Obituaries

Theodore "Ted" Calvin Palmer

Theodore "Ted" Calvin Palmer

May 7, 2010

Theodore (Ted) Palmer Theodore (Ted) Calvin Palmer of Kirksville passed away May 7, 2010 at the Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The son of Emmett and Ollie Collins Palmer, he was born on July 10, 1924 in Purdin, MO. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and was a part of Company C in the 345th Infantry Regiment,...

Patricia Lynn Cornelison

Patricia Lynn Cornelison

May 4, 2010

Patricia Lynn Cornelison Patricia Lynn Cornelison 48, of Kirksville passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The daughter of L. Keith and Delphine (Loughead) Pitt, Patricia was born August 17, 1961 in Unionville, MO. On December 30, 1979 in Pennville, MO she was united in marriage to Alan Cornelison who survives. Also...

Ronald Riley

Ronald Riley

May 3, 2010

Ronald Riley Ronald Riley, 75 of Olathe, Kansas passed away Monday (May 3, 2010) at the Kansas City Hospice House. The son of Howard J. and Marthena (Chambers) Riley, he was born February 12, 1935 in Kirksville, MO. On November 24, 1969 in Miami, Oklahoma he was united in marriage to Oleta Sallee. Ronald grew up in Kirksville and...

Leta Marie Flanagan

Leta Marie Flanagan

May 3, 2010

Leta Flanagan Leta Marie Roberts Flanagan died Monday evening, May 3, in Columbia, MO, at the Lenoir Winwood Care Center following a lengthy illness of Alzheimer's Disease. At the time of her death she was 85. Leta Marie was born in Kirksville, MO, on April 28, 1925, the third child of Amos and Nora Pevehouse Roberts. Following graduation from...

Jaunita M. Gegg

Jaunita M. Gegg

May 1, 2010

Jaunita M. Gegg Jaunita M. Gegg, 85, formerly of St. Louis, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2010, at Twin Pines Adult Care Center, Kirksville. Jaunita was born in Coffman, Missouri on August 26, 1924, to Joseph and Maude (Boyd) Gegg. She was stricken with polio at age 5 and suffered many illnesses throughout her life. She went to...

Scott Craig

Scott Craig

Apr 29, 2010

Scott Craig Scott Craig, 31, of Centerville, IA, died as a result of an automobile accident on Highway 5 north of the Missouri/Iowa state line on Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Scott Anthony Craig was born in Covington, LA, on March 31, 1979, the son of Phillip and Stacey (Ernest) Craig. He attended South Pike High School in Magnolia, MS....

Melba Rowland

Melba Rowland

Apr 28, 2010

Melba Lavell Rowland 76, of Queen City passed away Wednesday (April 28, 2010) in Northeast Regional Medical Center where she had been a patient since Monday. The daughter of Orval and Golda (Veach) Rowland, she was born June 27, 1933 in Putnam County, MO. In June of 1948 she was united in marriage to Howard Lee Baker and to...

Lloyd Davis Schoonover

Lloyd Davis Schoonover

Apr 20, 2010

Lloyd Schoonover Lloyd Davis Schoonover, son of James Milton and Fannie Mae (Davis) Schoonover was born on March 15, 1917 in Sullivan County, MO, near Pollock. He passed away at Putnam County Care Center on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at the age of 93. He liked to say that he was born in 1917, when the moon was no...

Alice Williams

Alice Williams

Apr 18, 2010

Alice Louise (Moncrief) Williams, age 98, of Kirksville passed away Sunday, April 18, 2010, at the Kirksville Manor Care Center. The daughter of William Garret and Mary (Snow) Moncrief, Alice was born November 28, 1911 in Macon County, MO. On January 8, 1932 in Macon, MO, she was united in marriage to Cecil E. Williams who preceded her in...

Audrea Lyons

Audrea Lyons

Apr 17, 2010

Audrea Lee Lyons, 86, of Kirksville passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Clint and Dalie (Doze) Myers, Audrea was born March 10, 1924 in Kirksville, Missouri. She graduated from Kirksville High School in 1942, and on November 10, of that year, she was united in marriage to Garnett...

