Obituaries

Brian Consbrock

Brian Consbrock

Apr 28, 2025

Memorial services for Brian Consbrock, 61, of Memphis, MO are pending at the Payne Funeral Chapel in Memphis.

Brian passed away suddenly on April 28, 2025 in rural Scotland County north of Memphis. 

Loyd Leon Gordy

Loyd Leon Gordy

Apr 27, 2025

Loyd Leon Gordy was born in Scotland County Missouri, just north of Granger to Thomas Anderson Gordy and Mabel Neoma Kinney Gordy on June 15, 1932. Loyd was one of 10 children.

He graduated form Gorin High School in 1950. One of the first jobs was working in wheat fields in Colorado with relatives for a couple of years, he also...

Lorraine Rush

Lorraine Rush

Apr 26, 2025

Helen Lorraine Rush, was born August 14, 1927, and passed away on April 26, 2025. Lorraine was the eldest child of Glen and Louise Fugate also of Memphis.

Lorraine was born and raised in Scotland County area. She loved working at her dad’s grocery store, (Fugate Grocery) on the west side of the square where she could interact with all the...

Linda Marlowe

Linda Marlowe

Apr 25, 2025

Funeral services for Linda Marlowe, 68, of Memphis, Missouri are pending at the Payne Funeral Chapel in Memphis.

Linda passed away Friday morning, 4/25, under hospice care at the Schuyler County Nursing Home at Queen City, Missouri.

A memorial service is being planned at a future date.

John R. Schenk

John R. Schenk

Apr 9, 2025

John R. Schenk,82, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2025, at Kirksville Manor Care Center. He was born on August 5, 1942, in Scotland County, Missouri to parents, Paul and Ruby Schenk. He was welcomed by sisters Mary, Joanna, and Esther.

John was a graduate of Scotland County R-1 High School in May 1962 and while in high school he enjoyed...

Carolyn V. Hinds

Carolyn V. Hinds

Mar 19, 2025

Carolyn V. Hinds, 90, of Memphis passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 19, 2025, at her home under hospice care with her family by her side. She was the daughter of Chan & Velma (Dietrick) Bull and was the first born of twin daughters on November 11, 1934, at Ottumwa, Iowa. Their mother died of complications of child birth. The twins...

Loren Wickert

Loren Wickert

Mar 12, 2025

Loren Iford Wickert, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and longtime resident of the Memphis community, passed away peacefully in hospice care at the Schuyler County Nursing Home on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the age of 92. Born September 14, 1932, to Ralph Roosevelt Wickert and Bertha Lee (Jones) Wickert, Loren's life was a testament to the values of hard...

Janet Lee Holton

Janet Lee Holton

Mar 1, 2025

Janet Lee Holton, 73, of Downing, MO, passed away peacefully on Saturday March 1, 2025, at University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 9, 1951, in Milton, IA to Gerald and Josephine (Kent) House at the family home. Janet lived a life full of love, kindness, and devotion to her family...

Dennis C. Kraus

Dennis C. Kraus

Feb 27, 2025

Dennis Calvin Kraus was born to Calvin and Melba Cletus (Hopp) Kraus on December 22, 1945 in Keokuk, Iowa. He died on February 27, 2025 in the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. Dennis attended Arbela School until the 8th grade and then graduated high school from Scotland County High School in 1963.

He was married to Mary Lou (Tague) Cline...

Phil Aylward

Phil Aylward

Feb 21, 2025

Philip Eugene Aylward, 87 of Memphis, MO passed away Friday, February 21, 2025 at the Scotland County Memorial Hospital. He was born February 15, 1938 in rural Memphis to Lee and Marjorie Aylward. He married Joyce Elaine Kiddoo on May 21, 1955. The couple lived and farmed north of Memphis for nearly 70 years where they raised three children; Scott,...

Robert "Dynamite" Owings

Robert "Dynamite" Owings

Feb 12, 2025

Robert Owings, 86, of Memphis, MO was the son of Lorin and Dixie L. (Bear) Owings.  He was born in ReedsVille, MO in Callaway County, Missouri, February 18, 1938, and passed away at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, MO February 12, 2025.

