Obituaries

Audrea Lyons

Audrea Lyons

Apr 17, 2010

Audrea Lee Lyons, 86, of Kirksville passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Clint and Dalie (Doze) Myers, Audrea was born March 10, 1924 in Kirksville, Missouri. She graduated from Kirksville High School in 1942, and on November 10, of that year, she was united in marriage to Garnett...

Evelyn Christina Sayre

Evelyn Christina Sayre

Apr 14, 2010

Evelyn Sayre Evelyn Christina Sayre, 91, was born January 18, 1919 in rural Putnam County to Ardie and Oma (Grider) Fechtling and passed away April 14, 2010 in Kirksville, Missouri. Evelyn attended rural schools in the Lowground area and Unionville High School, graduating in 1938. She furthered her education at Kirksville State Teachers College for four years. In 1942...

James Nelson Helton

James Nelson Helton

Apr 14, 2010

James Nelson Helton James Nelson Helton, 95 of Brashear passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Jim was born on September 16, 1914 in Shannon County, Missouri, the son of John Riley and Doria Bell Edgmond Helton. He was united in marriage with Lela Bell Vice on May 27, 1934 in Jefferson City,...

Alvis F. Mason

Alvis F. Mason

Apr 13, 2010

Alvis Fred Mason Alvis Fred Mason, age 94, of LaPlata, died peacefully Tuesday (April 13, 2010) in the LaPlata Nursing Home. Alvis was born October 3, 1915 south of Bevier, Missouri, the son of Fred and Lena Pearl (Baker) Mason. On October 1, 1938, in Jefferson City, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Mary Mildred Turner. Mary Mildred...

Clara A. Shumaker

Clara A. Shumaker

Apr 13, 2010

Clara A. Shumaker Clara A. Shumaker, 85 of Brashear passed away Tuesday (April 13, 2010) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. Cara was born January 29, 1925 in Deer Ridge, Missouri, the daughter of Russell and Rubie (Gosney) Menke. She graduated from the LaBelle High School. She moved to Burlington, IA and worked at the Burlington Ordnance Plant. On August...

Evelyn "Evie" J. Best

Evelyn "Evie" J. Best

Apr 10, 2010

EVELYN J. (EVIE) BEST Evelyn J. Best 82 of Sarasota, Florida passed away Saturday morning (April 10 , 2010) at the home of her son in Kirksville, Missouri. Evelyn was the daughter of Albert Denton and Hazel Marie (Wisecarver) Shaffer born on September 28, 1927. She is survived by one son Stephen Taylor and wife Judy of Kirksville, Missouri;...

Fred Schnelle

Fred Schnelle

Apr 9, 2010

Fred Schnelle Fred Schnelle, 60, of Pollock, MO, passed away suddenly at the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital on Friday, April 9, 2010. William Frederick Schnelle was born in Unionville, MO, on August 27, 1949, the son of William A. and Mary Elizabeth (Lester) Schnelle. He graduated from Unionville High School in 1967 and then attended the University of Missouri...

Mary Claudine Terry

Mary Claudine Terry

Apr 4, 2010

Claudine Terry Claudine Terry 97 of Kirksville passed away Sunday (April 4, 2010) at Kirksville Manor Care. Claudine was born on July 4, 1912 in Knox County, MO, the daughter of Joseph R. and Elsie (Parrish) Carter. She was a 1929 graduate of Knox City High School and received the B.S. in Education degree from Northeast Missouri State Teachers...

Polly Farley

Polly Farley

Apr 3, 2010

Polly Farley Polly Farley, 77, of Unionville, MO, passed away at her home, surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, April 3, 2010. She had been battling cancer. Polly Ellen (Bunnell) Farley was born January 5, 1933, in Pennville, MO, the daughter of Leonard and Lillian (Sizemore) Bunnell, who preceded her in death. On August 2, 1953, she married...

Michael Ray Gramling

Michael Ray Gramling

Apr 2, 2010

MICHAEL RAY GRAMLING Michael Ray Gramling, 65 of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Friday evening April 2, 2010 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center. Mike was the born on August 14, 1944 the son of Clarence and Waverly Jane (Pipes) Grambling. He was united in marriage to Anne Widmer on June 7, 1975 in Kirksville, Missouri who survives. Besides his...

