Obituaries

Vera Fox

Vera Fox

Nov 11, 2016

Vera Fox, 87 of Queen City passed away Friday, November 11, 2016, in Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Clarence and Ada (Ellsworth) Truitt, she was born October 10, 1929, in Excelsior Springs, MO. As a young child she and her family moved several times so she attended several different schools but mostly in Novinger, MO....

Wanda Hazen Jones

Wanda Hazen Jones

Nov 9, 2016

Wanda Viviann Hazen Jones passed into the arms of her Lord on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. Wanda Viviann was born April 28, 1926 in Cherokee, Iowa to William John and Viviann Vergia (Smith) Specht, the middle child of three. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Marcus. She was raised on a farm near Marcus...

George Gilworth

George Gilworth

Nov 8, 2016

George Edward Gilworth, 94 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (November 8, 2016) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Harry and Wava (Arnold) Gilworth, he was born March 6, 1922 in Putnam County, MO. On February 27, 1993 in Kirksville he was united in marriage to Margaret Woods. George is survived by his wife, Margaret; three step-children, KC...

Lon Eric Slycord

Lon Eric Slycord

Nov 4, 2016

Lon Eric Slycord, 38, of Livonia, MO, passed away at his home on Friday, November 4, 2016. He had been in ill health. Lon Eric Slycord was born in Ottumwa, IA, on May 3, 1978, the son of Merle “Sonny” Slycord, Jr. and Connie (Puffinbarger) Baldwin. Lon grew up in Conyers, GA, with this mother and step-father, Connie and...

Barbara Bailey

Barbara Bailey

Nov 2, 2016

Barbara Ann Bailey age 77 of Kirksville, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, November 02, 2016 at Northeast Regional Medical Center. Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, Wilson P. Bailey D.O., her son, Wilson P. Bailey Jr., her brothers, Robert Miller and Alex Belamiza. She is survived by her sister, Patricia Belamiza. She is also survived by her...

Carmela Barnes

Carmela Barnes

Oct 31, 2016

Carman Barnes age 65, of Kirksville, MO passed away Monday (October 31, 2016) at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO The daughter of Martiniano Pagot and Edith Almazon Limary, Carmen was born on January 11, 1951 in Honolulu, Hawaii. On November 3, 1980 in Honolulu, Hawaii she was united in marriage to Herman "Al" Barnes, who survives. She...

Walter Rude

Walter Rude

Oct 28, 2016

Walter Rude, 75, of Greentop went to be with his Heavenly Father, Friday, October 28, 2016. The son of Ernest and Lizzie (Aldridge) Rude he was born July 25, 1941 in rural Queen City. He grew up in the rural Queen City area, attending rural schools and graduating from the Queen City High School with the class of 1959....

Barbara Lehr

Barbara Lehr

Oct 28, 2016

Barbara Lehr, 79, of Kansas City, MO passed away October 28, 2016, with her daughters by her side. Barbara was born January 16, 1937 in Kirksville, MO to Tom and Lavena Higgins. Barbara grew up in Kirksville where she attended school, met and eventually married her high school sweetheart, George Lehr. George and Barbara moved to Kansas City where...

Lena Margaret Lane

Lena Margaret Lane

Oct 22, 2016

Lena Margaret Lane, age 85, of Unionville, MO, passed away October 22nd, 2016 at The Arbors Colony Pointe in Columbia, MO. Lena was born May 29th, 1931, on a farm in Princeton, MO, the daughter of Marion and Thelma (LaFevers) Summers, who preceded her in death. Lena Lane became a member of the Hunter’s Baptist Church of Princeton, MO,...

Vicki Janine Bunch

Vicki Janine Bunch

Oct 22, 2016

Vicki Janine Bunch 42, of Kirksville, MO passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 21, 2016, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO, after an auto accident. Vicki was born on October 12, 1974, the daughter of Bill and Marjorie (Pointer) Gosney. On July 28, 2010 she was united in marriage to William "Billy" Bunch who survives. Also...

