Recent Obituaries

Roberta Jane Beckert, 70, of Memphis, known affectionately as Bert, died Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at the LaBelle (MO) Manor Care Center. She was born the daughter of George E. and Ellen Isabelle (Adams) Roberts on July 2, 1953 in rural Scotland County. Bert graduated from the Revere High School. Bert married Gregg Nichols and […]

Shane Lee Durham, 50, of Arbela died October 22, 2023 at his home. He was born the son of Wayne Lee and Marjorie (Cunningham) Durham on September 23, 1973 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He attended Scotland County R-1 before graduating from Wyaconda High School in 1992. His first job off the farm was […]

Floyd Cone Baker “Coney” 74, of Memphis died Sunday, October 8, 2023 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. He was born the son of Floyd A. and Helen R. (Cone) Baker on April 7, 1949 in Scotland County. Coney lived his whole life here, graduating from Memphis High School in 1968. Coney joined the United […]

Judy Irene Boland, 75, of Pearl River, LA, formerly of Memphis, died Thursday, September 14, 2023, at the HCA Florida Ft. Walton-Destin Hospital in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Judy was born June 27, 1948, in Mobile, AL, to Wayne and Irene Glasgow. She grew up in Memphis until she married her first husband and moved […]

Albert Leon Bertram, 85, of Simpsonville, MD, formerly of Gorin, died Monday, August 21, 2023 at the Kline Hospice House in Mt. Airy, MD. He was born the son of Nelson and Etsil (Cunningham) Bertram on February 20, 1938 at the family farm in Gorin. Albert was a 1955 graduate of Wyaconda High School. He […]

John S. Cook, 90 of Memphis, passed away at the Scotland County Hospital Emergency Room on Aug 9th, 2023. He was born July 30th, 1933 the son of Lottie and Charles H. Cook of Downing, MO. John graduated from Downing High School in the Class of 1951. While in school, John loved horses and opened […]

Ada May Allen, 86, of Kahoka died Sunday, July 9, 2023 at the Clark County Care Center. She was born the daughter of Charles Owen and Lucille (Benge) Hooper on September 1, 1936 in Wyaconda. Ada May attended Wyaconda High School where she played tennis, basketball, shuffle board and basketball. She married William Arthur Allen, […]

Larry Lee ‘Spike’ Simerl , 75, of Agency, Iowa passed away Sunday, June 4, 2023 at his home in his loving wife’s arms. The eldest son of Eldon Lee and Lillian Florence (Stone) Simerl was born on January 21, 1948, just east of Downing in Schuyler County at his grandparents Stone’s home. Larry married the […]

Charles Edward Harris, Jr., “Chipper”, 76, of Memphis died Friday, June 2, 2023 at the Clark County Care Center in Kahoka. He was born the son of Charles Edward and Nancy (Leslie) Harris on November 29, 1946 in Bloomfield. Chipper attended both the University of Missouri-Columbia and Northeast Missouri State University before graduating from The […]

Regina “Jean” Mary Birchmier, 75, of Cantril, Iowa passed away with family by her side on May 1, 2023, at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. Jean was born on September 19, 1947, in Oskaloosa, Iowa to Paul and Mary (Hammes) Webb. She was the oldest of seven children and lived on the family farm in […]