May 10, 2018

Bobby Leonard Watkins 62, of Chillicothe passed away Thursday, May 10, 2018 at his home.

Bobby was born March 11, 1956 in Coffey, Missouri, the son of Clay Orvil Watkins and Norma Jean Holley Watkins.

Bobby liked wood working, leather working and Harley Davidson Motorcycles. Most of all, he liked his family time, grandchildren and...

May 5, 2018

Brian Wayne Oertwig, 46, of Chula, MO died Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO.

Brian was born April 9, 1972 in Chillicothe, MO, The son of Ann Oertwig and Dean Oertwig. He was a graduate of Kennedy High School in Kennedy TX.

Brian was a member...

May 1, 2018

Vickie Sue Gibson, 69, of Braymer MO passed away Monday, May 1, 2018 at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe.

Lura Victoria Sue Gibson was born August 18, 1948 in Red Oak, Iowa the daughter of John Frederick Merryfield and Joeann Louise Erickson Merryfield. The family moved to Utica MO when she was young and she graduated from...

Apr 15, 2018

Judy Faye Alkire, 69, of Dawn MO passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018 at St. Luke’s Hospital North, North Kansas City MO.

Judy was born in California MO on November 15, 1948, the daughter of Delbert David Murphy and Edith Mae Anderson Murphy. She was a graduate of California High School and attended Trenton Junior College, Trenton...

Mar 31, 2018

Eugene Paul Olson

Eugene Paul Olson, 65, of Dawn, Missouri passed away Saturday March, 31 2018 at his home.

Eugene was born September 24, 1952 in Clarion, Iowa to parents Donald and Janice Olson. He was a graduate of Lanesboro High school in Minnesota.  He proudly served his country in the US Army from 1971...

Mar 24, 2018

Darrell Dean Pepper

Darrell Dean Pepper, 83, of Chillicothe, passed away at his home on Saturday, March 24, 2018, under the care of his family and St. Luke’s Hospice.

Darrell was born July 29, 1934, in rural Chillicothe, the son of Karl Dixon Pepper and Eva Elnora Davis Pepper. He was a 1952 graduate of...

Feb 15, 2018

Donna Oletha Joyce Ewing Dowell went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 15, 2018 following a short illness, hospitalization and hospice care. She was born on April 1, 1935 to Harry Otis and Ida Mae Ewing. She resided most of her life in Chillicothe where people lovingly referred to her as “Precious” Joyce.

She...

Feb 6, 2018

Mrs. Sharon Wheeler, age 67, of Jefferson City passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born February 1, 1951 in Savannah, Missouri a daughter of the late Forrest Alvin Hess Sr. and Francis Marie (Searcy) Hess.

On June 10, 1968 she was united in marriage to Gary Michael Wheeler...

Feb 4, 2018

Floyd Junior Thomas, 85, of Chillicothe, MO died Sunday, February 4, 2018 at the Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO.

Floyd was born March 20, 1932 in Dawn, MO, the son of Floyd Earl Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Triplett Thomas. He was a graduate of Avalon High School.

He was a United States Navy Veteran...

Feb 2, 2018

Shirley Ann Pollock, 71 of Chillicothe, passed away on Friday, February 2, 2018 at her residence in Chillicothe.

Shirley was born in Trenton, MO, on February 6, 1946, the daughter of George Wesley Goodman and Amanda Ellen Whitworth Goodman. She attended Sampsel School. Shirley was 16 when her father died and she went to work at Lambert...

Jan 30, 2018

Patricia May Arthaud died at her home in Trenton, Missouri, January 30. 2018. She was born in Berkeley, California, April 27, 1943, daughter of William Clarence and Juanita Marie (Seratt) Garrett. She married Fred Lee Arthaud in Pagedale, Missouri, January 27, 1963. Dr. Arthaud retired in 2002 from the faculty of North Central Missouri College.

She is...

Jan 28, 2018

Raymond Lee Sanson

It is always hard see to the light of a loved one leave after they get called home.

Raymond Lee Sanson passed away Sunday January 28, 2018 at the age of 74. He was born March 22, 1943 to parents Charles and Leona Sanson in Chillicothe, MO.

Raymond worked at...

Jan 12, 2018

Obituary for Herbert Gehrig Coleman

Herbert Gehrig (Gehrig) Coleman, 64, died Friday, January 12, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City of a ruptured aorta. Gehrig was a talented writer and orator, and an enthusiastic scholar of music, history, and culture. He was a champion of diversity, and people of all races and social classes were his...

Jan 3, 2018

Dorene Hussey of Braymer, Mo. passed away January 3, 2018.  Dorene was born on June 30, 1939 in Dawn Mo.  She was a graduate of Tina Avalon School.  On October 31, 1957,  she united in marriage to Robert Dale Kirkendoll.  To this union a son, Robert “Kent” Kirkendoll was born.  Dorene spent most of her...

Dec 5, 2017

Rob P. Kellison, 59, of Chula, MO passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at his home, under the care of his family and Hospice Compassis.

Robin Park Kellison was born September 26, 1958 in Denver CO, the son of Kent Kelly Kellison and Dotty Glee Moore Kellison. He was a 1977 graduate of Chillicothe High...

Nov 18, 2017

Forrest Alvin Hess, Jr., 72, of Chillicothe, passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017 at North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO.

Forrest was born in rural Linn County near Trenton MO on April 3, 1945, the son of Forrest Alvin Hess, Sr. and Wilma Claire Pryor Hess. He was a 1964 graduate of...

Oct 23, 2017

Barbara Maxine Hightower, 74, of Utica, MO passed away Monday, October 23, 2017 at her home in Utica, under the care of her family and St. Luke’s Hospice.

Barbara was born in Salem, IA on June 10, 1943, the daughter of Fay Sylvester Cosgrove and Nevada Pearl Norman Cosgrove. She was a graduate of Southwest High School...

Oct 13, 2017

Ronald Eugene Buttz, 83, of Mooresville MO, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017 at his home in Mooresville.

Ronald was born October 2. 1934 in Fort Dodge Iowa, the son of Lewis Eugene Buttz and Pearl Ann Cibert Buttz.

He served in United States Navy on the USS Cadmus AR14.

On...

Oct 5, 2017

James  Boyd Love, 72, of Chillicothe, MO passed away Thursday, October 5, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, MO.

James was born June 22, 1945 in Gallatin, MO the son of Manford Nelson Love and Josephine Sharp Love. He attended Gallatin schools.

In 1965 he married Marilyn Sue McCoy at St. Columban’s...

Sep 28, 2017

Randy Lee Garst, 58, of Chillicothe, MO, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2017 at his residence in Chillicothe.

Randy was born in Chillicothe, the son of Rufus Sherman Garst and Donna Marie Caldwell Garst. He was a 1978 graduate of Southwest R 1 High School.

He worked for several years at the Chillicothe...