Obituaries

Mar 10, 2021

It was the 26th day of May in 1944, when Millard and Jean Hathaway Deshon welcomed daughter Judith K. into their family.

Judy, as she was called, grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri with two brothers, Rick and Mark and a sister, Patsy.  She attended school in St. Joseph and one year of college before meeting and...

Mar 9, 2021

Rudy Laverne Dostal of Gravois Mills, Missouri died peacefully in Ozark, Missouri March 9th, 2021.  He was born in Fremont Nebraska on March 18th, 1933 to Rudolph Dostal and Florence (Dolph) Dostal.  He lived most of his life in Jackson and Morgan Counties in Missouri.  He entered the world in a time of hard work and sacrifice.   ...

Mar 9, 2021

Virginia F. Stone, 87, of Otterville, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center in Sedalia.

She was born September 26, 1933 in Boonville, MO, the only child of Edgar and Ethel (Schuster) Felten.

On October 11, 1952 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Clifton City she married Robert “Bob” Stone,...

Feb 27, 2021

Doc Banion passed away peacefully in his home in Boonville, Missouri surrounded by family on February 27, 2021. Doc was born in South Charleston, Ohio on May 8, 1928 to parents Leroy and Bertha (nee Ellars) Banion.

Doc spent his youth in South Charleston where he attended South Charleston High School. He joined the United States Marine...

Feb 25, 2021

Virginia Marie Wessing, 89, of Pilot Grove, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021, at Katy Manor Nursing Home.

She was born April 26, 1931 in Taunton, MA, a daughter of Dennis and Mary (O’Hearn) Mehegan.  On March 1, 1970 in Peru, South America, she married Joseph A. “Jody” Wessing who preceded her in death on June 26,...

Feb 21, 2021

Arthur and Lucille Eckhoff Stucker welcomed daughter number four into their family on July 16, 1929, naming her Vernita Lena.  She joined sisters, Ardella, Arlene and Lavera on the family farm located north of Stover; where she grew up enjoying the companionship of older sisters and before long sharing in the responsibility of caring for her two younger sisters,...

Feb 16, 2021

Frank Wayne Knipp, 69, of Tipton, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.

He was born June 15, 1951 in Tipton, MO, a son of Norbert John and Anna Mae (Hood) Knipp.

In his younger years Frank worked as a farmer and alongside his father doing Dozer work...

Feb 14, 2021

Darrell Glenn Dake was born August 12, 1949 at the family home in Iberia, MO to Joseph & Mary Jane Dake (Duncan). He began his strong work ethic at a very young age helping his parents and siblings at the family sawmill and farm. Whether it was helping around the homestead, tinkering with cars, or tending to animals, he...

Feb 14, 2021

Margie L. Kuttenkuler, 87, of Tipton, passed away peacefully on February 14, 2021, at Tipton Oak Manor.

She was born November 9, 1933, in Tipton, a daughter of Talton and Nora (Wolf) Embry.

On February 7, 1955, in Tipton, she married Frank Kuttenkuler, who preceded her in death on April 11, 1998.

Margie...

Feb 14, 2021

Martha L. Vollmer, 89, of Pilot Grove, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021, at Katy Manor Nursing Home.

She was born June 22, 1931, in Pilot Grove, daughter of William and Selma Kempf.

On April 25, 1950, in Pilot Grove, she was married to Wilbert Joseph Vollmer, who preceded her in death on February 3,...

Feb 12, 2021

Lisa Lee Grunick, 59, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Friday, February 12, 2021, in Kansas City. She was born September 25, 1961 in Detroit, MI to Eugene James and Mary (Wolfe) Grunick, who preceded her in death.

Lisa worked as a manager for a security company in Kansans City for many years. She liked going to...

Feb 12, 2021

Carmen Lynn Lindsey, 53, of Pilot Grove, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021, at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia after a longterm illness.

Born February 16, 1967, in Columbia, she was one of three children of Louis Edward Gilson and Suzanne R. (Richards) Gilson.

Carmen was a 1985 graduate of Boonville High School. She...

Feb 10, 2021

Gary Dean Cowell was born on the 5th day of March in 1952, in Versailles to Jewell Conrad and Charolette Gregory Cowell.  He joined older brother Robert Jewell and later the family grew to include a third son, Johnny. The Cowell’s finally welcomed a daughter; however little Caroline passed in infancy.

Gary grew up in rural Morgan...

Feb 10, 2021

Richard Thomas Alexander, 90, of Pilot Grove, MO, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO.

He was born January 12, 1931, in Ink, AR, one of three children of Paxton Clay Alexander and Gladys W. (Wood) Alexander.

Richard was a 1954 graduate of Cumberland County High School in Toledo,...

Feb 7, 2021

It was an early Christmas at the Dale house in 1983; Tom and Lora welcomed their second son on December 20 and named him Isaiah Ryan.  Big brother Jeremiah couldn’t wait to begin sharing adventures with Isaiah and before long the two boys began exploring the great outdoors together.

He was a 2002 graduate of Stover High...

Feb 7, 2021

Our family and community sadly lost one of its strongest pillars on Sunday, February 7, 2021, when Mrs. Vacha Leann Campbell, often known to

many as "Auntie V", passed. Her contributions to this world include the dedication she showed, not only for her own family, but the new family members and friends she would make every day...

Feb 4, 2021

William Eugene “Gene” Draffen, 88, of Tipton, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2021 at his home.

He was born on February 29, 1932 in Speed, Missouri, a son of Wade and Irene (Barron) Draffen.  On May 17, 1953 in California, MO he married Joyce Ann Williams.

Gene honorably served in the US Navy Air Corps...

Feb 3, 2021

It is said that dynamite comes in small packages; if you ever met Helen Barbour Kephart, you just met a woman who exemplifies what that means.

Helen was born April 28, 1931, in Independence, Missouri, the second of four daughters born to Parry and Mary Edwards Jackson.  From the beginning she was full of spunk and often...

Feb 3, 2021

Mary Agnes (Heisler) Windsor, 92, of Pilot Grove, passed peacefully into the arms of God, surrounded by her family, on February 3, 2021 at Katy Manor.

Mary was born April 8, 1928 at home in Prairie Home, MO on Easter morning. She was the daughter of Herman and Anne Lula (Franken) Heisler.

The death of...

Feb 1, 2021

Frances Maureen (Phillips) Wolfe, 100, of Pilot Grove, passed away peacefully Monday, February 1, 2021, at the Katy Manor Extended Care Facility, located in her home community of Pilot Grove.

Frances Maureen Wolfe was born on August 29, 1920, to parents, Riley and Hazel (Schlotzhauer) Phillips, of Pilot Grove (Pleasant Green).  Frances graduated from Pilot Grove High...