Obituaries

David  Joseph Lutz

David Joseph Lutz

Oct 2, 2016

David Joseph Lutz, 69, of Tipton, Missouri passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016 at his residence. He was one of 9 children born to Herman and Mildred Lutz. David graduated from Tipton High School Class of 1965. He served his tour of duty in the US Army. He was a well known mechanic at Schaffter Equipment and later Sydenstricker's...

Irene  J. Ehlers

Irene J. Ehlers

Oct 2, 2016

Irene J. Ehlers, age 94, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2016 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born October 27, 1921 in Stover to Louis and Johanna Fischer Albers. She was confirmed April 9, 1936 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Stover. On August 26, 1950 Irene was united in marriage to Richard Ehlers in...

Marvin  A. Cooper,  Sr.

Marvin A. Cooper, Sr.

Oct 1, 2016

Marvin A. Cooper Sr., age 67, of Versailles passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016. He was born December 12, 1948, in Kansas City. The only son of Charley and Mary Acock Cooper. After living most of his life in Kansas City and working at the Ford Motor Co in Claycomo for fifteen years he moved back to the Cooper...

Alta  Lee Williams

Alta Lee Williams

Sep 30, 2016

Alta Lee Williams, 76, of Syracuse, Missouri passed away Friday, September 30, 2016 at the Tipton Oak Manor in Tipton. She was one of 6 children born to Roy Lee and Beula Bernice Payne near Florence, Missouri. Alta was a graduate of Otterville High School and continued her education at St. Luke's School of Nursing in Kansas City where...

Helen  M. Willis

Helen M. Willis

Sep 30, 2016

Helen M. Willis, age 80, of Eldon, passed away Friday, September 30, 2016, at her home. She was born April 29, 1936, in California, a daughter of Frank A. and Bessie Warren Brown. Helen was united in marriage to Elvin Wesley "E.W." Willis on January 12, 1954. He preceded her in death February 11, 2011. She was a graduate...

Elsie  M. Fluegel

Elsie M. Fluegel

Sep 29, 2016

Elsie M. Fluegel, age 99, lifelong resident of Russellville, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016, at Heisinger Bluffs in Jefferson City, where she had been only for one day. She was born January 9, 1917, on the family farm in Russellville the daughter of William and Minnie Strobel Bates. Elsie was united in marriage to Edgar H. Fluegel on...

Larry  D. Crocker

Larry D. Crocker

Sep 29, 2016

Larry Dale Crocker, age 66, of Russellville, passed away suddenly, Thursday morning, September 29, 2016, at his home. He was born July 27, 1950, in Jefferson City, the only son of Jesse and Virginia Strobel Crocker, who preceded him in death. On January 31, 1970, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Russellville, Larry was united in marriage to Judy...

William  Lee May

William Lee May

Sep 27, 2016

William Lee May, 67, of Otterville, Missouri passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 near Otterville. He was one of 2 children born in Sedalia to Marvin Lee and Erbelyn Phyllis May. Bill was a lifelong resident of Otterville and a graduating member of the Otterville High School Class of 1967. On March 25th, 1972, Bill married his sweetheart, Sandra...

Linda  Lou Wilson

Linda Lou Wilson

Sep 27, 2016

Linda Lou Wilson, 93, of Stover died Wednesday, Sept. 27 at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born July 19, 1923, on the farm northwest of Versailles, MO. A daughter of Jesse E. and Bessie Wahlers Morris. She married Carl Warren Wilson in March 1946 in Versailles. She attended Ball Elementary and Middle School. She then...

Shirley  Margaret Johnson

Shirley Margaret Johnson

Sep 26, 2016

Shirley Margaret Johnson ( March 14, 1946 - September 26, 2016 ) Shirley Margaret Johnson, 70, of Pilot Grove, Missouri passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 at her residence with her family at her side. She was one of 5 children born to Anton and Mildred Kraus in Boonville, Missouri. She was a lifelong resident of Pilot Grove and...

Leila Bremer

Leila Bremer

Sep 17, 2016

Leila V. Bremer, age 79, of Florence, passed away, Saturday, September 17, 2016, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born February 26, 1937, in Whiting, Iowa, a daughter of Lester G. and Gladys Anderson Dawes. Leila was united in marriage to Monte A. Bremer on March 9, 1963, in Sedalia. Monte preceded her in death...

Betty  Lou Pulley

Betty Lou Pulley

Sep 15, 2016

Betty Lou Pulley, 79, of Brunswick, Missouri passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia. She was one of 6 children born to Jesse and Florence Southard in Edwardsville, Illinois. She moved to Sedalia where she met and later married George Pulley on October 27, 1963. They moved to Dover and then...

Carl  Ellsworth Garmon

Carl Ellsworth Garmon

Sep 15, 2016

Carl Ellsworth Garmon, age 91, of Stover, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City. He was born January 12, 1925, in Garden City, Missouri, the only child of Arthur Carl and Emma Ozelle Hardger Garmon. Carl was united in marriage to Dorothy Ethington, who preceded him in death on August 20, 1975. He...

John  O. Evans,  Jr.

John O. Evans, Jr.

Sep 10, 2016

John O. Evans, Jr., age 91, of Russellville, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016 at his home. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, a son of John Oscar Sr., and Tillie Huston Evans. On August 1, 1947, in Terre Haute, John was united in marriage to Delores L. Armour who preceded him in death March 8, 2012. He...

Delbert Lee "Bud" Kerr

Delbert Lee "Bud" Kerr

Sep 9, 2016

Delbert Lee "Bud" Kerr, age 64, of Russellville, passed away peacefully, Friday, September 9, 2016, at his home. He was born April 2, 1952, in Safe, Missouri, a son of Merle and Elsie Mae Patterson Kerr. On December 13, 1976, in Russellville, Bud was united in marriage to Rita Piburn, who survives at their home. He served his country...

Wanda  F. Thompson

Wanda F. Thompson

Sep 6, 2016

Wanda F. Thompson, age 72, of Eldon, formerly of Russellville, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born August 3, 1944, in Barnett, a daughter of John and Martha Whitted Kelso. Wanda was united in marriage to Carl A. Thompson on September 21, 1963, at the First Baptist Church in...

Debi  D Newman

Debi D Newman

Sep 4, 2016

Debi D. Newman, age 61, of Stover, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City. She was born September 20, 1954, in Kansas City, a daughter of Bill and Gloria Rex Crist. On June 6, 1992, in Stover, Debi was united in marriage to Elmer L. Newman, who survives at their home. Debi grew...

Robert "Bob" C. Viebrock

Robert "Bob" C. Viebrock

Sep 3, 2016

Robert Calvin "Bob" Viebrock, age 67, of Smithton, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2016, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover, after a courageous battle with Frontal Temporal Dementia (FTD). He was born July 2, 1949, in Stover, the second son of Calvin and Margaret Marriott Viebrock. On February 15, 1969, at the First Christian Church in Versailles,...

Natosha  Johnson Wells

Natosha Johnson Wells

Sep 2, 2016

Natosha Wells, 41, of Tipton, Missouri passed away Friday, September 2, 2016 at St. Marys Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri. No funeral services are planned.

Brenda Kay Susan Scheperle

Brenda Kay Susan Scheperle

Sep 2, 2016

Brenda Kay Susan Scheperle, age 63, of Russellville, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born January 28, 1953, in Centertown, the only daughter of C.B. and Nadene Wilson Cliburn. Brenda was united in marriage to Dennis Scheperle on May 11, 1996, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lohman. Dennis survives...