Obituaries
Geneva E Fischer
Apr 3, 2016
Geneva E. Fischer, 91, of Tipton passed away Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Moniteau Care Center in California, Missouri. She was born February 8, 1925, at Otterville, a daughter of Joseph F. and Emma Hainen Gerke. On September 25, 1946, at Clifton City, she was married to Roger C. Fischer. He died September 28, 1980. Mrs. Fischer graduated from...
Colleen Annette Keevil
Mar 31, 2016
Colleen Annette Keevil, age 75, passed away in her home in Ashland, Missouri on Thursday, March 31, 2016. Born and raised in Tipton, Missouri, Colleen was one of three children born to Wm. Melvin and Ollie Mae Fry. Almost seeing her 76th year, the date of her birth was April 11, 1940. Colleen graduated from Central Missouri State in...
Lawrence Eugene Wessing
Mar 31, 2016
Larry Wessing, 70, of Pilot Grove, Missouri passed away Thursday, March 31, 2016 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. He was one of 4 sons born at Clear Creek, Missouri to Cyril and Katie Kempf Wessing. Larry was a graduate of Pilot Grove High School Class of 1963. He was very capable at working with his hands and...

Susan Kay Fenton
Mar 30, 2016
Susan Kay Fenton, 57, of Blackwater, Missouri passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. She was one of 14 children born to William Lester and Edna Mae Green in Boonville. Susan and Daniel Fenton were married January 31, 1976 and celebrated 40 years of marriage together. She was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time...
Mary Jane Niederwimmer
Mar 29, 2016
Mary Jane Niederwimmer, 87 of Tipton, Missouri passed away Tuesday, March 29 at Tipton Oak Manor. Mary Jane was born September 6, 1928 in Tipton, Missouri to Lewis and Amanda Jane Dick. On April 16, 1960, she married Harold Franklin Niederwimmer and they made their home together until his passing on March 20, 2004. Mary Jane was employed many...

Sharon Kay Thouvenel
Mar 29, 2016
Sharon "Kay" Thouvenel, age 73, of Versailles, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. Kay was born December 27, 1942, in Versailles, the second child of Henry and Mildred Marple Marriott, who preceded her in death. She was a 1961 graduate of Versailles High School. Following graduation Kay went to work at...
George Stanley Draffen, Jr
Mar 24, 2016
George Stanley Draffen, Jr., age 63 of Tipton, Missouri passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016 at St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City with family at his side. George was born December 5, 1952 in Boonville, Missouri and was one of eleven children born to George S., Sr. and Lillian F. Draffen. He lived all of his 63 years in...

Waneta Emma Marriott
Mar 23, 2016
Waneta Emma Marriott, age 91, of Stover, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at her home. She was born March 2, 1925, in Stover, the daughter of Christ J. and Catherine M. Monsees Gerlt. She was a graduate of Stover High School. As a young woman, Waneta worked as a secretary for State Representative Huff in Jefferson City. After...

Norman E. Partney
Mar 21, 2016
Norman E. Partney, age 86, of Stover, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born October 28, 1929 in Pilot Knob, the only son of Oscar J. and Ona Helton Partney. On May 22, 1954, in St. Louis, Norman was united in marriage to Wilma Weaver, who survives at their...
Lois Eloise Mahoney
Mar 19, 2016
Lois Eloise Mahoney, 88, of Tipton, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the Tipton Oak Manor. She was born on July 24, 1927 in Winfield, Kansas to Donald and Naomi Buss. She graduated from St. Joseph's School of Nursing and was an LPN at Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia, MO. She later met and married Quinten Morgan, and together...

Buddy R Fizer
Mar 17, 2016
Buddy Roger Fizer, age 81, of Versailles, passed away, Thursday, March 17, 2016 at his home. He was born September 17, 1934, in Marshall, a son of Clay C. and Virgie Ballew Fizer. He married JoAnn Higgins and to this union two daughters were born, Roxanne and Julie. He joined the United States Navy in 1953, serving in the...

Linda Hancock
Mar 14, 2016
Linda Lorraine Hancock, age 63, of Stover, passed away Monday, March 14, 2016, at the St. Louis University Hospital. She was born August 27, 1952, in Independence, a daughter of Samuel Preston and Lorraine Hulda Meyer Webb. On August 15, 1981, at the Unity Temple at the Plaza in Kansas City, Linda was united in marriage to Mitch Hancock,...

Joan J Greenfield
Mar 13, 2016
Joan Greenfield, 69, of Otterville passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Four Seasons Living Center in Sedalia, Missouri. She was one of 5 children born to Edward and Susan Greenfield in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She moved to Otterville 3 years ago with her family from Hastings, Michigan. Joan was baptized as a member of the Sedalia Seventh Day Adventist...

Josephine Barbara Gramlich
Mar 10, 2016
Josephine Barbara Gramlich, 95, of Pilot Grove passed away Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Katy Manor in Pilot Grove, Missouri. She was one of 9 children born to George W. and Julia Zeller Twenter in Clear Creek, Missouri. She married Paul Arthur Gramlich on April 15, 1942 and he preceded her in death November 17, 2010 after 68 years...
Carol A Matteson
Mar 9, 2016
Carol Ann Matteson (Higgins), age 68, passed away in her beloved farmhouse in Pilot Grove, Missouri on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 9, 1947 to Fred and Ozelle Higgins. Carol enjoyed sharing her love for basket weaving, chair caning, gardening, making new recipes, and telling people her favorite and unsavory collection of...

Joseph "Joe" Tomblinson
Mar 9, 2016
Joseph N. "Joe" Tomblinson, age 80, of Versailles, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born January 31, 1936, in Versailles, a son of Joseph and Gertrude Parks Tomblinson. On November 21, 1995, Joe was united in marriage to Patricia J. McMillin Cochran. Pat survives at their home. Joe worked...

Raymond C. Metscher
Mar 7, 2016
Raymond Metscher, age 95, of Stover, passed away Monday, March 7, 2016 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born December 20, 1920 in Zora, the son of Henry and Josephine Lutjen Metscher. He was united in marriage November 4, 1944 in Sedalia to Dorothy Spencer. He served his country in the United States Army. He...

Virginia Wilson
Mar 3, 2016
Virginia Lee Wilson, age 75, of Stover, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. She was born January 13, 1941, in Bremerton, Washington the daughter of Harold and Marvel Winters Culberson. She worked as an office aid for the Morgan Co R-1 School District. Virginia was a longtime resident of Stover, where...

Spencer D. Richey
Mar 3, 2016
Spencer Douglas (Bub) Richey, age 52, of Sedalia, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016, at his home. He was born January 30, 1964, in Sedalia, the oldest child of William “Bill” and Priscilla Schroder Richey. Spencer grew up in the Tipton community. He worked alongside his dad at the Tipton Iron Works, until his dad’s death. He loved the...

Vern Dean Steinmeyer
Feb 27, 2016
Vern Dean Steinmeyer, age 85, of Stover, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2016, at his home. He was born April 30, 1930 to Henry and Johannah Alpers Steinmeyer on their family farm near Stover. He was baptized May 18, 1930 and confirmed May 28, 1944 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in rural Benton County. On April 19, 1969 he was...