Obituaries

Myloure Schubert

Myloure Schubert

May 28, 2015

Myloure Schubert, 98, of Lucerne, MO, passed away at the Corydon Nursing and Rehab Center in Corydon, IA, on Thursday, May 28, 2015. Myloure was born on April 17, 1917, the daughter of John and Cleo (Rogers) Flater, who preceded her in death. Myloure was given her unusual name by an uncle who named her after a racehorse. That...

Ronald Bulechek

Ronald Bulechek

May 25, 2015

Ronald Bulechek Ronald Buleckek, 67 of rural Queen City passed away Monday, May 25, 2015, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, MO. The son of Anthony and Doris (Elliott) Bulechek, he was born June 15, 1948, in Ainsworth, IA. On June 11, 1965, in Memphis, MO, he was married to Virginia Sue Humphrey and to this marriage three...

Lena Ellen Buckallew

Lena Ellen Buckallew

May 25, 2015

Lena Ellen Buckallew Lena (Kamm) Buckallew, 92, of Kirksville, Missouri, and formerly of Lancaster, Missouri, passed away Monday May 25th in the Twin Pines Adult Care Center where she had been a patient since March 25th, 2015. The daughter of Henry and Ida Kamm, she was born in Saginaw Michigan on June 10, 1922. She moved to Ossian, Indiana...

Donald Sparks

Donald Sparks

May 16, 2015

Donald J. Sparks Donald Sparks, 84, of Kirksville, formerly of Queen City, passed away Saturday (May 16, 2015) in the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The son of William and Fannie (Gillespie) Sparks, he was born May 17, 1930 in Greentop, MO. In 1948 he married Marie Conner in Lancaster, MO and to this union two sons were...

Emma Lou Hays

Emma Lou Hays

May 14, 2015

Emma Lou Hays Emma Lou Hays, 79, of Kirksville, Missouri passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015. The daughter of Marvin and Maude Morehead, she was born March 2, 1936 In Kirksville, Missouri. Emma Lou lived in Brashear and attended public schools there and graduated from Brashear High School with the Class of 1953. On July 24, 1953 in Brashear,...

Willadene Brummit

Willadene Brummit

May 14, 2015

Willadene Brummit Willadene Brummit, 88 of Kirksville passed away Thursday (May 14, 2015) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The daughter of Virgil McDonald and Bernie Irene (Stidmon) Pickett, she was born June 8, 1926 in Sidney, Missouri. On May 23, 1944 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to John Jasper Brummit and he preceded her in death...

Alice Pittman

Alice Pittman

May 13, 2015

Alice Pittman, 79, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital in Unionville on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Alice Lorene Pittman was born in Runnels, IA, on April 22, 1936, the daughter of Orville Garrett and Leatha Levenna (Fisher) Harmison who preceded her in death. She was reared in Runnels until her 8th grade year when...

Mary Pettit

Mary Pettit

May 12, 2015

Mary L. Pettit Mary Leona Pettit, 70 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (May 12, 2015) at her home. The daughter of Woodrow W. and Bertha A. (Pinkerton) Pettit, she was born October 28, 1944 in Kirksville, MO. She attended Kirksville schools and graduate Kirksville High School. She worked as an LPN at KOMC, the old Laughlin Hospital and Northeast...

Roy Elihu Dorsey

Roy Elihu Dorsey

May 11, 2015

Roy Dorsey Roy Elihu Dorsey, 59, of Clarence, MO, passed away at the University Hospital in Columbia, MO on Monday, May 11, 2015. Roy Dorsey was born on April 4, 1956 in Putnam County, the son of Lyman and Iva (Forkum) Dorsey. Roy was raised in Putnam County and after graduating from the Putnam County High School in 1975...

Velma Lorraine Barkley

Velma Lorraine Barkley

May 7, 2015

Lorraine Barkley Lorraine Barkley, 96, formerly of Lucerne, MO, passed away at Brookdale Senior Care Solutions in Overland Park, KS, on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Velma Lorraine Barkley was born December 5, 1918, to Benjamin Henry Yardley and Delka Marie Pierson Yardley. When she was two months old, her father Henry died during the influenza epidemic. When she was...

