Obituaries

Mary V. Bybee

Mary V. Bybee

Jan 3, 2016

Mary V. Bybee, 95, of Moberly passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Moberly Nursing & Rehab. Mary was born to Charles Monroe and Harriet Julia (Wippern) Bybee on September 15, 1920 in Moberly, Missouri. She spent her career as a secretary for the Wabash Rail Road. Mary was a member of Central Christian Church in Moberly and enjoyed living...

Dorothy Siefer

Dorothy Siefer

Dec 31, 2015

Dorothy Ann Reaman Siefer, age 98, passed away December 31, 2015 at Ravenwood Terrace in Moberly, MO. Dorothy was born March 20, 1917 in Lima, Ohio to Marcus and Dora Bock Reaman. She married Edward Siefer in Lima on November 16, 1940. In 1954 they moved from Ohio to Kirksville, MO where Dorothy taught school. She was the first lay...

Florence Louise Sumpter

Florence Louise Sumpter

Dec 28, 2015

Florence “Louise” Sumpter, 93, of Higbee passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015 at her home with her family by her side. Louise was born to Charles and Opal (McGruder) Grapes on October 6, 1922 in Howard County, Missouri. During her early years, Louise worked at Reed’s Corner as a waitress and this is where she met her future husband...

Jackie Fristoe

Jackie Fristoe

Dec 24, 2015

Jack Fristoe, of Higbee, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 24, 2015 at the age of 57 after battling cancer for nearly two years. He was born in Moberly, MO on October 13, 1958, the youngest of three sons, to Robert (Bob) Fristoe and Wanda (Baker) Fristoe. He had worked at a sawmill for several years and was...

Danny Bailey

Danny Bailey

Dec 19, 2015

Danny Clinton Bailey, 68, of Moberly, passed away December 19, 2015 at Moberly Regional Medical Center. Danny was born in Moberly to Walter Bailey and Freda Harrison Bailey on the 28th day of September, 1947. Danny enjoyed working at the Sheltered Workshop for several years before moving to the Wildwood Nursing Home in Madison, MO. He loved all things beautiful,...

Mary Andrews

Mary Andrews

Dec 19, 2015

Mary (Bonuchi) Andrews, 89 of Higbee passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Moberly Nursing & Rehab. Mary was born to Silvie and Katherine Bonuchi on September 16, 1926 in Higbee, Missouri. On May 19, 1946, in Armstrong, she and Donald N. Andrews were married. They were married for 65 years before he preceded her in death. Mary was...

Karen Richardson

Karen Richardson

Dec 15, 2015

Karen Richardson, 80, of Moberly, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at her home. She was born January 10th, 1935 in Anderson, Iowa to Edward and Edith Westergaard. The Westergaard Family moved to Galt in northern Missouri when Karen was 3 years old. Her first 3 years of school were spent in a one room school house in the Berry...

Roy Hess

Roy Hess

Dec 14, 2015

Roy Albert Hess completed his life’s journey and went home to be with the Lord on December 14, 2015 at the age of 84. He was born March 16, 1931, in Huntsville, MO. He was the son of Jeff Lee Hess and Minta Luvina (Crutchfield) Hess. On February 27, 1957, in Moberly, MO, he married Frances Ann (Lingo) Hess, who...

James Gorrell

James Gorrell

Dec 11, 2015

James (Jay) L. Gorrell Jr., 74, of Smithville, MO, passed away Friday, December 11, 2015 at North Kansas City Hosptial. Jay was born on February 14, 1941, the son of James Sr. and Georgia Gorrell in Waukegan, Illinois. Jay graduated from Moberly High School in 1959. He enlisted in the US Navy, following in the footsteps of his father. Jay...

Katherine Ann Fainter

Katherine Ann Fainter

Dec 7, 2015

Katherine Ann Fainter, 68, of Moberly passed away at her home on Monday, December 7, 2015. She was born to the late John Thomas and Nora Mae (Goldie) Gravitt on February 23, 1947 in Moberly, Missouri. She and Elmo Fainter were married on October 16, 1964 and were married 35 years before he preceded her in death. Katherine loved working...

