Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Edina, Missouri

Lucille Cone

Lucille Cone

May 6, 2008

Lucille Cone 86 of Memphis Missouri died Tuesday May 6 2008 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital.She was born June 14 1921 in Knox County Missouri to James Lloyd and Cora Russie Jones Binkley. She attended school in Edina Missouri. Following school she spent several years doing child care.She married James Orin Cone on December 31 1948 in Memphis Missouri....

Dorothy O'Connor

Dorothy O'Connor

May 4, 2008

Dorothy O'Connor, 92, of Des Moines , Iowa , passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008 , at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines , Iowa . She had lived at Beaverdale Estates Retirement Residence for the past three years.

Dorothy was born on September 17,...

John Parks

John Parks

Apr 29, 2008

John Parks, 80, of Topeka , died April 29, 2008 at Midland Hospice House.

He was born in Hannibal , Missouri on May 15, 1927 the son of Edgar A. and Ethel (Primm) Parks.

John served in the U.S. Marine...

Karen J. Hall

Karen J. Hall

Apr 25, 2008

Karen Joyce Hall, 67, of Novelty, Missouri, passed from this life, April 25, 2008, at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri. She was born on August 22, 1940, in Long Beach, California the daughter of O.B. (Burdette) and Maurine Smith. Karen and her father moved to Missouri in 1946, after her mother passed away, and was raised...

Everett Keith

Everett Keith

Apr 19, 2008

Everett Rice Keith 84 of Memphis Missouri died at his home on Saturday April 19 2008. He was born February 18 1924 at LaGrange Missouri to Everett A. and Ethel Rice Keith.Everett served in the U.S. Navy during World War II entering active duty on August 22 1941 and being separated from active duty on March 3 1947. After returning...

Eula Faye Smithy

Eula Faye Smithy

Apr 19, 2008

Eula "Faye" Smithy, 71, of Plevna, Missouri, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the Salt River Nursing Home in Shelbina, Missouri. Faye was born on March 29, 1937, the daughter of Sherman Levi and Ora Rachael Adkins Leckbee, in Novelty, Missouri. She was raised in Novelty, Missouri and attended the Novelty High School. On August 23, 1956,...

Grace Dorothy Downing

Grace Dorothy Downing

Apr 10, 2008

Grace Dorothy Downing, 98, of Newark, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 10, 2008, at the LaBelle Manor Care Center in LaBelle, Missouri.

Dorothy was born the daughter of Claude Casey and Estelle Anderson Downing, on the Anderson farm near Plevna, Missouri, on June 11, 1909.

She attended the Plevna Elementary & High School graduating with the class...

Bonita Nichols

Bonita Nichols

Apr 6, 2008

Bonita Nichols, 79, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2008, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. She was born on March 26, 1929, in Williamson County, Illinois, the daughter of Grant and Edith Black Richey. Bonita was raised in southern Illinois and moved to Hurdland, Missouri, to make her home, after she married James William...

Libby Shubert

Libby Shubert

Apr 2, 2008

Elizabeth Faye “Libby” Shubert, 68, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Libby was born on January 8, 1940, in rural northeast Knox County, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest and Rachael Smith Goodwin.

She attended Rutledge Elementary School before graduating from the Baring High...

Curtis Glidewell

Curtis Glidewell

Mar 20, 2008

Curtis Glidewell 75 of Memphis Missouri died March 20 2008 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born November 8 1932 in Milan Missouri to William Marion and Nora Sarah Payne Glidewell. He completed one year of college while in the service. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army. He married Beverly Bernice Wagner on June...

Faye Humphrey

Faye Humphrey

Feb 29, 2008

Faye Humphrey 78 of Memphis Missouri passed away February 29 2008 at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City Iowa. She was born on March 26 1929 in Hamilton Missouri. She spent some time in a childrens home before she and her little sister June were adopted by Paul and Mabel Rice of Memphis Missouri.She attended Brock grade school and...

Roberta Head

Roberta Head

Feb 27, 2008

Hazel Roberta Head, 78, of Novelty, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at her residence in Novelty, Missouri. Roberta was born on September 11, 1929, in Leonard, Missouri, the daughter of Robert and Mildred Maddox Ray. She attended the Leonard Grade School and High School before she married Merle Head on June 25, 1945, in the Knox County...

Wayne Eggleston

Wayne Eggleston

Feb 6, 2008

Fred Wayne Eggleston 89 of Memphis Missouri passed away February 6 2008 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis Missouri where he had been a resident since September 11 2007.The son of Fred Clay and Nellie Merritt Eggleston he was born October 18 1918 in Brock Missouri. He was united in marriage to Ruth Herring on June 15 1940...

Sanford P. Padgett

Sanford P. Padgett

Feb 4, 2008

Sanford P. Padgett 82 formerly of Cherokee Village Arkansas Died February 4 2008 at the VA Hospital at Hines Illinois.He was born October 21 1925 at Arbela Missouri to Irwin F. and Verona O. Dye Padgett.He served in the United States Army during WWII with Co E 409th Infantry Regiment having earned a good conduct medal and the purple heart....

Richard Brantner

Richard Brantner

Jan 14, 2008

Richard Erman Brantner , 73, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday, January 14, 2008, at his daughter's residence near Kirksville, Missouri.

Richard was born on June 22, 1934, in Browning, Missouri, the son of Erman Glen and Lavenia Linhart Brantner.

He graduated from the Linn County High School of Browning, Missouri, in the class of...

Marjorie Burke

Marjorie Burke

Jan 12, 2008

Marjorie E. Burke , 98, of Edina formerly of Baring, Missouri, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2008, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

Marjorie was born on November 20, 1909, in Paris, Missouri, the daughter of Lawrence and Isabelle Rose Nooning Hayes.

She graduated rural school near Knox City, Missouri before attending...

Donald Downing

Donald Downing

Jan 7, 2008

Donald Anderson Downing , 96, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday, January 7, 2008, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, Missouri.

Donald was born on February 20, 1911, rural Newark, Missouri, the son of Claude and Estelle Anderson Downing.

He attended school in Newark, Missouri and graduated from the...

Wayne Rudd

Wayne Rudd

Dec 17, 2007

C. Wayne Rudd 86 died Monday December 17 2007 at the Sunrise Health Center at Roseville California after an extended illness. Wayne was born August 29 1921 at Drakesville Iowa to Earl and Murlie Wintermote Rudd. He graduated from Ottumwa High School Class of 1941. He married Areta Speer at Ottumwa Iowa on October 18 1947. To this union a...

James E. Branch

James E. Branch

Dec 12, 2007

James E. Branch 82 of Gorin Missouri was born January 20 1925 at Fort Madison Iowa to Frank Blake and Jenny Lenore Curl Branch. He married Lois T. Thomas. To this union three sons were born. Jim was an electrical engineer and retired in 1990. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Sterling - Rock Falls Illinois.

Leonard E. Gordy

Leonard E. Gordy

Dec 7, 2007

Leonard E. Gordy was born May 23 1924 at Downing Missouri to George and Vera Gordy. Leonard served in the US Army WW II from April 28 1943 to December 16 1945. He was a member of Co M 413th Inf 104th Division. Leonard was wounded in action November 1944 and received a Purple Heart. He married Donna Clyman at...

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