Obituaries
Hannah Coorts
Jul 11, 2016
Hannah Tena Coorts, 104, was welcomed into the kingdom of heaven July 11, 2016 at Twin Pines nursing home in Kirksville, Mo. She was born on a farm near Emden Ill, on Nov. 30th 1911 to Hannah Schmidt and John Frederick Wubben. She married Ralph A. Coorts on January 20, 1931. Hannah and Ralph raised their four sons, Gerald,...
Richard Watts
Jul 11, 2016
Richard Allen Watts, 65 of Kirksville passed away Monday (July 11, 2016) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Donnie Bill and Dorothy Juanita (Dye) Watts, he was born October 12, 1950 in Unionville, MO. On December 6, 1969 in Graysville, MO he was united in marriage to Elyse May Schoonover and she preceded him in death. He...
Jerry Kruger
Jul 10, 2016
Jerry Alfred Kruger age 80, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016, at the Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, MO. The son of Alfred and Freda (Hassedt) Kruger, Jerry was born May 16, 1936 in Fairmount, Minnesota. On January 16, 1954 he was united in marriage to Shirley Wacholtz in the St. Johns Lutheran Church in Sherburn, MN, who survives....
Connie Louise Knowles
Jul 6, 2016
Connie Knowles, 65, of Unionville, MO, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. She had been battling cancer. Connie Louise Knowles was born in Kirksville, MO, on August 23, 1950, the daughter of Steven and Rose (Farley) Mayer, who preceded her in death. Connie was reared in Unionville and graduated from...
Wilma Overstreet
Jul 4, 2016
Wilma Overstreet, 84, of Unionville, MO passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on July 4th, 2016. Wilma was born in Putnam County, MO, the daughter of Bonnie Rouse. On March 25, 1962 Wilma married Charles Overstreet and the two of them owned and operated a small farm before moving to town in their later years. Charles preceded...
Norma Faye Owings
Jun 30, 2016
Norma Owings, 85, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO, on Thursday, June 30, 2016. Norma Faye (Ricketts) Owings was born in Woodson County, KS, on September 2, 1930, the daughter of Rosco Esmond and Lydia Ellen (Smith) Ricketts, who preceded her in death. She was reared in central Kansas and graduated from...
Bert Saner
Jun 27, 2016
Bert Saner, 82 of Kirksville passed away Monday (June 27, 2016) unexpectedly at the Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Charles B. and Ethel Saner, he was born December 9, 1933 in Albia, Iowa. Bert was employed by the City of Kirksville. Bert is survived by his children, Rita Thomas of Kirksville, Cheryl Anerson of Virginia, Connie...
John Winslow
Jun 25, 2016
John William Winslow, 88, of Kirksville, Missouri, died Saturday June 25, 2016 at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. John was born in Sperry, Missouri on July 6, 1927 the son of Ira and Alta (VanWye) Winslow. He attended Sperry School and graduated from Kirksville Senior High in 1945. Following graduation, John joined the US Navy serving in the Pacific...
Larry Leon Crooks
Jun 25, 2016
Larry Crooks, 76, of Blue Eye, MO, (formally of Livonia, MO) passed away unexpectedly at the Cox Medical Center in Branson, MO, on Saturday, June 25, 2016. Larry Leon Crooks was born in Livonia, MO, on February 28, 1940, the son of Noah and Gretchen “Geneva” (Lloyd) Crooks, who preceded him in death. He was reared in the Livonia...
Marilyn Otteline Shoultz
Jun 24, 2016
Otteline Shoultz, 90, of Unionville, MO, passed away peacefully at her home in Unionville on Friday, June 24, 2016. Marilyn Otteline Shoultz was born in Allerton, IA, on October 4, 1925, the daughter of Otto and Eva (Showalter) Hilliard, who preceded her in death. “Ottie” was raised on a farm in southern Iowa. She married Ralph Shoultz, I on...
