Obituaries
Billy Sayre
Feb 20, 2015
Billy June Sayre Billy June Sayre, 82 of Kirksville passed away Friday (February 20, 2015) at his home. The son of Walter Rosevelt and Neva M. (Glidewell) Sayre, he was born May 23, 1932 in Sullivan County, Missouri. Billy was cremated and no service will be held.
Jeremy James Steele
Feb 20, 2015
Jeremy Steele Jeremy Steele, 33, of Kansas City, MO, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, February 20, 2015. Jeremy James Steele was born in Kansas City, MO, on July 8, 1981, the son of Clarence Morgan and Dianna Steele. He was reared in Kansas City. Jeremy enlisted in the United States Navy and began his service to...
Sarah Clark
Feb 17, 2015
Sarah Clark Sarah Clark, 88 of Kirksville passed away Tuesday (February 17, 2015) at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The daughter of R. Hubert and Sarah (Keesling) Russell, she was born in Belleview, MO on October 9, 1926. On November 8, 1953 in St. Louis, MO she was united in marriage to Ongle “Red” L. Clark. Sarah is survived...
Marian V. Lindquist
Feb 14, 2015
Marian V. Lindquist, 96, a long-time Kirksville resident, passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri. Marian was born February 28, 1918, in Newtown, Missouri, to Zebadee and Stella (Widner) Johnson. She married Harley A. Lindquist on November 24, 1936, at Edina, Missouri. She is survived by a daugher, Phyllis McElhinney and husband Gary,...
Ann L. Dufresne
Feb 10, 2015
Ann L. DuFresne Ann L. DuFresne (nee Lois Anne Hedberg), Ph.D, age 84, chemist and educator passed away Tuesday (February 10, 2015) in Cleveland, OH. Beloved mother of Ann Sarah DuFresne (husband Edward Mozdzen); loving grandmother of Michael Mozdzen, all residing in Cleveland, OH; the daughter of the late Walter J. and Nellie E. (nee Witte) Hedberg former residents...
Donna Fink
Feb 9, 2015
Donna Fink Donna Fink, 68 of Novinger passed away Monday (February 9, 2015) at Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. The daughter of Floyd and Dolly (Stanley) Billington, she was born February 22, 1946 in Shibleys Point, MO. She was united in marriage to Richard Sells and to this union three children were born. She was united in marriage to...
Melvan Carroll Hackney
Feb 8, 2015
Carroll Hackney Melvan Carroll Hackney, 90, of Unionville, MO passed away at the Putnam County Memorial Hospital on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Carroll Hackney was born in Lemons, MO on February 7, 1925 the son of Leo and Bertha (Schnelle) Hackney. He attended the Triumph rural school and Lemons High School. On September 19, 1944 he was inducted into...
Jeannette Rosalie Service
Feb 5, 2015
Jeannette Service Jeannette Service, 46, of Lucerne, MO, passed away suddenly at her home on Thursday, February 5, 2015. Jeannette Rosalie Meinecke was born in Smithville, MO, on November 22, 1968, the daughter of Timothy R. Meinecke, Sr. and Linda McGiver. She grew up in Princeton, MO, and she married Jim Service in Ridgeway, MO, on February 21, 1998....
Hattie Ellen Hamilton
Feb 4, 2015
Hattie Hamilton Hattie Hamilton, 90, of Princeton, MO, passed away at Pearls II in Princeton on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. She had been a resident there for less than a year. Hattie Ellen Hamilton was born in Oklahoma on December 14, 1924, the daughter of Frank Andrew and Nellie Elizabeth (Ward) Shippy. She was the second oldest in a...
Byron Cooper
Feb 1, 2015
Byron Cooper Byron (Pee-Wee) Cooper, 66, passed away unexpectedly Sunday (February 1, 2015) at his home in Greentop, Missouri. The son of Walter and Dorothy Ann (Lay) Cooper, he was born March 8, 1948 in Queen City. In October of 1966, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Losey and to this union two children were born, Rodney and...
