Obituaries

Nov 17, 2012

Kristi Murphy, 53, of Columbia, MO, (formerly of Unionville) passed away unexpectedly in St. Genevieve, MO, on Saturday, November 17, 2012. Kristi Suzette Murphy was born in Centerville, IA, on April 11, 1959, the daughter of Richard and Kathy Murphy. She was reared in Putnam County, MO, and attended Putnam County R-1 High School. She graduated from Indian Hills...

Nov 16, 2012

Jeanne Wilson Cain Jeanne Marie Daily Wilson Cain, of Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away November 16, 2012, at the age of 89. Jeanne was born July 6, 1923, in Burlington, Iowa, the beloved only child of James Edmund and Helen Davies Daily. Growing up in Edina, Missouri, she attended St. Joseph Catholic School, later moving to Kirksville where she...

Nov 13, 2012

Oliver Eugene Collis

Oliver Eugene Collis, 60 passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at his home in Worthington, Missouri.

The son of Troy E. and Hazel (McCormick) Collis he was...

Nov 9, 2012

Elmer Woodrow Pickens

Elmer Woodrow Pickens passed away at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri, Friday morning November 9, 2012.

Elmer was born in Glenwood, Missouri on November 16,...

Nov 9, 2012

Garold Hinerman, 80, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, IA, on Friday, November 9, 2012, where he had been a patient for about ten days. Garold Darwin Hinerman was born east of Omaha, MO, on October 15, 1932, the son of Darwin Stanford and Mary (Hicks) Hinerman, who preceded him in death. Garold...

Nov 7, 2012

Eula Young, 96, of Ravenna, NE, (formerly of Unionville, MO) passed away at the Good Samaritan Home in Ravenna on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Eula Mae (Phillips) Young was born May 1, 1916 in Gasper, NE, the daughter of John and Laura (Clark) Phillips who preceded her in death. She graduated from Beaver City High School in 1934. Eula...

Oct 31, 2012

Jerry L. Buck Jerry Lee Buck, 69 of Kirksville passed away unexpectedly Wednesday morning (October 31, 2012) at his home. The son of Virgil and Reva (Feigley) Buck, he was born January 26, 1943 in Gifford, MO. On December 26, 1964 he married the love of his life Eva Morris at Gifford, MO. Jerry is survived by his wife,...

Oct 29, 2012

Mary Jane (Walker) Kohlenberg Mary Jane (Walker) Kohlenberg, 91, formerly of Kirksville, passed away Monday, October 29, 2012 at Katy Manor in Pilot Grove, MO. Mary Jane was born in Yale, OK on September 18, 1921 to Robert and Maude Walker. She spent her early childhood years in Oklahoma before moving to Alton, IL in junior high. Upon graduation...

Oct 27, 2012

Paul Shumate

Paul Eugene Shumate (Poss), age 63, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri, after gallantly battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

The son of David Frances and Wilma Blanche (Calhoun)...

Oct 26, 2012

Hazel Funnell, 99, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, MO, on Friday, October 26, 2012. Hazel Floy Sell was born on a farm near Powersville, MO, on October 17, 1913, the daughter of Charles Ernest and Maude Alda (McKee) Sell, who preceded her in death. She attended Unionville High School and graduated...

Oct 22, 2012

Catherine Dace, 56 of Kirksville, MO passed away Monday, October 22, 2012 at her home. Catherine was born on August 22, 1956 in St. Louis, MO. The daughter of Frank Palermo, Jr. and Catherine Palermo. Catherine is survived by her brothers, Carl Palermo & wife Cindy of St. Peters, MO and Marty Palermo & wife Carla of Kirksville, MO;...

Oct 21, 2012

James Edward Wakefield

James Edward Wakefield, 61 of Kansas City, MO passed away on October 21, 2012 at his home in Columbia, MO.

James was born in Stockton, California to...

Oct 19, 2012

Dr. George Harold Scheurer, D.O.

Dr. George Harold Scheurer, age 87, of Kirksville, MO passed away Friday, October 19, 2012 at the Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville, MO.

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Oct 18, 2012

Thaddeus Byrnes

Thaddeus “Pete” Byrnes, 75 of Kirksville passed away Thursday (October 18, 2012) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville.

The son of Thaddeus Joseph and Gertrude (Ricker)...

Oct 11, 2012

Dorothy Annette Wichmann

Dorothy Annette (Russner) Wichmann died on October 11, 2012 at the age of 93 in Kirksville following a long illness.

Dorothy was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 18, 1918 to William and Etta Russner. In 1940 she married Bernard Wichmann of Chillicothe, Missouri.

She is preceded in death by...

Oct 9, 2012

Jerry W. Crist Jerry W. Crist, age 70, passed away at Boone County Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, following an unexpected illness. Born December 18, 1941, in Kirksville, Missouri, to W.L. and Maxine (Phillips) Crist, he attended Kirksville schools, graduating with the class of 1959. Following high school, Jerry attended Moler Barber College in Kansas City, Missouri. On March 5,...

Oct 4, 2012

Virginia Hancock Virginia Hancock passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on Thursday, October 4, 2012. She was 92 years of age. Dorothy Virginia Hancock was born in the Stringtown community of Putnam County, MO, on May 21, 1920, the daughter of Walter R. and Jennie Mae (Probasco) Huffaker, who preceded her in death. She married Wallace P....

Oct 2, 2012

Gerald Bodisch Gerald Bodisch, 69, of Unionville, MO, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, surrounded by his loving family at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO. Gerald (Jerry) Robert Bodisch was born in Dubuque, IA, on May 31, 1943, the son of William and Mamie (Belk) Bodisch, who preceded him in death. Jerry grew up and...

Oct 2, 2012

Jean Polson Jean Polson, 87, of Unionville, MO, passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, where she had been a resident for the past five years. Betty Jean Polson was born December 28, 1924, the daughter of Samuel P. and Alta Mae (Casady) Owens, who preceded her in death. She...

Oct 1, 2012

Tonya S. Downing Tonya S. Downing, 53 of Novinger, MO passed away Monday, (October 1, 2012) at her home. The daughter of Clarence and Clara (Sizemore) Stewart, she was born on April 11, 1959 in Kirksville, MO. On December 4, 1979 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to Merlin Downing, who survives. Tonya is also survived by her...