Gary Dean Shrouf Jr.
Jun 22, 2016
Gary Dean Shrouf Jr. 46 of Kirksville passed away June 22, 2016 at Northeast Regional Medical Center. He was born June 13, 1970 in Kirksville. He was engaged to be married July 4, 2016 to Lisa Lumsden. He was preceded in death by two half-brothers, Billy and Jesse Shrouf of Hurdland, MO. Gary is survived by his mother, Fay...
Faye Dickerson
Jun 20, 2016
Faye Dickerson, 81, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO, on Monday, June 20, 2016, following a brief illness. Neola Faye Dickerson was born on December 31, 1934, on the Sheely family farm just west of Unionville, MO. She was the daughter of Merrick Wald and Nora Marie (Huston) Sheely. She graduated...
Johnny Paul Snowbarger
Jun 19, 2016
Johnny Paul “JP” Snowbarger, 75, a resident of Greentop, Missouri, died Sunday, June 19, 2016 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf, Iowa. Born on December 13, 1940 in Queen City, Missouri, JP was the son of A.J. and Grace Snowbarger. He was a 1958 graduate of Queen City High School. In 1960 he married Ruth Marie...
Martha Wadlin
Jun 18, 2016
Martha (Marty) Denslow Van O’Linda Wadlin, of Springfield, Mo., (formerly of Kirksville, Mo.) passed away on Saturday June 18. Marty was born on January 21, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Dr. John Stedman Denslow and Jane Laughlin Denslow. She was united in marriage to Calvin Van O’Linda on June 5, 1956 in Kirksville, Mo. She later married...
Nelma Carol Centera
Jun 18, 2016
Nelma Carol Centera, age 101 passed away Saturday (Junes 18, 2016} at Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Oren and Mary Melissa (Schnelle) Godfrey, Carol was born December 20, 1914 in Lemonville, MO. On December 23, 1967 in Bremerton, Washington she was united in marriage to Benny Centera who preceded her in death on June...
Linda Kay Shultz
Jun 17, 2016
Linda “Kay” Shultz, 72, of Unionville, MO passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital on Friday, June 17, 2016. Kay Shultz was born in Kansas City, MO on September 19, 1943, the daughter of Dale and Virginia Ream. On December 9, 1960 she married Jerry Shultz in Unionville, MO. Kay spent her entire life tending to her family...
Doris Arlene Yager
Jun 17, 2016
Doris Arlene Wade-Yager Doris Yager, 87 of Carrollton, MO formerly of Kirksville passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 at the Carroll House in Carrollton, MO. Doris was born on May 8, 1929 in Kirksville, MO, the daughter of Vere Elmer and Mona Mae (Vittetoe) Treasure. On August 9, 1947 in Queen City, MO she was married to Kenneth L....
Janice L. Trueblood
Jun 10, 2016
Janice Lea (Petree) Trueblood, 65 of Kirksville passed away Friday morning (June 10, 2016) at her home after a battle with cancer. The daughter of Leo Francis and Mary Margaret (Knaak) Petree, she was born March 20, 1951 in Kirksville, MO. She graduated from the Kirksville High School with the class of 1969. She received her bachelor’s degree from...
April Dawn Cureton
Jun 10, 2016
April Cureton, 26 of Kirksville left to be in the arms of our lord Friday (June 10, 2016) at her home. The daughter of Christopher P. and Roxanne (Henke) Cureton, she was born February 12, 1990 in Waukegan, IL. She grew up in Beach Park, IL where she attended Beach Park Schools. In 2007 she moved to Kirksville and...
Harold Edwin Webber
Jun 9, 2016
Harold Webber, 89, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Moberly Nursing and Rehab Center in Moberly, MO, on Thursday, June 9, 2016. Harold Edwin Webber was born in Putnam County, MO, on November 12, 1926, the son of Glen and Glendolya Webber, who preceded him in death. He was reared in Putnam County and attended rural schools there...