Obituaries
Vicki Janine Bunch
Oct 22, 2016
Vicki Janine Bunch 42, of Kirksville, MO passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 21, 2016, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO, after an auto accident. Vicki was born on October 12, 1974, the daughter of Bill and Marjorie (Pointer) Gosney. On July 28, 2010 she was united in marriage to William "Billy" Bunch who survives. Also...
Melba Maxine Blue
Oct 20, 2016
Melba Maxine (West) Blue, age 89, of Livonia, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on Thursday, October 20, 2016. She had been a resident there for two years. Melba was born in Glendale, MO, on April 14, 1927, the daughter of Oscar and Octa (Abbott) West who preceded her in death. She married Clifford Basil Blue...
Keith Novinger
Oct 20, 2016
Keith L. Novinger CPO Keith L. Novinger (ret.) 71, of Columbia, MO passed away October 20, 2016 at the Harry S. Truman VA Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Floyd and Marjorie (Pipes) Novinger, he was born July 19, 1945 in Pure Air, MO. He was united in marriage to Peggy S. Bean, August 25, 2003, who survives...
Max Hoskin
Oct 20, 2016
Max Hoskin, 78, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Regency Care Center in Norwalk, IA, on Thursday, October 20, 2016. He had been a resident there for only brief time. Max was born in rural Hartford, MO, on May 4, 1938, the son of Donald and Vivian (Mullenix) Hoskin, who preceded him in death. Max was raised by...
Robert Moots
Oct 19, 2016
Robert Norman Moots 74 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (October 19, 2016) at his home. The son of Robert Henry Moots and Helen Gladys “Whittom” Moots Ratliff, he was born on November 7, 1941 in Kirksville, MO. On November 25, 1966 in Kirksville, he was united in marriage to Mildred Lucille “Rogers” McCarty. He was preceded in death by...
James Westmoreland
Oct 19, 2016
James Westmoreland, 75 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (October 19, 2016) at his home. The son of Carl and May (Grisham) Westmoreland, he was born October 26, 1940 in Mountain Grove, MO. He was united in marriage to Patricia Hannan and to this union one daughter was born, Barbara Sue. He was united in marriage to Shirley Mullenix and...
Jennie Sue Ross
Oct 18, 2016
Jennie Sue Ross, 80 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (October 18, 2016) at her home. The daughter of Norvell Christian and Ruth Ellen (Hostler) Allen, she was born July 9, 1936 in Kirksville, MO. On June 9, 1956 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Sydney Phillip Ross, DO. Sue is survived by her husband, Sydney; one...
Marcia Rae Vangenderen
Oct 18, 2016
Marcia Rae Kaiser VanGenderen died peacefully surrounded by her children on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. She was born on March 8, 1944 in Earlham, Iowa to June Medlin and Leon Kaiser. Her childhood was spent in Iowa where she began school early at the age of four. Most of Marcia’s school years were spent in Unionville, Missouri where she...
Ralph Lewis
Oct 18, 2016
Ralph Lewis Ralph C. Lewis, 75 of rural Greentop, MO passed away Monday, October 18th at his home. Ralph was born August 17, 1941 in New Boston, MO, to Russel and Leola (Bruner) Lewis and they preceded in death; Russel on Sept. 20, 1944 and Leola in Jan. of 2002. He was also preceded in death by one sister,...
Bernadette Delaware
Oct 14, 2016
Bernadette Delaware, 87, finished her walk of life on Friday, October 14, 2016 in Kirksville, MO. The daughter of James and Esther Gilson, she was born April 27, 1929 in Gardiner, Maine. On November 15, 1947, she married Lewis Delaware at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Gardiner, and to this union, six children were born. She is survived by...
Jesse Lee Klinginsmith
Oct 11, 2016
J Lee Klinginsmith J Lee Klinginsmith, 88, of Unionville, MO, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. Jesse Lee Klinginsmith was born in the Lucerne area of Putnam County, MO, on April 30, 1928, the son of Jesse Jacob and Emma Ann (Newell) Klinginsmith, who preceded him in death. He was reared in that part...
Norma Mathes
Oct 9, 2016
Norma Mathes, 84, of Queen City passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016, at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of Herbert and Goldie (Bowen) Kramer, she was born February 28, 1932, in Mexico, Missouri. On January 12, 1952 in Lancaster, MO, she was united in marriage to Harold David Mathes who preceded her in death on November 13,...
Dorothy Lucille Breeding
Oct 6, 2016
Dorothy Lucille (Hoyt) Breeding, 91, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, on Thursday, October 6, 2016, where she had been a resident for several years. Dorothy was born in Unionville, MO, on August 12, 1925, the daughter of George and Mary (Carter) Hoyt, who preceded her in death. She graduated from...
Sterling G. Reindel
Oct 2, 2016
Sterling G. Reindel of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016. The son of John C. and Lena Pearl (McElhinney) Reindel, Sterling was born May 5, 1927 on the family farm two and three quarter miles northeast of Queen City. He is survived by one niece, Jan Rauscher of Phoenix, Arizona and one nephew, Roy Crewz of Las...
Martin Cecil Hackney
Oct 1, 2016
Martin Cecil Hackney, 81, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO, on Saturday, October 1, 2016. Martin Hackney was born July 11, 1935, in rural Putnam County the son of Austin and Pearl (Alexander) Hackney who preceded him in death. Martin attended the Triumph Rural School in Putnam County and graduated from...
Criss Len Robertson
Sep 25, 2016
Criss Len Robertson, age 62, of Fulton, MO, formerly of Brashear, MO, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO, surrounded by his family. The son of Clarence L. Jr. and Marjory (Cowan) Robertson, he was born October 21, 1953 in Kirksville, MO. On May 23, 1975 in Novelty, MO, he was...
Merle Lewis
Sep 24, 2016
Merle Lewis, well-loved former counselor at Putnam County R-1 High School and Hartford, MO, resident has died. She will be sadly missed by her family and many friends in the area. She was 92. The daughter of Lawrence and Lelia Blanche (Kimmel) Barnhouse, Lois Merle was born in Laurel, IA, on September 12, 1924. The family moved to Hartford,...
Doris Dee Parsons
Sep 19, 2016
Doris Dee (Crouse) Parsons of Lemons, Missouri passed away Monday, September 19, 2016 at her home. Doris was born May 21, 1930 in McPherson, Kansas to Milford and Bernadine (Richards) Crouse. Her family moved back to the Hill Community when she was very young. Doris attended grade school at Anspach School and during her high school years she and...
Alvin Henderson
Sep 14, 2016
Alvin R. Henderson Alvin Ray Henderson, 77 of Lewistown, MO passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2016 in his home with his family, under the care of Hospice. Born December 11, 1938 in Madison County in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina to William “Burlin” and Mandy (Payne) Henderson. He lived most of his childhood in Buncombe County, NC...
Billie "Tillie" J. Mcfarland
Sep 10, 2016
Billie J. “Tillie” McFarland Tillie McFarland, 82 passed away at home Saturday, September 10, 2016 in Novinger, MO. She was born March 2, 1934 the daughter of Virgil and Rose (Gillispie) McFarland. Tillie is survived by son, John Lee McFarland of Novinger, MO; sisters, Florence Waddell of Blue Grass, IA and Lexlie Bland of Novinger, MO; grandchildren, Liac, Jennifer,...



