Recent Obituaries

Kevin Alan Goosey, 56, of Memphis died Friday morning, June 7, 2019 as a result of injuries in an automobile accident. He was born the son of Jackie Lee Goosey and Mary Ann (Crawford) Williams on January 18, 1963 in Kirksville. Kevin spent the majority of of his youth in Memphis where he enjoyed everything […]

Luella Mae Jones, 82, of Memphis, died Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. She was born the daughter of Alva Marion and Martha Rosa (Clatt) Sears on March 21, 1937 in Scotland County. She graduated from Granger High School in 1955. Luella married Wendell Elbert Jones. For many years […]

John Ray Poe, 64, of Cantril, died Sunday, April 7, 2019 at his home He was born the son of Virgil Ray and Maddie Jean (Hillman) Poe on August 26, 1954 in Decker, MI. John graduated from high school and entered the United States Army on November 30, 1973. Upon release from the service, John […]

Joan DeRosear, 88, of Memphis died Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born Kathryn Joan Fetters, the daughter of John & Mary Cecelia (Delaney) Fetters on December 22, 1930 in Ft. Madison, Iowa. Joan married Dwight A. DeRosear on August 8, 1952 in St. Mary’s Church in Adair, MO. […]

Arlo Leroy Trueblood, 83, of Arbela died Monday, March 25, 2019 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of Glenn and Margaret Jenny (Finch) Trueblood on September 16, 1935 in Ottumwa, Iowa. Arlo married the former Carolyn Stamp on December 23, 1960 in Clarence. The Truebloods settled in Arbela where they […]

Dale Richard McLeland, 75, of Arbela, Missouri, died Friday, March 1, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis, Missouri. Dale was born September 8, 1943 in Scotland County, Missouri, to Craig and Marguerite Jones McLeland. When he was three years old, his family moved to Cantril, Iowa, where he received his elementary education. After […]

Nancy (Oliver) Clatt, 72, of Memphis died Thursday, February 25, at Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. She was born the daughter of Charles and Nellie Kathleen (Cravens) Oliver on July 9, 1946 in Rock Island, IL. Nancy worked as a waitress and at the glove factory in Edina when she was younger. She had […]

Deborah Ann Phillips Leffel died February 26, 2019 at her home in Cantril, IA. She was born July 21, 1950, to Edward and Dorothy (Siefken) Phillips in Burlington, IA. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1968. Deborah married Dennis L. Knotts July 26, 1968. They later divorced in 1983. On May 11, 1985 she […]

Joe Dean Cline, 62, of Downing, MO, died February 25, 2019 at his home. He was born March 17, 1956, at Graham Hospital in Keokuk, IA to parents Donald and Ida (Klesner) Kuntz. After his father died when Joe was two years old he was adopted by Allison “Doc” Cline. He graduated from Wyaconda C-1 […]

Larry David Stewart, 74, of Memphis died Monday, February 25, 2019 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of Bertsel Garnet and Xona Verlene (Sperry) Stewart on April 30, 1944 in Norborne, Missouri. Larry entered the United States Navy on February 5, 1964 in Carrollton. He served in Vietnam as a […]