Obituaries

Sep 6, 2013

Thelma Baldock Thelma Baldock, 95, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, MO, on Friday, September 6, 2013. Thelma Lucille (Bacus) Baldock was born in Connelsville, MO, on July 19, 1918, the daughter of Claud and Goldie (Dooley) Bacus, who preceded her in death. The family moved to Appanoose County, IA, soon after...

Sep 5, 2013

Ruth Webb, 70, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO, on Thursday, September 5, 2013, after a brief illness. Ruth Marie (Cook) Webb was born in Kansas City, KS, on March 15, 1943, the daughter of Leroy and Ruth (Cannon) Cook, who preceded her in death. She was reared in...

Sep 5, 2013

Clifford Lay

Clifford Lay 93, of Greentop passed away Thursday (September 5, 2013) in Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville.

The son of James A. and Grace E. (Morton) Lay, he was born June 9, 1920 in rural Greentop on the farm where he...

Aug 31, 2013

Charles D. Rhoads Charles D. Rhoads 70, of Queen City passed away unexpected Saturday (August 31, 2013) in Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The son of Kenneth Edward and Anna Marie (Beary) Rhoads, he was born October 21, 1942, in Queen City, Missouri. On December 25, 1964 he was united in marriage to Patsy Starbuck and to this...

Aug 30, 2013

Hershel Newcomer

Hershel Newcomer, 84 of LaPlata, MO passed away Friday, August 30, 2013 at the Samaritan Hospital in Macon, MO.

The son of David E. & Alta F. (Glaspie) Newcomer, he was born on April 9, 1929 in Adair County, MO. In 1959 he...

Aug 29, 2013

Mary Esther Varner (Evans) Mary Esther Varner (Evans), 95 years-old of Powersville, MO passed away August 29th, 2013 from natural causes at Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, MO. Mary was born May 29, 1918 in Mercer County, daughter of Soloman Elmer Evans and Fannie Irene (Wells) Evans, she was the youngest of eight daughters and elder to her...

Aug 26, 2013

Samuel (Sam) L. Lesseig Samuel (Sam) L. Lesseig of Kirksville, Mo passed away Monday, August 26, 2013. He was born January 19, 1939 at Great Bend, KS, son of Phil and Ruth Lesseig. He married Delores (Dee) Zerr of Park, Ks. September 2, 1963. He is survived by his wife, Dee and three children, Vance, Corey and Kristin Lesseig,...

Aug 25, 2013

Jarvis Dean Carr, 53 of Kirksville, MO passed away Sunday, August 25, 2013 at his home. Jarvis was born on June 18, 1960 in Anderson, IN the son of Ruben and Pauline (Sanders) Carr. Jarvis is survived by son, Christopher Carr of Bible Grove, MO; brothers, Rick of Edina, MO and Buddy Lyons of Mockville, N.C.; sisters, Dorothy Carr...

Aug 24, 2013

Francis Marion “Bucky” Walter Jr. Francis Marion "Bucky" Walter, Jr. who served as Dean of Students at the Kirksville college of Osteopathic Medicine (now a part of A. T. Still University of the Health Sciences) for over 30 years died on August 24, 2013. Born in Putnam County at Mendota, Missouri on March 5, 1922, he was the son...

Aug 20, 2013

Charlotte Colleen Schrage

Charlotte Colleen Schrage of Brashear, passed away Tuesday August 20, 2013 at the LaPlata Nursing Home.

Colleen was born February 2, 1935 in Kirksville,...

Aug 19, 2013

Michael L. Lockhart

Michael L. Lockhart, 63 of Kirksville passed away Monday (August 19, 2013) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center.

The son of Clarence Leroy and Lorraine (Campbell) Lockhart, he was born July 13, 1950 in Ellsworth, Kansas. On May 23, 1972 in Lawrence,...

Aug 19, 2013

William A. Ramsay Jr. William A. Ramsay Jr., 65 of Kirksville passed away Monday (August 19, 2013). The son of William A. and Ida (Koch) Ramsay, he was born September 18, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday (August 22, 2013) at Christ's Family Church, 531 N. Baltimore, Kirksville.

Aug 18, 2013

Carrol Hamilton, 69, of Powersville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, on Sunday, August 18, 2013. She had been a resident there for a short time after a two year battle with cancer. Madelyn Carrol (Thompson) Hamilton was born in Barstow, CA, on August 4, 1944, the daughter of Cleo V. and Wilda...

Aug 17, 2013

Jaunita Detwiler Jaunita I. Detwiler, 86 of Kirksville passed away Saturday (August 17, 2013) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center.   The daughter of William C. and Anna (Mason) Bennett, she was born September 14, 1926 in Kirksville, MO. On September 7, 1946 in Kansas City, MO she was united in marriage to Billy E. Detwiler and he preceded her...

Aug 15, 2013

Agnes Johnette Fleshner, age 76, of Greentop, MO, passed away Thursday, August 15, 2013, at her residence. She was born July 28, 1937, in Adair County, MO, the daughter of John Calvin and Estelle Fisher Pack. She was united in marriage to Darell D. Perry April 7, 1956, in Kirksville, MO and he preceded her in death on June...

Aug 13, 2013

Elfie Zeigler

Elfie Opal Zeigler age 91 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (August 13, 2013) in Kirksville.

Elfie was born on July 31, 1922 in Western Adair...

Aug 8, 2013

Velma Corrine Aldridge December 23, 1918 – August 8, 2013 Velma Corrine Aldridge, a long-time resident of Brashear, died Thursday, August 8, 2013, in the Loch Haven Nursing Home in Macon. She was 94. Velma was born December 23, 1918, in northwest Knox County, the daughter of Claude Ernest and Maude Edith (McAnulty) Dunn. On April 18, 1946, she...

Aug 5, 2013

Dorothy F. Kittle

Dorothy Faye Kittle, 95 of Greentop passed away Monday (August 5, 2013) at the Schuyler County Nursing Home.

The daughter of Glenn and Zola...

Jul 30, 2013

David A. Gerstley

David Andrew Gerstley, 74 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (July 30, 2013) at Northeast Regional Medical Center.

The son of Elmer and Anna (Morgan)...

Jul 27, 2013

Matthew Todd Ruggles Matthew Ruggles, 29 of Columbia, Missouri passed away Saturday (July 27, 2013) following a traffic accident in Columbia.

The son of Brian Ruggles and Rhonda Rowland, he was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on June 12, 1984. Matthew is survived by his mother, Rhonda Rowland and Joe Davis of Queen City, MO; his father,...