Obituaries
Remus H Bax
May 25, 2016
Remus H. Bax, 85, of Tipton passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Tipton Oak Manor. He was one of four children born in Freeburg, Missouri to Dr. August H. and Christine Bax. He moved to the Fortuna/Tipton area in 1958 to be near family and make his home. It was here that he received the majority of his...

Thomas Wayne Bader
May 13, 2016
Thomas Wayne Bader, 70, of Pilot Grove passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday, May 13, 2016 at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was one of 6 children born in Pilot Grove to Raymond E. and Margie Lee Bader. Tommy was a lifelong resident of Pilot Grove. He attended Pilot Grove High School before enlisting in the US...

Merwin Albert Miesner
May 12, 2016
Merwin Albert Miesner, age 85, of Stover, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016, at Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born September 7, 1930, in Stover, the only son of Albert Johann and Katharine Koester Miesner. He was baptized September 21, 1930 and confirmed March 25, 1945. His confirmation verse was John 3:16 " For God so...

Lois I. Bush
May 11, 2016
Lois Irene (Marriott) Bush, age 85, of Independence, passed away, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 in Blue Springs, MO. She was born on February 24, 1931, south of Stover, a daughter of Raymond and Cloie Kreglinger Marriott. On May 19, 1951, in Cole Camp, MO Lois was united in marriage to Poe E. Bush, and to this union three children...

Billy Joe "Bill" Wilson
May 10, 2016
Billy Joe "Bill" Wilson, age 62, of Versailles, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at his home. He was born May 31, 1953, a son of Clyde and Juanita Silvey Wilson. Bill was married to Patricia Sartain and to this union one son, Ben, was born. He was with Karla Metcalf and they had one daughter, Cheyenne. He served...

Herbert "Buster" Edward Jackson Jr.
May 7, 2016
Herbert Edward Jackson, Jr., ("Buster"), age 83, passed away peacefully at the Harry S. Truman VA Hospital, in Columbia, MO, on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Herbert, the oldest of eight siblings, was born in Syracuse, MO to Herbert, Sr. and Julia M. Jackson. Herb served his Country with honors while enlisted in the United States Air Force from 1952...

Douglas Felber
May 7, 2016
Douglas Allen Felber, age 54, passed away Friday, May 7, 2016, at his home in Henley. He was born July 8, 1961 in Jefferson City, the son of Roy Paul and Shirley Emmerich Felber, who survive in Henley. On January 29, 2006, he was united in marriage to Barbara Stafford who survives at their home. Doug worked various construction...

Ruth K. Wahlers
May 7, 2016
Ruth Katherine Ehlers Wahlers, age 86, of Stover, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born October 11, 1929, in Pyrmont, a daughter of Carl and Emma Nottmeier Ehlers. She was baptized November 3, 1929, and confirmed April 18, 1943, at the Trinity Lutheran Church-Pyrmont-Missouri Synod. On May 1, 1949,...
Sue Sponcler
May 5, 2016
Frances Sue Sponcler of Otterville passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016 doing what she enjoyed, tending to her flowers. She always loved her flowers and watching the birds, especially her hummers. She was born at her grandparents' home in Platte County, Missouri on April 17, 1938, daughter of Ida Mae Cannon and step-daughter of Herman Cannon. On July...
Edwin Albin Holmberg
Apr 29, 2016
Edwin Albin Holmberg, 90, of Tipton passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 at Tipton Oak Manor. He was born in 1925 to George and Florence Holmberg in Kansas City, Missouri where he lived and worked until he and his wife moved to Tipton after retirement. He married Tillie Embry on April 28, 1955 who survives in the home. He...

Stephen S. Coffelt
Apr 27, 2016
Stephen Scott Coffelt, age 53, of Russellville, passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at his home. He was born December 13, 1962, in Sedalia, the youngest son of Theodore L. and Helen Vers Coffelt, who survive in Houstonia. On August 11, 1990, Steve was united in marriage to Janice Kautsch at the St. John’s Lutheran Church-Stringtown. Janice survives at...

Duane H. Amos
Apr 25, 2016
Duane H. Amos, of Jefferson City, formerly of Russellville Missouri, died in his home on Monday, April 25th. He was born on May 25, 1950 to Mildred Louise (Shikles) and Herschel A. Amos, their only son. On June 17, 1972 he married Linda Huhman at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sedalia and she survives him in their home. Duane...
Barbara Teresa Ketterlin
Apr 24, 2016
Barbara Teresa Ketterlin, 95, a lifelong resident of Tipton passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at home with family at her side. One of five children, Barbara was born March 14, 1921 in Tipton, Missouri to Andrew and Elizabeth Schmitt. On December 30, 1942 Barbara and William H. Ketterlin married and spent 49 and a half years together until...

Ralph "Bud" Vogt
Apr 24, 2016
Ralph "Bud" Vogt, age 89, of Versailles, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born January 28, 1927, near the Pyrmont community north of Stover, a son of Orsino John and Mary Pauline Brown Vogt. On December 22, 1944, in Versailles, Bud was united in marriage with Ina Lucille Sumner,...
Edward Owen Lavery, Sr.
Apr 22, 2016
Edward Owen Lavery, Sr., 81, of Tipton passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Tipton Oak Manor. He was one of 10 children born to Charles William and Cecelia Marie Lavery in Kansas City, Kansas. He moved to Tipton with his family in 1971. Edward was an over the road truck driver for most of his working career. Upon...
Ronald David Claas
Apr 17, 2016
Ronald David Claas, 68, passed away Sunday, April 17, 2016 at his home in Tipton. He was the oldest of 4 children, born in Boonville, MO on September 26, 1947 to Arthur and Betty Ketterlin Claas. He was a lifelong resident of Tipton. Ronnie was a 1965 graduate of Tipton High School. He attended Central Missouri State University in...

Richard E. Gibler
Apr 17, 2016
Richard E. Gibler, 92, died Sunday, April 17th, 2016 at his home in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was the son of Solomon E. “Dewey” Gibler and Millie Vogel Gibler. He was born on March 22, 1924 at Marion Township near Centertown, Missouri, one of nine children. He was a 1941 graduate of Centertown High School Achieving the rank of...
Robert Jack Miller
Apr 15, 2016
Robert Jack Miller, 84, of Tipton passed away Friday, April 15, 2016 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg. He was one of 7 children born to Arble W. and Effie Heath Hoffman Miller in Tipton. Bobby Jack was a graduate of Tipton High School Class of 1950. After graduation he served our county in the US Army during...

Mary Alline Crawford
Apr 14, 2016
Mary Alline Thornton Crawford, age 83, of Russellville, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2016, at St. Josephs Bluffs in Jefferson City, surrounded by her children. She was born January 5, 1933, in Columbia, Missouri a daughter of Clifton Charles and Mary Lorean Finley Thornton, both deceased. On July 25, 1950, Mary was united in marriage to Loral Cornealious "Neal"...

John "Wayne" Snelling
Apr 8, 2016
John "Wayne" Snelling, age 90, of Belton, formerly of Stover, passed away, Friday, April 8, 2016, at The Heritage in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born June 30, 1925, in Zebra, a son of John Hugh and Edna Bea Mansfield Snelling. Wayne was a 1943 graduate of Barnett High School. He was a decorated World War II veteran, serving...