Gerald Ray (Jerry) Novak

Gerald Ray (Jerry) Novak

Apr 1, 2010

Gerald Ray (Jerry) Novak, age 67, of LaPlata, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born August 23, 1942, at Berlin, Wisconsin, the son of James and Goldie Arvella Young Novak. On August 9, 1963, he was united in marriage to Jane Louise Doyle. Surviving are his wife Jane Novak of LaPlata, Missouri,...

Trella Marie Coffman

Trella Marie Coffman

Mar 28, 2010

Trella Coffman Trella Marie Coffman, 93 of Bloomfield, IA passed away Sunday (March 28, 2010) at the Bloomfield Care Center. The daughter of Larkin Cecil and Bessie Mae (George) Baskett, she was born January 1, 1917 in Purdin, Missouri. On March 3, 1934 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Floyd Wiggley Coffman and he preceded her...

Dr. Delbert E. Maddox

Dr. Delbert E. Maddox

Mar 28, 2010

Dr. Delbert E. Maddox Dr. Delbert E. Maddox, 97, of Kirksville passed away Sunday (March 28, 2010) at the Forum at Desert Harbor in Peoria, AZ. The son of Orean and Maude (Thompson) Maddox, he was born on June 22, 1912 in Hannibal, MO. He was united in marriage to Lucy Louise Surbeck on June 10, 1942 in Norfolk,...

Mary Palmer

Mary Palmer

Mar 23, 2010

Mary Palmer, 81 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The daughter of Levi and Eleen (Rhoads) Williams, Mary was born October 20, 1928 in Ethel, Missouri. In 1948 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas she was united in marriage to L. T. Schmidt who preceded her in death. To this union one...

Stacy Moore

Stacy Moore

Mar 20, 2010

Stacy Moore, 26, of Green City, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital on Unionville, MO, on Saturday, March 20, 2010 as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident earlier in the day. Stacy Lynn Moore was born in Des Moines, IA, on August 10, 1983, the daughter of Glenn Moore and Mary Smith. She...

Irma V. James

Irma V. James

Mar 18, 2010

Irma Viola (Watson) James 99, of Alexis, IL passed away Thursday (March 18, 2010) at her home in Alexis, IL. Irma was born August 29, 1910 in Brashear, MO, the daughter of William and Eva (Vaughn) Watson. On September 2, 1931 in Queen City, MO, she was united in marriage to Milo John James, who preceded her in death...

Dr. Norton I. Bohon

Dr. Norton I. Bohon

Mar 16, 2010

Dr. Norton Imbler Bohon, DDS, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 16, 2010 in Fort Myers, Florida. A lifetime resident of Kirksville, Dr. Bohon was born to Dr. Samuel and Ethel Bohon (deceased) on August 18, 1918. He attended Kirksville Public Schools and was captain of the KHS basketball team. There he met the love of his...

Wilma Mae "Patsy" Martin

Wilma Mae "Patsy" Martin

Mar 15, 2010

Wilma Mae “Patsy” Martin, 92, of Topeka, passed away March 15, 2010 at Stormont-Vail Hospital. Patsy was born June 15, 1917, in Millard, Missouri, to Harlow Albert and Cordelia Maude Pickard. She graduated from Kirksville High School and attended Kirksville State Teachers College, now Truman University in Kirksville ,Missouri, majoring in art. Patsy was married for 72 years to...

Nellie Mae Sizemore

Nellie Mae Sizemore

Mar 14, 2010

Nellie Mae Sizemore 74 of Novinger passed away Sunday (March 14, 2010) at her home. She was born May 28, 1935 in Salem, Missouri, the daughter of Isaiah Kephart and Emma Kephart (Bowers) Risher. She and Jack Sizemore were united in September 1952. Nellie worked several years at the glove factory, local restaurants and the Florsheim shoe factory. After...

Jerome Butler

Jerome Butler

Mar 13, 2010

Jerome Alan Butler 65, of Kirksville passed away Saturday night (March 13, 2010) at his home. The son of Ralph and Ola Fern (Overton) Butler, he was born on February 20, 1945 at Unionville, Missouri. On June 6, 1965 at Queen City he was united in marriage to Madelon Wright who survives. Also surviving are, his mother of Twin...