Obituaries

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Dixie Dell Coates
Mar 11, 2008
Dixie Dell Coates, age 77, of 843 Ruggs Bluff Rd., Downsville, Louisiana, went to be with Jesus, Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at the Rosemont Assisted Living. She was born May 6, 1930, in Stover, Missouri, a daughter of R. Enloe and Myrl B. Williams. On April 15, 1977, she married Jack E. Coates who has preceded her in death....

Shirley Jean Merriott
Mar 5, 2008
Shirley Jean Merriott, age 67, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at her home. She was born April 11, 1940, in Cole Camp, a daughter of Arthur and Clara Mueller Kaiser. On March 20, 1960, in Cole Camp, Shirley married Stanley "Sid" Merriott and he preceded her in death July 2, 2007. She was a graduate of Cole Camp...

Edna Anna Stucker
Mar 5, 2008
Edna Anna Stucker, age 91, of Stover, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Cole Camp. She was born January 29, 1917, in Stover, a daughter of Anton and Emma Viebrock Gehrken, both deceased. She was baptized February 11, 1917, and confirmed March 21, 1931, at the Trinity Lutheran Church at Pyrmont. The confirmation...

Bill E. Fields
Mar 4, 2008
Bill E. Fields, age 63, of Stover, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at his home. He was born September 6, 1944, in Brumley, a son of Charles Thomas and Icel Stamper Fields. He married Glenda A. Robbins Brown on March 16, 1979, and she survives at their home. Bill owned and operated Bill's Construction for 25 years, serving the...

Oscar F. Rockelman
Mar 3, 2008
Oscar F. Rockelman, age 89, of Lohman, died Monday, March 3, 2008, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. He was born February 3, 1919, in Russellville, a son of Charley and Louise Hoffman Rockelman. He married Orlean Kirchner, July 11, 1954, at St. Johns Lutheran Church at Stringtown, and she survives at their home. He was an...

Lyle Edwin Baxter
Mar 2, 2008
Lyle E. Baxter, age 63, of Lathrop, died Sunday, March 2, 2008, at his home. He was born July 14, 1944, in Howard's Ridge, Missouri a son of B.R. and Muriel Stutsman Baxter. He married Sherri Hopper on December 12, 1969, at the Versailles United Methodist Church, and she survives at their home. Lyle was a 1962 graduate of...

Annette Gail Bommel
Feb 28, 2008
Annette Gail Bommel, age 44, of McGirk, died Thursday, February 28, 2008, at the California Care Center. She was born July 25, 1963, in Jefferson City, a daughter of Leroy and Linda Harbison Whittle, her parents survive in Russellville. She married Tim Bommel on January 12, 1985, at the Capital City Christian Church in Jefferson City. Tim survives at...