Obituaries

Del Robison

Del Robison

Jan 28, 2015

Del Robison Delber Gene Robison, 86 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (January 28, 2015) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Bernard Murry and Myrtle (Brooks) Robison, he was born March 22, 1928 in Novinger, MO. On June 29, 1947 at the Novinger Methodist Church he was united in marriage to Norma Jean Ellsworth. Del is survived by...

Ruth Dare

Ruth Dare

Jan 26, 2015

Ruth Evalee Dare Ruth Evalee Dare, 90 of Kirksville passed away Monday (January 26, 2015) at her home surrounded by her family. The daughter of William and Eva (Vaughn) Watson, she was born April 5, 1924 near Kirksville, MO. On July 12, 1959 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to Cecil Everett Dare. Ruth is survived by two...

William Aaron Schnelle

William Aaron Schnelle

Jan 24, 2015

William Schnelle William Schnelle, 94, of Pollock, MO, passed away at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO, on Saturday, January 24, 2015. He had been a resident there less than a week after moving to Camden Point to live with his son in February of 2014. William Aaron Schnelle was born in the Pollock, MO, area on...

Margaret Anesi

Margaret Anesi

Jan 21, 2015

Margaret E. Anesi Margaret E. Anesi, 78 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (January 21, 2015) at Kirksville Manor Care. The daughter of Arthur and Katherine (Shaw) King, she was born August 17, 1936 in New Cambria, MO. Margaret is survived by her daughter, Sally Emery of Maricopa, AZ; one brother, Earl (Margaret) King of Greentop, MO; two grandchildren, Chantelle...

Harold Dean Mccormack

Harold Dean Mccormack

Jan 21, 2015

Dean McCormack Dean McCormack, 85, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Harold Dean McCormack was born around Lemons, MO, on September 28, 1929, the son of John William and Verna Lovell (Young) McCormack who preceded him in death. After being reared in that area of Putnam County, he married...

Otto Leon Schmitter

Otto Leon Schmitter

Jan 20, 2015

Otto Leon Schmitter Leon Schmitter, 77, passed away Tuesday (January 20, 2015) at his home in Queen City. The son of Otto Franklin and Neta Pauline (Lasley) Schmitter, he was born in rural Lancaster, Missouri where he grew up and attended the Lancaster Public School graduating with the class of 1955. He them attended the University of Missouri in...

Irene D'Souza

Irene D'Souza

Jan 15, 2015

Eufemia Irene Azavedo D’Souza Eufemia Irene Azavedo D’Souza, known affectionately as Irene, passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, January 15, 2015. A beloved mother, wife, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she was 85 years of age. She resided in Beach Haven, New Jersey, where she lived with her son Alfred D’Souza and his wife Anne. She is also survived...

Robert Vaughn Miller

Robert Vaughn Miller

Jan 11, 2015

Robert Vaughn Miller, age 68 of Hudson, WI, part time Mexico, MO and formerly of Knox County, MO, passed away January 11, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester Mayo. Robert was born July 15, 1946 in Shelbina, MO; the son of Harold L. and Alta Voncille (Pulse) Miller. He attended school in Knox County and in 1963 toured Europe...

Ronald Bagley

Ronald Bagley

Jan 8, 2015

Ronald E. Bagley Ronald Edward Bagley, 78 of Kirksville passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015. Ron was born in Browning, MO on October 16, 1936, the son of William Alva and Kathryn Lorene Jones Bagley. On April 21, 1972 he was united in marriage to Marion I. Cormeny. Ron is survived by his wife, Marion; a sister, Kathy Riney...

Margaret Hindman

Margaret Hindman

Jan 7, 2015

Margaret Hindman Margaret Varley Hindman 90, of Kirksville passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Margaret was born October 22, 1924 in Granite City, IL the daughter of Charles and Olga Varley. On October 2, 1945 she was united in marriage to Arlie C. Hindman who preceded her in death on September...

