Area Obituaries

BARBARA SUE LESLIE Barbara Sue Leslie, 75, of Kirksville and formerly of Green City, Missouri, died Friday morning, January 22, 2021 at the University Medical Center in Columbia, Missouri. The daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Elinore (McClaren) Bonnett, she was born February 16, 1945 in Milan. On December 24, 1966 she was united in marriage…

LOYE CAROL JARMAN Loye Carol Jarman, 87, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, January 15, 2021. Loye was born on November 19, 1933, the son of Milo “Mike” Jarman and Neva (Butler) Jarman who preceded him in death. He graduated from Unionville High School. On June 27, 1953, he married…

GLENDA KAY CRANDALL Glenda Kay (Murphy) Crandall, 70, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021 in Mesa, Arizona, with family at her side. She was born December 8, 1950, in Leavenworth, Kansas, the daughter of Marvin and Bessie (Poole) Murphy. She graduated from Park Hill High School in 1968. On October 30, 1969, she married John…

HARVEY D. TALBERT Harvey D. Talbert, 85, of Lenexa Kansas, died Sunday morning, January 3rd, 2021, in Shawnee Advent Hospital. He was born August 19, 1935 in Milan Missouri to Vernon and Sidney Talbert. Harvey married Romadee Bunch Talbert in Chicago, Illinois, on September 2, 1961. She preceded him in death August 12, 2009. He…

LINDA ROGERS Linda Rogers, 73 years old, of Milan, Missouri, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021 at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri. Linda was born June 6, 1947 in Greenville, Mississippi to Earl and Anna Mary (Pipes) Dunlap. On February 19, 1971 she married Carol Rogers; he preceded her in death in 1993. She…

CONNIE KAY BABBITT Connie Kay Babbitt, 77 years old, of Chillicothe, Missouri, formerly of Milan, went home to be with her Lord on Monday January 11, 2021. Connie was born June 15, 1943 in Kokomo, Indiana to Kenneth and Helen (Powell) Becker. Connie grew up in Broad- Ripple, Indiana. In 1963 she married Thomas Grant…

CHARLES OTIS CROWDIS Charles Otis Crowdis, son of John Jefferson Crowdis and Icel May (Lantz) Crowdis was born in Reger, MO on August 22, 1930. He passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at 90 years old. In 1953 he was united in marriage to Martha Lorene Tolle, who survives him of the home. Other survivors…

HAROLD HOWARD Harold Howard, 70 years old of Green City, Missouri, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021 unexpectedly in his home. Harold was born May 29, 1950 in Unionville, MO to William and Violet (Handley) Howard. In 1969 he married Jo Ann (Howard) Rodman and five children were born to this marriage. Harold was preceded…

ELDA MAXINE BOXLEY Velda Maxine Boxley known to many as “Granny”, 101, of Melbourne Beach, FL, passed away peaceably at home Thursday, January 7, 2021. Velda, the youngest of 6 children, was born April 17, 1919 on the family farm outside of Browning, MO to Henry Wilson Curtis and Letha Elfleda Smith Curtis. Velda married…

HARLAN RONALD KINZLER Ronald Kinzler, 91, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away peacefully at the Putnam County Care Center on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. He had lived at the Care Center for three years. Harlan Ronald Kinzler was born in What Cheer, Iowa, on January 24, 1929, the son of Roy and Freda (Ochs) Kinzler. He…