Obituaries

Charlotte Mccall

Charlotte Mccall

Jan 2, 2016

Charlotte A. McCall, 65 of Milan, MO passed away Saturday (January 2, 2016) in Gainsville, MO. The daughter of James Norman and Ruby May (Finchum) Wattenbarger, she was born January 24, 1950 in Milan, MO. On June 5, 1977 in Greentop, MO she married Royce Lewellen and he preceded her in death on April 3, 1987. On March 31,...

Larry Stephens

Larry Stephens

Jan 1, 2016

Larry R. Stephens master teacher, cowboy, accomplished traveler, card shark, and poor speller, born on November 10, 1940 to Ralph and Agnes (Fitzsimmons) Stephens died on January 1, 2016. The Stephens family lost their beloved husband and father after a long fight against renal disease and resulting heart complications. Larry loved biscuits and gravy, old westerns, his family, his...

Phoebe Mitchell

Phoebe Mitchell

Dec 30, 2015

Phoebe LaVena Mitchell, 92 of Greentop, MO passed away Wednesday (December 30, 2015) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. LaVena was born on August 29, 1923 in Putnam County, MO, the eighth of three daughters and seven sons born to William B. and Phoebe E. (Sparks) Richardson. On April 4, 1942 she was married to Robert Delton Mitchell in Kirksville,...

Julia Riley

Julia Riley

Dec 28, 2015

Julia Ann Riley, 55 of Kirksville, MO passed away Monday (December 28, 2015) at her home. The daughter of James Willard and Jeanette (Watson) Sparks, she was born September 2, 1960 in Kirksville, MO. On June 13, 1981 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Rudy Riley. Julia is survived by her husband, Rudy and children, Adam...

Jennell Kelley

Jennell Kelley

Dec 28, 2015

Jennell I. Kelley, 85 of Kirksville passed away Monday (December 28, 2015) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The daughter of Fred and Ruby (Shouse) Gonnerman, she was born June 8, 1930 in Kirksville, MO. In November of 1948 she was united in marriage to Clarence Kelley. Jennell is survived by one son, James Kelley and wife Judy of...

James Berry

James Berry

Dec 28, 2015

James Berry, 73 of Kirksville passed away Monday (December 28, 2015) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Azle and Marie (Wilkins) Berry, he was born December 4th, 1942 in Kirksville, MO. In February of 1970 he was united in marriage to Ruth Aberdeen who preceded him in death. James is survived by a daughter, Christina Berry and...

Mary Partin

Mary Partin

Dec 27, 2015

Mary Adeline Partin age 94, of Kirksville MO passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO. The daughter of James William and Vella Hollon Steele Paris Partin she was born August 19, 1921 in Collinsville, MO. On December 26, 1952 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Harvey Douglas Partin,...

Sue Buban

Sue Buban

Dec 25, 2015

Sue Buban passed on December 25, 2015, Sue was preceded in death by her husband Frank Buban, who passed exactly 3 years earlier...to the day. Sue was born on March 28, 1928, in Brashear, Missouri, but moved to Kirksville at the age of 8. Sue attended Kirksville High School, graduating in 1946. In 1948 she married Frank Joseph Buban,...

Pat Murdock

Pat Murdock

Dec 25, 2015

Pat Murdock, 67 of Kirksville passed away Friday (December 25, 2015) at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of George and Mabel (Sandefur) Gardner, Pat was born February 1, 1948 in Kirksville, MO. In January of 1966 in Brashear, MO she was united in marriage to Ronnie Kellison and to this union one daughter was born. On March...

Levenia Daniels

Levenia Daniels

Dec 25, 2015

Levenia May (Beard) Daniels was born March 14, 1921 in Kirksville, MO. the daughter of Floyd and Polly (Rucker) Beard. On April 3, 1942 she married John E. Daniels in St. Louis Missouri. Mr. Daniels preceded her in death on September 5, 1981. She was preceded in death by her parents Surviving are four sons and families: Stephen and...

