KEWPIE NEWS

Connie Warren, died Wednesday, July 18, 2008, at Boone Hospital Center.

Randy Adams's mother, passed Wednesday, May 21, 2008.

Chris Odor's father, died Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Columbia.

Mike Carey's father died Saturday, May 3, 2008, at home in Columbia.

Janice Linzie's father departed this life on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

Susan Norman's father  died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at University Hospital.

Mark Holsinger's mother passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, at The Stuart House in Centralia.

Dorothy Sappington Holsinger, 102, formerly of Columbia, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, at The Stuart House in Centralia.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 12, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Father Steve Kuhlmann officiating. Burial will be at Columbia Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday at Parker Funeral Service.

Dorothy was born on Oct. 6, 1905, in Columbia, the daughter of the late Admiral Dot Sappington, founder of The Central Dairy, and Lula Maggie Pearl Maupin Sappington.

Dorothy earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Missouri and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

She was an honored teacher and athlete. Her first teaching job was in the St. Charles schools in 1926, followed by Kansas State University (then College), the University of Wisconsin and the University of Dayton, where she started the program of physical education for women in the 1930s.

After teaching at Columbia College (then Christian College), and briefly in Pasadena, Calif., in the 1950s, she began the last 15 years of her teaching career at the University of Missouri. There she taught and coached the women’s field hockey and golf teams and taught countless men and women the methods and materials of teaching children physical education.

Before retiring in 1972, she received the university’s Alumni Award and the Department of Education’s highest faculty award. In 2002, she received the Women’s Intrasport Network Sportswoman of the Year award for paving the way for female athletes.

As an athlete, she won the Florida Women’s Amateur Golf Championship title in 1932 under the tutelage of University of Florida golf coach-husband, Joe. That was just two years after picking up a golf club for the first time. In the 1950s, she was five times the Missouri Women’s Golf Sand Greens champion.

She was the first coach of the MU women’s golf team during her years there, and she taught many Columbia youths the game in the city’s summer recreation and playground program that she began and directed in the early 1950s. She was a student of the game and played it daily until a broken elbow in her mid-80s limited her, but a photograph documents her chipping onto the green just four summers ago.

Dorothy loved Columbia and gave to the community, in both secular and religious realms. Besides her recreation work for the city, she once ran for the Columbia Board of Education, was a sought after speaker at the university and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church since 1947, when she moved back to Columbia after the death of her husband. She started The Mother’s Club for the Catholic school there and served as its first president.

Up until age 99, she lived in her own home in Columbia under the care of Mark and Linda Holsinger. Since early 2005, she had resided at The Stuart House in Centralia.

She was the loving wife of the late Joseph Holsinger, who died of cancer in 1946, and she never remarried.

Survivors include two daughters, Anne Tavel of Wellesley, Mass., and Elizabeth Ginsburg and husband Karl Diller of Bristol, Vt.; three sons, Michael Holsinger and wife Sharon of Sarasota, Fla., Dave Holsinger and wife Mary Ann of Centralia, and Mark Holsinger of Cannon Beach, Ore.; a daughter-in-law, Linda Holsinger of Columbia; 14 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by sisters Helen Tallent and Rozalie Gibbs and brothers, Roy, Harry, Guy, A.D. and Spencer Sappington.

Dorothy lived a distinguished life, and she will be remembered with love by members of succeeding generations as a teacher and coach, mentor and model for how to live one’s life fully. She filled every day of her 102 years with working, playing, loving and praying.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the University of Missouri, c/o Dorothy Holsinger Women’s Golf Scholarship, Attn: Paula Schlager, 302 Reynolds Alumni Center, Columbia, Mo., 65211.

John Philip "Phil" Norman, 92, professor emeritus of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, at University Hospital.

Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, March 4, at the Sacred Heart Activity Building.

Mr. Norman was the son of Roy Arleigh and Susan Kerstetter Norman and was born on April 6, 1916, in Ames, Iowa. He graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Iowa in 1938 and began his career in the advertising department of what is now known as the Sunbeam Co. After serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II, Mr. Norman worked for the Trane Co. in La Crosse, Wis. Eventually he bought two weekly newspapers in central Wisconsin, which he ran until 1955, when he came to the J School.

He began working on the city desk as a graduate assistant and became the city editor after the retirement of Eugene Sharp. In addition, he taught reporting and news writing. Hundreds of students will remember him for his sense of humor, his passion for the craft of journalism, his unfeigned interest in students and stories, and even his final exams - the famous N.I.T.s.

Before retiring in 1980, Mr. Norman spent a year as a consultant to the Korea Herald, an English-language newspaper in Seoul, and began working as the Missouri/Kansas manager for NES providing election results for the three major networks and the (then) two wire services during national elections.

