Recent Obituaries

Nancy Leslie Harris, 100, of Memphis died Sunday, February 20, 2022 at the NHC St. Charles (MO). She was born the daughter of George Edgar Leslie, Jr. and Nanny (Moore) Leslie on November 21, 1921 at her parent’s home in Memphis. Nancy attended Culver Stockton College before graduating from Northeast Missouri State Teacher’s College, now […]

James Robert Fishback, 78, of Downing died Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of James Milton and Roberta Eileen (Bone) Fishback on March 31, 1943 in LaBelle. Jim graduated from Hannibal High School and attended two years of college. He went to work for the United […]

Marjorie Ellen Hamner, 78, of Kahoka died February 2, 2022 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. She was born the daughter of William Archie and Mary Vivian (King) Tull on July 3, 1943 in Scotland County. She gave birth to two sons, Brad Peterson in 1962 and Kevin Peterson in 1966. Brad gave her a grandson, […]

Albert Williams Peterson, 71, of Gorin died January 31, 2022 at his home. He was born the son of Robert J. and Emogene Faye (Dunlap) Peterson on October 23, 1950 in Gorin. Albert graduated from the Gorin High School. He married the former Judy Kay Prewitt on June 26, 1988 in Gorin. She survives. Albert […]

Mary Elizabeth Durham, 87, of Arbela died Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the West Point Care Center in West Point, IA. She was born the daughter of James Andrew and Josephine May (Kidd) Evertson on October 1, 1934 in Hurdland. Mary wed Donald Wayne Durham on June 14, 1953 in Baring. He preceded her in […]

On January 20, 2022, at the age of 87, Ronald J. Klem of Memphis went to join his son Chad and his parents Earl and Helen in heaven. After several years of declining health, Ron passed peacefully with his beloved wife Millie “Minner” at his side. Ron was born in Rochester, New York on November […]

Barbara Ann Holton, 75, of Memphis died Thursday, December 16, 2021 at her home. She was born the daughter of Perley Lee and Violet Opal (Anders) Aldridge on March 12, 1946 in Kirksville. Barbara graduated from Memphis High School in 1964. She later attended college in Great Falls, MT. She married David Holton on March […]

Donald Robert (Don) Palmer, 84, of Memphis died Sunday, December 5, 2021 at his home. He was born the son of Murl Roscoe, known as Katy, and Helen Louise (Kuntz) Palmer on March 14, 1937 at the family farm home near Granger. Don was the fifth of seven children. Don attended Black Oak and Prospect […]

Don Darell Tague, 96, of Gorin, MO, passed away December 3, 2021 at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, MO. Don was born at home on the Sandridge Bottom northwest of Gorin on November 18, 1925 to Charley Tague and Elsie Boltz Tague. Don was known since childhood as “Buck” by family […]

Curtis Wayne “Curtyman” Fuller, 23, died on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at his home in Bloomfield, Iowa. Curtis was born in Kirksville, Missouri, on August 3, 1998 the son of Timothy Fuller and Gaylene Woods-White. Curtis and his family moved to Iowa in 2002, and he attended and graduated from Columbus Community High School in […]