Obituaries

William C. "Bill" Franklin
Nov 9, 2013
William C. "Bill" Franklin, age 85, of Stover, passed away Saturday morning, November 9, 2013, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born August 16, 1928, in Olean, a son of William T. and Faye Thompson Franklin. On April 10, 1955, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Stover, Bill was united in marriage to Phyllis Parker,...

Billie M. Hardin
Oct 27, 2013
Billie M. Hardin age 80, of Russellville passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. She was born May 24, 1933, in Marmaduke, Arkansas a daughter of Marvin and Ruby Ray Moore. On July 10, 1950, in Detroit, Michigan she was united in marriage to Roy T. Hardin, who survives at their home....

Joseph J. Gerlt
Oct 27, 2013
Joseph J. Gerlt, age 38, of Stover, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, October 27, 2013 at his home. He was born March 8, 1975, in Kansas City, Kansas a son of Ralph and Marion St. Clair Gerlt. Joe was employed with the Special Road District in Gravois Mills for several years and also at the Gun Stock factory formerly located...

Virginia Hatler Gjovig
Oct 26, 2013
Virginia Hatler Gjovig, age 93, of Russellville, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2013, at Oak Tree Villas in Jefferson City. She was born March 22, 1920, in Enon, the only child of Truman A. and Grace Russell Hogg. On November 30, 1964, in California, Virginia was united in marriage to Maurice Gjovig, who preceded her in death on January...

Charles Jasper Felber
Oct 26, 2013
Charles Jasper Felber, age 97, of Jefferson City, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2013 at his home. He was born June 17, 1916 in Olean, a son of John and Cora Cook Felber. On April 18, 1942, Charlie married Ella Myrtle Campbell. Myrtle preceded him in death September 20, 1999. On June 29, 2006, Charlie married Catherine Duncan Wiles....

Floyd R. Golding
Oct 22, 2013
Floyd R. Golding, age 69, of Stover, passed away, Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at his home. He was born May 13, 1944, in Elgin, Illinois a son of John and Dorothy Snyder Golding. On May 2, 1980, in Huntsville, Alabama, Floyd married Jenny Ehlers, who survives at their home. For several years, Floyd and Jenny owned and operated "The...

Gladys M. Whitesell Jobe
Oct 17, 2013
Gladys M. Whitesell Jobe, age 82, of Versailles, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born February 1, 1931, in Bates County, Missouri a daughter of George and Essie Messenger Vogeler. Gladys was united in marriage to Freddie "Junior" Whitesell on January 14, 1949 and he preceded her in death...

Gary Don Tucker
Oct 16, 2013
Gary Don Tucker, age 61, of Platte City, Mo passed away October 16, 2013 at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born February 5, 1952 in Versailles, Missouri, the third son of Henry and Ruby Morrow Tucker. He was a 1970 graduate of Stockton High School in Stockton, Missouri. He attended college at the University of...

Nadyne P. Steffens
Oct 14, 2013
Nadyne P. Steffens, age 73, of Stover, passed away, Monday night, October 14, 2013, at University Hospital in Columbia. She was born June 9, 1940, in Cole Camp, a daughter of John P. and Marie Harms Klindworth. She was baptized July 7, 1940, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp and confirmed July 19, 1953, at St. Pauls Lutheran...

Hazel Laverne WIlson
Oct 6, 2013
Hazel L. Wilson, age 76, of Versailles, passed away Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. She was born January 25, 1937, in Morgan County, a daughter of Alvin Dale Witherell and Oma Naylor. Hazel retired as a production operator with FASCO in Eldon and for more than 20 years worked at Mertens' Mini Mart in...

Gloria E. Comstock
Oct 2, 2013
Gloria E. Comstock, age 76, of Gravois Mills, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at the Katy Trail Clinic in Versailles. She was born May 11, 1937, a daughter of Leonard and Mabel Irvine. On February 11, 2011, she married Herbert Comstock who survives at their home. She was employed as an aid at the Golden Age Living...

Barbara Jean Fowler
Sep 30, 2013
Barbara Jean Fowler passed away from this earthly life on to Glory, on September 30, 2013. Barbara was born on March 16, 1949 in Versailles, MO to Lee Edward and Arvenia (Shinault) Fowler. Barbara was baptized at Second Baptist Church in Versailles. She graduated from Versailles High School in 1967 and moved on to attend and graduate from Capital...

H. Emil Steffens
Sep 29, 2013
H. Emil Steffens, age 86, of Stover, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born November 10, 1926, in Cole Camp, a son of Carl and Sophia Muller Steffens. He was baptized March 7, 1927 and confirmed April 6, 1941, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp. The confirmation verse...

John W. Hally
Sep 29, 2013
John W. Hally, age 79, of Versailles, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born May 8, 1934, in Franklin County, Kansas, a son of John Ed and Hulda C. Carlson Hally. On October 21, 1965, in Miami, Oklahoma, John was united in marriage to Laura Pearce McClanahan, who survives...

Leoma M. Rowland
Sep 26, 2013
Leoma M. Rowland, age 92 of Stover, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2013, at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia. She was born September 7, 1921, in Gravois Mills, a daughter of William Peter "Pete" and Amanda Elizabeth "Lizzie" Marriott Silvey. On February 2, 1947, Leoma was united in marriage to Forrest H. Rowland, by Rev. Val Strader. Forrest...

Elva Lucille Dilley
Sep 24, 2013
Elva Lucille Dilley, age 75, of California, formerly of Stover, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born May 25, 1938, in Stover, a daughter of Dorsey Woodford and Flossie Jane Goans Webb. On April 13, 1990, in Miami, Oklahoma, she was united marriage to Fred K. Dilley who survives...

Clyde Marshall Rea
Sep 23, 2013
Clyde Marshall Rea, age 74, of Enon, died suddenly Monday, September 23, 2013, at University Hospital in Columbia of bleeding on the brain. He was born September 27, 1938, on the family farm in Enon, the only son of Ed and Marie McGinnis Rea. Clyde attended elementary school for eight years at Lincoln School, one mile from his home,...

Wilda M. McCasland
Sep 8, 2013
Wilda M. McCasland age 85, of Gravois Mills, passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013, at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. She was born January 11, 1928, in Gravois Mills, the youngest child of Willis and Mary Jane McGinnis Sidebottom. She married Elmer Branch, who preceded her in death in 1949. On September 11, 1951, in Versailles, she married...

Louis "Larry" Walsh
Aug 28, 2013
Louis "Larry" Walsh, age 80, of Versailles, Missouri passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born January 15, 1933, in New York City, a son of Raymond and Hazel Walsh. Larry worked at the Morgan County R-II school, Wal-Mart, Good Shepherd Care Center and for more than 20 years at...

William Robert Silvey
Aug 26, 2013
William Robert Silvey, age 76, of Jefferson City, died Monday, August 26, 2013, at Oak Tree Villa in Jefferson City. Bill was born March 18, 1937, in Gravois Mills, a son of Lawson and Mary Shackleford Silvey. On November 19, 1955, in Versailles, he married Carolyn Housworth, who survives at their home. He worked at the Kansas City Bifocal...