Obituaries
Geneva May Pemberton
Mar 2, 2025
Geneva May Pemberton, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in Bosworth, Missouri on Sunday, March 2, 2025. She was born outside Dawn, Missouri on March 8, 1930 to parents, John Harris & Margaret E. Warren.
Geneva was united in marriage to Lester Brooks Reid of Dawn on September 26, 1947 at the Linwood Methodist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. After...
Leta Irene McNally
Feb 24, 2025
Leta Irene McNally 97, of Chillicothe, MO passed away at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, on February 24, 2025. Leta was born to parents Frank Stilabower and Stella Miller on September 18th, 1927 in Golden City, Missouri. She worked many years at the Livingston County Courthouse in the County Clerk and Treasurer’s Office. Leta also spent many years...
Ida Lorene Thomson
Feb 13, 2025
Ida Lorene (Jones) Thomson, 77, of Chillicothe, MO., passed away Thursday February 13, 2025 at Stonebridge Senior Living in Chillicothe, MO, under the care of Three Rivers Hospice Inc.
Ida was born February 9, 1948 in Chillicothe, MO the daughter of William Franklin Jones and Willadean (Hayes) Jones. On February 23, 1974 Ida married Kenneth Leroy Thomson...
Edward Lee Barron
Feb 2, 2025
Edward "Shorty" Lee Barron, a lifelong resident of the Dawn community, passed away on February 2, 2025, in Cameron, Missouri. A graveside memorial service will be held at Enon Baptist Church on Saturday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m.
Shorty was born on January 14, 1947, to Nelson and Una "Wooden" Barron in Carroll County on his family's...
Larry Dean Ward
Jan 29, 2025
Larry Dean Ward 77, of Chula, MO passed away at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, MO on January 29th, 2025. Larry was born to loving parents, Norman Ward, and Betty Ward on August 19, 1947. He attended Chillicothe High School and joined the Marine Corps soon after. Larry married Sherry King on June 10, 1968 in independence and...
Billy Jack Rist
Jan 26, 2025
Billy Jack Rist, 70, of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Life Care Center in Brookfield, MO. Billy was born on August 3th, 1954 to loving parents, Jack Harvey Rist and Mildred Jean McNally Rist. After graduating from high school Billy served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Upon returning home...
Marilyn Jean Whiteside
Jan 25, 2025
Marilyn Jean (Forby) Whiteside, age 91, of Lakeville, Minnesota, passed away early the morning of January 25, 2025 from the side effects of dementia and old age. Family and the amazing staff at Highview Hills were by her side. Marilyn was born in Faulkton, South Dakota on June 12, 1933 to parents Harold and Lois (Ross) Forby. As...
Patsy Sue Jenkins
Jan 2, 2025
Patsy Sue Jenkins 80, of Wheeling, Missouri, passed away on January 2, 2025 at Livingston Manor in Chillicothe, MO. Patsy was born on December 2nd, 1944 to parents, Pearl Robert Simpson and Mary “Louise” Simpson who loved her with all their hearts.
Patsy married Gary Gordon Jenkins and shared a beautiful life together until his passing in...
Sheila Ann Reardon
Dec 27, 2024
Sheila Ann Readon 62, of Breckenridge, Mo. Passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024 in her home with surrounded by her family. She was born on November 13, 1962 to her parents Martha Pratt and L.J. Wayman. Sheila work at Star Quilt for several years she then went on to married Timothy Reardon on September 8, 2006 in...
Catherine Elizabeth Cooper Beckner Rosson
Dec 19, 2024
Catherine E. Cooper Beckner Rosson
Catherine Rosson, of Brookfield, Missouri, passed away on December 19, 2024, at the Boone Hospital Comfort Care Unit. Catherine was born December 25, 1929, in Chillicothe to parents Lewis and Lena Cooper. She was the youngest of a large, loving family of four sisters and one brother. She graduated from Chillicothe High School and spent her...
Karen L. Hamilton
Dec 8, 2024
Karen L. Corzette Hamilton 82, of Chillicothe, MO passed away on December 8, 2024 at Hedrick Medical Center. Karen was born on September 10, 1942 to parents Abie and Bertha P. Moore Corzette. She graduated from Wheeling High School class of 1960, then was an Employee for Omaha Mutual, Parents Cooperative School, Jeddah Saudi Arabia, she then worked...
Wilma Louise Smith
Dec 1, 2024
Wilma Louise (Hofmeister) Smith went to be with her Lord early on December 1, 2024, at age 102.
Wilma was born March 4, 1922, in Clearfield, Iowa, the third child of William and Anna (McLaury) Hofmeister. She graduated from Clearfield High School where she played basketball.
Wilma married her life partner, Myron Howard Smith, on January...
Bobby Dale Maberry
Nov 30, 2024
Bobby Dale Maberry 91, of Liberty, Missouri, formally of Wheeling, passed away on November 30th, 2024 at Liberty Hospital. Bob was born on August 15th, 1933 in his parent’s home near Dawn, Missouri. His parents, James O. Maberry and Reva Ellen Perry Maberry loved him with all their hearts.
After high school, he joined the Army and...
Carolyn Jo Hicks Stephens
Nov 18, 2024
Carolyn Jo Hicks Stephens 87, a resident of Chillicothe, MO passed away on November 18, 2024 at Liberty Hospital.
Carolyn was born the first and only daughter of Joseph M and Dorothy Cooper Hicks on December 7, 1936 near Lock Springs, Missouri. Carolyn attended grade school in Lock Springs and graduated from High School in Chillicothe, Missouri with class of...
Charlotte Louise Lehnhoff
Nov 17, 2024
Charlotte Louise Lehnhoff, 80 of Chillicothe, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City, Missouri while holding the hand of her beloved husband.
Charlotte was born to Harry and Maxine (Sharp) Hudson on July 12, 1944, in Carrolton, Missouri. Charlotte graduated from Carrollton High School in 1961, attended Chillicothe Cosmetology School and was...
Ruth Ann Faubion
Nov 13, 2024
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so, it goes on flying"
Ruth Ann Faubion, age 56, of Humboldt, TN. gained her heavenly legs on November 13th 2024. She was born on June 25, 1968 to Frank and Peggy Faubion in Highland Park, Illinois. Ruth was a 1986 graduate of...
Traci Case
Nov 12, 2024
Traci Renee Case age 61, of Chillicothe, MO. Passed away on November 12, 2024 at her home. She was born on June 8th, 1963 in Chillicothe the daughter of Rodney Lee Case and Delores Sue Reeter Case. Traci was a 1981 graduate of Chillicothe High School.
Traci worked for several years as a server at Golden Coral...
Joeann Osborn
Nov 11, 2024
Joeann Osborn 93, passed away on November 11, 2024 at Stonebridge Senior Living in Chillicothe, Missouri surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 9th, 1931 in Red Oak, Iowa to parents Walter Erickson and Olga Erickson. In 1947 she married John Merryfied and together they had three daughters. She later married Robert Osborn.
Joeann...
Patricia Hendrix
Nov 11, 2024
Patricia Hendrix 90 passed away on November 11, 2024 at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri. She was born on February 28th, 1934 in Inglewood, California.
Patricia loved the great outdoors! She enjoyed gardening, hiking, and spending time with her animals out in the countryside. Especially her dogs! Patricia loved spending time with her two sons and...
Gary Gillilan
Oct 27, 2024
Gary Dean Gillilan, 84, of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. Born on February 8, 1940, Gary was the beloved son of Jerry B. Gillilan and Mary Margaret (Grouse) Gillilan. A proud 1958 graduate of Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Missouri, he later dedicated several years to working with...


