Deaths

Sharon Graham

Sharon Marlene Wilkinson Graham, 74, Fremont, NE, formerly of Stanberry, died Sunday, December 24, 2023, in Fremont. She was born October 19, 1949, in Hatfield, to Rex and Lillie Sweedman Wilkinson. She attended Stanberry High School, the School of the Ozarks and received her master’s at the University of Missouri, Columbia in social work. She

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Donald Bennett

Donald Kirk Bennett, age 87, died in his sleep on December 30, 2023, in Santa Barbara, CA. Born August 25, 1936, in Hopkins, Don was the second and youngest child of Gordon and Margaret (Kirk) Bennett. A few years later, the family moved to Maryville, where Don graduated from Maryville High School and Northwest Missouri

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Tammy Holbrook

Tammy Kay Holbrook, 62, Guilford, died Monday, January 8, 2024, at Parkdale Manor, Maryville. She was born April 20, 1961, in St. Joseph, to Teddy and Nancy Cole Kelso. On October 10, 2000, she married Jackie Holbrook in Savannah. Mrs. Holbrook was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Holbrook’s body has been cremated. There

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Thomas Westfall

Thomas Morris Westfall, 75, Kirksville, died Monday, January 8, 2024, at Schuyler County Nursing Home, Queen City. He was born June 29, 1948, in Maryville, to Robert Paul and Roberta Francis Morris Westfall. He was a graduate from Maryville High School, Maryville with the class of 1966. He attended two years of college at Northeast

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Diane Sederburg

Diane Adelle Dippel Sederburg, 84, died Saturday, January 6, 2024. She was born October 4, 1939, in Bonapart, IA, to Ernest Sr. and Adelle Dippel. In 1944, the family moved to Shenandoah, IA, where she graduated from high school. She married Duane “Ossie” Sederburg. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Sederburg was a homemaker. After

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Darlene Heflin

Darlene Heflin, 80, Pickering, died Saturday, January 6, 2024, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. She was born June 17, 1943, in Ottawa, KS, to Joe Leonard and Edith May Elder McAuley. On July 17, 1987, she married Dean Heflin in Ottawa. Mrs. Heflin worked at an assisting living center while in Sioux Falls,

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Wayne Pierson

Wayne H. Pierson, 95, Maryville, died Saturday, January 6, 2024. He was born May 2, 1928, in Pickering, to Bert Elmer and Ona May Combs Pierson, Sr. He graduated from Pickering High School. He lived all of his life in the area. On November 11, 1951, he married Betty Jean Wallace. She preceded him in

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GR McGinness, Jr. 

Glen Roland “GR” McGinness, Jr., 92, Maryville, died Sunday, January 7, 2024, at the Village Care Center, Maryville. He was born December 30, 1931, north of Maryville, to Glen Roland and Velma Pauline Hayden McGinness, Sr.  He attended grade school in Clearmont, and graduated from Quitman High School, class of 1949. On May 14, 1994, he

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Doris Holste

Doris Lorene Cullison Holste, 95, Maryville, formerly of Hopkins, died Saturday,  January 6, 2024, at Oak Pointe in Maryville. She was born January 15, 1928, in Clarinda, IA, to Ernest and Blanch McNutt Cullison.  She graduated from Clarinda High School. On March 24, 1945, she married Warren William “Bill” Holste in Troy, KS. He preceded her in

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