Obituaries
Robert May
Jul 24, 2016
Robert N. May, 85, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Sunday, July 24, 2016, at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was born on January 8, 1931, the son of Thomas W. and Lulah K. (Sevits) May. His wife Sherry survives in their Kirksville home. He is also survived by their children: Deborah Schreiber of Macon, Missouri; Denise Clark (Nathan)...
Lee Brouhard
Jul 24, 2016
Lee Brouhard, 77 of Kirksville passed away Sunday (July 24, 2016) at his home in Kirksville. The son of Vern and Lorene (Leeper) Brouhard, he was born March 17, 1939 in Utica, MO. On January 5, 1970 in Ottumwa, IA he was united in marriage to Nora Chaffee. Lee is survived by his loving wife, Nora; one daughter, Paula...
Angela "Angie" Suzanne Warrick
Jul 20, 2016
A sweet spirit is now walking with Angels. Angela (Angie) Suzanne Adams Warrick, 40, of Kirksville, MO, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO. The precious daughter of Carson L. and Barbara J. (Rollins) Adams, she was born July 31, 1975. On July 2, 2009 Angie was united in marriage to James...
Kay Williams
Jul 20, 2016
Kay Williams Kay Williams, 66 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (July 20, 2016) at Twin Pines adult Care Center. The daughter of Otis D. and Mary Kathryn (Shaw) Thomas, she was born October 5, 1949 in Kirksville, MO. On December 12, 1975 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to John Williams. Kay is survived by her husband,...
Wilma Lois Searcy
Jul 19, 2016
Wilma Lois Searcy Wilma Lois Searcy, 89 of Leon, IA formerly of Kirksville, MO passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at the Westview Acres Nursing Home in Leon, IA. Wilma was born on March 29, 1927 in Shelby County, MO, the daughter of Alfred B. and Esther R. (Schwada) Beckley. She graduated from Clarence High School in 1945. She...
Virginia Lee Robbins
Jul 18, 2016
Virginia Robbins, 90, of Unionville, MO, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving family, on Monday, July 18, 2016. Virginia Lee Robbins was born in Unionville, MO, on April 27, 1926, the daughter of Andy and Eva (Morris) Choate, who preceded her in death. She married Grover Robbins in Unionville, MO, on March 25, 1944, and...
Linda Diana Clay
Jul 17, 2016
Linda Clay, 61, of rural Putnam County, MO, passed away at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO, on Sunday, July 17, 2016, after a brief illness. Linda Diana Clay was born in Des Moines, IA, on December 27, 1954, the daughter of Tom and Darlene (Stump) Walker, who preceded her in death. Linda grew up on farm around...
Max Mckay
Jul 16, 2016
Robert Max McKay, a life-long resident of Putnam County, passed from this earth to his heavenly home on July 16, 2016. Max was born on November 20, 1937, in Centerville, IA, the second son of Thomas F. and Dorothy G. (Dixon) McKay. His youth was spent attending the Fife School and Unionville High School until he graduated in 1955....
Candace White
Jul 13, 2016
Candace Elizabeth White, 38 of Queen City passed away Wednesday (July 13 2016) at Samaritan Hospital in Macon, MO. The daughter of David Lee and Ruth Marie (Meeker) White, she was born March 31, 1978 in Brookfield, MO. Candace grew up in the Kirksville area and graduated from the Kirksville High School in 1996. She worked as the school...
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...