Obituaries

Nov 14, 2006

Helen R. Overfield 85 died November 14 2006 at her home in Memphis Missouri. She was born April 17 1921 at Etna Missouri to DeLoss and Mabel Mohr Dye. She attended school through the eighth grade at Etna. She married George Newton Overfield on December 13 1939 and to this union a son and daughter was born.Helen was a stay-at-home...

Nov 8, 2006

Fayetta M. Huffman 71 of Memphis Missouri died November 8 2006 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis.She was born March 31 1935 in Tulare California to Mitchell Eugene Powell and Wilma Edith Lamoureux. She attended school at Tulare California and Edina Missouri. She also attended Drumright Vocational Technology School in Oklahoma after which she attained her LPN license...

Nov 3, 2006

Donald Donnie Dean Martin 67 of Memphis Missouri died Friday November 3 2006 at Boone Hospital in Columbia MissouriHe was born July 6 1939 in Davis County Iowa to Estil Eugene and Rosa Ruth Bullock Martin. Donnie graduated from Bloomfield High School class of 1956. He married Linda Lou Howell at Bloomfield Iowa on August 22 1957. To this union...

Oct 31, 2006

Paul Clement Kriegshauser, 89, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at his residence in Edina.

Paul was born on November 23, 1916, in Edina, Missouri, the son of William A. and Stella McAtee Kriegshauser.

He was raised in Edina, Missouri and attended the St. Joseph Grade School and Edina High School, graduating with the...

Aug 20, 2006

Thelma Louise Kreeger 94 of Memphis Misssouri passed away August 20 2006 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis.She was born June 15 1912 in Virginia Minnesota to Charles W. and Bertha Margaret Harmon.She graduated from high school in Dundee Illinois. She was a member of First Christian Church in Memphis Missouri. She also attended school in Moberly Missouri...

Aug 12, 2006

Virginia Lea Meeks 58 of Memphis Missouri died Saturday August 12 2006 at Boone Hospital in Columbia Missouri.She was born July 5 1948 in Kirksville Missouri to Perry Riley and Zerita Faye Wright Meeks.She attended Scotland County R-1 School in Memphis Missouri. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Memphis.She enjoyed playing games with family and friends...

Jul 27, 2006

Dorothy Louise Jones 85 of Wayland Missouri passed away July 27 2006 at Keokuk Area Hospital.Dorothy was born August 5 1920 in Downing Missouri to Lee and Pearl Elschlager. She had an older sister Velma Hull Jerry of Kahoka. Her parents also raised Dorothys cousin George Paris Pauline. George as well as two infant brothers preceded her in death.Dorothy graduated...

Jul 26, 2006

Opal Hildred Gardine 81 died in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis Missouri. She was born May 16 1925 in Lancaster Missouri to Eugene and Alta Effie Whitacre Aeschliman. She grew up in the Lancaster area and graduated from Lancaster High School. She married Guy Gardine on April 14 1945 at the Christian Church by the Reverand Jolly in...

Jun 9, 2006

Michael C. McNichols 25 of Gorin Missouri died Friday June 9 2006 at Gorin Missouri. He was born July 21 1980 at Orland Park Illinois to Michael Herman and Lucille Marie Mailloux McNichols. He attended Scotland County R-1 High School. Michael was artistic and has created several pieces of art.Survivors include his parents Michael and Lucille McNichols of Gorin Missouria...

May 13, 2006

Ruth I. Prewett 83 of Memphis Missouri died Saturday May 13 2006 in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital at Memphis Missouri. She was born March 16 1923 to Charles and Pearl Rice Conner at Keokuk Iowa. She married James W. Long in 1941 at Monticello Missouri. To this union 5 children were born. James died July 22 1972. She later...

May 12, 2006

Raymond L. Parker 91 of Memphis Missouri died Friday May 12 2006 in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital at Memphis Missouri. He was born September 1 1914 at Canton Missouri to Harry James and Anna Lee Fishback Parker. Raymond was raised by Dell and Ida Parker and the following sisters Mary Jo Fishback Isabella Martin Donna Briscoe Ruby Dell Bronestine...

May 9, 2006

Jess L. Rockhold 84 died May 9 2006 in the Scotland County Care Center at Memphis Missouri. He was born December 20 1921 at Arbela Missouri to Dee and Ruby Flick Rockhold.He graduated from Scotland County High School with the Class of 1941 and servied in the U.S. Army during World War II with tours of duty in Africia and...

Apr 26, 2006

Martha E. Swann, 85, of Edina, Missouri formerly of Novelty, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri after a brief illness.

Martha was born on March 27, 1921 in rural Edina, the oldest child of Cletus and Mae Moran Kriegshauser.

On September 28,...

Mar 30, 2006

Beulah Vetra Rowe 88 passed away at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital on March 30 2006.Born in Schuyler County Missouri August 30 1917 the daughter of Leonard Wm. and Edna Blanche Lasley Acton.On March 16 1939 she married Robert Rowe in Memphis Missouri and to this union one daughter was born.After leaving the farm in 1954 she was employed by...

Mar 8, 2006

Reba L. Parker was born January 6 1918 at Monticello Missouri to Julian C. and Mattie Thompkins Lay. She married Raymond L. Parker and to this union three children were born.Reba was a member of the Memphis United Methodist Church and the Priscilla Circle. She also loved to sew and was a member of the Methodist Quilters. She attended Missouri...

Dec 24, 2005

Jerry Lee Mohr 62 of Arbela Missouri died December 24 2005 in the Boone Hospital at Columbia Missouri. Jerry Lee was born March 2 1943 to Carl Frederick and Louise House Mohr at Etna Missouri. He was a graduate of Gorin High School Class of 1961. He married Della Mae Waller July 4 1964 at Etna Missouri. To this union...

Dec 21, 2005

Jack B Shelton 87 of Memphis Missouri was born July 7 1918 to Ben and Rita Shelton.Me married Beulah Darlene Billie Scott on June 17 1939 in Memphis Missouri. To this union six sons and a daughter were born.He worked as a maintenance supervisor. He loved to hunt and fish and to work on small engines including the repair of...

Nov 5, 2005

Survivors include a son Stanley D. Barker of Canon City Colorado and a daughter Beverly Epperson and husband Ken of Milton Iowa. Four grandchildren two step-grandchildren and four great- grandchildren also survive. He was preceded in death by his wife Eileen his parents and one brother Gale Barker.

Oct 3, 2005

Robert E. Bob Shanes age 78 of Memphis Missouri died Monday October 3 2005 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis Missouri. He was born July 17 1927 in Keokuk Iowa to John Sanford Shanes II and Lurena Rose Grinstead Shanes. He attemded Brock grade school and was a 1945 graduate of Memphis High School. Jobs he held during...

Dec 7, 1941

Robert Joseph Harr, U.S. Navy Fireman 1 st Class, passed away December 7, 1941 aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Robert was born on 1916, in Britton, Marshall County, South Dakota the son of Joseph Harrison and Bertha Lee Chewning Harr. His parents returned to the farm near Rutledge, Missouri in December...