Vernon Gillespie

Vernon Gillespie

May 3, 2015

Vernon R. Gillespie Vernon R. Gillespie 74, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015, at his home in Worthington, Missouri. The son of Ray and Odessa (McKim) Gillespie he was born April 25, 1941 in Putnam County. He grew up in Putnam County and attended the Worthington Elementary School. Vernon is survived by four brothers: Arthur Gillespie, Michael Gillespie and...

George Oakley Brundage

George Oakley Brundage

Apr 25, 2015

George Brundage George Brundage, 90, of Unionville, MO, passed away suddenly at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, MO, on Saturday, April 25, 2015, after suffering a stroke. George Oakley Brundage was born south of Lucerne, MO, on February 2, 1925, the son of Virgil Leonard and Tressie Opal (Oakley) Brundage, who preceded him in death. He attended rural schools...

Oda Beall

Oda Beall

Apr 20, 2015

Oda Beall Oda Effadema Blanche Beall, 93 of Queen City passed away Monday (April 20, 2015) at Schuyler County Nursing Home. The daughter of Aaron Grover and Mary Belle (Savage) Followwill, she was born May 4, 1922 in Putnam County. Oda grew up in Putnam County and attended area rural schools. She and her family moved to Cummings, Iowa...

Bob A. Libby

Bob A. Libby

Apr 20, 2015

Robert Atkins Libby Robert Atkins Libby, 76, of Kirksville MO, died unexpectedly in the loving arms of his wife, Kathleen Riley Libby, on April 20, 2015, at their condo in Sugar Camp, Wisconsin. He was born November 25, 1938 in Shelbina, MO to June and Muriel Libby, who predeceased him. Robert was an accomplished analytical chemist, as a research...

Laveta Dorine Garland

Laveta Dorine Garland

Apr 17, 2015

Laveta Garland Laveta Garland, 78, of Powersville, MO, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015, at the home of her son in Sewal, IA, after a battle with cancer. Laveta Dorine was born in Corydon, IA on December 25, 1936, the daughter of Lloyd D. and Wilma Ava (Stoker) Todd, who preceded her in death. She was reared in...

Loran Lewis "Blue" Hoover

Loran Lewis "Blue" Hoover

Apr 13, 2015

Blue Hoover Blue Hoover, 66, of Unionville, MO, passed away at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO, on Monday, April 13, 2015, after a brief stay. Loran Lewis “Blue” Hoover was born in Green City, MO, on July 12, 1948, the son of William Forrest and Mary Elizabeth (Lane) Hoover, who preceded him in death. He was reared in...

Richard Desselman

Richard Desselman

Apr 12, 2015

Charles “Richard” Desselman Charles “Richard” Desselman 86, of Kirksville, MO passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Charles B. and Anita H. (Bartels) Desselman Richard was born on September 14, 1928 in Farmington, MO. He was united in marriage to Alice “Betty” Louise Brunson on September 12, 1953 in St. Louis, MO....

Kodi Knight

Kodi Knight

Apr 10, 2015

Kodi Knight Kodi Knight, 47, of Unionville, MO passed away suddenly at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital on April 10, 2015. Kodi Knight was born on September 10, 1967 in San Diego, CA, the daughter of Robert and Wanda Dale. Kodi’s family traveled a lot when she was young due to her father’s service in the Marine Corps. Kodi...

Bobby Lee Collins

Bobby Lee Collins

Apr 4, 2015

Bob Collins Bob Collins, 82, of Unionville, MO, passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Bobby Lee Collins was born in Unionville, MO, on February 15, 1933, the son of Ogle Burt and Ruby Francis (Minear) Collins who preceded him in death. He was reared as a youngster in the Lone Star area...

Marjorie Mcelroy

Marjorie Mcelroy

Apr 2, 2015

Marjorie Irene McElroy Marjorie Irene McElroy, 88 of Kirksville passed away Thursday (April 2, 2015) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The daughter of Willard and Nellie (Jones) Lewis, she was born July 22, 1926 in Downing, MO. On December 24, 1946 in Kansas City, KS she was united in marriage to Lester McElroy and to this union seven children...

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