Month: May

DAR meets at new location

The Nodaway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 10:30 am, Saturday, May 14 at St. Oswalds in-the-fields church, 30996 X Avenue, Skidmore. Guests are welcome to the salad luncheon meeting.

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SCB presents ‘Pelts at the Park’

Skidmore Community Betterment is presenting Pelts at the Park starting at 10 am, Saturday, May 14 at Wildcat Park, Skidmore. The Missouri Department of Conservation will teach about wildlife in Missouri and will allow interaction with pelts.

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Annual Torch Run raises funds, awareness for Special Olympics

The annual Missouri Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics was held May 10 on Main Street in Maryville and a walk was held at Mozingo Lake Recreation and Park. The run started at the Nodaway County Courthouse and finished at Kawasaki. The walk began at The Point. Gathered at the courthouse, the runners listened

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AL holds tenderloin sandwich supper

There will be a breaded tenderloin sandwich, potato wedges, dessert and drink meal from 5 to 7 pm, Friday, May 13 at the American Legion in Burlington Jct. It is sponsored by the Rolla Dicks American Legion Auxiliary. Adults are $8; children five and under are free. Curbside and carryout are available. For curbside, call

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Jack Otte

Jack Lowell Otte, 97, Maryville, was born on May 20, 1924, in Council Bluffs, IA, to Harold W. Otte and Pauline Chambers Otte Bradley. He passed away Friday, April 29, 2022 in Maryville. He lived in Sidney, IA for the first 12 years of his life then Shenandoah, IA for a year before moving to

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Bob Nielson

Bob Nielson, 76, Barnard, died Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at his home. He was born October 25, 1945, in Maryville, to Albert and Catherine Meyer Nielson. He was a 1963 graduate of South Nodaway High School. On June 9, 1972, he married Sherry D. Malam in Barnard. Mr. Nielson was a lifelong farmer. Graveside services

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Russ Jones

Francis Russell “Russ” Jones, 77, died Saturday, May 7, 2022. He was born September 8, 1944, to Francis Star Gravy and Mary Edna Johnson Jones. He graduated from Skidmore High School in 1963. A memorial service with military honors will be held at 10:30 am, Friday, May 13 at the Skidmore Christian Church, Skidmore. A

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Ralph Walsh

Ralph Michael Walsh, 78, Maryville, died Monday, May 9, 2022, at Parkdale Manor, Maryville. He was born September 29, 1943, in Jacksonville, IL, to Chester Anthony Walsh and Marie Pope Walsh. On May 14, 1977, he married Marie Helen Duewer at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Auburn, IL. Before moving to Maryville in 2006, the

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Marvin Crabtree

Marvin D. Crabtree, 78, Peoria, AZ, died Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Phoenix, AZ. He was born January 31, 1944, in Burlington Jct., to Donald and Vera Crabtree. Mr. Crabtree grew up in Burlington Jct. before moving all across the US establishing Electronic Calibration Baselines with NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey. After joining the International Boundary

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