Month: February

Rosalee Cavner

M. Rosalee Cavner, 93, Maryville, died Monday, February 10, 2025, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. She was born April 20, 1931, in Maryville, to Lewis and Bama Grace Logsdon. On July 15, 1952, she married Kenneth R. Cavner in Maryville. He preceded her in death June 15, 2016. Mrs. Cavner worked at United

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Boots Friend

Gerald O. “Boots” Friend, 86, Maryville, formerly of Sheridan, died Sunday, February 9, 2025, at the Village Care Center in Maryville. He was born August 23, 1938, in Centralia, OK, to William and Mable Cassingham Friend. Mr. Friend served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1958 with the 187th Tank Division. He was

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Weldon Dowden

Laurel Weldon Dowden, 90, Bartlesville, OK, died Tuesday, February 4, 2025. He was born September 10, 1934, on a farm near Orrsburg, Nodaway County, in the Harmony Community, to Franklin and Lucile Dowden. He graduated from Maryville High School in 1952. He majored in chemistry and mathematics at Northwest Missouri State Teachers College, Maryville, graduating

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Karl Wolbert

Karl Bernhard Wolbert, 85, Maryville, died Thursday, February 6, 2025, at the KU Med Center, Kansas City, KS. He was born July 15, 1939, in Leer, Germany to Anton and Johanna Pieper Wolbert. He came to the United States in 1961. In 1963, he married Edeltraud “Trudy” Himmer. She preceded him in death after 58

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Gary Nally

Gary Nally, 83 of Maryville, MO passed away Friday, February 7, 2025 peacefully at home. Gary was born in Oxford, MO on February 17, 1941. His parents were Norvel Olin and Alice May Runyon Nally. He lived all his life in northwest Missouri. He graduated in 1959 from the Worth County R-II High School, in Grant

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SB40 meets to begin 2025

The Senate Bill 40 Board held the quarterly meeting January 14 to start 2025 with open and closed sessions. The board finished 2024 with a carryover of $59,984.90. Treasurer Jeanette Schieber is interested in finding someone to serve on the board who she can train to become the next treasurer. The board started with 10

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Health Department inspects food establishments

The Nodaway County Health Center’s Jack Hunsucker inspected food establishments over the month of January. Planet Sub, 217 West 4th Street, Maryville, medium priority  Inspection date: January 7 Criticals: None. Non-criticals: A scoop handle was in the all-purpose flour. Jimmy Johns, 1005 South Main, Maryville, medium priority  Inspection date: January 7 Criticals: None. Non-criticals: Some light bulbs had missing covers. Pizza

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NOCOMO to install new sprinkler system

At the January 28 NOCOMO Industries, Inc. board meeting, December 2024 and January public funding was discussed. In open session, SB40 funds received for December was $33,653.18 and $143,564.91 in January. DESE funds for December was $11,146.44. DESE reimburses part of the certified employees wages. December payroll was $37,072.80. The sheltered workshop received a Gladys

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Maryville Tourism Committee reviews action items, timeline

The Maryville Tourism Committee met January 23 to review Tourism Director DeAnn Davison’s action items and timeline on tourism’s key initiatives. Davison lined up the year-one priorities including staffing, funding, grant opportunities, defining tourism and how Maryville tourism works within it, host an introductory stakeholder summit, lodging partner check-ins, establish stakeholder communications, capitalize on university

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