Area Obituaries

VONDA CARROL GEOSLING Vonda Carrol Geosling, age 86 of Green City, Missouri passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022. The daughter of Raymond and Irene (Guffy) Johnson, Vonda was born February 7, 1936 in Sullivan County, Missouri. On May 23, 1954 she married Glenn L. Geosling. Vonda is survived by three sons: Leaman Geosling and…

MARY LOU HAMPTON Mary Lou Hampton, 68, died Friday, December 30, 2022, in her home in St. Peters, MO after a long illness. She was born in Kirksville, Missouri on December 19, 1954, the daughter of John William Grice and Mary Elisabeth Grice. She attended the Linn County R-1 School and graduated in 1972. Upon…

LARRY VICTOR MCDONALD Larry Victor McDonald, 75, of Green City, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Larry was born in Pennville, Missouri, on March 11, 1947, the son of Albert Victor and Marcella May (Shaver) McDonald. He graduated from Green City High School, and he married Clara Mae Gray…

JAMES HOLLIE (JIM) FAIRLEY James Hollie (Jim) Fairley passed away peacefully on Monday, October 24, 2022, in Denver, Colorado. He was 80. He was born on May 9, 1942, to D.G. “Red” and Vivian Maude Fairley in Sullivan County, Missouri. He graduated from Milan High School in 1960. He earned a degree in accounting from…

JOE DAVID CRUMPACKER Joe David Crumpacker, age 91, of Nashville, Tennessee, died on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Joe was born September 13, 1931 on the family farm near Pollack, Sullivan County, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Janette Louise Bohlken Crumpacker, and his parents, Dandridge Purdy Crumpacker and Vera…

THOMAS JAMES MAY Thomas James May, 61, of Liberty, MO, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at Liberty Hospital with loved ones at his side. His death followed a three-month diagnosis with cancer. Tom was born August 22, 1961, in Wichita, KS, the fourth of eight children of Valery “Larry” May and Bernice (Wolke) May.…

WALTER EUGENE HANNAH Walter Eugene Hannah, 89, of Kirksville, Missouri, formerly of Green Castle, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Mo. Walter was born on March 31, 1933 in Green Castle, Missouri to Claude and Georgia (Shepler) Hannah. He graduated from Green City High School in 1951.…

JOHN HIARM SANDERS John Hiarm Sanders, Jr. of Miami, OK passed from this life Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at Integris Miami Hospital in Miami, OK. He was 90. John was born March 30, 1932 in Milan, MO to John H. and Hazel K. (Simpson) Sanders, Sr. He had lived in Miami area since 1995 moving…

DORA MARTHA BENNETT Dora Martha Bennett, 94, of Browning, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri. Dora was born on June 11, 1928, to Roy and Edna (Steele) Cotter in Browning. At 9 years old Dora was saved at Mt. Zion Church. In September 1958 she became…