Obituaries

Jul 12, 2017

Timothy Taylor, age 69 passed away Wednesday (July 12, 2017) at Milan Health Care. The son of Richard B. and Lee Olive Taylor, he was born November 11, 1947 in St. Joseph, MO. He was raised in St. Joseph and graduated from Central High School and from Maryville College. He enjoyed music, collecting stamps and his family was very...

Jul 11, 2017

LaVonne Filipek, 85, passed away Tuesday, July 11, 2017. LaVonne was born in Doland, SD, on May 5, 1932, to Eugene & Eva (Herker) Lake. She grew up in Doland, SD and when married, she and John farmed around that area until moving to Rapid City, SD where she worked for Black Hills Packing Co. for many years.  She...

Jul 11, 2017

Frances P. Helton, age 82 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (July 11, 2017) at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of Phillip L. and Beulah B. (Buck) Scott, she was born January 22, 1935 in Millard, MO. On May 20, 1953 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Russell Burnell Helton. Frances is survived by her...

Jul 10, 2017

View Video Tribute Kimberlynn Elizabeth Bartlett, age 9 of Kirksville passed away Monday (July 10, 2017) from an accident in Columbia, MO. The daughter of Benjamin and April (Oberman) Bartlett, she was born May 22, 2008 in Kirksville, Missouri. She left Kirksville at the age of 9 months with her parents as her father was in the Army. She...

Jul 10, 2017

Robert "Bob" Shahan, 77, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville on Monday, July 10, 2017, after a brief battle with cancer. Robert Melvin Shahan was born in eastern Putnam County on February 4, 1940, the son of George Lee and Lera Grace (Fowler) Shahan, who preceded him in death. Bob graduated from...

Jul 6, 2017

Madge Louise (Cook) Calhoun, 96, Kirksville, Mo formerly of Queen City passed away Thursday, July 6. She was born September 28, 1920 in Enid, Oklahoma to Charles and Tisha (Morgan) Cook. Madge was raised and schooled in rural Taney County, Mo. Later the family moved to Schuyler County where they owned and operated the Tipton Corner gas station. On...

Jul 4, 2017

Margaret Fern Salisbury, 66, of Unionville, MO passed away suddenly with her family at her bedside on July 4, 2017 at the Boone County Hospital in Columbia, MO

Margaret Salisbury was born at home in East Putnam County on September 1, 1950, the daughter of George and Mary Ann (Harmon) Sheehan.  Margaret graduated from Unionville High School...

Jul 4, 2017

Murl Buefford Guffey, age 95 of Kirksville, MO passed peacefully into God’s arms on July 4, 2017 at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. He died of the gift of old age. Murl was born July 26, 1921 in Pennville, MO, the son of Frank and Stella Guffey. He lived most of his life in the Pennville area and attended...

Jul 4, 2017

Richard Ryals, 89, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. He had been a resident there for just a couple of weeks. Richard Wayne Ryals was born in Mendota, MO, on October 26, 1927, one of twelve children born to John and Olive (Abbott) Ryals, who preceded him...

Jul 4, 2017

Kenneth Brooks Miller, 93 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (July 4, 2017) at Kirksville Manor Care Center. The son of Sheldon and Fayetta Mae (Brooks) Miller, he was born January 30, 1924 in Knoxville, Iowa. On June 30, 1946 he was united in marriage to Fern Alberta Wynn and she preceded him in death on April 6, 1990. On...

Jun 30, 2017

Forrest T. “Tommy” Bowen, Jr. age 54, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Forrest Thomas and Byrnice Eleanor (Pulse) Bowen, Sr., Forrest was born July 10, 1962 in LaPlata, MO. Forrest is survived by two sisters, Shirley Ogle and husband, Rick of Macon, MO and Barbara Bowen of Chandler,...

Jun 28, 2017

Shirley Myers, 72, of Unionville, MO passed at the Putnam County Care Center on June 28, 2017.

Shirley was born on February 1, 1945 in rural Putnam County, MO, the daughter of George and Mary Ann Sheehan.  Shirley graduated from Unionville High School in 1962, and on October 23, 1964 she married Robert Myers at the Church...

Jun 27, 2017

Trevia Jones, 91 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (June 27th, 2017) at Kirksville Manor Care Center. The daughter of Abbie and Edna (Kephart) Bragg, she was born November 7th, 1925 in Novinger, Mo. On August 7th, 1941 in Macon, Mo she was united in marriage to Ellis "Bob" Jones and he preceded her in death on April 10th, 2011. She...

Jun 27, 2017

Virginia Sue Nagel, 94, of Kirksville, passed away on Tuesday, June 27, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Ross and Edith Lyle (Jones) Warden, she was born on September 16, 1922, in Kirksville, Mo. On July 15, 1943, she was united in marriage to Roland Frank Nagel and this union celebrated 71 years before Roland's...

Jun 21, 2017

Shirley Joanne Kruger, 79 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (June 21, 2017) at her home in Kirksville, MO.

The daughter of Lawrence and Eileen (Nelson) Wacholtz, she was born July 14, 1937 in Chicago, IL. On January 16, 1954 in Fairmount, MN she was united in marriage to Jerry A. Kruger and he preceded her in death...

Jun 19, 2017

Uarda Quint, 96, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on Monday, June 19, 2017. She had been a resident there for six months. Uarda Rennells Quint was the only child of Glen and Rossie (Arnaman) Rennells who preceded her in death. She was born in Putnam County on March 18, 1921. She attended the...

Jun 19, 2017

Evelyn McDannald, 95, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville on Monday, June 19, 2017. She had been a resident there about a month. Evelyn Mae (Adams) McDannald was born in Pennville, MO, on November 27, 1921, the daughter of Thomas B. and Hattie Louise (Bebout) Adams, who preceded her in death. She...

Jun 17, 2017

Bill Morris, 92, of Lucerne, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville, MO, on Saturday, June 17, 2017. He had been a patient there about a week. Billy Merl Morris was born in Lucerne, MO, on October 24, 1924, the son of Jasper Ota and Harriet Jane (Hill) Morris, who preceded him in death. He...

Jun 14, 2017

George Ray Clinkenbeard, 58, of Unionville, MO, passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. George Clinkenbeard was born on October, 26, 1958, in Unionville, MO, the son of George Edward and Margie Marie Clinkenbeard. On June 5, 2005, George married Marsha Louise Rea in Omaha, Missouri. George began his lifelong love of the outdoors by...

Jun 12, 2017

Alan Rowland, 58, of Worthington, Missouri, passed away Monday (June 12, 2017) at his home in Worthington, Missouri. The son of Marvel “Trigger” and Dorothy (Gregory) Rowland he was born August 13, 1958 in Kirksville, Missouri. Alan grew up and spent his whole life in Worthington. He attended the Schuyler County Schools. He worked as a hired farm hand...