James Nelson Helton

James Nelson Helton

Apr 14, 2010

James Nelson Helton James Nelson Helton, 95 of Brashear passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Jim was born on September 16, 1914 in Shannon County, Missouri, the son of John Riley and Doria Bell Edgmond Helton. He was united in marriage with Lela Bell Vice on May 27, 1934 in Jefferson City,...

Evelyn Christina Sayre

Evelyn Christina Sayre

Apr 14, 2010

Evelyn Sayre Evelyn Christina Sayre, 91, was born January 18, 1919 in rural Putnam County to Ardie and Oma (Grider) Fechtling and passed away April 14, 2010 in Kirksville, Missouri. Evelyn attended rural schools in the Lowground area and Unionville High School, graduating in 1938. She furthered her education at Kirksville State Teachers College for four years. In 1942...

Clara A. Shumaker

Clara A. Shumaker

Apr 13, 2010

Clara A. Shumaker Clara A. Shumaker, 85 of Brashear passed away Tuesday (April 13, 2010) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. Cara was born January 29, 1925 in Deer Ridge, Missouri, the daughter of Russell and Rubie (Gosney) Menke. She graduated from the LaBelle High School. She moved to Burlington, IA and worked at the Burlington Ordnance Plant. On August...

Alvis F. Mason

Alvis F. Mason

Apr 13, 2010

Alvis Fred Mason Alvis Fred Mason, age 94, of LaPlata, died peacefully Tuesday (April 13, 2010) in the LaPlata Nursing Home. Alvis was born October 3, 1915 south of Bevier, Missouri, the son of Fred and Lena Pearl (Baker) Mason. On October 1, 1938, in Jefferson City, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Mary Mildred Turner. Mary Mildred...

Evelyn "Evie" J. Best

Evelyn "Evie" J. Best

Apr 10, 2010

EVELYN J. (EVIE) BEST Evelyn J. Best 82 of Sarasota, Florida passed away Saturday morning (April 10 , 2010) at the home of her son in Kirksville, Missouri. Evelyn was the daughter of Albert Denton and Hazel Marie (Wisecarver) Shaffer born on September 28, 1927. She is survived by one son Stephen Taylor and wife Judy of Kirksville, Missouri;...

Fred Schnelle

Fred Schnelle

Apr 9, 2010

Fred Schnelle Fred Schnelle, 60, of Pollock, MO, passed away suddenly at the Sullivan County Memorial Hospital on Friday, April 9, 2010. William Frederick Schnelle was born in Unionville, MO, on August 27, 1949, the son of William A. and Mary Elizabeth (Lester) Schnelle. He graduated from Unionville High School in 1967 and then attended the University of Missouri...

Mary Claudine Terry

Mary Claudine Terry

Apr 4, 2010

Claudine Terry Claudine Terry 97 of Kirksville passed away Sunday (April 4, 2010) at Kirksville Manor Care. Claudine was born on July 4, 1912 in Knox County, MO, the daughter of Joseph R. and Elsie (Parrish) Carter. She was a 1929 graduate of Knox City High School and received the B.S. in Education degree from Northeast Missouri State Teachers...

Polly Farley

Polly Farley

Apr 3, 2010

Polly Farley Polly Farley, 77, of Unionville, MO, passed away at her home, surrounded by her loving family, on Saturday, April 3, 2010. She had been battling cancer. Polly Ellen (Bunnell) Farley was born January 5, 1933, in Pennville, MO, the daughter of Leonard and Lillian (Sizemore) Bunnell, who preceded her in death. On August 2, 1953, she married...

Michael Ray Gramling

Michael Ray Gramling

Apr 2, 2010

MICHAEL RAY GRAMLING Michael Ray Gramling, 65 of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Friday evening April 2, 2010 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center. Mike was the born on August 14, 1944 the son of Clarence and Waverly Jane (Pipes) Grambling. He was united in marriage to Anne Widmer on June 7, 1975 in Kirksville, Missouri who survives. Besides his...

Gerald Ray (Jerry) Novak

Gerald Ray (Jerry) Novak

Apr 1, 2010

Gerald Ray (Jerry) Novak, age 67, of LaPlata, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born August 23, 1942, at Berlin, Wisconsin, the son of James and Goldie Arvella Young Novak. On August 9, 1963, he was united in marriage to Jane Louise Doyle. Surviving are his wife Jane Novak of LaPlata, Missouri,...

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