Obituaries
Obituaries
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Jefferson City News Tribune, Sunday, July 17, 1994
Mable Lorraine Scrivner Morris, 80, Russellville, died Saturday at Still
Regional Medical Center (Jefferson City). She was born Jan 27, 1914, in
Olean, a daughter of Stanley and Pearl Mae Franklin Stevens. She was
married March 30, 1935, in Waynesville to Ralph C. Scrivner, who died
Nov. 19, 1981. She was married Oct. 12, 1982, in Russellville to
Clayton Morris, who died Dec. 9, 1987.
She was a teacher in rural schools in Spring Garden and was the
lunchroom supervisor for the Cole R-1 School District, Russellville.
She and her first husband owned the Firestone store in Russellville.
She worked for the Oberman pants factory and the Missouri Division of
Employment Security in Jefferson City.
She was a Sunday school teacher at Russellville Baptist Church and
Bethel Baptist Church. She most recently was a member of Mt. Olive
Baptist Church near Russellville. She also was a member of the Order of
the Eastern Star Chapter No. 451, Russellville, the Russellville
Birthday Club, the Employment Security Grandmothers Club and the
Employment Security Retirement Association.
Survivors include: two sons, Capt. Kent Scrivner, Jefferson City, and
Lt. Col. Randy Scrivner, Woodbridge, Va.; four daughters, Delores
Twitchel, Russellville, Lina Steenbergen, Jefferson City, Carolyn
Hancock, Houston, Texas, and Nancy Althouse, Columbus, Ohio; 16
grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. One son, Ralph Ronald
Scrivner, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. The
Rev. Farrie L. Cole Jr. and the Rev. John Knapp will officiate. Burial
will be in Enloe Cemetery, near Russellville.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday at Scrivner Funeral Home,
Russellville, with an Eastern Star service that evening. Memorials are
suggested to Mt. Olive Baptist Church or the Hospice of Jefferson City
and Mid Missouri.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, July 22, 1994
Ryan Joseph Witt, infant son of Earl DeWayne and Rebecca Loges Witt,
Eldon, died Thursday at his home. He was born April 16, 1994, in
Columbia.
Other survivors include: one brother, Michael Witt, of the home; two
sisters, Maria Witt and Vanessa Witt, both of the home; paternal
grandparents, Dorsey and Ruth Furstenau, Eldon; maternal grandparents,
Bill and Marilyn Loges, Eldon; maternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth
Loges, Magnolia, Iowa; maternal great-grandparents, George and Loretta
Iverson, Fremont, Neb.; and maternal great-great-grandmother, Ella
Christ, Fremont.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Eldon City Cemetery.
The Rev. Greg Bunn will officiate. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. – 2
p.m. Saturday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home, Eldon.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, October 20, 1994
Lester J. “Les” Hanna, 70, Eldon, died Wednesday at St. Mary’s Health
Center (Jefferson City). He was born Dec. 10, 1923, in St. Louis, the
son of Lester W. and Marie D. Weber Hanna. He was married Dec. 18,
1970, in Mountain Home, Ark., to Marie Mabel Schopp, who survives of the
home.
An Army veteran of World War II, he lived in Eldon for 25 years. He
worked at Fasco Industries for 12 years, retiring in 1988 as
manufacturing manager. He was a former member of Eldon Country Club and
of the Kiwanis. He was a member of the Catholic Church.
Other survivors include: two sons, Steven L. Hanna, Barnhart, and
Richard J. Hanna, Fenton; one daughter, Debra M. Talley, St. Clair;
eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon. Fr.
James J. O’Sullivan will officiate. Burial will be in Eldon City
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Obituary: Jefferson City News Tribune, Sunday, October 30, 1994
Mildred L. Scott, 75, Jefferson City, died Saturday at her home. She
was born May 28, 1919, in Miller County, the daughter of John and Nellie
Binkley Brown. She was married Dec. 22, 1940, in Leadwood, to the Rev.
Alfred Scott, who died Dec. 29, 1972. A homemaker, she was a member of
the Capital City West Christian Church, Jefferson City.
Survivors include: one daughter, Janet Renken, Centertown; three sons,
Greg Scott, Jefferson City, and Tim Scott and Davis Scott, both of
Broken Arrow, Okla.; a sister, Ruby Brown of the home, 10 grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon. The
Rev. Donald E. Renken and the Rev. Kenneth Harland will officiate.
Burial will be in Eldon City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m.
today. Memorials are suggested to Capital City West Christian Church.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, October 21, 1994
Ward L. Buster, 90, Eldon, died Wednesday at St. Marys Health Center
(Jefferson City). He was born Nov. 4, 1903, in Miller County, the son
of Virgil B. and Anna Magdalene Miller Buster. He was married June 26,
1926, in Kansas City, to Lucille Chenault, who survives of the home.
He worked for Shell Mercantile in Eugene for 30 years, then worked for
the Missouri Department of Corrections for 15 years, retiring in 1970.
He was active in the Seniors Club of Jefferson City and was a member of
First Baptist Church, Jefferson City.
Other survivors include: two sons, Ron Buster, Eldon, and Bob Buster,
Eagle River, Alaska; one daughter, Maxine Baird, Englewood, Ohio; two
sisters, Marjorie Henderson and Nellie Twiggs, both of Gentry Ark.; 10
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon.
The Rev. G. Nelson Duke will officiate. Burial will be in Hawthorne
Memorial Gardens (Jefferson City). Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m.
today. Memorials are suggested to the National Spinal Cord Injury
Association.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Saturday, October 22, 1994
Claude C. Birdsong, 92, Eldon, died Friday at Osage Beach Health Care
Center, Osage Beach. He was born July 16, 1902, in Olean, a son of
Gayhart and Jennie Howard Birdsong. He was married June 1928, in Eldon
to Rosa O. Sidebottom, who preceded him in death. He was a
self-employed truck driver.
Survivors include: one son, Jack Birdsong, Eldon, two grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home, Eldon.
The Rev. Greg Bunn will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmore Memorial
Gardens, Barnett. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday.
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, October 18, 1994
Danny R. Wilson, 38, Iberia, died Sunday at the University of
Missouri-Columbia Hospital and Clinics. He was born May 19, 1956, in
Miller County, a son of Claude and Eula Casey Wilson. His mother
survives in Iberia. On May 27, 1977, he was married at Tuscumbia to
Bobbie Roark, who died Sunday.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Heather Wilson and Holly
Wilson, both of Iberia; four brothers, Harold Wilson, Ronnie Wilson and
Tony Wilson, all of Iberia, and Sherrill Wilson, Tuscumbia; three
sisters, Doris Cross, Phyllis Lehigh and Connie Barber, all of
Tuscumbia.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Iberia High School Gymnasium.
Brother Gene Edwards and Brother Elton Dake will officiate. Burial will
be in the Livingston Cemetery, near Iberia. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m.
today at the Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia. Memorials have been
suggested to the Heather and Holly Wilson Memorial Fund in care of the
Bank of Iberia.
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, October 18, 1994
Bobbie J. Wilson, 35, Iberia, died Sunday at Iberia. She was born May
24, 1959, in Pulaski County, a daughter of Bobby and Betty Hendry Roark.
Her parents survive in Iberia. On May 27, 1977, she was married at
Tuscumbia to Danny R. Wilson, who died Sunday.
She was an office manager for Dr. Harry J. Richter in Jefferson City and
a member of Iberia First Christian Church.
Other survivors include: two daughters, Heather Wilson and Holly
Wilson, both of Iberia; two brothers, Mitchell Roark, Iberia, and Scott
Roark, Wardsville.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Iberia High School
Gymnasium. Brother Gene Edwards and Brother Elton Dake will officiate.
Burial will be in the Livingston Cemetery, near Iberia. Visitation will
be 4-8 p.m. today at the Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia.
Memorials have been suggested to the Heather and Holly Wilson Memorial
Fund in care of the Bank of Iberia.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, November 25, 1994
Emma Teresa Stratman, 93, Vienna, died Wednesday at the Oak View Living
Center in Jefferson City. She was born March 29, 1901, in Miller
County, a daughter of John and Christine Massman Renkemeyer. She was
married Nov. 23, 1920, at Vienna, to Ben X. Stratman, who died Nov. 22,
1982.
She was a member of the Visitation Catholic Church, Vienna, and the St.
Ann Sodality and Quilting Club of the church. She was a housewife and
homemaker.
Survivors include: two sons, Cellus Stratman, Vienna, and A. J.
Stratman, Jefferson City; four daughters, Marceline Raithel, Jefferson
City, Helen Bocklage, Florissant, Rosemary Stratman, Jefferson City, and
Pat Wall, Jefferson City; 36 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Visitation Catholic
Church, Vienna, with the Rev. Tom Waickman officiating. Burial will be
in the Visitation Cemetery, Vienna. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m.
today and from 8-9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Vienna Chapel of the
Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to the
Visitation Church and School Fund.
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, November 25, 1994
Mary O. Craver, 87, Eldon, died Tuesday at Capital Region Medical
Center—Memorial Campus. She was born June 28, 1907, in Eldon, a
daughter of Charles H. and Sylvia John Craver.
She attended Christian College and graduated from Washington University.
She taught school from 1926 until going to work for the state of
Missouri. She was county director for Miller County Family Services for
a number of years. She was a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern
Star and a former member of Eldon Country Club. She was a member of
First Christian Church of Eldon.
She is survived by one brother, Charles H. Craver Jr., Jefferson City.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon.
The Rev. David Grousnick will officiate. Burial will be in Eldon City
Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to First Christian Church or the
Central Missouri Human Society.
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Wednesday, November 30, 1994
Patricia Karen Wyrick Lackie, 55, Las Vegas, Nev., died Sunday at Elko,
Nev. She was born Sept. 4, 1939, in Tuscumbia, the daughter of
Churchill and Mildred Beard Wyrick. She was married to Charles Lackie,
who survives. A graduate of Tuscumbia High School, she lived most of
her life in Las Vegas and worked as a hotel manager.
