Obituaries

Charles Rampley

Dec 28, 2013

CHARLES JUNIOR RAMPLEY Charles Junior Rampley, age 82, formerly of Kahoka, MO, died Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose, IA. Charles was born January 5, 1931 in West Point, Illinois, a son of Charles Wesley and Luella Dickerson Rampley. He married Marilyn "Joan" Elder on July 29, 1950 in Hamilton, IL. She preceded him...

William Hall

Dec 26, 2013

WILLIAM L. HALL William L. Hall, age 90, formerly of Luray, MO, died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka. Bill was born July 15, 1923 in Clark County, a son of Joseph Franklin and Helen Luell Howell Hall. Survivors include nieces and nephews: Mary (Mrs. Cork) Garner of Monticello, MO, Janice Schleappe of...

Thomas Rossi

Dec 21, 2013

THOMAS J. ROSSI Thomas J. Rossi, age 94, of Luray, MO, died Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 1:54 a.m. in the Scotland Co. Memorial Hospital in Memphis, MO. Tom was born May 30, 1919 in Keokuk, IA, a son of James Edward and Elizabeth Libush Schools Rossi. He attended school in both Illinois and Wisconsin. He was a World...

Brenda Slocum

Dec 20, 2013

BRENDA EWART SLOCUM Brenda Ewart Slocum, age 55, of Kahoka, MO, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at 11:55 p.m. at her parent's home south of Kahoka. Brenda was born July 31, 1958 in Keokuk, IA, a daughter of Norman and Elsie Haage Ewart. She married Lawrence Edmondson and they were blessed with three children: Chad, Todd and Nicole....

Mary Burkhart

Dec 19, 2013

Mary Darlos Burkhart, age 73, of Kahoka, MO, died Thursday, December 19, 2013 in the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, IA. She was born on April 11, 1940, in Fountain Green, Illinois, a daughter of Willis and Louise Bright Wear. She married Wayne Burkhart on September 1, 1956, at the Christian Church in LaHarpe, IL. Darlos married...

Mary Helm

Dec 17, 2013

MARY YOUNG HELM Mary Dorine Young Helm, age 86 of Kahoka, MO, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at her home. She was born August 20, 1927, in Farmington, IA, a daughter of Louis and Evelyn Phillips Briley. She married Victor E. Young on October 4, 1947 and they were the parents of ten children. He died less...

Maxine Strickler

Dec 14, 2013

MAXINE R. STRICKLER Maxine Ruth Ayer Strickler, age 99, of Kahoka, MO, died Saturday, December 14, 2013 at the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka. Maxine was born January 24, 1914, the oldest of eleven children of Herley and Lena Moorehead Ayer. She is survived by two sons, Duane (Ann) Strickler of Buhl, ID, and Darrel Strickler of Troy,...

Reva Simpson

Dec 8, 2013

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Sandra Barrows

Dec 7, 2013

SANDRA JANE BARROWS Graveside services for Sandra Jane Barrows, age 75, of Harlingen, Texas and Spring Lake, North Carolina, will be held Thursday, June 19 at 11 a.m. at the Frazee Cemetery with Pastor Shawn McAfee officiating. Sandra Barrows died unexpectedly on Saturday, December 7, 2013 in Womack Army Medical Center at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

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Ida Ross

Dec 5, 2013

IDA LOU ROSS Ida Lou Ross, age 64, of Kahoka, MO, died Thursday, December 5, 2013 in the Scotland Co. Memorial Hospital in Memphis, MO, following a valiant battle with breast cancer. She was born August 24, 1949 in Avon, IL, a daughter of Waldo F. and Enola Mae Kapfer Wells. She married Larry L. Ross on July 5,...

Betty Walker

Nov 22, 2013

BETTY J. WALKER Betty Jean Toops Walker, age 70, of St. Francisville, MO, died Friday, November 22, 2013 in the Golden Age Nursing Home in Braymer, MO. Betty was born May 21, 1943 at rural Alexandria, MO, one of ten children of John Earl "Tony" and Nellie Katherine Dennison Toops. On August 8, 1965 she was married to Terry...

September Fox

Nov 21, 2013

SEPTEMBER GALE FOX September Gale Fox, infant daughter of Scott Fox and Sarah Stark, was stillborn on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Scotland Co. Memorial Hospital in Memphis, MO. She was anxiously anticipated by her parents to be born in February, 2014. Survivors include her parents, Scott L. Fox and Sarahelizabeth Stark of Canton, MO; brother, Quintin Starks...

Louise Wallingford

Nov 12, 2013

LOUISE WALLINGFORD Louise Wallingford, age 90, of Farmington, IA (Clark Co., MO) passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, IA. Louise was born February 11, 1923 at Williamstown, MO, a daughter of Edgar and Nannie Nichols Oard. She and Charles Wallingford were married on December 21, 1941, in Louisiana, MO, by a...

Scott Adams

Nov 9, 2013

SCOTT ADAMS Scott Adams, age 37 of Williamstown, MO, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 in Wyaconda, MO. Scott Adams was born February 16, 1976 at Memphis, MO, a son of Charles and Christina Webster Adams. Survivors include his mother and step-father, Christina and Lloyd Brookhart of Wyaconda, MO; his father, Charlie Adams of Gorin, MO; grandfather, Charles Adams of...

Edward Rockhold

Nov 8, 2013

EDWARD D. ROCKHOLD Edward D. Rockhold, age 63, of Wayland, MO, died Friday, November 8, 2013 in the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, following complications from a stroke. Ed was born February 19, 1950 in Keokuk, IA, a son of Richard and Mary Belle Toops Rockhold. He married Carolyn Shea and they were the parents...

Richard Gregory

Nov 4, 2013

RICHARD F. GREGORY Richard F. Gregory, age 94, of Kahoka, MO, died Monday, November 4, 2013 in the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka. Richard was born May 7, 1919 at Clark City in Clark County, MO, a son of Richard F. "Lynn" and Eva P. Levengood Gregory. He married Lucille M. Sheffler on June 7, 1941. She preceded...

Patricia LaMaster

Oct 27, 2013

PATRICIA ANN LAMASTER Patricia Ann LaMaster, age 53, of Kahoka, MO, died unexpectedly on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at her home. She was born July 16, 1960 in Keokuk, IA, a daughter of Raymond Cecil and Helen M. Felker Morrison. She married William Benedict and together they had four children, Josh, Andrew, Kevin and Emily. She later married Ronald...

Irene Brunk

Oct 24, 2013

IRENE E. BRUNK Irene E. Brunk, age 81, of Kahoka, MO, died Thursday, October 24, 2013 in Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. Irene was born April 30, 1932 in Kahoka, MO, the daughter of Orlanda and Edna Hess Muhrer. She married Jerry Lee Brunk on January 8, 1955 at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Kahoka. He preceded...

Neva Yates

Oct 20, 2013

DELPHENE YATES Neva Delphene Yates, age 79, of Kahoka, MO, died Sunday, October 20, 2013 in the emergency room of Scotland Co. Memorial Hospital in Mempis, MO. She was born April 29, 1934 in Greentop, MO, a daughter of Steven and Irene Jones Butler. She married James Elmer Yates on August 12, 1951. He preceded her in death on...

Thelma O'Day

Oct 19, 2013

THELMA FLORENCE EDLEN O'DAY Thelma Florence Edlen O'Day, age 90, of Kahoka, MO, died peacefully Saturday, October 19, 2013 in the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka, MO. Thelma was born May 7, 1923, a twin daughter of Clyde Newton and Florence Iona Soper Edlen. She and Donald Mac O'Day were married September 6, 1942 at the Kahoka Christian...