Obituaries

Johnnie M. Olson
Sep 22, 2009
Johnnie M. Olson, age 66, of Russellville, died suddenly Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at his home. He was born January 22, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri, a son of Allan and Ella Olson, both deceased. On May 24, 1964, Johnnie was united in marriage to Margaret Ann Smith at the Grandview Baptist Church in Grandview, Missouri. Margaret survives at...

Albertha Marie Reusch
Sep 17, 2009
Albertha M. Reusch, age 78, of Versailles, died Thursday, September 17, 2009, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. She was born June 7, 1931, at Clear Creek, in Cooper County, Missouri a daughter of Arthur and Minnie Kempf Twenter, both deceased. On February 3, 1953, she married Lawrence H. Reusch at St. John's Catholic Church at Clear...

Fred Cable
Sep 5, 2009
Fred Cable, age 97, of Stover, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born September 30, 1911, in Camden County, a son of John and Bessie Tombs Cable. On January 16, 1939, in Versailles, Fred was united in marriage to Anna Mae Unglaub, and she preceded him in death January 8,...

Ruby Spickard Gilbert
Sep 2, 2009
Ruby Gilbert died peacefully on Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Ruby was born March 28, 1923 in Florence, Missouri a daughter of August and Grace Nolting Rehmer. She attended Grade School in Florence and High School in Stover, Missouri. She was a homemaker, mother and worked for a time as a pharmacy assistant. She was married to Gordon Lyle Spickard...

Pauline Amelia Beaman McNaughton
Aug 20, 2009
Pauline Amelia Beaman McNaughton, age 97, of Lohman, formerly of Boonville, died Thursday, August 20, 2009, at Adams Street Place in Jefferson City. She was born July 22, 1912, in West Boonville, near the Lamine River in Cooper County, the middle child of Arthur and Elizabeth Friedrich Moehle, both deceased. She married William Lee Beaman June 1, 1938 at...

Carl Lindsay
Aug 13, 2009
First Sergeant Carl Lindsay (US Army ret.) Age 76, of Stover, died Thursday, August 13, 2009, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. He was born February 4, 1933, in the Gasconade Township in Laclede County, Missouri a son of William and Virgie Gravens Lindsay. On October 8, 1960, in Kansas City, Missouri, Carl married Geneva Cornett and...

Alice H, Stubinger
Aug 11, 2009
Alice H. Stubinger, age 91, of Lohman, died early Tuesday morning, August 11, 2009, at Adams Street Place in Jefferson City. She was born September 8, 1917, in Jefferson City, a daughter of J. Edwin and Anna Mueller Loesch. She was baptized September 30, 1917, and confirmed March 20, 1932, at the Zion Lutheran Church near Jefferson City. The...

Velma Irene Shikles
Aug 10, 2009
Velma Irene Shikles, age 96, of the Enon community south of Russellville, died Monday evening, August 10, 2009, at the Moniteau Care Center in California. She was born August 28, 1912, in the Spring Garden community in Miller County, a daughter of John Leroy and Margaret Melissa Bond Ackers. On March 21, 1928, Irene was united in marriage to...

Edith Belle Houchen
Aug 6, 2009
Edith Belle Houchen, age 93, of Florence, died Thursday, August 6, 2009, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born October 1, 1915, in Otterville, a daughter of Ernest "Ern" and Clara Maness Wear, both deceased. Edith married Harry Mertgen December 25, 1936, and he preceded her in death in 1956. To this union three children...

Monte Allen Bremer
Aug 2, 2009
Monte Allen Bremer, age 68, a lifelong resident of Florence, died Sunday, August 2, 2009, at his home. He was born June 6, 1941, in Florence, a son of Edwin and Helen Brauer Bremer, both deceased. Monte was united in marriage to Leila Dawes on March 9, 1963, in Sedalia, and she survives at their home. He was a...

Carol Aline Alpers
Aug 2, 2009
Carol Aline Alpers, age 69, of Stover, Missouri died Sunday, August 2, 2009, at Delhaven Nursing Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She was born December 31, 1939, in Nashville, Tennessee, a daughter of J.T. and Mary Lena Hammons Roberson. On July 28, 1972, Carol married Melvin John Alpers in Fulton, Missouri. Melvin preceded her in death August 2, 2004....

Dennis Wayne Zurmiller
Jul 27, 2009
Dennis Wayne Zurmiller, age 48, of rural Stover, died Monday night, July 27, 2009, at his stepmother's home in Stover, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 22, 1960, in Versailles, a son of Verlin and Violet Bender Zurmiller, both deceased. He married Bonnie Twenter and she survives in Stover. On July 1, 1989, Dennis married...

Ormond William Hinck
Jul 18, 2009
Ormond W. Hinck, age 78, of Stover, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. He was born September 12, 1930, in Emma, a son of William and Paula Oetting Hinck, both deceased. He was baptized September 26, 1930 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Emma and confirmed April 22, 1944, at St. Paul's Lutheran...

Liska Pauline Murphy
Jul 14, 2009
Liska Pauline Murphy, age 93, of Lohman, died Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Adams Street Place in Jefferson City. She was born May 24, 1916, in Stringtown, a daughter of Frank and Marie "Mary" Doehla Linsenbardt. She was baptized June 4, 1916, and confirmed April 17, 1932, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lohman. The confirmation verse chosen was...

Lydia Katherine Ott
Jul 13, 2009
Lydia Katherine Ott, age 95, of Lohman, died Monday, July 13, 2009, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born November 2, 1913, in Lohman, a daughter of Mathias and Augusta Fischer Jungmeyer. Lydia was baptized November 23, 1913, and confirmed April 17, 1927, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lohman. The confirmation verse chosen was...

James Franklin Willis, Sr.
Jul 12, 2009
James Franklin Willis, Sr., age 67, of Eldon, died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at his home. He was born April 9, 1942, in Barnett, a son of John Franklin and Roxie Ellen Hays Willis. On August 2, 1959, Jim was united in marriage to Mary Clark, and she survives at their home. He attended school in Versailles. He retired...

Margaret J. Fischer-Minor
Jul 11, 2009
Margaret J. Fischer-Minor, age 83, of Jefferson City, went to be with the Lord Saturday, July 11, 2009. She was born May 31, 1926, in Spring Garden, the only daughter of Alonzo H. and Bertha C. Smith Baysinger, both deceased. On June 15, 1946, she married Hilbert F. Fischer and he preceded her in death June 24, 1989. On...

Carol Lee Marriott
Jul 8, 2009
Carol Lee Marriott, age 68, of Blue Springs, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at her home. She was born September 5, 1940, in Stover, a daughter of Glen R. and Vival Ersie Need Pryor. On March 17, 1961, Carol was united in marriage to Kenneth D. Marriott and he survives at their home. She was a graduate of Stover...

Grace Martha Whittle
Jul 7, 2009
Grace Martha Whittle, age 51, of Versailles died Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at her home. She was born February 1, 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a daughter of Harry "Bud" and Margaret "Marj" Guttenburg Jericho. On June 18, 1977, Grace was united in marriage to Terry L. Whittle in Imperial Beach, California. She had worked as an apartment manager with...

Wilbur "Rip" Paul Gordon
Jul 2, 2009
Wilbur Paul "Rip" Gordon, age 83, of Raytown, Missouri, died Thursday, July 2, 2009, at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in Kansas City. He was born February 20, 1926, in Russellville, Missouri, a son of Enos and Emma Zink Gordon. On February 7, 1948, in Kansas City, he was united in marriage to Loraine Westgard and she survives...