Other survivors include: three sons, Billy Hees, Center, Mark Clark,
Lebanon and Daniel Hees, Las Vegas; three daughters, Marsha Ann Carlin,
Elko, Michelle Stiller, Las Vegas, and Dana Mackey, Denver, Colo.; two
brothers, Kenneth Wyrick, Tuscumbia, and Donald Wyrick, Jefferson City;
one sister, Dorothy Graham, Eldon; and 12 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home,
Eldon. Gene Edwards will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Zion
Cemetery, Tuscumbia. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Thursday.
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Monday, November 28, 1994
Charles W. “Chuck” Arnold, 76, Eldon, died Sunday at St. Mary’s Health
Center. He was born March 15, 1918, in Arbela, a son of John and Mary
Byrd Arnold. He was married May 15, 1938, in Gorin, to Mae Belle Wadel,
who died on Jan 11, 1948. He was married Dec.12, 1948, in Gorin, to
Alice Underwood, who died on March 22, 1971. He was married Jan. 22,
1973, in Miami, Okla., to Ila Mae Heldstab Brown, who survives at the
home.
He farmed in north Missouri and operated restaurants in Missouri,
Illinois and Iowa. He moved to Eldon in 1962 and operated Randle’s
restaurant, then purchased the Century Grill. He also served as an
Eldon auxiliary police officer, a Miller County deputy sheriff, an Osage
Beach police officer and a security officer at the Lodge of the Four
Seasons and Southwood Shores until his retirement in 1990.
Other survivors include: a son, Roger W. Arnold, Jefferson City; two
daughters, Lin Hammers, Pensacola, Fla., and Lena Findley, Osage Beach;
a brother, Ernie Arnold, Keokuk, Iowa; a sister, Marie Everhart, Elko,
Nev.; and seven grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Phillips Funeral Home in
Eldon, with the Rev. Eldon Myers officiating. Burial will be in the
Eldon City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at the
funeral home.
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, October 11, 1994
Betty J. Patterson, 61, Tuscumbia, died Monday at Capital Region Medical
Center-Still Campus (Jefferson City). She was born Aug 7, 1933, in
Menfro, a daughter of James and Theresa Beasley Simpson. She was
married June 10, 1951, in Kansas City, to James A. Patterson, who
survives at the home.
She had lived in Tuscumbia since 1982, and was employed at Sola Optical
in Eldon, since 1984.
Other survivors include: five daughters, Betty Otto, North Little Rock,
Ark., Terry Hooks, Auxvasse, Debbie Plummer, St. Charles, and Darla Kane
and Denya Patterson, both of Lake Ozark; three sons, Bill Patterson,
Stanton, Neb., James Douglas Patterson, Eldon, and David Patterson,
O’Fallon; one sister, Edith Neiderman, Kansas City; 20 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday until time of service at
Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia. Memorials are suggested to the
American Heart Association.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Saturday, October 14, 1994
Robert Turpin, 65, Eldon, died Thursday at Capital Region Medical
Center—Still Campus (Jefferson City). He was born Aug. 9, 1928, in
Versailles, the son of Ross and Nora Bishop Turpin. He was married June
1, 1961, in Versailles to Edna Irene Crum, who died Oct. 3, 1992.
He was raised in the Barnett and Rocky Mount areas. He lived in the
state of California for 20 years, moving back to Eldon in 19160. A
member of the Olean Christian Church, he worked as a concrete finisher
and farmer.
Survivors include: one son, Ross Turpin, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.; four
grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home. Jim
Kruse will officiate. Burial will be in Rocky Mount Union Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home.
Memorials are suggested to the Diabetes Association or the charity of
the donor’s choice.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, October 4, 1994
John M. Mann, 77, Eldon, died Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks General
Hospital, Osage Beach. He was born March 4, 1917, in St. Louis, a son
of John and Mabel Mathew Mann.
He was employed by the St. Louis Weights and Measurement Department
until his retirement. He was a member of Eldon Masonic Lodge 381, Eldon
VFW Post 2442, the Eldon American Legion and the Moolah Shrine Temple,
St. Louis. He is survived by one brother, Bruce Mann, Kewanee, Ill.
Masonic memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hedges Funeral
Home, Osage Beach. Burial will be at a later date in Dale Blair
Cemetery, Camdenton. Memorials are suggested to the Eldon Humane
Society.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, November 29, 1994
Emma C. Hunter, 101, Eldon, died Monday at Eldon Health Care Center.
She was born March 13, 1893, in Miller County, the daughter of James L.
and Elizabeth Degraffenried Waddell. She was married May 3, 1916, in
Tuscumbia, to Earnest B. “E.B.” Hunter, who preceded her in death.
A lifetime resident of Miller County, she taught school at Bagnell. She
was a member of First Baptist Church of Eldon and the Eastern Star of
Russellville.
Survivors include: one daughter, Jerene Wieneman, Jefferson City; two
grandsons and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home,
Eldon. The Rev. Randell Bunch will officiate. Burial will be in Enloe
Cemetery, Russellville. Memorials are suggested to Meals on Wheels.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Wednesday, October 12, 1994
Ada Janet Chapman, 46, Eldon, died Tuesday at her home. She was born
May 25, 1948, in Enon, the daughter of Elonzo E. and Alam Jeanette
Ferguson Scott. She was married Aug. 10, 1968, in Versailles, to Roy
Jack Chapman, who survives. She lived all her life in the Eldon area.
Other survivors include: two sons, Jackie Chapman, Eldon, and Timothy
Chapman, Rocky Mount; one daughter, Misti Chapman, Eldon; one brother,
Edward “Butch” Scott, Brumley; one sister, Phyllis Burris, Eldon; and
two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home. The
Rev. Greg Bunn will officiate. Burial will be in Eldon City Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today. Memorials are suggested to a
charity of the donor’s choice.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Monday, November 28, 1994
Alta M. Phillips, 79, Brumley, died Saturday at her home. She was born
May 8, 1915, in Brumley, a daughter of Atha and Julia Phillips Robinett.
She was married Aug 8, 1942, in Tuscumbia, to Isaac Phillips, who died
Feb 6, 1990. She was a lifelong resident of Miller County and a member
of the Rodden Church of Christ.
Survivors include: one brother, Urshel Robinett, Vancouver, Wash.; and
two sisters, Dorsie Robinett and Elsie Keeth, both of Crocker.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Rodden Church of Christ near
Brumley, with Brother Farris Wall officiating. Burial will be in the
Robinett Cemetery, near Brumley. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today
at the Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, November 29, 1994
Oscar Cleveland Wilson, 79, Augusta, Kan., died Sunday at Augusta
Medical Complex. He was born June 8, 1914, at Iberia, a son of James G.
and Woxie C. Smith Wilson. He was married Jan 13, 1942, at Union, to
Mary E. Dake, who survives at the home. He was a retired carpenter.
Other survivors include: two sons, Larry D. Wilson and Roger S. Wilson,
both of Wichita, Kan.; two daughters, Carrie Mattingly and Sue Foulk,
both of Andover, Kan.; four sisters, Beulah Kannell, Bedford, Ohio,
Evelyn Funke, St. Louis, Juanita Norman, Boston, and Bearl Whittle,
Iberia; 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hillside Funeral Home, Augusta.
Burial will be in Lakeview Gardens Cemetery, Wichita. Memorials are
suggested to the Parents of Murdered Children Support Group.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Monday, October 10, 1994
Carl Lee Bates, 86, Eldon, died today in Eldon. He was born March 11,
1908, in Dallas, a son Dallas, a son of John W. and Hattie Bates. A
resident of Missouri since 1930, he worked as a farm laborer. He was a
member of the Baptist Church.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rocky Mount Union
Cemetery. The Rev. Gene Cain will officiate. Arrangements are under
the direction of Griswold-Kays Funeral Home, Eldon.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, October 14, 1994
Charles H. “Hank” Hodge, 40, ST. Elizabeth, died Thursday at his home
from injuries sustained in an accident. He was born June 11, 1954, in
Iberia, a son of Arthur and Inez Farrow Hodge. His mother survives in
St. Elizabeth.
Other survivors include: six brothers, Gerald Hodge, Bill Hodge and
Paul Hodge, all of St. Elizabeth, Stanley Hodge, Iberia, Carl Hodge,
Osage Beach, and Roy Hodge, Branson; and two sisters, Rhoda Huhmann, St.
Elizabeth, and Marla Hodge, Osage Beach.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home,
Iberia. The Rev. Monty Roark will officiate. Burial will be in Dake
Cemetery, near Iberia. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. today.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, October 13, 1994
Leslie W. Eads, 71, Eldon, died Tuesday at Capital Region Medical
Center-Memorial Campus. He was born April 19, 1923, in Vienna, a son of
George L. and Emma Alice Roberson Eads. He was married Jan 20, 1947, in
Mountain Home, Ark., to Mildred Stone, who survives in Jefferson City.
A resident of Miller County for most of his life, he was a member of
Ulman Christian Church. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World
War II. He was employed by the Missouri Highway and Transportation
Department from 1961 until his retirement in 1968.
Other survivors include: two sons, Roger Eads, Eldon, and Reginald
Eads, St. Charles; one sister, Vernice Sebest, Eldon; four grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon. The
Rev. Gene Edwards will officiate. Graveside services, with military
honors, will be at Hickory Point, Iberia. Visitation will be from 4-8
p.m. today. Memorials are suggested to the Handi-Wheels division of the
Jefferson City Transit Authority.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, October 14, 1994
Wendy Duncan, 53, Eldon, died Thursday at Boone Hospital Center,
Columbia. She was born Oct. 3, 1941, in Morgan County, the daughter of
James H. Sr. and Geraldine Hodel Imler. Her father and stepmother,
Merle Imler, survive in Eldon. Her mother, Geraldine Siegel, and
stepfather, Lewis Siegel, survive in Gladstone. She was married Dec. 5,
1964, in Eldon, to Donald R. Duncan, who survives in Eldon.
An Eldon High School graduate, she was a member of the Ninth Street
Christian Church. She had worked with McGraw Edison in Jefferson City,
and was employed with Fasco Industries for several years. She lived in
Miller County most of her life.
Other survivors include: three sons, Randy Duncan and Jay Duncan, both
of St. Charles, and Bronson Duncan, of the home; two daughters, Connie
Brumley and Rachelle Apperson, both of Eldon; one brother, Jim Imler
Jr., Eldon; one sister, Rita Runyan, Eldon; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ninth Street Christian Church.
