Obituaries

Linda Diana Clay

Linda Diana Clay

Jul 17, 2016

Linda Clay, 61, of rural Putnam County, MO, passed away at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO, on Sunday, July 17, 2016, after a brief illness. Linda Diana Clay was born in Des Moines, IA, on December 27, 1954, the daughter of Tom and Darlene (Stump) Walker, who preceded her in death. Linda grew up on farm around...

Max Mckay

Max Mckay

Jul 16, 2016

Robert Max McKay, a life-long resident of Putnam County, passed from this earth to his heavenly home on July 16, 2016. Max was born on November 20, 1937, in Centerville, IA, the second son of Thomas F. and Dorothy G. (Dixon) McKay. His youth was spent attending the Fife School and Unionville High School until he graduated in 1955....

Candace White

Candace White

Jul 13, 2016

Candace Elizabeth White, 38 of Queen City passed away Wednesday (July 13 2016) at Samaritan Hospital in Macon, MO. The daughter of David Lee and Ruth Marie (Meeker) White, she was born March 31, 1978 in Brookfield, MO. Candace grew up in the Kirksville area and graduated from the Kirksville High School in 1996. She worked as the school...

Richard Watts

Richard Watts

Jul 11, 2016

Richard Allen Watts, 65 of Kirksville passed away Monday (July 11, 2016) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Donnie Bill and Dorothy Juanita (Dye) Watts, he was born October 12, 1950 in Unionville, MO. On December 6, 1969 in Graysville, MO he was united in marriage to Elyse May Schoonover and she preceded him in death. He...

Hannah Coorts

Hannah Coorts

Jul 11, 2016

Hannah Tena Coorts, 104, was welcomed into the kingdom of heaven July 11, 2016 at Twin Pines nursing home in Kirksville, Mo. She was born on a farm near Emden Ill, on Nov. 30th 1911 to Hannah Schmidt and John Frederick Wubben. She married Ralph A. Coorts on January 20, 1931. Hannah and Ralph raised their four sons, Gerald,...

Jerry Kruger

Jerry Kruger

Jul 10, 2016

Jerry Alfred Kruger age 80, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016, at the Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, MO. The son of Alfred and Freda (Hassedt) Kruger, Jerry was born May 16, 1936 in Fairmount, Minnesota. On January 16, 1954 he was united in marriage to Shirley Wacholtz in the St. Johns Lutheran Church in Sherburn, MN, who survives....

Connie Louise Knowles

Connie Louise Knowles

Jul 6, 2016

Connie Knowles, 65, of Unionville, MO, passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. She had been battling cancer. Connie Louise Knowles was born in Kirksville, MO, on August 23, 1950, the daughter of Steven and Rose (Farley) Mayer, who preceded her in death. Connie was reared in Unionville and graduated from...

Wilma Overstreet

Wilma Overstreet

Jul 4, 2016

Wilma Overstreet, 84, of Unionville, MO passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on July 4th, 2016. Wilma was born in Putnam County, MO, the daughter of Bonnie Rouse. On March 25, 1962 Wilma married Charles Overstreet and the two of them owned and operated a small farm before moving to town in their later years. Charles preceded...

Norma Faye Owings

Norma Faye Owings

Jun 30, 2016

Norma Owings, 85, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO, on Thursday, June 30, 2016. Norma Faye (Ricketts) Owings was born in Woodson County, KS, on September 2, 1930, the daughter of Rosco Esmond and Lydia Ellen (Smith) Ricketts, who preceded her in death. She was reared in central Kansas and graduated from...

Bert Saner

Bert Saner

Jun 27, 2016

Bert Saner, 82 of Kirksville passed away Monday (June 27, 2016) unexpectedly at the Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Charles B. and Ethel Saner, he was born December 9, 1933 in Albia, Iowa. Bert was employed by the City of Kirksville. Bert is survived by his children, Rita Thomas of Kirksville, Cheryl Anerson of Virginia, Connie...

John Winslow

John Winslow

Jun 25, 2016

John William Winslow, 88, of Kirksville, Missouri, died Saturday June 25, 2016 at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. John was born in Sperry, Missouri on July 6, 1927 the son of Ira and Alta (VanWye) Winslow. He attended Sperry School and graduated from Kirksville Senior High in 1945. Following graduation, John joined the US Navy serving in the Pacific...

