Obituaries

Howard Brown, Sr.

Howard Brown, Sr.

Dec 22, 2011

Howard Franklin Brown Jr., 81, of Chula, MO passed away at North Kansas City Hospital. Howard was born December 8, 1930 in Bethany, MO the son of Howard Franklin Brown Sr. and Vesta Flora Puls Brown.  He was a graduate of Bethany High School. He enlisted in the United States Navy and was a Korean War Veteran serving from 1950 -...

Roger Richey

Roger Richey

Dec 14, 2011

Roger Ken Richey, 63, of Chillicothe, MO died Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe under the care of his family and Hedrick Medical Center Hospice. Roger was born November 25, 1948 in Ludlow, MO the son Harold Earl Richey and Dorothy Elizabeth Atterbury Richey and he was a 1966 graduate of Southwest High School in Ludlow,...

Thomas Beedle

Thomas Beedle

Dec 9, 2011

Thomas S. Beedle, Age77, a resident of Chillicothe, MO died on Friday, December 9, 2011 at Liberty Hospital. He was born on July 31, 1934 in Kansas City, MO the son of Richard and Mary Juanita (Gann) Beedle. In 1964 he married Ina Sparks. At a young age his father died and his mother married Arthur Dryden of Chillicothe, MO...

Charlotte Condron

Charlotte Condron

Dec 3, 2011

Charlotte Sue Condron, 66, of Dawn, MO passed away December 3, 2011 at her home, under the care of her family and Hedrick Medical Center Hospice. Charlotte was born September 10, 1945 in Chillicothe, MO the daughter of E. Edwin Haynes and Ellenore Marie Johnson Haynes. She attended Blue Mound Elementary School and was a graduate of Tina-Avalon High school....

John Rupp Jr.

John Rupp Jr.

Nov 22, 2011

John Rupp Jr., 76, a life long resident of Chillicothe, MO passed away November 22, 2011. He attended St. Joseph’s Academy and St. Benedict’s College ( now Benedictine) in Atchison, KS. He owned and operated John Rupp Oil Co. in Chillicothe, MO. He is survived by his wife Dolores; sister Marjorie (Dr. Roy - deceased) Dampf; brother David (Sharon) Rupp;...

Pauline Webb

Pauline Webb

Nov 16, 2011

Pauline Webb, 78, of Chillicothe, MO passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011 surrounded by family after a short, but courageous battle with cancer. She was born on February 22, 1933 in Eufaula, Oklahoma, the daughter of the late William Jefferson Madewell and Letha Lucinda (Lawson) Madewell. She was one of seven children. She married Russell Lee Webb in 1951 and...

Gordon Livingston

Gordon Livingston

Nov 8, 2011

Gordon Gene Livingston, 69, of rural Chillicothe, MO passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at his home, under the care of his family and  Hedrick Medical Center Hospice. Gordon was born March 1, 1942 in Chillicothe, the son of Howard N. Livingston and Iris McGinity Livingston. He was a 1960 graduate of Chillicothe High School. Gordon was a Vietnam Veteran serving...

Glen Acree, Sr.

Glen Acree, Sr.

Nov 4, 2011

Glen Clifton Acree, Sr. 91, of Mooresville, MO died Friday, November 4, 2011 at Livingston Manor Care Center, Chillicothe, MO. Glen was born October 14, 1920 in Meadville, MO, the son of Paul Acree and Ella Blanche Lahman Acree and attended Chillicothe High School. He was a World War II Veteran, serving in the United States Army in the European,...

Paul Jones

Paul Jones

Oct 18, 2011

Paul Hardin Jones, 90, of Dawn, MO died Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Morningside Center in Chillicothe. Paul was born October 22, 1920 in Dawn, MO the son of Charles Benjamin Jones and Ethel Perryman Jones. He was a 1938 graduate of Chillicothe High School and served in the United States Navy Sea Bees from August 1945 thru June 1946....

Marguerite Treon

Marguerite Treon

Oct 4, 2011

Marguerite Ann Treon, 77, of St. Joseph, MO, formerly of Chillicothe, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at Heartland Hospital in St. Joseph. Marguerite was born December 10, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Smith Ferguson and Sarah Ellen Rees Ferguson. She was a graduate of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY., Marguerite married Russell Eugene Treon on March...

Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan

Oct 3, 2011

Helen Berry (Curran) Morgan, 88, of Cassville, MO. formerly of Chillicothe, MO, died Monday, October, 3, 2011 at Red Rose Health Care and Rehabilitation in Cassville. Helen was born September, 11, 1923 in Glasgow, Scotland the daughter of George Curran Sr. and Margaret Fleming Curran. She was a veteran of the British Royal Air Force, and was a part of...

Kenneth Thomson

Kenneth Thomson

Sep 20, 2011

Kenneth Leroy Thomson, 64 of Chillicothe, MO died Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at his home in Chillicothe, under the care of his family and Hedrick Medical Center Hospice Services. Kenneth Thomson was born March 1, 1947 in Kansas City, MO the son of James Adolph Thomson and Patricia Jane Herron Thomson.  He was a graduate of East High School in Kansas...

Jason McKee

Jason McKee

Sep 20, 2011

Jason Lee McKee was stillborn on September 20, 2011 at Wright Memorial Hospital, Trenton, MO. Jason was the son of Christina Elaine Gamble and Daniel McKee of Chillicothe, MO. He is also survived by two brothers, David Gamble and his twin, Austin Michael McKee; three sisters, Jessica Gamble, Amanda Gamble and Savannah McKee all of Chillicothe; maternal grandmother, Shirley Pride...

Mary Carpenter

Mary Carpenter

Sep 17, 2011

Mary Josephine (Woolsey) Carpenter, 95, of Chillicothe, MO,  died Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Indian Hills Nursing Home in Chillicothe. Mary was born December 1, 1915, the daughter of Elmer and Della (Treon) Woolsey in the Highland Community of Breckenridge, Missouri. Mary attended Trotter School, of Davies County until the age of 10, then started attending school at Breckenridge and graduated...

Mary McCown-Riddle

Mary McCown-Riddle

Sep 16, 2011

Mary Joan McCown-Riddle, 50, of Chillicothe, MO died Friday, September 16, 2011 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Mary Jo was born July 13, 1961 in Nevada, MO the daughter of Marvin Bley and Marjorie Seitz Bley. She was a graduate of Nevada High School and attended Southern Missouri State University in Springfield. In 1987 she married Gary...

Jane Walz

Jane Walz

Aug 28, 2011

Jane Eileen Walz, 95, of Chillicothe, MO, formerly of Mooresville, MO passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Eileen was born September 21, 1915 in Chillicothe, MO daughter of Ray E. Mosher Sr. and Florence Elsie Vencil Mosher. She was a graduate of Cameron High School. On December 20, 1936 Eileen married Edward Douglas...

Leland Darr

Leland Darr

Aug 12, 2011

Leland Richard Darr, 90,of Chillicothe, passed away Friday, August 12, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Richard was born September 18, 1920 in Chillicothe, the son of Oscar Darr and Susan Edith Hutchison Darr. He was a veteran, serving from May 1945 thru December 1946 in the United States Army during World War II in occupied Japan....

Janie Ballew

Janie Ballew

Jul 18, 2011

Des Moines, Iowa—Janie Louise Ballew, a native of Carroll County, died July 18 at home in Des Moines, Iowa. Born October 27, 1942 near Lathrop to Kenneth and Marjorie Grossman, Janie grew up in rural Carroll County in the Tina and Hale communities. She graduated from Hale High School in 1960, where she excelled in music and typing, and later...

Dorothy O'Dell

Dorothy O'Dell

Jul 11, 2011

Dorothy Mae O'Dell, 91, of Chillicothe, MO. passed away on Monday, July 11,2011 at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. Dorothy was born November 17, 1919 in Bosworth, MO. the daughter of William Henry Henderson and Flora Berrier Henderson.  She attended school in Bosworth.  On September 3, 1935 Dorothy married Ralph Woodrow O'Dell in Keytesville, MO.  He preceded her in death in 1967. Dorothy...

Beverly Spears

Beverly Spears

Jul 6, 2011

Beverly Jean Spears, 61, of Chillicothe, MO passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at Boone County Memorial Hospital in Columbia, MO. Beverly was born December 16, 1949 in Chillicothe, MO the daughter of Edgar Franklin McKiddy and Lorna Bernice Wilson McKiddy. She was a graduate of Truman University, Kirksville, MO. On August 30, 1969 Beverly married Michael P. Spears in...