Deaths

Bob Harr

Robert “Bob” Stephen Harr, Sr., 70, died Thursday, June 5, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospice House. He was born January 1, 1955, to Dr. and Mrs. John L. Harr and was crowned “Little King New Year” by the Maryville Daily Forum. He graduated from Maryville High School in 1973 and Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, in

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L.D. Young

LD Young, 88, Maryville died on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at the Maryville Living Center. Logan Douglas Young, III was born on July 25, 1936 to Byron and Mary Louise (Lowe) Young in Quitman. He was a 1954 graduate Quitman High School and graduated from Northwest Missouri State University where he received his master’s degree

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Jerry Rowlett

Jerry Rowlett, 73, Maryville, died on Monday, June 9, 2025 at his home. Mr. Rowlett was born on September 16, 1951 to John and Eula (Wiley) Rowlett, Jr. in Kansas City. He was a graduate of Nodaway Holt R-VII. He attended the First Baptist Church of Maryville. He worked as a corrections officer at the

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Norma Wilson

Norma Ruth Wilson died on December 14, 2024. She was born July 7, 1931 to Mildred Wilson Sobbing in Pickering.She graduated from the Pickering High School in 1945 and then enlisted in the US Army in 1951, during the Korean War. She was fortunate enough to spend two years in Italy and later she was

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Susan Noakes

Susan J. Noakes, 78, Hopkins, died June 8, 2025, at Oak Pointe in Maryville. She was born on February 3, 1947, in Lafayette, IN, to W. Leroy and Elouise Francis (Lawson) Stokes. They preceded her in death. She grew up in Indiana and a ended grade school in Lafayette, then graduated from high school in

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Melvin Ashford

Melvin Ashford, 81, of Maryville, Missouri died Saturday, June 7, 2025 at the University of Kansas Hospital. Mr. Ashford was born on October 11, 1943 to Maurice and Leila (Runnels) Ashford in Maryville. He was a machinist at Laclede Chain Manufacturing in Maryville until his retirement. He married Vicki Brown on April 4, 1987, in

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Byland James

Byland James, 75, Ravenwood, died Thursday, June 5, 2025, at his home in Ravenwood. He was born April 21, 1950, to W. Alton and Ellen J. James on the family farm south of Grant City. On June 29, 1969, he married Peggy Lea Graham in Stanberry. She preceded him in death in 2016. Mr. James

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Don Beggs

Donald Quinton Beggs, 76, Kansas City, formerly of Maryville, died Monday, May 13, 2025. He was born May 18, 1948, to Quinton and Wanda Beggs in Maryville. He grew up in Maryville, attending Horace Mann School and graduating from Maryville High School in 1966. Mr. Beggs served in the US Air Force. Following his military

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Kathryn Langley

Kathryn Langley, 82, Country Club Village, died Monday, May 19, 2025. She was born October 19, 1942, to Henry and Goldie Prather DeFreece in Parnell. She graduated from Northeast Nodaway High School, Ravenwood, in 1960. On February 16, 1963, she married Hershel Langley. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Langley supported local electrical apprentices and

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Kenneth Bray

Kenneth Wayne Bray, 75, Burlington Jct, died Thursday, May 29, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. He was born March 21, 1950, to Franklin and Wilma Bray Minor in St. Louis. On December 20, 1991, he married Carla Catherine Hinkley. Mr. Bray had worked for the Maryville Treatment Center until his retirement. He was

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