Obituaries

Dorothy Neece - Haley
Mar 12, 2021
Dorothy Ann Neece-Haley, 82, of Moberly, passed away March 12, 2021. Dorothy was born to Marshall Blackwell and Eileen Herron Blackwell in Moberly, MO on January 8, 1939. She was a 1956 graduate of Moberly High School and later graduated from the Moberly Junior College’s LPN Nursing program in the mid-eighties. Dorothy was a pretty lady and while still in...

Mary "Mollie" Ealy
Mar 11, 2021
Mary “Mollie” G. Ealy, 86, of Moberly, MO passed away on March 11, 2021 at Macon Health Care Center. She was born on March 6, 1935 in Moberly, MO to J. Fred Kelly and Della (Palmatory) Kelly. Mollie was a Moberly High School graduate and worked as a Southwestern Bell operator for many years before they closed. She then went...

Clifford Hull Sr.
Mar 9, 2021
Clifford Alvin Hull Sr. 67, of Moberly, MO passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at his home. He was born January 28, 1954 in Fulton, MO to George and Ethel (Clapper) Hull. He married Audra Botkins on March 7, 1970 in Moberly, MO. While he did not graduate from high school, he did earn his GED. Cliff worked as a...

Chris Callahan
Mar 7, 2021
Chris Callahan, 50, of Jacksonville, Missouri passed away unexpectedly Sunday, March 7, 2021. Chris was born on August 7, 1970 in Greensburg, Indiana to Coolie and Joyce (Cathey) Callahan. He graduated from Northeast R-IV high school. He married Melissa Hicks on August 10, 1991 in Moberly, Missouri. Chris was a forklift operator at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center for more than...
Florene May Walters
Mar 5, 2021
Florene May (Dominick) Walters, 84, of Moberly, MO, returned to the loving arms of her Heavenly Father on March 5, 2021, surrounded by family, at Ravenwood Terrace Assisted Living, Moberly, MO. Florene was born on November 17, 1936, sharing her entrance into the world with her fraternal twin sister, Lorene, in Du Quoin, IL to Fred Carl Dominick and Lela...

Rex Dunwoody
Mar 1, 2021
Rex J Dunwoody, 93 of Moberly, died on Monday, March 1, 2021. He was born December 16, 1927 in Monroe County, MO to Alva Lester and Corna (Ross) Dunwoody. Rex served his country in the US Navy at the end of WWII before receiving an honorable discharge. Rex was a farmer in Moberly before going to work for Uregas and...
Mary Maude Blackwell
Feb 28, 2021
Mary Maude Blackwell went to be with the Lord, February 28, 2021. She was 92 years old. She was born Mary Maude Jones on April 10, 1929, in Glasgow, Missouri. She was the youngest of five children born to Annie Hatten and Vernon Jones. Mary was raised in the Glasgow area but had lived over 50 years in Moberly. In...

Kerry Conger
Feb 25, 2021
Kerry Dean Conger, 60, of Moberly, MO passed away February 25, 2021 at University Hospital in Columbia surrounded by his family. Kerry was born in Moberly, MO at the Woodland Hospital on May 26, 1960. He was a son of Ronald and Barbara Conger. He was a graduate of Westran High School where he was an active band member, he...
Helen Jane Hall
Feb 23, 2021
Helen Jane Hall, 86, of Higbee, Missouri, passed away on February 23, 2021, with her family by her side. Helen was born to Marvin and Kathryn (Thornton) Hudson on September 17, 1934, in Armstrong, Missouri. She was a bus driver for the Higbee School District for 20 plus years and worked for the Higbee Senior Center for 22 years. Helen...
Barbara L. Ward
Feb 23, 2021
Barbara L. Ward, 73, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on February 23, 2021, at University of Missouri Hospital. Barbara was born October 12, 1947, to George and Thelma (Neal) Noel in Columbia, Missouri. She was united in marriage with Jr. Ward in 1966, later divorced but remained close. She was a member of the Christian Church in Huntsville, and also...

