Obituaries

Nov 22, 2013

BETTY J. WALKER Betty Jean Toops Walker, age 70, of St. Francisville, MO, died Friday, November 22, 2013 in the Golden Age Nursing Home in Braymer, MO. Betty was born May 21, 1943 at rural Alexandria, MO, one of ten children of John Earl "Tony" and Nellie Katherine Dennison Toops. On August 8, 1965 she was married to Terry...

Nov 21, 2013

SEPTEMBER GALE FOX September Gale Fox, infant daughter of Scott Fox and Sarah Stark, was stillborn on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Scotland Co. Memorial Hospital in Memphis, MO. She was anxiously anticipated by her parents to be born in February, 2014. Survivors include her parents, Scott L. Fox and Sarahelizabeth Stark of Canton, MO; brother, Quintin Starks...

Nov 12, 2013

LOUISE WALLINGFORD Louise Wallingford, age 90, of Farmington, IA (Clark Co., MO) passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, IA. Louise was born February 11, 1923 at Williamstown, MO, a daughter of Edgar and Nannie Nichols Oard. She and Charles Wallingford were married on December 21, 1941, in Louisiana, MO, by a...

Nov 9, 2013

SCOTT ADAMS Scott Adams, age 37 of Williamstown, MO, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 in Wyaconda, MO. Scott Adams was born February 16, 1976 at Memphis, MO, a son of Charles and Christina Webster Adams. Survivors include his mother and step-father, Christina and Lloyd Brookhart of Wyaconda, MO; his father, Charlie Adams of Gorin, MO; grandfather, Charles Adams of...

Nov 8, 2013

EDWARD D. ROCKHOLD Edward D. Rockhold, age 63, of Wayland, MO, died Friday, November 8, 2013 in the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, following complications from a stroke. Ed was born February 19, 1950 in Keokuk, IA, a son of Richard and Mary Belle Toops Rockhold. He married Carolyn Shea and they were the parents...

Nov 4, 2013

RICHARD F. GREGORY Richard F. Gregory, age 94, of Kahoka, MO, died Monday, November 4, 2013 in the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka. Richard was born May 7, 1919 at Clark City in Clark County, MO, a son of Richard F. "Lynn" and Eva P. Levengood Gregory. He married Lucille M. Sheffler on June 7, 1941. She preceded...

Oct 27, 2013

PATRICIA ANN LAMASTER Patricia Ann LaMaster, age 53, of Kahoka, MO, died unexpectedly on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at her home. She was born July 16, 1960 in Keokuk, IA, a daughter of Raymond Cecil and Helen M. Felker Morrison. She married William Benedict and together they had four children, Josh, Andrew, Kevin and Emily. She later married Ronald...

Oct 24, 2013

IRENE E. BRUNK Irene E. Brunk, age 81, of Kahoka, MO, died Thursday, October 24, 2013 in Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. Irene was born April 30, 1932 in Kahoka, MO, the daughter of Orlanda and Edna Hess Muhrer. She married Jerry Lee Brunk on January 8, 1955 at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Kahoka. He preceded...

Oct 20, 2013

DELPHENE YATES Neva Delphene Yates, age 79, of Kahoka, MO, died Sunday, October 20, 2013 in the emergency room of Scotland Co. Memorial Hospital in Mempis, MO. She was born April 29, 1934 in Greentop, MO, a daughter of Steven and Irene Jones Butler. She married James Elmer Yates on August 12, 1951. He preceded her in death on...

Oct 19, 2013

THELMA FLORENCE EDLEN O'DAY Thelma Florence Edlen O'Day, age 90, of Kahoka, MO, died peacefully Saturday, October 19, 2013 in the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. Thelma was born May 7, 1923, a twin daughter of Clyde Newton and Florence Iona Soper Edlen. She and Donald Mac O'Day were married September 6, 1942 at the Kahoka Christian...

