Obituaries

Levenia Daniels

Levenia Daniels

Dec 25, 2015

Levenia May (Beard) Daniels was born March 14, 1921 in Kirksville, MO. the daughter of Floyd and Polly (Rucker) Beard. On April 3, 1942 she married John E. Daniels in St. Louis Missouri. Mr. Daniels preceded her in death on September 5, 1981. She was preceded in death by her parents Surviving are four sons and families: Stephen and...

Donny Glin Lassabe

Donny Glin Lassabe

Dec 25, 2015

Donny Lassabe, 56, passed away at his daughter’s home in Winterset, IA, where he had been living for the past six months, on Friday, December 25, 2015. Donny had been in ill health for some time. Donny Glin Lassabe was born in Pascagoula, MS, on July 21, 1959, the son of Alex and Dorothy Estelle (Tillman) Lassabe, who preceded...

Matilda Grubrich

Matilda Grubrich

Dec 23, 2015

Matilda Grubrich, 99 of Greentop, MO passed away December, 23, 2015, in Kirksville, MO. The daughter of Charles Bartosik and Mary (Shupka) Bartosik, she was born February 1, 1916, in Connelsville, MO. Mrs. Grubrich grew up on a farm south of Novinger, MO, and attended Stinson School, where she was an excellent student. On September 4, 1935, at the...

Tyrone Jack Ward

Tyrone Jack Ward

Dec 23, 2015

Tyrone "Jack" Ward, 75 of Kirksville, Missouri went to be with the Lord and his beloved son, Terry, on Wednesday, December 23rd. He was born in Kirkwood, MO on January 4, 1940, to Paul and Irene Ward. He grew up in Kirkwood and played football at Kirkwood High School and later attended Northeast Missouri State where he continued to...

Jack Weber

Jack Weber

Dec 21, 2015

Jack Elton Weber age 86 passed away Monday evening December 21, 2015 at Elmcroft Assisted Living in Lake Jackson TX. Jack moved to TX in January to be closer to his son, daughter in law and buddy Bullet. Jack was born on September 15, 1929 in Pattensburg, MO, the son of Virginia and Roy Weber. On August 15, 1953...

Blanche Lavera Scott

Blanche Lavera Scott

Dec 20, 2015

Blanche LaVera (Motter) Scott of LaPlata, Missouri passed away Sunday (December 20, 2015) at the LaPLata Nursing Home. The daughter of Samuel and Blanche (Dear) Motter, she was born August 26, 1924 in Kirksville, MO. She married Lando E. Scott in Queen City, MO on March17, 1946. He preceded her in death on July 18, 2007. Surviving are her...

Zachari T. Sands

Zachari T. Sands

Dec 15, 2015

Zachari Terrance Sands, 29 of LaPlata, MO passed away at his home on December 15, 2015. The son of Linda Diveley and Ricky Sands, he was born February 2, 1986 in Unionville, MO. He grew up in Unionville until age 10 when the family moved to Van Buren, AR where he was saved and found the Lord. They moved...

Linda Twining

Linda Twining

Dec 13, 2015

Linda Carol Twining passed away on December 13, 2015, at Boone Hospital, Columbia, after a courageous struggle with cancer. Lin, as she preferred to be called, was born on July 8, 1952, in Paterson, New Jersey, to Elmer Robert and Mildred Weeks Twining. She received a B.A. in biology from William Paterson College, and a M.S. in zoology from...

Dale Alan Osborne

Dale Alan Osborne

Dec 12, 2015

On May 14, 1960, Dale Alan Osborne was born at Bitburg, Germany. Dale comes from an Air Force family background. The family settled in Oneonta, NY, when Dale was two years of age. Dale’s parents were divorced when he was five years of age. Dale grew up with his mom. One time his mom put him in foster care...

Belva Jean Pratt

Belva Jean Pratt

Dec 8, 2015

Jean Pratt Jean Pratt died December 8, 2015 at Putnam County Care Center where she was under care for Alzheimer’s dementia. Belva Jean Wickless was born August 29, 1923 in Sharpsburg, Iowa, the daughter of Oscar Anthony and Grace Marie Warner Wickless. Soon after her birth the family moved to Weldon Iowa where Jean was raised, graduating from Weldon...

