Obituaries
Recent Obituaries from Edina, Missouri
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...
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...
Pam Kay Baker
Apr 1, 2018
Pam Kay Baker, 54, of Baring formerly of Plevna, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018, at the LaPlata Nursing Home, in LaPlata, Missouri, after an extended fight with cancer. She was born in Hancock County, Illinois, on February 9, 1964, the daughter of Charles Edward and Mary Jackson Scuckman. On June 10, 1999, in Edina, Missouri, she married Ronald...
Pam Baker
Apr 1, 2018
Pam Kay Baker, 54, of Baring formerly of Plevna, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018, at the LaPlata Nursing Home, in LaPlata, Missouri, after an extended fight with cancer.
She was born in Hancock County, Illinois, on February 9, 1964, the daughter of Charles Edward and Mary Jackson Scuckman....
Charles Earl Gossman
Mar 31, 2018
Charles Earl Gossman, 89, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2018, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. Charles was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on October 19, 1928, the son of Edward D. and Mamie Elizabeth Owen Gossman. He was raised in Lancaster, Missouri and attended the Lancaster High School before serving his country in the...
Charles Gossman
Mar 31, 2018
Charles Earl Gossman, 89, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2018, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.
Charles was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on October 19, 1928, the son of Edward D. and Mamie Elizabeth Owen Gossman.
He was raised in Lancaster,...
Kent Mallett
Mar 17, 2018
Donald Kent Mallett, 58, of rural Memphis, Missouri, died March 17, 2018, surrounded by his family at Blessing Hospital.
He was born May 31, 1959, at Kirksville, Missouri, to Donald Leonard and Virginia Anne (Redman) Mallett.
Kent grew up in Scotland County and...
Lexie Eve Myers
Feb 15, 2018
A visitation will be held at Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market Street, Memphis, Missouri on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. No other service planned.
As an expression of sympathy, memorials are suggested to the Lexie Myers Memorial, to be determined later.
Lexie Eve Myers, 17,...
Stephanie Jill Hunolt
Feb 11, 2018
Stephanie Jill Hunolt, 43, of Brashear, Missouri, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Stephanie was born in Kirksville, Missouri on September 9, 1974, the daughter of Leo Louis and Joyce Alene Hettinger Hunolt. She attended Kirksville Elementary School in Kirksville, Missouri, Iowa City, Iowa, Vinton School for the Blind in Vinton,...
Stephanie Hunolt
Feb 11, 2018
Stephanie Jill Hunolt, 43, of Brashear, Missouri, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.
Stephanie was born in Kirksville, Missouri on September 9, 1974, the daughter of Leo Louis and Joyce Alene Hettinger Hunolt.
She attended Kirksville Elementary School...
Betty Evelyn Harvey
Feb 1, 2018
Betty Evelyn Harvey, 90, of Norborne, MO died Thursday, February 01, 2018 at Shirkey Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond. Betty was born on March 31, 1927 in Downing, MO to Purley Vill and Ethel May (Garrett) Mathes. She married Harry Hershel Harvey of Memphis, MO on July 16, 1946. He preceded her in death on February 4, 1974. Survivors...
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