Bobby Blades
Feb 17, 2021
Bobby Neal Blades, 82 of Moberly, passed away on February 17, 2021 at his winter home in Casa Grande, AZ. Bobby, along with his wife Bonnie Blades, was a long-time resident of Moberly, MO. He and his wife also enjoyed spending their summers with family in Russellville, KY and wintering in Case Grande, AZ. Bobby was born, July 30, 1938,...

Jerry Cerveny
Feb 17, 2021
Jerry Delbert Cerveny, 81, of Moberly, passed away peacefully February 17, 2021 surrounded by his family at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Missouri. Jerry was born the sixth of seven children to Marguerite and Wesley Cerveny on May 5, 1939 in Mission, South Dakota. The Family relocated to Missouri when Jerry was in elementary school. He attended...

Mark Swindell
Feb 15, 2021
Mark Alan Swindell, 59, of Moberly, passed away unexpectedly on February 15, 2021. He was born on January 18, 1962 in Moberly to Ralph Swindell and Dorothy Stone Swindell. He was raised in Madison, a graduate of Madison High School and moved to Moberly at age 28. Mark was never afraid of hard work and was a dedicated employee of...

Emerson Aleshire
Feb 12, 2021
Emerson James Aleshire was unexpectedly born an Angel on February 12th, 2021 in Columbia, Missouri at Boone Hospital. Emerson James blessed the lives of his Mother, Grandparents and Uncle in the most unexpected ways. He very quickly became the topic of every conversation and transformed their lives over the 9 months he was with them. The lessons of life are...
Susan Kay Anno
Feb 11, 2021
Susan Kay Anno, 57, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away at her home on February 11, 2021. Susan was born February 19, 1963, to Albert Keith and Elma Louise (Lessley) Anno in Long Beach, California. She was a long-time member of North Park Baptist Church. Her strong and unwavering faith in Christ was an inspiration to all who knew her. She...
Phyllis Voeltz
Feb 9, 2021
Phyllis Voeltz, 74, of Higbee, Missouri, passed away on February 9, 2021, at her home. Phyllis was born October 9, 1946, to William "Pat" and Ruby (Goodding) Forrest in Cairo, Missouri. Phyllis married Karl Voeltz on April 5, 1972 and celebrated 48 years together. She worked for CMRO in the records department. Phyllis had a big sense of humor and...
Donald E. Vanskike
Feb 6, 2021
Donald E. Vanskike, 74, of Huntsville, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at his home. Donald was born August 23, 1946, to Alfred and Eunice Marie (Brown) Vanskike in Moberly, Missouri. Donald married his high school sweetheart, Betty Fainter on June 11, 1967. He was a Journeyman Electrician for Hubble for 15 years before retiring. He loved spending...

Helen Wilson
Jan 30, 2021
Helen Louise Morgan Wilson, 84 of Moberly, passed away January 30, 2021 at her home with family at her side. She was born on May 19, 1936 in Eugene, MO to Tony and Marge (McGowan) Morgan. Helen married Billy Lee Thomason who passed away in July of 1975. Later, she married Ronald W. Wilson and he passed away in December...

Sandra Watson
Jan 29, 2021
Sandra Lynn Watson, 67, of Huntsville, Missouri passed away Friday, January 29, 2021 at her home. Sandi was born October 13, 1953 in Waverly, Tennessee to Douglas C Davis and Gladys Jo Williams Davis. Sandi lived her early childhood days in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, moving to Moberly in 1965. She married Timothy Watson on December 31, 1969, the two...
Rose Mary Kitchen
Jan 29, 2021
Rose Mary Kitchen, 83, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021, at Moberly Regional Medical Center. Rose Mary was born February 2, 1937, in Keytesville, Missouri, to Ralph and Drusilla Jane (Wilson) Terry. She married Harvey Leroy Kitchen on May 29, 1963. She previously worked for Garment Factory in Glasgow, Banquet Foods in Moberly, AB Chance in...