Area Obituaries

  Edward Louis Tharp, 92 years old, passed away Monday, July 22, 2024 at his home in Shawnee, Kansas surrounded by family. Ed was born September 16th, 1931 near Green City, MO to Helton L. (Doc) and Mary Agnes (Kidd) Tharp.  He attended the Payne and Comstock Schools and graduated from Green City High School…

We lost our mother, Phyllis Nadine Callahan Robinson, on, Sunday, June 23,2014. She passed at home in Pineville, Mo. with her family by her side at the age of 89.  She graduated from Humphreys High School and also went to a trade school. She had a diverse life. She milked cows, slopped hogs, raised chickens, and…

 WILLIAM “BILL” JAMES CLARK  William “Bill” James Clark, 74, of Milan, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at his home surrounded by family.  Bill was born on August 5, 1949, to Marion James and Mary Lou(Lee) Clark.  He grew up in Milan and graduated from Milan High School in 1967. After high school,…

Kirk Douglas Boyd, 73, of Humphreys, Missouri, passed away Sunday July 7, 2024, at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.  He was born on September 13, 1950, in Trenton, Missouri to Frank and Bonnadene (Shockey) Boyd, the youngest of seven children.  He grew up primarily in the Humphreys and Galt, Missouri communities and attended school in…

 BETTY JEAN ZURMILLER  Betty Jean Zurmiller, 66, of Milan, Missouri passed away peacefully on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Saint Luke’s Hospice Home, Kansas City, Missouri, after a battle with cancer that she faced with unwavering strength and resilience.  Betty grew up in Springfield, Missouri before settling in Chillicothe Missouri where she raised her sons,…

 RANDALL “RANDY” LEES  A dark eyed baby boy came into the lives of Francis Eugene and Lena Silva Lees on October 24, 1945, in Oakland, California. Randall, being an only child, was the joy of their lives, raised in the Catholic faith, attending Catholic schools, life was good until the passing of Cecelia when he…

 THERESA “TERRY” ELIZABETH LUNSFORD  Theresa “Terry” Elizabeth Lunsford age 71 of Green City, Missouri passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at her home surrounded by her family. She fought a tough fight but lost the battle to cancer.  She was born on May 26, 1953, in Pomona, California the daughter of Myron and Viola…

 WILLARD DICKEL  Long-time Marengo, Iowa farmer Willard Dickel died Monday, April 22, 2024, at Compass Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family at the age of 96 years after a rich and fulfilling life.  Willard is survived by: five children, Sharon (Terry) Roberts of Marengo; Dean (Mary) Dickel of Mineral Point, WI; Joan (Russ) Jones…