Obituaries

Mar 2, 2014

June Marie Cooper, 76, of Memphis, Missouri, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. She was born November 17, 1937 at Altamont, Illinois, to Edwin Orville and Dorothy Marie Phillips Hobbs. She grew up and attended school in the Greentop, Missouri, area. June was united in marriage on September 10, 1954, to Donald Eugene...

Feb 26, 2014

Carl Thomas Kriegshauser, 89, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Carl was born on September 22, 1924, in Edina, Missouri, the son of William and Stella McAtee Kriegshauser.

He was a lifelong resident of Edina and attended both the St....

Feb 23, 2014

Dale Estyle Watkins, 84, of Memphis, Missouri and formerly of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, died Sunday, February 23, 2014, at his home in Memphis. He was born December 9, 1929, at Elijah, Missouri to Sigel Larkin and Ernie Frances (North) Watkins. He graduated from high school at Bakersfield, Missouri. He enlisted in the United States Army and served during the Korean...

Feb 17, 2014

George Joseph Delaney, 87, of Kirksville, formerly of Baring, Missouri, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014, at his residence in Kirksville, Missouri.

George was born on November 1, 1926, near Baring, Missouri the son of William Nicholas and Grace C. Kurth Delaney.

He attended Kiley Rural School, Baring Elementary and graduated from...

Feb 12, 2014

John W. Fox, 73, of Downing, Missouri, entered into rest Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri, after a four month illness. John was born on February 1, 1941, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the son of Ivan H. and Hettie G. Fox. He was raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and united in marriage to Nora...

Feb 7, 2014

Madelene Daniel Hill, 95, of Franklin, Tennessee and formerly of Bloomfield, Iowa, died February 7, 2014, at the NHC Franklin in Franklin, Tennessee. She was born November 28, 1918, in Savannah, Iowa, to Bonnie L. and C. Georgia Francis Daniel. She grew up in Savannah, attending school there through eighth grade and later attained a GED. She married Ralph C....

Feb 1, 2014

Leo Louis “PaPa” Hunolt, 63, of Brashear, Missouri passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014, at his daughters home in Columbia, Missouri, surrounded by family.

Leo was born on July 24, 1950, in Edina, Missouri, the son of Leo Francis and Georgia Karhoff Hunolt.

He attended Baring Schools before graduating from the Knox...

Jan 29, 2014

Marian Irene Shirk, age 83, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at her home in Memphis. She was born in rural New Holland, Pennsylvania; Lancaster County on December 24, 1930 to Elmer Jay and Verna Emily Musser Martin. Marian thrived on adventure and the outdoors. She completed eight years of formal education but learned much more than...

Jan 26, 2014

Ruth Ilene Speer, 86, of Memphis, Missouri, died Sunday morning, January 26, 2014, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born on July 17, 1927, in rural Scotland County, Missouri, to Charles Everett and Verna Lucinda Self Bryant. The family was among the original settlers of Scotland County. Ruth was raised in Memphis and graduated from Memphis High...

Jan 16, 2014

Alice Marie Kriegshauser Bruegenhemke, 79, of Baring, Missouri passed away Thursday,  January 16, 2014 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital.

The daughter of Clem and Mary (McCloskey) Kriegshauser, she was born on August 20, 1934 in Baring, Missouri. On January 25, 1954 she married Donald R. Bruegenhemke in Baring.

She was preceded...

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...