Obituaries

Neva Sleeth

Neva Sleeth

Jan 9, 2014

Neva L. Sleeth Neva Lee Sleeth, 96 of Brashear passed away Thursday (January 9, 2014) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The daughter of Lee and Emma (Conkle) Coy, she was born September 14, 1917 in Hurdland, MO. On December 17, 1938 in Queen City, MO she was united in marriage to Clarence Pearl Sleeth and he preceded her...

Debra Duane Pickering

Debra Duane Pickering

Jan 7, 2014

Debbie Pickering, 48, of Powersville, MO, passed away at her home on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, after a three year battle with PPND, a form of Parkinson’s disease. Debra Duane (Gill) Pickering was born in Unionville, MO, on September 15, 1965, the daughter of Owen Duane and Kathryn (Thompson) Gill. She was reared in Putnam County and graduated from...

Everett Junior Casady

Everett Junior Casady

Jan 6, 2014

Junior “Hoppy” Casady, 78, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville on Monday, January 6, 2014. He had been a resident there for only a brief time. Everett Junior Casady was born near Graysville, MO, on October 23, 1935, the son of Elvin Kenneth and Willadeane (Hays) Casady, who preceded him in death....

Kristen Deeanne Johnson

Kristen Deeanne Johnson

Jan 5, 2014

Kadie Campbell Johnson, 33, of Kirksville, MO, (formerly of Unionville, MO) passed away at her home on Sunday, January 5, 2014. Kristen (Kadie) Deeanne Campbell was born in Unionville, MO, on November 5, 1980, the daughter of Donnie and Kathleen (Staples) Campbell. She was reared in Edina and Unionville and graduated from Putnam County High School in 1999. She...

Riley Wayne Johnson

Riley Wayne Johnson

Jan 5, 2014

Riley Wayne Johnson, 36, died on January 5, 2014 in Kirksville, MO. Riley Johnson was born December 3, 1977, in Centerville, IA, the son of Glen Wayne Johnson & Jeanie Marlene (Butler) Johnson. Riley attended Putnam County R-1 schools, graduating in 1996, then went on to get a degree in Agriculture Business from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville,...

Wiliam "Bill" Kreutzer

Wiliam "Bill" Kreutzer

Dec 30, 2013

William “Bill” Kreutzer William “Bill” August Kreutzer Jr., 86 formerly of Kirksville passed away Monday (December 30, 2013) at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, MO. The son of William August John and Louise C. (Heidbrink) Kreutzer, he was born August 8, 1927 in Rosebud, MO. On January 21, 1967 in St. Louis, MO he was united in marriage...

Raella Shrouf

Raella Shrouf

Dec 27, 2013

Raella Lea Shrouf Raella Lea Shrouf, 47 of Meadville, MO passed away Friday (December 27, 2013) at Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield, MO. The daughter of John and Sharon (Cornelison) Blodgett, she was born March 29, 1966 in Kirksville, MO. On August 7, 1993 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Jackie Shrouf. Raella is survived by...

Lois Emma Nalley

Lois Emma Nalley

Dec 22, 2013

Lois Nalley, 84, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Four Seasons Living Center in Sedalia, MO, on Sunday, December 22, 2013. She had been a resident there since 2011. Lois Emma (Davis) Nalley was born in Putnam County, MO, on June 20, 1929, the daughter of Stanley and Josie (Scrivens) Davis, who preceded her in death. She was...

Gerald Morris

Gerald Morris

Dec 19, 2013

Gerald Lee Morris Gerald Lee Morris, 60 of Kirksville passed away Thursday (December 19, 2013) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Charles Seth and Beulah (Boley) Morris, he was born January 22, 1953 in Adair County, MO. Gerald is survived by one brother, Roy Morris and wife Sharon of Fulton, MO; four sisters, Loretta Sparks of Kirksville,...

Mary Jean Shelton

Mary Jean Shelton

Dec 16, 2013

Mary Jean (Parrish) Shelton, born September 11, 1911 died on December 16, 2013 at 102 years of age. She was the middle child of Sam Parrish and Maggie (Fields) Parrish, with an older sister (Grace Parrish Barnes) and a younger brother (Virgil Parrish), and grew up on a farm in the Lucerne, MO area. After completing secondary education, Jean...

