Obituaries
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...
Linda Ward
Apr 24, 2016
Linda Ward, 51, of Moberly, passed away at Moberly Regional Medical Center on April 24, 2016. Linda was born June 13, 1964 in Kennett, MO to Johnny Ward and Gwendolyn Darnell Cranford Ward. She lived in Kennett the majority of her life, attending school there, and moved to Moberly about four years ago. Linda loved caring for children and made...
Elizabeth Sullivan
Apr 21, 2016
Libbi Sullivan, 72, of Moberly, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016, at Boone Hospital, after a brief illness. Libbi was born Elizabeth Lee Gurwell on March 20, 1944 in Moberly to Richard and Frances (Hamilton) Gurwell. In October of 1969 she married Jack Sullivan of Moberly. Those preceding her in death are her parents, her husband and her son, Scott...
Naomi Elizabeth Christian
Apr 19, 2016
Naomi Elizabeth Christian, 87, of Higbee passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Moberly Nursing & Rehab. Naomi was born to Roy William and Elizabeth Myrtle (Grant) Lee on October 27, 1928 in Salisbury, Missouri. She married Charles Christian and they resided in Higbee for many years. Naomi was a cook for Memorial Hospital, Reed’s Corner and was a...
Robert C. Wright
Apr 17, 2016
Robert Charles Wright, 67, formerly of Moberly passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at his home in Columbia. Robert was born June 11, 1948 in Marceline, Missouri to Forest “Speck” Lee and Mildred Lee (Hedrick) Wright. Robert was a Mizzou fan, loved animals, and enjoyed spending time with his family. He retired from Associated Electric in Thomas Hill after...
Elizabeth James
Apr 15, 2016
Elizabeth (Betty) Louise Hedge James was born April 5, 1924 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Martha Elizabeth Jones and Clarence Hedge. As first child to Lilly and Clarence, Betty looked after her younger sister Barbara as a mother and older sister would do when their mother died unexpectedly in 1932. Their father later remarried and had three more children, Harold,...
Norval VanHouten
Apr 10, 2016
Norval Freeman Van Houten, 84, of Moberly passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at his home. He was born October 22, 1931 to Norval Farrington and Margaret Fetter Van Houten in Macon, MO. On September 17, 1950 he married Juilane Ann Chevalier and they spent the next 65 years in the Moberly area. Freeman honorably served his country in the...
Laurence Hughes
Apr 9, 2016
Laurence Conklin Hughes, 79, of Huntsville passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at his home. He was born February 7, 1937 to Truman Hughes and Christine Taylor Hughes in Yates, MO. Laurence was a graduate of Lincoln High School and a resident of Randolph County for most of his life. He honorably served his country from 1955 to 1976 during...
Helen Elsberry
Apr 6, 2016
Helen Lorraine Elsberry, 84, of Moberly, passed away April 6, 2016 at her home. Helen was born March 18, 1932 in Moberly, MO to George Clickner and Willa Mae Williams Clickner. She married Bob Earl Elsberry on June 10, 1950 at the First Christian Church in Moberly. Helen worked in retail sales at Smart Wear and Ken’s Menswear in downtown...
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