Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Charles Hunt
Nov 4, 2015
Charles Martin Hunt “Marty”, 77 of Moberly, passed away at his home Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Marty was born April 25, 1938 in Huntsville, MO to John Thomas Hunt and Pauline Martin Hunt. He attended Moberly High School and Moberly Area Community College. He finished his education with a Bachelor’s degree from Truman University in Kirksville. He served in the...
Betty McLouth
Nov 4, 2015
Betty left this earthly world to teach God’s little angels on November 4th, 2015. She was 83 years old and had been residing at Moberly Nursing and Rehab. Her husband Cecil A. McLouth and an infant son preceded her in death. Betty was an extremely busy mother of seven children: Pat and Richard Tregnago of Higbee, MO, Barbara Valentine of...
Regina Kitchen
Nov 3, 2015
Regina Louise Bentch Kitchen, 52 of Moberly, passed away November 3, 2015 at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO. She was born May 24, 1963 to Thomas Bentch and Stella Noah. On July 13, 1991 she married Michael Kitchen and he survives of the home. Regina was a graduate of Westran High School and was pursuing a Bachelors...
Geneva M. Boles
Nov 2, 2015
Geneva M. Boles,91,of Higbee passed away on Monday, November 2, 2015 at Mark Twain Assisted Living in Moberly. Geneva was born February 16, 1924 in Higbee, Missouri to Dawson and Dora (Dilts) Robb. She enjoyed playing Bingo. Her husband, Porter Boles preceded her in death in 1985. Survivors include; sons: Raymon Boles of Sturgeon, Missouri and Jerry Boles of Mexico,...
Orville Thompson
Nov 2, 2015
Orville Oscar Thompson, 83, of Columbia, Missouri died Monday, November 2, 2015 at the Harry S. Truman Veteran’s Hospital. He was born September 17, 1932 in Arlington, Mo. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War on the Princeton, the Yorktown, the Point Cruise Escort and part of the VA 165 attack squadron out of Alameda, CA....
Maxine Rosalind Hatchel
Oct 31, 2015
Former Twelve Mile resident Maxine Rosalind (Johnson)Hurt Hatchel, 94, passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 in Jefferson Manor, Kokomo, Indiana. Born November 14, 1921, in Twelve Mile, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Rosa Gustafson Johnson. On June 26, 1954, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she was married to Dennis E. Hurt who preceded her in death on...
Merle Thornhill
Oct 27, 2015
Merle Thornhill, 86, of Renick, went to join her son, Joel, in Heaven, 10:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 27, 2015. She is survived by her husband, William; several grandchildren, nieces and nephews. All loved her and will miss her greatly.

