Area Obituaries

JUDY ELAINE (WHITFORD) GENDER Judy Elaine (Whitford) Gender, Humphreys, Missouri went to heaven to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 16, 2021. She was a resident of Sunnyview Nursing Home, Trenton, Missouri. Judy was born in Strong City, Kansas on November 27, 1941 to Albert Lee and Mildred Sophia (Swanson) Whitford. Both…

RON WATTENBARGER Ron Wattenbarger, 63, St. Joseph, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 16, 2021. He was born November 24, 1958, in Roswell, New Mexico to Kenneth and Hope (Hundall) Wattenbarger. Ron married Yong Choe February 5, 1979. She survives of the home. He proudly served in the Air Force from February 14, 1978 to June…

KENNETH RAY NICKELL Kenneth Ray Nickell, age 85, of Chillicothe, Missouri, formerly of Browning, Missouri, died Monday, December 20, 2021 at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. The son of Ray and Eva (Baker) Nickell, he was born September 21, 1936. On November 15, 1958, he married Frances Christy and to this marriage their three daughters…

GEORGE ALMOND George Almond, age 88, of New Boston, passed away, Sunday, December 12, 2021, at his home. George Albert, son of James Rex and Lula Ellen (Brownfield) Almond, was born March 23, 1933, in Cora. On October 17, 1954, he married Mona Abbott. George was a lifelong farmer and served many years on the…

ETHEL M. ADNISKEY Ethel M. Adniskey, 79, of Clearfield, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Penn Highlands Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She was born on July 6, 1942 the daughter of the late William Harper and Martha (Maines) Buck. She was the owner of Dew Drop Inn in Missouri; she had also worked at Clearfield Short…

JERRY DOUGLAS (DOUG) LAIR Jerry Douglas (Doug) Lair, 76, a resident of Galt, Missouri, died at 12:10 p.m. on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at his home. Doug was born on August 4, 1945, in Kirksville, Missouri. He was the son of Noah Jerry and Dorva Lucille Turner Lair. In 1953, the family moved to the…

DORVA (LAIR) JONES Dorva (Lair) Jones, 101, a resident of Galt, Missouri died at 6:15 A.M., December 5, 2021 at her residence. Mrs. Jones was born September 23, 1920 in Sticklerville, Missouri the daughter of Prentiss Glen and Estelle Marie Moddrell Turner. She graduated from Green City High School in 1939. She then graduated from…

JAMES ARDELL BAUGHER Jim Baugher, 77, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away at the Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri, on Saturday, November 27, 2021. Jim had been in declining health the past several months. James Ardell Baugher was born on the family farm in Harris, Missouri, on October 20, 1944, the son of Robert and…

RONALD “KRIS” FAULKNER Ronald “Kris” Faulkner, 54, Newtown, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Missouri. He was born on December 3, 1966 in Trenton, Missouri, the son of Ronald Keith and Wilma Lorene (Francis) Faulkner. On January 7, 2005, he married Jeanie Lea Tucker in Lucerne, Missouri. She…

ROBERT GENE HOLLON Robert Hollon, age 59, of Purdin, passed away, Monday, November 29, 2021, at his home in Purdin. Robert Gene, son of James and Linda (Allen) Hollon, was born, October 15, 1962, in Marceline. On May 18, 1985 he married Diana Montgomery. Rob worked for Smithfield Farms in Browning and spent several years…