Obituaries

Norval VanHouten
Apr 10, 2016
Norval Freeman Van Houten, 84, of Moberly passed away Sunday, April 10, 2016 at his home. He was born October 22, 1931 to Norval Farrington and Margaret Fetter Van Houten in Macon, MO. On September 17, 1950 he married Juilane Ann Chevalier and they spent the next 65 years in the Moberly area. Freeman honorably served his country in the...

Laurence Hughes
Apr 9, 2016
Laurence Conklin Hughes, 79, of Huntsville passed away Saturday, April 9, 2016 at his home. He was born February 7, 1937 to Truman Hughes and Christine Taylor Hughes in Yates, MO. Laurence was a graduate of Lincoln High School and a resident of Randolph County for most of his life. He honorably served his country from 1955 to 1976 during...

Helen Elsberry
Apr 6, 2016
Helen Lorraine Elsberry, 84, of Moberly, passed away April 6, 2016 at her home. Helen was born March 18, 1932 in Moberly, MO to George Clickner and Willa Mae Williams Clickner. She married Bob Earl Elsberry on June 10, 1950 at the First Christian Church in Moberly. Helen worked in retail sales at Smart Wear and Ken’s Menswear in downtown...

Clifford Hughes
Apr 5, 2016
Clifford Lonzo Hughes, 69, Moberly, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at his home. Clifford was born September 13, 1946, in Huntsville, MO, then moved to Paris, Mo where he also attended school. He was the son of Marvin Lonzo Hughes and Mildred Loretta Davidson. He was preceded in death by his wife Linda. He worked for Norfolk and Southern Railroad...

Elizabeth Tindle
Apr 4, 2016
Elizabeth Faye Tindle, 93, of Moberly passed away Monday, April 4, 2016 at Moberly Nursing and Rehabilitation. Faye was born September 14, 1922 in Concordia, KS to Claude and Lena (Dotson) Nelson. On October 28, 1941 she married Dewey Tindle in Hiawatha, KS. They relocated to Missouri in 1949. Faye was a 4-H Leader, school teacher, Sunday school teacher, member...

Dorothy Thelander
Mar 27, 2016
Dorothy Jean Thelander, 85, of Moberly, passed away March 27, 2016 at the University of Missouri Hospital with family beside her. Dorothy was born February 15, 1931 in Crane, MO to William Rose Brown and Mary Ryan Brown. She was married to Charley Benjamin Coin and they shared 48 years together. After his passing, she married Richard Thelander and he...

Norma Ware
Mar 25, 2016
Norma Carol Thompson Ware, 80, of Moberly, passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at Moberly Regional Medical Center. She was born September 9, 1935 in Higbee, MO to Aubrey Cecil Thompson and Mamie Opal Wade Thompson. Norma was a lifelong resident of Randolph County. She worked for several years in dietary services for MRMC. While she enjoyed sewing and traveling,...

Jacqueline Daigle
Mar 21, 2016
Jacqueline Rene Fox Daigle, 49, of Moberly passed away March 21, 2016 at Moberly Nursing and Rehab surrounded by her family. Jackie was born May 5, 1966 in Columbia, MO to Edgar Skaggs and Dona Beth Fox. She was a 1985 graduate of Keytesville High School. After school she moved to Lake Havasu City, AZ where she met and married...

Gerald Kroll
Mar 21, 2016
Gerald (Jerry) John Kroll, 78, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Mexico Missouri Veterans Home. He was born in Tebbetts, MO to Lawrence A. and Regina (Groner) Kroll on April 17, 1937. Jerry graduated from Fulton Missouri High School in 1955. He then went on to honorably serve his country in the United States Army for two years,...

Patricia Sims
Mar 19, 2016
Patricia Louise Sims, 91, of Moberly, MO, joined her late husband, Will Ben Sims in eternal happiness, on March 19, 2016, in the presence of her family and loved ones. Patsy was born on October 19, 1924 in Moberly, MO to August William and Inez Fields Gordon Merck. She graduated from Moberly High School and was a member of the...

