Recent Obituaries

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 […]

Eddie Wayne Hicks, 68, of Wyaconda died Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at his home. He was born the son of Eura Edward and Mary (Owens) Hicks on January 5, 1951 in Muscatine, IA. Eddie married the former Sharon “Shari” Lucille Alloway on May 2, 1971 at the Mulford Evangelical Free Church in Muscatine. He worked […]

James Lloyd Clair, 88, of Memphis died January 11, 2019 at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, MO. He was born August 20, 1930, the son Pearl & Elsie (Poston) Clair in Knox County, Missouri. He attended Knox County High School. He joined the Navy in 1950. He spent the next twenty […]

Mary Ruth Gray, 86, of Memphis died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. She was born the daughter of Chauncey and Ruth (Northrup) Trask on November 27, 1932 in Memphis. Mary graduated from the Memphis High School. She married Robert Gray on September 8, 1951 in Miami, MO. He preceded […]

Virginia Eilene (Kassahn) McCabe, 91, of Rutledge died Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. She was born on March 23, 1927, at home south of Rutledge in Benton Township, in Knox County, Missouri the daughter of John and Ula Arehart Kassahn and was welcomed by sister, Winnie. Eilene married Hillis […]

Marjorie Irene Peterson, 94, of Memphis died Friday, December 7, 2018 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. She was born the daughter of James Raymond and Mary Mae “Molly” (Shelton) Ware on March 31, 1924 in Parma, Idaho in Canyon County – the eighth of nine children. Marjorie attended the Island School in […]

Tonya Sue Lyman, 44, of Memphis died Thursday, December 6, 2018 at her home following a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born the daughter of John Walter and Dorothy (Claireday) Logan in St. Louis on April 9, 1974. Tonya completed her GED before attending Berkshire Community College in Berkshire County, MA. She […]

Paul Jerome Johnson, 99, of Downing, died November 15, 2018 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of Bert J. and Ellen (McClendon) Johnson on November 10, 1919 in Mineral Wells, Texas. Paul was a retired carpenter who lived in California prior to moving to Downing in 1979. He was a […]