Evelyn Jean Strobel-Deis

Evelyn Jean Strobel-Deis

Dec 8, 2015

Evelyn Strobel-Deis Evelyn Jean was born in Putnam County, MO, on September 3, 1931, the daughter of Darl & Erma (Ratliff) Steele, who preceded her in death. She passed away at her daughter’s home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Evelyn was the first in her family to graduate from High School. She joined the army...

Edward Stacy Barnhart

Edward Stacy Barnhart

Dec 8, 2015

Edward Stacy Barnhart, 56 of Greentop passed away Tuesday (December 8, 2015) at his home. The son of Clyde Rondal and Leanna (Ledford) Barnhart, he was born January 21, 1959 in Kirksville, MO. Edward is survived by one daughter, Krista Barnhart; four brothers, Ronnie, Larry and Paul Barnhart of Greentop, MO and Jeff Barnhart of Craig, CO; one sister,...

Eva Buck

Eva Buck

Nov 28, 2015

Eva Buck age 69, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, November 28, 2015, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of Jacob W. and Bessie B. (Magers) Morris, Eva was born November 1, 1946 in Gifford, MO. On December 26, 1964 in Gifford, MO she was united in marriage to Jerry Lee Buck who preceded her...

Curtis Burdette Mikels

Curtis Burdette Mikels

Nov 26, 2015

Curtis Burdette Mikels, 80, of Unionville, MO went to be with the Lord Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015 while a resident at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital. Curtis was born to Perry Curtis Mikels and Freeda Jewell Smith Mikels on December 9, 1934 during a huge snow storm. He was delivered by his Aunt Faye Smith in rural Exline,...

James Campbell

James Campbell

Nov 25, 2015

James Campbell, 78, of Centerville, IA (formerly of Unionville, MO), passed away at Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, IA, on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, after a brief illness. James Lee Campbell was born in Livonia, MO, on April 4, 1937, the son of Clarence and Iva (Lasley) Campbell, who preceded him in death. James was reared in the east...

Frank Gruber

Frank Gruber

Nov 24, 2015

Frank Gruber, 89 passed away Tuesday (November 24, 2015) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville, MO. The son of Conrad and Mary Grace (Schmidlkofer) Gruber, he was born January 17, 1926 in Florence, AL. Frank was united in marriage to Agnes Beumer and she preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by his parents;...

Judith Mcfarland

Judith Mcfarland

Nov 21, 2015

Judith McFarland, 68 of LaPlata, MO passed away Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of Eugene and Thora (Groenbeck) Hanna she was born on February 7, 1947 in Pleasant Valley, IA. On January 16, 1967 in Stockport, IA she was united in marriage to Harold Lee McFarland, Sr. who survives. Judith is...

Lurene Adams

Lurene Adams

Nov 16, 2015

Lurene F. Adams, 91 of Kirksville passed away Monday (November 16, 2015) at Kirksville Manor Care Center. The daughter of Louie E. and Emma F. (Ryals) Shively, she was born August 30, 1924 in Moulton, IA. On March 8, 1957 in Lancaster, MO she was united in marriage to Theodore J. “Ted” Adams Jr. Lurene is survived by four...

Thomas Grant Parks

Thomas Grant Parks

Nov 14, 2015

Thomas “Tom” Grant Parks, 75, of Unionville, MO passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, IA. Tom was born on his Dad’s birthday, November 10, 1940, the son of Albert S. Jr. and Hortense (Routh) Parks at Witham Hospital in Lebanon, IN. He moved from Indiana to Powersville, Missouri in 1976. He was...

Marie Wood

Marie Wood

Nov 9, 2015

Marie M. Wood, 89 of Kirksville passed away Monday (November 9, 2015) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The daughter of Thaddeus and Leona (Moore) Clark, she was born November 17, 1925 in Adair County, MO. On October 12, 1946 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to Floyd C. Wood. Marie is survived by two daughters, Shirley Morgan...