Obituaries

Lora Franklin Mckay

Lora Franklin Mckay

Jul 31, 2010

Lora McKay Lora McKay, formerly of Centerville, IA, passed away at the Atlantic Care Center in Atlantic, IA, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. He was 75 years of age and had lived in Atlantic for about a year. Lora Franklin McKay was born in Unionville, MO, on October 27, 1934, the son of Thomas F. and Dorothy (Hibbs) McKay...

Bill Young

Bill Young

Jul 31, 2010

Bill Young Bill Young, 77, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Bill had been a patient there for several days. William James Young was born in Trenton, MO, on October 31, 1932, the son of James and Mayda (Clark) Young who preceded him in death. He...

Maurice Laubscher

Maurice Laubscher

Jul 31, 2010

Maurice Lee Laubscher, son of the late George Leo and Una Dee (Goodwin) Laubscher, died in Amberwood Court Care Center, Denver, Colorado on July 31, 2010 at the age of 77. Maurice was born on the family farm located five miles east of Baring, Missouri on December 13, 1932. His early childhood education was in the rural one-room Rule...

Margaret Brown

Margaret Brown

Jul 31, 2010

Margaret Brown Margaret Brown, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, MO, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. She was 84 years of age. Margaret Roberta (Kelley) Brown was born in Des Moines, IA, on October 28, 1925, the daughter of Robert H. and Margaret Faye (Simmons) Brown, who preceded her in death. She...

Harold Cawley

Harold Cawley

Jul 29, 2010

Harold Cawley Harold Cawley, 75, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KA, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Harold Lee Cawley was born in DeKalb, MO, on November 1, 1934, the son of Ernest B. and Martha J. (White) Cawley who preceded him in death. He graduated from Central High School...

Moonene Jeanette Doss

Moonene Jeanette Doss

Jul 21, 2010

Moonene Jeanette Doss, 85 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (July 21, 2010) at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Moonene was the daughter of Charles A. and Bertha Elizabeth (Harris) Woodward, and was born on December 19, 1924 in Edina, Missouri. On June 11, 1940 in Lancaster, Missouri she was united in marriage to Marion C. Doss who...

Bella Shao

Bella Shao

Jul 20, 2010

Bella Shao, 92 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (July 20, 2010) at her home in Kirksville. Bella was born on September 2, 1917 in San Francisco, California. She was raised in San Francisco where she attended school and graduated high school. She worked in bookkeeping in San Francisco. On August 3, 1946 in San Francisco, California she was united...

Bessie E. Ambrose

Bessie E. Ambrose

Jul 20, 2010

Bessie Elaine Ambrose, 80, of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (July 20, 2010), at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Eddie Ross and Edith Agnes (Brassfield) Kirkpatrick, Bessie was born January 16, 1930 in Buffalo, MO. On September 19, 1960 in Kansas she was united in marriage to James Ambrose, who preceded her in death. Also...

Bobby Dabney

Bobby Dabney

Jul 19, 2010

Bobby (Bob) Dabney, 87 of Kirksville passed away Monday, July 19, 2010 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The son of Clifford and Eva (Perry) Dabney, he was born July 2, 1923 in Kirksville, Missouri. On November 26, 1948 in Kirksville he was united in marriage to Carolyn Moore. Bob is survived by his wife, Carolyn; one son,...

Ferris Hollenbeck

Ferris Hollenbeck

Jul 19, 2010

Ferris W. Hollenbeck of Kirksville passed away Monday, July 19, 2010 at Northeast Regional Medical Center. Ferris was born in Kirksville, MO January 7, 1925, the son of D.W. and Mary (Horsman) Hollenbeck. On July 2, 1957 in Kirksville, MO he was united in marriage to Ruby Irene Parks. Ferris was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and...

Mary Elizabeth Schnelle

Mary Elizabeth Schnelle

Jul 15, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Schnelle Mary Elizabeth Schnelle, 86, of Pollock, MO, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010, at Putnam County Memorial Hospital. Mary was born in Topeka, KS, on January 19, 1924, to Ernest Frederick Lester and Mary Elizabeth (Kennedy) Lester, who preceded her in death. Mary Beth attended Washburn University. She married William Aaron Schnelle on September 5, 1944,...

