Jul 15, 2022

Gerald Garland “Jerry” Johnson was born on May 1, 1936 in Riverton, Iowa to Cecil Garland and Maymie Elizabeth (Parkinson) Johnson.

Jerry attended Blair Country School for eight years, and then graduated from Mound City High School in 1954....

Jul 12, 2022

Judith Ellen "Judy"  (Kneale) Scheib, 83, passed away peacefully and unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at her home in Oregon, Missouri.

Judy was born was born March 12, 1939, to Kenneth and Esther (Marriner) Kneale of rural Holt County, Missouri. She graduated from Oregon High School in 1957. She married Don Scheib on June 22, 1958,...

Jul 9, 2022

Robert "Bob" Lee Crabtree joined his Maker on Saturday, July 9, 2022. Bob loved the Lord and was very active in the Lutheran church throughout his life.

Bob was born February 14, 1928, to Lee Arthur Crabtree and Mary Elizabeth (Templeton) Crabtree in Fairfax, MO. Bob grew up in Rock Port, MO participating in football and basketball...

Jul 2, 2022

Johnny M. “Mic” Trauernicht was born January 29, 1945 and passed away on July 2, 2022 at the age of 77. He was the eldest son of John and Ella (Cook) Trauernicht, who, along with a younger brother Gerald Dean, preceded him in death.

Mic graduated from Craig R-III school in 1963, and after graduation went to...

Jun 24, 2022

Dorothy Louise (Pullen) Quick was born in Oregon, Mo. on August 23, 1932. She was one of five children of Edgar Thomas and Willie Grace (Blocker) Pullen.

She graduated from Oregon High School and then attended Northwest Missouri State College.

On April 26, 1953 she married Robert M. “Bob” Quick. They became parents of three...

Jun 22, 2022

Mary Eleanor (Harris) Terhune was born on July 20, 1939. Mary attended rural Kimsey School and graduated from Forest City High School in 1957. She then attended Northwest Missouri State College where she graduated in 1961 with her teaching degree in Home Economics. She taught for one year in Hardin, Missouri.

On June 3, 1962 she married...

Jun 16, 2022

Ida Lee “Cookie” Pollard was born on March 23, 1931 in Kansas City, Mo. to Emmett and Helen (Hicks) Cook. She graduated from Northeast High School in Kansas City.

In 1952 she married Frank Pollard, Jr., and they became parents of three children. They lived in Mound City for a few years before his death in 2009....

Jun 16, 2022

Kelly Lee (Freeman) Holland was born on August 3 , 1933, to Willard and Mattie Freeman, in Wise, VA.  She died June 16 , 2022, at the Tiffany Heights Nursing Home in Mound City after a brief illness.

She was the youngest of three daughters.  The family moved to Weeksbury, KY, and Kelly graduated from the Weeksbury...

Jun 13, 2022

Patricia Lynn “Patty” Schank was born on April 30, 1943 to Charles O. and Marguerite L. (Minton) Bush.

In 1961 Patty graduated from Forest City High School. She married Marvin Jones, and they later divorced. She then married Loren Cordell “YoYo” Schank. He passed away on June 12, 2011.

Patty most recently lived in St....

Jun 9, 2022

Ronald R. Rehm was born on March 30, 1947 in O'Dell, Nebraska. He was one of six children born to Arnold W. and Malinda M. (Knoche) Rehm.

Ronald graduated from Craig High School, and then served in the U.S. Army.

On February 18, 1983 he married the former Janice P. McDowell. Ronald farmed in the...

Jun 7, 2022

Kenneth D. Thompson was born on December 14, 1951 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Thomas H. and Viola Fern (Hall) Thompson.

He graduated from Oregon High School in 1969, and then served in the U.S. Army.

Kenny loved his family. When he was young, his family would go to family gatherings at Grandma Hall's cabin...

Jun 3, 2022

Michael Paul Sipes, 47, of Oregon, passed away Friday, June 3, 2022.

He was born to his parents Mike and Leona Sipes, on August 31, 1974, in Fairfax, Missouri, at the Fairfax Community Hospital. He enrolled in school at South Holt R-1 and graduated in 1992.

On July 21, 2000, he was united in marriage...

May 26, 2022

Max M. Shubert, 94, of Mound City, passed away May 26, 2022, at the Oregon Care Center.

He was born on December 6, 1927, in Payne, Iowa, the only child of Bert and Georgia (McIlvain) Shubert.  Max graduated from Craig High School in 1945.

Max served in the U.S. Army from April 1946 to May...

May 19, 2022

Beverly Mae Kuhns was born on January 7, 1947 in Calico Rock, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Austin B. “A.B.” and Lola M. (Whiteaker) Stoner.

Beverly attended Maitland and Fairfax schools, and graduated from King City High School in 1965. While in high school at Fairfax she loved playing basketball. She always remembered her coach saying,...

May 12, 2022

Dean Eugene Freeman went home to live with Jesus on May 12, 2022. Dean, who was a Christian, loved the Lord, his family, church, and community. He passed away at his home in Merriam Woods, Missouri surrounded by his family.

At the time of his death, Dean was 91 years, ten months, and nineteen days old having...

May 9, 2022

Charlotte Quick, 98, of Oregon, Missouri, formerly of Forest City, Missouri, passed away on Monday, May 9th, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care in Saint Joseph, Missouri.

Charlotte was born May 5th, 1924 in Mound City, Missouri to Robert M. and Maggie (Carder) Long.

Charlotte and her first husband, Carl...

May 2, 2022

Christopher Lee Kephart was born in Mississippi on June 3, 1965. He grew up in Holt County and attended school at Craig, Missouri.

Chris farmed with Ivan Kent for Ron Ideker, and was currently farming for Kyle and Wendi Tubbs.

Chris passed away at his Craig home on May 2, 2022.

He was...

Apr 26, 2022

Flora Darlene Budine, 78, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at her Forest City, Missouri home.

She was born on May 18, 1943 in Jefferson, Missouri to Earl E. and Doris H. (Lawson) Wilfong. Flora attended Forest City High School.

Flora was preceded in death by her parents, Earl E. Wilfong and Doris H....

Apr 23, 2022

Richard Dean “Dick” Roberts was born on August 17, 1931 in Martin, South Dakota. He was one of four children of Ralph David and Edith Lillian (Thenell) Roberts. Dick graduated from Westboro, Missouri High School in 1949. He then attended Tarkio College on a basketball scholarship. Dick served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954....

Apr 20, 2022

William Edward “Bill” Graff, 91, of Richmond, formerly of Mound City and Braymer, Mo., died April 20, 2022, at Shirkey Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond.

Bill was born on July 19, 1930, in Mound City, the son of William Oren and Lucille (Travis) Graff.

He was united in marriage to Nancy Jolene (Ullum) of...