Obituaries

Ezra Stamm

Ezra Stamm

Jul 27, 2015

Visitation for 7 month old Ezra Stamm, infant son of Robert and Brianna (Riley) Stamm of Kansas City, MO, (Brianna is formerly of Unionville, MO) will be at Playle and Jones Family Funeral Home in Unionville, MO, at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 1, 2015. A graveside service will follow at noon at the Unionville Cemetery. Ezra passed away...

Novle Jones

Novle Jones

Jul 24, 2015

Novle Layne Jones Novle Jones, 78, of Queen City passed away Friday (July 24, 2015) in the Samaritan Hospital in Macon, Mo. The son of Birney and Ethel (McCormick) Jones he was born February 8, 1937 in Queen City. On September 7, 1957 in Queen City he was united in marriage to Roberta Wheeler and to this union two...

Malinda Lynn Garr

Malinda Lynn Garr

Jul 22, 2015

Malinda Garr, 39, passed away unexpectedly at her home in rural Unionville, MO, on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. She had been in declining health for several months. Malinda Lynn Garr was born in Unionville, MO, on November 6, 1975, the daughter of Donald Garr and Debbie Smith. She was reared in Unionville and attended Putnam County R-1 schools. Malinda...

Marla Colleen Eckel

Marla Colleen Eckel

Jul 21, 2015

Marla Colleen Eckel Marla Eckel (née Osborn), 58 of Brashear, MO, passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The daughter of Avery Sidney and Peggy (Clark) Osborn, she was born September 13, 1956 in Kirskville, MO. She graduated from Brashear High School in 1974 and attended Truman State University, where she was a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma...

Judith Maxine Smith

Judith Maxine Smith

Jul 20, 2015

Judith Smith Judith Smith, 69, formerly of Unionville, MO, passed away unexpectedly at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, IA, on Monday, July 20, 2015. Judith Maxine Smith was born in Centerville, IA, on February 1, 1946, the daughter of Howard and Dorothy (Johnson) Smith, who preceded her in death. Judith was reared in the Mendota area of Putnam...

Marvin Risher Sr.

Marvin Risher Sr.

Jul 20, 2015

Marvin Lowell Risher Sr. Marvin Lowell Risher Sr., 69 of Novinger passed away Monday (July 20, 2015) at Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO. The son of Carlos Jack and Mary (Lotz) Risher, he was born March 25, 1946 in Annapolis, MO. He was married to Carol Radford in February of 1982 in Novinger, MO and to...

Forrest Vincent

Forrest Vincent

Jul 20, 2015

Forrest Dean Vincent Forrest Dean Vincent, 81 of Trenton, MO passed away Monday (July 20, 2015) at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. The son of Bill and Erma (Suiter) Vincent, he was born October 27, 1933 in Button Ridge, Putnam County, MO. On May 24, 1958 in Kirksville he was united in marriage to Ruby Briggs. Forrest is survived...

Beverly Kaye Quick

Beverly Kaye Quick

Jul 19, 2015

Beverly Quick, 52, of Unionville, MO, passed away suddenly at Putnam County Memorial Hospital on Sunday, July 19, 2015. There will be no services. Beverly is survived by husband Ben Quick and two sons, Andrew and Buddy, and a daughter, Marcinda Giese.

Wayne Gregory

Wayne Gregory

Jul 18, 2015

Wayne E. Gregory Wayne Eldon Gregory, 80 years old, passed from this life to a much better place on July 18, 2015 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO. Wayne was the son of Otto (Jack) and Clair (Hinerman) Gregory, born February 9, 1935 in rural Schuyler County, MO. He attended school in Livonia, MO. Wayne was...

Mauretta West

Mauretta West

Jul 17, 2015

Mauretta Claire West Mauretta Claire West age 88 of Queen City passed away July 17, 2015 at her home with her daughter in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The daughter of John William and Iva Blanche (Shupp) Cornell, she was born on August 11, 1926 in Kirksville, Missouri. On May 20, 1949 in Kirksville she was married to Jack Leon Dooley...