Melba Maxine Blue

Melba Maxine Blue

Oct 20, 2016

Melba Maxine (West) Blue, age 89, of Livonia, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on Thursday, October 20, 2016. She had been a resident there for two years. Melba was born in Glendale, MO, on April 14, 1927, the daughter of Oscar and Octa (Abbott) West who preceded her in death. She married Clifford Basil Blue...

Keith Novinger

Keith Novinger

Oct 20, 2016

Keith L. Novinger CPO Keith L. Novinger (ret.) 71, of Columbia, MO passed away October 20, 2016 at the Harry S. Truman VA Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Floyd and Marjorie (Pipes) Novinger, he was born July 19, 1945 in Pure Air, MO. He was united in marriage to Peggy S. Bean, August 25, 2003, who survives...

Max Hoskin

Max Hoskin

Oct 20, 2016

Max Hoskin, 78, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Regency Care Center in Norwalk, IA, on Thursday, October 20, 2016. He had been a resident there for only brief time. Max was born in rural Hartford, MO, on May 4, 1938, the son of Donald and Vivian (Mullenix) Hoskin, who preceded him in death. Max was raised by...

Robert Moots

Robert Moots

Oct 19, 2016

Robert Norman Moots 74 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (October 19, 2016) at his home. The son of Robert Henry Moots and Helen Gladys “Whittom” Moots Ratliff, he was born on November 7, 1941 in Kirksville, MO. On November 25, 1966 in Kirksville, he was united in marriage to Mildred Lucille “Rogers” McCarty. He was preceded in death by...

James Westmoreland

James Westmoreland

Oct 19, 2016

James Westmoreland, 75 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (October 19, 2016) at his home. The son of Carl and May (Grisham) Westmoreland, he was born October 26, 1940 in Mountain Grove, MO. He was united in marriage to Patricia Hannan and to this union one daughter was born, Barbara Sue. He was united in marriage to Shirley Mullenix and...

Jennie Sue Ross

Jennie Sue Ross

Oct 18, 2016

Jennie Sue Ross, 80 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (October 18, 2016) at her home. The daughter of Norvell Christian and Ruth Ellen (Hostler) Allen, she was born July 9, 1936 in Kirksville, MO. On June 9, 1956 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Sydney Phillip Ross, DO. Sue is survived by her husband, Sydney; one...

Marcia Rae Vangenderen

Marcia Rae Vangenderen

Oct 18, 2016

Marcia Rae Kaiser VanGenderen died peacefully surrounded by her children on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. She was born on March 8, 1944 in Earlham, Iowa to June Medlin and Leon Kaiser. Her childhood was spent in Iowa where she began school early at the age of four. Most of Marcia’s school years were spent in Unionville, Missouri where she...

Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis

Oct 18, 2016

Ralph Lewis Ralph C. Lewis, 75 of rural Greentop, MO passed away Monday, October 18th at his home. Ralph was born August 17, 1941 in New Boston, MO, to Russel and Leola (Bruner) Lewis and they preceded in death; Russel on Sept. 20, 1944 and Leola in Jan. of 2002. He was also preceded in death by one sister,...

Bernadette Delaware

Bernadette Delaware

Oct 14, 2016

Bernadette Delaware, 87, finished her walk of life on Friday, October 14, 2016 in Kirksville, MO. The daughter of James and Esther Gilson, she was born April 27, 1929 in Gardiner, Maine. On November 15, 1947, she married Lewis Delaware at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Gardiner, and to this union, six children were born. She is survived by...

Jesse Lee Klinginsmith

Jesse Lee Klinginsmith

Oct 11, 2016

J Lee Klinginsmith J Lee Klinginsmith, 88, of Unionville, MO, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. Jesse Lee Klinginsmith was born in the Lucerne area of Putnam County, MO, on April 30, 1928, the son of Jesse Jacob and Emma Ann (Newell) Klinginsmith, who preceded him in death. He was reared in that part...