Obituaries

Celeste J. Stalker
Jun 6, 2009
Celeste JoAnne Stalker, age 65, of Stover, died Saturday morning, June 6, 2009, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. She was born August 24, 1943, in Garrard, Kansas a daughter of Richard Elmore and Dolly Maxine Crutcher. In December of 1960, she married Lee Warren "L.W." Stalker at the Jackson County Court House. L.W. survives at their...

Robert "Bob" F. Jacobs
Jun 5, 2009
Robert F. "Bob" Jacobs, age 64, of Lohman, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at Heisinger Bluffs in Jefferson City. He was born February 28, 1945, in Lohman, a son of Francis "Frank" and Virginia Meller Jacobs. On October 12, 1990, he married Connie Barbour and she survives at their home in Lohman. He was a 1963 graduate of Russellville...

Warren Y. Nolting
Jun 4, 2009
Warren Yost Nolting, age 70 of Smithton, died Thursday, June 4, 2009, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born February 23, 1939, in Morgan County, the only child of Wilbert F. "Bert" and Pearl M. Yost Nolting, both deceased. On September 28, 1958, Warren was united in marriage to Lela Fae Grunewald at St. Paul's...

Miss Marla Ann Knox
Jun 1, 2009
Marla Ann Knox, age 51, of Russellville, died Monday, June 1, 2009, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born August 25, 1957, in Jefferson City, a daughter of Joseph Victor and Gladys Hilda Raithel Strope. Miss Marla was united in marriage to Floyd Wayne Knox on September 28, 1996, in Jefferson City, and he survives...

Leo Ray Oehrke
May 23, 2009
Leo Ray Oehrke, age 82, of Florence, died Saturday morning, May 23, 2009, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. He was born March 31, 1927, in Florence, a son of Edward and Emma Bottcher Oehrke. On September 27, 1953, at the St. John United Church of Christ in Florence, Leo married Evelyn Rumans, who survives at their...

Dorothy Elizabeth Landon "Dottie"Barron
May 21, 2009
Dorothy Elizabeth Landon "Dottie" Barron, age 84, of Versailles, Missouri, died Thursday night, May 21, 2009, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. She was born September 22, 1924, in rural Pilot Grove, Missouri a daughter of Rosswell Deming and Rosa Lee Racy Landon. On April 18, 1944, in San Francisco, California, she was united in marriage to...

Sonyia Lillian Ingandello
May 21, 2009
Sonyia Lillian Ingandello, age 58, of the Ivy Bend community south of Stover, Missouri, died unexpectedly Thursday, May 21, 2009, at her home. She was born October 2, 1950, in Madison, Wisconsin, a daughter of Oscar and Susan Jane Gravel Olson. Sonyia was employed in home health care. She had recently moved to Ivy Bend from the state of...

Willard "Bill" Edward Fairchild
May 13, 2009
Willard Edward (Bill) Fairchild, 77, Florence, died, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, peacefully at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was born December 1, 1931, in Los Angeles, California, the son of the late Dee M. Fairchild and Hazel Marks Fairchild. On March 17, 1956, he married Ella Mae Schmidt in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, who survives...

Glenn Blair
May 11, 2009
Glenn Blair, 92, Stover, Missouri, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at Foxwood Springs Nursing Home, Raymore, Missouri. He was born February 1, 1917, in Mankato, Kansas, the youngest child of Aaron and Elizabeth Breininger Blair. On August 20, 1939, he married Melva Fajen, who preceded him in death March 4, 1996. In 1947, along with his father-in-law Charles Fajen,...

Mark Robert Ahrens
May 8, 2009
Mark Robert Ahrens, age 51, of Stover, Missouri died Friday, May 8, 2009, in Barnett. He was born September 28, 1957, in Denver, Colorado. Mark was a Navy veteran, serving his country in the Gulf War. He was an over-the road truck driver with Allied Trucking and also worked in heating and cooling. He attended the Big Rock Church...

Mollie C. Shadwick
May 5, 2009
Mollie Shadwick, age 91, of Stover, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, with her family by her side. Mollie was born April 30, 1918, in Van Buren, Missouri to Andy and Margaret Brittanna Campbell. She was one of seven children. She was joined in marriage to Richard L. Shadwick on June...

Loretia "Rita" V. Smith
Apr 24, 2009
Loretia "Rita" V. Smith, age 81, of Versailles, died Friday, April 24, 2009, at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. She was born August 26, 1927, in Camden County, a daughter of Paris "Bud" and Maggie Burns Hunt. On December 12, 1946, in Stover, Rita was united in marriage to Norman Smith and he survives at their home....

Dwight E. Whan
Apr 18, 2009
Dwight E. Whan, age 44, of Versailles, Missouri died Saturday morning, April 18, 2009, at his home. He was born June 11, 1964, in Kirksville, Missouri, a son of Rodney and Delah Thrasher Whan. His parents survive in Knox City, Missouri. Dwight was united in marriage to Pamela Fuehring on June 30, 1990, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in...

Randy Wayne Lutjen
Apr 14, 2009
Randy Wayne Lutjen, age 50, of Stover, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born November 6, 1958, in Versailles, a son of Rufus William and Venetia Hunt Lutjen. On October 27, 1979, in Versailles, he was united in marriage to Linda J. Burnett and she survives at their home. Randy...

Darlene Conner
Apr 10, 2009
Darlene Conner, age 80, of Stover, died Friday, April 10, 2009, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. She was born March 3, 1929, in Higbee, Missouri, a daughter of Homer S. and Mary Edith Sumpter Hargis. On February 17, 1954, in Moberly, she was united in marriage to B.J. Conner and he survives at their home. Darlene...

John W. Nelson, Jr.
Apr 6, 2009
John W. Nelson, Jr., age 89, of Versailles, died unexpectedly Monday, April 6, 2009, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. He was born May 22, 1919, in Lebanon, a son of John W. Sr., and Cora B. Reynolds Nelson, both deceased. On January 21, 1943, in Bremerton, Washington, John married Virginia L. Combs. Virginia preceded him in...

Nettie Mae Scruggs Cowan
Mar 28, 2009
Nettie Mae Scruggs Cowan, age 100, of Jefferson City, died Saturday, March 28, 2009, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. She was born November 9, 1908, in Butler County, near Poplar Bluff, in Southeast Missouri. Nettie had three siblings, Charles, Irene and Elizabeth. After they were separated, Nettie was raised in a foster home in Brazito, by...

Wallace "Bill" M. Schad
Mar 26, 2009
Wallace M. "Bill" Schad, age 84, of Independence, Missouri, died Thursday, March 26, 2009, at the Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence. He was born September 14, 1924, in St. Louis, a son of Melvin E. and Clara Jones Schad. On October 2, 1971, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kansas City, Missouri, he married Doris Beckmann and she survives...

James "Buddy" W. Caviness
Mar 20, 2009
James W. "Buddy" Caviness, age 26, of Versailles, died Friday morning, March 20, 2009, at his home, following a battle with cancer. He was born September 10, 1982, in Columbia, a son of Dorsey and Brenda McGinnis Caviness. His parents survive in Versailles. On September 4, 2008, in Versailles, Buddy married his high school sweetheart, Nicole Creek, and she...

John W. Meyer
Mar 18, 2009
John W. Meyer, age 69, of Olean, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia. He was born March 28, 1939, on the family farm, known as the Musick place in the Enon area, the second child of J. Henry and Erma Proctor Meyer. On May 21, 1972, in Green Ridge, Missouri, John married...