Obituaries

Dale Corderman
Dec 7, 2020
Dale Arnold Corderman, 98, formerly of Cairo, Missouri passed away Monday, December 7, 2020 at Monroe Manor in Paris, Missouri. Dale was born August 16, 1922 in Ringsted, Iowa to Ellis and Bessie (Bright) Corderman. Dale moved to the Randolph County area from Armstrong, Iowa in 1953. There he attended the Cairo Christian Church for many years. He was a...
Rose Marie Crawford
Dec 6, 2020
Rose Marie Crawford was born on Dec. 22, 1938 to Charles Leslie & Fern Marie (Watson) Morris 10 miles from Unionville, MO in Putnam County. Rose was preceded in death by her parents, her infant brother Charles, and half-brother Henry "Hank" Morris. She is survived by her husband John Herbert Crawford of 63 years and their four children, John Leslie...

Robert Halley
Dec 6, 2020
Robert (Bob) Halley, age 97, of Moberly, MO passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020. He was born in 1923 in Huntsville, MO, the son of James and Lucy Halley. Bob married Velma in 1944, at the Central Christian Church parsonage in Moberly, by the Reverend C.W. Cornn. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 76 years, daughter, Kathy Rieser...

Michael Richards
Dec 3, 2020
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, Michael E. Richards, loving son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend passed away at the age of 63. He was born on February 1, 1957 in Moberly to Ron and Willa Jean Richards. His father preceded him in death. On June 16, 2018 he married the love of his life, Michelle Griffith Moss....
Lawrence E. Walch
Nov 28, 2020
Lawrence E. Walch, 86, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2020, at University Hospital, Columbia, Missouri. Lawrence was born to Loran R. and Frances (Murphy) Walch in Hannibal, Missouri, on March 26, 1934. He owned and operated his own trucking company for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Randy E. Walch, and...

Betty Umphenour
Nov 27, 2020
Betty Eileen Hildreth Umphenour, 94, passed away at her home on November 27, 2020. Betty lived in Moberly until the mid-60’s when she and her husband Vernon moved to Kansas City. The two later relocated to Cairo in 2002 where they lived until Vernon passed in 2018. A memorial celebration in honor of Betty and her sister, Beverly Hunter, will...

Ronald Franklin
Nov 26, 2020
Ronald Lee Franklin, 87, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at Loch Haven Senior Living in Macon, Missouri. Ron was born on December 30, 1933 in Moberly, Missouri to Robert H. Franklin and Lucy (Hess) Franklin. Ron lived his whole life in Moberly, minus the brief time he honorably served our country in the United States Navy...
William Carol Perfater
Nov 26, 2020
William “Bill” Carol Perfater, 79, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on November 26, 2020, at University Hospital, Columbia, Missouri. Bill was born November 30, 1940, to Joseph Benton and Orpha Mae (Bailey) Perfater in Fayette, Missouri. He was an avid train collector and enjoyed showing his train station creations to visitors. In his free time, he enjoyed completing puzzles, going...
Calvin Wayne Youngblood
Nov 24, 2020
Calvin Wayne Youngblood, 78, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at his home. Calvin was born to John Albert and Ruth Virginia (Griffith) Youngblood on February 23, 1942, in Hannibal, Missouri. He graduated from Mark Twain High School in 1960. He and Janice (Chirnside) Bramblett were married on November 20, 1999. Calvin owned and operated a...
Verna Fay Washam
Nov 22, 2020
Verna Fay Washam, 74, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2020, at her home with her family by her side. Verna was born April 25, 1946, in Moberly, Missouri, to Orvel and Marie (Feland) Garner. She married Charles Washam on February 28, 1964. Verna owned her own floral shop for many years, she raised geraniums, and made...
Phillip Allen Davis
Nov 22, 2020
Phillip Allen Davis, 68, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away November 22, 2020, at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Phil was born August 10, 1952, to Frank and Dorothy (Trammell) Davis in Eagleville, Missouri. Phil spent the majority of his life in Missouri. He began to write in grade school and published his first book, The...

Richard Boots
Nov 20, 2020
Richard “Dick” Martin Boots, 81, of Moberly, Missouri passed away peacefully surrounded by his family and went to his Lord on Friday, November 20, 2020 at Valley View Health and Rehabilitation in Moberly, Missouri. Boots was born on August 23, 1939 in Moberly, Missouri to Ralph Boots and Gertrude Thelma Barnett Boots. He was baptized at West Park Methodist Church....

Ronald Davis
Nov 20, 2020
Ronald Eugene “Rashad” Davis, 69, son of the late Walter Virgil Davis Sr. and Mary Lucille (Oliver) Davis was born on January 5, 1951 in Huntsville, MO, of Randolph County. He passed away on Friday, November 20, 2020 surrounded by his daughter, Denise; brother, David and good friend, Shirley at Mountain View Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. He attended the...

Robert Polson
Nov 18, 2020
Robert Christopher Polson, 59, of Moberly, passed away on November 18, 2020 in Marceline. He was born on April 24, 1961 to Robert Kenneth Polson and Bertha Alice Hopkins Polson in Moberly and was a lifelong resident of Randolph County. Robert attended Westran High School and was a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. On November 7, 1986 Robert...
Susan Jeanette Gully
Nov 12, 2020
Susan Jeanette Gully, 67, of Huntsville, Missouri, passed away on November 12, 2020, at Boone Hospital, Columbia, Missouri. Susan was born November 16, 1952, in Moberly, Missouri, to Ralph Lee and Betty Jacquoline (Mayfield) Kitchen. She married Larry Dean Gully on April 18, 1969. Susan worked for Little Dixie Regional Libraries for 45 years. She was a member of West...

Helen Hayes
Nov 11, 2020
Helen Radine MacLaren Hayes, 58, of Moberly, Missouri passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Helen was born on August 31, 1962 in Stuttgart, Germany to Mack Evan MacLaren and Velma Ruth Bake Green. Helen graduated with her GED, she then went onto earn her Certified Nursing Certificate and Medical Technician Certificate. She had a...

Eva Davis
Nov 6, 2020
On Friday November 6th, 2020 at approximately 10:01 pm, Eva Elizabeth Lavon Gravitt Davis passed from this life into the loving arms of Jesus, her Savior. While she will be deeply missed, we take great comfort in knowing that she is now out of pain and residing in her eternal home in heaven surrounded by many family members and friends...
Glenn Leon Foster Jr.
Nov 5, 2020
Glenn Leon Foster Jr., 80, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on November 5, 2020, at Moberly Regional Medical Center in Moberly, Missouri. Glenn was born April 9, 1940, to Glenn Leon Sr., and Mildred (Johnson) Foster in Moberly, Missouri. He served in the United States Navy. On August 21, 1981, he married Connie Griggs and they celebrated 39 years of...

Thomas Hess
Nov 5, 2020
Thomas Earl Hess, Jr, 53, of Moberly passed away unexpectedly November 2, 2020 at Moberly Regional Medical Center. He was born in Moberly on October 17, 1967 to Thomas Hess, Sr and Mary Phyllis Morris Hess. Tom attended Moberly High School and was a member of the Eagles. In 2000 he married Teri Henderson. The two celebrated their 20th anniversary...
Robert Woodrow Chism
Nov 4, 2020
Robert Woodrow Chism, 77, of Sturgeon, Missouri, peacefully passed away at his home on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Robert was born March 28, 1943, to Woodrow Wilson and Frances Byrle (Barron) Chism in Clark, Missouri. He worked for several years for AB Chance Co. in Centralia, Missouri, before retiring. Robert was a member and a deacon at the Sturgeon Baptist...