Charles W.F. Vaught
Nov 21, 2012
Charles William Franklin Vaught was born on January 3, 1913 inFairfax, Missouri. He was one of eight children born to Boyd Fielder and Etta May (Poe) Vaught. Charles graduated from Irish Grove High School and attended Tarkio College. On April 21, 1941 he married Iva Belle Hurst, and they became parents of one daughter. Charles served in the U.S. Army...
Mary Lou Hughes
Nov 17, 2012
Mary Lou Hughes was born on January 6, 1934 to Ray L. and Pearl C. (Cotton) McIntyre. She graduated from Forest City High School in 1952.
On December 21, 1952 she married Orbyn Hughes, Jr. in Forest City, and they became...
John B. Beal
Nov 15, 2012
John B. Beal was born on January 18, 1925 in Hamburg, Iowa. He was one of two children of Jesse Franklin and Ruth Irene (O’Neal) Beal. John graduated from Rock Port High School and then attended Tarkio College.
On April 6,...
Merrill A. Bledsoe
Nov 12, 2012
Merrill A. "Barney" Bledsoe was born on May 23, 1923 in St. Joseph, and graduated from Clarksdale High School.
He married Helen M. McConnell, and she preceded him in death in 1993. Merrill later married Evelyn S. (Steger) Freund.
Rodger Derr
Nov 9, 2012
Rodger W. Derr was born in Holt County on June 6, 1925 to Charles G. and Alberta M. (Sipes) Derr. He graduated from Oregon High School in 1943.
On June 20, 1948 he married Irene L. Metcalf, and they became parents...
Marguerite "Margie" A. Schenk
Nov 4, 2012
Marguerite Angela "Margie" Schenk was born onMay 23, 1927 in Ludlow, Missouri. She was theonly child of C. LaVere and Letha (Merchant) North. Margie moved to Forest City with her parents when she was five years old. She graduated from Forest City High School in 1945. On February 20, 1952 she married Melvin D. Schenk in their newly constructed home...
Alberta M. Brickey
Oct 27, 2012
Alberta M. Brickey was born on Jan. 4, 1924 near Oregon, Missouri. She was one of eight children of Bert and Alice (Hardin) Hamm. Alberta graduated from New Point High School.
On March 3, 1943 she married G. Dale Brickey. Dale and Alberta...
Rosalie Clark
Oct 23, 2012
Rosalie (Hawk) Clark was born in Nishnabotna, Missouri on December 18, 1939. She was one of eight children of Ruben H. and Bessie Rosanna (Johnson) Hawk. Rosalie attended school at Fairfax, Missouri. On May 24, 1958 she married Franklin E. Clark in Sidney, Iowa. They became parents of three children. Rosalie worked at Mount Arbor and Henry Field Nurseries. She...
Milan E. Boswell
Oct 18, 2012
Milan Eugene Boswell passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 at the Oregon Care Center in Oregon, Missouri.
Milan was born Sept 1, 1920 near New Point, Missouri to W. Rayburn and Mildred Kunkel Boswell. He was a 1938 graduate of New Point High...
Eleanor M. Seitz
Oct 16, 2012
Eleanor M. Seitz was born on May 17, 1918, the only child of Lee and Maude A. (Nay) Meek. Eleanor graduated from Bellevue High School in 1936.
On November 23, 1938 she married Landen E. Seitz in Fairfax, Missouri....
Doris I. Cunningham
Oct 15, 2012
Doris Irene (Lippold) Cunningham was born in Falls City, Nebraska on September 26, 1944. She was one of 12 children of Joseph Leo and Dorothy Katherine (Wissman) Lippold. Doris graduated from Falls City High School.
On August 8, 1981 she married...
Alene Weber
Oct 14, 2012
Alene Weber was born on April 17, 1922 in Lebanon, Missouri. She was the daughter of Samuel A. “Bud” and Sylvia (Kinchloe) Murrell.
Alene graduated from Lebanon High School. On Feb. 2, 1943 she married her high school sweetheart, Alfred “Al” Weber in Lebanon. Alene and Al...
Beth H. Brown
Oct 6, 2012
Beth Huiatt Brown was born on May 27, 1933 in Maitland, Missouri. She was the daughter of Chauncey W. and Myrtle (Smith) Huiatt. Beth graduated from Mound City High School in 1951, and then received her BS in Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Beth was a music educator. On August 28, 1955 she...
Mary K. Esser
Sep 26, 2012
Mary Kathryn Esser was born on May 11, 1922 in Watson, Missouri. She was the daughter of William and Anna Mary Kathryn (Maness) Holmes. Mary attended school in Watson. On June 1, 1943 she married Roy Esser in Maryville, Missouri, and they became parents of four children. Roy farmed in the Watson area, and Mary was a busy farm...
Maxine L. Kurtz
Sep 26, 2012
Maxine L. Kurtz was born near New Point in Holt County, Missouri on October 13, 1920. She graduated from New Point High School.
On Feb. 21, 1940 she married Emmett Kurtz in Savannah, Missouri. Maxine and Emmett became parents of three sons, and farmed in Holt County...
Emmett F. Kurtz
Sep 17, 2012
Emmett Franklin Kurtz was born on the family farm in Holt County, Missouri on December 4, 1914. He was the son of Ernest F. and Lula P. (Bender) Kurtz.
Emmett graduated from New Point High School in 1932. On February 21,...
Linda Caton
Sep 16, 2012
Linda L. Caton was born on August 24, 1951 in Fairfax, Missouri. She was the daughter of Chester B. “Chet” and Donna L. (Shaver) Caton.
Linda graduated from Mound City High School in 1969, and then attended Northwest Missouri State University...
Wendell L. Hinkle
Sep 14, 2012
Wendell L. Hinkle was born December 10, 1934 in Fortescue, Missouri, the son of Alton B. and Beulah F. (Smith) Hinkle.
Wendell graduated from Craig High School, and then attended Northwest Missouri State College in Maryville, Missouri. He farmed in Holt...
Shirley Ann Hays
Sep 11, 2012
Shirley Ann Hays was born on March 4, 1939 in St. Joseph, Missouri. She was the daughter of Claude M. and Mabel I. (Holland) Attebury.
Shirley graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph. She worked at the Carnegie Library in...
Edna Pearl Close
Sep 7, 2012
Edna Pearl (Ray) Close was born Sept. 21, 1917 in Nishnabotna, Missouri, the daughter of Nicholas Jerome Ray and Edna (Christian) Ray. Edna Pearl preferred to be called E.P. She grew up in rural Atchison County, living on various farms with her family and attended Nishna, Elkdale and Daleview schools.
She met Anthony...
