Obituaries

Feb 2, 2010

Wanda Lou Swope 71 died Tuesday February 2 2010 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis Missouri. She was born September 1 1938 at Gorin Missouri to Lewis Fredrick and Beulah Faye Purvis Kraus. Wanda graduated from Wyaconda High School Class of 1956 and worked for the Gorin Argus and until most recently for the Memphis Democrat as office...

Jan 8, 2010

Ivan N. Good, 78, of Knox City, Missouri, went to be with the Lord, on Friday, January 8, 2010 at his residence.

He was born on August 10, 1931, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the son of Edward S. and Frances N. Good.

Ivan was raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and married Anna...

Jan 6, 2010

Rita Joy McKenzie, 55, of Newark, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2010, at her residence in Newark, Missouri.

Rita was born on December 27, 1954, in Kirksville, Missouri, the daughter of Virgil Clayton and Alma Ferne Ore McKenzie.

She attended the Knox City Elementary and graduated from the Knox County High...

Dec 26, 2009

Roy Lee Smith 97 of Memphis Missouri died Saturday December 26 2009 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. He was born in the front room of the family farm house in rural Scotland County on May 25 1912 to Walter and Icy Lilla Baker Smith and was a life long resident of Scotland County.Roy Lee attended Conyers School...

Dec 14, 2009

David Lee Robinson 55 of Granger Missouri died Monday December 14 2009 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy Illinois.He was born March 26 1954 at Kirksville Missouri to Lester Wayne and Patricia Maxine Biggs Robinson Shelley.He graduated from Scotland County R-1 School Class of 1972.He was employed by Shannans Pallet Mill in Granger Missouri. David enjoyed riding motorcycles and was a...

Dec 14, 2009

Thelma Strong 85 of Memphis Missouri died Monday December 14 2009 at her home. She was born January 19 1924 at the home of her parents Lynn and Lela Mae Sexton Riddington in Scotland County near Hitt Missouri. Thelma spent most of her life in Scotland County. She attended Crow School and was a graduate of Memphis High School Class...

Oct 30, 2009

Alan Wayne Parsons, 55, of Baring, Missouri, passed away Friday, October 30, 2009 at his residence in Baring, Missouri. Alan was born on August 18, 1954, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Ken Air Force Base, Japan, the son of Lyndon Russell and Betty Kathleen McClaran Parsons. His father served in the military and was stationed in Europe until retiring in 1967. Alan...

Oct 29, 2009

Roy T. Woods 99 of Memphis Missouri died October 29 2009 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis. He was born January 11 1910 near Crawford Station in Scotland County Missouri to Stacy Alvin and Louella Donaldson Woods one of thirteen children. He attended Dover Grade School in rural Scotland County. Roy was a member of the Crawford Christian...

Oct 23, 2009

Dora Elizabeth Hulet 85 of Gorin Missouri passed away October 23 2009 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville Missouri.She was born April 23 1924 at Burlington Iowa to Wendell Guy and Jewel Gladys Mutter McIntire.She graduated from Media-Wever High School in Illinois. She was a member of the Stronghurst Christian Church in Stronghurst Illinois.She married Doren K. Tuck Hulet...

Oct 21, 2009

Pamela K. Barnes 63 of Memphis Missouri died October 21 2009 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy Illinois. She was born at Ottumwa Iowa to Orville Walter and Edith Louise Nydle Allender on August 3 1945. Educated in the Ottumwa schools she was a member of the Class of 1964 Ottumwa High School. She received her Associate of Arts Degree from...

Oct 13, 2009

Pady Mark Blackwood died Tuesday, October 13, 2009 in Orlando, Florida where he resided. Pady was born August 5, 1939 in Kansas City into a family consisting of father, Marvin Hugh Blackwood, mother, Bertha Cleveland Blackwood, and siblings, Dorothy Arline and Marvin Maynard.  He was 72 years old.

Pady was raised in the Kansas City area, where he...

Oct 13, 2009

Donald Hugh Atterberry 75 of Memphis Missouri died Tuesday evening October 13 2009 while hunting in Knox County Missouri from an apparent heart attack. He was born November 12 1933 at Chatham Illinois to Jay McHugh and Verna Helen Rice Atterberry. Don graduated from Hillsboro High School Class of 1951. He worked several years as a bulldozer operator before entering...

Oct 12, 2009

Ramona Lee Corbin Roberts Fender, 52, of Kirksville , Missouri , passed away Monday, October 12, 2009 at her residence.

Ramona was born in Newark , Missouri , On January 16, 1957 , the daughter of Carl...

Oct 1, 2009

Patricia Ellen McCabe, 74, of Peoria, Illinois passed away Thursday, October 1 st , 2009, at the Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois. Patricia McCabe was born on February 18 th , 1935, the daughter of Johnnie and Florence (McMahon) Delaney, in Baring Missouri. On May 14 th , 1960, in Quincy, Illinois, Patricia married Archie Leon McCabe. Patricia is survived...

Sep 8, 2009

Robert E. "Bob" Poore, 83, of Edina, Missouri, formerly of Hurdland, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2009, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri. Bob was born on January 21, 1926, in Bethel, Missouri, the son of Ray E. and Mary G. Smith Poore. He attended rural schools near Bethel and Newark, Missouri, before moving...

Sep 7, 2009

Sally Fellinger Werts age 76 died of cancer on Monday September 7 2009 in Fort Myers Florida.She was born October 4 1932 at Ottumwa Iowa to Charles and Effie Fellinger. Sally grew up in Bloomfield and graduated in 1951 from Bloomfield High School. She married Dwaine Werts on November 25 1951 at the Methodist Church in Bloomfield they later divorced.Sally...

Sep 4, 2009

Merrill Virgil Ingold, 62, of Inverness, Florida, formerly of Northeast Missouri, passed away Friday, September 4, 2009, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Merrill was born on September 20, 1946, in Wyaconda, Missouri, the son of Merrill Virgil, Sr. and Evelyn Bernice Benda Ingold.

He was born in Wyaconda,...

Aug 18, 2009

Danny G. Meinhardt 57 died suddenly Tuesday August 18 2009 at his home in Bennington Kansas. He was born March 5 1952 in Bloomfield Iowa to George and Lurla Riebel Meinhardt. He was a graduate of Scotland County High School in Memphis Missouri and the University of Missouri at Columbia Missouri.He worked with Archer Midland in Illinois later transfering to...

Aug 3, 2009

Stanley Hatfield 75 of Arbela Missouri died August 3 2009 at his home.He was born August 17 1933 at Gorin Missouri to Edward Grover and Grace Maude Garmon Hatfield.He attended school at Gorin Missouri attaining his GED and served with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict.He married Bonny Jo Eggleston on January 16 1960 at Winigan Missouri with...

Jul 27, 2009

Edna Grace Luker Foster, age 98, of Edina Missouri, Formerly of Hedge City, Missouri, passed away, Monday, July 27, 2009 in the Knox County Nursing Home.

She was born near Hedge City, on May 15, 1911, the daughter of John K. and Bertha Belle Clemons Luker.

Grace received her grade school education...