Recent Obituaries

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 […]

Virginia Marybelle Woods, 96, of Memphis died Saturday morning, October 16, 2021 at her home. She was born the daughter of Glen Allen and Helen Modena (Kutzner) Chambers on February 6, 1925 in Scotland County. Virginia married Emmett Porter Heckethorn, who preceded her in death on October 21, 1994. They published the Gorin Argus newspaper […]

Curtis “Curt” Max Clough, 70, of Chandler, AZ died on December 31, 2020 in Phoenix, AZ. Curt was born April 5, 1950 in Fairfield Iowa, the son of Carroll and Dorothy (Rose) Clough. He graduated from Fairfield High School and Arizona State University. He was united in marriage to Christie Pech in May, 1969. They […]

Dwight Adrian DeRosear, 90, of Memphis died Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of Fred C. and Mabel Lenora (Warson) DeRosear on December 24, 1930 in Memphis. Dwight graduated from Memphis High School in 1948. He graduated from Kirksville State Teacher’s College (now Truman State University) […]