Obituaries
Patricia Ann Hart
Feb 19, 2011
Patricia Ann Hart Patricia Hart, 69, passed away at Mercy Medical Center in Centerville, IA, on Saturday, February 19, 2011. Patricia Ann Hart was born in Graysville, MO, on May 31, 1941. She grew up in Graysville with her grandmother, Lucy Ann Sparks and uncles Clifford Sparks, Doyle (Doc) Sparks and Junior (Bill) Sparks who preceded her in death....
Bobbie Jean Keener
Feb 12, 2011
Bobbie Jean Keener Bobbie Jean Keener, 66, of rural Livonia, MO, passed away suddenly at her home on Saturday, February 12, 2010. Bobbie Jean (Gibson) Keener was born in Hopkins County, KY, on December 21, 1944, the daughter of Neely and Opal (Ipoc) Gibson, who preceded her in death. She was reared in Kentucky. On November 28, 1977 she...
Phyllis Barnes
Feb 8, 2011
Phyllis Barnes, 72 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (February 8, 2011) at her home. The daughter of Thomas and Nellie (Day) Tippett, she was born April 26, 1938 in Kirksville. In 1981 in Edina, MO she was united in marriage to Richard Barnes and he preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her parents, one...
Betty Lou Stamper
Feb 8, 2011
Betty Lou (Speak) Stamper originally of Kirksville, Missouri passed away on February 8, 2011 in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated from high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1939 and married Wesley “Bud” Stamper on March 22, 1943. They never had children, but were fortunate enough to see many parts of the world because of Bud’s job of over thirty five...
Mary Kathlyn Cochran Propst
Feb 4, 2011
Mary Kathlyn Cochran Propst, 89, wife of the late Harold R. Propst, entered into her heavenly home on Friday, February 4, 2011 in Okeechobee, Florida at the Hamrick Home, Hospice of Okeechobee. She was a long time resident of Kirksville. Upon Harold’s death in November, 2000, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee and then on to Florida to live with...
Victor "Neil" Slaughter
Jan 28, 2011
Victor Neil Slaughter, 55 of Queen City passed away Friday (January 28, 2011) at his home in rural Queen City. The son of Victor Junior and Janice (Muff) Slaughter, he was born July 30, 1955 in Kirksville. Neil is survived by one sister, Linda Bowers and husband Richard of Jefferson City, MO; one brother, Larry Slaughter and wife Karen...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...