The Rev. Donald E. Renken and the Rev. Roy Weece will officiate. Burial
will be in Eldon City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today
at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon. Memorials are suggested to the Ninth
Street Christian Church Family Life Center.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, October 13, 1994
Fred Junior Woolley, 65, New Florence, died Tuesday at Columbia Regional
Hospital. He was born April 30, 1929, in Eldon, a son of Fred and Orpha
Brewer Woolley. His mother survives in Belle. He was married April 21,
1951, to Doris Drewel, who survives at the home. He was employed by
General Motors for 37 years until his retirement in 1991. He was a
member of First Baptist Church.
Other survivors include: five daughters, Kelly Anne Overkamp, O’Fallon,
Kathy Devlin, New Florence, Lyn Dianne Ward, St. Ann, Kim Weber,
Overland, and Rhonda Johnson, New Florence; two sons, Michael Woolley,
San Francisco, and Kevin Woolley, Florissant; two brothers, Lloyds
Woolley and Harold Woolley, both of Belle; five sisters, Mildred Green
and Judy Picker, both of Belle, Pearl Pointer and Maxine Compton, both
of Alton, Ill., and Brooksie Hicks, St. Johns; ten grandchildren and two
step-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Sassmann’s Funeral Home, Belle.
Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery. Visitation begins at 5 p.m. today.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, November 10, 1994
Lola Ambrose, 84, Iberia, died Wednesday at her home. She was born June
17, 1910, in Brumley, a daughter of James and Mary Margaret Meredith
Popplewell. She was married June 5, 1934, in Iberia, to Armyl L.
Ambrose, who died Feb. 9, 1981. She was a member of Iberia First
Baptist Church.
Survivors include: two daughters, Patricia Mazanec, St. Louis, and
Barbara Shields, Dixon; two brothers, Curtis Popplewell, Independence,
and Tennyson Popplewell, Rocky Mount; one sister, Eula Steen, Eldon;
four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home,
Iberia. Bro. Walt Pollard will officiate. Burial will be in Gott
Cemetery, near Ulman. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today.
Memorials are suggested to the Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, November 8, 1994
Frank Ferment, 63, Olean, died Saturday at Olean. He was born Jan 22,
1931, in Lake Geneva, Wis., the son of Frank and Jane Styvesant Ferment.
His mother survives in Olean. He was married June 29, 1988, in
Camdenton, to Dorothy I. Thorson, who survives of the home.
He was retired from General Motors after many years as an industrial
engineer. He was a former owner of Rod & Reel Resort, Greenview.
Other survivors include: one son, Alan Ferment, Sunrise Beach; one
daughter, Alicia White, Raleigh, N.C.; one stepdaughter, Juanita Bower,
Sunrise Beach; one sister, Lorraine Marshal, Tacoma, Wash.; one
step-granddaughter and one step-great-granddaughter.
The body was cremated. Private services will be at a later date.
Arrangements are under the direction of Phillips Funeral Home.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, November 8, 1994
Sammy Dean Bohrn, 42, Eldon, died Satruday in an automobile accident in
Miller County. He was born July 20, 1952, in Tuscumbia, the son of
Raymond and Zella Duncan Bohrn. His father survives in Eldon. He
worked as a drywaller in the construction industry.
Other survivors include: a common-law wife, Debbie Jones, of the home;
two daughters, Kristina Bohrn and Chasity Bohrn, both of Deltona, Fla.;
one stepson, Michael Jones, Eldon; three brothers, Clarence L. Bohrn,
Olean, Charles D. “Bill” Bohrn and Fran N. Bohrn, both of Eldon; six
sisters, Judy Bailey, Betty Bailey and Songia Seale, all of Eldon, Fern
Whittle, Sullivan, Naomi Cotton, High Point, and Rhonda Walski, St.
Peters; and one granddaughter.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Phillips Funeral Home. The
Rev. Gene Cain will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmore Memorial
Park, Barnett. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, November 11, 1994
Fritz Roy Halderman, 79, Eldon, died Thursday at Lake of the Ozarks
General Hospital (Osage Beach). He was born Oct 15, 1915, in Eugene, a
son of Allen and Jessie Winter Halderman. A lifelong resident of Miller
County, he was a maintenance worker and a member of Dagget Hill Assembly
of God Church.
Survivors include: 11 sons, Roy Halderman, Camdenton, David Halderman
and Johnny McNown, both of Sedan, Kan., Larry Halderman, Eldon, Lonnie
Halderman, Kansas City, Stanley Halderman, Holts Summit, Fritz Halderman
Jr., Ulman, Jimmy McNown, Hewitt, Texas, Edward Duerkson, Little Rock,
Ark., Melvin Smith, Greenridge, and Richard Smith, Manhattan, Kan.; nine
daughters, Jessie Long, Eldon, Minnie Martin, Granby, Alma Sanford,
Independence, Geraldine Hasenbank, Manhattan, Linda Ortiz, Pasadena,
Texas, Debra Royal, Sedan, Tamara Datson, Coffeyville, Kan., Debbie
Flatt, Savannah, Ga., and Bonnie Lipke, Clarksville, Tenn.; one sister,
Hazel Bullock, Little Rock; two brothers, Floyd Halderman, Camdenton,
and Arthur Lee Halderman, Kansas City; 50 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren.]
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Griswold-Kays Funeral Home,
Eldon. Gene Edwards will officiate. Burial will be in Gott Cemetery,
Ulman. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Monday, November 7, 1994
John T. Haley, 73, Iberia, died Sunday at Capital Region Medical
Center—Memorial Campus. He was born July 11, 1921, in St. Louis, a son
of John and Pearl Tucker Haley. He was married July 4, 1948, to
Virginia P. Hatton, who died Oct. 18, 1987. He was a U.S. Army veteran
of World War II and the Korean War.
Survivors include: one son, Tom Haley, Phoenix; five daughters, Linda
Dake, Stover, Lana Duncan, Iberia, JoAnn Burns and Margaret Vaughan,
both of Dixon, and Denise Luetkemeyer, St. Elizabeth; one sister,
Delores Alderman, Iberia; 17 grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren. A son, Bill Haley, preceded him in death.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home,
Iberia. Brother David Duncan will officiate. Burial will be in
Pleasant Hill Cemetery, near Iberia. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m.
today.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, November 3, 1994
Albert N. Kish, 66, Mary’s Home, died Tuesday at his home. He was born
Oct. 27, 1928, in Oakland, Calif., the son of Albert and Alta Newman
Kish. He was married May 12, 1965, in Eugene to Marcella Schulte
Herigon, who survives at the home.
He retired in 1967 after 20 years in the Army. He worked as a mechanic
for Ford Motor Company in Jefferson City for 22 years, retiring in 1990.
He was a member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church and the
Knights of Columbus, Mary’s Home. He also was a member of Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 2442, Eldon, and the American Legion in Jefferson
City.
Other survivors include: two sons, Gary Herigon, Jefferson City, and
Leon Herigon, Mary’s Home; two daughters, Jean Nilges, Hinesville, Ga.,
and Janet Buschjost, Jefferson City; his foster mother, Nell Tellman,
Mary’s Home; three brothers, Jim Kish and David Kish, both of Colfax,
Calif., and Ken Kish, Yosemite Park, Calif.; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic
Church. Father William Korte will officiate. Burial will be in Parish
Cemetery, Mary’s Home. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. today at
Phillips Funeral Home, Mary’ Home, with a senior citizen rosary at 3
p.m. and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Memorials are suggested to Our
Lady of the Snows Catholic Church.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Thursday, November 3, 1994
Harold D. “Sonny” Saling, 24, Eldon, died Wednesday near Ulman. He was
born July 27, 1970, in St. Charles, the son of Kenneth and Pam Geiger
Saling, who survive in Jefferson City,. He was married July 18, 1992,
at Ulman, to Angela Myers, who survives of the home.
A member of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church at Ulman, he was a machine
operator at Sola Optical Company in Eldon, and was a member of the
National Guard.
Other survivors include: two sisters, Margaret Wood, Eldon, and
Christene Saling, Jefferson City; his grandmother, Myrtle Ferguson,
Holden; and his grandfather, George Geiger, Barnett.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hedges Funeral Home, Osage
Beach. The Rev. Dan Hill and the Rev. Jim Bybee will officiate.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. at Holden City Cemetery, with
military rites by the National Guard. Visitation will be from 4-9 p.m.
Friday. Memorials are suggested to a scholarship fund for his nieces
and nephews and can be left at the funeral home.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Friday, November 4, 1994
Bertha Farris, 79, Jefferson City, died Thursday at the Capital Region
Medical Center—Still Campus. She was born June 7, 1915, in St.
Elizabeth, a daughter of Alphonse and Minnie Wilbers Lueckenotte. She
was married March 14, 1931, in Jefferson City, to James P. Farris, who
died Jan. 8, 1985. She graduated from the Jefferson City Public
Schools. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include: eight sons, William E. Farris, California, George E.
Farris, New Bloomfield, Stanley R. Farris, Howard W. Farris and Forrest
D. Farris, all of Jefferson City, Charles R. Farris, Lohman, and Roger
L. Farris and Herbert G. Farris, both of Auxvasse; two sisters, Irene
McDowell and Cecelia McDowell, both of Jefferson City; one step-sister,
Agnes Ruether, Jefferson City; one step-brother, Cletus Beck, Affton; 43
grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Freeman Chapel with the Rev.
John Hobratschk officiating. Burial will be in the Hawthorn Memorial
Garden (Jefferson City). Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at the
Freeman Mortuary. Memorials are suggested to the American Heart
Association.
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Obituary: Jefferson City News Tribune, Sunday, November 27, 1994
Flora Bruning, 79, Jefferson City, died Friday at St. Mary’s Health
Center. She was born April 4, 1915, in Miller County, the daughter of
Henry and Annie Evers Groose. She was married July 3, 1948, in Mary’s
Home to Sylvester Bruning, who survives at the home.
