Deaths

Roger Swaney

Roger Allen Swaney, 86, Hopkins, died Thursday, July 17, 2025, at a healthcare center in Maryville. He was born May 24, 1939, to Roy Henry and Mary U. Fuller Swaney west of Hopkins. He attended school in Hopkins and was a lifelong resident of the area, living in the same house for 60 years. On

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Carole Spalding

Carole Ann Woldruff Spalding, 83, died Thursday, July 17, 2025. She was born July 7, 1942, in Hopkins, to Clarence “Glen” and Edna Mae Morehouse Woldruff. She graduated from Hopkins High School in 1960. On September 3, 1961, she married William “Bill” E. Spalding in Hopkins. Mrs. Spalding worked at Nodaway County Abstract for several

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Arlene O’Riley

Arlene O’Riley, 89, Maryville, died Sunday, July 6, 2025. She was born February 13, 1936, to James W. and Daisy Brandon Lynch in Lamar. She graduated from Quitman High School in 1954. On September 1, 1956, she married Donald O’Riley, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and

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Martin Schieber

Martin Schieber, 88, Cameron, formerly of Nodaway County, died Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cameron. He was born August 11, 1936, to Lawrence and Eleanor Lager Schieber on the family farm at Conception Jct. He grew up in rural Conception Jct, and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1954. On

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Monica Clayton

Monica Elizabeth Woods Clayton, 97, Maryville, died Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Countryside Village, King City. She was born October 15, 1927, to John and Matilda Ginther Runde in Conception Jct. She grew up and attended school there where she would walk two miles to a one room schoolhouse. On April 21, 1947, she married

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Delbert Lininger

Delbert LeRoy Lininger, 82, Clearmont, died Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Parkdale Manor, Maryville. He was born October 12, 1942, to John and Pearl Parrish Lininger in Glenwood, IA. He was raised in Skidmore. On November 17, 1969, he married Evelyn Deen. Mr. Lininger drove semis hauling anything from grain to cattle and hogs, he

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Samuel Vanfossan

Samuel “Sam” Reith Vanfossan, 83, Barnard, died Thursday, July 10, 2025, at his home. He was born December 27, 1941, to Samuel J. and Marjorie Reith Vanfossan in Barnard. He was a 1959 graduate of South Nodaway High School. On December 10, 1960, he married Joan D. Kelly in Barnard. Mr. Vanfossan worked in computer

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Evelyn Scadden-Berg

Evelyn A. Scadden-Berg, 91, Maryville, died Sunday, July 6, 2025, at the Maryville Living Center. She was born on November 11, 1933 to Wesley Cleaver Spoonemore and Jessie Jane Messner Spoonemore McFarland. She attended school in Parnell. On July 3, 1949, she married Clinton “Jack” Scadden in Ravenwood. He preceded her in death on April

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Billye McCrary 

Billye McCrary, RN, BSN, 75, died Monday, July 7, 2025 at the Village Care Center, Maryville. Billye Sue Belcher was born June 29, 1950 to W. Ervin Jr. and Dorothy May Belcher in Maryville. She attended Maryville R-II Schools, and graduated with the class of 1968. She attended nursing school at St. Anthony Hospital in

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Marylyn Robertson and Franklin Robertson 

Marylyn J. LaMar Robertson, 91, died Thursday, June 12, 2025, and her husband, Franklin G. Robertson, 91, died Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Kansas City. Marylyn was born May 3, 1934 to Stephen George and Iola Matilda Dowden LaMar in Maryville. She graduated from Maryville High School and Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, where she

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