Obituaries

Betty Lou Bleything

Betty Lou Bleything

May 5, 2011

Betty Lou Bleything, 82 of Brashear passed away Thursday (May 5, 2011) at her home. The daughter of Joseph Pearl and Mildred Marie (Scott) Smith, she was born May 26, 1928 in Kirksville, MO. On May 10, 1953 in LaPlata, MO she was united in marriage to Frank Edward Bleything. Betty grew up in Kirksville where she attended school...

Wanda Dale

Wanda Dale

May 3, 2011

Wanda Dale Wanda Dale, 67, formerly of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Genesis Medical Center in Moline, IL, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, after a year-long battle with cancer. Wanda Caroll (Schoonover) Dale was born in Jefferson, IA, on December 1, 1943, the daughter of Francis and Mary LaVetta (Liberknecht) Schoonover, who preceded her in death. She moved...

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Apr 28, 2011

Rita Johnson , 87, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, on Thursday, April 28, 2011. She had been a resident there for about five years. Rita Lorene (Bonebright) Johnson was born in Unionville, MO, on September 28, 1923, the youngest of Elmer Adolphus and Stella Mae (Harryman) Bonebright, who preceded her...

Jason Orval Aldridge

Jason Orval Aldridge

Apr 21, 2011

Jason Orval Aldridge, 25 of Queen City passed away late Thursday afternoon (April 21, 2011) at his home in Queen City. The son of Allen and Sandi (Lewis) Aldridge, he was born in Queen City on October 16, 1985. Jason is survived by his parents, two brothers Shane Aldridge and wife Bonnie of Queen City, and Adam Aldridge and...

Bonita Romaine Casady

Bonita Romaine Casady

Apr 19, 2011

Bonita Romaine Casady, 66 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at the Kirksville Manor Care Center. The daughter of Walter Romaine and Betty Ruth (Toland) Hartsock, Bonita was born August 9, 1944 in Long Beach, CA. On October 9, 1967 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to Glen W. Casady, Jr. Bonita is survived by her...

Robert Cleo Blanchard

Robert Cleo Blanchard

Apr 18, 2011

Robert Blanchard, 87, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville, MO, on Monday, April 18, 2011. He had been a resident there for three years. Robert Cleo Blanchard was born in Unionville, MO, on November 27, 1923, the son of Charley and Eliza (Miller) Blanchard, who preceded him in death. Robert was...

Darrell E. Lloyd

Darrell E. Lloyd

Apr 17, 2011

Darrell E. Lloyd, 84 of Kirksville passed away Sunday, April 17, 2011, at the Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Vernie and Lela (Vance) Lloyd, Darrell was born September 27, 1926 in Kirksville. On February 23, 1949 in Kirksville he was united in marriage to Hallene Capps and they enjoyed 62 years of marriage. Surviving are his...

Mary Elizabeth Jones

Mary Elizabeth Jones

Apr 16, 2011

Mary Elizabeth Jones Mary Elizabeth Jones, 93, of Lucerne, Missouri passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on April 16, 2011. She had been a resident for 3 weeks. Mary Jones was born on June 2, 1917, the daughter of Otto Edgar Weir and Edith Edna (Hamilton) Weir. Shortly after high school Mary Elizabeth married Orval Noah Jones...

Rudolph "Rudy" Schaff Jr.

Rudolph "Rudy" Schaff Jr.

Apr 14, 2011

Rudolph "Rudy" H. Schaff Jr., 75, of rural Ethel, MO passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011, at his home. He was born March 14, 1936 in Batesville, AK, the son of Rudolph Herbert and Pauline Laura (McNett) Schaff Sr. On May 6, 1956 in Waverly, IA he was united in marriage to Beverly Hoins who survives. Also surviving are...

Pamela D. Smith

Pamela D. Smith

Apr 11, 2011

Pamela D. Smith, 61 of Kirksville passed away Monday (April 11, 2011) at Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of Howard Earl and Mildred Evelyn (Gillespie) Gross, she was born February 23, 1950 in Kirksville, MO. In June of 1966 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to Charles Lyle Anderson. On May 13, 1972 in Kirksville she...