Brenda Rice
Mar 18, 2016
Brenda Renee Kitchen Rice, 57, of Moberly, passed away at her home March 18, 2016. She was born in Moberly on November 26, 1958 to Ralph Kitchen and Betty Mayfield Kitchen. She married Johnny Rice on September 8, 1978 in Moberly. She was a lifelong resident of Moberly and a member of West Park Methodist Church since childhood. Renee worked...

Lisa Siebuhr
Mar 16, 2016
Lisa Michelle (Kollmansberger) Siebuhr, 26, of Moberly, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in Mexico, MO. She was born February 14, 1990 in Bedford, TX to Randy and Sharon (Jaynes) Kollmansberger. Lisa grew up in Mexico, MO. She attended Centralia schools, graduating from Centralia High School in 2008. She was a member of the National Honor Society and...

Terry Bensley
Mar 13, 2016
Terry Wayne Bensley, 66, of Moberly, passed away March 13, 2016 in Weaubleau, MO. He was born November 17, 1949 in Des Moines, Iowa to Marion Bensley and Carmen Parks Hackett. Terry honorably served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict from June of 1970 until January of 1972. He received both a National Defense Service medal and...

Olan Briscoe
Mar 11, 2016
Olan Wayne Briscoe, 56 of Moberly, passed away Friday, March 11, 2016 after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born May 16, 1959 in Moberly to Larry Wayne Briscoe and Barbara (Harlan) Ronimous. Olan worked for an auctioneering company and also in construction, jobs that took him many places. He loved to travel. Places he particularly enjoyed were Louisiana,...

Patricia Pollard
Mar 7, 2016
Patricia “Patsy” L. Davis Pollard, 82, of Moberly, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2016 at Moberly Regional Medical Center. Patsy was born June 13, 1933 to Raymond Davis and Addie Ellen Davidson Davis in Moberly, MO. She was a lifelong resident of the Randolph County area and attended both White School in Huntsville and Moberly Public School. On August...
Kathryn D. Maxey
Mar 6, 2016
Kathryn Maxey passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016, at 8:50 a.m., at North Village Park Care Center. She was 98. Kathryn is survived by a daughter, Kathy (Ron) McCoy, Madison, MO; a son, Bruce (Rhonda) Maxey, Broken Arrow, OK; grandchildren, Toni (Randy) Monsen, Mexico, MO, Cindi (Matt) Kelly, Columbia, MO, Micki (Chris) Thompson, Salida, CO, Blake (Kristen) Maxey, Columbia,...

James Holman
Mar 3, 2016
James W. Holman Jr., a longtime Moberly businessman and community leader, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016 at his home. Mr. Holman, 91, was born Nov. 13, 1924. Mr. Holman married Emmy Lou Tuggle, who survives. The couple celebrated 71 years of marriage on Dec. 26 last year. Also surviving are the couple’s three sons, Dean (Pam) of rural Moberly;...

Chelsea Summers
Feb 25, 2016
Chelsea Elizabeth Summers, 20, of Huntsville, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016. She was born November 29, 1995 in Columbia, MO to Russel Lane Summers and Audrey Boland. Chelsea was a graduate of Westran High School and was attending college to become a medical/surgical tech. Her contagious smile could light up a room. Her zest for life kept her busy...
Etsuko Perkins
Feb 25, 2016
Etsuko Perkins, 86, of Moberly passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at her home. Etsuko was born in Osaka, Japan on September 10, 1929 to Takamichi and Rino (Yamada) Suganami. At the age of 32, in 1961 she moved to the United States with her husband. During her working career she worked for what was first McGraw Edison and...
Mary Longbine
Feb 23, 2016
Mary Longbine, 72, of Higbee passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. Mary was born to the late Dudley and Dora (Ferris) Brown on May 27, 1943 in Joplin, Missouri. She was a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan, loved to play bingo, pool, and pitch. Her favorite time of the year...