Recent Obituaries

Dorcas Juanita (Caldwell) Mohr, 88, of Lynchburg VA, formerly of Canton, died Saturday, November 2, 2013. She was born the daughter of Elzey R. and Zella F. (Alderton) Caldwell on August 8, 1925 in Knox County. Dorcas married Delbert H. Mohr on December 21, 1947 in Wyaconda. She was preceded in death by her husband […]

Elvis Lucille Gundy, 93, of Memphis died Sunday, October 27, 2013 at the Scotland County Care Center’s Residental Care Facility. She was born the daughter of Glen and Lena Elvis (Arnold) Lancaster on Christmas Day, 1919, at the home of her grandparents, Core and Emerald Arnold. Elvis said she and the animals on her family […]

Lucille Hooper, 98, of Wyaconda, died October 24, 2013, in the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. She was born the daughter of James and Artie Mae (Raine) Benge on November 20, 1914, in Clark County. On April 2, 1930, she married Charles Owen Hooper at Kahoka, MO.  He preceded her in death on […]

Katherine Madeline (Monroe) Ewing, 92, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away in her home on August 14, 2013. She was born June 2, 1921, near Gorin, Scotland County, Missouri, the daughter of Fred D. and Ethel Blanche (Raine) Monroe. Madeline attended grade school and high school at Gorin, and graduated in 1939.  Following graduation, she worked […]

Lee Ann (Wullbrandt) Russell died July 25, 2013 at Twin Pines Adult Care Center in Kirksville, Missouri. She was born September 27, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri, the eldest child of Harold William and Lois Louise (Crabaugh) Wullbrandt. She attended school in Liberty, Missouri, eventually earning her GED from Maple Woods Community College in 1976. […]

Cathy (Brown) Thomas, 55, of rural Memphis died early Friday morning, June 14, 2013 at her home. She was born the daughter of Harold Dale and Leta (Barnes) Brown on March 4, 1958 in Keosauqua, Iowa. Cathy married Randy Thomas on May 19, 2012 at the Rutledge Christian Church.  He survives. She loved her family, […]

Albert Commadore England, Jr. 84, of  Keokuk, IA, formerly of Canton, MO, passed away Monday, June 10, 2013, at Lexington Square in Keokuk. The son of Albert C., Sr. and Ethel Marie Straw England, he was born on January 1, 1929 in Red Oak, IA. He was married to Charlotte Nicol on March 20, 1948 […]

Patricia Evelyn “Pat” (Thompson) Shelton, 83, of Vevay, Indiana, died June 4, 2013 at her home. She was born the daughter of Arnold L. and Theresa T. (Wussler) Thompson on December 11, 1929, in Clark County, Missouri. Pat was raised in Wayland, Missouri, where she attended school. Pat married Donald C. Shelton on June 5, […]

Robert Leroy Coop, Jr., 63, of Gorin died Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in the emergency room of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of Robert Leroy and Mattie Belle Coop on August 5, 1949 in Keokuk. Robert married the former Jacqueline Mills on November 2, 1976 in Keokuk.  She preceded him in […]

Lois Irene Shanes, 90, formerly of Kansas City and Rutledge, died May 5, 2013 in Pennsylvania. She was born the daughter of David and Leta Atwell on April 1, 1923.    Irene grew up in Rutledge and lived most of her life in Kansas City, Missouri.   She graduated from Rutledge High School with the […]