Obituaries

Ronald Benton Brown

Jul 26, 2017

Ronald Benton Brown, age 71 of Tipton passed away at home, surrounded by his family in the early morning hours of July 26, 2017. He was born September 28, 1945 to William H. Brown and Betty V. McMullin in Sedalia, Mo. Ronnie was a 1963 graduate of Otterville High School. After graduation he joined the US Navy...

Richard Leon Kent "Doc Kent"

Jul 26, 2017

Richard Leon Kent, better known as “Doc Kent”, age 89, of Belton, passed on July 26, 2017.

He was born July 3, 1928 in Salina, Kansas.

He served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947.

He was a Chiropractor in the greater Kansas City area for 55 years, graduating from the...

Don Franklin Cashman

Jul 20, 2017

Don Franklin Cashman, age 80, of Sedalia, formerly of Versailles, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017, at his home.  He was born October 8, 1936, in Kansas City, Kansas the youngest son of Lloyd W. and Thelma E. Shineman Cashman.  Don was united in marriage to Phyllis Kirwan in 1963 in Turner, Kansas.  Phyllis survives at their home.  He...

Ralph Leroy Gerlt

Jul 18, 2017

Ralph Leroy Gerlt, age 90, of Stover, passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia.  He was born August 19, 1926, in Stover, a son of Jacob and Annie Irene Kreglinger Gerlt, who preceded him in death.  He married Betty Enlow Tull and to this union three sons, Wayne, Johnny and Chris were born....

Emma Jane Edwards

Jul 5, 2017

Emma Jane Lachner Edwards, age 91 of Tipton, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Tipton Oak Manor. "Jane" was born September 26, 1925 to Henry Ray "Jim" and Velma Pearl (Groves) Lachner in rural Cooper County north of Tipton, Missouri. She and Gene Gray Edwards were married November 19, 1943 and spent 69 years together before his...

Darrell Gene Kirchner

Jul 2, 2017

Darrell Gene Kirchner, 78, of Russellville, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017, at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.   He was born August 13, 1938, in Lohman, Missouri, the son of Aldo and Alice Kirchner.  He was raised by his mother Alice and stepfather, Otto Koestner.  He attended Russellville High School with the Class of 1956.  He served in the...

Joyce Ann Riley

Jun 25, 2017

Joyce Ann Riley age 68, of Versailles, passed away Sunday morning, June 25, 2017, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover.  She was born July 31, 1948 in El Dorado, Kansas, the oldest of three children born to David and Naoma Varner Thompson.   She grew up in Arkansas City, Kansas the daughter of a pharmacist and stay-at-home mom. ...

Nancy E Dunham

Jun 17, 2017

Nancy Ellyn Dunham, 90, of Tipton, Missouri passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Tipton Oak Manor. She was born in McClouth, Kansas to Rev. S.M. and Maryann (Atkeson) Petty. Nancy graduated as a member of the Class of 1945 from Tipton High School. She married Norman A. Wolf and they were the parents of 2 children, James...

Nancy Lee Backes

Jun 15, 2017

Nancy L. Backes, 80, of Tipton, Missouri passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Tipton Oak Manor with her family at her side. She was born in Seymour, Missouri to Rudy and Vida Gentges. Nancy was a graduate of St. Peters High School in Jefferson City and married Carl Backes, her high school sweetheart, on April 16, 1955. Carl...

Ralph John Scheperle

Jun 15, 2017

Ralph John Scheperle, 96, of Russellville, passed away Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Westphalia Hills.  He was born March 1, 1921, in Russellville, Missouri, the son of the late George Edward and Lydia (Gemeinhardt) Scheperle.  He was united in marriage on January 26, 1942, in St. Charles, Missouri, to Dorothy Mae Marsch who survives.  Ralph began working for Granite...

