Obituaries

Debbie White
Dec 17, 2020
Deborah (Debbie) Ann White, of Moberly, MO passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020. She was born in 1953 in Edina, MO, the daughter of Leo Smith and Reta Goodwin Smith. Debbie married George White in 1988. She is survived by her daughter, Catherine Ryan Ferguson and grandchildren, Cameron Ferguson and Sydney Ferguson all of Cairo; son, David (Bridget) Ryan and...

Pamela Nauerth
Dec 13, 2020
Pamela Gale Nauerth, 65 of Clifton Hill, passed away at her home on Sunday, December 13, 2020. She was born to Francis Howard and Edith Willsie Howard on December 11, 1955 in Moberly, MO and just celebrated her 65th birthday. After attending Moberly High School, Pam married Dennis Nauerth in Clifton Hill on July 16, 1972. She became a devoted...
Joseph Franklin McDaniel
Dec 12, 2020
Joseph Franklin "Frank" McDaniel, 88, of Madison, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020, at Monroe Manor, Paris, Missouri. Frank was born April 1, 1932, in Paris, Illinois, to Pearly Vern and Thelma (Martin) McDaniel. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary A. McDaniel; sister, Betty Harris; and brother, Phil McDaniel. Survivors include his children: Joe (Nancy)...

Edwin Jarman
Dec 12, 2020
Edwin Norman Jarman, 78 of Huntsville, MO, passed away on Saturday, December 12, 2020 at Moberly Regional Medical Center. On May 24, 1991 he married Janice Hughes in Macon, MO. The two shared 29 years of adventures. Norman was a crane operator for the railroad and a wonderful mechanic. He could fix anything! People called him Stormin Norman and Charmin...
Pauline Louise Kirchhoff
Dec 10, 2020
Pauline Louise Kirchhoff, 93, of Renick, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020, in Pierce City, Missouri. Pauline was born October 11, 1927, in Nilwood, Illinois, to Coy Herschel and Mary Elizabeth (Draper) Lair. She and Delmar John Kirchhoff were married, March 9, 1946. She was a farm housewife, a dairy farmer, and raised and trained Judas goats. Pauline...
Reta Mae Yates
Dec 10, 2020
Reta Mae Yates, 94, of Moberly, Missouri, passed away on December 10, 2020, at Moberly Nursing and Rehab. Reta was born December 26, 1925, in Schuyler County, Missouri, to Albert and Allie E. (Seamster) Hofen. During her working years, she was a cashier for Wal-Mart for 20 years. She was a member of Jefferson Avenue Methodist Church and a former...

Theresa Pepin
Dec 7, 2020
Theresa Marie Pepin was born September 7, 1969 and is the daughter of the late, Andrew J. Pepin of Quincy, IL, and Lori Vitt of Moberly. She is preceded in death by her father, Andrew J. Pepin, and brother Gregory Vitt. Theresa is survived by her son, Alex Pepin (Carissa Stanfield) of Moberly; mother, Lori (Joe) Vitt of Moberly, MO;...

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...