Obituaries

Steven Powell

Steven Powell

Mar 30, 2015

Steven Mark Powell, 60, of Columbia, passed away at his home on Monday, March 30, 2015. He was born June 23, 1954 in Amarillo, TX to Ira “Rocky” and Leila “Cindy” (Bohner) Powell. Steve attended school in Columbia, MO and later relocated to the Moberly area where he resided for 36 years. He liked softball and played for the Moberly...

Betty Lou  Noah

Betty Lou Noah

Mar 27, 2015

Betty Lou (Heaston) Noah, 81, of Moberly passed away on March 27, 2015 at North Village Park in Moberly. Betty was born to John and Maggie (Garrett) Ames on November 17, 1933 in Rock Island, IL. Betty married Doug Heaston who preceded her in death and later married Bill Noah. She was a homemaker and took care of her family....

Wilma Jean Potter

Wilma Jean Potter

Mar 23, 2015

Wilma Jean Potter, 86, of Leesburg, GA passed away on Monday March 23, 2015 at Wynfield Park Health and Rehab. Born in Moberly, MO, Mrs. Potter had resided in Leesburg, GA since 1993 moving from Sullivan, IL. She was a homemaker and a member of Kinchafoonee Baptist Church. Wilma was preceded in death by her husband, Wilford Gene Leathers. Survivors...

Kenneth D. Vittetoe

Kenneth D. Vittetoe

Mar 16, 2015

Kenneth D. Vittetoe, 92, of Moberly, Missouri passed away on Monday, March 16, 2015 at the Moberly Nursing and Rehab. Kenneth was born to Archie Ray and Betsy (Macomber) Vittetoe on November 11, 1922 in Queen City, Missouri. He married Betty Prewitt in January of 1959. Kenneth was employed as a mover for most of career. He enjoyed playing cards...

David Ritter

David Ritter

Mar 15, 2015

David Francis Ritter, 67, of Moberly passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015, at his home. He was born October 19, 1947 in St. Charles, MO to Frank and Margaret Sutter Ritter. He attended Auxvasse High School where he met his future wife Vicki Taylor. Dave served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968 during the Vietnam War. He...

Frances Hess

Frances Hess

Mar 11, 2015

Frances Ann (Lingo) Hess was taken to her heavenly home on March 11, 2015 at the age of 77. She was born May 6, 1937 in her Grandmother Sarah Cooley’s home in Keytesville, MO to Sam William Lingo and Dortha Ann (Cooley) Lingo. She was a graduate of Salisbury, MO High School. On February 27, 1957 in Moberly, MO she...

Leo Letterman

Leo Letterman

Mar 10, 2015

Leo Letterman, 83, of Madison, passed away March 10, 2015 at Moberly Regional Medical Center in Moberly. He was born September 19, 1931 in Pansy, MO to Reverend Oliver Letterman and Bertie Rogers Letterman. Leo served honorably in the United States Army as a medic from 1951 to 1953. On March 7, 1953, he married Edith Beals and she survives...

Jeffrey Nance

Jeffrey Nance

Mar 7, 2015

Jeffrey Carl Nance, 25, of Columbia, MO, passed away March 7, 2015. Jeffrey was born June 14, 1989 in Columbia, MO to Christipher Nance and Carla Hardy. Jeffrey lived in the Paris and Moberly areas before moving to Columbia. He loved his family and was the most trusting, loving person you ever met. He worked as a construction worker and...

Rodney Leon Haley

Rodney Leon Haley

Mar 6, 2015

Rodney L. Haley,62, of Eldon, Missouri passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015 at University Hospital in Columbia, MO. Rodney was born to Francis and Frances (Perkins) Haley on August 23, 1952 in Moberly, MO. He married Paulette Myers on January 19, 1974 in Canton, Missouri. Rodney graduated from Madison High School, and he received a degree in education and...

James Crutchfield

James Crutchfield

Mar 5, 2015

James Allen Crutchfield Sr., 56, of Moberly, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2015 at his home. He was born May 14, 1958 to Arthur James Crutchfield Sr. and Carolyn Sue Stringer. On May 22, 1976 he married Mary Bailey in Rolla, MO. James served honorably in the United States Army from 1976 to 1980. He was well known as ‘The...

