Obituaries
Margaret Mathilde Steenbergen
Jun 28, 2008
Margaret Mathilde "Mattie" Steenbergen, age 80, of Russellville, passed away Saturday evening, June 28, 2008, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born February 16, 1928, in Hannibal, a daughter of James Arne and Bertha Goldammer Westgard, both deceased. On May 21, 1949, at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church at Russellville, "Mattie" was united in marriage...
Eleanor "Torchy" M. Hurst
Jun 23, 2008
Eleanor M. "Torchy" Hurst, age 91, of Gravois Mills, died Monday night, June 23, 2008, at the Laurie Care Center in Laurie. She was born April 3, 1917, in Kansas City, Kansas a daughter of the late Harry and Juanita Carrington Amend. On June 24, 1937, in Kansas City, Kansas, she married Clarence D. Boyer and he preceded her...
Paula Meta Koester
Jun 23, 2008
Paula Meta Koester, age 95, a lifelong resident of the Stover community, died Monday afternoon, June 23, 2008, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born July 11, 1912, at Stover, a daughter of Henry T. and Margaretha Rathjen Heimsoth. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church-Pyrmont. On April 21, 1935, Paula was...
Loren Gene Monteer
Jun 18, 2008
Loren Gene Monteer, age 56, of Sedalia, died Wednesday night, June 18, 2008, at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. He was born August 26, 1951, in Stover, a son of Willis and Gertie Whittle Monteer. At one time Loren worked in the lumber industry and later for Rival Manufacturing in Sedalia. He enjoyed being outdoors, where he could...
Arthur Henry Grupe
Jun 16, 2008
Arthur Henry Grupe, age 87, of Stover, died Monday night, June 16, 2008, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born December 24, 1920, in Florence, a son of George Edwin and Anna Sophia Schroder Grupe. He was baptized at the Florence United Methodist Church. On March 7, 1948, at the church parsonage in Stover, Arthur...
Gilda Harrell Manning
Jun 8, 2008
Gilda Harrell Manning, age 80, of Stover, died Sunday, June 8, 2008, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born in Stover on March 14, 1928, the youngest of twelve children born to Maude and H.A. Harrell, who published the Stover newspaper, the Tri-County Republican, from 1911 until 1962. Although she taught school in Stover in...
Kayla Lea Eckhoff
Jun 7, 2008
Kayla Lea Eckhoff, age 15, of Stover, died Saturday morning, June 7, 2008, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident north of Stover. She was born July 16, 1992, in Sedalia, a daughter of Paul M. and Debbie Hobein Eckhoff, who survive at the home. Kayla was baptized September 13, 1992 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church near Cole Camp...
Judith "Judy" Fay Ball
May 25, 2008
Judith Fay "Judy" Ball, age 62, of Sedalia, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at her home. She was born September 18, 1945, in Stover, a daughter of Henry "Vernon" and Jessie L. Miles Haynes. On October 25, 1965, at the Stover United Methodist Church, Judy was united in marriage to William W. "Bill" Ball and he survives at their...
Ervin Earl Huffman
May 10, 2008
Ervin Earl Huffman, age 75, a longtime resident of Lakewood, Colorado, died Saturday, May 10, 2008, at St. Anthonys Central Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He was born June 3, 1932, in Versailles, Missouri a son of Oliver and Kathryn Friedley Huffman. He married Stella Marie Harms on September 15, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri. He served his country in...
Wesley "Wes" L. Seyler
May 2, 2008
Wesley L. "Wes" Seyler, age 95, of Versailles, Missouri passed away Friday, May 2, 208, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. He was born August 26, 1912, in Alma, Nebraska, a son of Lewis Charles and Sara Pearl Walker Seyler. On August 15, 1943, at the Hyde Park Methodist Church in Chicago, Illinois, Wes married Muriel A....
Mildred "Millie" M. Bellefeuille
Apr 26, 2008
Mildred M. "Millie" Bellefeuille, age 89 of Jefferson City, formerly of Russellville, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at her son's home in Jefferson City. She was born January 31, 1919, in Preston, a daughter of the late Leonard and Grace N. Erickson Baldwin. On December 19, 1965, Millie married Richard D. "Dick" Bellefeuille at the First Baptist Church in...
Mattie M. Kroeschen
Apr 26, 2008
Mattie M. Kroeschen, age 92, of Stover, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at the Park Place Care Center in Raytown. She was born August 27, 1915, on the family farm at Pyrmont, near Stover, a daughter of Louis and Johanna Monsees Windler, both deceased. On December 26, 1934, she married Edwin Kroeschen and he preceded her in death February...
Nora Irene Virginia Pryor
Apr 23, 2008
Nora Irene Virginia Pryor, age 92, of Versailles, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. She was born July 8, 1915, in Avery, Missouri, a daughter of George and Delia Sidebottom Turpin. On June 27, 1930, in Versailles, Nora was united in marriage to Clarence E. Pryor. He preceded her in death April...
Betty N. Kerksiek
Apr 16, 2008
Betty N. Kerksiek, age 86 of Sedalia, formerly of Stover, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at the Four Seasons Care Center in Sedalia. She was born January 17, 1922, in Kettering, England a daughter of Ernest E. and Ellen Bull Fox. Betty met her future husband while he was serving in the United States Army during World War II....
James Monroe Schwermer
Apr 16, 2008
James Monroe Schwermer, age 72, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at his home in Stover, Missouri. He was born October 8, 1935, in Sedalia, Missouri a son of William F. and Virginia May Lehman Schwermer. On January 10, 1956, in lake Arrowhead, California, he married Willa Whitney and she survives at their home. He grew up in Sedalia and...
Ruth Annette Walraven
Apr 16, 2008
Ruth Annette Walraven, age 77, of Stover, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born January 21, 1931, in Greenwood, Arkansas a daughter of Willie and Faye McConnell. At her 50th high school class reunion she was reunited with a classmate, Bobby W. Walraven and on May 30, 2000, they were...
Anna Laura "Annie" Hull
Apr 12, 2008
Anna Laura "Annie" Hull age 83, of Versailles, died Saturday night, April 12, 2008, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born December 5, 1924, in Versailles, a daughter of Milton and Emma Lee Ratcliff Campbell. On May 19, 1945, in Kansas City, Annie married J.T. Hull and he survives at their home. She was a...
Charlene Ruth Krull
Apr 11, 2008
Charlene Ruth Krull, age 77, of Stover, died Friday, April 11, 2008, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born June 1, 1930, in Stover, a daughter of Charles J. and Nora Kueck Fajen. She was baptized in 1930, and confirmed April 18, 1943, at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Stover. On July 20, 1947, in...
Victor A. Schnirch
Apr 8, 2008
Victor August Schnirch, age 86, of rural Versailles, died Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born November 21, 1921, in Stover, a son of John and Anna Albers Schnirch. Victor married Violet Nolting Berkstresser in September of 1946, and she preceded him in death November 23, 1966. He later married Margaret...
Erna E. Raithel
Apr 2, 2008
Erna E. Raithel, age 88, of Russellville, died Wednesday night, April 2, 2008, at St. Joseph's Home in Jefferson City. She was born September 1, 1919, near Russellville, a daughter of Henry and Susanna Hiittenmeyer Raithel. She was a graduate of Russellville High School. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Central Missouri State University in...
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