He was a member of Kiwanis and Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism fraternity. In retirement, Mr. Norman continued reading multiple newspapers and newsmagazines, built a lot of closets for his wife and took up woodcarving and traveling.

Mr. Norman was married in 1941 to Janette Irmina Lehnertz, and they have four children: Richard Norman of Cardiff, Calif., Susan Norman of Columbia, William Norman of St. Paul, Minn., and Elizabeth Ritter of St. Louis.

He is survived by his wife and children; four grandchildren; and numerous nephews.

His parents, two brothers and one sister died earlier.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests you make a contribution toward diabetes research.

Raymond James Linzie, 87, departed this life on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

Services officiated by the Rev. Raymond Hayes will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 204 E. Ash St. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Simpson Chapel Cemetery.

Raymond was born May 16, 1920, in Callaway County. However, to those who knew him, it could be said that his life started May 31, 1939, with his marriage to Anna Katherine. Together, Raymond and Kate raised seven of their own children, survived the death of two, and enriched the lives of many more whom they cared for as their own.

He made his living as a chef, feeding the bodies of others; he made his life as a strong black man feeding the hearts of others. A simple man armed with little more than warm meals, powerful words, Christian values and generous love, Raymond Linzie carved out a place in this world and in the lives of others that cannot be easily filled.

Raymond is survived by three sons, James Roy, Raymond Floyd and Charles Delroy Linzie; and three daughters, Erma Pegg, Janice Nunnely and Denise Tucker. He is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

More so than anything else, Raymond Linzie is survived by his own legacy and all of the love that is and shall forever be felt for the man we knew as Raymond, Father, Bear, Big Daddy or Gramps.

Raymond was preceded in death by his parents, James Linzie and Sally Hickem; his loving wife, Anna Katherine Linzie; his brothers, Floyd Cheatom and Richard Linzie; and his children, Edward William, Anna Marie and Manual Lee Linzie.

Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Luke Methodist Men.*

Thomas Judson Carey, 84, of Columbia died Saturday, May 3, 2008, at home from health complications associated with lung cancer.

A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 7, at First Christian Church in Columbia with Dr. John Yonker officiating. The burial will follow at Memorial Cemetery in Columbia. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at First Christian Church.

Known by many as simply "T.J.," Tom was born on July 30, 1923, the only child of Thomas Olar and Goldie Atkins Carey of Higbee. Tom graduated from Higbee High School in 1941 and married Marjorie Maxine Lyon on June 27, 1942. While Tom was serving in the U.S. Army, the first of the couple’s six children, Michael, was born in Petersburg, Va. The young family returned to Missouri, settling in Columbia, where Ron, Julie, Dennis, Jim and Pam were born.

Family and faith played a central role in Tom and Marge’s life. Their strong Christian faith took Marge and Tom to First Christian Church in Columbia, where they were devoted members for more than 50 years. Tom served as deacon for more than 30 years. He also headed up a team of deacons assigned to serve communion once a month, a responsibility he took very seriously. To many, T.J. personified grace and generosity. T.J. was always willing to help anyone in need. Tom’s sense of humor was dry, well-known and never-ending. He had an easy smile and gentle nature.

For many years, as their children were growing up, Marge and T.J. took their family back to Higbee for Sunday dinners with the family. Later in life, the Sunday dinner tradition moved to Marge and Tom’s home. Multiple generations of the family still consider T.J.’s barbecued hamburgers the best ever.

Tom’s hobbies included gardening, camping, fishing and cars. Regular family vacations included camping at Bennett Spring State Park - a trip that many of Marge and T.J.’s kids would take with their own children.

Tom’s favorite car was the Lincoln Continental. He loved to work on his cars, and one longtime neighbor marveled at T.J.’s collection of car-maintenance tools. He worked at Columbia Auto Parts for 40 years, where his co-workers called him "Tomcat," a reference from the CB era. He also owned rental property in the original southwest part of town.

Most important to Tom, however, was his family, which has now grown to 15 grandchildren, Michael, Gregory, Robyn, Jennifer, Christen, Russell, Jessica, Bryan, Matthew, Kimberly, Sean, Patrick, Elizabeth, McKinzie and Abigail; and 13 great-grandchildren, Laura, Cindy, Ryan, Caitlin, Hannah, Jacob, Rocket, Collin, Jillian, Taylor, Sidney, Bryna and River.

Later in life, he would cherish the companionship of his dogs - first Lucky, then Lucy.

