Obituaries

Nov 7, 2009

Mildred VanEck Mildred Imogene (Simmons) VanEck, age 91, passed away November 7, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Centerville, IA. Mildred was born August 3, 1918 to John and Ellen (Bell) Simmons in rural Putnam County, MO. After completing her education, she moved to the Pleasantville, IA area to do domestic work. This is when she met Earl VanEck and...

Nov 7, 2009

Loraine Irene Hoover Loraine Irene (Lane) Hoover, 83, of Gilman, IA passed away at her home on November 7, 2009. Loraine was born on July 10, 1926 in Pollock, MO the daughter of Evertt Lane and Lola Pearl (Reeves) Lane. Loraine attended the Hand Houston School in Lemons, MO and shortly after her graduation she married William Gerald Hoover...

Nov 6, 2009

Marjorie Gosney Marjorie Rose Marie Gosney, 68 of Kirksville passed away Friday (November 6, 2009) at her home in Kirksville. The daughter of John Clyde and Cecilia Viola (Pointer) Lane, she was born November 4, 1041 in Kansas City, MO. She received her education in Havanna, IL. She attended one year at Truman State University and one year at...

Nov 4, 2009

Barbara Utterback Edwards Barbara Evelyn Utterback Edwards, 89 of Kirksville, MO passed away November 4, 2009 at her home. She was the daughter of Joseph Sterling and Mabel Fritzler Utterback. She was born August 2, 1920 in Delta, Iowa. She graduated from Oskaloosa High School and attended Grinnell College her freshman year. She graduated from William Penn University with...

Nov 3, 2009

Larry Myers Larry Henry Myers 67, of Queen City passed away Tuesday November 3, 2009 in Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Henry and Freda (Yearns) Myers, he was born February 16, 1942 in Schuyler County, MO. On February 22, 1961 in Comanche, IA he was united in marriage to Shanna Jones who survives. They had been together...

Oct 30, 2009

Bobby D. Ragan Bobby Duane Ragan 84 of Kirksville passed away Friday (October 30, 2009) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. He was born September 7, 1925 in Colym County, Texas, the son of Troy Lawrence and Clarice Naomi (Hughes) Ragan. He served in the United State Marine Corps during World War II where he was stationed in the Phillipanes....

Oct 26, 2009

Albert “Shorty” Garr Albert “Shorty” Garr passed away at his home, surrounded by his loving family and friends, on Monday, October 26, 2009, after a battle with cancer. He was 69 years of age. Albert Lendo Garr was born in Putnam County, MO, on May 3, 1940, the son of Howard and Mamie (Bunnell) Garr, who preceded him in...

Oct 24, 2009

Amelia Gillespie Amelia Gillespie, 80, of Kirksville passed away Saturday, (October 24, 2009) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. She was born July 19, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Frank and Linda (Ovadio) Gonzales. On October 13, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois she was united in marriage to Kenneth Gillespie who survives. She is also survived by three daughters,...

Oct 24, 2009

Horace E. Cooper Horace Edward Cooper, 96 of rural Greentop, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 24, 2009, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The son of Byron Isaac and Cleo Virginia (Muncy) Cooper, Horace was born May 17, 1913 in Stahl, MO. On April 7, 1936, at the home of Reverend Pearly Lind in Queen City, MO,...

Oct 22, 2009

Raymond Selby, age 91, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksvile, Missouri. He was born on November 5, 1917, at Brashear, Missouri, the son of Elden and Della Mae Vaughn Selby. Raymond was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Herschel Selby, and three sisters, Ola Fern Selby,...

Oct 21, 2009

Raymond (Sarge) Mayfield Raymond Howard (Sarge) Mayfield, 84 of Worthington, MO passed away Wednesday (October 21, 2009) at the Schuyler County Nursing Home. Raymond was the born on June 9, 1925 in rural Green City, MO, the son of Harley Howard and Roxie Mae (Lamasters). He was united in marriage to Margretta (Maggie) Ziegler on July 16, 1947 in...

Oct 20, 2009

Theresa L. Sanders Theresa L. Sanders, 43, of Moline, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at her home. Funeral services will be Noon Saturday, October 24, 2009 at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home, Kirksville, MO with a visitation 10am to service time. Burial will be at Maples Hills Cemetery, Kirksville. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Theresa...

Oct 17, 2009

Gale “Ed” Billington

Gale Edwin “Ed” Billington, 68 of Novinger, passed away Saturday ( October 17, 2009 ) at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville .

The son of Gale Ernest and Eva...

Oct 13, 2009

Matthew Brown Matthew Gail Brown (July 10, 1970 – October 13, 2009) was born in Putnam County, MO, to Gail and Janet (Munden) Brown. Matthew attended school in Schuyler County, MO, before moving to Iowa in 1980 where he attended school in Washington, IA and North Polk, IA. At the age of 17 Matthew joined the US Navy. While...

Oct 13, 2009

Marybelle Selters Marybelle Selters, age 102 of Kirksville passed away on Tuesday (October 13, 2009) at Kirksville Manor Care. The daughter of Charles M. Begole and Inez Clemison Begole, she was born July 24, 1907, on the family farm near Ethel, Missouri. Mrs. Selters attended rural schools in both Macon and Adair counties and graduated from Grand View Rural...

Oct 11, 2009

Bessie Davis Bessie Davis, 77, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on Sunday, October 11, 2009. Bessie Bee (Fields) Davis was born in Lucerne, MO, on March 28, 1931, the daughter of Charlie and Bertha (Overton) Fields, who preceded her in death. She attended Lucerne High School where she was an outstanding basketball player,...

Oct 7, 2009

Floyd Edwin Leroy Hilderman Floyd E. Hilderman of rural Livonia, Missouri passed away Wednesday (October 7, 2009) at his home. The son of Pearl E. and Lilly (Tat) (Morrow) Hilderman, he was born April 22, 1940 at Graysville, MO. On January 18, 1962, by Reverend C.E. Davis in Kirksville, he was united in marriage to Joyce Ray who survives....

Oct 4, 2009

George D. Miller George D. Miller, 84 of Kirksville passed away Sunday (October 4, 2009) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Henry Evans and Lizzie Viola (Gray) Miller, he was born June 9, 1925 in Connelsville, MO. On December 31, 1944 in Fegley, MO he was united in marriage to Mildred Maxine Miley who preceded him in...

Oct 2, 2009

Lee Partin Lee Partin, of Nehawka, NE, (formerly of Queen City, MO) passed away at the Bryant-Lincoln General Hospital in Lincoln, NE, on Friday, October 2, 2009. He was 69 years of age. Lee William Partin was born June 14, 1940 in Glenwood, MO, the son of William “Bill” Floyd and Jenny Belle (Mullins) Partin, who preceded him in...

Oct 1, 2009

Donald L. Falkiner Donald L. Falknier, 79 of Greentop, Missouri passed away Thursday (October 1, 2009) at the Kirksville Manor Care Center. The son of Walter and Lottie (Franks) Falkiner, he was born on November 5, 1929 in Anabel, MO. He was united in marriage to Bernice Knockel on December 24, 1971 in Palmyra, MO who preceded him in...