Deaths

Berdella Wehrmacher

Berdella May (Larsen) Wehrmacher passed away peacefully at 98 years seven months. She was born April 23, 1922 in Guilford. She attended Graceland College and the University of Iowa. She earned a degree in mathematics and was the first woman at UI to take engineering physics. A lifelong member of the RLDS church, she will

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Larry ‘Doc’ Faustlin

Larry “Doc” Faustlin, age 58, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by loved ones November 1, 2020.  He survived cancer graciously and courageously until the very end.  Born January 26, 1962, to Lawrence and Wilma Faustlin of Ravenwood, he grew up in the farmhouse his father built. He graduated as the salutatorian of Northeast Nodaway’s class

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Lena Espey

Lena Mae Espey, 88,  Maryville, died Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at the home of her son in Lenexa, KS. She was born July 5, 1932, in Pickering, to William Cross and Helen Sobbing Cross. She was raised in Hopkins and attended school there. She married Ivan Richard “Dick” Espey and they lived on their farm south

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Ann Clark

Ann Jalynn Clark, 76, Maryville, died Friday, November 13, 2020, at her home in Maryville. She was born November 7, 1944, in Fort Madison, IA, to Douglas L. and Betty Jo Lockett Duncan. She graduated from Fort Madison High School, and studied music at Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL. On June 25, 1966, she married

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Marion Nicholson

Marion Jean Nicholson, 93, Maryville, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at Oak Pointe of Maryville. She was born February 24, 1927, to Elmer and Della Wilson Birkenholz. She attended Hopkins High School. On April 7, 1945, she married Herbert W. Nicholson in Covington, KY. He preceded her in death January 24, 2016. Graveside services were

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Marion Nicholson

Marion Jean Nicholson, 93, Maryville, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at Oak Pointe of Maryville. She was born February 24, 1927, to Elmer and Della Wilson Birkenholz. She attended Hopkins High School. On April 7, 1945, she married Herbert W. Nicholson in Covington, KY. He preceded her in death January 24, 2016. Graveside services were

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Norma Vore

Norma Jean Vore, 67, Maryville, formerly of Hopkins, died Friday, November 6, 2020, at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph. She was born April 26, 1953, in Placerville, CA, to Lloyd Darrel Huntsman and Madylene Joyce Hawhee Huntsman. She had lived in California and Montana; before settling in this area in 1966. She graduated from Bedford,

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Valeria Alexander

Valeria Norine Alexander, 84, Elmo, died Thursday, November 5, 2020, at the Mosaic Health Care ER, Maryville. She was born February 11, 1936, in Elmo, to Harlan Pike and Bertha Ann Seaton Pike. She graduated high school in Elmo, and was a lifelong resident of the area. On November 26, 1954, she married William Clarence

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Vernal Barrett-Lawnick

Vernal E. Barrett-Lawnick, 98, Maryville, died Saturday, November 7, 2020, at Maryville Living Center, Maryville. She was born October 9, 1922, in Tribune, KS to James Monroe and Effie Mae Patterson Clardy. She was a graduate of the Skidmore High School. Mrs. Barrett-Lawnick was an LPN in Sheridan, WY and at the Fairfax Community Hospital.

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Lotus Nelson

Lotus Sharon Nelson, 81, died Thursday, November 5, 2020. She was born November 3, 1939, to Orval and Ruby Bland Nelson. She graduated from South Nodaway High School and the LPN program at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. On April 3, 1981, she married Dale Nelson. Graveside services were held Monday, November 9 at Oak

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