Obituaries

Sep 11, 2011

Ruth Emily Martin 100 of Memphis Missouri died Sunday morning September 11 2011 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.She was born March 1 1911 in Harvey County Kansas to Alfred B. and Ethel Jane Boyd Woodward. Ruth was the oldest of eight children and last of her family.She grew up in Harvey County Kansas and attended Liberty District School and...

Sep 7, 2011

Billie F. Barnes, 78, of Auxvasse, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2011, at the Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Missouri.

He was born on June 16, 1933 in Knox County, Missouri, the son of William and Pearl Weaver Barnes.

Billie attended the Oklahoma Rural School, south of Edina, Missouri. After school...

Sep 6, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Ragland, 60, of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at her residence after a long battle with cancer.

Mary was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on March 5, 1951, the youngest of four children of James W. and Catherine “Kack” Sandknop Ragland of Edina, Missouri.

She attended...

Sep 4, 2011

Rita Carol Jarvis 62 of Kansas City Missouri died peacefully on September 4 2011 at Centerpoint Hospital in Independence Missouri.She was born June 1 1949 in Ottumwa Iowa the second of six children to Ted and Ellen Fetters Gundy of Memphis Missouri.Rita grew up in Memphis Missouri and was a graduate of Memphis High School Class of 1967. She was...

Sep 3, 2011

David Stephen Mackey, 66 of Edina, Missouri, passed away, Saturday, September 3, 2011, at the Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Missouri after suffering injuries from a farming accident on his farm northeast of Edina, Missouri earlier in the day.

David Stephen Mackey, son of the late Stephen J. and Jeane R. (Cox) Mackey was born on...

Sep 2, 2011

Wilber Earl Daniels 93 of Memphis Missouri died Friday September 2 20ll at his home.He was born March 2 1918 at Gorin Missouri to Rue and Lydia Louise Egbert Daniels.He grew up and attended school in Gorin a graduate of Gorin High School Class of 1935.He married Edith Mildred McCoy on November 9 1940 at Palmyra Missouri and to this...

Aug 25, 2011

Jason Patrick Baucom, 5 years, of rural Knox City, Missouri, passed away accidentally, Thursday, August 25, 2011, at his residence north of Knox City, Missouri.

Jason was born on January 10, 2006, in Mexico, Missouri, the son of Jason and Alana M. DeCapua Baucom.

He came to the Huber home just...

Aug 5, 2011

Ila Jean Garrett 84 of Memphis Missouri passed away Friday August 5 2011 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis Missouri.She was born April 13 1927 in Scotland County Missouri to Ralph Merriot and Myrtle Nellie Lancaster McIntosh.She was a graduate of Memphis High School class of 45. Ila Jean married William A. Bud Garrett on June 6 1948...

Aug 3, 2011

Vera Ruth Hamilton 85 of Arbela Missouri passed away Wednesday August 3 2011 in the Emergency Room at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis Missouri.She was born July 26 1926 at Fairfield Iowa to Otto Orville and Blanche Elizabeth Wright Day. She was a graduate of Granger High School in Granger Missouri class of 1944. Following graduation she worked at the...

Jul 31, 2011

Lester Franklin Baker, 75 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa and formerly of Burlington, Iowa and Newark, Missouri, passed away at 10:37 am Sunday, July 31, 2011 at the Fort Madison Health Center, Fort Madison, Iowa.

Lester was born March 19, 1936 in rural Freemont, Missouri. He was the son of Albert T. and Velma Lucille...

Jul 28, 2011

Ida Mae Horn 91 Bloomfield Iowa died July 28 2011 at the Bloomfield Care Center in Bloomfield.She was born July 31 1919 at Harwood Missouri to Earl Clinton and Cora Elizabeth Losey Davis. She was educated in Missouri and Iowa rural schools. She graduated from Bloomfield High School Class of 1937 and received a Normal Training Certificate from Bloomfield Normal...

Jul 7, 2011

Agnes B. Robinson 96 formerly of Memphis Missouri passed away July 7 2011 at the Moberly Nursing and Rehab in Moberly Missouri.She was born September 20 1914 near Bible Grove Missouri to William Don and Myrtle Ellen Roberts Burrus.She attended school at Bible Grove and graduated from Memphis High School Class of 1933. She obtained a 60-hour teaching certificate in...

Jul 4, 2011

John Foster Courtney 29 of St. Louis Missouri and formerly of Memphis Missouri died July 4 2011 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis as a result of injuries received in an accident.He was born December 15 1981 in Hannibal Missouri and became the son of John Monroe and Connie Sue Racey Courtney. Foster grew up in Memphis attending...

Jun 29, 2011

Catherine Ann “Cack” Cornelius Strickler, 78, of Edina, Missouri, passed peacefully with family, on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, in Olathe, Kansas.

On November 9, 1932 at Quincy, Illinois, she was born the only daughter of Francis Duncan and Mildred Hayes Cornelius.

“Cack”, as she was known by her many friends, graduated from...

Jun 17, 2011

Gail Gooch Lorey, 95, of Baring, Missouri formerly of Hurdland, Missouri, passed away Friday, June 17, 2011, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Gail was born on January 13, 1916, in Hurdland, Missouri, the daughter of Levi and Etta M. Conder Vansickle.

She attended the Mt. Vernon Rural School,...

Jun 6, 2011

Burley Elmer Bertram Jr. 85 of Memphis Missouri passed away June 6 2011 at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua Iowa.He was born February 25 1926 in Clark County Missouri to Burley Elmer Sr. and Inez Harris Bertram.He attended school in Granger Missouri and graduated from Keosauqua High School.He married Lois Rochelle Tillerson in January 1977 at Linn County...

Jun 4, 2011

Claris Kraus 88 of rural Memphis Missouri passed away at her home on June 4 2011.She was born on April 24 1923 at Luray Missouri to George and Helen Theresa Glasscock Hopp.She lived in Clark County Missouri until she married Karl J. Kraus on May 22 1943 in LaPlata Missouri. He preceded her in death on October 26 2004.She attended...

May 28, 2011

Ivan Lee Ruth 82 of Memphis Missouri died Saturday May 28 2011 at his home in Memphis.He was born November 15 1928 at Downing Missouri to John Raymond and Millie Pernie Wheeler Ruth. He attended school in Downing and was a graduate of Downing High School Class of 1947.He served in the United States Army.He married Ilene Lancaster on June...

May 20, 2011

Don Lynn Swann of Gerald, Missouri passed away on Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Missouri Veterans home at St. James, Missouri at the age of 66 years. Mr. Swann was born at Novelty, Missouri on February 19, 1945 to Charles and Inez Swann. He honorably served his country, stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army during...

May 2, 2011

Boyd Alan Bradley 78 of Arbela Missouri passed away at 6:10 A.M. on Monday May 2 2011 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis Missouri.He was born on January 23 1933 in Bible Grove Missouri to George Loris and Zella Riebel Bradley.He married Judy Noble on October 13 1962 in Etna Missouri.Boyd graduated from Bible Grove School and received a...