Donald Fry Jr.
Jan 29, 2015
Donald Fry Jr. Donald G. Fry, Jr. 56 of Kirksville, MO passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015 at he University Hospital in Columbia. Donald was born on October 27, 1958 in Chicago, IL the son of Donald G. Sr. and Rosalie B. (Jablowicz) Fry; both survive. Also surviving are his brother, David Glenn Fry and wife Christina of Kirksville,...
Del Robison
Jan 28, 2015
Del Robison Delber Gene Robison, 86 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (January 28, 2015) at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Bernard Murry and Myrtle (Brooks) Robison, he was born March 22, 1928 in Novinger, MO. On June 29, 1947 at the Novinger Methodist Church he was united in marriage to Norma Jean Ellsworth. Del is survived by...
Ruth Dare
Jan 26, 2015
Ruth Evalee Dare Ruth Evalee Dare, 90 of Kirksville passed away Monday (January 26, 2015) at her home surrounded by her family. The daughter of William and Eva (Vaughn) Watson, she was born April 5, 1924 near Kirksville, MO. On July 12, 1959 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to Cecil Everett Dare. Ruth is survived by two...
William Aaron Schnelle
Jan 24, 2015
William Schnelle William Schnelle, 94, of Pollock, MO, passed away at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO, on Saturday, January 24, 2015. He had been a resident there less than a week after moving to Camden Point to live with his son in February of 2014. William Aaron Schnelle was born in the Pollock, MO, area on...
Margaret Anesi
Jan 21, 2015
Margaret E. Anesi Margaret E. Anesi, 78 of Kirksville passed away Wednesday (January 21, 2015) at Kirksville Manor Care. The daughter of Arthur and Katherine (Shaw) King, she was born August 17, 1936 in New Cambria, MO. Margaret is survived by her daughter, Sally Emery of Maricopa, AZ; one brother, Earl (Margaret) King of Greentop, MO; two grandchildren, Chantelle...
Harold Dean Mccormack
Jan 21, 2015
Dean McCormack Dean McCormack, 85, passed away at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO, on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Harold Dean McCormack was born around Lemons, MO, on September 28, 1929, the son of John William and Verna Lovell (Young) McCormack who preceded him in death. After being reared in that area of Putnam County, he married...
Otto Leon Schmitter
Jan 20, 2015
Otto Leon Schmitter Leon Schmitter, 77, passed away Tuesday (January 20, 2015) at his home in Queen City. The son of Otto Franklin and Neta Pauline (Lasley) Schmitter, he was born in rural Lancaster, Missouri where he grew up and attended the Lancaster Public School graduating with the class of 1955. He them attended the University of Missouri in...
Irene D'Souza
Jan 15, 2015
Eufemia Irene Azavedo D’Souza Eufemia Irene Azavedo D’Souza, known affectionately as Irene, passed away peacefully on the morning of Thursday, January 15, 2015. A beloved mother, wife, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she was 85 years of age. She resided in Beach Haven, New Jersey, where she lived with her son Alfred D’Souza and his wife Anne. She is also survived...
Robert Vaughn Miller
Jan 11, 2015
Robert Vaughn Miller, age 68 of Hudson, WI, part time Mexico, MO and formerly of Knox County, MO, passed away January 11, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester Mayo. Robert was born July 15, 1946 in Shelbina, MO; the son of Harold L. and Alta Voncille (Pulse) Miller. He attended school in Knox County and in 1963 toured Europe...
Ronald Bagley
Jan 8, 2015
Ronald E. Bagley Ronald Edward Bagley, 78 of Kirksville passed away Thursday, January 8, 2015. Ron was born in Browning, MO on October 16, 1936, the son of William Alva and Kathryn Lorene Jones Bagley. On April 21, 1972 he was united in marriage to Marion I. Cormeny. Ron is survived by his wife, Marion; a sister, Kathy Riney...