Bernadine Kiley Barker

Bernadine Kiley Barker

Dec 15, 2013

Margaret Bernadine (Moore) Kiley Barker, 88, of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Sunday, December 15th at her home. The daughter of Thomas W. and Margaret J. (Nooning) Moore, she was born on June 11, 1925, in Adair, Missouri. She was married to James P. Kiley on September 9, 1950, in Fort Madison, Iowa. They resided near and in Baring, Missouri...

Kenneth Franklin Anders

Kenneth Franklin Anders

Dec 15, 2013

Kenneth Anders, 81, of Unionville, MO, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loving family, on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Kenneth Franklin Anders was born December 30, 1931, the son of Ray Clifford and Marie Ozell (Timmons) Anders, who preceded him in death. He married Helen Ilene Buckallew in Unionville, MO, on February 27, 1952, and she...

Marilyn Morrow

Marilyn Morrow

Dec 13, 2013

Marilyn N. Morrow Marilyn Morrow 91, of Unionville, MO, passed away Friday (December 13, 2013) at the Putnam County Care Center. The daughter of Arta Leon and Ruby America (Nalley) Branscom, she was born May 12, 1922 in rural Livonia, Missouri. On September 23, 1940 in Worthington, MO she was married to Melvin Morrow who preceded her in death....

George Strobel

George Strobel

Dec 9, 2013

George Strobel George Frank “Strabel” Strobel, 84 of Kirksville passed away Monday (December 9, 2013) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of George and Anna (Fickinger) Strobel, he was born April 18, 1929 in Milwaukee, WI. On February 7, 1970 in Chicago, IL he was united in marriage to Betty Taylor. George is survived by four children, Mark...

David Whitworth

David Whitworth

Dec 9, 2013

David Lee Whitworth David Lee Whitworth 51 of Joplin, MO formerly of Kirksville passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2013 at his home. The son of G.D. “Smoky” and Phyllis Jean (Galloway) Whitworth, he was born April 20, 1962 in Kirksville, Missouri. David taught everyone he met a few lessons about life. He was gentle and kind and found joy...

Doris Smith

Doris Smith

Dec 5, 2013

Doris G. Smith Doris G. Smith, 90 of Hamilton, MO formerly of Kirksville passed away Thursday (December 5, 2013) at Hillcrest Manor in Hamilton, MO. The daughter of Carroll L. and Ruby Lee (Churchhill) Miller, she was born April 29, 1923 in Green City, MO. On June 21, 1942 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Fredrick...

James Eldon Hines

James Eldon Hines

Dec 5, 2013

James Hines, 75, of Seymour, IA, passed away at The Continental Care Center in Seymour on Thursday, December 5, 2013. James Eldon Hines was born in Sullivan County, MO, on September 1, 1938, the son of James W. and Uldine (Duncan) Hines, who preceded him in death. He graduated from Newtown High School in 1956 and worked briefly in...

Goldie Decker

Goldie Decker

Dec 2, 2013

Goldie Decker, 61 of Independence, MO passed away Monday, December 2, 2013 at the Center Point Hospital in Independence. Goldie was born on June 29, 1952 in Hurdland, MO the daughter of Harvey and Virginia (Turpin) Decker. Goldie is survived by her sisters, Roselee Ball of Paragould, AR, Minnie Decker of St. Joseph, MO; nieces, Sheila Johnson of Delaplaine,...

Olen Martin

Olen Martin

Dec 1, 2013

Olen L. Martin Olen Lyle Martin 87, of Denison, Iowa, formerly of Kirksville passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013, at Eventid Lutheran Home in Denison, IA Olen was born on May 4, 1926 in Winigan, MO, the son of Clinton Erastus and Sarah Mae (Reed) Martin. On July 2, 1949 in Kirksville, MO, Olen was united in marriage to...

Betty Lou Smith

Betty Lou Smith

Nov 28, 2013

Betty Lou Smith, 75 of Queen City, MO passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO. Betty Lou was born on December 18, 1937 in Sabula, IA, the daughter of John Jacob and Elma (Alton) Rife. On May 1, 1986 in Graysville, MO Betty Lou was united in marriage to James Smith,...