Obituaries

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...

Sep 26, 2017

DONALD E UNDERWOOD   1931 - 2017

Donald  E Underwood, 85, of Chillicothe, Missouri, went to be with the Lord while surrounded by his loving family at home on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

Visitation will be on Saturday, September 30, 2017 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home in Chillicothe,...

Sep 23, 2017

Steven Dale Jones, 57, of Gravois Mills, MO passed away September 23, 2017.

Steven was born December 28, 1960 in Kansas City Missouri.

He is survived by his daughters Ladonna Harris and Stephanie Rodriguez of Chillicothe; mother Wyletta Jones of Chillicothe; Sister Debra Head of Chillicothe; Brothers Michael Jones of Michigan, Jeffery Jones of Bosworth, seven...

Sep 4, 2017

Evelyn Skipper, 98, of Chillicothe MO passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017 at her home, under the care of her family and St. Luke’s Hospice.

Martha Evelyn Skipper was born in rural Chillicothe on August 30, 1919, the daughter of Fred Hargrave and Della Maude Boon Hargrave. She attended school at the Gibbs School House in...

Sep 3, 2017

Jerry Lee Condron of Dawn, MO, passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017 at his home in Dawn, under the care of his family and hospice. He was 73 years old.

Jerry was born December 12, 1943 in Chillicothe MO the son of Ralph Kirby Condron and Ruby Leona Perry Condron. He was a graduate of Tina-Avalon High...

Aug 26, 2017

Bobby Lee Russell, 76, of Kingston, MO passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Cameron Regional Medical Center, Cameron, MO.

Bob was born May 2, 1941 in Polo, MO the son of Harold Grafton Russell and Coleta Clute Russell. He was a graduate of Polo High School.

On July 23, 1961 Bob married Anita Gayle...

Jul 28, 2017

Marjorie Nadine James Still, 94, a life-long resident of Chillicothe, MO, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 at Hedrick Medical Center. She was born February 9, 1923 in Sampsel, MO the daughter of Lemuel S. & Bertha Troeger James. On December 9, 1943 she was united in marriage to Marion F. Still. To this union were two sons, Gary Ray...

Jul 22, 2017

Leroy Shockey, 82, of Chillicothe, MO passed away Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Morningside Center in Chillicothe. Leslie Leroy Shockey was born March 14, 1935 Trenton, MO, the son of Judd Shockey and Coral Stotts Shockey. He was a graduate of Trenton High School. In his younger years Leroy did body shop work at a car lot and then decided...

Jul 14, 2017

Raymond Hoyt 81, of Chillicothe, MO. Passed away July 14, 2017 at Livingston Manor under the care of his family and St. Lukes Hospice. Raymond was born at Blue Mound November 2, 1935, the son of Ray Lowell Hoyt and Mary Lucile Koehly Hoyt. He was a 1953 Chillicothe High School graduate. On October 14, 1956, Raymond married Rosalee Willard...

Jul 7, 2017

David Earl Cramer, a life-long farmer, of Ludlow MO, passed away Friday, July 7, 2017 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cameron MO at the age of 87. David was born in the rural Dawn area on January 25, 1930, the son of Herbert Cramer and Bessie Lee Jones Cramer. He attended Maple Grove Grade School and Dawn High School....

Jul 2, 2017

Bonnie Mae Head, 77, of Chillicothe, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2017 at Morningside Center in Chillicothe, under the care of her family and Three Rivers Hospice of Cameron MO. Bonnie was born in Chillicothe MO on May 16, 1940, the daughter of Melvin Russell Jacobs and Mabel LaBelle Howe Cox. She attended Chillicothe schools. She was an interior decorator...

Jun 28, 2017

John David Dillard, age 81, of Chillicothe, Missouri passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. John was born in Chillicothe on April 10, 1936. He graduated from Chillicothe High School in 1954 and served in the Army during the Korean War. John was the second employee hired at Donaldson manufacturing...