Obituaries

Martha  E. Jungmeyer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Betty  Ann Boppre

Betty Ann Boppre

Mar 25, 2015

Betty Ann (Hall) Boppre, age 78, of California, formerly of Greeley, CO, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, surrounded by her family at California Care Center. She was born July 12, 1936, in Greeley, CO, a daughter of Ralph and Ann Wolnick Hall. Betty loved all of Colorado, but she especially loved the mountains. When her two daughters, Mary...

Samuel  L Schindler

Samuel L Schindler

Mar 13, 2015

Samuel L "Sam" Schindler, age 81, of the Ivy Bend community south of Stover, passed away Friday, March 13, 2015, at Lake Regional Health Center in Osage Beach, following a brief illness. He was born July 3, 1933, in New Albany, Indiana, a son of Joseph and Thelma Smith Schindler. On April 9, 2004, Sam married Bertha Taylor Burk,...

William  "Bill" Ball

William "Bill" Ball

Mar 11, 2015

William W. "Bill" Ball, age 75, of Forsyth, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Cox Hospital in Branson. He was born September 13, 1939, in Sedalia, the only son of the late William Absolom and Mildrid Hoard Ball. He was united in marriage on October 25, 1965 to Judith "Judy" Haynes at the United Methodist Church...

Ray Baur

Ray Baur

Mar 6, 2015

Ray E. Baur, age 79, of Russellville, passed away Friday night, March 6, 2015, at the Harry S Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia. He was born May 14, 1935, in Hermann, a son of Frank and Ella Cramer Baur. Ray was a graduate of Hermann High School and served his county in the United States Air Force, stationed in...

Raymond  Henry (Ray)  Kroeschen

Raymond Henry (Ray) Kroeschen

Mar 4, 2015

Raymond (Ray) Henry Kroeschen, formerly of Stover, died March 4, 2015, at Countryside Manor in Mt. Vernon, IL. Ray was born December 17, 1917 in Glensted, a twin son of Adolph and Augusta (Nolte) Kroeschen. Ray was baptized January 4, 1918 by Rev. Kelp at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. He was confirmed March 25, 1934 by Rev. Kelp at Trinity...