Bydra Eythel Hutchison

Bydra Eythel Hutchison

Jul 14, 2010

Byrda Eythel (Jerome) Hutchison, 86 of Kirksville, formerly of Greentop passed away (July 14, 2010) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. She was born March 23, 1924 in Green Castle, MO, the daughter of Stephen and Blanche (George) Jerome. She was united in marriage to Arthur Wilford Hutchison on May 22, 1946 in Edina, MO. Byrda Eythel is survived...

Bob Wayne Fairley

Bob Wayne Fairley

Jul 14, 2010

Bob Fairley Bobby Wayne Fairley, 57, of Unionville, Mo, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 1:15 p.m. at his home. The son of Victor Ray and Dorothy Fairley, he was born October 2, 1952 in Newtown, MO. Bobby was preceded in death by his father, a sister, Betty Hrobsky, a nephew, Christopher Hrobsky, a niece, Cindy Hines, and...

Pauline Roof

Pauline Roof

Jul 11, 2010

Pauline Roof Pauline “Polly” Roof passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital on Sunday, July 11, 2010. She was 82 years of age. Pauline May (Crouse) Roof was born in Perry, OK, on May 26, 1928, the oldest child of Milford and Bernadine (Richards) Crouse. Her family moved from Perry to McPherson, KS, and then to Missouri. Polly...

John Woodrow Sykes

John Woodrow Sykes

Jul 11, 2010

John Woodrow Sykes age 91 of Hurdland went to be with his Lord on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the LaPlata Nursing home in LaPlata, MO. Woodrow was born at home in Macon County, MO on September 1, 1918, the son of Lee and Mary Anne Shepard Sykes. On December 21, 1941, in LaPlata, he married Anna Lea Hatfield...

Betha L. Easley

Betha L. Easley

Jul 10, 2010

Bertha L. Easley, age 82 of LaPlata, Missouri passed away Saturday (July 10, 2010) at the LaPlata Nursing Home in LaPlata, Missouri. Bertha will be cremated and no service will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of the Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home in Kirksville.

Michael Shane Anderson

Michael Shane Anderson

Jul 10, 2010

Michael Shane Anderson Shane Anderson, 45, of Kearney, MO, died in a motorcycle accident in Liberty, MO, on Saturday, July 10, 2010. Michael Shane Anderson was born in Unionville, MO, on December 30, 1963, the son of David and Linda (Schoonover) Anderson. He graduated from South Lawn High School in Shreveport, LA, and then attended Des Moines Area Community...

Larry Tomich

Larry Tomich

Jul 10, 2010

Larry Tomich 52, of Kirksville passed away Saturday (July 10, 2010) in Sweet Springs, MO where he was preparing for a sprint car race. The son of Edward Tony and Geneva Ruth (Jones) Tomich, he was born September 16, 1957 in Kirksville, Missouri. He was raised in Kirksville and attended the Kirksville Schools, graduating with the class of 1975....

Wahita Mae Koerner

Wahita Mae Koerner

Jul 10, 2010

Wanita Mae Koerner, 91 of Kirksville passed away Saturday (July 10, 2010) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. Wanita was born April 11, 1919 in Youngstown, Ohio, the second daughter of Frank and Harriet (Pringle) Warnock. The family moved to Kirksville in 1925 and she graduated from Kirksville High School in 1937. From 1937-1939 she attended nursing school in Burlington,...

Lola Irene Edge

Lola Irene Edge

Jul 9, 2010

Lola I. Edge Lola Irene (Woolf) Edge, 72, of Kirksville passed away Friday (July 9, 2010) at her home and is currently with her Lord and Savior. Lola was born on June 7, 1938 in Laredo, MO, the daughter of Donald C. and Allene (Tracy) Woolf. On April 17, 1960 in Laredo, MO she was united in marriage to...