Obituaries
Eric Prather
Jul 24, 2019
Eric Wayne Prather, 49, of Cairo, MO passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at his home. Eric was born September 6, 1969 in Columbia, MO to Billy and Glenda (Briscoe) Prather. Eric was a lifelong member of the Moberly and Cairo communities. He graduated from Northeast R-IV High School; after which he began working for 3M Columbia. He then went...
Evelyn Pearson
Jul 22, 2019
Evelyn Pearson, 96, of Brunswick, Missouri, passed away on July 22, 2019 at the Brunswick Nursing. Evelyn was born April 20, 1923, to Harold and Bertha (Briscoe) Smyser in Maywood, Missouri. She worked as a nurses aid in nursing homes for many years. She attended Carpenter Street Baptist Church. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband, Ray Pearson on...
Beverly David
Jul 20, 2019
Beverly Ann “Honey Bee” David, 91, of Moberly, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. She was born in Randolph County on April 21, 1928 to George Elbert Claypool and Jenny Z. Clark Claypool. Beverly was a graduate of Renick High School and a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church, the AT&T Pioneers, the...
Donna Guthrie
Jul 10, 2019
Donna Bertha Guthrie, age 76, of Moberly, MO entered the Kingdom of Heaven surrounded by family, on July 10, 2019 at University Hospital, Columbia, MO. “Donnie” was born February 1, 1943 in Kansas City, MO to Ira and Essie (Vanderbilt) Higginbotham. She graduated from Tonganoxie High School, Tonganoxie, KS. Donna married Larry Guthrie on February 26, 1966 in Reno, KS....
James Freels
Jul 10, 2019
James William Freels, 83, lifelong resident of Monroe / Randolph County area passed away on July 10, 2019 in his home with his loving family at his side. He was born to James O. (Tobe) and Effie Freels of Madison, on May 28, 1936. James was a 1954 graduate of Madison High School. He married Barbara Freels on February 17,...
Murle DeWeese
Jul 9, 2019
Murle G. DeWeese, 79, of Higbee, passed away July 9, 2019 at Boone Hospital in Columbia, MO. He was born north of Clarence, MO on October 17, 1939 to Ambrose and Rita (Mote) DeWeese. Murle was a lifelong member of Randolph County and member of West Park United Methodist Church. He graduated from Moberly Area Junior College and began working...
Dustin Potts
Jul 5, 2019
Dustin Lee “Deco” Potts, age 30, of Moberly, Mo, passed away July 5, 2019. He was born January 16, 1989 in Springfield, MO to Helen Catherine “Cathy” McSparren Guyton. Dustin was a graduate of Moberly High School. A loving and caring soul; he enjoyed fishing, hunting, skateboarding, bike riding, swimming and hanging out with family and friends. He will always...
Victoria Blaise
Jul 2, 2019
Victoria “Lynn” Blaise, 59 of Moberly passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at Brook Cherith Assisted Living. She was born October 8, 1959 in Columbia, MO to Tom Britt and Oreta Powell Britt. Lynn was a graduate of Moberly High School. She was a dedicated worker, working for Orscheln for twenty years, Dura for twenty plus years and at Dollar...
Michael Fredrick Walstead
Jun 30, 2019
Michael F. Walstead, 67, of Higbee Missouri died June 30, 2019. Mike was born on August 13, 1951 in Renick, the son of Melvin Carl and Bertille Catherine (Rupp) Walstead. He married Virginia Grapes on July 31, 1987. Mike was an employee of Everlast for 35 years, retiring in 2015. He enjoyed restoring and custom-re-building Ford trucks, which he entered...
Donna Wolfe
Jun 28, 2019
Donna Wolfe, 59, of Jacksonville, Missouri, passed away on June 28, 2019, at her home. Donna was born August 28, 1959, in Moberly, Missouri, to Danny and Marilyn (Kemper) Bowden. She worked for Orscheln’s for years before retiring. She was preceded in death by her parents; and daughter, Kimberly Yvonne Wolfe. Survivors include her husband, Larry Wolfe of Jacksonville, Missouri;...
