Obituaries

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...

Cletus Francis John Kraxberger
Feb 25, 2008
Cletus "Clet" Francis John Kraxberger, 81, of Chanute, Kansas passed away Monday, February 25, 2008 at the Heritage Healthcare Center. Cletus was born in Stover, Missouri on January 3, 1927, the son of Francis John and Luenda (Hagadorn) Kraxberger. He graduated from Stover High School in 1945. He was a resident of Chanute since 2001. He was united in...

Joyce Ozella Speed Marriott
Feb 23, 2008
Joyce Ozella Speed Marriott, age 74, of Stover, Missouri, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, February 23, 2008, at her home. She was born December 31, 1933, in Greenville, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Ernest Major and Amanda Christine Heaton Speed. On June 24, 1955, in Greenville, Joyce was united in marriage to Melvin "Sonny" Marriott, who survives...

Thomas "Tom" W. Dunkin
Feb 15, 2008
Thomas W. "Tom" Dunkin, age 57, of Cole Camp, died unexpectedly Friday, February 15, 2008, at his home. He was born October 23, 1950, in Shawnee, Kansas a son of Donald and Ethel Sutton Dunkin. His father survives in Versailles. Tom married Dixie Nallie and she survives at their home. He was a 1969 graduate of Bonner Springs High...

Naomi Ruth Barbour Richardson
Feb 7, 2008
Naomi Ruth "Grannie" Barbour Richardson, age 92, formerly of Stover, died Thursday, February 7, 2008, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City. She was born August 21, 1915, in Zora, in Benton County, a daughter of Fred and Lula Taylor Hughes, both deceased. She married Galen Barbour on February 14, 1941, in Liberty and he preceded her in...

Merle E. Kerr
Feb 7, 2008
Merle E. Kerr, age 86, of Russellville passed away Thursday, February 7, 2008, at the Jefferson City Manor Care Center in Jefferson City. He was born January 3, 1922, in Brookland, Arkansas a son of Charlie and Adda Good Kerr. Merle married Elsie Mae Patterson on September 27, 1941, in Piggott, Arkansas, and she preceded him in death April...

Maudie Lee May Cornett
Feb 5, 2008
Maudie Lee May Cornett, age 89, of Stover, passed away Tuesday night, February 5, 2008, at her home. She was born June 14, 1918, in Versailles, a daughter of Oliver and Alice Howard Meeks. On March 15, 1941, in Versailles, Maudie was united in marriage to Claude Cornett who survives at their home. Maudie worked at Primo Pants Factory...

Riley Joseph Winnie
Feb 1, 2008
Riley Joseph Winnie, son of Kathaleen Winnie, was stillborn Friday, February 1, 2008, at Columbia Regional Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He is survived by his mother Kathy Winnie of Sedalia, two aunts, Geneva Winnie and Marcia Winnie both of Sedalia, one uncle, Michael S. Winnie, Jr., of Sedalia, one cousin, Caymen Winnie, great aunts and uncles, Bill and Linda...