Obituaries

Viola Ella Paulina Fischer Taylor
Oct 19, 2016
Viola Ella Paulina Fischer Taylor, age 97, of Stover, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born March 29, 1919, in Pharr, Texas a daughter of August A. and Ella Schnirch Fischer. She was baptized April 20, 1919 in Pharr, Texas and confirmed April 3, 1933, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church...
Sidney George Dubbert
Oct 18, 2016
Sidney George Dubbert, 80, of Tipton, Missouri passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at the Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. One of six children, Sidney was born to Otto August and Martha Volmert Dubbert in St. Elizabeth, Missouri on November 14, 1935. Sidney proudly served his country in the US Air Force as an Airplane Mechanic 1st Class. After...

Juanita Robbins
Oct 14, 2016
Juanita Robbins, age 92, passed away Friday, October 14, 2016, at her home with her daughter by her side. She was born July 3, 1924, in Wild Cherry, Arkansas to Edward Ezekiel and Lucy L. Rand Marchant. On July 11, 1943 Juanita was united in marriage to Wendell Robbins in Healing Springs, Arkansas. They shared many happy years of...
Lla Merle Daub
Oct 5, 2016
Lla Merle Daub, age 88 of Villa Ridge, Missouri passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at home with family at her side. One of three children, Lla Merle was born January 21, 1928 to Louis Lee and Beulah Mae (Grey) Nix in Palestine, Texas. Lla Merle grew up in Texas and started her own family there. When employment required...

Ella Marie Oehrke
Oct 5, 2016
Ella Marie Oehrke, age 83, of Stover, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. She was born April 14, 1933, near Cole Camp, a daughter of William A. and Lydia M. Wehrman Oehrke. Ella Marie was baptized Aril 30, 1933 by Rev. A. Kelpe and confirmed August 12, 1945, by Rev. E.O. Baack...
Mary Louise Phelps
Oct 3, 2016
Mary Louise Phelps, 89, passed away Monday, October 3, 2016 at Katy Manor in Pilot Grove, Missouri. "Louise" was born December 24, 1929 in Dallas, Texas to William Edward and Ibbie Howlett Sturges. She graduated from Sunset High in Dallas. She retired from two different companies...from the Mortgage and Loan Department of Travelers in Dallas and then later at...
David Joseph Lutz
Oct 2, 2016
David Joseph Lutz, 69, of Tipton, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016 at his residence. He was one of 9 children born to Herman and Mildred Lutz. David graduated from Tipton High School Class of 1965. He served his tour of duty in the US Army. He was a well known mechanic at Schaffter Equipment and later Sydenstricker's...

Irene J. Ehlers
Oct 2, 2016
Irene J. Ehlers, age 94, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born October 27, 1921 in Stover to Louis and Johanna Fischer Albers. She was confirmed April 9, 1936 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Stover. On August 26, 1950 Irene was united in marriage to Richard Ehlers in...

Marvin A. Cooper, Sr.
Oct 1, 2016
Marvin A. Cooper Sr., age 67, of Versailles passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016. He was born December 12, 1948, in Kansas City. The only son of Charley and Mary Acock Cooper. After living most of his life in Kansas City and working at the Ford Motor Co in Claycomo for fifteen years he moved back to the Cooper...
Alta Lee Williams
Sep 30, 2016
Alta Lee Williams, 76, of Syracuse, Missouri passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at the Tipton Oak Manor in Tipton. She was one of 6 children born to Roy Lee and Beula Bernice Payne near Florence, Missouri. Alta was a graduate of Otterville High School and continued her education at St. Luke's School of Nursing in Kansas City where...

Helen M. Willis
Sep 30, 2016
Helen M. Willis, age 80, of Eldon, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016, at her home. She was born April 29, 1936, in California, a daughter of Frank A. and Bessie Warren Brown. Helen was united in marriage to Elvin Wesley "E.W." Willis on January 12, 1954. He preceded her in death February 11, 2011. She was a graduate...

Elsie M. Fluegel
Sep 29, 2016
Elsie M. Fluegel, age 99, lifelong resident of Russellville, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016, at Heisinger Bluffs in Jefferson City, where she had been only for one day. She was born January 9, 1917, on the family farm in Russellville the daughter of William and Minnie Strobel Bates. Elsie was united in marriage to Edgar H. Fluegel on...

Larry D. Crocker
Sep 29, 2016
Larry Dale Crocker, age 66, of Russellville, passed away suddenly, Thursday morning, September 29, 2016, at his home. He was born July 27, 1950, in Jefferson City, the only son of Jesse and Virginia Strobel Crocker, who preceded him in death. On January 31, 1970, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Russellville, Larry was united in marriage to Judy...
William Lee May
Sep 27, 2016
William Lee May, 67, of Otterville, Missouri passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 near Otterville. He was one of 2 children born in Sedalia to Marvin Lee and Erbelyn Phyllis May. Bill was a lifelong resident of Otterville and a graduating member of the Otterville High School Class of 1967. On March 25th, 1972, Bill married his sweetheart, Sandra...

Linda Lou Wilson
Sep 27, 2016
Linda Lou Wilson, 93, of Stover died Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born July 19, 1923, on the farm northwest of Versailles, MO. A daughter of Jesse E. and Bessie Wahlers Morris. She married Carl Warren Wilson in March 1946 in Versailles. She attended Ball Elementary and Middle School. She then...
Shirley Margaret Johnson
Sep 26, 2016
Shirley Margaret Johnson ( March 14, 1946 - September 26, 2016 ) Shirley Margaret Johnson, 70, of Pilot Grove, Missouri passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 at her residence with her family at her side. She was one of 5 children born to Anton and Mildred Kraus in Boonville, Missouri. She was a lifelong resident of Pilot Grove and...

Leila Bremer
Sep 17, 2016
Leila V. Bremer, age 79, of Florence, passed away, Saturday, September 17, 2016, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born February 26, 1937, in Whiting, Iowa, a daughter of Lester G. and Gladys Anderson Dawes. Leila was united in marriage to Monte A. Bremer on March 9, 1963, in Sedalia. Monte preceded her in death...
Betty Lou Pulley
Sep 15, 2016
Betty Lou Pulley, 79, of Brunswick, Missouri passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia. She was one of 6 children born to Jesse and Florence Southard in Edwardsville, Illinois. She moved to Sedalia where she met and later married George Pulley on October 27, 1963. They moved to Dover and then...

Carl Ellsworth Garmon
Sep 15, 2016
Carl Ellsworth Garmon, age 91, of Stover, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City. He was born January 12, 1925, in Garden City, Missouri, the only child of Arthur Carl and Emma Ozelle Hardger Garmon. Carl was united in marriage to Dorothy Ethington, who preceded him in death on August 20, 1975. He...

John O. Evans, Jr.
Sep 10, 2016
John O. Evans, Jr., age 91, of Russellville, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016 at his home. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, a son of John Oscar Sr., and Tillie Huston Evans. On August 1, 1947, in Terre Haute, John was united in marriage to Delores L. Armour who preceded him in death March 8, 2012. He...