Donny Glin Lassabe

Donny Glin Lassabe

Dec 25, 2015

Donny Lassabe, 56, passed away at his daughter’s home in Winterset, IA, where he had been living for the past six months, on Friday, December 25, 2015. Donny had been in ill health for some time. Donny Glin Lassabe was born in Pascagoula, MS, on July 21, 1959, the son of Alex and Dorothy Estelle (Tillman) Lassabe, who preceded...

Matilda Grubrich

Matilda Grubrich

Dec 23, 2015

Matilda Grubrich, 99 of Greentop, MO passed away December, 23, 2015, in Kirksville, MO. The daughter of Charles Bartosik and Mary (Shupka) Bartosik, she was born February 1, 1916, in Connelsville, MO. Mrs. Grubrich grew up on a farm south of Novinger, MO, and attended Stinson School, where she was an excellent student. On September 4, 1935, at the...

Tyrone Jack Ward

Tyrone Jack Ward

Dec 23, 2015

Tyrone "Jack" Ward, 75 of Kirksville, Missouri went to be with the Lord and his beloved son, Terry, on Wednesday, December 23rd. He was born in Kirkwood, MO on January 4, 1940, to Paul and Irene Ward. He grew up in Kirkwood and played football at Kirkwood High School and later attended Northeast Missouri State where he continued to...

Jack Weber

Jack Weber

Dec 21, 2015

Jack Elton Weber age 86 passed away Monday evening December 21, 2015 at Elmcroft Assisted Living in Lake Jackson TX. Jack moved to TX in January to be closer to his son, daughter in law and buddy Bullet. Jack was born on September 15, 1929 in Pattensburg, MO, the son of Virginia and Roy Weber. On August 15, 1953...

Blanche Lavera Scott

Blanche Lavera Scott

Dec 20, 2015

Blanche LaVera (Motter) Scott of LaPlata, Missouri passed away Sunday (December 20, 2015) at the LaPLata Nursing Home. The daughter of Samuel and Blanche (Dear) Motter, she was born August 26, 1924 in Kirksville, MO. She married Lando E. Scott in Queen City, MO on March17, 1946. He preceded her in death on July 18, 2007. Surviving are her...

Zachari T. Sands

Zachari T. Sands

Dec 15, 2015

Zachari Terrance Sands, 29 of LaPlata, MO passed away at his home on December 15, 2015. The son of Linda Diveley and Ricky Sands, he was born February 2, 1986 in Unionville, MO. He grew up in Unionville until age 10 when the family moved to Van Buren, AR where he was saved and found the Lord. They moved...

Linda Twining

Linda Twining

Dec 13, 2015

Linda Carol Twining passed away on December 13, 2015, at Boone Hospital, Columbia, after a courageous struggle with cancer. Lin, as she preferred to be called, was born on July 8, 1952, in Paterson, New Jersey, to Elmer Robert and Mildred Weeks Twining. She received a B.A. in biology from William Paterson College, and a M.S. in zoology from...

Dale Alan Osborne

Dale Alan Osborne

Dec 12, 2015

On May 14, 1960, Dale Alan Osborne was born at Bitburg, Germany. Dale comes from an Air Force family background. The family settled in Oneonta, NY, when Dale was two years of age. Dale’s parents were divorced when he was five years of age. Dale grew up with his mom. One time his mom put him in foster care...

Belva Jean Pratt

Belva Jean Pratt

Dec 8, 2015

Jean Pratt Jean Pratt died December 8, 2015 at Putnam County Care Center where she was under care for Alzheimer’s dementia. Belva Jean Wickless was born August 29, 1923 in Sharpsburg, Iowa, the daughter of Oscar Anthony and Grace Marie Warner Wickless. Soon after her birth the family moved to Weldon Iowa where Jean was raised, graduating from Weldon...

Evelyn Jean Strobel-Deis

Evelyn Jean Strobel-Deis

Dec 8, 2015

Evelyn Strobel-Deis Evelyn Jean was born in Putnam County, MO, on September 3, 1931, the daughter of Darl & Erma (Ratliff) Steele, who preceded her in death. She passed away at her daughter’s home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Evelyn was the first in her family to graduate from High School. She joined the army...