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Charles H. Gillis

Charles H. Gillis

Oct 21, 2013

Charles Harry Gillis was born on February 21, 1936 in St. Joseph, Missouri. He graduated from Mound City High School, and then graduated from Northwest Missouri State College.

On May 29, 1959 he married Madeline Marie “Madge” Mongold at the First...

Lawrence A. Howard

Lawrence A. Howard

Oct 15, 2013

Lawrence A. “Larry” Howard was born on July 18, 1921 in Moulton, Iowa. He was the son of William H. and Olive M. (Ryan) Howard.

Larry graduated from Moulton High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945, and fought...

Ronald Gilland

Ronald Gilland

Oct 14, 2013

Ronald Gilland was born in Maitland, Missouri on July 4, 1943, and graduated from Mound City High School.

In 1981 he married Beverly Fries. Ronald and was a truck driver.

Ronald...

Joyce A. Gorman

Joyce A. Gorman

Oct 14, 2013

Joyce A. Gorman, 80, of Mound City, passed away on Monday, October 14, 2013 at a Mound City care center, with her family by her side.

She was born on September 26, 1933 in Maitland, the only child of Elvin and Erma (Ellison)...

Jean E. Porter

Jean E. Porter

Oct 1, 2013

Jean E. Porter was born May 27, 1928 in Wathena, Kansas to Jacob E. and Blanche (Euler) Liechti. She graduated from Benton High School in St. Joseph.

On September 11, 1955 she married William T. Porter. They became parents of two...

Walter L. "Roy" Case

Walter L. "Roy" Case

Sep 28, 2013

Walter LeRoy “Roy” Case was born in Watson, Missouri on September 29, 1931 to Walter M. and Hallie F. (Gaines) Case. He was raised in the Watson and Rock Port area, and graduated from Watson High School.

In 1952 he joined the U.S. Army, and was honorably...

Shelia D. Kibbey

Shelia D. Kibbey

Sep 25, 2013

Shelia D. Kibbey, 61, of Maitland, Missouri, passed away on Wed., Sept. 25, 2013 at a St. Joseph hospital.

She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her family soon moved to Myrtle Creek, Oregon,  and she graduated from high school there.

Robert S. Stephenson

Robert S. Stephenson

Sep 23, 2013

Robert S. Stephenson was born in Kansas City on March 29, 1928, the only child of John L. and Allie (Hershner) Stephenson. He graduated from New Point High School in 1946.

On June 18, 1949 he married Dorothy M. Lenz in Savannah, Missouri....

Karen S. Barker

Karen S. Barker

Sep 15, 2013

Karen S. Barker was born on July 16, 1942 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Nita Lau (McKee) and Jacob Albert Moore.

She spent her childhood and youth on the family farm near Lathrop, where she attended the Methodist Church. She graduated from Lathrop...

William E. "Bill" Harrington

William E. "Bill" Harrington

Sep 10, 2013

William E. “Bill” Harrington, 84, of Tarkio, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 at the Community Hospital in Fairfax.

Bill was born in Cowetta, Okla. on May 26, 1929. He graduated from Rock Port High School, and then served overseas in the United...

Esther E. Kneale

Esther E. Kneale

Aug 25, 2013

Esther Ellen Kneale was born on July 19, 1919, to John and Abbie (Kreek) Marriner at Curzon, Missouri, south of Oregon, Missouri, and died on August 25, 2013, at the Oregon Care Center in Oregon, Mo. She had resided there since Nov. 4, 2011.

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Marion R. Howell

Marion R. Howell

Aug 24, 2013

Marion R. Howell was born February 4, 1942 in Atchison County, Missouri. He was the son of Alfred and Stella (Price) Howell.

Marion married Deanna Fansher, and they became parents of three children. They later divorced. In 2004 he married Mary...

Dora Pierson

Dora Pierson

Aug 18, 2013

Dora (McDonough) Pierson was born in Cheshire County, England on February 25, 1925. She graduated from high school in England, and then married William Pierson on October 11, 1944. They became parents of three children.

Following WW II, the Piersons moved to New...

Claude R. Corbin

Claude R. Corbin

Aug 17, 2013

Claude R. Corbin was born in Elk Creek, Missouri on May 8, 1937. He grew up in Elk Creek, Maitland, and Ottawa, Kansas. Claude served in the U.S. Navy from 1958 to 1962, and then moved to Mound City in the mid-1960’s.

Claude...

Daphani J. Miller

Daphani J. Miller

Aug 10, 2013

Daphani Joycelynn Miller, infant daughter of James and Cassandra (Russell) Miller, passed away at her Mound City home on Aug. 10, 2013.

Daphani was born in St. Joseph, Mo. on March 26, 2013.

She was preceded in death by her...

Thelma Gladman

Thelma Gladman

Aug 8, 2013

Thelma Gladman was born near Grant City, Missouri on January 1, 1916, the daughter of Owen and Martha J. (Sowards) Weigart. She attended school in Worth County.

Thelma married Edward Glee Gladman on September 16, 1931, and they became parents of...

Betty L. Weinberg

Betty L. Weinberg

Aug 3, 2013

Betty Lorene (Wright) Weinberg was born in Mound City, Missouri on December 24, 1925. She was the only child of Harry Milton and Mary Dale (Lansdown) Wright.

Betty attended school in Mound City and graduated from Lafayette High School in St....

Patsy R. Barnes

Patsy R. Barnes

Jul 31, 2013

Patsy Ruth Barnes passed from this world safely into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

Daughter of the late W.M. and Dorothy Reeves, Pat was born on December 2, 1931 and grew up in southwest Missouri. She graduated from Noel...

C. Ilene Hendrix

C. Ilene Hendrix

Jul 25, 2013

Claire Ilene Hendrix went to be with our Heavenly Father on July 25, 2013.

On March 9, 1919 Ilene was born to Raymond and Verna (Houck) Johnson in Bedford, Iowa. She married Harold Hendrix on Dec. 9, 1939, and had nine children. He passed away in 1985....

Hilda V. Slemp

Hilda V. Slemp

Jul 17, 2013

Hilda Veronica Slemp was born on April 8, 1922 in St. Helens, England to Jack and Elizabeth (Tittle) Pennington. In 1954 she married Herbert Everett Slemp in England, and they became parents of three children. Herbert passed away in 1989. Hilda passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the age of 91 at...

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