Obituaries

Ruby Virginia Knipp

Jan 29, 2018

Ruby Virginia Knipp, age 94 of Tipton, Missouri passed away Monday evening with family by her side at Tipton Oak Manor.

Ruby was born November 1923 near Bunceton, Missouri to Louis Frank and Anna Laura Rogers Watring. She grew up in the area graduating from Syracuse High School. Around 1943, while attending a dance at...

Robert R. Allen

Jan 28, 2018

Robert Raymond Allen, age 67, of the Ivy Bend community near Stover, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 28, 2018, at his home.

He was born September 15, 1950 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska a son of Howard and Alice Shipley Allen.

Bob worked in commercial construction in Omaha, Nebraska for most of his life.  Following his retirement...

Shirley J. Marriott

Jan 28, 2018

Shirley J. Marriott, age 81, of Versailles passed away peacefully Sunday morning, January 28, 2018 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born September 13, 1936 in Versailles a daughter of Earl and Grace Caviness Whittle.  Shirley married Loren Marriott and to this union one daughter was born. Shirley worked as a dietary manager for long term...

Billy Junior Shane

Jan 26, 2018

Billy Junior Shane, 75, of California, Missouri passed away Friday, January 26, 2018 at the Moniteau Care Center in California. He was one of 6 children born to William Albert and Georgia Juanita Shane of Syracuse, Missouri. Billy worked in commercial construction before he was severely injured while on the job. He enjoyed playing pool and later playing cards....

Betty Jean Walker

Jan 25, 2018

Betty Jean Walker, age 77, of Stover, passed away Thursday morning, January 25, 2018, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover.  She was born June 8, 1940, in Stover, the only daughter of George Milton and Wilma Marriott Wilson.  On August 1, 1968, in Olathe, Kansas Betty was united in marriage to Thomas E. Walker, who preceded her...

Jeannette Brown

Jan 25, 2018

Jeannette Ann Brown, age 81, of Stover, passed away peacefully Thursday evening, January 25, 2018, at her home.

She was born July 6, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois a daughter of Phillip and Anna (maiden name) Springer.  Jeannette married Richard Edward Brown and to his union one daughter was born.  Richard preceded her in death on...

Florene Nona Rowles

Jan 22, 2018

Florene Nona Rowles, 72, of Tipton passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at Tipton Oak Manor. She was born in Denver, Colorado to Hugh H. and Cecile Florene Potter. Florene was a graduate of California High School. She married Elmer Rowles on June 27, 1964 at which time she became a resident of Tipton. She was a 38 year...

Carol Rae Lammers

Jan 19, 2018

Service:

Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Time: Additional Visitation Tuesday January 23, 2018 from 10:30am to 12:00pm at Meisenheimer Funeral Home 200 Roe St. Pilot Grove, MO 65276 Interment: Wesley Chapel Cemetery Memorials/Donations May be made payable to Alzheimer's association or Prostate Cancer Foundation in care of Pitman Funeral Home PO BOX...

Dorothy Nadine Johansen

Jan 17, 2018

Dorothy "Nadine" Johansen, age 94 of Tipton, Missouri passed away at the Tipton Oak Manor Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Nadine was born January 17, 1924 in Clinton, Missouri to Ferd and Edna Bramell. On October 20, 1948 Nadine married Roy Johansen and they had 37 years together until his death July 4, 1986. Nadine was a long time member...

Bill Edwin Craig

Jan 17, 2018

Bill Edwin Craig, age 93 of Stover, passed away Wednesday morning, January 17, 2018 at his home.

He was born August 13, 1924, in Little Rock Arkansas, a son of George B. and Adah Belle Dory Craig.  On June 1, 1952, in Walker, Missouri Bill was united in marriage to Mary Ellen Brown...

Dr. Charles Francis Luebbert

Jan 15, 2018

Dr. Charles Francis Luebbert “Doc”, 93, of Tipton Missouri passed away Monday, January 15, 2018 at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was one of 9 children born to Phillip and Catherine Luebbert in Brinktown, Missouri. He married Viola Teresa Bax on August 4, 1945 and moved to Tipton, Missouri in 1946.

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Gary K. "G.K." Spalding

Jan 13, 2018

Gary K. “G.K.” Spalding, age 87, of Russellville, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 13, 2018.

He was born March 22, 1930, in Eugene, Missouri, one of six children born to Robert Ford Spalding and Opal Bruce Spalding.

As a boy, Gary was baptized in the Eugene Christian Church. He graduated from Eugene...

Jacqueline Sue Lampkins

Jan 10, 2018

Jacqueline Sue Lampkins, age 68 of Tipton, Missouri passed away at home Wednesday evening, January 10, 2018. Jackie was born January 6, 1950 at Van Buren, Missouri to Vibert Melvin and Imogene Potts Jackson. She married David Eugene Lampkins April 9, 1966 spending almost 52 years together, raising a family of four children, living in various towns...

Elizabeth "Betty" Louis Walters

Jan 9, 2018

Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Walters, 83, of St. Martins, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at her residence.

She was born May 9, 1934, in Centertown, Missouri, the daughter of the late Lawrence “Bud” and Frances (Miller) Wekamp.

She was united in marriage on December 21, 1950, in Jefferson City, to Kenneth Eugene Walters who preceded...

Corene Marie Ware

Jan 8, 2018

Corene Marie Ware 91, of Pilot Grove, Missouri passed away at Cooper County Memorial Hospital on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018.

She had been a resident of Ashley Manor for several years, where she was loved and cherished by everyone.

She was born on August 11,1926 in Pilot Grove to Leonard Joseph and Lorene...

Ruth E. Williams

Jan 7, 2018

Ruth E. Williams 83 of Stover died Sunday January 7, 2018 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover.

She was born May 18, 1934 in Crest. She was the daughter of Charles Vansell and Georgia (Miller) Vansell. On October 13, 1959 she was united in marriage to George Lee Williams.

Ruth worked at Primo...

Sharon Kay Cross

Jan 6, 2018

Sharon Kay Cross, age 60, of Versailles passed away January 6, 2018 at the Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach.

She was born December 28, 1957 in Omaha, Nebraska, to Gilbert Eugene and Ethel Loraine Chapman Hanley.

She was raised in Moberly, but moved to southern California and then to Michigan before settling down in...

Patricia "Pat" Anne Hatton

Jan 5, 2018

Patricia Anne “Pat” Hatton, age 78, of Stover passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born April 17, 1939 in Kansas City to Harold Eugene and Marjorie Hanna Allen. She was married to Claude W. Hatton, who preceded her in death. Pat worked as a key punch operator for the state...

Rabon "Ray" Twyman

Jan 2, 2018

Rabon Virgel Twyman, age 79 of Tipton, Missouri passed away January 2, 2018 at the University of Missouri Medical Center, Columbia.

“Ray” was born April 3, 1938 to Nolan and Pearl Valora Fisher Twyman in Syracuse, Missouri.

On October 7, 1972 Ray married Joanne M. Petuch and their union was blessed with three...

Jennifer Nichole Stevenson

Jan 2, 2018

Jennifer Nichole Stevenson, age 36, of Versailles, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.       She was born April 12, 1981, in Roosevelt, Utah, a daughter of Joseph and Kimberly Howse Taylor.  She married Cole Stevenson and to this union two sons were born, Nate and Cole, Jr.  Jennifer was a 2000 graduate of...