Obituaries

Apr 16, 2011

Margaret Louise Adams 73 of Gorin Missouri died Saturday April 16 2011 at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City Iowa.She was born January 30 1938 in Gorin Missouri to Earl Miller and Bertha Marie Hardman Egbert.She grew up in the Gorin area and was a graduate of Gorin High School Class of 1956.She married Charles F. Adams on May...

Apr 15, 2011

Beulah Delilah Summers was born in Harden Montana on July 18 1923 the daughter of Ottie Mae and Wardie Henry John. She passed away at the Schuyler County Nursing Home the evening of April 15 2011. Beulah was married to John Robert Reese on January 6 1940 and to this union four sons were born Jimmie Dean Jerry Lee Jackie...

Apr 10, 2011

Mary Magdalene Mooney Justice 80 of Memphis Missouri died Sunday April 10 2011 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born November 27 1930 at home in Kahoka Missouri to Willis Oscar and Martha Beatrice Eagon Mooney. She attended Kahoka Elementary and Kahoka High School.She married Leland Eugene Justice on February 20 1947 in Kahoka Missouri and to...

Apr 9, 2011

Johnny Bill Hufford 50 of Princeton Missouri died April 9 2011. He was born February 5 1961 in Iowa City Iowa to Jerry Lee and Sandra Sue House Reese. He was a graduate of Scotland County R-I High School Class of 1979. Johnny Bill was a laborer in the oil fields of Wyoming worked at an auto supply store in...

Apr 8, 2011

Gayle Jean Johnson 71 of Memphis Missouri died April 8 2011 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.She was born on November 21 1939 in Washington Missouri to Tessie Hortense Minar and Carl Alvin Johnson.Gayle grew up in St. Clair Missouri and attended Community Church and Indian Prairie School near Union Missouri graduating from the eighth grade in 1952 and...

Apr 5, 2011

Barbara Lee (Baskett) Gibbons, age 74, of Edina , Missouri passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at her residence in Edina , Missouri . She was born on March 21, 1937 in Knox County , Missouri the daughter of Charles Edmand and Vera Lee (Boone) Baskett. On February 11, 1956...

Apr 4, 2011

Gertrude Trudy Porter 87 of Memphis Missouri died Monday April 4 2011 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.She was born November 5 1923 at Cherry Box Missouri to Lena Bell Petre and Pearl Weber. Her early years were spent living on a farm and attending school in rural Macon County.Trudy married Gerald Leonard Porter on March 17 1945 in...

Mar 31, 2011

Joe Neese Jr. was born in the two story brick house built by his great grandfather on the fourth of July 1923 in the Pleasant Retreat neighborhood above Tobin Creek eight miles south of Memphis MO. He was the only child of Joseph Presley and Beatrice Irene Mendenhall Neese. He left his temporary earthly body for his permanent heavenly home...

Mar 20, 2011

Mary Ellen Sheets, 91, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2011, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Mary was born on July 28, 1919, in Edina, Missouri, the daughter of Herman Julius and Hattie Mae Kennedy Marquardt.

She attended the Edina Schools and was united in marriage...

Mar 6, 2011

Ida Mae Hoffmann, 68, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2011, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Ida was born on May 14, 1942, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the daughter of Harold and Martha Baker Haas.

She attended school in Ann Arbor, Michigan and graduated from the...

Mar 4, 2011

Fritz G. Vassholz 73 of Memphis Missouri passed away Friday March 4 2011 at Boone County Hospital in Columbia Missouri. He was born January 22 1938 in Kansas City Missouri to Frank and Lucrietta Rock Vassholz.He attended school in Kansas City Missouri.On March 7 1959 he married Mary Louise Hall in Independence Missouri and to this union two children were...

Mar 1, 2011

Denis Dee Deny Clatt 51 of rural Memphis Missouri died Tuesday March 1 2011 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy Illinois.He was born June 9 1959 at Kirksville Missouri to Dee and Merlene Haller Clatt.He attended school in Gorin Missouri and was a graduate of Gorin High School Class of 1977. He attended the Gorin Christian Church and was a member...

Feb 26, 2011

Norma Lou Fletcher Doss, 62, of LaBelle, Missouri, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011, at the Country Aire Retirement Estates in Lewistown, Missouri.

Norma was born on March 18, 1948, in Knox City, Missouri, the daughter of Alfred and Willa Kessler Strange.

She was raised in the Knox City area and attended Knox City Elementary...

Feb 25, 2011

Rebecca “Becky” McGraw, 53, of LaBelle, Missouri, passed away at her residence, February 25, 2011after battling cancer.

She was born on July 19, 1957, in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of Irvin “Kent” and Jessie E. Waters Goodwin.

She received her education in Quincy, Illinois, graduating with the Class of 1975 from Quincy...

Feb 24, 2011

Thomas (Tom) E. Wand 78, of Edina, Missouri passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011 after a battle with cancer.

He was born January 19, 1933, in Quincy, Illinois, the only son of Osmer “Doc” Joseph Wand and Ruth Ellen Liggett Wand.

Tom attended Berrian Elementary School and Kemper Military School and was...

Feb 13, 2011

Helen Edith Gifford (Sykes) Myers, 86, of Bolivar, Missouri formerly of Newark, Missouri, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2011, at the Parkview Healthcare Facility in Bolivar, Missouri.

Helen was born on July 28, 1924, in Edina, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest Valentine and Nellie Marie Cleary Gifford.

She attended the Kirksville Elementary...

Feb 1, 2011

Gregg Swann, 44, of Bronx, New York, formerly of Novelty, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at his home in Bronx, New York.

Gregg was born on August 30, 1966, in Novelty, Missouri the son of Marion and Martha Kriegshauser Swann.

Gregg was the youngest of seven children, he grew up...

Jan 18, 2011

William J. “Bill” Stefl, 64, of rural Novelty, Missouri passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at his residence.

Bill was born on April 7, 1946, in Valley Park, Missouri, the son of William and Margie Harrison Stefl.

He was reared in Valley Park, Missouri and attended Valley Park Elementary and graduated from...

Jan 4, 2011

John Thomas Tom Carns 73 died Tuesday January 4 2011 at his home. He was born September 27 1937 to James Marion Carns and Nellie Leona Johnson Carns at Monmouth Illinois. Tom served in the Illinois National Guard. Tom spent 32 years with the Illinois Department of Conservation Police/Dept. of Natural Resources Police. Tom was an excellent boat operator and...

Dec 30, 2010

Marie Gooden 90 of Memphis Missouri died Thursday night December 30 2010 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.Alice Marie Hissem was born July 29 1920 in Van Buren County Iowa to William Horace and Ethel May Brewer Hissem. She attended several country schools in Van Buren County and attended high school in Douds Iowa. Marie was united in marriage...