Deaths

Norman Heflin

Norman D. Heflin, 84, Kansas City, died Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Hospice House, North Kansas City Hospital. He was born March 13, 1939, to John D. and Clare Swinford Heflin in Maryville. After graduating from Horace Mann High School, he obtained a master’s degree in art education from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. Mr.

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Gary Tibbetts

Gary Wayne Tibbetts, 75, Burlington Jct, died Monday, June 26, 2023. He was born May 27, 1948, in Maryville, to Harold and Alma Willbanks Tibbetts. On December 27, 1970, he married Judith Diane Seipel. She preceded him in death on March 27, 2022. Mr. Tibbetts was a general handyman. He was a baptized member of

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Ronnie Adamson

Ronald Truman “Ronnie” Adamson, 64, Maryville, died Saturday, June 24, 2023. He was born February 11, 1959, in Maryville, to Mervin and Phyllis Ann Pasch Adamson. He was a lifelong resident, having graduated from Maryville High School in 1977. On September 20, 1980, he married Rhonda Pauline Langford, in Maryville. Mr. Adamson worked in central

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Patricia Ann Brost

Patricia Ann Brost, 76, St. Joseph, passed away Saturday, June 24, 2023. She was born February 5, 1947 to Raymond and Mary Alice Helzer Evans in Maryville. She graduated from South Nodaway High School in 1965, then earned her bachelors degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 1970 and her masters degree from the University

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Ann Simmons

Ann Simmons, 73, Creston, IA, died Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at her home. She was born December 16, 1949, in Peoria, IL, to Carl Raymond Pierpoint and Mary Alice Kurtz Pierpoint. She graduated from Maryville High School in 1967. She earned a bachelor of science degree in education from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville and

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Hubert Luke

Hubert E. Luke, 90, Stanberry, died Friday, June 16, 2023, at an Albany hospital. He was born June 19, 1932, on the family farm in Clyde, to Alphonse G. and Regina C. Untiedt Luke. On June 25, 1955, he married Beatrice Schwebach at the Basilica of Immaculate Conception, Conception. Mr. Luke served in the United

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Dave Taylor

Charles David “Dave” Taylor, 76, Maryville, died Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at his home. He was born March 4, 1947, in Maryville, to Charles W. and Betty A. Schulte Taylor. He was a graduate of Maryville High School. On December 31, 1976, he married Diana Sheets in Maryville. She preceded him in death on July

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Dorothy Mackey

Dorothy Ann Mackey, 80, Maryville, died Thursday, June 15, 2023. She was born February 6, 1943 to Elias Walter and Cornelia Augusta Grotewiel Starke at the old St. Francis Hospital in Maryville. She graduated from Jefferson C-123 High School in Conception Jct. She attended beauty school in St. Joseph. On July 28, 1962, she married

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Ethel Phillips

Ethel Carlson Phillips, 88, died Saturday, June 3, 2023. She was born May 4, 1935 to Bob and Grace Carlson in Elmo. She married Richard “Dick” Phillips in 1955. They lived in Colorado, New York, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, and France. Mrs. Phillips assisted her husband in many ways throughout his career. She was preceded in

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Steph Allen

Stephanie D. “Steph” Allen, 64, Maryville, died Saturday, June 17, 2023, at her home. She was born March 13, 1959, in Maryville, to Bob and Rose Elliott Allen. She was a 1977 graduate of Maryville High School. Ms. Allen had worked for Allen’s Butchering and Processing and was a custodian at Northwest Missouri State University,

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