Obituaries

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...

Jul 25, 2013

Robert Wayne Dochterman, 88, of Arbela, Missouri, died Thursday, July 25, 2013, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. He was born January 23, 1925, on a farm near Granger, Missouri, to James Andrew and Alice Elizabeth Billings Dochterman. Bob attended Flint Ridge School in Clark County. He married Carol Lee Hyde at Memphis, Missouri, April 9, 1950. To...

Jul 18, 2013

Joseph Harold Bachman, 83, of Novelty, Missouri , passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Harold was born on November 10, 1929, in Edina, Missouri, the son of Leo and Edith Pruitt Bachman.

Harold attended school in Knox County, Missouri

On...

Jun 24, 2013

Virginia L. "Ginny" Monroe, 63, passed away June 24, 2013, at her home in Memphis, Missouri. She was born January 9, 1950, in Kirksville, Missouri, to Robert Edward and Josephine Elizabeth Franklin Simpson. Ginny attended kindergarten at Clopton School in Clarksville, Missouri, then completed grade school and three years of high school at Unionville, Missouri before graduating in 1968 from...

Jun 24, 2013

Jerome Brubaker Horst, 28, of Arbela, Missouri, passed away Monday, June 24, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, from injuries at his work in Cantril, Iowa.

Jerome was born on July 19, 1984, near Brashear, Missouri, the son of Edwin E. and Ruth H. Horst.

On August...

Jun 1, 2013

Bonnie B. Mann, 76, of Edina, Missouri, passed away early Saturday morning, June 1, 2013, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Bonnie was born in Petersburg, Illinois, on October 25, 1936, the daughter of King LeBeryl and Grace Ellen LeMaster Tuttle.

She attended Shipley grade school in Petersburg, Illinois...

May 14, 2013

Joan Phillips-Cecil, 85, of Memphis, Missouri, died May 14, 2013, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. She was born on March 5, 1928, in Arbela, Missouri, to Marvin Irvin and Delcie Mae Phinney Fulk. She was a 1945 graduate of Granger High School after which she attained a teaching certificate and briefly taught at a country school. Joan...

May 9, 2013

“Willa” Mae Roe, 84, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at her residence with family at her side.

Willa was born in Bagnell, Missouri, on July 9, 1928, the daughter of Virgil Houston and Myrtle Anderson Houston Whitlock.

She attended Camdenton Elementary in Camdenton, Missouri and graduated from the Augusta...

May 9, 2013

Douglas D. Robinson, of Arbela, passed on to be with his Lord, May 9, 2013, at the age of 84. Doug was born in Picayune, Mississippi, January 11, 1929. He grew up in rural southeast Iowa, where for most of his youth, he rode his horse to school. He graduated in 1946 at the top of his small class at...

May 9, 2013

Ethel M. Williams, 77, Bloomfield, IA., died at 12:50 A.M., May 9, 2013, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. She was born August 2, 1935, in Des Moines to Harley Melvin and Alda Virtue Clark Webb. She married Darrell Ray Williams on August 8, 1955. He preceded her in death on April 27, 1983. A graduate of...

May 1, 2013

Mary  Cahalan, 85, of Kirksville, Missouri, formerly of Edina, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Mary was born on January 14, 1928, near Baring, Missouri, the daughter of William N. “Bill” and Grace Kurth Delaney.

She was raised in the Baring Community...