Obituaries

May 12, 2013

Jonathan Perry (J. P.) Childers, 94, of Memphis, formerly of Rutledge, Missouri died on May 12, 2013 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis, Missouri.The son of Hugh Perry and Amy Edith (McClamroch) Childers, he was born on July 27, 1918 at Rutledge, Missouri.On April 23, 1944 at Memphis, Missouri he was united in marriage to Mary Evelyn Padgett...

May 5, 2013

Zenita Pearl Trueblood, 91, of  Queen City, Missouri, formerly of Memphis, Missouri, passed away Sunday morning, May 5, 2013, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. The daughter of Robert and Nora Burns Harvey, she was born July 29, 1921 at Arbela, Missouri.She graduated with the class of 1940 and then married D. Owen Trueblood on October  28,...

Apr 15, 2013

Lynn Davis Kirkpatrick was born October 28, 1926 on the family farm in Scotland County to Myron and Ethel Davis Kirkpatrick and died April 15, 2013, at Scotland County Hospital. He attended Union Grove country school and Memphis High School. He was a proud and enthusiastic FFA member during high school and received his American Farmer Degree in 1944.  After...

Apr 6, 2013

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Mar 18, 2013

Mar 3, 2013

Josephine Plenge Graf, 108, of Memphis, Missouri passed away Sunday night, March 3, 2013 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, MissouriThe daughter of Samuel Lynn and Lulu Gregory Hume, Josephine was born June 30, 1904 in Clark County, Missouri.She graduated from Kahoka High School in 1923 and taught school until her marriage to Edwin H. Plenge of Clark County,...

Mar 1, 2013

Richard Henry Stevenson, age 78, passed away March 1, 2013 at SSM De Paul Hospital in Bridgeton, MO following a brief illness. The son of Paul Henry and Florence Gertrude (Jansen) Stevenson.He married Twila Mae Dannenhauer on July 3, 1955 at Arbela Baptist Church. To this union three children were born, Judy Lynn, Donald Henry (deceased) and Charles Allan.He is...

Feb 27, 2013

Feb 14, 2013

Luella Jane Tinkle, 73, of Memphis, MO. passed away peacefully early on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at Columbia, MO, after a short battle with Cancer. She was surrounded by her children, several grandchildren and great grandchildren.The daughter of Charles Steven and Frances Isla Davis Cookson, Luella was born in Camp Point, IL on October 7, 1939, the third of four...

Jan 27, 2013

Bonnie Jean (Fogle) Forquer, 82, of Memphis, Missouri passed on to eternal life, Sunday morning, January 27, 2013, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. The daughter of Walter and Thelma (Jones) Fogle, she was born January 31, 1930 in Scotland County, Missouri.On June 1, 1949 she was united in marriage to Raymond Forquer of Rutledge, Missouri, and to...

Jan 13, 2013

Melba Vivian McClamroch Huff, the only child of Orville William and Lenora Callan Russell McClamroch, was born on the family farm northwest of Rutledge, Missouri on December 7th, 1916 and passed to eternal life to be with her savior on January 13, 2013 at Desert Dreams Adult Care Home in Tucson, Arizona. As a child, Melba attended Hendricks Rural Elementary...

Dec 28, 2012

Dec 17, 2012

Nov 26, 2012

Kenneth Warren Eggleston, 79, of Arbela, Missouri passed away Monday afternoon, November 26, 2012, at the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. The son of Herbert and Edna Mae Bechtel Eggleston he was born May 19, 1933 in the Brock area of Scotland County, Missouri.He attended grade school at Brock and then graduated with the Class of 1951 at the Memphis...

Nov 1, 2012

Harley Nelson Erickson, 89, of Memphis, Missouri, passed away at 8:05 pm Thursday, November 1, 2012, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.Harley was born January 3, 1923, in Gorin, Missouri, a son of Franklin Snyder & Ora Howard Erickson. He married Janet Hayes in Memphis on May 23, 1948 in her family home.He enlisted in the Army Air Corps...

Oct 31, 2012

Oct 29, 2012

Obituary for Donald Paul Billups 12/18/31 – 10/29/12Don was 80 years old.  He was born December  18, 1931  in rural Scotland County, Memphis, MO.  He was the oldest of three children, Mary Anna, sister, and Richard, brother.  He grew up in Scotland County and attended high school at Memphis High School.   After graduating, he was employed at Pepsi bottling company...

Oct 1, 2012

Sep 21, 2012

Delmar Robert Kice, 88, of Arbela, Missouri passed away at Friday evening, September 21, 2012, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis, Missouri.The son of Otto and Laura Oppy Kice, he was born September 28, 1923 at the same location where he lived all his life.He married Clarice Kittle on November 25, 1945 at the Methodist Church in Memphis,...