Deaths

Viola Ginther 

Viola Ginther, 87, Stanberry, died Tuesday, June 2, 2020. She was born March 10, 1933 to John and Anna Eickholt Meyer, Conception Jct.. On May 7, 1955, she married Lawrence “Larry” Ginther at the Conception Abbey Basilica, Conception. He survives of the home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am, Friday, June

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Richard Brand

Richard W. Brand, 88, Hopkins, died Saturday, May 30, 2020. He was born November 7, 1931, near Clearmont, to Wayne R. and Sylvia Voshell Brand. He attended the Plum Grove Country School, and then graduated from Hopkins High School in 1949. On April 8, 1956, he married Lois Ann Alexander at the home of her

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Frances Hill

Frances Marie Hill, 82, Maryville, died Thursday, May 14, 2020, at Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville. She was born January 8, 1938, in Skidmore, to George Howard and  Irene Davison Chesnut. She was a 1956 graduate of Maryville High School, and a graduate of Gard Business College. On January 6, 1957, she married Gordan Gene Hill in

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Lavon Smail

Lavon E. Smail, 85, Maryville, died Sunday, May 17, 2020, at the Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville. She was born June 11, 1934, in Maitland, to Earl Richard and Minnie Ruth Adams Archer. She graduated from Maitland High School, and attended classes at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. On September 30, 1951, she married Leslie Eugene

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Sharon Poppa

Sharon Kay Poppa, 71, Maryville, died Saturday, May 16, 2020, at her residence. She was born September 21, 1948, in Omaha, NE, to Harold and Betty Lou Rahe Schluter. She lived most of her life in Pickering and Maryville. She attended high school in Hopkins. On January 1, 1966, she married Terry Dale Poppa in

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Dr. Michael Graham

Michael Wayne Graham, 75, died Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at Nodaway Nursing Home, Maryville. He was born October 8, 1944, in Grinnell, IA, to Robert Crawford Graham and Wanda Winters Graham. After graduating from BGM Community School in 1963, he earned his bachelor of arts in education from Simpson College in 1967 and his masters

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Janet Rosenbohm

Janet Lachet Vandewater Rosenbohm, 82, Graham, died peacefully at home on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Janet was born October 29, 1937 on the family farm in rural Dexter, IA to Lloyd & Erma Norris Vandewater. She attended Harrison #5 Adair County “Center” School through eighth grade, occasionally riding her horse. She graduated from Greenfield, IA,

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Don Willsie

On Sunday, May 3, 2020, Lt Col (ret) Donovan Lee Willsie passed from the arms of his loving family into the arms of our Lord at age 91 in his Colorado Springs, CO, home. Don was born on July 9, 1928 in Waukegan, IL, to Charles and Myrtle VanOlst Willsie. He was raised in several

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Christopher Cummins

Christopher J. Cummins, 70, Maryville, died Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at Maryville Living Center. He was born July 19, 1949, in Kansas City, to JB and Doris Logan Cummins. He was a 1967 graduate of Maryville High School and attended Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. On November 24, 1973, he married Marianne Donegan in Kansas

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Patty Lou Jennings

Patty Lou Jennings, 78, Grant City, died Saturday, May 2, 2020, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. She was born January 9, 1942, in Nodaway County, to Charles E. and Sara E. Chapman Brant. On March 14, 1975, she married Max L. Jennings in Stanberry. He preceded her in death July 6, 1990. Mrs.

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