Deaths

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

[ Read More ]

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

[ Read More ]

Mary Dow

Mary Frances Dow, 82, Apache Junction, AZ, formerly of Clearmont, died Saturday, December 30, 2023, at a hospice facility in Gilbert, AZ. She was born August 12, 1941, in Maitland, to Earl Richard and Minnie Ruth Adams Archer. On May 23, 1959, she married Charles Walter Dow in Toronto, KS.  He preceded her in death September

[ Read More ]

Sr. Kathleen Gorman

Sr. Kathleen M. Gorman, 95, Clyde, died Saturday, December 30, 2023, at Our Lady of Rickenbach, Clyde. She was born February 27, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY, to Aloysius J. and Anna Miller Gorman. She graduated high school in 1946. She made her first monastic profession on September 1, 1947, and her final monastic profession on

[ Read More ]

Geography with Goudge

FBS Football National Champions, 1998-2022. “The 2024 CFP (College Football Playoff) championship game to determine the 2023 season champion will be played Monday, January 8th between Michigan, and Washington.  This week’s proportional symbol map displays the National Champions since the various poll ranking ‘mythical’ champions were replaced with a Bowl Championship Series from 1998-2013 and the

[ Read More ]

Mary Dow

Mary Frances Archer Dow, 82, Apache Jct., AZ, and formerly of Clearmont area, died Saturday, December 30, 2023, at a hospice facility in Gilbert, AZ. Funeral services will be at 1 pm, Saturday, January 6, 2024, at the Clearmont Baptist Church, Clearmont. The burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery, also of Clearmont.  The family

[ Read More ]

“Duck” Combs

Donald Dean “Duck” Combs, 86, died Tuesday, December 26, 2023. He was born February 14, 1937, in Redding, IA, to John Edman and Freda Jameson Combs. He grew up on farms in rural Ringgold and Taylor Counties. He graduated from Clearfield High School in 1955. He received a bachelor of sciene in secondary education with

[ Read More ]

Pauline Jones

Pauline Olive Morton Jones, 97, Burlington Jct, died Friday, December 15, 2023, at Tarkio Rehabilitation and Health Care, Tarkio. She was born on July 20, 1926, in Burlington Jct., to John Willard and Crystal Bell Bartlett Morton. She received her education in the Burlington Jct. schools and lived most of her 97 years in Burlington

[ Read More ]

Betty Wilson

Betty Jean Wilson, 90, Stanberry, died Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at her home. She was born August 6, 1933, in Pickering, to Irvin Lloyd and Lois Pearl Harvey Treese. On September 18, 1951, she married Burton Wilson in Fayette. He preceded her in death May 19, 2022. Mrs. Wilson worked as a registered nurse for

[ Read More ]

Carmen Moore

Carmen Edelle Smith Moore was born September 9, 1930, in Sheridan to Samuel Bertie Smith and Retha Clutter. Her early school years were spent in the Guilford area. She passed her GED as a grandmother to serve as a good example to her grandchildren. On December 17, 1947, she married Francis Marcellus Moore. He preceded

[ Read More ]