Lavan O. Smith

Lavan O. Smith

Jan 7, 2015

LaVan Smith LaVan Smith, 86, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO, on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. He had been a patient there for just a few days. LaVan O. Smith was born in Putnam County, MO, the son of Bernard H. and Velva (Crawford) Smith, who preceded him in death. He...

Kenneth Alexander

Kenneth Alexander

Jan 1, 2015

Kenneth Willard Alexander Kenneth Willard Alexander of Queen City, Missouri passed away on January 1, 2015. The son of William Jennings Bryan and Ruth (Brenizer) Alexander, he was born December 6, 1924 near Greentop, Missouri. On August 10, 1947 he was married to Doris Thurman who survives. On August 10th, 2014 they celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. Also surviving...

Carl Lovekamp

Carl Lovekamp

Dec 30, 2014

Carl Lorenz Lovekamp Carl Lovekamp, 82, of Greentop, Mo. passed away Tuesday night (December 30, 2014) in Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The son of Lorenz E. and Jessie Opal (Beck) Lovekamp he was born April 18, 1932 in Queen City. On February 1, 1958, he was united in marriage to Kathryn Heaton and to this marriage two...

Alice Coleen Lawson

Alice Coleen Lawson

Dec 23, 2014

Alice Coleen Lawson Alice Coleen Lawson, 82 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (December 23, 2014) at her home. The daughter of Ferrel and Virginia (Phillips) Brown, she was born October 13, 1932 in Trenton, MO. On June 11, 1951 in Memphis, MO she was united in marriage to James Lawson. Coleen is survived by her husband, James; one son,...

Richard Crooks

Richard Crooks

Dec 22, 2014

Richard L. Crooks Richard Lee Crooks, 80 of Florissant, MO passed away Monday (December 22, 2014) at Parkwood Nursing Center in Maryland Heights, MO. The son of Kermit Elgin and Edith Mae (Cassady) Crooks, he was born May 23, 1934 in Putnam County, MO. On September 23, 1961 at First Baptist Church in Kirksville he was united in marriage...

Leonard Wayne Doolin

Leonard Wayne Doolin

Dec 22, 2014

Wayne Doolin Wayne Doolin, 78, of rural Lucerne, MO, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on Monday, December 22, 2014. Leonard Wayne Doolin was born in rural Pollock, MO, on October 5, 1936, the son of Virgil “Paul” and Opal (Hill) Doolin, who preceded him in death. He was reared in rural Putnam County and...

Charles Oliver

Charles Oliver

Dec 22, 2014

Charles Norman Oliver Charles Norman Oliver 83, of Queen City passed away Monday (December 22, 2014) in Northeast Regional Center in Kirksville, Mo. The son of Norman and Elsie (Collins) Oliver he was born July 23, 1931 in Worthington, Mo. On May 31, 1956 he was united in marriage to Rosemary Sue DeVault who preceded him in death. He...

Norma Jean May

Norma Jean May

Dec 21, 2014

Norma Jean (Mason) May Norma Jean (Mason) May, 84 of Connelsville, Missouri passed away Sunday (Dec. 21, 2014) at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Oscar G. and Beulah A. (Lewis) Mason, she was born May 7, 1930 in Quincy, IL. On May 7, 1948 in Adair County, MO she was united in marriage to Joseph...

Garrey Kneedler

Garrey Kneedler

Dec 20, 2014

Garrey Kneedler Garrey Kneedler, 74, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on Saturday, December 20, 2014. He has joined his wife LaDonna who preceded him in death on September 7, 1997. Garrey was born in Decatur, IA, on May, 5, 1940, the youngest child of Guy and Martha (Snethen) Kneedler, who preceded him in...

Julia Francis Robb

Julia Francis Robb

Dec 20, 2014

Julia Robb Julia Robb, 95, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Hospital in Unionville, MO, on Saturday, December 20, 2014, after a brief illness. Julia Francis (Tingley) Robb was born in Pollock, MO, on December 10, 1919, the daughter of William Thomas Tingley and Easter Isabelle Casteel, who preceded her in death. She graduated from Unionville...