Anthony Lewis "Phil" Close
Apr 16, 2012
Anthony Lewis "Phil" Close, one of five children of Beatrice (Huggins) and Charles William Close, was born at his parent's home on the farm, in Atchison County, Missouri on December 9, 1917. Anthony Lewis preferred the nickname of "Phil." He grew up on the farm with his brothers and one sister. He attended Spring Valley school from first grade...
Freddie Gene Liess
Apr 16, 2012
Freddie Gene Liess, 82, of Collinsville, Oklahoma, formerly of Rock Port, passed away April 16, 2012 at a Tulsa, Oklahoma hospital. Freddie was born on April 17, 1929, the son of Smith and Bessie (Cooper) Liess. Freddie graduated from Rock Port High School. He married Dixie Lee Ballanger, and they became parents of two sons. They later divorced. In...
Robert M. "Bob" Quick
Apr 15, 2012
Robert M. "Bob" Quick, age 82, of Oregon, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at the Oregon Care Center. He was born on April 28, 1929 in Forest City, Missouri, the son of Guinn and Mildred (Jourdon) Quick. On April 26, 1953 he married Dorothy Louise Pullen in Oregon, Missouri. They became parents of three children. Bob...
Betty Jean (Sipes) Bomar
Apr 15, 2012
Betty Jean (Sipes) Bomar was born on July 3, 1935 in Forbes, Missouri to Lester M. and Ella (Hughes) Sipes. She attended Forest City High School. On January 31, 1953 she married Frederick Ray Bomar in Bigelow, Missouri. They became parents of six children. Betty worked for many years at Schoonover’s Café. She also worked at Bammer’s Café and...
Amy M. (Wilfong) Ditmars
Apr 12, 2012
Amy M. (Wilfong) Ditmars was born on September 6, 1927. She was the youngest of four children of Harvey and Amy V. (Shipley) Wilfong. She married Robert C. Ditmars, and they became parents of four children. Amy was a homemaker. Amy moved to Mound City in 2002. She passed away at a local healthcare center on Thursday, April 12,...
Virginia A. “Ginny” (Heifner) Cox
Apr 8, 2012
Virginia A. “Ginny” (Heifner) Cox was born in Maryville, Missouri on July 24, 1930, one of three children of Lloyd Bryan and Alma Fern (Campbell) Heifner. Ginny graduated from Maryville High School and later Christian College, Columbia, Missouri. She was also an alumnus of the University of Missouri. In 1952 she married Hardin C. Cox in Maryville, and they...
Mary Virginia "Ginger" Book
Apr 1, 2012
Mary Virginia "Ginger" Book was born on June 7, 1930 in Forest City, Missouri. She was one of two children of Calvert Glen and Gertrude Mae (Lyons) France. Ginger graduated from Forest City High School in 1948 and Maryville State Teachers College. On August 20, 1950 she married Dale N. Book. They became parents of four children. Ginger taught...
Harold G. "Skip" Fletemeyer
Mar 25, 2012
Harold G. "Skip" Fletemeyer was born on August 7, 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the only child of George and Frances (Brodersen) Fletemeyer. Skip graduated from high school in Omaha, and then attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He worked as a nurse at the Douglas County Hospital. He also was a union delegate for the AFL-CIO. On Nov....
Margaret R. “Marguerite” Beggs
Mar 25, 2012
Margaret R. “Marguerite” Beggs was born on February 28, 1914 in Maryville, Missouri, the daughter of James Woodford and Cora Isabel (Ulmer) Seals. Marguerite married Howard Chambers Beggs, and they became parents of one son. Marguerite and Howard operated a bar in Craig, Missouri, and also the “Log Cabin” bar in St. Joseph, Missouri. Marguerite also worked at the...
Erle Franklin Cooper
Mar 15, 2012
Erle Franklin Cooper was born on June 14, 1920 in Texhoma, Oklahoma. He was the son of Homer E. and Grace (McAfee) Cooper. Erle graduated from Oregon High School. He then served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was stationed overseas in Africa and Italy. Erle worked as a banker at Citizens Bank of Oregon. On...