Lucille Colene Hamilton

Lucille Colene Hamilton

Jul 17, 2015

Lucille Hamilton, 95, formerly of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville, MO, on Friday, July 17, 2015. Lucille Colene Overstreet was born in Putnam County, MO, on December 24, 1919, the daughter of Clell and Eva (Herndon) Overstreet, who preceded her in death. She was reared in the Dodson School District of...

Marcella Robb

Marcella Robb

Jul 15, 2015

Marcella Robb, 100, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. She had been a resident there for ten years. Marcella Emeline Robb was born in Unionville, MO, on December 12, 1914, the daughter of Zoe Casper and Myrtle (Kirby) Way. Marcella’s parents both passed away during the 1918 flu epidemic...

Hazel Turner

Hazel Turner

Jul 13, 2015

Hazel Lucille Turner Hazel Lucille Turner, 99 of Kirksville died Monday July 13, at Kirksville Manor Care Center. She was born in Knox County, MO on April 13, 1916, the daughter of Charles Lee Turner and Nancy Isabelle (Martin) Turner. She was preceded in death were her parents and five brothers, Henry Earl "Toney" Turner, George Franklin Turner, Roy...

Kenneth Leroy Michael

Kenneth Leroy Michael

Jul 13, 2015

Kenneth Leroy Michael, 82, of Unionville, MO passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on July 13, 2015. Kenneth Michael was born on December 29, 1932 in Newtown, MO, the son of Byron Dale Michael and Bessie Edith (Smith) Michael. Kenneth served the United States in the Navy during the Korean Conflict. Kenneth worked with his hands. He...

Bill Doman

Bill Doman

Jul 11, 2015

William “Bill” Wayne Doman was born October 20, 1949 in Unionville, MO, the son of Millard and Imogene (Starr) Doman of Powersville, MO and died July 11, 2015, in Putnam County, MO, at the age of 65. Bill passed away suddenly, while out in the timber; a place he truly enjoyed. Bill was an avid outdoorsman. He found peace...

Mary Mountain

Mary Mountain

Jul 11, 2015

Mary Dora Mountain Mary Dora Mountain, 92 of Kirksville passed away Saturday (July 11, 2105) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The daughter of Clarence Albert and Mary M. (McCully) Ross, she was born February 14, 1923 in Marion, IN. On July 27, 1945 in Kirksville, MO she was united in marriage to Fred L. Mountain and he preceded her...

Ialeen Oakley

Ialeen Oakley

Jul 10, 2015

Mary Ialeen (Blanchard) Oakley, age 99, passed away July 10, 2015, at North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO. She was born October 27, 1915, in Wayne County, IA to the union of High and Sara Etta (Porter, Viers) Blanchard. At the age of 5 they moved from Iowa to 4 ½ miles west of Lucerne in...

Fred Morlan

Fred Morlan

Jul 10, 2015

Fred L. Morlan Fred L. Morlan, 79 of Kirksville passed away peacefully with his family by his side at Northeast Regional Medical Center on Friday July 10. Freddie Leroy Morlan, the son of Roy Bennet and Ethel Leota (Altiser) Morlan, he was born on June 14, 1936 in Pollock, MO and attended school at a rural country school near...

Celeste A. Lemen

Celeste A. Lemen

Jul 9, 2015

Celeste A. Lemen, 102, of Loves Park, IL, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, July 9, 2015. Born June 10, 1913, in Unionville, MO, daughter of John and Ivah (Clark) Durbin. Attended Brown Country School and was a graduate of Unionville High School, Class of 1931. Married Cleo Lemen on August 15, 1940. Moved to...

Donald Eugene Tipton

Donald Eugene Tipton

Jul 7, 2015

Donald Tipton Donald Tipton, 79, of Ft. Madison, IA, (formerly of Lucerne, MO) passed away at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose, IA, on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. He had been a resident there since January of 2015. Donald Eugene Tipton was born on a farm north of Lucerne, MO, on April 6, 1936, the son of Noel and...