Obituaries

Aug 23, 2019

Connie Sue Childers, 63, of Chillicothe, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019 at Livingston Manor in Chillicothe, under the care of St. Lukes Hospice and her dearest friends.

Connie was born April 8, 1956 to parents, Clarence “Bunny” and Genevieve “Pat” Thompson Childers. She graduated from Chillicothe High School. Connie lived 63 years on the same property...

Aug 12, 2019

Albert Leroy Reeter, age 89, passed away Monday, August 12, 2019 at his home in Chillicothe.

Albert was born April 13, 1930 in Springhill to parents Leo Cobett and Arminta Mae Davis Reeter. He was a lifelong farmer in Livingston County. He married his wife, Geraldine, on November 10, 1956 at the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church near...

Aug 11, 2019

Betty Louise (Boyd) Bigelow Scott, 95, of Chillicothe, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2019 at Livingston Manor.

Betty was born March 22, 1924 in Chillicothe to parents Tommy and Lela Mae Scott Boyd. She worked for 36 years at the Lambert glove factory earning a supervisor position before retirement.

She enjoyed dancing and loved to...

Aug 11, 2019

Fredrick Oliver Riggins 87, of Chillicothe passed away on Sunday August 11, 2019 under the care of his family and Three Rivers Hospice. Mr. Riggins was born March 12, 1932 in Marco, IN to Harrison and Inez (Mc Combs) Riggins.

Fredrick enlisted in the US Air Force in 1951 during the Korean Conflict.  He married Kinue Sato...

Aug 10, 2019

Virginia Lee Jewell Holtzclaw, 71, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Saturday, August 10, 2019 at her home.

Virginia was born December 21, 1947, the daughter of Jesse and Margaret Jewell in Chillicothe, Missouri. She attended Chillicothe High school.

She worked serving the public as a waitress, cook and bartender.

Virginia enjoyed fishing, going...

Jul 30, 2019

Connie Jo Singleton, 67, of Chillicothe passed away at her home just south of Chillicothe.

Connie was born in Chillicothe, April 12, 1952, the daughter of Sam Brown and Betty Helm Bowling. She graduated Hale Public School and continued her schooling at Central Missouri College and received her teaching degree in special education. She later received her...

Jul 20, 2019

Steven Duane Graves, 61, of Marshall, MO.  passed away at his home on Saturday, July 20, 2019.

Steven was born July 26, 1957 in Chillicothe to Betty Jane Graves Coberley and Gerald Coberley.  Steve was a graduate of Wheeling High School.

He worked for Hayes Wheel in Marshall, Mo for 29 years and was planning...

Jul 16, 2019

Otis Monroe Ireland, 92, of Chillicothe, MO passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, MO.

Otis was born in Chula, MO on December 27, 1926, the son of Enoch R. Ireland and Lillian Gertrude Mace Ireland and he attended Chula schools. He then joined the United States Navy in 1944, serving...

Jul 5, 2019

William Daniel Coberley, 86, of Chillicothe, passed away Friday, July 5, 2019 at Hedrick Medical Center.

William Daniel Coberley was born in Chula, MO on May 15, 1933 to Jesse Felver and Agnas Mae Wilson Coberley. He was a 1952 graduate of Chillicothe High School.

He served in the United States Army from May 1953...

Jun 27, 2019

Jane Elizabeth (Scruby) Phillips passed away at her home on Thursday, June 27, 2019.  Jane was born in a blizzard on Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1934, to Stanley Reed and Elsie Adella Minghini Scruby, in Chillicothe.  She attended Chillicothe schools, graduating in 1952.  Jane played the piano for many events in school, and was in the band, where she...

Jun 26, 2019

Sherman Garst, 81, of Ludlow, Missouri, passed away at Livingston Manor in Chillicothe, under the care of his family and St. Luke’s Hospice.

Sherman Garst was born February 24, 1938 in Wichita, Kansas the son of Rufus Montgomery Garst and Carrie Emmaline Snider Garst. He was a graduate of Mooresville High School. On January 24, 1959 he...

Jun 12, 2019

Patricia Louise Kinnison, 73, of Chillicothe passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2019 under the care of her family and St. Lukes Hospice at Livingston Manor in Chillicothe.

Patricia was born October 4, 1945 in Chillicothe to parents Herman C. Childs and Norma L. Jones Childs. She worked many years as an Administrative Assistant at Citizens Bank &...

Jun 6, 2019

Wanda Jean Stottlemyre, age 81 of Chillicothe, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2019 at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, MO. Wanda was born August 5, 1937 in Chula, MO to Ray Swagerty and Sylvia (Frizzell) Swagerty. She married Chester Paul Stottlemyre in Arkansas, while he was in the service. He preceded her in death on October 29, 1971.

May 29, 2019

Mary Christine (Bower) Clemens died Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.

Mary was born June 08, 1958 to Helen A. Potter and Robert O. Bower in Perry, Iowa. She was the youngest of the three children; older siblings Barbra Anne and Richard Thomas. Mary graduated from Ames High School, Ames, IA, and attended...

May 26, 2019

Allen Moore III, of Chillicothe, MO, Green Valley, AZ, and Carolina Meadows, NC, died May 26, 2019 at age 95.   Allen was born on August 17, 1923 to Allen Moore II and Helen Huey Moore.  He was preceded in death by his parents and by his two sisters, Martha Amma Hamshaw and Mary Ann Arneson Liddell.   He is survived...

May 26, 2019

Elbert Allan Timmons, 76, of Meadville, Passed away Sunday, May 26, 2019 at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

Allan was born on March 30, 1943 in Chillicothe the son of Jesse Hosler Timmons and Velma Lotus Clarkson Timmons. He was a graduate of Meadville High School. Allan married Janese Kilburn November 15, 1964 at Calvary Baptist in...

Apr 30, 2019

Carol Jean (Brookshier) Dupree, age 62, died Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at her home in St. Joseph, MO. She was born December 21, 1956 in Chillicothe, MO the daughter of Russell Dean and Jean Gertrude (Gann) Brookshier. On August 28, 1976 at the Hale, MO United Methodist Church she married Victor McCracken, they divorced in 1981. On November 27,...

Apr 30, 2019

Michael B. Schoonover, 53, of Dawn, Missouri, passed away on April 30th, 2019 in the comfort of his home, surrounded by family, after a hard-fought battle against gastric cancer.

Michael was born on August 18, 1965 in Kirksville, Missouri to Emily Pauline Probasco and Jerry Mitchell Southern.  Mike is survived by both of his parents and stepmother,...

Apr 18, 2019

Terry Lee Lewis, 72, of Braymer passed away Thursday April 18, 2019 at the Kansas City Hospice House.

Terry was born August 2, 1946 in Brookfield the son of William Lewis and Mary Ella Mace Lewis. He graduated from South West High School. Terry married Marti Crookshank August 14, 1965 at the Utica Baptist Church.

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Apr 18, 2019

Barbara (Sprague)  Kunzer, 78 of Chillicothe, MO. passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019 at Indian Hills Nursing Home.

Barbara was born February 25, 1941 in Utica MO., the daughter of Arnold Ora (Ted) Sprague and Vivian Ilene (Bigelow) Sprague.

She was a graduate of Mooresville High School and attended Gard Business College in St. Joseph....