Obituaries

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...

Donald Ellsworth Bryant
Apr 15, 2013
Donald Ellsworth Bryant age 64, of Versailles, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born October 31, 1948, in Toledo, Ohio, a son of Ellsworth and Anna Marie Bryant, who preceded him in death. Donald grew up in Florida, later moving to Missouri to be with his sister and her...

Clayton H. Vansell
Apr 11, 2013
Clayton H. Vansell, age 80, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away April 11, 2013. Clayton was born October 16, 1932, in Benton County, to Charles and Georgie Miller Vansell. He was born and raised in Stover, Missouri, eventually moving to Kansas City in the 1960's with his wife Lucille, who preceded him in death. Clayton worked in the maintenance...

Lois Jean Dickenson
Apr 3, 2013
Lois Jean Dickenson, age 79, of Jefferson City, passed away, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Adams Street Place after a short battle with cancer. She was born July 11, 1933, in Russellville, a daughter of Earl S and Helen Glover Amos, who preceded her in death. She married Dave Pavitt and to this union two children were born. He...

Samuel D. Cliburn
Mar 26, 2013
Samuel D. Cliburn, age 68, of Jefferson City, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at University Hospital in Columbia, due to injuries sustained in a fall at his home. He was born August 27, 1944, in Jefferson City, a son of Lloyd and Ruth Ellen Brandon Cliburn. He married Caroline Barrett Clark in 1977 and she preceded him in death...

Robert K. Alpers
Mar 25, 2013
Robert K. Alpers, age 84, lifelong resident of Stover, passed away, Monday, March 25, 2013, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born July 1, 1928, in Stover, a son of Walter and Hulda R. Fajen Alpers. Robert was baptized July 8, 1928 and confirmed April 18, 1943, at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Stover, the...

Wanda Farris
Mar 24, 2013
Wanda Farris, age 87, of the Enon community near Russellville, died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Heisinger Bluffs in Jefferson City, Mo. Wanda was born in Enon, Mo., February 3, 1926, the daughter of Claud and Mary Shikles Williams. On December 21, 1946, Wanda married the Love of her life, Virgle Farris at the home of Rev N.E. Williams...

Elmer F. Ott
Mar 20, 2013
Elmer Frank Ott, age 84, of Russellville, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born August 7, 1928, in Russellville, a son of Herman H. and Louise Sauer Ott, who preceded him in death. He was baptized September 1, 1928, and confirmed April 2, 1944, at the Trinity Lutheran Church...

Larry Dale Perkins
Mar 16, 2013
Larry D. Perkins, age 68, of Versailles, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born September 27, 1944, in Fulton, a son of Leslie "Dutch" and Lettie Mae Miller Perkins, who preceded him in death. On July 4, 1984, Larry married Delores Gieser and she survives at the home. He was...

Joe Gier
Mar 16, 2013
Joe Gier, age 63, of Russellville, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born January 19, 1950, in Aurora Springs, a son of Harley L. and Juanita Faye Sullens Gier. On March 10, 1979, Joe was united in marriage to Teresa Raithel, who survives at their home. He was a...

Pauline Lydia Strobel
Mar 14, 2013
Pauline Lydia Strobel, age 96, of Russellville, passed away Thursday evening, March 14, 2013, at Adams Street Place in Jefferson City. She was born January 9, 1917, in Lohman, a daughter of Otto Andrew and Margaret Strobel Hoffmann, who preceded her in death. Pauline was baptized January 27, 1917, and confirmed April 13, 1930, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church...

Virginia C. Rowland Jones Haas
Mar 12, 2013
Virginia Rowland Jones Haas, age 87, of Stover, Missouri passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Missouri. She was born December 10, 1925, in Tina, Missouri, the daughter of James and Ethel Heidaman Rowland. She had an older brother, Harold, and a younger brother, Herb. On her seventh birthday, her parents gave her...