She attended schools in Miller County, and then attended Central
Missouri State University where she received a masters degree in
education. She was a teacher for 37 years, teaching at Centralia, Osage
Bend, St. Peters, and Immaculate Conception schools until her retirement
in 1975. She was a member of St. Peters Catholic Church.
Other survivors include: one daughter, LaVern Hammann, Jefferson City;
one brother, Walter Groose, Eugene; one sister, Alberta Schmidt, St.
Louis; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Peters Catholic Church. The
Rev. Reg Oligschlaeger will officiate. Burial will be in Resurection
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. today at Houser-Millard
Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Memorials are suggested to
ST. Peters Catholic Church or Trinity Lutheran School.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Wednesday, November 23, 1994
Vera H. Harper, 85, Eldon, died Monday at Capital Region Medical
Center—Still Campus. She was born Oct. 27, 1909, in Greeley, Kan., a
daughter of Albert and Lena Roberts Edwards. She was married Dec. 18,
1929, in Osage City, Kan., to George F. Harper, who died May 29, 1985.
She moved to Eldon from Marshall in 1964, and was a member of First
Baptist Church of Eldon.
Survivors include: three sisters, Ruth Wilson and Lena Fessler, both of
Clearview City, Kan., and Marie Donaldson, Garnett, Kan.; and one
brother, Lloyd Edwards, Richmond, Kan.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Eldon City Cemetery. The
Rev. Eldon Myers will officiate. Visitation will be from 9 a.m.-1:30
p.m. Friday at Phillips Funeral Home.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, November 22, 1994
Velma E. Stark, 83, Olathe, Kan., died Sunday at Regency Health Care
Center, Olathe. She was born Oct. 2, 1911, in Iberia, a daughter of
George D. and May Broom Helton. She was married Feb 25, 1933, in
Jefferson City, to Earl Stark, who died Sept. 9, 1974. She taught
school in rural areas for several years. She was a member of Blue
Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include: one son, Lowell D. Stark, Bonner Springs, Kan.; two
brothers, Bob Helton, Jefferson City, and Warren Helton, Eldon; three
sisters, Helen Matthews, Eldon, Lee Enloe and Elpha Crump, both of
Jefferson City; and two grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon.
The Rev. Ed Teal will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmore Memorial
Gardens, Barnett. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today. Memorials
are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Saturday, November 19, 1994
Joseph R. Watt, 82, Eldon, died Thursday at Capital Region Medical
Center—Memorial Campus. He was born Sept. 4, 1912, in Miller County,
the son of John T. and Nancy Jobe Watt. He was married in 1934, in
Tuscumbia, to Audra Cotton, who survives at the home. A lifetime
resident of Miller County, he was an engineer for Rock Island Railroad,
and a farmer.
Other survivors include: four daughters, Betty Jo Hudson, Jackson,
Miss., Martha F. Love, Holts Summit, Barbara L. Stanbaugh, Mokane, and
Clara Jane Hale, Augusta, Ga.; three sisters, Alice Vernon, St. Louis,
Louise Allen, Lake Ozark, and Ruth Thomas, Jefferson City; 11
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon. The
Rev. Randall Bunch will officiate. Burial will be in Greenmore Memorial
Gardens, Barnett. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today. Memorials
are suggested to Barnett Baptist Church.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, November 14, 1994
Dorlis Wayne Witt, 60, Brumley, died Monday at his home. He was born
Dec. 17, 1933, in Brumley, a son of Fred and Parthena Luttrell Witt. He
was married Feb. 15, 1954, in Tuscumbia, to Gertie Rodden, who survives
at the home.
Other survivors include: two sons, Danny Witt and Denny Witt, both of
Brumley; two daughters, Elaine Steen, Iberia, and Angela Davis, Brumley;
one brother, Donald Witt, Brumley; three sisters, Dorsie Huddleston,
Daisey Duncan and Delcie Lawson, all of Brumley; and seven
grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home,
Iberia. Bro. Farris Wall will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Union
Cemetery near Brumley. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today.
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Obituary: Jefferson City News Tribune, Sunday, November 13, 1994
Freida G. Hart, 92, Mary’s Home, died Friday at Jefferson City Manor
Care Center. She was born Feb. 2, 1902, in Mary’s Home, a daughter of
John H. and Elizabeth Brandt Schulte. She was married Feb 16, 1920, in
Mary’s Home to Hiram I. Hart Sr., who died July 17, 1986.
She was a lifetime resident of the Mary’s Home community. She operated
a store in the town for more than 65 years prior to her retirement. She
was a seamstress, and was the Mary’s Home correspondent for the Eldon
Advertiser and the Miller County Autogram from 1915 to 1985. She was a
member of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church at Mary’s Home.
Survivors include: one son, Wilburn Hart, Henley; one daughter, Anna
Shipman, Mary’s Home; 10 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by two sons, Norman Hart, and H. I. Hart Jr.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of the Snows
Catholic Church, with the Rev. William Korte officiating. Burial will
follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. today
at the Mary’s Home Chapel of Phillips Funeral Home, with a rosary at 3
p.m. and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m.
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Obituary: Jefferson City News Tribune, Sunday, November 13, 1994
Nellie Virginia Heider, 79, Tuscumbia, died Saturday at the Mliler
County Nursing Home in Tuscumbia. She was born Feb. 9, 1915, in Raton,
N.M., a daughter of William E. and Nellie Underdown. She married Joseph
Heider, who preceded her in death. She was a self-employed seamstress.
Survivors include: one son, Fred Heider, Cocoa Beach, Fla.; two
daughters, Jane Ratcliff, Versailles, and Frances Vohs, Paola, Kan.; 19
grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
The remains were cremated. Friends may call the home of her daughter,
Jane Ratcliff, Versailles. Arrangements are under the direction of the
Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.
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Obituary: Jefferson City Post Tribune, Tuesday, November 22, 1994
Dorlis G. Armentrout, 87, Warsaw, formerly of Westphalia, died Monday at
Warsaw Health Care Center. She was born June 2, 1907, in Brumley, a
daughter of William and Effie Topping Gott. She was married Sept. 24,
1946, in Rolette, N.D., to Marion S. Armentrout, who died Aug 28, 1989.
A former high school English teacher and counselor, she was a member of
United Methodist Church, Vienna. She and her husband lived on a farm
near Koeltztown from 1950-1973, before moving to Westphalia.
Survivors include: one brother, Garland B. Gott, Lakewood, Colo.; and
one sister, Ruth Gott Brooker, Indianapolis, Ind.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Stevinson-Rekus Funeral Home,
Iberia. The Rev. Roger Metcher will officiate. Burial will be in Gott
Cemetery near Ulman. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorials are suggested to Twin Lakes Hospice, Warsaw.
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Burial Notice/Obituary: source not documented
The ashes of Emma Williams Gardner and Gerald Elmer "Jerry" Gardner were
interred May 8, 2001, in the Williams Family Cemetery. Mrs. Gardner was
born Aug. 13, 1904, in Miller County and died July 11, 2000, in
Scottsdale, Ariz. She was the ninth child of Ben and Cynthia Dial
Williams. Mr. Gardner was born July 4, 1907, in Miller County. He died
Oct. 7, 1981, in Kansas City. He was the son of Elmer and Mary
Elizabeth Tallman Gardner.
They are survived by their three sons, Benjamin Williams, Gerald Edwin
and Gary Robert Gardner; eight grandchildren; and seven
great-grandchildren.
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Obituary/News Article: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, March 16, 1972
Dr. Marshall E. Humphreys, 59, of Tuscumbia, prominent physician and
surgeon who had practiced in Miller County for nearly 35 years, was
fatally injured in an accident Friday as he and his wife, Margaret, were
en route home from a vacation in Florida. Mrs. Humphreys, who suffered
injuries in the accident, is hospitalized for treatment in Memphis,
Tenn. She is in traction there, and expected home in four to six weeks.
The Mississippi State Highway Patrol said the two-car accident occurred
at 12:15 p.m. on Hwy. 51, two miles south of Vaiden, Miss. Driver of
the other car, Jessie Lee, 23, of Memphis, and two passengers in his car
were fatally injured, the Patrol said.
Funeral services for Dr. Humphreys were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Tuscumbia Christian Church. Dr. Humphreys was born Sept. 14, 1912, at
Galt, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Humphreys, Sr., and attended
public schools there. He graduated in 1933 from Trenton Junior College
before entering the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery where
he was graduated in 1937. He took his internship at the Laughlin
Osteopathic Hospital in Kirksville.
He and his wife, the former Miss Margaret Whitfield of Trenton, were
married April 22, 1932 in Iowa. Following his graduation they moved to
Tuscumbia in 1937 and he established his office in the second story of
what was then the Tuscumbia Bank building.
In 1939 they built their home on the hill, and Dr. Humphreys later moved
his offices to an area adjacent to the residence. In 1948 he bought the
former Pickens residence property, and converted it into the original
Humphreys Hospital. A new Humphreys Hospital at the site was completed
in 1954.
Dr. Humphreys was also on the staff of Charles E. Still Hospital,
Jefferson City, and the Pulaski County Memorial Hospital, Waynesville.
He was a member of the American Osteopathic Assn., the Missouri
Osteopathic Assn., president of the Bank of Tuscumbia, a former
president of the Tuscumbia R-III school board, and past president of the
Tuscumbia Lions Club.
He was a member and elder of the Tuscumbia Christian Church. Dr.
Humphreys was also a member of Hickory Hill Lodge 211, AF & AM, and of
the Abou Ben Adhem Shrine of Springfield, Jefferson City Elks Lodge 513,
and the Eldon Golf and Country Club.
In addition to his wife, Margaret, he is survived by one son, Marshall
E. Humphreys III, of Tuscumbia; two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Howard of
Tuscumbia and Mrs. Susan Grossman of Chatsworth, Calif.; his mother,
Mrs. Euna (Reger) Humphreys of Galt; two brothers, Philip Humphreys of
Portland, Ore., and Dr. Alfred Humphreys of Knoxville, Tenn., and eight
grandchildren.
Masonic services were conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Stevinson
Chapel in Iberia by members of the Hickory Hill, Iberia and Brumley
lodges. Raymond Veasman of Dixon was in charge.
