Obituaries

Apr 28, 2010

Madlyn Monroe Courtney 92 of Memphis Missouri died April 28 2010 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis Missouri.She was born November 4 1917 the daughter of Ray and Tressie A. Stevens Monroe.On January 9 1936 she was united in marriage to John Gerald Courtney. They shared fifty-seven years of marriage before he preceded her in death in 1993....

Apr 28, 2010

Jamie Clark Riebel 79 of rural Arbela Missouri died April 28 2010 at Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis Missouri.He was born October 25 1930 at Arbela Missouri to Alva Clark and Lucille Pearl Stone Riebel.He graduated from Memphis High School Class of 1948. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Korean War from March 1952 until March...

Apr 23, 2010

Relta Cavell Scott, 87, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Friday, April 23, 2010, at her residence east of Baring, Missouri.

Relta was born near Knox City, Missouri, on September 6, 1922, the daughter of John Wiley and Nora Alice Hubble Miller.

She was raised near Knox City, Missouri and attended the Brushy...

Apr 21, 2010

Chad Wesley See, 35, of Rutledge, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at his residence north of Colony, Missouri.

Chad was born on October 15, 1974 in Kirksville, Missouri, the son of Michael Gene and Betty Faye Carper See.

He was raised in Lewis County, Missouri and attended the LaBelle Elementary...

Apr 20, 2010

Anna Belle Brookhart 90 of Lompoc California and formerly of Memphis Missouri passed ay peacefully Tuesday April 20 2010 at the Comprehensive Care Center in Lompoc.She was born March 3 1920 to Wyatt and Iva Lipper Watson in Wyaconda Missouri. She lived her childhood days near Granger and Kahoka Missouri graduating from Kahoka High School in 1938. In l956 she...

Apr 20, 2010

Millard Fillmore Blaine was born June 22 1917 near Bible Grove Missouri and departed this life Tuesday April 20 2010 in Memphis Missouri at the Scotland County Care Center. Millard was the 11th child of 13 born to William and Alta Hunter Blaine. He grew up on a farm near Bible Grove attended school at Bible Grove and later at...

Apr 18, 2010

Richard Lee Rick Parton 57 of Memphis Missouri died Sunday evening April 18 2010 at his home in rural Scotland County.He was born December 25 1952 at Kirksville Missouri to Lloyd Richard and Betty Evelyn Baker Parton.He attended Knox County High School and graduated with the class of 1970.Rick worked with the Sante Fe Railroad until he became disabled due...

Apr 12, 2010

Lurla Englis Meinhardt 84 of Memphis Missouri died April 12 2010 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville Missouri from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Kirksville.She was born October 2 1925 at Arbela Missouri to Alva Clark and Lucille Pearl Stone Riebel.She graduated from Memphis High School with the class of 1943 and then attended Gem City Business...

Apr 12, 2010

Jeffry M. Parks , 58, of Beatrice, Nebraska died at his home at the Beatrice State Developmental center on Monday morning, April 12, 2010. He was born on December 14, 1951 at Wichita, Kansas. He had lived at the BSDC for over 45 years and had been a member of the Campus Board Advisory Board. This Board was...

Apr 12, 2010

George Stewart Meinhardt 88 of Memphis Missouri died April 12 2010 at University Hospital in Columbia Missouri from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Kirksville Missouri. He was born January 28 1922 at Luray Missouri to Otto George and Mary May Barton Meinhardt.He graduated from Milton High School Milton Iowa with the class of 1939 and served in the...

Apr 1, 2010

James Bruce "Blue" Koenig, 63, of Bethel, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010, at his residence in Bethel, Missouri.

Blue, as his friends knew him, was born on September 30, 1946 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the son of Bruce and Delana Carnahan Koenig. He was raised in the Lawrenceville community and worked most of his...

Mar 29, 2010

Cleo Doris Woods 81 of Memphis Missouri died Monday March 29 2010 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis.She was born April 21 1928 in Miller Township of Scotland County Missouri to Orla Lee and Bessie Walker Mathes.She attended Crow and Jayne schools completing her education after the eighth grade.She married Leo Allan Woods on June 27 1948 at...

Mar 27, 2010

Glen D. Walker 85 of Bloomfield Iowa passed away March 27 2010 at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield.He was born March 7 1925 in Van Buren County Iowa to Pearl Milton and Grace Leona Hull Walker.He grew up in Memphis attending grade school and high school there.He married Joan Waddle on June 3 1950 at Huntsville Missouri and to...

Mar 25, 2010

Basil C. Humphrey 83 of Memphis Missouri passed away at home in rural Scotland County on March 25 2010.The son of Dewey and Chleo Clark Humphrey Basil was born on May 5 1926 near Bible Grove Missouri. He attended grade school at Bible Grove Crow and Cone and high school in Memphis Missouri.Basil joined the US Army and served in...

Mar 19, 2010

Charles L. “Windy” McFarland, 78, of rural Baring, Missouri, passed away Friday, March 19, 2010 at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri after a brief illness.

Charles was born on July 15, 1931, in rural Baring, Missouri, the son of Wilber T. and Opal E. Hustead McFarland.

Windy was raised in...

Mar 19, 2010

Richard Duane Smitty Smith 78 of Bloomfield Iowa died Friday morning March 19 2010 at his home in Bloomfield.He was born October 31 1931 near Wayland Iowa. Smitty graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School Class of 1950. He was a member of the Iowa National Guard for nine years and worked as a lineman for the Mt. Pleasant Telephone Company...

Mar 18, 2010

Shane E. Krise Jr. 25 of Gorin Missouri died March 18 2010 in Rolla Missouri.He was born September 22 1984 in Alton Illinois to Deborah Jeanett Byrd and Shane E. Krise Sr.He graduated from Scotland County R-1 School with the Class of 2005. He was employed as a laborer at a pallet mill.Shane had many friends and enjoyed working with...

Mar 15, 2010

Margaret Lou Grant 80 of Memphis Missouri passed away March 15 2010 at Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis.She was born January 21 1930 at Keokuk Iowa to Clarence I. and Pearl E. Archer McEldowney.She graduated from Pulaski High School in Pulaski Iowa with the class of 1948. She also attended Kirksville Teachers College in Kirksville Missouri.She married Keith E....

Feb 8, 2010

Raymond Elvin Funk, 70, of rural Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday, February 8, 2010 at his residence west of Edina, Missouri.

Raymond was born on July 3, 1939, in Knox County, Missouri, the son of Gail and Beulah Baker Funk.

He was raised west of Edina, Missouri and attended the Rock Creek...

Feb 3, 2010

Donald Lee Townsend 85 of Franklin Tennessee died Wednesday February 3 2010.He was born December 13 1925 at Shelly Minnesota to William and Carrie Updike Townsend.He graduated from Richland High School in Richland Iowa class of 1943.He attended a trade school for two years where he acquired the knowledge and skills to become an electrician.Donald was also a veteran of...