Deaths

Daniel Smith 

Daniel Evan Smith, 59, Maryville, died Monday, May 2, 2022, at his home in Maryville. He was born February 21, 1963, in Big Spring, TX, to Mathew Smith and Sandra Byrne. He earned degrees from The College of William and Mary, The University of Virginia School of Law and Rutgers University. On November 12, 1988,

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Lucile Chesnut

Lucile Beason Chesnut, 95, Maryville, died Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the Maryville Living Center, Maryville. She was born June 21, 1926, in Clearmont, to Ralph and Lois Houston Shields. On November 19, 1946, she married Richard Beason. He preceded her in death in 1992. She married Howard Chesnut in 1994. He died in 1997.

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Lisa Riddle

Lisa Marie Mattson Riddle, 58, Maryville, went to her eternal home in Heaven to be freed of her earthly life early Saturday morning, April 23, 2022. Lisa was born on August 30, 1963, in St. Joseph to loving parents, Charles and Velda Weathermon Mattson, of Conception Jct. She attended Jefferson High School in Conception Jct.,

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Brad Pierpoint

Bradley Wayne Pierpoint, 60, Maryville, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at his residence in Maryville. He was born July 9, 1961, at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, to Burdette Pierpoint and Marcia Shanholtzer. He graduated from Nodaway-Holt High School, class of 1979. He lived most of his life in the surrounding area. During his working

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Kirby Goslee

Kirby Goslee, 74, Skidmore, died Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at Mosaic Life Care – St. Joseph. He was born December 26, 1947, in Maryville, to Carrol Quentin “Q” and Margaret Ailene Hammond Goslee. He attended grade school in Skidmore and graduated from Maryville High School in 1965. He received a full scholarship to play basketball

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Della Stiens

Della Mae Stiens, 90, Maryville, died Monday, April 25, 2022, at Oak Pointe, Maryville. She was born December 22, 1931, in Ravenwood, to Charles R. and Mabel M. Milligan Adwell. She was a 1949 graduate of Ravenwood High School. On September 22, 1949, she married James Robert Stiens. He preceded her in death on August

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Verna Rhodes

Verna Adwell Rhodes, 92, Columbia, died Saturday, April 16, 2022, at Lenoir Woods, Columbia. She was born January 3, 1930, at her grandfather’s farm home near Ravenwood. She completed both elementary and secondary education at Ravenwood Consolidated School. She lived most of her life in Columbia. On September 17, 1950, she married V. James Rhodes.

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Ali Elzen

Ali Ahmed Elzen, 73, Maryville, died Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Maryville. He was born February 23, 1949, in the Middle East and was raised there. He became a US citizen over 35 years ago. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Wichita State University and a master’s degree at Northwest Missouri State University in horticulture.

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Carolyn Treese

Carolyn Treese, 90, Maryville, died Monday, April 25, 2022. She was born January 8, 1932, in Hopkins, to the late Edward and Cleo Dalby Turner. On June 23, 1951, she married Herbert D. Treese in Hopkins. He preceded her in death on July 21, 2018. Graveside services were Wednesday, April 27 at Hopkins Cemetery, Hopkins.

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Joan Westcott

Joan Ann Westcott, 77, Hopkins, died Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born October 27, 1944, in Shushan, NY, to Lester and Alice Pinkerton MacMurray. She was a high school graduate of a one-room schoolhouse in Shushan. Mrs. Westcott raised, trained and showed Arabian horses, winning several ribbons

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