The Rev. A. L. Alexander officiated at the funeral services Wednesday
afternoon at Tuscumbia. Burial was in the Tuscumbia Cemetery. Active
pallbearers were Donald Abbett, Bill Anson, Bill Kessler, Leroy
Snodgrass, Ronald Kempker, Henry Schulte, Dr. Fred Schekorra, and Bill
Prather. Honorary pallbearers were Dewey Kallenbach, Leonard
Kallenbach, Brice Gene Smith, and Irvin Snodgrass. Arrangements were
under the direction of Stevinson Funeral Home of Iberia.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October 1956
Elbert Pemberton, 77, of Crocker, passed away early Wednesday morning of
last week after being in ill health for the last few months. He was
well known in Miller and Pulaski counties as he and his family lived on
a farm near Iberia for several years before moving to Crocker where he
was engaged in the produce business.
Funeral services were held at the Crocker Baptist Church, Friday
afternoon, October 19, at two O’clock with the Rev. Joel Alexander
officiating. Interment was made in the Hawkins cemetery with the Hedges
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Edith; one daughter, June, three brothers,
John, Wilbert and Wade and one sister, Mrs. Ray Casey.
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Obituary/News Article: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, March 1972
A Lake Ozark businessman was killed and a passenger in his car injured
in a one-car accident at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday on Hwy. 54 in Camden County,
just east of the Grand Glaize Bridge. The State Highway Patrol said
James Dale Stamper, 37, Lake Ozark, was killed in the crash. A
passenger, Linda Jester, 26, Eldon, was taken to Charles E. Still
Hospital, Jefferson City, for treatment of injuries.
The Patrol said Mr. Stamper’s eastbound car ran off the right side of
Hwy. 54, and plunged down a 50-foot embankment, overturning and landing
on its top.
Funeral services for Mr. Stamper, who operated the Tower Gift Shop at
Lake Ozark and the Hillbilly Trading Post in Osage Beach west of the
Glaize Bridge, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Brumley Baptist
Church.
Mr. Stamper, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Stamper of Brumley, was born in
Brumley April 11, 1934, and was a member of the Brumley Masonic Lodge.
He was an Army veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Susan, of Lake Ozark; his parents at
Brumley; two daughters, Mitzi and Janiece Stamper of Mesa, Ariz.; a
sister, Mrs. Luane Blecha of Imperial, and his grandfather, Oscar
Robinson of Brumley.
Masonic services will be held at 7:30 O’clock tonight (Thursday) at
Hedges Funeral Home of Brumley. The Rev. Selby Graham will officiate at
the funeral services Friday afternoon. Burial will be in the Gott
Cemetery.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, May 1974
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Oma A. Graves, 69,
of Tuscumbia, who died suddenly Thursday, May 2, 1974, at her home.
Mrs. Graves was born Jan. 5, 1905, in Maries County, near Van Cleve, the
daughter of Wilford and Ellen (Helton) Stokes. She was married on Nov.
2, 1924 in Eldon, by the Rev. Mr. Magruder, to Walter H. Graves, who
survives of the home.
Mrs. Graves had lived in the Miller County area near Ulman and Tuscumbia
since 1908, and moved into Tuscumbia in 1964. She had been employed in
the Lake area as a cook and housekeeper and had also worked for the
Pryor Novelty Shop in Tuscumbia.
She was baptized as a girl by the Rev. Mr. Bandy and was a member of the
Ulman Baptist Church until she moved her membership to the Tuscumbia
Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by one grandson, Paul David
Graves, in June of 1947.
Surviving, other than her husband Walter, are five sons, Harry Graves of
Kansas City, Wilford and Tom Graves, both of Iberia, Raymond Graves of
Tuscumbia, and Bill Graves of Columbia; one brother, Ilde (Tom) Stokes
of Clint; one sister, Mrs. Lethea Edwards of Tuscumbia; 11 grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Tuscumbia Baptist
Church with the Rev. Russell Hyatt officiating. Burial was in the
Tuscumbia Cemetery under the direction of Stevinson Funeral Home of
Iberia, Mo. Pallbearers were Dan Graves, Randy Graves, John Graves,
Mike Graves, Monty Graves and Roger Shelton.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, April 1974
Mrs. Susie A. Groves, 92, of Iberia, died Sunday, March 31, 1974, at the
Miller County Nursing Home near Tuscumbia, where she had been a resident
since Nov. 26, 1972. Mrs. Groves was born July 8, 1881, near Brays in
Miller County, the daughter of Billy and Frankie (Grady) Humphrey. She
was married on Feb. 19, 1900, near Iberia, by the Rev. George Sheppard,
to Isaac C. Groves, who preceded her in death on Dec. 19, 1953. Mrs.
Groves lived in the Iberia area all her life with the exception of a few
years spent in the Bear Creek area wet of Ulman.
She was a member of the Brays Advent Christian Church, the Helpers
Union, secretary of the Sunday school, and a Sunday school teacher for
many years.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Rowden of Iberia; one grandson,
Bill Rowden of Salem; one granddaughter, Mrs. Colleen Graves of Iberia,
and five great-grandchildren.
Also preceding her in death were her parents; one son, Dorsey, on Aug
28, 1968; three sisters; five brothers; three half-sisters, and one
half-brother.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the Brays Advent
Christian Church with the Rev. Aldon Veach and the Rev. Perry Wolfe
officiating. Interment was in the Union Cemetery under the direction of
the Stevinson Funeral Home of Iberia. Pallbearers were Siegel Humphrey,
Byron Humphrey, Tommy Humphrey, Lloyd Humphrey, Miner Newhart and Okley
Kinder.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, May 1988
Edward A. Keeth, 86, of Iberia died Tuesday, May 10, 1988 at the
University of Missouri Health Sciences Center in Columbia. He was born
May 1, 1902, in Miller County to Andrew Jackson and Mary Jane Thomas
Keeth. On March 22, 1926, he was married to Ella Pemberton, who died
Nov. 9, 1975. Mr. Keeth was a retired farmer and a member of the Mt.
Union Church of Christ.
Surviving him are a son, Orville Keeth of Crocker, two daughters, Icel
Dean Plemmons of Iberia and Inis Kissinger of Crocker; five sisters,
Mary Wright and Anna Meredith, both of Eldon, Lula Gilliam of Wichita,
Kan., Oma Pemberton of Brumley and Gladys Pemberton of Pacific; 11
grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Mt. Union church
with Bro. Farris Wall officiating. Burial will be in the church
cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-9 p.m. Thursday at
Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home in Iberia.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, Thursday, April 25, 1974
Marjorie F. Baird, 50, Rte. 2, Iberia, died Monday, April 22, 1974,
following a lengthy illness. She was well-known throughout the Miller
County area and was a former Iberia businesswoman.
She was born April 11, 1924, in Panama, Okla., to Leonard W. and Orphia
J. (Spradling) Keeth. They survive at their farm home on Rte. 2,
Iberia. On Nov. 16, 1940, she was married in Reno, Nev., to Paul Glade
Baird, who survives at the home.
Mrs. Baird and her husband moved to Iberia in September 1943 from the
State of California. They owned and operated the Iberia Drug Store for
several years and also had the MFA Insurance Agency at Iberia for
several years. Mrs. Baird also was a former Iberia correspondent to the
Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, a former employee of the Bank of
Iberia, chief of the travel section at Fort Leonard Wood during World
War II and before her retirement was a supervisor of the pay section at
the fort.
She was a former Iberia PTA president and a former member of the Eldon
Country Club. She also was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Iberia and a GA teacher at the church and a member of the Iberia Chapter
537, Order of the Eastern Star, and Iberia Garden Club.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Baird is survived by a son,
Jerry L. Baird, Columbia, and a daughter, Mrs. Paula F. Mitchell,
Pacific; and two grandchildren, Michelle and Michael Baird.
Funeral services for Mrs. Baird were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
church with the Rev. Perry Wolfe and the Rev. Gary Gulley officiating.
Eastern Star services were held Tuesday evening at Stevinson Funeral
Home, Iberia. Burial was in the Iberia Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Sherrell Woolery, Jim Eads, Roy Keeth, Eugene Keeth, Walter Hedges, Bob
Perkins, Ed Pugh, Wally Wiecks, Charles Cyrus and Maj. Herman Sanner.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, July 4, 1971
Double funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Brumley
Christian Church for Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Whittle who died Thursday
night, July 1, 1971, at their home in Brumley. They leave two sons,
Gary Wayne and Donny Dean Whittle, and two daughters, Connie Jean and
Christy Louis Whittle, all of Brumley.
Mr. Whittle was employed as a carpenter, truck driver and steward of the
storage area at Tan-Tar-A Resort on the Lake of the Ozarks. His wife
had worked as a waitress at Tan-Tar-A, Mai Tai and the Osage House.
Mr. Whittle was born Oct. 3, 1925, in Colorado Springs, Colo., the son
of Otto and Sarah (Stone) Whittle who survive. He had lived in Missouri
since 1927 when he moved there as a child after living in Colorado and
California. He and his wife, the former Ruby Jean DeVore, were married
in July, 1950.
He was a veteran of service with the United States Navy in World War II,
and was a member of the Brumley Christian Church and of Iberia VFW Post
6167, and Brumley Lodge 203, AF & AM.
In addition to his children and his parents, who live at Eldon, Mr.
Whittle is survived by two brothers, Elmer Whittle of Sacramento,
Calif., and Bill Whittle of Eldon, and three sisters, Vivian Whittle,
Mrs. Pearl Drace and Mrs. Edna Fletcher, all of Eldon.
Mrs. Whittle was born April 28, 1933, in Miller County7 near Brumley,
the daughter of Rawl and Alma (Hedrick) DeVore who survive. She had
lived all of her life in the Brumley area except for a few years in
Kansas City. She was a member of the Baptist Church until 1946 when she
joined the Brumley Christian Church. She also was a member of the union
of employees at Tan-Tar-A.
In addition to the two sons and two daughters and her parents at
Brumley, she is survived by two brothers, Jimmy Dale DeVore of Kansas
City and Gary Lee Devore of Brumley, and five sisters, Mrs. Ruth Duncan
and Mrs. Colleen Cochran of Iberia, and Mrs. Maxine Fry, Mrs. Melva
Plemmons and Mrs. Billie Luttrell, all of Kansas City, Kan.
