Obituaries

Willard K. Lewis

Willard K. Lewis

Jan 25, 2011

Willard Lewis Willard K. Lewis, 85, of Unionville, MO, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. He was at his home at the time. Willard Keith Lewis was born in Putnam County, MO, on December 26, 1925, the son of Roy and Bertha (Abbott) Lewis, who preceded him in death. On April 6, 1947 he...

Gary Wayne Swearingen

Gary Wayne Swearingen

Jan 20, 2011

Gary Wayne Swearingen Gary Wayne Swearingen, 32, of Unionville, Missouri passed away on January 20, 2011. Gary was born on February 19, 1978 in Galesburg, IL, the son of Ruth Porterfield and Kevin Swearingen. As a young man Gary attended the Putnam County Schools and enjoyed working at a fish farm in Bevier, MO. Being a member of the...

Florence L. Wicklund

Florence L. Wicklund

Jan 19, 2011

Florence Wicklund, 94 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (January 19, 2011) at Kirksville Manor Care Center. The daughter of Daniel V. and Aggie (Botts) Smith, she was born April 23, 1916 in Queen City, MO. She graduated from the Queen City High School in the class of 1934. While working in Des Moines, IA she met her future husband,...

Orie Mcclanahan

Orie Mcclanahan

Jan 17, 2011

Orie B. McClanahan, 89, of Kirksville passed away Monday, January 17, 2011, at the Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The son of James T. and Leona (Higgins) McClanahan, Orie was born February 12, 1921 in Eckley, CO. On June 10, 1943 in Kirksville, he was united in marriage to Betty Irene Bauer who preceded him in death on July...

Roberta Nadean Glaspie

Roberta Nadean Glaspie

Jan 10, 2011

Roberta Nadean Glaspie, 76 of Marshall, MO passed away Monday (January 11, 2011) at Fitzgibbons Memorials Hospital in Marshall. The daughter of Cletus and Dorothy (Dean) Black, she was born November 17, 1935 in Putnam County. On March 17, 1962 in Lancaster, MO she was united in marriage to Hubert Eugene Glaspie who preceded her in death on November...

Jo Anne Clark

Jo Anne Clark

Jan 10, 2011

Jo Anne Clark 62 of Worthington, MO passed away Monday (January 10, 2011) at Northeast Regional Medical Center, where she had been a patient one week. The daughter of Labe and Ruth (Thompson) Robbins, she was born June 9, 1948 in Des Moines, IA. On November 23, 1962 in Worthington she was united in marriage to James R. Clark,...

Betty Deacon

Betty Deacon

Jan 10, 2011

Betty Deacon, 74, of Kirksville died Monday, January 10, 2011 at her home. The daughter of Jack and Nela (Peavler) Patterson, born July 12, 1936 in Kirksville. On November 19, 1954 she was united in marriage to Rolland "Rod" Deacon who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her parents; one brother, Bobby Lee, in infancy;...

George Lee

George Lee

Jan 6, 2011

George R. (Bob) Lee Jr., 63, of Kirksville died Thursday, January 6, 2011 at the University Hospital in Columbia. He was the son of George R. and Doris (Fudge) Lee Sr., born October 4, 1947 in Corpus Christi, TX. On December 9, 1977 in Temple, TX, he was united in marriage to Regina Miller who survives. Also surviving are...

Steve Jeffries

Steve Jeffries

Jan 1, 2011

Steve Jeffries, 57 of Kirksville passed away Saturday (January 1, 2011) at Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Russell Warren and Gwen (Jenkins) Jeffries, he was born November 16, 1953 in Kirksville, Missouri. He was married in Kirksville to Debbie Gorrell and to this union one son was born. He married Gwen Mehlenbacher in 1990 in Kirksville...

Helen Vanhoose Corbett

Helen Vanhoose Corbett

Dec 31, 2010

“Susie” Helen Irene VanHoose Corbett, 74, of Kirksville passed away Friday (December 31, 2010) at Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of John Henry and Ina Mae (Walters) McFarland, she was born May 3, 1936 in Kirksville, MO. On November 17, 1953 she married Joe Ed VanHoose and he preceded her in death on September 22, 1991. On...

