Deaths

Dolores Albertini

Dolores Ann Drenon Albertini, 85, Prairie Village, KS, died Saturday, July 19, 2023. She was born August 13, 1937, in Topeka, KS, to Victor M. and Hila E. Drenon. She graduated from Argentine High School in Kansas City, KS. She received her bachelor’s degree in language and literature from Pittsburg State University and her master’s

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Fr. Richard Cleary, OSB

Fr. Richard Cleary, OSB, 93, Conception, died Friday, July 21, 2023, at St. Stephen’s Infirmary at Conception Abbey, Conception. He was born James Andrew Cleary on July 31, 1929, in Wichita, KS, to the late James and Katherine Polk Cleary. He professed as a monk of Conception Abbey on September 3, 1951, and was ordained

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Geraldine Klakken

Geraldine Marie Williams Klakken, 81, Bedford, IA, died Friday, July, 18, 2023, at Clarinda Regional Health Center, Clarinda, IA. She was born January 20, 1942, on the family farm north of Clarinda, to Donald Eugene Williams and Una Alice Newberry Williams. She graduated from Clarinda High School in 1960. On November 10, 1961, she married

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Lois Short

Lois May Short, 86, Clearmont, formerly of Burlington Jct., passed from this life unexpectedly at the Clarinda Hospital, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Lois was born in Waterloo, NE, on October 5, 1936, and lived there until age seven. The family moved near Skidmore for a year, then they moved to Burlington Jct. and lived

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Michael McHugh

Michael Wayne McHugh, the son of Royal and Flora Barnum McHugh, was born April 26, 1955 in Moorhead, Iowa. Michael attended Dow City High School, Dow City, IA. On April 19, 1976, Michael was united in marriage to Carol Bartlett. They became the parents of four children, Tanya, April, Garland and John. They later divorced.

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Timothy Coffelt

Timothy Lavern Coffelt, 64, Ravenwood, passed from this life on Monday, July 24, 2023, at Mosaic Medical Center, in Maryville, following a lengthy illness. Born in Maryville on August 7, 1958; his parents were Wayne Lavern and Margaret Louise Ray Coffelt.  He had lived all his life in the area.  His parents preceded him in death. He

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Wreatha Wilda Jarvis Terry

Wreatha Wilda Jarvis Terry, 87, Jonesborough, TN, died Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at the Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN. Mrs. Terry was born September 26, 1935 to Howard and Laura Jarvis in Newkirk, OK. She was a student of music at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, where she met her future husband, Bobby

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Bill Archer

William “Bill” Joseph Archer, 71, Conception Jct., died Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at Mosaic Medical Center, St. Joseph. He was born June 5, 1952, in Maryville, to Hubert Benedict and Dorothy Veronica Wiederholt Archer at St. Francis Hospital. He graduated in 1970 from Jefferson High School, Conception Jct., and from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville,

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Bill Beggs

William Jo “Bill” Beggs, 88, Guilford, died Friday, July 7, 2023, at his home. He was born September 21, 1934, to William A. and Lillian A. Oliver Beggs in Guilford. He was a 1954 graduate of Stanberry High School. On March 9, 1959, he married Elaine Armagost in Rea. Mr. Beggs served for six years

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Stetson Jackson

Stetson Ashley Jackson, 38, Barnard, Saturday, July 8, 2023, at his home. He was born August 4, 1984, in Maryville, to Randy M. and Kara L. Akin Jackson. He graduated from South Nodaway High School, Barnard, in 2003, and attended Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph. He had lived in Nodaway County all his life.

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