Obituaries

Ella Mae Klatt
Oct 11, 2012
Ella Mae Klatt, age 64, of Russellville, died Thursday, October 11, 2012, at St. Joseph's Bluffs in Jefferson City. She was born November 15, 1947, in Wyandotte County, Kansas a daughter of Charles T. "Blackie" and Juanita Mae "Sarge" Johnson. On September 23, 1972, Ella was united in marriage to Robert Klatt, who survives at their home. She was...

Thomas Michael Meller
Oct 10, 2012
Thomas Michael Meller, age 57, of Lohman, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at University Hospital in Columbia. He was born July 28, 1955, in Jefferson City, a son of Lawrence and Elizabeth "Betty" Groner Meller. Tom was united in marriage to Karen Ricker on June 21, 1975, at St. Martin Catholic Church. Karen survives at their home. He was...

Vincent Paul Eggen
Oct 3, 2012
Vincent Paul Eggen, age 92, of St. Martins, died Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at Oak Tree Villa in Jefferson City. He was born May 3, 1920, in Jefferson City, a son of Henry and Anna Hentges Eggen. On November 22, 1947, at the St. Martin Catholic Church, Vincent was united in marriage to Edna Ihler who preceded him in...

Mary Hogg
Oct 2, 2012
Mary Louise Hogg, age 87, of Russellville, died Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at Ashland Healthcare in Ashland, Missouri. She was born January 20, 1925, in Jefferson City, a daughter of Floyd and Grace Carrender Miles. She was a 1942 graduate of Jefferson City High School. Mary was employed with the State of Missouri in the department of Probation and...

Billie M. Stacy
Oct 1, 2012
Billie M. Stacy, age 85, died Monday, October 1, 2012, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born May 10, 1927, in Ottumwa, Iowa a daughter of Thomas Lockman and Hulda Albertina Engstrom Barnes. In her younger days she worked as a "nanny" for infants and small children. She was a foster grandmother to many. Billie...

Herman "Pete" R. Jones
Sep 30, 2012
Herman R. "Pete" Jones, age 84, of Versailles, died Sunday, September 30, 2012, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born June 17, 1928, in McCall Creek, Mississippi, a son of Richard Lamar and Leta Mae McGhee Jones, who preceded him in death. He was united in marriage to Violet Nettles, and to this union two...

Hugo Albert Strobel
Sep 23, 2012
Hugo Albert Strobel, age 75, a lifelong resident of Lohman, passed away Sunday, September 23, 2012, at St. Joseph's Bluffs in Jefferson City. He was born March 7, 1937, on the family farm at Lohman, a son of John Georg and Anna Kathryn Plochberger Strobel. He was baptized March 22, 1937, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lohman with...

Rebecca "Becky" Silvey
Sep 15, 2012
Rebecca K. "Becky" Silvey, age 68, of Stover, died Saturday, September 15, 2012, at her home. She was born March 22, 1944, a daughter of Roy and Rebecca McMurry Venable, both deceased. On August 15, 1959, at Kinghill Christian Church in St. Joseph, Becky was united in marriage to Gary Lee Silvey, who preceded her in death April 8,...

Raymond Davis McCollom
Sep 10, 2012
Raymond Davis McCollom, age 65, a lifelong resident of Stover, died Monday evening, September 10, 2012, at University Hospital in Columbia. He was born January 7, 1947, in Stover, a son of Floyd Webb and Lucy Mae McCollom. Raymond was a woodcutter by trade, spending many hours cutting and hauling timber in the Stover area. He enjoyed fishing and...

Neville Elizabeth Winebrenner
Aug 16, 2012
Neville Elizabeth Winebrenner, age 88 of California, died Thursday, August 16, 2012, at the Moniteau Care Center in California, where she had resided for a little more than a year. She was born May 25, 1924, in the Corticelli community, a daughter of Lucian Grey and Sadie Gertrude Enloe Howlett. On August 5, 1943, Neville was united in marriage...