Thomas Fisher

Thomas Fisher

Mar 5, 2015

Thomas E. Fisher, 54, passed away at his home in Moberly, Mo on March 5, 2015. He was the youngest of 4 children born to Bill and Dorothy O’Connor Fisher. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; son, Allen (Tricia) Kuhns, of Moberly; daughter, Tammy (Brad Dowdell) Kuhns, of Columbia; 10 grandchildren; his father, Bill Fisher; sister, Patty Ann (Jeff)...

Mary Dutton

Mary Dutton

Mar 1, 2015

Mary Ethel Dutton, 68, of Moberly, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, March 1, 2015.On September 27, 1946, Mary was born in Moberly, MO to Kenneth Owen Davidson and Mary Ellen Ransdell Davidson. She was a lifelong resident of Moberly, where she married her husband Robert Ellyson Dutton on November 21, 1964. She enjoyed making crafts and camping,...

Juanita Brown

Juanita Brown

Feb 19, 2015

Juanita “Nadine” Tremaine Brown, age 83, entered into her heavenly home on February 19, 2015. She was born October 3, 1931, in Sumner, Missouri, the daughter of Mont and Mary (West) Tremaine. She married Clifford Brown on October 9, 1949, in Moberly, Missouri. They lived in Moberly until 1960 when they moved to Middle Grove, Missouri, where they owned and...

Franklin Welch

Franklin Welch

Feb 17, 2015

Franklin Welch, 62, of Moberly, passed away at his home February 17, 2015. Franklin was born March 23, 1952 in West Plains, MO to Alford William Welch and Vida Jones Welch. He grew up in the West Plains area but moved to Moberly thirty years ago. He worked as a mechanic and enjoyed everything related to cars. He bought and...

Cheyenna Ames

Cheyenna Ames

Feb 17, 2015

Cheyenna Lynn Ames, 17, passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Cheyenna was born on May 1, 1997, in Moberly, MO. She is survived by her parents, Randy Ames and Lynna Relford; siblings, Ryan Zinkle, Taleana Ames, Nathan Ames, Katy Walker, Matthew Walker, and Adealyn Ames; her grandparents, Jack and Margie...

Brenda Brown

Brenda Brown

Feb 16, 2015

Brenda Rucker Brown, age 56 of Moberly, passed away Monday, February 16, 2015 at Columbia Health Care Nursing Home in Columbia, MO. Brenda was born September 3, 1958 in Huntsville, MO to Russell Rucker Sr. and Ruby Hughes Rucker. She was a lifelong resident of the Huntsville area and a graduate of Westran High School. She continued her education at...

Robert Ruble

Robert Ruble

Feb 15, 2015

Robert (Rob) M. Ruble, 57, of Moberly, passed away at Ravenwood Terrace Assisted Living on Sunday, February 15, 2015, in Moberly, MO. On April 5, 1957, he was born to Roy and Hazel Ingersoll Ruble in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Rob moved with his family to the Moberly area when he was five years old. He graduated from Moberly High School...

Stacey Smith

Stacey Smith

Feb 14, 2015

Stacey William Smith, 44, of Renick, MO, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, February 14, 2015. He was born August 25, 1970 to Bob and Sherry Smith in Moberly. Stacey graduated from Moberly High School in 1988. He was currently employed as a warehouse manager for Premier Paper and Packaging in Columbia. Stacey married Debbie (Fray) Thompson on October 17, 1998,...

Earlene Brown

Earlene Brown

Feb 9, 2015

Earlene Brown was called to Heaven February 9, 2015. She was born March 29, 1924 to William and Linnie Freeman. She is survived by her son Danny Earl Brown and daughter-in-law Regina of rural Moberly; her grandson Aaron Brown; her granddaughter Melissa and husband Chris Colley, and two great grandchildren, Cody and Katie; one brother, Wilbert “Bud” Freeman and wife...

Margarete Luntsford

Margarete Luntsford

Feb 9, 2015

Margarete Elizabeth Luntsford of Madison, Missouri passed away on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. at the age of 80 years old. Margarete is survived by her husband Louis Luntsford and her seven children: George Luntsford (Rita), Gloria Swan (James), Danny Luntsford (Tommie), Robert Luntsford (Tammy), Tammy Parker (Leonard), Patricia Bell (Chubs), and Pamela Gallup (Jay). She also has...