Area Obituaries
ALICE ANN CECILIA PAXTON
ALICE ANN CECILIA PAXTON Alice Ann Cecilia Paxton was born and passed away August 14, 2021 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. She was the baby of Cecil Paxton and Kari Vandevender, who survive of the home. Also surviving: two brothers, Eric Vandevender and Jared Vandevender; Maternal grandmother, Sandy Vandevender. She was preceded in…
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DR. GILBERT A. DALE, JR. Al@ Obituary of Dr. Gilbert A. Dale, Jr. (August 21 1943- July 8, 2021.) Dr. Dale passed away unexpectedly Thursday, July 8th, 2021 at his home in Fresno California. He was born and raised in Newtown having attended Newtown schools from grades 1 thru 10. He then graduated from Wentworth…
Read MoreJACKIE DELANE GRAY
JACKIE DELANE GRAY Jackie DeLane Gray, son of Emery E. and Myrtie M. Stephenson Gray, was born in Linn County Missouri, January 9th,1938 and passed August 6th, 2021 at home in Blue Springs, Missouri. Jack attended school in Browning, Missouri and graduated with the Class of 1955 from Liberty High School. He married Evelyn A.…
Read MoreSHARON ASLEA MCHARGUE
SHARON ASLEA MCHARGUE Sharon Aslea McHargue, of Osceola, Missouri, age 79, passed away at her home in Osceola, on August 5, 2021. Sharon was born in Milburn, Kansas on July 15, 1942, to LaVerna Rutledge (Manis) and Harold Manis. She worked in Topeka, Kansas for several of her early years, after that, she worked for…
Read MoreMARSHELLIE MARIE COUCH
MARSHELLIE MARIE COUCH Marshellie Marie “Babysweets” Couch, 18 years old, of Milan, Missouri, passed away Monday, July 26, 2021 at her home. Marshellie was born January 25, 2003 in Kirksville, Missouri. She was born with partial Trisomy-15, a rare genetic chromosomal disorder, and a rare Neuromuscular Scoliosis. When she was born her life expectancy was…
Read MoreKAREN SUE COOPER DEVORE
KAREN SUE COOPER DEVORE Karen Sue (Cooper) DeVore passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021, at St. Luke’s East Hospital, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, at the age of 79. Karen was born the fourth of six children, August 2, 1941, on the family farm south of Humphreys, Missouri, to Harold D Cooper and Dorothy Mae (Phillips) Cooper.…
Read MoreJAMES OLIVER “PETE” JOHNSON
JAMES OLIVER “PETE” JOHNSON James Oliver James Oliver “Pete” Johnson, 78 years old, of Green City, Missouri, passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021 at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Jim was born December 23, 1942 in Kirksville to James Earl and Margaret Jane (Stewart) Johnson. In 1962, he married Virginia Jaques and two sons were…
Read MoreLARRY B. WILLIAMS
LARRY B. WILLIAMS Larry B. Williams, 86 years old, of Milan, Missouri, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2021 at Milan Health Care Center in Milan surrounded by family. Larry was born October 7, 1934 to Joseph Clarence and Sarah Ann (Knous) Williams. Larry met Sandra (LaFaver) Williams at the Wildcat Inn and they were married…
Read MoreVELDA MAUD RUSSELL
VELDA MAUD RUSSELL Velda Maud (Fuller) Russell, 87, of Green Castle passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at Putnam County Care Center, Unionville, Missouri. The daughter of Jesse Byron and Maud Valera (Kirby) Fuller, she was born May 3, 1934, in Sullivan County, Missouri. On August 8, 1952, she married Noel Russell and three…
Read MoreWANDA LOUISE ROUSE
WANDA LOUISE ROUSE Wanda Louise Rouse, 74 years old, of Milan, Missouri, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. Wanda was born September 7, 1946, to Earl and Wilma (White) Cordray. She married Bennie Branham and they had four children. She later married Bob Rouse and he preceded her…
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