Katherine A. Jett
Aug 12, 2012
Katherine (Kathy) Jett, age 58, of Lee's Summit, Missouri passed away Sunday, August 12 2012. Kathy was born June 22, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri, a daughter of the late T.H. and Betty Burnam. She is survived by her husband, Mike Jett of the home, four children Tracy and husband Danny Simmons of Versailles, Teres Wood of Stover, Butch...

James Radford Nelson
Aug 11, 2012
Mr. James Radford Nelson, 88, of Stover, went to be with the Lord on August 11, 2012 at 2:05 p.m. in Tipton's Oak Manor Nursing Home. He was born May 24, 1924 in Bunceton, the son of Albert John and Harriet (Moore) Nelson. He was united in marriage on December 2, 1945, in the Christian Church in Eldon to...

Rosena Wilhelmina Caroline Koester
Jul 28, 2012
Rosena Wilhelmina Caroline Koester, age 91, of Norman, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Integris Hospital in Norman. She was born in Glensted, Missouri on August 10, 1920, the youngest of eleven children of farm parents Adolph and Augusta Nolte Kroeschen. On August 18, 1940, Rosena was united in marriage to Martin Koester in a double ceremony...

Cecil Edward Ousley
Jul 27, 2012
Cecil Edward Ousley, age 81, of Russellville, died Friday, July 27, 2012, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born July 21, 1931, in Callaway, County, a son of William Walker "Dub" and Alice Mae Holiday Ousley. Cecil was united in marriage to Peggy J. Fisher on July 4, 1954, in Jefferson City. Peggy survives at...

Agnes L. Lemler
Jul 19, 2012
Agnes L. Lemler, age 93, of Smithton, died Thursday, July 19, 2012, at the Fair View Nursing Home in Sedalia. She was born October 24, 1918, in Florence, a daughter of Bennie F. and Amelia K. Rasa Klein. On September 8, 1936, in Kansas City, Kansas, Agnes was united in marriage to Lee E. Lemler, who preceded her in...

Michael Patrick Taylor
Jul 5, 2012
Michael Patrick Taylor, age 46, of Stover, died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at the Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia. He was born June 22, 1966, in Carson City, Nevada, a son of Gale and Susan Smith Taylor. Mike served his country in the United State Army during the 1980's. He was employed as an over-the road...

Peggy Sue Shackelford Robison
Jul 1, 2012
Peggy Sue Shackelford Robison, age 55, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, died Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Tulsa, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born February 25, 1957, in Oregon state, a daughter of Robert D. and Jeanne DeGroff Shackelford, who preceded her in death. Peggy was a 1975 graduate of Stover High School and attended SMSU...

Christopher J. O'Bryan, Sr.
Jun 30, 2012
Christopher Joseph "Chris" O'Bryan, Sr., age 49, of Versailles, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. He was born December 15, 1962, in Florissant, a son of George "Buzz" and Mary O'Bryan. Chris was united in marriage to Ruby L. Hardey on October 3, 2003, in Versailles, and she survives at their home....

Leonard Metscher
Jun 28, 2012
Leonard C. Metscher, age 89, of Stover, died Thursday, June 28, 2012, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. He was born July 25, 1922, in Zora, a son of Henry and Anna Josephine Lutjen Metscher, both deceased. On June 6, 1946, in Kansas City, Kansas, Leonard was united in marriage to Bessie Kathleen Cooper. His beloved Katie...

Gladys Mae Emmerich Gordon
Jun 25, 2012
Gladys Mae Deuschle Emmerich Gordon, age 89, of Corvallis, Oregon, formerly of Russellville, Missouri died Monday, June 25, 2012, at the Corvallis Caring Place. She was born June 19, 1923, in Hickory Hill, Missouri a daughter of Durell and Nora Long Deuschle, who preceded her in death. Gladys was united in marriage to Theodore Oren Emmerich on June 6,...