Obituaries
Katie Darr
May 31, 2016
Katie Ann Darr passed over to the other side on May 31, 2016. She was born on August 31, 1969 in Kansas City, Missouri to Joan and Norman Oehrle. She fought a hard, courageous fight against brain cancer for over a year. Her parents were both teachers in the Parkhill School District in Kansas City. They moved to Waverly, Missouri...
Bill Bernand
May 31, 2016
Bill “Gunny” Bernand, 73, of Moberly, passed away May 31, 2016. He was born July 14, 1942 in Moberly, MO to Roland Bernand and Cecelia Bledsoe Bernand. In November of 1982 in Bettendorf, IA he married Barbara Hotle who survives at home. Bill entered the Navy directly after high school and served his country honorably for eight years. Bill enjoyed...
Bonnie Jean Fisher
May 29, 2016
Bonnie Jean Fisher, 73, of Higbee passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at her home. Bonnie was born to Archie and Viola (Jesser) Nash on December 16, 1942 in Denver, Colorado. She married Henry L. Fisher in October of 1960 and were married for thirty-four years before he preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by...
William Gravitt
May 25, 2016
William Daniel “Wick” Gravitt, 83, of Moberly passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the Cameron Regional Medical Hospital. He was born May 29, 1932 in Moberly, MO to Eddie Gravitt and Helen Gibson Gravitt. Wick was a heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and talking on the CB radio. His handle was “Bald Eagle”. Wick even owned a...
Shirlee Meals
May 22, 2016
Shirlee Ann Meals, 81 of Moberly, passed away, Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Mark Twain Assisted Living in Moberly, MO. Shirlee was born March 8, 1935 in Cairo, MO to William Lester Webb and Mildred Duffield Webb. She was a lifelong resident of the Randolph County area and a member of the Jefferson Avenue Methodist Church. Shirlee enjoyed making crafts,...
Michael E. McCann
May 22, 2016
Michael E. “Mike” McCann, 74, of Madison passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at Monroe Manor in Paris, MO. Mike was born to Raymond D. and Juanita (Haley) McCann on January 24, 1942 in Middle Grove, MO. For over 50 years, Mike worked at what he loved, being a barber. He ran his own shop in Madison for over...
Ernest Esry
May 20, 2016
Allen Esry, 68, of Moberly, passed away May 20, 2016 at his home. Allen was born February 27, 1948 in Moberly, MO to Ernest Allen Esry Sr. and Belva Frances DeRigne. On September 10, 1965 he married Marilyn Switzer in Moberly and she survives of the home. Allen was a heavy equipment operator, farmer, and raised livestock most of his...
Myrtle Prather
May 19, 2016
Myrtle Arlene Prather, 84 of Cairo, passed away May 19, 2016 at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri. Myrtle was born May 29, 1931 to James and Rosa Howard Davidson in Waverly, Missouri. On December 28, 1949 she married Herman Prather and they made their home in the Cairo area for over sixty years. Myrtle enjoyed gardening, fishing, and watching...
Wilce Swindler
May 17, 2016
Wilce Allen Swindler, 70, of Columbia, Mo, passed away May 17, 2016. He was born on May 14, 1946 to Wilce Alford Swindler and Velma Ruth Swindler in Humansville, MO. Wilce grew up in southwest Missouri. He served his country honorably in the U. S. Air Force. He later relocated to the Stephens/Columbia area in 1974. He was a member...
Ronald Stansberry
May 14, 2016
Ronald L. Stansberry, Sr., 71, of Huntsville, passed away May 14, 2016 at the University Hospital in Columbia. Ronnie was born December 4, 1944 in Moberly to Wilfred Stansberry and Orma Arlene Kreitlow Stansberry. He was a lifelong resident of Randolph County and a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church. He worked for fifty years for Orscheln Industries on the...
James Avery
May 12, 2016
James Robert “Sonny” Avery, 73, of Moberly, passed away May 12, 2016 at Cox Hospital in Branson, MO. Sonny was born May 16, 1942 in Moberly, MO to William Robert Avery and Helen Virginia Roberts Avery. He married Ellen Howard on January 22, 1966 in Moberly. Sonny was a lifelong resident of Moberly where he worked in construction. He loved...
Norman Thomas
May 11, 2016
Norman Lee Thomas, 79, of Huntsville, passed away May 11, 2016. Norman was born October 5, 1936 in Huntsville, MO to Arnold Thomas and Sarah Burton Thomas. He was a lifelong resident of the Huntsville area. On June 2, 1957 he married Berva Daniels who preceded him in death. He later married Vicki Searson on October 17, 1992 in Moberly,...
Doris Lyons
May 8, 2016
Doris A. Lyons, 86, of Moberly went to be with her heavenly Father on Sunday, May 8, 2016. She was an inspiration and joy to everyone who knew her. She was a member of the Cairo Christian Church. Doris retired from Moberly Correctional Center. Those preceding her in death are her parents, her beloved husband, Chester Lyons, her sister, Catherine...
David Rasmussen
May 7, 2016
David William Rasmussen, 82, of Cairo passed away May 7, 2016 at his home. David was born to Jens Rasmussen and Elise Brethorst Rasmussen on March 21, 1934 in Iroquois County, IL. On September 3, 1960 he wed Marilyn Berg in Belvidere, IL. The couple has made the Randolph County community their home for the last 45 years. David enjoyed...
Russell Maddox
May 6, 2016
Russell Wayne Maddox, 62, of Huntsville, passed away at his home on May 6, 2016. Russell was born April 14, 1954 in Clarence, MO, the son of Lloyd and Maxine Grammer Maddox. He attended Clarence and South Shelby Schools and served in the United States Army. He retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad after 22 years of service. He enjoyed spending...
Phyllis Hunt
May 4, 2016
Phyllis Bloom Hunt, 90, a lifelong resident of Moberly, died early Wednesday morning, May 4th, 2016. She was born on January 2, 1926 to Alva and Helen Bloom in Joplin, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Raymond. Surviving are her son, Gregg Hunt of Moberly and his three children, their spouses and children: Drew...
Gladys Johnson
May 3, 2016
Gladys Virginia Johnson, 76, of Moberly, passed away May 3, 2016. She was born January 7, 1940 in Madison, Missouri to Floyd Barron and Mary Elizabeth Hunt Barron. Gladys was a resident of New Franklin for twenty plus years before returning to Moberly, where she had lived for the past thirteen years. She married Robert Johnson on August 21, 1978...
Bessie Herrin
Apr 30, 2016
Bessie Bea Herrin, 83, of Moberly, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016. Bessie was born January 22, 1933 to Lewis Ballew and Mary Fizer Ballew. Bessie was a lifelong area of the Moberly and Huntsville areas. She married James Herrin on October 10, 1953 in Huntsville, MO. Bessie was a member of the Ladies Auxilliary of the VFW. She was...
Floyd Rusher
Apr 25, 2016
Floyd Hartsell Rusher, 90, of Huntsville, passed away April 25, 2016. He was born to Roger Rusher and Myrtle Carroll Rusher on June 10, 1925 in Clarksville, Arkansas. Floyd spent the majority of his life in the Randolph County area where he made his living as a logger. He also enjoyed working on cars and equipment of all kinds. He...
Jerry W. Duncan
Apr 25, 2016
Jerry Wayne Duncan, 70, of Higbee passed away on Monday, April 25, 2016 with family by his side. Jerry was born to Edward Arnold and Letha (Gravitt) Duncan on March 8, 1946 in Higbee, Missouri. He and Virginia Lea Stone were married in 1968 and were married for 38 years before she preceded him in death in 2006. He was...
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