The Rev. Lee A. Todd officiated at the funeral services Sunday
afternoon. Burial was in Gott Cemetery near Ulman under the direction
of Stevinson Funeral Home of Iberia. Pallbearers for Mr. Whittle were
Bill Clark, Roger Sandfort, Louie Phillips, Okie Luttrell, Rufus Byrd
and Joe Davis. Pallbearers for Mrs. Whittle were Jess Ballenger, Ralph
Long, Dean Musick, Jim Thornsberry, Carl Winfrey, and Paul Bowden.
Follow up:
News Article: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, July 1, 1971
A verdict of homicide and suicide was returned by a Miller County
coroner’s jury Wednesday afternoon following an inquest into the deaths
of a Brumley couple last Thursday night, July 1.
The six-member jury found that Harold D. Whittle, 45, shot his wife,
Ruby, 38, with a 16 gauge shotgun, then took his own life with a .22
caliber rifle. The jury returned the verdict at 3:30 p.m., 30 minutes
after testimony by four witnesses had been completed. The inquest was
called by Douglas Griswold, Miller County coroner, with James A.
Grantham, prosecuting attorney, questioning the witnesses.
Members of the coroner’s jury were George Faulconer, Mrs. Juanita
Taylor, Mrs. Elsie Howren, Logan Barnard, Ray Campbell, and the Rev. J.
F. Beebe, all of Eldon.
The fatal shootings occurred on the lawn of the Whittles’ home on the
west side of Rte. C in Brumley, near the schoolhouse, shortly before 10
p.m. last Thursday.
Testifying at the inquest were the Whittles’ 17-year-old son, Donny, who
had been at home watching television throughout the evening of the fatal
shootings; Gary DeVore, Mrs. Whittle’s brother who lives in a mobile
home next to the Whittle home in Brumley; State Trooper Larry Lee, first
officer at the scene, and Deputy Sheriff Gerald Whittle, who arrived
there about 10:25 p.m.
Donny testified that he and his father had been home together about 6
p.m. on July 1 when his father said he was going to town for some
cigarettes. His mother came in later he said, and his father returned
about 8:30 p.m.
His mother, he said, later left to go next door to her brother’s about
9:45 p.m. About 10 minutes after her departure, the son testified, he
heard “a loud boom.” When he ran into the yard, Donny said, his father
told him to call the State Highway Patrol.
He ran to his uncle’s home to get him to assist, he said, then heard a
second boom. He identified the shotgun and rifle offered in evidence as
those owned by the family and customarily kept in a rack in the home.
The youth testified he was unaware that his father had followed his
mother from the house until he heard the noise and ran into the yard.
DeVore testified he was getting ready for bed when he heard the first
loud blast. “I thought it was a firecracker,” he said, and thought
nothing about it until he heard Donny holler “he shot her.” As he was
putting on his clothes, DeVore said he heard the second shot.
They got a blanket and covered the bodies after calling the Patrol which
in turn called the sheriff’s office and the operator called an
ambulance.
Trooper Lee, who was three-quarters of a mile west of Brumley on Hwy. 42
when he received the call on Thursday night, told of finding the two
guns, a spent shotgun shell, an unfired shotgun shell, and a spent .22
shell at the scene. He also said a partly empty can of beer was found
near a tree about 8 to 12 feet from the bodies.
Deputy Sheriff Whittle identified pictures taken at the scene and a
diagram indicating location of the bodies, found near three trees in the
corner of the yard, and the guns as found by Trooper Lee. The shotgun
was about 16 feet from the front door of the home, and the rifle by Mr.
Whittle’s right side, partly hidden by the blanket.
Authorities had expressed the opinion, not at the inquest, that Harold
Whittle, after firing the shotgun once, was unable to get the second
shell to work in it, and had then got the .22 rifle with which he shot
himself.
In response to questioning from a jury member, the deputy sheriff told
of seeing Mr. and Mrs. Whittle at Tuscumbia Thursday. Mr. Whittle’s
suit for divorce had been filed on Thursday, and the deputy said he went
out to the car to serve divorce papers on Mrs. Whittle.
At the scene Thursday night, he said, the door to a nearby pickup truck
was open and he saw two unopened cans in a plastic six pack beer
container on the floorboard, and another partly empty can in the back.
Swearing in of the coroner’s jury and witnesses and testimony took about
50 minutes Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-two persons attended the inquest
in the circuit courtroom at Tuscumbia.
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Obituary/News Article, Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, March 1954
Miss Janet Dawson, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dawson of Iberia,
met a sudden death about 10:00 O’clock last Friday night when the car in
which she was riding missed a curve and went over an embankment and into
the big spring which feeds the Roubidoux creek, one-half mile south of
Waynesville.
The car was driven by Ralph John Reven, 22, of Kansas City. Other
occupants of the car were Herb Kennison of Lake Ozark and Linda
Williams, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adron Williams of Brumley.
The two men were reported as injured slightly. The first of this week,
Miss Williams still was confined to a Waynesville hospital.
Miss Dawson was a member of the senior class of the Iberia high school
and was a member of the Christian Sunday school.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, March 22nd at the Iberia Baptist
Church with the Rev. Earl Brown officiating. Interment was in the
Iberia Cemetery under the direction of the Hedges Funeral Home of
Iberia. Pallbearers were Danny Jones, Bill Smith, Wendell Karr, Buck
Prather, James Burks and Basil Wall.
Janet Kay Dawson, daughter of Joe and Hazel Dawson, was born December
17, 1936 and departed this life March 19, 1954 at the age of 17 years, 3
months and 2 days. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Dawson; two brothers, David and Dennis, of the home and two sisters,
Waynette Turner of St. Louis, Mo., and Rhonda of the home; her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Miller of Iberia and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Dawson of Ulman, Mo., besides a host of relatives and friends.
Follow-up article
Preliminary hearing for Ralph J. Reven, Jr., of Kansas City, Kans.,
charged with manslaughter, has been set for Wednesday, March 31 by
Magistrate R. A. Bell of Waynesville. Reven was formally charged
following a coroner’s inquest into the Friday night highway accident
death of Miss Janet Dawson, 17, of Iberia, which occurred near
Waynesville in Pulaski County. Miss Dawson was a passenger in Reven’s
car.
The coroner’s jury ruled that Reven was criminally careless, causing the
accident in which his car left the road and plunged into Big Springs
which feeds the Roubidoux Creek near Waynesville.
Miss Dawson was killed and two other passengers in the car were injured.
They were Herb Kennison, 25, of Lake Ozark, and Miss Linda Williams,
14, of Brumley, a high school student at Iberia.
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Obituary/News Article: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, December 1952
A tragic accident occurred on Highway 42, about two miles northeast of
Iberia near the Earl Humphrey farm shortly after dark Sunday when two
motorcycles and a car collided. As the result of the accident, Ray
Deardeuff, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeager Deardeuff of the Madden
community, lost his life and Carl Machon, 19, son of Mrs. Redus Machon,
of near Iberia, was taken to a Waynesville hospital and Monday was
transferred to a St. Louis hospital. He was reported as suffering from
a skull fracture and cuts. Both young men were riding motorcycles.
The occupants of the car, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shelton and their
granddaughter Sue Clark, received cuts and bruises. The Shelton’s
daughter, Mrs. Bill Clark escaped injury. They were on their way to the
Okley Kinder home in Iberia to attend church at the Brays Advent
Christian Church.
The Shelton car was traveling north and the young motorcycle riders were
coming toward Iberia when the accident occurred. It is said that
Machon’s cycle collided with the car first, hitting it near the left
front fender which caused the auto to veer to the left and the other
cycle collided with the car on the opposite side at the back of the
front fender. The car was damaged almost beyond repair and the
motorcycles were demolished.
Earl Humphrey, who was at home at the time of the accident, was the
first person to come to the assistance of those involved in the
accident. Young Deardeuff died at the scene of the accident. Machon
was still unconscious at the time he arrived at the hospital.
First aid treatment was given the others who were injured and they are
reported to be recovering satisfactorily. A report was received here
late Tuesday afternoon that Machon was improving. An inquest was
scheduled to be held this Wednesday morning in Iberia.
Funeral services for young Deardeuff will be held Thursday afternoon at
the Iberia Church of the Nazarene at two O’clock with Rev. A. O.
Shearrer, pastor of the church officiating. Interment will be made in
the Bethany cemetery under the direction of the Hedges Funeral Home of
Iberia.
Ray is survived by his parents, four brothers, Bernie who is at South
Hampton, Mass., serving in the Navy, Ralph and Gene, both of Alton,
Ill., and Billy Deardeuff who is serving in the Marine Corps at Camp
Lejeune, N.C.; and two sisters, Mrs. Marie Albl of Edwardsville, Ill.,
and Mrs. Louise Hammond of Norfolk, Virginia.
Follow-up article:
Carl Machon, 19, son of Mrs. Redus Machon of near Iberia, is reported to
be improving after suffering serious injury Sunday night, Dec. 14, in a
motorcycle-car accident when one was killed and three other injured.
Machon was treated first at a Waynesville hospital and later removed to
the St. John’s hospital in St. Louis where his condition at first was
thought to be alarming. It is thought that he will be able to return to
his home here within a reasonable length of time.
A verdict of accidental death was returned by a coroner’s jury here
Wednesday afternoon of last week following an inquest into the fatal
collision in which Ray Deardeuff of Iberia was killed. Machon and
Deardeuff were riding motorcycles on highway 42 northeast of Iberia,
when they collided with the Allen Shelton car.
