Obituaries

Apr 25, 2013

May Belle Buswell, 89, of Newark, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2013, at the LaBelle Manor Care Center in LaBelle, Missouri.

May Belle was born on May 2, 1923, north of Newark, Missouri in the family home, to Thomas E. and Josie M. Rudd Bowles.

She attended the Woodland Rural School,...

Apr 17, 2013

Roberta "Bobbie" Grace Chancellor, 88, of Memphis, Missouri, died April 17, 2013 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. She was born April 16, 1925, in Van Buren County, Iowa, to James R. and Irma G. Aylward Enness. She graduated from Memphis High School, Class of 1944. She married Miles F. Chancellor on January 10, 1948, in Kirksville, Missouri...

Apr 11, 2013

Fred Junior "Bud" Allen, 86, of Memphis, Missouri, died April 11, 2013, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. He was born June 29, 1926, at Chicago, Illinois, to Fred Wallace and Lela Lucille Ketchum Allen. Bud grew up on farms north of Hitt, Missouri, Downing, Missouri and the north Barker area. He received his elementary education at Bourn...

Apr 11, 2013

Alice Jean Crump, 87, of Hurdland, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013, at her residence in Hurdland, Missouri.

She was born on May 19, 1925, north of Hurdland, Missouri, the daughter of Charles Louis and Florence Elizabeth “Birdie” Stoner Kilbride.

She graduated from the Hurdland High School in the Class of ...

Apr 10, 2013

John Elmer Brown, 91, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Elmer was born near Edina on June 27, 1921, to John and Rose Klocke Brown.

He graduated from Edina High School in 1939. Elmer served in the Army Air Corps,...

Apr 5, 2013

Terry Lynn Morrow, 56, of Troy and Baring, Missouri, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013 while working around his cabin at the Baring Lake.

Terry was born on September 10, 1956, in Quincy, Illinois, the son of Elvin R. and Ida Mae Snell Morrow.

He attended the Knox City Elementary and graduated...

Apr 3, 2013

Jewel Marie Skelton, 77, of Memphis, Missouri, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. One of five children, she was born October 5, 1935 at La Harpe, Illinois, to Perry Riley and Zerita Faye Wright Meeks. She attended school in Memphis and was a 1953 graduate of Memphis High School. Jewel married Edward James Skelton...

Mar 31, 2013

Carmelita Lucille Kaser died March 31, 2013 at her home in Moberly. She was born March 2, 1921 in Edina, Missouri to Lee and Lena Lanham Corbin.

She married Leroy Kaser September 4, 1940 in Edina. She and her husband lived in and around the Greensburg, Baring, and Edina, Mo area.

In...

Mar 21, 2013

Carol Rae Pemberton, 72, of Eldon, Missouri passed away, Thursday, March 21, 2013, at her residence in Eldon, Missouri.

Carol was born on December 9, 1940, in Rural Knox County, Missouri, near Knox City, Missouri.

She attended Island Rural School, northeast of Knox City, Missouri, before graduating from the Knox City School,...

Mar 6, 2013

Della Frances Harper, 91, of Memphis, Missouri, died at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. She was born April 25, 1921, at the family farm in rural Wyaconda, Missouri, to Louis E. and Alta Mae Billings Bertram. She grew up in the Wyaconda area and was a graduate of Wyaconda High School, Class of 1939....

Feb 25, 2013

Anthony Huber Zimmerman, 4 years, of rural Rutledge, Missouri, passed away Monday, February 25, 2013, at his parents home.

The infant son of Abraham and Martha Huber Zimmerman, was born on October 27, 2008, near Rutledge, Missouri.

Anthony was afflicted with spinal muscular atrophy since birth. Even though he was very limited...

Feb 10, 2013

Betsy Lou (Fowler) Gully, 47 of Albany passed away in her sleep on Sunday, February 10, 2013. Betsy, the daughter of Byron and Laura Jean (Strickler) Fowler was born July 6, 1965 in Kirksville, Missouri. Her mother preceded her in death on December 27, 2003. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Mary Jane (Fowler) Grizzle,...

Feb 8, 2013

Freddie Ray Ladwig, 78, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, February 8, 2013, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Freddie was born on August 31, 1934, in Brashear, Missouri, the son of Raymond G. and Juanita Lane Ladwig.

He attended the Brashear Elementary before his family moved to Baring,...

Feb 8, 2013

Marjorie Evans, 100, of Memphis, Missouri, died Friday, February 8, 2013 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. She was born December 22, 1912, near Downing, Missouri, to William and Bessie Lee Mathes Becraft. Marjorie grew up near Downing. She married Ralph Cloice Evans on May 20, 1936 and to this union two children were born. Marjorie moved with...

Jan 26, 2013

Forest B. “B” Hall, 95, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Saturday, January 26, 2013, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

He was born on January 12, 1918, west of Newark, Missouri, the son of Ira Ernest and Allie Bright Cornelius Hall.

He was born in the Mt. Salem Community and moved the...

Jan 25, 2013

William Arthur "Bud" Garrett, 83, Memphis, Missouri died Friday, January 25, 2013, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born October 28, 1929, in Milton, Iowa to Arthur Samuel and Jessie Lucille Kittle Garrett. Bud grew up in the Milton area and was a graduate of Milton High School, Class of 1948. He married Ila Jean McIntosh on...

Jan 25, 2013

Carol Lynn Wiley, 73, of Arbela, Missouri, died at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri on Friday, January 25, 2013. Carol was born August 21, 1939, at Berea, Ohio to Joseph and Verna June Holloway Balogh. The family moved to Mississippi in 1951. She was a graduate of Pascagoula, Mississippi High School, Class of 1957. She attended Huffstetter Business...

Jan 10, 2013

Veronica Jeanne Berry, 49, of Gorin, Missouri, died at her home, Thursday, January 10, 2013. Veronica was born August 15, 1963 at Washington, Iowa to Frank U. and Harriette Jane Wagner Bass. She grew up in Iowa and was a graduate of Columbus Junction High School, Class of 1979. She moved to Gorin, Missouri and was a care giver for...

Jan 1, 2013

Phyllis Jean Krueger, 87, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Phyllis was born on May 9, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of John James and Agnes Cecilia Miller Delaney.

She attended the St. Agnes Parish and graduated from the...

Dec 24, 2012

Lewis Wayne Whiles, 63, of Novelty, Missouri, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012, at the University of Missouri Hospital, in Columbia, Missouri.

Lewis was born on November 15, 1949, in Kewanee, Illinois, the son of Billy Carlos and Kathryn Louise Martin Whiles.

He graduated from the Rock Falls High School in the...