Obituaries

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...

Jan 31, 2021

Keigan Alexander Minidis came into this world on January 6, 2020, at the Women and Children’s Hospital in Columbia, arriving at 23 weeks and 1 day, weighing 1 pound and 2 ounces and measuring 10.4 inches long. From the beginning, with his tiny arms outstretched and defying all the odds, he had already proved to his family he may...

Jan 31, 2021

It was on November 1, 1954, in the town of Hampton, Iowa that Paul and Arvilla Snyder Greimann welcomed their first born child, a son they named Steven Paul, into their family.  Paul and Arvilla had him baptized on November 21, 1954 at Zion – St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sheffield, Iowa and followed with his confirmation on...

Jan 29, 2021

Homer David "Bear" Franklin, age 56, of Gravois Mills passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 at his home.

On October 19, 1964, Bear was born in Columbia to Homer Lee and Lucy Mae Webb Franklin. On February 21, 1987 he was united in marriage to Norma White in Eldon, who survives at home.

Jan 28, 2021

Ralph Gerald (R.G.) Thompson, Jr., Jefferson City, MO lost his long and courageous battle with sarcoma on January 28 th , 2021.  He was born October 20, 1936 in Batesville, Arkansas, the first child of Lola Barry and R.G. Thompson Sr., who both had grown up in Moniteau County, MO.  In 1946, the family returned to the High Point,...

Jan 28, 2021

Warren L. Pifer, age 78, of Versailles, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover.   He is survived by his wife, Nancy, daughter Annette, son Chris, and his grandchildren and great grandchildren.   No public services are planned and private inurnment will be in the Versailles Cemetery.

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Jan 28, 2021

Phillip Mitchel Turpin, also known as “Mitch” was born on October 8, 1966, at the Bothwell Hospital in Sedalia.  His proud parents, Phillip and Phyllis Spratt Turpin brought their son home to join his sister Paula. With time the family grew with additions of Mitch’s younger siblings Patrick and later Payton.

Mitch grew up in Versailles, graduating...

Jan 25, 2021

Jack Francis Veulemans, of Sedalia, formerly of Tipton, passed into the care of our Lord on Monday, January 25, 2021. He was 93.

Born January 3, 1928, at the family home in Gravois Mills, he was the second of five children of John Dominick and Edith May (Higbee) Veulemans.

The family moved to...