Carl Machon did survive the accident. A memorial card from his funeral in 1985 reads:
Born: December 16, 1933
Died: October 11, 1985 – age 52
Burial: Iberia Cemetery
Survivors: Redus Machon, mother; David Machon, son; Lisa Machon, daughter; Dilbert
Machon, brother; Bonnie Hudspeth, sister; Billie Ash, Janet Plemmons & Bobbie
Schmidt, half-sisters.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, May 1964
Wade Hampton Williams, 73, former school teacher and rural mail carrier
in the Ulman area, died Sunday (May 3, 1964) at Humphreys Hospital in
Tuscumbia, where he had been a patient four days. A son of Benjamin and
Cynthia Williams, he was born near Ulman on July 31, 1890. On Dec. 14,
1914, he was married at Ulman to the former Ethel Reed. Mr. Williams
was also a stockman and a farmer in the Ulman area.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ethel Williams; a son, Harold Williams of
Ulman; two daughters, Mrs. Thelma Elliott of Iberia and Mrs. Wilma
Warren of Tuscumbia; seven sisters, Mrs. Elta Knoll of Iberia, Mrs. Edna
Irwin of Fayetteville, Ark., Mrs. Ethel Muirhead of Salt Lake City, Mrs.
Effie Morgan of Deming, N.M., Mrs. Edith Myers of Weslaco, Tex., and
Mrs. Evelyn Johnson of Beaumont, Tex.; two brothers, Dale Williams of
Pueblo, Colo., and Adron Williams of Brumley; eight grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church in
Ulman, with the Rev. Earl Brown officiating. Burial was in the Gott
cemetery near Ulman, under direction of Walter Hedges Funeral Home of
Brumley. Pallbearers were James Wright, Neil Harwood, Jim Elliott, John
Elliott, Wayne Hensley and Warren Patterson.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel
Gretchen Pemberton Jones, 92, St. Louis, formerly of Iberia, died March
20, 2001, at Barnes-Jewish Extended Care Facility, St. Louis. She was
born August 12, 1908, near Iberia, a daughter of Wade A. and Edna
Francis Wall Pemberton. She was married April 9, 1964 in Dayton, Tenn.,
to Dr. Andrew B. Jones, who died June 19, 1981.
She was a 1927 graduate of the Iberia Academy, a 1929 graduate of Iberia
Junior College and a 1931 graduate of Drury College, Springfield. She
was a medical technician at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, and worked as a
secretary and lab technician for a group of doctors. After her
retirement she lived on Chickamauga Lake in Tennessee, and Lake
Okeechobee in Florida. In 1976 she helped establish the Andrew B. Jones
and Gretchen P. Jones Professorship in Neurology at Washington
University Medical School, St. Louis.
She was a member of the Iberia Congregational Christian Church.
Survivors include: one stepson, Andrew B. Jones Jr., Adams Tenn.; two
stepdaughters, Pat Ingles, Marathon, Fla., and Barbara Pemberton, Cape
Girardeau; three sisters, Wilma Birge, Seymour, Ind., Janet Wilson,
Florissant, and Jean Keeth, Iberia; and two brothers, Don Pemberton,
Cape Girardeau and Victor Pemberton, Tuscumbia.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia. The
Rev. RoseEllen Hoff will officiate. Private family burial will be in
the Williams-Pemberton family cemetery near Iberia.
Visitation will be from noon-2 p.m. Saturday. Memorials are suggested
to the Williams-Pemberton Cemetery or to a church of the donor's choice.
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Obituary/News Article: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, 1974
Mrs. Lillie D. Hammons, 67, Smithton, Mo., a former resident of the
Iberia community, died Tuesday, August 13, 1974, at the Bothwell
Hospital in Sedalia, Mo. Mrs. Hammons was the daughter of the late
Walter and Annie (Shockley) Doubikin. She was born March 17, 1907, near
Iberia in Miller County.
A retired school teacher, she was a graduate of the Iberia Academy and
the Iberia Jr. College. She then attended Berea College at Berea,
Kentucky, on a college scholarship. Later she attended the University
of Missouri at Columbia where she received a Bachelor of Science degree
in Education and Home Economics.
She was elected a Teacher of the Year in 1970 for her outstanding work
in the teaching field. Mrs. Hammons was a lifetime member of the
Missouri State Teachers Association, the National Teachers Association
and the State and National Association of Home Economics. While
attending Berea College, Mrs. Hammons was elected to the National
Educational Honorary Society in Home Economics.
Mrs. Hammons was Home Management Supervisor in the West Central District
of Missouri and was also Home Economics instructor for adults in
Kingman, Kansas. Many of her years of teaching were spent in Missouri
High Schools teaching Home Economics and Science. She retired from
active teaching in 1972.
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Obituary/News Article, Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October 4, 1956
A tragic two-car accident, that claimed the lives of two Iberia men,
occurred about midnight last Saturday on highway 42 near the west edge
of the city limits of Iberia. Bobby Avery Shelton, 21, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Shelton, died instantly, and Lowell Karr, 22 son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thurston Karr, died about 1:30 Sunday morning, only a short time
after reaching the hospital. The third Iberian, Buddy Riemensnider,
escaped the accident with bruises and other minor injuries.
The impact of the two cars was so terrific that it awakened occupants of
a house nearby who at first thought either lightning had struck the home
causing the windows to rattle, or a plane had crashed in a nearby field.
Shelton was traveling west (away from Iberia) in a 1951 Chevrolet and
Karr was driving his 1950 Buick and was accompanied by Riemensnider when
the two cars met head-on, directly in front of the Hunter Ferguson and
Raymond Catron homes. The Karr automobile stopped at the edge of the
highway and was still facing east while the Shelton car slid a few feet
down the highway into the ditch and turned around toward the east.
Neither car overturned.
The accident occurred on the crest of a hill. Riemensnider is quoted as
saying that all he remembers is seeing two headlights coming toward
them. The left front fender of the car driven by Karr was torn off and
deeply wedged to the front of Shelton’s car. Neither car caught fire.
Riemensnider, who had been thrown into the back seat, was assisted from
the car by help that had rushed to the scene. Shelton was pronounced
dead, and efforts were made to release Karr from the wreckage where he
was pinned by the motor and steering wheel. A wrecker was called, and
it was about an hour before Karr could be placed in an ambulance and
rushed to the hospital where he died a few minutes after arrival.
The impacts pushed the motors of both cars deep toward the front seats
and each steering wheel was pushed almost parallel with the windshields.
Both cars were demolished. By 3:30 Sunday morning the highway had been
cleared and traffic was resumed.
Shelton attended four years of high school in Iberia, and Karr was an
Iberia high school graduate. The former had been employed by the Slone
Locker Plant in Tuscumbia, and the latter had been working in Richland.
Karr had been scheduled to enter the Army during this month.
Services for Shelton
Funeral services were held for Bobby Avery Shelton Monday afternoon,
October 1, at two O’clock at the Mt. Union Church of Christ with Virgil
Smith of Brumley officiating. Interment was in the Mt. Union cemetery
under the direction of the Hedges Funeral Home.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelton and four
sisters, Bonnie Luadzers of Holts Summit and Thelma, Sandra and Sonya of
the home.
Karr Funeral Service
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at the Curry
Church. Interment will be made in the Curry Cemetery with the Hedges
Funeral Home of Iberia in charge of arrangements.
Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Karr, he is survived by one
sister, Joy, of the home, and Wendell Karr, who is serving with the U.S.
Navy
Memorial Card for Bobby Avery Shelton lists the following information:
Age: 21 Yrs., 4 Months, 17 Days
Born: May 12, 1935
Died: September 29, 1956
Memorial tribute – Mt. Union church of Christ, Monday, Oct. 1, 1956, 2:00 O’clock.
Officiating – Virgil Smith
Interment – Mt. Union Cemetery
Submitted to Miller County GenWeb by Nancy Thompson:
Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, April 1992
David W. Ekstam, 82, of Eldon died Wednesday, April 22, 1992, at
Memorial Community Hospital. He was born Jan 9, 1910, in Eugene to
Frank and Ollie Roberts Ekstam. On Oct. 8, 1939, he was married in
Vienna to Verne Harbison, who died Dec. 9, 1989.
Mr. Ekstam was a member of the Ninth Street Christian Church and was a
long time Miller County resident. He retired as a corrections officer
at the Missouri State Penitentiary and farmed for several years.
Surviving him are a daughter, Sharon K. Buster of Eldon; three
grandsons; three sisters, Ada Engelbrecht of Eugene, Mildred Engelbrecht
of Henley and Stella Jester of Eldon; and two brothers, Harold Ekstam
and Lester Ekstam, both of Eugene.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, April 1992
Clay Emry, 74, of Camdenton died Wednesday, April 22, 1992, at his home.
He was born Dec. 15, 1917, at Brumley to Tom and Ruby G. DeVore Emry.
On June 3, 1960, he was married in Osage Beach to Elaine M. Bobier, who
survives at the home.
Mr. Emry was a member of the Camdenton First Baptist Church and served
in the Army during World War II. He was a member of VFW Post 5923 at
Camdenton. Before his retirement he was engaged in trucking.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Debbie Smith of
Camdenton; a son, Tom E. Emry of Camdenton; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Georgia Wade Chapel
of Hedges Funeral Home in Camdenton with the Rev. Dick Wakefield and the
Rev. Jay Quinn officiating. Burial was in the ___________ Cemetery at
Camdenton.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, March 1992
Henry J. Birdsong, 79, of Lebanon died Monday, March 23, 1992, at his
home. He was born Sept. 11, 1912, at Tuscumbia to Everett and Lola
Kesterson Birdsong. On Oct. 27, 1943, he was married in Tuscumbia to
Hattie M. Hawken, who died Feb. 15, 1989.
Mr. Birdsong was a farmer and construction worker. He was an Army
veteran of World War II. He was a lifetime resident of Miller County
and was a member of the Mt. Zion Christian Church.
Surviving him are a son, James Birdsong of Lebanon; two grandsons; a
great-grandson; and two brothers, Lloyd Birdsong and Wayne Birdsong,
both of Eldon.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Phillips
Funeral Home in Eldon with the Rev. Gene Edwards officiating. Burial
was in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October 1991
Mary Russell Myers, 85, of Eldon, formerly of Ulman, died Saturday, Oct.
12, 1991 at the Miller County Nursing Home in Tuscumbia where she had
lived the past 10 months. She was born March 27, 1906 at Ulman to J. M.
and Maude Thompson Hendricks. She was married on June 2, 1922 at
Jefferson City to Calvin P. Myers, who died Nov. 27, 1973.
Mrs. Myers lived at Ulman most of her life, moving to Eldon in 1984.