Larry Leon Crooks

Larry Leon Crooks

Jun 25, 2016

Larry Crooks, 76, of Blue Eye, MO, (formally of Livonia, MO) passed away unexpectedly at the Cox Medical Center in Branson, MO, on Saturday, June 25, 2016. Larry Leon Crooks was born in Livonia, MO, on February 28, 1940, the son of Noah and Gretchen “Geneva” (Lloyd) Crooks, who preceded him in death. He was reared in the Livonia...

Marilyn Otteline Shoultz

Marilyn Otteline Shoultz

Jun 24, 2016

Otteline Shoultz, 90, of Unionville, MO, passed away peacefully at her home in Unionville on Friday, June 24, 2016. Marilyn Otteline Shoultz was born in Allerton, IA, on October 4, 1925, the daughter of Otto and Eva (Showalter) Hilliard, who preceded her in death. “Ottie” was raised on a farm in southern Iowa. She married Ralph Shoultz, I on...

Gary Dean Shrouf Jr.

Gary Dean Shrouf Jr.

Jun 22, 2016

Gary Dean Shrouf Jr. 46 of Kirksville passed away June 22, 2016 at Northeast Regional Medical Center. He was born June 13, 1970 in Kirksville. He was engaged to be married July 4, 2016 to Lisa Lumsden. He was preceded in death by two half-brothers, Billy and Jesse Shrouf of Hurdland, MO. Gary is survived by his mother, Fay...

Faye Dickerson

Faye Dickerson

Jun 20, 2016

Faye Dickerson, 81, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO, on Monday, June 20, 2016, following a brief illness. Neola Faye Dickerson was born on December 31, 1934, on the Sheely family farm just west of Unionville, MO. She was the daughter of Merrick Wald and Nora Marie (Huston) Sheely. She graduated...

Johnny Paul Snowbarger

Johnny Paul Snowbarger

Jun 19, 2016

Johnny Paul “JP” Snowbarger, 75, a resident of Greentop, Missouri, died Sunday, June 19, 2016 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf, Iowa. Born on December 13, 1940 in Queen City, Missouri, JP was the son of A.J. and Grace Snowbarger. He was a 1958 graduate of Queen City High School. In 1960 he married Ruth Marie...

Nelma Carol Centera

Nelma Carol Centera

Jun 18, 2016

Nelma Carol Centera, age 101 passed away Saturday (Junes 18, 2016} at Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville. The daughter of Oren and Mary Melissa (Schnelle) Godfrey, Carol was born December 20, 1914 in Lemonville, MO. On December 23, 1967 in Bremerton, Washington she was united in marriage to Benny Centera who preceded her in death on June...

Martha Wadlin

Martha Wadlin

Jun 18, 2016

Martha (Marty) Denslow Van O’Linda Wadlin, of Springfield, Mo., (formerly of Kirksville, Mo.) passed away on Saturday June 18. Marty was born on January 21, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Dr. John Stedman Denslow and Jane Laughlin Denslow. She was united in marriage to Calvin Van O’Linda on June 5, 1956 in Kirksville, Mo. She later married...

Doris Arlene Yager

Doris Arlene Yager

Jun 17, 2016

Doris Arlene Wade-Yager Doris Yager, 87 of Carrollton, MO formerly of Kirksville passed away Friday, June 17, 2016 at the Carroll House in Carrollton, MO. Doris was born on May 8, 1929 in Kirksville, MO, the daughter of Vere Elmer and Mona Mae (Vittetoe) Treasure. On August 9, 1947 in Queen City, MO she was married to Kenneth L....

Linda Kay Shultz

Linda Kay Shultz

Jun 17, 2016

Linda “Kay” Shultz, 72, of Unionville, MO passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital on Friday, June 17, 2016. Kay Shultz was born in Kansas City, MO on September 19, 1943, the daughter of Dale and Virginia Ream. On December 9, 1960 she married Jerry Shultz in Unionville, MO. Kay spent her entire life tending to her family...

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