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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Aug 30, 2012

Lorena was born to Olin and Gracie Maupin on July 19, 1921 on the family farm in Watson, Missouri. She was the only child. Lorena attended Star rural school and graduated from Hamburg High School in 1939. Before getting married, she was employed as a ‘beautician’ (hair stylist) and worked for Sjulin...

Aug 28, 2012

Frances Delores Wilson was born on July 24, 1916 in Bellevue, Missouri, one of four children of John C. and Elva D. (Thompson) Long.   Frances graduated from Bellevue High School. On January 31, 1937 she married John Richard “Jugger” Wilson. He preceded her in death in 1992.   Frances passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at her Mound City home...

Aug 25, 2012

Bruce T. "Tinker" Vandeventer was born January 26, 1932 in Mound City, one of six children of Thomas W. "Tad" and Genetta V. "Nettie" (Stoner) Vandeventer. He graduated from Mound City High School in 1950. On February 17, 1952 he married Iva M. Luna, and they became parents of three children....

Aug 23, 2012

Vivian B. Polaski was born on January 18, 1911 in Forbes, Missouri. She was one of 10 children born to Tilford L. and Clara Ellen (Guyer) Brock.

Vivian attended school in Forbes. She later married Charles Andrew Polaski, and they became...

Aug 21, 2012

Kim E. Hughes, age 53, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at a St. Joseph, Missouri hospital, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on April 27, 1959 in St. Joseph, the son of Herbert F. and Phyllis J. (Kurtz) Hughes.

Aug 16, 2012

Genevieve J. Grable was born on June 5, 1922 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was one of two daughters of R.L. and Maude B. (Booth) Squires.

Genevieve graduated from Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Missouri. She then...