Obituaries

Nov 10, 2020

Jimmy Don Merriott, 78, of Tipton passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City.

He was born January 7, 1942 in Versailles, MO, a son of Bert and Maude (Maple) Merriott.

Jimmy Don graduate of Versailles High School. He was owner/operator of the Tipton 66 service...

Nov 9, 2020

Robert “Bob” Stone, 90, of Otterville, passed away Monday, November 9, 2020 at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia.

He was born October 23, 1930 in Clifton City, a son of Lester and Josephine (Altermott) Stone. On October 11, 1952 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Clifton City he married Virginia Felten, who survives of the home....

Nov 6, 2020

Joe McCoin came into this world on the 14th day of November 1959 in Kankakee, Illinois one of ten children born to Gerald and Jackie Suprenant McCoin.

He grew up in rural Kankakee, developing a love for the outdoors, which he never outgrew and remained an avid outdoorsman who looked forward to camping trips, fishing...

Nov 4, 2020

Raymond Duane “Ray” Stevens, 64, of Tipton, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at his home.

He was born September 7, 1956 in Salt Lake City, UT, a son of Howard Duane and Mary Lou (Lewis) Stevens. On January 2, 1979 in Ogden, UT, he married Beverly Hanson who survives of the home.

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Nov 4, 2020

Carl Warren Wilson, 97, of Stover, Mo. passed away Nov. 4, 2020 at Golden Age Nursing Home in Stover. He was born to Carl Benjamin Wilson and Edna Poe Baquet Wilson in a home along the Osage River in Purvis, Mo. on Sept. 7, 1923.

In 97 full years of living, Warren saw many things from the...

Nov 2, 2020

Mid-morning on Monday, November 2, 2020, Linda Louise Warren passed away at her home in Syracuse with her family by her side.

She was born June 23, 1949, in Sedalia, a daughter of Clarence and G. Lucille LeBegue Griffing.

Linda grew up in the Florence community along with two brothers and four sisters.  She spent...

Nov 1, 2020

William Francis Grotzinger, 61, of Pilot Grove, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020 at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia.

He was born September 14, 1959 in St. Louis, MO, a son of Paul John and Amelia Ann (Eck) Grotzinger.

Bill graduated from Pilot Grove High School and then attended Technical School in...

Nov 1, 2020

Longtime Stover native, William Lloyd Simms passed away Sunday, November 1, 2020 at his home south of Stover following a valiant battle with cancer.

Bill, as he preferred to be called, was born March 20, 1937 in Wakenda, Missouri one of five children born to Thomas Jefferson and Adra Naomi Mills Simms.

For...

Oct 31, 2020

George Thiel, 95 of Tipton died Saturday at his home in Tipton.

Because of the threat of coronavirus his service will include the immediate family only. The last thing George would have wanted would be for anyone to become ill or suffer because of him.

George was born in Tipton on February 25,...

Oct 30, 2020

Earl Lee Hayes, 89, of Pilot Grove, passed away Friday, October 30, 2020, at the Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia.

Born May 8, 1931, in Clear Creek, he was the youngest of three children of Arthur and Trellis (Drennen) Hayes.

Earl was a 1950 graduate of Pilot Grove High School....

Oct 29, 2020

Kenneth Allen Shehorn, 66, of Tipton, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2020, at his home.

He was born June 21, 1954, in Hutchinson, KS, son of Leonard Allen Shehorn and Margaret L. (Etherton) Shehorn Pritchard.

Kenneth was a graduate of Tipton High School. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany after the...

Oct 24, 2020

Elaine Fisher was born January 22nd, 1934 in Independence. She was one of four children of Marion T. Calhoon and Hazel Marie Wheeler Shanahan.

On August 11th, 1979 she married the love of her life Willie Lee Fisher in Kansas City.

Elaine had many passions including cooking, animal rescue, and her family. She...

Oct 23, 2020

Stover native, Galen Marriott passed away peacefully shortly after midnight on Friday morning, October 23, 2020, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City where he had been a patient for the past week.

Galen was a Halloween baby, coming into this world on October 31, 1945 and was the youngest...

Oct 18, 2020

Esther Sena Meyer, a Stover native and one of the oldest residents of our community, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 18, 2020, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover.

She was born on the 6th day of July in 1919, the only child of John D. and...

Oct 17, 2020

Sharon Kathleen “Ma” Washburn (née Hibdon), born December 5, 1942, died in her sleep on October 17, 2020 surrounded by her family and loved ones.

Sharon is survived by her daughter Dody Beth Washburn McDaniel, her husband Chris McDaniel, and grandson Clifford; her grandson David Brian Washburn, his wife Jordan Washburn, and her...

Oct 16, 2020

Elizabeth Kate Raney came into this world on July 11, 1990 in the small town of Crossett, Arkansas.  Her parents, Billy Ray and Barbara Bradford Corker, welcomed Beth into their growing family which now included one boy and two girls.

Beth grew up in Arkansas.  Following graduation from high school she enlisted in the United States Army...

Oct 15, 2020

Charles Howard Niemeyer, 53 of St. John, MO, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2020 at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in St. Louis.

He was born March 7, 1967 in Hardin, IL, a son of Franklin Dale “John” and Doris Jean (Summerville) Niemeyer. On May 24, 1995 in St. Louis, MO, he married Shelly McNeal who...

Oct 13, 2020

Greg James Backes, 63, of Tipton, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, MO. He was born May 2, 1957, in Jefferson City, the son of Carl J. and Nancy L. (Rushing) Backes. Greg attended St. Andrews School and was a 1975 graduate of Tipton High School. He attended...

Oct 10, 2020

Carla Kay Potter, 76, of Springfield, MO, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2020 at her home.

She was born May 25, 1944 in Franklin, KY, a daughter of Carl and Margaret Wehmeir. On August 20, 1966 at the First Baptist Church in Tipton she married John Raymond Potter, who survives of the home.

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Oct 4, 2020

If you ever met Tom Howser the first thing you noticed was his big smile and the second thing you would notice was twinkle in his eye; because Tom loved life and was bound and determined to brighten your day too.

Thomas Virgil Howser was born on the 24th of June in 1940, to Virgil and Lavern...