Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Clayton Leeper
Mar 10, 2010
Clayton Dee Leeper, 77 of Greentop passed away Wednesday (March 10, 2010) at the Arbors where he had been a patient for the last eight months. Clayton was born December 4, 1932 in Pollock, Missouri, the son of James and Cora (Kiems) Leeper. On December 13, 1985 in Greentop, Missouri he was united in marriage to Martha A. Burnett...
Denvil Preston Lawson
Mar 4, 2010
Denvil Preston Lawson, 99 of Queen City, MO passed away Thursday (March 4, 2010) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Henry Harrison and Agnes (Hall) Lawson, he was born January 15, 1911 in Putnam County, MO. He was united in marriage to Alta Fowler. Denvil is survived by his daughter, Willa Mae Fowler of Muscatine, IA; one...
Peggy A. Salter
Feb 28, 2010
Peggy (Peg) Salter Peggy (Peg) A. Salter, 71, of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Sunday, February 28, 2010, at the Kirksville Manor Care Center in Kirksville, MO. The daughter of Leslie Birch and Dorothy (Evans) Biehl, Peg was born April 28, 1938 in Queen City, MO. On December 26, 1957 in Queen City, MO she was united in marriage to...
Gary Bru
Feb 27, 2010
Gary Dale Bru, 56, of Lucerne, MO, passed away at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO, on Saturday, February 27, 2010. His death came after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. The son of Henry and Josephine (Huston) Bru, Gary was born at the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital on February 11, 1954, in Marshalltown, IA. He spent...
Boon Mclin
Feb 27, 2010
Boon McLin, 76 of Kirksville passed away Saturday (February 27, 2010) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Bon and Jesse (Kelly) McLin, he was born October 26, 1933 in Benjamin, Missouri. On October 11, 1985 in Lancaster, Missouri he was united in marriage to Carol Truitt. Boon is survived by his wife, Carol; one brother, Albert Lowell...