Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Edina, Missouri

Dorthy Funk

Dorthy Funk

Jul 23, 2008

Dorthy Estella Funk, 72, of Hurdland, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri. Dorthy was born on July 12, 1936, in Hurdland, Missouri, the daughter of Jesse Earl and Louise Marie Diekmann Bowen. She lived her entire life in Hurdland, Missouri, graduated from the eighth grade at Fox Rural School before graduating...

Dwaine E. Werts

Dwaine E. Werts

Jun 14, 2008

Dwaine E. Werts. 80 of Punta Gorda Florida and formerly of Bloomfield Iowa died Saturday June 14 2008 at Punta Gorda Florida.He was born October 25 1927 at Osceola Missouri the son of Walter G. and Dessa Putman Werts and the youngest of five children.He moved to Bloomfield Iowa in 1938 and was a graduate of Bloomfield High School Class...

Margaret M. Moffett

Margaret M. Moffett

Jun 9, 2008

Margaret Mae Moffett 78 of Memphis Missouri died Monday June 9 2008 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis. She was born August 22 1929 at Warsaw Hancock County Illinois to Lester Floyd and Blanche Marie Myers Nichols.She was united in marriage to William Herbert Moffett at Washington Iowa on November 5 1949. To this union three sons were...

Butch Burditt

Butch Burditt

Jun 5, 2008

George Michael "Butch" Burditt, 66, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2008, at the Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

Butch was born on April 30, 1942, in Hannibal, Missouri, the son of George L. and Georgia Mae Yeager Burditt.

He began his life in Monroe City, Missouri before his parents moved to...

Sherry A. Gore-Simpson

Sherry A. Gore-Simpson

Jun 4, 2008

Sherry Ann Gore-Simpson 58 of Kirksville Missouri died Wednesday June 4 2008 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville Missouri. She was born September 25 1949 at Denison Iowa to Harold Dale and Beverly Jean Habenicht Gore.Sherry was disabled and was one of the first students to attend Special Education Class when originated in Flordia. She also attended special...

John Drew

John Drew

May 21, 2008

John Harley Drew 68 of Kahoka Missouri and formerly of Wyaconda Missouri died May 21 2008 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk Iowa.He was born January 31 1940 in Kansas City Missouri to Cliff Canady and Anna Mae Hedrick Drew.John worked for Gregorys Antiques about ten years and loved visiting with friends and neighbors. For the past four and...

Bob Chance

Bob Chance

May 15, 2008

Robert L. Bob Chance 49 Memphis Missouri died Thursday May 15 2008 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy Illinois from injuries received in a motorcycle accident.Bob was born November 4 1958 at Kirksville Missouri to Keith Coleman and Emma Lu Ludwick Chance. He attended Scotland County R1 School and was a graduate of the class of 1977. Following graduation he attended...

Jennie Sue Sparks

Jennie Sue Sparks

May 13, 2008

Jennie Sue Sparks, 66, of Hurdland , Missouri , passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2008 , at her residence southwest of Hurdland , Missouri .

She was born on March 26, 1942 , in Huntsville , Missouri , the daughter of William and...

Douglas Rice

Douglas Rice

May 12, 2008

Douglas Vern Rice, 50, of Hurdland , Missouri , passed away Monday, May 12, 2008 , at his residence in Hurdland , Missouri .

He was born on May 27, 1957 , in Davenport , Iowa , the son of LaVerne Douglas "Dick" and Shirley Joan Ballenger Rice.

Imogene Homrighausen

Imogene Homrighausen

May 6, 2008

Imogene Elizabeth Homrighausen, 76, of Steffenville , Missouri , passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2008 , at the Country Aire Retirement Estates in Lewistown , Missouri .

Imogene was born on April 26, 1932 , in Kirksville , Missouri , the daughter of Frank and Rose Miller...

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...

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