Arthur Henry Schuster, Jr

Jun 14, 2017

Arthur Henry Schuster, Jr., 82, of Pilot Grove, Missouri passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Katy Manor in Pilot Grove. He was one of 4 children born to Arthur Henry and Christine Barbara (Pletschette) Schuster, Sr., in Pilot Grove.Art began a life of surviving more hardships than normal as his mother passed away when he was just...

Kevin Bates

Jun 10, 2017

Kevin Bates, age 61, of Dayton, Ohio passed away Saturday, June 10, 2017 at his home.

He was born July 3, 1955 in Versailles to Sterling Andrew and Jean Braden Bates. On August 12, 1989 in Stover, he was united in marriage to Donna Snyder, who survives at the home.

He worked as a maintenance...

Mary Elizabeth Eckhoff

Jun 6, 2017

Mary Elizabeth Eckhoff, age 86, of Stover, passed away Tuesday morning, June 6, 2017, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover following a brief illness.

She was born September 18, 1930, in Stover, a daughter of Emil John and Elda Anna Louise Backs Brauer.  She was baptized October 5, 1930 and confirmed April 2, 1944 at...

Elmer Gene Helmig

Jun 2, 2017

Elmer Helmig, 85, of Otterville, Missouri passed of cancer June 2, 2017 at his farm home of over 62 years. Elmer Gene Helmig (Sr.) was born September 24, 1931 in Judge, Missouri to Robert and Bernadine Wolfe-Helmig and was the oldest of his brother Clyde and two sisters, Beulah and Bonnie. Elmer graduated from Linn High School in 1949....

Mildred Lucille Smith

May 31, 2017

Mildred Lucille Smith, age 90, of Windsor Heights, Iowa, formerly of Holts Summit, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at the Bishop Drumm Nursing Home.

She was born July 25, 1926 in Morgan County, the only child of Alvin Ross and Laura Belle Campbell Silvey. On November 25, 1945 at the First Baptist Church in Stover, she...

Elsie M. Price

May 26, 2017

Elsie M. Widel Price, 100, formerly of Blackwater, peacefully passed to her Heavenly home on May 26, 2017, at Katy Manor in Pilot Grove, Missouri. Elsie was born February 3, 1917, to Philip H. and Octa Caton Widel. She married Alfred F. "Gerald" Price on December 16, 1939 and he preceded her in death on December 21, 1983. Elsie's...

Lee "L.W." Warren Stalker

May 14, 2017

Lee Warren Stalker, age 77, of Stover, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, May 14, 2017 at his home.  He was born in Bolivar, Missouri a son of Carl Ruben Daniel Stalker and Vera Evelyn Farmer Stalker.  On December 6, 1960, Lee or L.W. as he was also known was united in marriage to Celeste JoAnn Holler.  JoAnn preceded him in...

Howard Lee Dick

May 9, 2017

Howard Lee Dick, 86, of Bunceton passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the Tipton Oak Manor after a prolonged illness. He was 2nd of 5 children born to Herman and Elva (Whittaker) Dick near Bunceton, Missouri.

Upon his graduation from Bunceton High School, Howard began his 6-decade farming career. His diversified farm raised wheat,...

William Charles "Moon" Mullins, Jr

May 4, 2017

S/Sgt. William Charles “Moon” Mullins, Jr. October 17, 1940 – May 4, 2017 S/Sgt. William Charles “Moon” Mullins , Jr. Missouri Army National Guard (Ret.), passed away at Fairview Nursing Home in Sedalia on Thursday, May 4, 2017. He was born on October 17, 1940, in Otterville, MO, the first of four children of William...

James August Hoff

May 4, 2017

James “Jim” August Hoff of Pilot Grove, MO, died on Thursday, May 4, 2017, at Ashley Manor Care Center in Boonville, Missouri. He was born on October 15, 1929, to Joseph and Katherine (Strickfaden) Hoff. He married Agnes Cecilia Hanke on September 6, 1954, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Glasgow, Missouri. She preceded him in death on March...