Obituaries

Dorothy L. Comstock
May 24, 2015
Dorothy L. Comstock, age 89, of Versailles, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2015, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, with her family by her side. She was born December 17, 1925, in Versailles a daughter of William Louis and Carrie Hedrick Martschinsky. On March 28, 1959, in Versailles, Dorothy was united in marriage to Alan A. Comstock,...

Jane Stull
May 22, 2015
Jane C. Stull, age 77, of Stover, passed away Friday, May 22, 2015, at her home. She was born Mary Jane Stull on February 16, 1938, in Kingston, Pennsylvania, to John Sheldon and Lillian Hutchinson Cave. She and her brother John (Jack) were raised in Idetown, Pennsylvania and attended the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Dallas, Pennsylvania. Jane...

Geraldine L. Marriott
May 17, 2015
Geraldine L. Marriott, age 91, of Stover, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 at University Hospital in Columbia. She was born May 29, 1923 in Miller County, a daughter of Ralph and Mary Knight Kinder. On May 31, 1941 at the home of Bro. Butts located south of Stover, Geraldine was united in marriage to Grover Gene Marriott, who...

James Eugene Welch Sr.
May 16, 2015
James E. Welch, Sr., age 59, of Jefferson City, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, May 16, 2015 at his home. He was born January 3, 1956, in Santa Paula, California, a son of James Ernest and Melba Margaret Baughman Welch. Jim was employed with the Missouri Depatment of Corrections, retiring as recreation supervisor. He is survived by one daughter and...

LeAnne E. Dale
May 14, 2015
LeAnne E. Dale, age 81, of Stover, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2015 at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born October 6, 1933, in Stover, a daughter of Walter and Hulda Fajen Alpers. She was baptized October 15, 1933 and confirmed March 30, 1947, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Stover. The confirmation verse chosen...

Martha E. Jungmeyer
May 13, 2015
Martha E. Jungmeyer, age 99, of Russellville, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Adams Street in Jefferson City. She was born May 23, 1915, on the family farm in Lohman a daughter of Henry Otto and Pauline Barbara Linsenbardt Linhardt. On November 23, 1941, in Stringtown, she was united in marriage to Victor W. "Doc" Jungmeyer who preceded...

Marilyn C. Illston
May 9, 2015
Marilyn C. Illston, age 68, of Holts Summit, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015, at Heisinger Bluffs in Jefferson City. She was born March 14, 1947, in Williston, North Dakota a daughter of Maynard Edward and Clarice Viola Evanson Carlson. Marilyn married Lester C. Kreisa, Jr. and to that union, one son was born. On June 27, 1976, she...

Paul John Grotzinger
May 3, 2015
Paul John Grotzinger, 83, of Pilot Grove passed away Sunday, May 3, 2015 at the VA Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was one of three children born in Pilot Grove to Phillip and Elizabeth Grotzinger. Paul was a graduate of the Pilot Grove High School class of 1949. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. He...

Cletus Elmer "Clete" Heidbreder
May 1, 2015
Cletus Elmer "Clete" Heidbreder, age 95, of Lohman, passed away unexpectedly Friday morning, May 1, 2015 at his home. He was born February 23, 1920, on the family farm in Lohman, a son of Henry and Louise Hutschreider Heidbreder. He was baptized March 14, 1920 and confirmed May 6, 1934, at St. John's Lutheran Church-Stringtown. The confirmation verse chosen...

Richard Dale Arnold
Apr 28, 2015
Richard Arnold, 75, Tipton, died Tuesday April 28, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City. He was born March 2, 1940 in Cooper County, a son of Everett and Alpha (Carson) Arnold. Richard worked for Cargill at California for many years. He was the firt elected Tipton Municipal Judge, presiding over police court from 1975 until 1987. He...

Helen Elizabeth Yong
Apr 23, 2015
Helen Elizabeth Yong, age 89, passed away just before midnight April 23, 2015 at Fairview Nursing Home in Sedalia, Missouri. There will be no services. Arrangements by Meisenheimer Funeral Home, Tipton, Missouri.

James Robert Koester
Apr 23, 2015
James Robert Koester, age 37, of St. Louis, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 23, 2015 at his home. He was born September 19, 1977, in Jefferson City, the son of Robert and Linda Avey Koester, who survive in Stover. James was baptized November 13, 1977 and confirmed April 12, 1992, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Stover. The confirmation...

Carol Sue Weigel
Apr 23, 2015
Carol Sue Weigel, age 76, of Stover, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015, at her home. She was born January 19, 1939, in Stover a daughter of the late Clarence E. and Helyn Holsten Burke. Carol Sue was baptized February 12, 1939 and confirmed March 29, 1953, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Stover. She married Roger Heimsoth and...

Alice Lee Jackson
Apr 22, 2015
Alice Lee Jackson, age 68, peacefully passed away while surrounded by family and friends on Wednesday April 22, 2015 at the University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia, Missouri. Alice Lee Fowler was oldest of two daughters born to Edward and Arvenia Fowler in Versailles, Missouri. She was united in marriage to Herbert Jackson in 1965 and they had two...

Truman G. Tomblinson
Apr 21, 2015
Truman G. Tomblinson, age 69, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at North Kansas City Hospital. He was born August 6, 1945, in Versailles, a son of Joseph and Gertrude Parks Tomblinson. On November 6, 1976, in Versailles, Truman was united in marriage to Barbara Decker who survives at their home. Truman attended Versailles High...

Richard Hedges
Apr 14, 2015
Richard Claude Hedges, age 78 of Stover, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at SSM Health-St. Marys in Jefferson City. He was born March 19, 1937, in Tulsa, Oklahoma a son of the late Joseph and Claudia Rutherford Hedges. On December 7, 1995, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas Richard was united in marriage to Evelyn Kerksiek who survives at their...

L. Glenn Deffenbaugh
Apr 10, 2015
L. Glenn Deffenbaugh, age 95, lifelong resident of Versailles, passed away Friday, April 10, 2015, at the Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia. He was born on the family farm in Morgan County, a son of Lewis Truman and Lois Madole Deffenbaugh. On December 19, 1943, Glenn was united in marriage to Vera Hansen who preceded him in...

Evelyn L. Lehman
Apr 4, 2015
Evelyn L. Lehman, age 94, of Russellville, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born July 19, 1920, in Moniteau County, a daughter of James R. and Clara B. Remmert Reece. On December 5, 1940, in Jefferson City, Evelyn was united in marriage to Richard S. Lehman, who preceded her...

Ann Elaine Snelling
Apr 3, 2015
Ann Elaine Snelling, age 83, of Belton, formerly of Stover, passed away early Friday morning, April 3, 2015 at her home, with family members by her side. She was born December 14, 1931, on the Rastorfer farm at Haw Creek west of Stover, the only child of James U. and Nellie Mae McCray Rastorfer. At the age of 12,...

Elizabeth Wadick
Mar 30, 2015
Elizabeth A. Wadick, age 99, of Stover, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover, where she had resided for the past two years. She was born September 26, 1915, in Linn, the sixth of eleven children born to Henry and Regina Orscheln Schroeder. Elizabeth, Tiz or "Sis" as she was also fondly...