Vickye Head

Vickye Head

Dec 5, 2015

Vickye Lesta Head, 77, of Moberly, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015. She was born September 6, 1938 in Moberly to Wallace King Burrus and Mildred McCanne Burrus. On April 17, 1961 she married Vernon Head. Vickye worked as a receptionist for Beltone Hearing Aid for many years before her retirement and she was a member of the First Christian...

Doloris Ingersoll

Doloris Ingersoll

Nov 30, 2015

Doloris Mae Boyd Ingersoll, 81, of Moberly, died Monday, November 30, 2015, at Moberly Nursing and Rehab. Doloris was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Cecil and Harriett Boyd on December 4, 1933. Doloris married Albert Edward Ingersoll in 1962, and he preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and a seamstress. Doloris also enjoyed crocheting and needlepoint. She...

Joan Roberts

Joan Roberts

Nov 26, 2015

Joan Patricia Roberts, 71, of Higbee, MO, passed peacefully Thursday, November 26, 2015 surrounded by her family. Joan was born August 22, 1944 in Amarillo, Texas, the oldest daughter of Woodrow and Wilma Lee Hogue. She worked for Caseys in Higbee, MO for 22 years before retiring in 2012. She loved to crochet, watch her hummingbirds, spend time with her...

Jimmy Dean Haggard

Jimmy Dean Haggard

Nov 23, 2015

Jimmy Dean Haggard, 63, of Huntsville passed away on November 23, 2015 at the University Hospital in Columbia. Jimmy was born to James Monroe and Lucille Haggard on February 12, 1952 in Moberly, Missouri. He married Vicky Stein on May 21, 1982 and celebrated 33 years together. Jimmy retired as a forklift driver from Everlast Fitness Manufacturing in May of...

Jessica Bowen and Kelsey A Bowen

Jessica Bowen and Kelsey A Bowen

Nov 21, 2015

Kelsey Annette Bowen, 16 and Jessica Leanne Bowen, 22, both of Moberly, passed away November 21, 2015. Jessica and Kelsey were both born in Moberly, to James and Cheryl Bowen-Jessica on November 4, 1993 and Kelsey on March 29, 1999. Jessica would have graduated from the Columbia Career Center with her degree in nursing in 2016. She was an amazing...

Lucille Grinnip

Lucille Grinnip

Nov 20, 2015

Lucille (Summers) Vance Grinnip, 102, of Moberly, Missouri passed away on Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Moberly Nursing and Rehab Center. Lucille was born on December 19, 1912, in Clarence, Missouri to Arthur and Bessie (Conley) Summers. On August 20, 1948, she married Joe Vance from Renick, Missouri. Lucille and Joe worked for the Brown Shoe Company in Moberly,...

Rebecca Thomas Flood

Rebecca Thomas Flood

Nov 18, 2015

Rebecca Ann Thomas Flood, 69, of Moberly, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at her home surrounded by family. Rebecca, better known as Becky or Granny B, was born December 27, 1945 in St. Louis, MO to Henry Luke Thomas and Jessie Mae Cooper Thomas. She graduated from Niangua Public Schools in 1963 and on June 13, 1966 she married...

Ruby B. Lear

Ruby B. Lear

Nov 12, 2015

Ruby B. Lear, 89, of Madison passed away on Thursday November 12, 2015 at the Moberly Regional Medical Center. She was born to Robert and Margaret (Johnson) Burnett on July 3, 1926 in Monroe County, Missouri. Ruby married Charles Lake in 1942 and was married 26 years before he preceded her death. She later married Roy Lear in 1977 and...

Frank Ingersoll

Frank Ingersoll

Nov 7, 2015

Frank Ingersoll, 49, of Moberly, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Boone Hospital Center, following a long battle with cancer. Franklin Jay Ingersoll was born in Victor, Missouri to Albert and Deloris Boyd Ingersoll on December 11, 1965. Frank graduated from Moberly Senior High in 1985. He went on to earn an Associates’ Degree in Power Plant Technology from...

Vera Siebuhr

Vera Siebuhr

Nov 4, 2015

Vera Siebuhr, 87, of Moberly, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015. She was born March 3, 1928 in Springfield, Illinois to John Maxwell Burgess and Mary Burns Burgess. She married Clarence Siebuhr in Divernon, Illinois in 1949 and they moved to Moberly in 1966. He preceded her in death on June 10, 2014. Vera was a former member of the...