H.D. Harrison

H.D. Harrison

Apr 11, 2011

A much loved and respected man, Harold Davis Harrison, Jr., age 59, passed away Monday, April 11, 2011 at his home in Kirksville, Missouri. H.D. was the loving son of Harold Harrison, Sr., and Lillian Wade Harrison, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death was a sister, Sandra Harrison Dixon, who passed away in October of...

Lewis Roberts Binford

Lewis Roberts Binford

Apr 11, 2011

Lewis Roberts Binford, age 79 of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Monday evening (April 11, 2011) at his home. Lewis was born on November 21, 1931 in Norfolk, Virginia the son of Joseph Lewis and Eoline (Roberts) Binford. His marriage to Jean Mock produced two children, Martha Riley and Lewis Clinton. On June 29, 2002 in Roan Mountain, N.C. he...

Ellis "Bob" Jones

Ellis "Bob" Jones

Apr 10, 2011

Ellis "Bob" Jones 93 of Kirksville passed away Sunday (April 10, 2011) at his home. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday (April 13, 2011) at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home with Virgil K. Jones officiating. Burial will be in Park View Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer...

Helen Campbell

Helen Campbell

Apr 9, 2011

Helen Christine Gelbach Campbell 100 of Kirksville passed away on Saturday (April 9, 2011) at the Kirksville Manor Care Center. The daughter of Floyd Buhl and Carrie (Humphrey) Gelbach, she was born on March 13, 1911 in Hurdland, MO. In 1933 she married Glen Shahan and to this union one daughter was born. In 1967 she married George C....

Robert "Bob" Nester

Robert "Bob" Nester

Apr 7, 2011

Robert “Bob” Nester, 80 of Kirksville passed away Thursday (April 7, 2011) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville. The son of Von Russell and May Mary (Thudium) Nester, he was born April 13, 1930 in Macon County, Missouri. On October 15, 1971 he was united in marriage to Marjorie Marie Clay who preceded him in death. He...

Rex Meline

Rex Meline

Apr 3, 2011

Rex Meline, 84 of Brashear passed away Sunday (April 3, 2011) at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Rex was born on September 3, 1926 in Adair County, Missouri, the son of Carl and Winnifred (Johnson) Meline. On October 10, 1945 in Brashear, Missouri he was united in marriage to Evelyn Eagle who survives. He is also survived...

Ethel Mureen Deeds

Ethel Mureen Deeds

Apr 3, 2011

Ethel Deeds Ethel Mureen Deeds, age 97, daughter of Newton E. and Cornellie (Brisendine) Swiger was born December 22, 1913, in Putnam County, near Unionville, MO. She passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011, at Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville. Ethel married Ester Deeds in Unionville MO, on September 26, 1936. He passed away January 23, 1975 following a...

Betty Jane Fowler

Betty Jane Fowler

Apr 1, 2011

Betty Jane Fowler Betty Jane Fowler, age 86, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, on Friday, April 1, 2011. Betty Jane (Hart) Fowler was born April 29, 1924, in Mendota, MO, to Rollin F. and Iva (Clinkenbeard) Hart, who preceded her in death. She attended Livonia High School. Betty was married...

Mary Carol Yowell

Mary Carol Yowell

Mar 28, 2011

Mary Carol Yowell, 62, of Kirksville died Monday, March 28, 2011 at her home. She was the daughter of Carol and Mary Lou (Harkness) Moyer, born January 9, 1949 in Kirksville. On August 14, 1971, in Kirksville, she was united in marriage to Larry Yowell, who survives. Also surviving are her mother, Mary Lou Moyer of Kirksville; two sons,...

Barbara Lee Baxley

Barbara Lee Baxley

Mar 26, 2011

Barbara Lee (Bobby) Baxley, 81, of Kirksville passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011 in Samaritan Hospital in Macon, MO. She had been in failing health a short time. Born September 14, 1929, in Putnam County, MO she was the daughter of Virgil McDonald and Bernie Irene (Stidmon) Pickett. On September 13, 1946 in the Minister Methodist Church in LaBelle,...