 In 1954 the whole Owings family moved to Memphis. 

 He enlisted with the U.S. Air Force, in November of...

James M. Hudson

James M. Hudson

Feb 6, 2025

  James M. Hudson, 42, of Memphis, Missouri passed away Thursday evening, February 6, 2025 at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. The son of Richard Hudson and Rebecca A.Braden, he was born February 18, 1982 at Oskaloosa, Iowa. James graduated from Scotland County High School with the class of 2000.

 Before his health declined he worked doing different jobs, the...

Ruth Elaine Ludwick

Ruth Elaine Ludwick

Jan 28, 2025

Ruth Elaine Ludwick, 90, of Gorin, Missouri passed away January 28, 2025 at her home. 

She was born September 20,1934 in Memphis, MO, the daughter of Wilford Claude and Mabel Hilda Watkins Ludwick.

She worked many jobs throughout her life including factory, restaurant and insurance work, farming, horse training, and truck driving. 

Ruth was an avid equestrian who thoroughly enjoyed riding any chance...

Mary C. Ketchum

Mary C. Ketchum

Jan 26, 2025

Funeral services for Mary C. Ketchum, 97, of Kirksville will be held Wednesday morning, 1/29, at 11:00 A.M. at the Payne Funeral Chapel in Memphis, Missouri with David Holton and Sam Burkholder officiating. Interment will follow in the Memphis Cemetery.

Mary passed away Sunday morning, 1/26, under Hospice Care at the Northeast Regional Medical Center at Kirksville.

Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday...

Nelda Jean Kirkpatrick

Nelda Jean Kirkpatrick

Jan 23, 2025

Nelda Jean Kirkpatrick, 97, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 23, 2025, at the Clark County Nursing Home. Born on March 19,1927, near Downing, MO, daughter to Hazel Smith, and step-daughter to Edward Smith, Nelda lived the majority of her life in N.E. Missouri. She married WWII veteran and farmer, Elmer Kirkpatrick, in December, 1947, residing at their...

Kay Eggleston

Kay Eggleston

Jan 21, 2025

 Carolyn “Kay” Eggleston, 85, of Arbela, Missouri passed away Tuesday morning, January 21, 2025 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. Kay was born on September 10, 1939 in rural Scotland County to Robert Harold “Bud” and Flora Madge (Jones) Daggs. 

 Kay attended a one-room school house called Prairie View near her family farm. She graduated from Memphis High School...

Terry Johnston

Terry Johnston

Dec 31, 2024

 Terry Michael Johnston 65, of Memphis Missouri, died December 31, 2024, at his home. 

 He was born September 11, 1959, in Bloomfield, Iowa, the son of Gerald Barr (Jerry) Johnston and Darlene Rae (Koons) Johnston. 

He married Angela (Howlett) Wollam in Kahoka Missouri on January 30, 1993. They were the parents of two daughters: Kirsten (Corvin) Drummond of Memphis Missouri and Kylee...

Gary D. Briggs

Gary D. Briggs

Dec 9, 2024

  

Gary Dale Briggs ,87, of Memphis passed away on December 9, 2024 at Scotland County Hospital. He was born on January 14, 1937 in Kirksville MO. He attended Prairie View Rural School and was a 1954 graduate of Memphis High School. On June 3, 1956 he married Adrianna Jean Black and to this union 3 children were born: Deborah Jo,...

Shirley Clatt

Shirley Clatt

Nov 18, 2024

 Shirley M. Clatt, 88, of Memphis, MO passed away on Monday, November 18th, 2024, at Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. The daughter of William H. & Ivy (Fox) Dennison, Shirley was born on January 23rd, 1936, in their Alexandria, MO home. She was a 1955 graduate of Knox City High School in Knox City, MO. 

Shirley was united in...

Johanna Steele

Johanna Steele

Nov 13, 2024

 

Johanna Alice Steele died November 13, 2024 at Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. She was born November 17th, 1933 in Kirksville, MO and was the only child of Bill and Anna Belle Fehr Peterson. On August 22nd, 1951 Johanna married Joseph Orville Steele two weeks before he was deployed for the Korean War. While he was overseas, she...