Obituaries

Mar 6, 2022

A generous and thoughtful Southern gentleman, Charles Walter Edgerton was born on May 12, 1960, and died on March 6, 2022. A proud veteran of the United States Navy, “Lucky Chucky” was a water savant. Known as one of Virginia Beach’s Desperados, Chuck had a storied career, from IT work to flipping houses to farming. He could fix...

Mar 6, 2022

Donald L. Person, 88 of Gibbs, Missouri passed away Sunday, March 6th, 2022.

The son of Lennis Claire and Ethel Alice (Seidt) Person, he was born May 5th, 1933 in Adair County, Missouri.

Donald will be cremated and no service will be held. ...

Mar 3, 2022

Dennis Daniel Markeson, 72, of Kirksville passed away Thursday, March 3 rd in the comfort of his home surrounded by loved ones.  Dennis was born February 28 th , 1950 in Ashland, Wisconsin, the son of Dan and Theresa (Phillips) Markeson.

Dennis graduated from Ashland High School in 1968 and soon thereafter attended culinary school in Ironwood,...

Mar 1, 2022

On March 1, 2022, Allis Armstrong slipped away peacefully and was free from a body she no longer needed.

Her life began in Wentworth, MO, on Sept. 12, 1924, with her parents V.R. and Luna Pearl Stephens along with her older brother Gene, and later her younger brothers Sterling and Clyde. Allis went to school in Wentworth...

Feb 26, 2022

Roberta Louise Mark, 87 of Kirksville passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022 at Northeast Regional Medical Center.

The daughter of Victor Lee and Elma Louise (Miller) Pryor, she was born October 26, 1934 in Downing, Missouri. On March 15, 1953 in Memphis, Missouri she was united in marriage to Olan Ray Mark and he preceded her in...

Feb 24, 2022

William “Bill” Floyd LaCore, 83 of Melissa, Texas formerly of Kirkville passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022 in McKinney, Texas.

The son of Orville Lester and Hazel Leota (Smith) LaCore, he was born February 20, 1939 in Kirksville, Missouri.

Bill graduated from Kirksville High School in 1957. He married his one and only true love,...

Feb 19, 2022

Irma Elkington Witt

2/2/1931 – 2/19/2022

A life lived in service is a life well lived.

Our beloved mother, Irma Elkington Witt, was welcomed into the arms of her loving husband in the early morning hours of February 19, 2022. The two reunited in heaven after a nine-year, nineteen-day separation during which Mom...

Feb 18, 2022

Shellie Ann Roland age 50 of Kirksville, MO passed away Friday, February 18, 2022 at Hannibal Regional Medical Center in Hannibal, MO.

Born July 11, 1971 in Kanas City, MO she was a daughter of Robert Hutchens and Karen Platz Hutchens.  In July of 1990 she was united in marriage to William J. Roland.

Surviving...

Feb 15, 2022

Leo Elizabeth Hall Bruce Wood passed away on February 15, 2022. She was born November 26, 1932, in Mona, Montana. She was the sixth of seven girls born to Asa and Lois (Melton) Hall. Leo's parents homesteaded in Mona, and the family lived in a sod house. She attended early elementary school in Fairview, Montana, before moving to Missouri...

Feb 15, 2022

Marvin David Logan passed away February 15, 2022, while a patient at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital, Unionville, Missouri, at the age of 83.

Born March 15, 1938, Marvin was the son of William LeRoy and Kathrina Gertrude (Geeseka) Logan. Raised in southeast Iowa, Marvin graduated high school in...

Feb 12, 2022

Connie Hunt, 78, passed away at Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, Missouri, on February 12, 2022, after several years of failing health.

Connie Eileen was born in Unionville, Missouri, on September 9, 1943, to Carl and Mary Emma (Mathews) Thompson. Her father was serving in WWII so she and her Mom lived with her grandparents, Elta...

Feb 9, 2022

Kaci Tade, 31, of Overland Park, Kansas, (formerly of Livonia, Missouri) passed away at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022.  Kaci had been struggling with health issues this past year, but she continued to work and show her usual sunny disposition. She and her...

Feb 9, 2022

Diana Gabriel, 57, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. She had been in declining health for several years.

Tara Lynn “Diana” Gabriel was born in Rock Island, Illinois, on December 5, 1964, the daughter of Jim Reed and Nancy (McGlothlin) Reed Barnhart.  She moved with her...

Feb 8, 2022

Johnny Lee Dixon was born in Putnam County, Missouri on February 27, 1933, to Dain D. and Reva L. (Todd) Dixon. He entered the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict on April 28, 1953, and took his basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. He then served his country at Fort Lewis, Washington, with the 554 th Float Bridge...

Feb 4, 2022

Lois (Hall) Fleshman passed away on February 4, 2022.  She was born September 21, 1934, in Fairview, Montana.  She was the youngest of seven girls born to Asa and Lois Hall.  Lois’s parents homesteaded in Mona, Montana, and the family lived in a sod house.  Not too many people today can say that.  She started elementary school in Fairview,...

Feb 2, 2022

Lillian Irene Gosser, 98 years, of Queen City, MO passed away on February 2, 2022 at  Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville.

The daughter of Dewey and Helen (Perry) Brumbaugh, she was born on November 20, 1923 in the Germania neighborhood, east of Queen City.  On February 4, 1940 in Memphis, Missouri, she was united in marriage...

Feb 2, 2022

Jody Lynn Pinkston, 54 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at her home.

The daughter of Clifford Paul and Helen Louise (Zine) Pinkston, she was born October 5, 1967 in Kirksville, Missouri.

Jody was raised in Kirksville and graduated from the Brashear High School. She worked in...

Feb 1, 2022

Mildred Quigley, 100, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.

Mildred Evelyn (Carr) Quigley was born in Putnam County, Missouri, on August 4, 1921, the daughter of Thomas Sylvester and Ethel Babe (Hunt) Carr.  She was reared on the farm and graduated from Unionville High School...

Feb 1, 2022

Rosalie Mahoney, 97, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville on Tuesday, February 1, 2020.

Rosalie Marion Trussler Mahoney was born in Port Talbot, South Wales, United Kingdom on July 26, 1924.  She was the oldest child of Muriel Adrienne (Morgan) Trussler and William John Trussler. She was preceded in death...