Area Obituaries

Betty Lou Guthrie, 99, of Kansas City Kansas passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas.  Betty was born in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri on October 1, 1925 to Elvin and Bertha (Reger)Yardley.  She graduated from Milan High School in 1943 and moved to Chicago where she met and married Paul Becker. …

Robert ‘Bob’ Sparks, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend was called to his heavenly home on Friday, January 3, 2025, at the age of 88.  He had just returned home to Celina, Texas, after spending a memorable Christmas with family in North Carolina. This visit allowed him treasured time with his daughter Julee…

Naomi Ruth Williams, 91, passed away Saturday evening, January 4, 2025, in Kirksville, Missouri.  She was born October 11, 1933, near Milan, Missouri, the first child of Herbert Lee (Dick) Riley and Maxine (Morris) Riley.  The family moved to a farm northwest of Winigan, where Naomi grew up with her siblings.  Naomi graduated high school…

Eva Sue Jones, 88, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at the Magnolia Nursing Home where she had been a resident for several years.  Sue was born March 20, 1936, in Moberly, Missouri, to John and Helen (Holman) Hogan. The best season of her life was spent living on a horse farm…

  Lloyd Charles McDonald, age 82 of Milan, Missouri, died Monday, December 23, 2024, at the home of his daughters in Gladstone, Missouri.  The youngest child of Orval Cecil and Frances Elizabeth (Brummitt) McDonald, he was born on August 18, 1942, in Pollock, Missouri. He was raised in the Pollock area and lived most of…

  Sydney Lee Taylor, 77, of Prairie Village, Kansas passed away peacefully in his home on Sunday, December 1, 2024.  He was the only child of Tom and Muriel Taylor and grew up in Milan, Missouri. Growing up in his beloved hometown, he played football, basketball, and baseball. Syd graduated from Milan C-2 with the…

  Jolonda Tuttle, 89, of Green City, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, Missouri.  Jolonda was born November 28, 1935 in Colorado Springs, Colorado to William Thomas and Iva Buna Vista Reta Marie (Branstetter) Pottorff.  She married Russell Leroy “Roy” Tuttle, he preceded her in death. She…

 Joseph Ernest Hodge, 75, of Milan, Missouri passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2024.  Joe was born on September 20, 1949 in Milan to William Sig and Josephine (Tokars) Hodge.  He was survived by: a sister, Shirley Poage (Don) of Cole Camp, Missouri; several nieces and nephews and cousins.  He was preceded in death by: his…

  On December 14th, 2024, Dora Belle Clark, 94, of Kirksville, Missouri passed away peacefully at her home with her three children by her side as she entered into Heaven.  She was born on May 5, 1930 near Milan Missouri, the daughter of William Glen Steele and Zulah June (Davis) Steele.  On August 20,1950 she…

Larry Hubert Scott, 83, of Milan, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2024, following a long illness surrounded by his family at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City.  On March 2, 1941, he was born on a farm in Sullivan County to his parents, Hubert Scott and Garnett (Carver) Scott.  Larry grew up on…