, in Kirksville, Missouri, the daughter of Richard and Doris Lambert Nelson. She graduated from the Scotland County High School in Memphis, Missouri, in the Class of 1986. Currently she owns and operates...

Jan 30, 2020

Leah H. Zimmerman, 84, of Rutledge, Missouri, passed away at her home on Thursday, January 30, 2020, two months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. She was born on January 7, 1936, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Henry W. and Leah Horning Martin. On November 23, 1957 Leah married Levi N. Zimmerman and they lived in Lebanon...

Jan 22, 2020

Charles Edgar Alexander Jr., 98, of Memphis, Missouri passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2020, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis, Missouri.

Charles was born on February 7, 1921, in Rural Davis County, Iowa, the son of Charles Edgar and Dora Belle Duckworth Alexander.

He attended one room country schools in both Schuyler and...

Jan 21, 2020

Helen Louise Harris, 73, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri.

Louise was born on May 4, 1946, in Ft. Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Wilber Earl and Edith Mildred McCoy Daniels.

She graduated from the Gorin High School...

Jan 11, 2020

Gary Lee Cunningham, 65, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away at his residence, on Saturday, January 11, 2020.

Gary was born in Keosauqua, Iowa, on April 25, 1954, the son of Clarence Ray and Marilyn Cortum Cunningham.

He lived most of his life in Memphis, Missouri and attended the Memphis...