Bruce Adams

Bruce Adams

Dec 29, 2010

Bruce Dillard Adams, 60 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (December 29, 2010) at Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Theodore J. and Lurene Frances (Shively) Adams, he was born July 1, 1950 in Kirksville,Missouri. He attended the Kirksville Schools and graduated from the Kirksville High School. He served in the United States Army from...

Susan D. Brackney

Susan D. Brackney

Dec 29, 2010

Susan D. Brackney, 56 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (December 29, 2010) at Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of James Edward and Jean LouElla (Saner) Brackney, she was born August 14, 1954 in Kirksville, MO. Susan worked as a psychiatric nurse, working at the LaPlata Nursing Home and Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia. She will...

Vera Charlene Small

Vera Charlene Small

Dec 24, 2010

Vera passed away on Dec. 24, 2010 at Salt River Community Care in Shelbina, Mo. She had been a resident there for more than 6 years. Her former home was in Lancaster, Missouri where she was an active member of the Lancaster Baptist Church, She was born in Douglas County Missouri on August 24, 1919 to Cecil and Maude...

James Otto Martin

James Otto Martin

Dec 24, 2010

James Otto “Speed” Martin, 93, Topeka, passed away December, 24, 2010. James was born July 10, 1917, on a farm in Adair County, Missouri, to Lee Roy Martin and Bess Myrtle Crawford. He graduated from Kirksville High School, Kirksville, Missouri. He married Wilma Mae “Pasty” Martin September 8, 1937, who passed away March 15, 2010. He was preceded by...

Barbara A. Duffey

Barbara A. Duffey

Dec 23, 2010

Barbara A. Duffey, 75 of Kirksville has gone to join her sons in eternal life on December 23, 2010 at her home. The daughter of John and Dorothy (Sullivan) Stitzer, she was born on March 14, 1935 in Kirksville, MO. Barbara was united in marriage to Frank Dudziak on September 4, 1954, united in marriage to Phillip Miller on...

Jeffrey John Kurtzeman

Jeffrey John Kurtzeman

Dec 22, 2010

Jeffrey John Kurtzeman, 68 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (December 22, 2010) at his home. The son of Earl J. and Ruth (Meyers) Kurtzeman, he was born September 20, 1942 in Canton, Ohio. On April 4, 1970 in LasVegas, NV he was united in marriage to Patricia Winget. Jeffrey moved to Phoenix, AZ at the age of 3 where...

Lloyd "Sonny" Terrell

Lloyd "Sonny" Terrell

Dec 21, 2010

Lloyd (Sonny) Terrell Lloyd (Sonny) Terrell, 66 passed away Tuesday (December 21, 2010) at his home in rural Novinger. The son of Lloyd Edward and Doris Cedona (Kent) Terrell he was born March 19, 1944, in Ottumwa, Iowa. He spent his early childhood in Worthington, Mo. with his grandma and grandpa, Edna and Emmett Kent, where he attended the...

Ruth D. Roderick

Ruth D. Roderick

Dec 21, 2010

Ruth Delight Roderick, 91 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (December 21, 2010) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. Ruth had been a resident of Twin Pines Adult Care Center for the last year and a half where they cared for her deeply. The daughter of Paul and Bertha Gordon Stith, she was born November 1, 1919 in Holiday, Missouri....

Joan Hardman

Joan Hardman

Dec 14, 2010

Joan Hardman Joan Hardman, 79, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the NorthCare Hospice Center in North Kansas City, MO, on Tuesday, December 14, 2010. She had been a resident there for a little over two weeks. Donna Joan (Mills) Hardman was born in Putnam County, MO, on June 28, 1931, the daughter of Joseph and Thelma May (Ackley)...

Jimmie Edward Eitel

Jimmie Edward Eitel

Dec 12, 2010

Jimmie Edward Eitel, 80, of western Adair County, passed away Thursday (December 9, 2010) at his home. He was born January 4, 1930, in western Adair County, the son of Phillip Harrison and Emily Francis (Terrell) Eitel. On August 15, 1953, in Columbia, MO, he was united in marriage to Evelyn Marie Jones, who survives. He is also survived...