Obituaries

Rita Mae Meller
Jul 23, 2013
Rita Mae Meller, age 82, of Lohman, passed away unexpectedly at her home Tuesday evening, July 23, 2013. She was born September 20, 1930, in Marys Home, a daughter of Andrew Henry and Gertrude M. Iven Schwaller. On August 16, 1952, at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church in Marys Home, Rita was united in marriage to Clarence...

Roger Gilreath
Jul 19, 2013
Roger Gilreath, age 66, of High Point, passed away Friday, July 19, 2013, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born May 16, 1947, in Danville, Kentucky, a son of Hubert and Clora Routin Gilreath. He was united in marriage to Donna Crowley Matthews on October 19, 1996, and she survives at their home. Roger was...

David L. Sutton
Jul 10, 2013
David L. Sutton, age 62, of Stover, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at the University Hospital in Columbia, following a sudden illness. He was born January 2, 1951, in Mitchell, a son of Albert L. and Naomi Wallace Sutton. David married Brenda Brooks and to this union four children were born. Brenda survives in Stover. He was an...

Mary Catherine Matheis
Jul 9, 2013
Mary Catherine Matheis, age 75, of Eldon, formerly of Russellville, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. She was born May 31, 1938, in Jefferson City, a daughter of Henry Clyde and Edith Mae Crutsinger Garnett, both deceased. On May 21, 1960, at the Centertown Baptist Church, Catherine was united in marriage...

Randy Harold Randall
Jul 3, 2013
Randy Harold Randall, age 64, of Stover, passed away, at his home on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born August 1, 1948, in Sedalia, a son of Harold Franklin and Nigel Hibdon Randall. Randy married Linda Mahnken and to this union three children were born. Linda and her husband Bill Griffing survive...

Frances Lena Grout
Jul 2, 2013
Frances Lena Bremer Grout, age 97, of Glendale, Arizona, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Hospice of the Valley in Peoria, Arizona. She was born April 2, 1916, in Smithton, Missouri the daughter of Harry R. and Maggie Imogene Lemler Bremer. She was baptized November 4, 1917, and confirmed April 26, 1930, at St. John's Evangelical Church in...

Rickey L. Barney, Jr.
Jun 26, 2013
Rickey L. Barney, Jr., age 36 of Stover, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, June 26, 2013, while in route to the hospital. He was born November 8, 1976, in Fayette, a son of Rickey, Sr., and Carolyn Lancaster Barney. Rick worked out of state with a road paving crew for several years before his health failed him. He was an...

Arnold Dale "Pete" Metscher
Jun 22, 2013
Arnold Dale "Pete" Metscher, age 81, of Stover, passed away Saturday, June, 22, 2013, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born September 18, 1931, in Stover, a son of Henry and Anna Josephine Lutjen Metscher. On January 21, 1956, in Cole Camp, Arnold was united in marriage to Shirley Smith, who survives at their home....

James "Jim" Wyman Jones
Jun 2, 2013
James (Jim) Wyman Jones,71, died of neuroendocrine cancer on June 2nd 2013 at home. He was born April 6, 1942 son to Wyman and Sylvia Jones in a hilltop home outside of Enon, Missouri and was the youngest of three sons. Bobby L, the oldest, survives with his wife Adele at their home in Osage Beach, MO. Middle brother...

Marcella Mae Koestner West
May 28, 2013
Marcella Mae Koestner West, age 91, of Russellville, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Jefferson City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born January 22, 1922, in Russellville, a daughter of Martin and Birdie Sappenfield Scrivner. Marcella was united in marriage to Rudolph Koestner on July 31, 1943, and he preceded her in death July 15, 1984. On...

Stanley "Stan" Perovich
May 22, 2013
Stanley "Stan" Perovich, age 70, of Lohman, went to be with his Lord, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at his home. He was born November 23, 1942, in St. Louis, the son of Peter and Mary Kostich Perovich. His father was an avid St. Louis Cardinals Baseball fan, naming his only child after the great Stan "The Man" Musial. On...

Roy "Tinker" V. McCasland
May 19, 2013
Roy V. "Tinker" McCasland age 81, of Gravois Mills, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013, at his home. He was born December 26, 1931, at Purvis Beach. He was united in marriage to Wilda Sidebottom Branch on September 11, 1951, in Versailles, who survives at their home. Roy ran heavy equipment, worked in the timber and was a welder...

Gerald "Jerry" Lee Strait
May 18, 2013
Gerald "Jerry" Strait, age 76, of Stover, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013, due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near Lawrence, Kansas. He was born July 24, 1936, in Wisconsin. Jerry served his country in the US Army. He owned and operated his own auto body shop in Wisconsin, where he sold restored cars and snowmobiles for...

Jerry Steinman
May 16, 2013
Jerry Steinman, age 60, of Russellville, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013, at his home following a brief battle with cancer. He was born May 3, 1953, in Jefferson City, the son of Henry and Louise Bruning Steinman, both whom preceded him in death. Jerry was united in marriage April 10, 1976, at St. Martins Catholic Church to Shelley...

Eugene B. Serville
May 16, 2013
Eugene B. Serville, age 96, of Versailles, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the Raymore Rehabilitation Center in Raymore, Missouri. He was born January 28, 1917, in Kansas City, Missouri a son of Eugene B., Sr., and Alva M. Bowers Serville. On June 3, 1939, in Kansas City, Kansas, Eugene was united in marriage to Mary Dorothy "Mitzi"...

Doris L. Campbell Hartman
May 8, 2013
Doris L. Campbell Hartman, age 94, formerly Stover and Sweet Springs, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Resthaven Convalescent Home in Sedalia. She was born January 16, 1919, in American Falls, Idaho, a daughter of Knute Sanfred and Verna Lufama Osborn Nelson. Doris was united in marriage to Delbert Frank Campbell in 1946 and he preceded her in...

Lorene M. Amos
Apr 30, 2013
Lorene Margaret Amos, age 81, of Russellville, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Adams Street Place in Jefferson City. She was born December 20, 1931, in Russellville, Missouri, the daughter of Emil Gustav Otto and Anna Fischer Raithel. On November 19, 1951 she was married to Olen Vernon Amos, who preceded her in death on June 6, 1986....

Patti K. Schehr
Apr 30, 2013
Patti K. Schehr, age 57, of Versailles, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at her home. She was born March 12, 1956, in Warrensburg, a daughter of Dr. Charles S. and Ila M. Henrikson Eppright. On April 17, 1982, at the Versailles United Methodist Church, Patti was united in marriage to Kevin P. Schehr, who survives at their home....

Donald Lee McCurry
Apr 25, 2013
Don McCurry, 69, died Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Stover, MO. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, April 22, 1944 to the late Thelma Mae (Wilder) and Charles Christopher McCurry. He was a graduate of Fife High School and a Veteran of the US Navy, where he served on the USS Renshaw. He received BS in Business from St....

Rudolph H. Woehrer
Apr 19, 2013
Rudolph H. Woehrer, age 94, of Russellville, passed away Friday, April 19, 2013, at Jefferson City Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born April 17, 1919, on the family farm near Lohman, the youngest son of John and Theresa Horak Woehrer. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lohman. On January 3, 1948, at St. John's...