Obituaries

Michael Dean Wells
Aug 3, 2008
Michael Dean Wells, age 45, of Woodland Park, Colorado, formerly of Stover, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2008, at his home. He was born October 30, 1962, in Nevada, Missouri a son of Orville and Sharon Wells. Mike married Jill Evenson in July of 1991 and to this union two sons were born, Tanner and Jacob. Survivors include his...

Minnie Mae Kanenbley
Aug 2, 2008
Minnie M. Kanenbley, age 88, of Florence, died Saturday, August 2, 2008, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. She was born January 20, 1920, at Pyrmont, north of Stover, a daughter of Ernest and Anna Klein Rasa. On June 26, 1943, in Jefferson City, Minnie was united in marriage to August S. Kanenbley, August preceded her in...

Louise Ellen Ely
Jul 30, 2008
Louise Ellen Ely, age 71 , of Stover, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at Lake Regional Health Systems in Osage Beach. She was born May 1, 1937, in Franklin, New Hampshire, a daughter of Oliver and Myrtle Thompson. On April 30, 1961, Louise married Raymond E. Ely, Jr., who survives at their home. She was a homemaker, busy raising...

Verda Mae Koehn
Jul 27, 2008
Verda Mae Koehn, age 78, of Stover, Missouri passed away Sunday night, July 27, 2008, at her daughter's home north of Stover. She was born August 23, 1929, in Copeland, Kansas a daughter of Sam M. and Susie Unruh Smith. On August 4, 1949, in Copeland, she was united in marriage to John J. Koehn. Mr. Koehn survives at...

Sara Rhea Plochberger
Jul 12, 2008
Sara Rhea Plochberger, age 65, of Lohman, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. She was born January 2, 1943, in Jefferson City, a daughter of G. Ray and Edith Owens Scheperle. She was baptized March 13, 1943, at St. John's Lutheran Church-Stringtown and confirmed March 25, 1956, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church...

Betty Jean Harry
Jul 8, 2008
Betty Jean Harry, age 90, of Stover, died Tuesday night, July 8, 2008, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born January 24, 1918, in Kansas City, Missouri, a daughter of Frank and Mary C. Hanrahan Norton. She married George V. Harry September 5, 1958, and he preceded her in death April 3, 1979. Betty was...

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....

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...