She was a member of the Ulman Christian Church, Ulman Useful Union,
Ulman Super Senior Citizens, of which she was chairman, and the Miller
County Chapter of OATS, of which she was chairman for many years.
Surviving her are two sons, James Myers of Ulman and Don Myers of Eldon;
a daughter, Mary Martin of Owensville; a brother, Archie Hendricks of
Eldon; a sister, Letha Thompson of Kansas City, Kan.; six grandchildren;
eight great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and four
step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Stevinson-Mossman
Funeral Home in Iberia with Bro. Jim Kruse officiating. Burial was in
the Hickory Point Cemetery near Iberia.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October 1991
Dorothy Jean McCubbin, 61, of Jefferson City died Thursday, Oct. 10,
1991 at Still Regional Medical Center in Jefferson City. She was born
July 13, 1930 in Brumley to Ralph and Christina DeVore Robinett. She
was first married to Louie Murray in 1948. He died in 1977. On Aug.
11, 1979 she was married in Jefferson City to Wayne McCubbin, who
survives at the home.
Mrs. McCubbin was a switchboard operator at Still Regional Medical
Center in Jefferson City for the past 14 years. She was a member of the
Highway 54 Church of Christ at Jefferson City.
Also surviving her are two sons, Howard Murray of Jefferson City and
James Murray of Iberia; a step-son, Denny McCubbin of Holts Summit; two
step-daughters, Glenda Bremer of Florissant and Gloria Kennedy of
Jefferson City; and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Stevinson-Mossman
Funeral Home in Iberia with Bro. Richard Yoder officiating. Burial was
in Hawkins Cemetery at Brumley.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October 1991
Violet G. Foster, 83, of Eldon died Monday, Oct. 14, 1991 at Lake of the
Ozarks General Hospital in Osage Beach. She was born April 9, 1907 in
Green, Kan. to James Ernest and Mildred Griffin Moon. She was married
in 1955 in Lake Ozark to D. E. “Tab” Foster, who died March 30, 1989.
Mrs. Foster had been a medical supply clerk in a hospital. She lived in
the San Francisco, Calif. area for many years, moving to Eldon in 1968.
She was a member of the Baden Christian Church in St. Louis.
Surviving her are two sons, Bill Bevelot of Eldon and Sylvester Bevelot
of Cahokia, Ill.; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Phillips Funeral Home
with the Rev. Donald E. Renken officiating. Burial was in Greenmore
Memorial Park at Barnett.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October 1991
Walter W. “Walt” Otto, 70, of Brumley died Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991 at
Lake of the Ozarks General Hospital in Osage Beach. He was born March
14, 1921 in Iowa to Winfield and Adeline Fortney Otto. On May 31, 1946,
he was married in Brumley to Mildred J. “Jo” Oliver, who died Nov. 23,
1981. On April 27, 1983 he was married at Brumley to Ruby Byrd
Jeffries, who survives at the home.
Mr. Otto moved from Iowa to Miller County in 1956. He owned and
operated The Melody Club and later Walt’s Trading Post, both near
Iberia. He served in the Army during World War II.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two step-sons, Lonnie
Jeffries of Brumley and Jim Jeffries of Iberia; and two grand-daughters.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cedar Cemetery at
Rinard, Iowa with Bro. Ralph Byrd officiating. Military rites were
conducted by the Farnhamville Legion Post No. 510. Local arrangements
were by Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home in Iberia.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, August 1992
Bill G. Denton, 54, of Auxvasse died Sunday, Aug 16, 1992. He was born
Sept. 13, 1937, in Iberia to Olmon Otto and Geneva Moss Denton. His
mother survives in Iberia. On Nov. 28, 1957, he was married to Martha
Jane Prather, who survives at the home.
Mr. Denton attended Iberia public schools and received a bachelor of
science degree in industrial technology at Central Missouri State
University in Warrensburg. He taught for the Industrial Arts Department
at North Callaway High School and farmed and owned an insurance agency
in Auxvasse. He was past president and secretary of the Auxvasse Lions
Club, where he was a member for more than 25 years. He also served as
chairman of the Auxvasse Tractor and Truck Pull for many years. He was
a member of Grand Prairie Baptist Church in Auxvasse.
Also surviving are a son, Dan G. Denton of Fulton; a brother, Kenneth
Denton of Iberia; and a sister, Jerry Pendleton of Dixon.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Maupin Funeral Home
in Fulton with the Rev. Lyle Coleman officiating. Burial was in
Livingston Cemetery near Iberia. Memorial contributions may be made to
the R-1 North Callaway Industrial Arts Department Scholarship Fund.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, April 1992
Gladys M. Karr, 89, of Ieria died Monday, April 20, 1992, at Ozark Care
Center in Osage Beach. She was born Jan. 8, 1903, in Wayham to John and
Martha Miller Wilson. On Feb. 8, k1926, she was married to T. J. “Fred”
Howser, who died Oct 24, 1936. On July 16, 1938, she was married at
Eldon to Elmer Karr, who survives.
Mrs. Karr was a postal clerk at Iberia from 1947 until her retirement in
1973. She was a member of the Honey Springs Baptist Church near Brumley
and the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary at Iberia.
Other survivors are two sons, Ray Howser of Kaiser and Tommy Howser of
Stoutland; two daughters, Joretta Allee of Jackson and Donna Sue Wisner
of Eldorado Springs; two step-sons, Charles Karr of Marcellus, Mich.,
and Howard Karr of Kansas City; two step-daughters, Emma Bishop of
Longview, Tex., and Eula Mae Powell of Littleton, Colo.; 21
grandchildren; and 44 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Stevinson-Mossman
Funeral Home in Iberia with the Rev. Charles Caldwell and the Rev.
Arthur Gormley officiating. Burial was in the Hickory Point Cemetery
near Iberia. Memorials may be made to the Honey Springs Baptist Church.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, October, 1991
Mr. and Mrs. John Hill of Tuscumbia left Sunday with their daughter and
husband, Shirley and Gene Naylor for the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Hill’s
sister-in-law, Lola Mae Wilson. They returned home Monday evening with
their son and wife, Clifford and Pat Hill.
Mrs. Wilson, 76, of Raymore died Oct. 11, 1991 at Belton Regional
Hospital. She was born Dec. 15, 1914. On April 12, 1936 she was
married in Kansas City, Kan. to Miller County and Bagnell native Marcus
A. Wilson, who survives at the home. Mrs. Wilson was a member of
Westside Baptist Church.
Also surviving are a son, Ronald E. Hill of Riverton, Utah; a daughter,
JoAnne Maple of Raymore; a sister, Dollie Martinson of Mission, Kan.;
her step-mother, Lillian Stephens of Shawnee, Kan.; a half-brother,
Clifford Stephens of Mission, Kan.; a step-sister, Clarissa Hall of
Shawnee, Kan.; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday at Park Lawn Chapel with
Rev. Scott Hall officiating. Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery near
Belton.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, September 1990
Martha C. Brenneke, 85, of Meta died Sunday, Sept. 16, 1990 at Villa
Marie Skilled Care Center in Jefferson City. She was born Nov. 23, 1904
in Okeene, Okla. To William and Catherine Evers Boeckman. On Oct. 20,
1926 she was married in Okeene, Okla. To William F. Brenneke, who
survives.
Mrs. Brenneke was a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in St.
Elizabeth and its St. Ann’s Sodality. She was a member of the WPFA and
a leader for JFA for many years.
Surviving her are two sons, Herman Brenneke of Jefferson City and
William Brenneke Jr. of Oswego, Ill.; eight daughters, Catherine Rehagen
and Clara Hoecker of St. Elizabeth, Rosemary Kempker of Henley, Anna
Barton of Tuscumbia, Arlene Libbert of Meta, Rita Burks of Eldon,
Deloris Schillers of Centertown and Dorothy Lackman of Apple Creek,
Ohio; two brothers, Lawrence Boeckman and Al Boeckman, both of Okeene,
Okla.; two sisters, Clara Pekareke of Okeene, Okla., and Anna
Kliethermes of Iberia; 57 grandchildren; and 77 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Lawrence
Catholic Church with Rev. Joseph Lorenze officiating. Burial was in the
parish cemetery. The rosary was prayed at 4 and 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
Stevinson-Mossman Chapel in St. Elizabeth. The family suggests
memorials be made to the Alzheimers Association.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, August 1992
Falby R. “Bud” Stilwell, 64, of Iberia died Saturday, Aug 15, 1992, at
Still Regional Medical Center in Jefferson City. He was born May 14,
1928, at Granite City, Ill., to Falby C. and Esther E. Martin Stilwell.
On Dec. 3, 1951, he was married in Waukon, Iowa, to Helen Martin, who
survives at the home.
He worked as a supervisor for John Deer Tractor Works in Waterloo, Iowa.
He retired in 1982 with 34 years service and returned to the Iberia
area in 1987.
Surviving him, in addition to his wife, are a son, Steven Stilwell of
McClellan Air Force Base at Sacramento, Calif.; three daughters, Barbara
Marshall of New Windsor, N. Y., Pamela Toomey of Midland, Tex., and Lisa
Silverson of Iberia; and five grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Madden Cemetery near
Iberia with the Rev. John Bouldrey officiating. Arrangements were under
the direction of Stevinson-Mossman Funeral Home.
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Obituary: Miller County Autogram-Sentinel, September 1990
John William Luttrell, 59, of Brumley died Friday, Sept 14, 1990 at his
home. He was born May 10, 1931 in Miller County to William and Viola
Luttrell Luttrell. On Feb. 20, 1956 he was married in Kansas City to
Lucy Mae Allen, who survives at the home. Mr. Lutrell was a member of
the Honey Springs Baptist Church.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, Jim Luttrell and
Scotty Luttrell, both of Brumley; three daughters, Karen Hedgepath of
Lebanon, Jennie Barton of Brumley and Daisy Luttrell of Iberia; a
brother Vernon Luttrell of Iberia; four sisters, Myra Allee of Osage
Beach, Shirley Pritchett and Louisa Russell, both of Iberia, and Mary
Long of Brumley; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Stevinson-Mossman Funeral
Home in Iberia with Rev. Arthur Gormley officiating. Burial was in the
Mt. Union Cemetery.