Patricia Ann (Collins) Wilcoxson
Mar 13, 2012
Patricia Ann (Collins) Wilcoxson was born on January 12, 1949 in Big Lake, Missouri. She was the daughter of Robert David and Iva Isabell (Worl) Collins. Patricia grew up in Fairfax and attended Fairfax High School. Patricia married James A. Wilcoxson Sr. in 1968, and they became parents of three children. They later divorced. Patricia lived in Oklahoma from...
Dorothy Evelyn Salfrank
Mar 4, 2012
Dorothy Evelyn Salfrank was born to Steven and Sarah Elizabeth (Wood) Lawless in Coatesville, Indiana on February 17, 1912. She was one of eleven children. Dorothy was married to Carl George Salfrank in 1933. they farmed in the Rock Port and Craig, Missouri area. Carl passed away on May 9, 1975 at Fairfax Hospital. Dorothy passed away on Sunday,...
Kathern F. Hurst
Mar 1, 2012
Kathern F. Hurst was born on April 26, 1951 in Oregon, Missouri, one of six children of Beauford and Pauline (Fansher) Steeby. Kathryn graduated from Oregon High School, and had worked at Johnson Controls in St. Joseph, Missouri. On August 31, 1997 she married Mike Hurst in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kathryn passed away on March 1, 2012 at her...
G. Dale Brickey
Feb 28, 2012
G. Dale Brickey, 91, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, formerly of Mound City, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at a Bentonville, Arkansas hospital. Dale was born on August 13, 1920 in Holt County, Missouri, the son of William M. and Vetra O. (Kaufman) Brickey. Dale graduated from Mound City High School. On August 12, 1942 he was...
Loren Glenn Waller
Feb 20, 2012
Loren Glenn Waller was born in Stewartsville, Mo., DeKalb County, Missouri, on Sept. 20, 1924. His parents, both school teachers before becoming farmers, were Clarence and Eula D. (Wilkinson) Waller. Glenn attended Lone Oak and Ash Grove rural schools and graduated from Stewartsville high school in 1942. At the University of Missouri he was active in a number of...
G. Nadine Kretzer Andrews
Feb 15, 2012
G. Nadine Kretzer Andrews was born November 4, 1919 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Frank I. and Rosa Myrtle Hedges Winfrey. She was a member of Elmdale Baptist Church in Springdale. Nadine worked as a waitress at Neal’s Café from 1963 to 1972 and at the Holiday Inn in Springdale. She was an insurance agent for Sisco Funeral Chapel....
Shirley Ann (David) Zeliff
Feb 14, 2012
Shirley Ann (David) Zeliff, 74, of Maryville, formerly of Mound City, Mo., passed away Feb. 14, 2012 at a St. Joseph hospital. Shirley was born in Gentry, Mo. on April 15, 1937 to Myrtle (Hill) and Earl David. She was graduated from Mound City High School in 1955. On Aug. 12, 1956 she married John W. “J.W.” Zeliff. He...
David Dean Nowling
Feb 13, 2012
David Dean Nowling was born on September 29, 1942 in Anderson, Missouri to Floyd Benjamin “Punch” and Fern Elaine (Quimby) Nowling. He worked as a truck driver for Patterson Ranch. David married Carolyn Sue Fries in September of 1961, and they became parents of four children. They later divorced. He then married Beverly Ann Walker, and they became parents...
Kenneth E. Scroggins
Feb 12, 2012
Kenneth E. Scroggins, 64, of Blue Eye, Mo., formerly of Forbes, Mo., passed away on February 12, 2012 at a Springfield, Missouri hospital. He was born in Hamburg, Iowa on May 14, 1947 to the late Lawrence and Eva Scroggins. He graduated from Lafayette High School in St. Joseph. He retired after 33 years with the Quaker Oats Co....
Darrell Max Markt
Jan 21, 2012
Darrell Max Markt was born on September 9, 1920 in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was one of three children of Wesley Walter and Susan Charline (Kunkel) Markt. Max graduated from Oregon High School in 1937. On November 1, 1941 he married Kathleen Erdean Sommer at her parent’s home in Oregon. Max and Kathleen began their life together at the...
