Deaths

Gary M. Wyatt

Gary M. Wyatt, 85, St. Joseph, formerly of Maryville, passed away on Monday, February 14, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. Gary was born on February 6, 1937, in Canton, IL, to Nial and Alice Buie Wyatt. He was a 1955 graduate of Maryville High School and received his bachelor’s degree in business

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Margaret May Nelson

Margaret May Nelson passed from this life, at home with family by her side, February 11, 2022. Margaret was born at home in rural Taylor County, IA, April 28, 1944, to Albert Dean and Vada Majorie Cook Whipple. She attended elementary and junior high school at Conway and high school at Bedford, IA. After graduating

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Douglas Allee

Douglas Lee Allee was born June 11, 1957, in Albany to Doy and Shirley Thompson Allee. He departed this life at his residence on February 11, 2022. Doug graduated from the Sheridan High School with the class of 1975. After high school, Doug worked for Sur-Gro and joined the Missouri National Guard with 129th Field

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Bennett Davidson

Bennett Ellis Davidson, infant son of Anthony and Melanie Erks Davidson, died Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 10:30 am, Saturday, February 19 at Calvary Chapel in Maryville. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9 to 10:30 am on Saturday

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Byron Stites

Byron Eugene Stites, 83, Hopkins, died Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at his home. He was born May 20, 1930, in Topeka, KS, to Elmer and Lela Garvitt Stites. He was a graduate of Hopkins High School. On July 17, 1956, he married Norma Rea DeMott in Hopkins. She preceded him in death on December 28,

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Edwin Staples

Edwin Earle Staples, 83, Mound City, died Sunday, February 13, 2022, at Tiffany Heights Nursing Home. He was born April 28, 1938, in Maryville, to Edwin Elbert and Dorothy Mae Walker Staples. He graduated from Maryville High School in 1956. On June 8, 1958, he married Shirley Ann Zion. She preceded him in death. Funeral

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Sandra Gillespie

Sandra Rasco Gillespie, 81, Albany, died Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care in Albany. She was born September 24, 1940, to Wendell and Bette Evans Rasco in Barnard. She attended South Nodaway School in Barnard and St. Joseph Junior College and Missouri Methodist School of Nursing in St. Joseph. She married Howard Lynch.

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Pat Wilmes

Ronald Patrick “Pat” Wilmes, 73, Maryville, died Thursday, February 10, 2022. He was born January 6, 1949, in Maryville, to Hubert J. and Emma Marie Zimmerman Wilmes. He graduated from Maryville High School with the class of 1967. He spent most of his life in the area. Mr. Wilmes served in the US Army and

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Vera Holder

Vera Holder, 58, Maryville, passed away on February 5, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph. Vera Holder is a child of God and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She passed into the next realm unwillingly because there were more good works to do. Her widower survives of

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Wilma Wardlow

Wilma R. Wardlow, 93, Maryville, died Tuesday, February 8, 2022. She was born January 28, 1929, in Mound City, to William Lincoln and Pauline Maude Fries King. She graduated from high school in Mound City. Mrs. Wardlow was a housewife. She had worked at the Squaw Creek Truck Plaza near Mound City. Funeral services will

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