Esther Bishop
Jun 26, 2019
Esther Levita Bishop, 78, of Moberly, MO. Passed away June 26th, 2019 at Moberly Nursing and Rehab. She was born November 28th, 1940 in Moberly, MO. to Charles Guthrie and Sophia (Lewis) Guthrie. Esther was a resident of Moberly for most of her life. On April 22, 1961 she married James H. Drewery and of that union they were blessed...
William Everett Cox
Jun 24, 2019
William "Speck" Everett Cox, 71, of Huntsville, Missouri, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, Missouri. Speck was born on April 7, 1948, to Israel Richard and Mildred (Coleman) Cox in Brookfield, Missouri. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps and during his career he worked in construction. Survivors...
William Lewis
Jun 22, 2019
William Edward Lewis, 58, of Madison, Mo, lost his hard-fought battle with cancer on June 22, 2019. He passed away at his home surrounded by his family. Ed was born on September 15, 1960 in Lake Charles, LA to Clifford and Lela (Janssen) Lewis. He was a 1979 graduate of Higbee High School. After graduation, he accepted a position as...
Harold Beal
Jun 21, 2019
Harold Eugene “Junior” Beal, Jr., 49, of Macon, MO passed away June 21, 2019 at his home. Junior was born October 15, 1969 in Moberly to Alice and Harold Eugene “Gene” Beal, Sr. Junior was a lifelong resident of the Moberly area. He was baptized at the Immanuel Baptist Church and had recently been attending Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church...
Jasper Harrill-Schoen
Jun 17, 2019
Jasper Daimon Harrill-Schoen, passed away surrounded by his family at Women and Children’s Hospital in Columbia, MO, on June 17th, 2019. Jasper was born to Derek Schoen and Cherie Harrill, of Moberly, MO, on June 17th, 2019. He was a treasure to them; they waited for his birth with joyful expectations. Despite his brief time here, he was loved so...
Orville Lee Chick
Jun 12, 2019
Orville Chick, 83, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday,June 12, 2019, at Valley View Health and Rehabilitation. Orville was born July 5, 1935 to Lewis and Lucy (Perkins) Chick in Columbia, Missouri. Survivors include his spouse, Vivian Black; daughter, Linda Kay Chick; brothers: David Chick of Rush Hill, Missouri and Bobby Chick of Moberly, Missouri; sisters: Betty Jone of...
Elsa Creed
Jun 9, 2019
On Sunday, June 9, 2019, Elsa Ann Creed, 76, of the Cairo and Jacksonville communities, passed away peacefully with her family by her side. Elsa was born May 29, 1943 in Ray County, MO to Melvin and Violet (Peacock) Dishman. On February 1, 1963, she married Gerald Allen Creed in her hometown of Lexington, MO. They raised two sons, Rusty...
Shirley Jean Sears
Jun 9, 2019
Shirley Jean Sears, 83, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2019, at Valley View Health and Rehabilitation. Shirley was born July 27, 1935, to Earl and Harrie (Turner) Morris in Moberly, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl Morris and Harrie Davis; husband, Leslie Sears; daughter, Mary Sears; brothers: Bill Morris and George Davis....
Don Fletcher
Jun 7, 2019
Don Taylor “Fletch” Fletcher, 57, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 7, 2019. He was born in Boulder, CO on May 19, 1962 to Curtis and Ann (Dixson) Fletcher. The community came to know and love Don through his family’s former Moberly business – The Skateland. He went on to serve his country in the United States Navy. On October...
Joshua Berney
Jun 4, 2019
Joshua Lee Berney, age 31, went to the Lord on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at his home in Palmyra, MO. He was born December 8, 1987 to Christopher Berney and Lynn Dooley in Moberly, MO. Josh attended St. Pius and Westran Schools, graduated from Westran in 2006. He studied turf management at Linn State Technical College and following that, he...
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