Tom is survived by his six children, Michael Carey of Santa Rosa, Texas, Ronald Carey of Sabillasville, Md., Julie Hickey of Columbia, Dennis Carey of Mexico, Mo., Jim Carey of Columbia and Pam Duesenberg of Chesterfield; two daughters-in-law, Chris Carey of Santa Rosa and Dian Carey of Mexico; and two sons-in-law, John Hickey of Columbia and David Duesenberg of Chesterfield. Tom is also survived by 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews, and a legion of friends.

His wife of 64 years, Marjorie Maxine Carey, preceded him in death on Feb. 23, 2007. Tom is also preceded in death by his parents and grandchild Gregory Carey.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church in memory of Thomas Carey.

Carlyle Kurtz "C.K." Odor Jr., 85, died Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital after a nine-year battle with lymphoma cancer.

Funeral services with military honors will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, at First Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 19, at Parker Funeral Home and 10 to11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Interment will follow at Memorial Cemetery.

He was born March 28, 1923, in Daytona Beach to Carlyle Kurtz Odor Sr. and Crystal Elizabeth Ford Odor, both deceased. He was a long time resident of Columbia. He was a member of the first graduating class of the new Robert E. Lee Elementary School. He attended Jefferson Junior High School.

C.K. graduated from Hickman High School in 1941. He was a varsity letterman in track and a tennis conference champion. He was a member of the National Honor Society.

After high school, he attended the University of Missouri. He pledged Sigma Nu and joined the U.S. Army ROTC. Because of service to his country in World War II, C.K. didn’t graduate until 1948, having been in and out of school for seven years. His degree was a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He played intramural tennis and won the campus championship. He was a member and president of Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity and member of Blue Key Omicron Delta Kappa.

On Dec. 1, 1944, C.K. married Minnie Malcolm Sheppard of Columbia at First Christian Church. They had five children.

C.K. was inducted into the Army as a private in June 1943. He completed Officers Candidate School and became a second lieutenant in November 1944. In September 1945, he was stationed in the Philippines with the 25th Infantry Division, where he earned a Bronze Star Medal. After peace was declared, he was stationed in Osaka, Japan, where he was promoted to first lieutenant. He served as a trial judge advocate in the 25th Division Occupation Court. By 1951, he made captain and was serving in the Officers Reserve Corps when he was recalled to active duty. He served in Stuttgart, Germany, until April 1952. He resigned from the National Guard in September 1952.

C.K. worked for his father in his construction company and several salesman jobs related to construction materials and housing. In 1957, he was employed by the city of Columbia to work for the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Authority. He rose to be executive director of the authority in 1962. During his tenure at the authority, the 126-acre Douglass School Urban Renewal Project was completed and apartments for 294 families were built. The 147-unit senior high-rise Oak Towers was completed. The Blind Boone Community Center was built and the 200-unit high-rise Paquin Tower finished.

During the late 1960s, he worked for the state of Missouri during Warren Hearnes’ administration, helping communities all over the state plan public housing projects. During this time, 125 city housing authorities were established. He was a Realtor with the Roy Willey Realtor Group from 1973 to 1977 in Columbia. During this time he also served on the Housing Authority Board for the city of Columbia.

In November 1977, he was employed as executive director of the city of Moberly’s Housing Authority. Under his direction the authority modernized all public housing apartments, built a 68-unit low-rise apartment building for the elderly, and the Head Start and the senior citizens’ buildings. He supervised the reconstruction after the tornado hit downtown Moberly. He retired in November 1995.

During his career, he was an active member of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and served as president of the Missouri chapter from 1964 to 1966. He was honored as member of the year in 1994. In 1997, he received the Charles L. Farris Award at the Southwest Regional Council for 36 years of improving the quality of life in the state of Missouri.

C.K. was a longtime supporter of the Boy Scouts. He earned his Eagle designation with Silver Palm in 1940. Beginning in 1957, he became active in adult leadership and served as Scoutmaster of Troop No. 9 at Baptist Church for 15 years. He is a member of Great Rivers Council Chapter National Eagle Scout Association.

He was state director of the Jaycees. In 1966, he began a long association with the Kiwanis Club. He also belonged to the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was an active member of his Hickman High School alumni group and the Rusty Zipper Men’s Club.

C.K. was a member of First Christian Church and, more recently, an active member of the historical committee.

He had numerous hobbies and interests, including racing and raising homing pigeons; bird watching; traveling; MU sports, especially basketball and football; poker; fishing; genealogy; tennis; and stamp collecting.

C.K. is survived by his children, Christina Wilde and husband Walter of Pensacola, Fla.,; Cynthia Blosser and husband John of Jefferson City; Clark Odor and wife Debbie of Germantown, Tenn.; Cliff Odor of Columbia; Catherine Stilec-Stevenson and husband Robb of Steamboat Springs Colo., and Liz Embree of Barefoot Bay, Fla.; 15 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brother Richard Odor and wife Nancy of Kansas City; sister-in-law Carol Odor of Columbia; ex-wives Minnie Malcolm Odor of Columbia and Judith Anne Ragains; and traveling and bird watching companion, Rose Ann Bodman of St. Louis.