Oct 11, 2013

On October 11, 2013 Dorothy Evelyn Mitchell Jobst formerly of Kahoka, Mo went to be with her Lord and maker leaving her home in Garner N.C. Dorothy was born October 16, 1939 to George Amon Mitchell and Mary Ellen James Mitchell. On August 9, 1980 she married Kevin Barry Jobst.

Dorothy will always remain in the hearts...

Sep 23, 2013

STANLEY L. PEPPLE, SR. Stanley Pepple, Sr., age 94, of St. Francisville, MO, died Monday, September 23, 2013 at the Montebello Healthcare Center in Hamilton, Illinois. Stanley Leon Pepple, Sr. was born February 28, 1919, on a farm near Warsaw, Illinois. The sixth of seven children born to William Henry and Lillian Margaret Fischer Pepple, he was christened Leon...

Sep 20, 2013

TIMOTHY W. BEAIRD Timothy W. Beaird, age 55, of Kahoka, MO, died unexpectedly on Friday, September 20, 2013 at his home. He was born October 17, 1957 at Keokuk, IA, a son of Wayne and Pauline Riedel Beaird. He married Malinda Joy Coffman on February 11, 1984 at the First Baptist Church in Kahoka. Survivors include his wife, Joy,...

Sep 18, 2013

MAXINE HUNZIKER Dora Maxine Hunziker, age 89, of Kahoka, MO, passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2013 while a patient in the Keokuk Area Hospital. Maxine was born August 27, 1924 in Kahoka, MO, a daughter of Carl and Bernice Arnold Neuendorf. She married Harlan E. Hunziker on April 1, 1944 in Santa Anna, CA, while Harlan was serving in...

Sep 15, 2013

JEANETTE E. BRISCOE Jeanette E. Briscoe, age 86, of Kahoka, formerly of Williamstown, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013 in the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka. Jeanette was born February 10, 1927 in Kahoka, a daughter of Walter S. and Elizabeth Gram Alexander. She married Wayne D. "Dobbin" Briscoe on December 22, 1951. He preceded her in death...

Aug 31, 2013

Lawrence E. Edmondson, age 59, of Medill, MO, died Saturday, August 31, 2013 at his home. Lawrence was born July 23, 1954 at Keokuk, IA, the son of Kenneth Eugene and Dorothy Russell Edmondson. He married Brenda Ewart and they were the parents of three children: Chad, Todd, and Nicole. Survivors include his children, Todd Edmondson and Nicole Edmondson,...

Aug 30, 2013

ELIZABETH PLENGE Elizabeth Plenge, age 92, of Medill, MO, passed away Friday, August 30, 2013 at the Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. Elizabeth was born September 11, 1920 at Ashton, MO, the daughter of Jesse and Bertha Ann Simpson Hayden. She married August L. Plenge on November 18, 1937 in Memphis, MO. He preceded her in death on...

Aug 14, 2013

RONALD E. CHRISTNER Ronald Edwin Christner, age 74, of Wayland, MO, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 in the emergency room of Lincoln Co. Medical Center in Troy, MO. Ron was born October 26, 1938, in Lockridge, IA, a son of Dale Edwin and Darlene Hendricks Christner. He married Carolyn Miller and they were the parents of...

Aug 11, 2013

BARON TERANCE "TERRY" CRONE Baron Terance "Terry" Crone, age 75, of rural Alexandria, MO, died Sunday, August 11, 2013 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, IA, following a courageous battle with cancer. Terry was born July 8, 1938, in Liverpool, England, a son of Joseph Baron and Mabel Orritt Crone. He married Margaret Johnson and they...

Aug 9, 2013

JAMES RICHARD GARDNER James Richard Gardner, age 58, of Kahoka, MO, died Friday, August 9, 2013 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. Jim was born March 23, 1955 in Keokuk, IA, a son of Donald Richard and Delora Alderton Gardner. Survivors include his mother, Delora, of Kahoka, MO; two brothers, Dan Gardner of Grimes, IA and Scott (Angie) Gardner...