Obituaries
Recent Obituaries from Edina, Missouri
Barbara Jane Simmons
Jan 3, 2019
Barbara Jane Simmons, 86, of Kirksville, Missouri and formerly of Downey, California, passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. Barbara was born on October 1932, the oldest child of John S. and Beulah (Walker) Simmons of Plevna, Missouri. Barbara attended school in Plevna and graduated from Edina High School with the...
Allen Davidson
Dec 20, 2018
Allen Donald Davidson, 92, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2018, at the LaBelle Manor in LaBelle, Missouri. Allen was born on July 5, 1926, in St. Charles, Iowa, the son of Lester Marion and Florence Louisa Daub Davidson. After settling in Knox County, Missouri, Allen graduated from the Edina High School in the Class of 1943. After...
Karlee Jean Dochterman
Dec 9, 2018
Karlee Jean Dochterman, age 2 months and 27 days, passed away December 9, 2018, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born September 12, 2018, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
Although with us for just a short time, Karlee touched many lives. Karlee was very special to everyone...
Jim Lincoln
Dec 5, 2018
Orlo James "Jim" Lincoln, 80, of Novelty, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Jim was born on September 25, 1938, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Orlo Sidney and Bonnie Flossie Neal Lincoln. He graduated from the Novelty High School in Novelty, Missouri, in the Class of 1956. After...
Evelyn Glasgow
Nov 23, 2018
Evelyn J. Glasgow, 85, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 23, 2018, at the Twin Pines Care Center in Kirksville, Missouri. Evelyn was born on January 10, 1933, in Luray, Missouri, the daughter of Merrill Virgil, Sr. and Evelyn Bernice Benda Ingold. Evelyn attended the Wyaconda Schools graduating high school, in the Class of 1951. She continued her education...
Zach Snelling
Oct 7, 2018
Zachary Tyler Snelling, 22, of Brashear, Missouri, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018, at his home in Brashear. Zach was born June 26, 1996 in Kirksville, Missouri, to his parents Tony and Erin Humphrey Snelling. His blonde hair and blue eyes lit up their lives from the time he was born. Zach was baptized in Memphis Missouri at a young...
Timothy Booth
Oct 7, 2018
Timothy Lorin Booth, 61, of Corder, MO passed away on Sunday October 7, 2018 surrounded by family. Tim was born May 5, 1957, in Klamath Falls, Oregon to EC and Ravenel (Raley) Booth, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his immediate family: Carol Booth of Edina, Missouri, Sapphira Cole (Courtnee) of Avondale, Missouri, Billie Booth (Kalli) of...
Dorothy Shanley
Sep 28, 2018
Dorothy Alice Shanley, 96, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis, Missouri. Dorothy was born on April 25, 1922, in Dewey County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Huber and Amy "Dolly" Freeman England. On April 13, 1940, in Arapaho, Oklahoma, Dorothy married Marvin Nathen Shanley, to this union three children were...
Lorna Lee Robinson
Sep 25, 2018
Lorna Lee Robinson, 56, passed away at her home in rural Scotland County, Missouri, on Tuesday, September 25, 2018.
She was born August 22, 1962, at Los Angeles, California to James Joseph and Shirley Ann ( Eller) Blackett.
She married Ronnie Keith Robinson, September 3, 1989 at Memphis, Missouri. He passed away September 9, 2015....
Francie Delaney
Sep 24, 2018
Frances Ann "Francie" Delaney, age 85 of Edina, died Monday, September 24, 2018 at LaBelle Manor in LaBelle, Missouri. Francie was born in Edina, Missouri on February 19, 1933 to Arthur David and Jewel Rose (Cain) Delaney. Francie was a graduate of St. Joseph High School in Edina. Her first job was at REC in Lewistown, MO. She then worked...
Carolyn Lowell Christian Wofford
Aug 16, 2018
Carolyn Lowell Christian Wofford, 85, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Thursday morning, August 16, 2018, at the Manor Care Center in Kirksville, Missouri. Carolyn was born on March 14, 1933 in Amsterdam, New York, the only child of Lewis M. and Dulcie Deuel Christian. She was a graduate of Wilber H. Lynch High School in Amsterdam, New York; Stephens College...
Elizabeth Louise Ernst Collinge
Aug 5, 2018
Elizabeth Louise Ernst Collinge, 75, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. She was born August 25, 1942, in Holton, Kansas the daughter of Paul Joseph Sr. and Lena Marie Gerber Ernst. Liz graduated from high school in Holton, Kansas in the Class of 1959. Married the same year to Thomas...
Ronald Alexander
May 31, 2018
Ronald Alexander, 76, of Memphis, Missouri, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Ron's story (those who spent much time with him know he was full of them) began in Ashton, Missouri, on March 3, 1942, where he was born to Walter Sheron and Elizabeth Hanetta Gram Alexander. He attended Ashton Grade School and graduated...
Larry Francis Fulk
May 13, 2018
Larry Francis Fulk, 78, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2018, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.
He was born July 29, 1939, in Scotland County, Missouri, to Wilbur Dale and Ica Mae (Dunlop) Fulk.
Larry...
Vernon Elmer Howard
May 8, 2018
Vernon Elmer Howard, 94, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis.
Vernon was born to Elmer William and Edith Elizabeth Wiley Howard on January 16, 1924, on the family farm in rural Scotland County, Missouri.
John David Huber
May 5, 2018
John David Huber, 79, of Rural Memphis, Missouri, passed away Saturday, May 5, 2018, at his residence north of Memphis, Missouri. John David was born on August 28, 1938, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the son of Phares and Lena Huber. On August 30, 1958, In Myerstown, Pennsylvania, he married Edna Z. Martin, and to this union fourteen children were born....
Donna Jean Wheeler
May 3, 2018
Donna Jean Wheeler, 73, formerly of Downing, Missouri, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis, Missouri.
She was born June 21, 1944, at Gary, Indiana, to Woodrow Wilson and Laura Jane (Dunbar) Dillard. She was later adopted by James Perry and Freda Pauline...
Lela Mae Smith
Apr 26, 2018
Lela Mae Smith, 96, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away April 26, 2018, at the Bluffs Care Center in Columbia, Missouri.
She was born June 6, 1921, in Scotland County, near Downing, Missouri, to Adron Talmadge Moore and Delia Alice Drake Moore.
Lela graduated from Downing High School with the class of 1939.
She...
Mary Alice Hale
Apr 8, 2018
Mary Alice Hale, 89, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away April 8, 2018, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.
She was born June 13, 1928, at Downing, Missouri to Hollie E. and Hazel Jane (McCuskey) Middleton.
She attended the Downing High School, graduating...
Brenda Kaye Leckbee
Apr 7, 2018
Brenda Kaye Leckbee 58, of Fairfield, Iowa, formerly of Edina, Missouri, passed away April 7, 2-18 at her daughters' home. Brenda was born March 19, 1960, to Dale L. and Betty (Poor) Dixson. She was a high school graduate of Knox County School in Edina, MO. She was united in marriage to Sidney (Sid) Leckbee on August 5, 2016, at...
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