Preceding him in death were one brother, Raymond Odor, and one son-in-law, Charles Stilec.

Funeral arrangements are under the care of Parker Funeral Service. In lieu of flowers, memorials should be directed to First Christian Church, 101 N. Tenth St., Columbia, Mo., 65201. Sympathy notes may be e-mailed to office@parkerfuneralservice.com.

Helen Patricia Adams, 91, of Columbia passed Wednesday, May 21, 2008.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at Sacred Heart Church. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Home.

Helen was born on April 27, 1917, to Elisha Edmound Murray and Anna Mae Hooker in Dike County, Texas. She was the sixth of nine children. She grew up in southern Oklahoma.

In her early 20s, Helen moved to Tampico, Ill., to live with an aunt. This is where she met her future husband, Bernard. When World War II broke out, Helen went to California to work as a bookkeeper in an airplane plant. Bernard, then a sergeant, traveled to California to propose one more time, and she agreed. They were married July 5, 1944 at Camp Polk, La. Bernard and Helen only had a few months together before he left for overseas. Helen went to Illinois to wait for his return and for the birth of their first child. After the war, Bernard and Helen bought a farm outside of Tampico. Helen spent her time as a homemaker. She became an accomplished seamstress, sewing clothes for her three children and herself. She was a 4-H leader, a member of the Ladies Sodality, and a member of the Ladies Farm Bureau. In 1959, they moved to Mid-Missouri. She was a business woman for many years until her retirement. She and her husband were very active in their church, Sacred Heart, where they served as coordinators of the Nursing Home Ministry Program in Columbia. Her husband was an ordained deacon.

Survivors include son Randy Adams and daughter Dorothy Burks, both of Columbia; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and her brother, Nathan Murray of Duncan, Okla. Her husband Bernard, their son Stephen, three sisters and four brothers preceded Helen in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the food bank or Sacred Heart Church. Online tributes may be left at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com.

The Rev. Dr. Connie Y. Crum, 63, of Columbia died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at Boone Hospital Center.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, June 23, at Progressive Baptist Church with the Rev. Roger Anderson officiating. Visitation will be 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Warren Funeral Chapel.

The Rev. Crum was born Feb. 20, 1945, in Columbia, the daughter of Leon Dias Warren and Margaret Corrine Warren. She was married on April 19, 1994, to George Lee Crum of Columbia.

She was a member of Amos Johnson Chapter No. 30, O.E.S. She was the founder and president of Free Women in Christ and also was the pastor of Carriers of The Kingdom of Christ.

Survivors include her husband; son Jonas P. Patterson V of Riverside, Calif.; daughters Joan M. Dortch and husband Grady and Janice Y. Patterson, all of Columbia,; stepson Michael Garmon of Springfield; two brothers, Gary Warren and wife Billie of Austin, Texas, and Barry Warren of Long Beach, Calif.; and three sisters, Janice Patterson and husband Don of Tyrone, Ga., and Paula Sanders and husband Bishop Lemme of Marion, Ind., and Kathleen Lodemann and husband Jim. Also surviving are four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, grandparents, one brother and one sister.

Louise Hane Adams, 94 of Columbia passed away Friday, July 18, 2008, at The Bluffs.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 21, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 904 Old 63 South in Columbia. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia.

She was born April 23, 1914, in Galesburg, Ill., to Worthington and Trecia May Brown Hane, both of whom preceded her in death. She married James R. Adams on May 11, 1935, in Mexico, Mo., and he preceded her in death.

Louise was a published writer and poet who enjoyed working on her family history and translating German family records to English. She also worked for years as a fundraiser in her church, and she was a longtime Eastern Star member. She was named the polio mother of the year in 1958.

Survivors include two sons, James K. Adams and wife Pam of Mexico and Jack J. Adams and wife Adriana of Lake Saint Louis; one daughter, Rosemary Wilhelm of Jefferson City; eight grandchildren, Russell G. Murray of Columbia, Aileen Edmonds and husband Kenneth of Avon, Ind., Jeff Adams of Columbia, Carolina Doney and husband Joseph of Grand Rapids, Mich., Jack J. Adams Jr. of St. Charles, Whitney M. Adams of Mexico, Madison Kelsey Adams of Lake Saint Louis and Erik J. Adams of Mexico.

She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Patricia Ann Adams and Betty Louise Danley.

Memorial contributions can be made to the National Republican Party, c/o Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo., 65202. Tributes can be left online at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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