Obituaries

Jan 2, 2014

Deanna Lee (Harvey) Dunn, 70, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2014, after suffering a stroke on January 1st. Born January 11, 1943, in Peoria, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Ruth Harvey Bryant and the late Leland Frank Harvey and the step-daughter of the late Paul Bryant. She was raised in Memphis and married...

Dec 28, 2013

Albert Theodore “Teed” Sykes of Kirksville, MO, passed away Tuesday at the Knox County Nursing Home at the age of 99.

Teed was born June 19, 1914 near Kenwood, Missouri the son of Lee and Anne (Shepard) Sykes.  On April 4, 1935 in Macon, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Ruby Myrtle Kelley.  They...

Dec 28, 2013

unior Childress, 95, of Memphis, Missouri, died Saturday, December, 28, 2013, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born June 11, 1918, in Scotland County, Missouri, to Warren Priest and Nellie Claire Waid Childress. Junior attended Walnut Grove School in Scotland County. He entered the United States Army on July 11, 1941 and was discharged September 12, 1945,...

Dec 20, 2013

Verna L. Purvis, 92, formally of Memphis, Missouri, died December 20, 2013 at Westbrook Residential Care Facility in Kearney, Missouri. She was born in Scotland County, Missouri, near Hitt, on July 6, 1921, to Charles Edlin and Ada Janette Gristy Peck. She graduated from Memphis High School, Class of 1941. Verna was united in marriage to Leland W. Howard on...

Dec 10, 2013

Charles William "Bill" Wiley, 76, of Arbela, Missouri, passed away December 10, 2013, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. He was born March 18, 1937, at Mount Sterling, Iowa to Frank Raymond, Sr. and Violet Cloris Grimes Wiley. He attended school in Cantril, Iowa and was a graduate of Cantril High School, Class of 1955. In September of...

Dec 5, 2013

Verna Burkholder Oberholtzer, 65, of Gorin, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2013, at the Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.

Verna Burkholder Nolt was born to Ivan and Mary Nolt on January 28, 1948 during the same snowstorm as her future husband.  She was raised in Richland, Pennsylvania and attended school in Lebanon County...

Dec 3, 2013

Reverend “Eloise” Mary Marx Shoults, 90, of Knox City, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at the Country Aire Retirement Center in Lewistown, Missouri.

Eloise was born on November 11, 1923 in Sparta, Wisconsin, the daughter of Lawrence John Christian “Frenchie” and Effie Bean Marx.

She received her education in Sparta,...

Oct 30, 2013

Elsie Marie Mayer, 86, of Hurdland, Missouri passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Elsie was born on September 2, 1927 to Guy Addison and Minnie Belle Stephenson McCarty; the youngest of six children.

She graduated from the LaBelle High School in LaBelle, Missouri...

Oct 29, 2013

David Dewayne Bechtel, 51, of Milton, Iowa, died of injuries sustained in a multi-car pile-up on Interstate Ten during a dust storm between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Tuesday afternoon, October 29, 2013. David was born November 2, 1961, at Kirksville, Missouri, to Orville Dewayne "Buddy" and Jewel Marie Meeks Bechtel. He grew up in the Milton, Iowa area and graduated...

Oct 25, 2013

Ronald Lee “Ronnie” Baker, 63, of Plevna, Missouri, passed away Friday, October 25, 2013, at his residence near Plevna, Missouri.

Ronnie was born on April 5, 1950, in Plevna, Missouri, the son of Floyd Levi and Wilma Pauline Dodd Baker.

He attended the Plevna Schools and graduated from the Knox County High...

Oct 20, 2013

Thomas Dwain “Tommy” Swann, 77, of Quincy, Illinois, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013, at his residence in Quincy, Illinois.

Tom was born on July 29, 1936, in Novelty, Missouri, the son of Charles Howard and Inez Lee Swann.

He received his education in the Novelty Schools, graduating from the Novelty High School in the...

Oct 18, 2013

Cythia Lee Marra, 54, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, October 18, 2013, at her residence near Edina, Missouri.

Cindy was born on May 7, 1959, the daughter of LeRoy Paul and Barbara Jean Clayton Eldridge.

She attended the Roosevelt High School in St. Louis, Missouri and worked for numerous employers in...

Sep 29, 2013

Stephen Lee Perrigo, 58, of Grain Valley, Missouri, formerly of Knox County, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Steve was born on April 22, 1955, in Kirksville, Missouri, the son of Donnie Lee and Estelle Jean “Jeanne” Simmons Perrigo.

He attended school in...

Sep 15, 2013

Amos M. Horst, age 65, of Rural Edina, Missouri, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013, at his residence with family by his side.

Amos Horst was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on December 6, 1947, the son of Amos H. Horst and Lena Martin Horst.

On August 2, 1969, he was united in...

Sep 14, 2013

Anna Elizabeth "Annie" Epperson, 91, of Bloomfield, Iowa, died Saturday, September 14, 2013, at the Bloomfield Care Center. She was born June 12, 1922, in Queen City, Missouri, to Asa B. and Velma Oliver Barnhart. She grew up in north east Missouri and graduated from Glenwood High School, Class of 1940, in Glenwood, Missouri. On February 28, 1942, she was...

Sep 2, 2013

Charles Robert Gibbons, age 81, of Edina, Missouri passed away on Monday, September 2, 2013 at the home of one of his sons in Glastonbury, Connecticut.  He was born on November 8, 1931 in Knox County, Missouri, the son of Patrick Henry Gibbons and Josephine Weber Gibbons.

Charles was educated and raised in Knox County,...

Aug 28, 2013

Brian Dale Mallett, 44, of Memphis, Missouri passed away Wednesday, Morning, August 28, 2013, in an automobile accident southwest of Memphis. The son of Paul William and Josephine Anna Burton Mallett he was born November 26, 1968 at Kirksville, Missouri. He attended Bible Grove Elementary School and graduated from Scotland County R-1 High School in 1987. His high school...

Aug 18, 2013

Joan Kinney Leslie, 85, passed away August 18, 2013, in Falls Church, Virginia after complications following a recent stroke. Joan was from the Midwest, born in Keokuk, Iowa on September 22, 1927, the daughter of Bernice K. and Hilles R. Leslie. She spent her childhood in Memphis, Missouri and graduated from Jefferson City High School and then Missouri University with...

Aug 14, 2013

Phyllis L. Woodward, 82, of Edina, Missouri passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at her residence in Edina, Missouri.

She was born on February 10, 1931, in Streator, Illinois, the daughter of Bert Norval and Genevieve Wilson Ferrell.

Her father worked for the railroad and that brought her to Baring, Missouri where...

Jul 25, 2013

Donald Dent, 77, of Jefferson City, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2013, at St. Mary’s Heath Center. He was born August 16, 1935, in Knox City, Missouri the son of the late James Clyde and Lottie Mae (Dennis) Dent. On February 14, 1955, he was united in marriage to Shelby Jean Miner in LaBelle, Missouri, who survives at...