Craig Lee Whitney, father of Brayden Whitney (Class of 1993) and Matthew Whitney (Class of 1998) passed away Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Shirley R. Strickland Crum, mother of Teresa Crum (Class of 1979) and Charles Crum (Class of 1991)  died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Bettie J. Bodenhamer, mother of of Dr. Robert Bodenhamer (Class of 1971) and Dr. Linda Hardy (Class of 1972) died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, in Augusta, Ga.

Shirley Jane Whipple, mother of Jackie Whipple (Class of 1966), John Whipple Jr. (Class of 1968) Judy Lincoln (Class of 1974) and Jill Heisler (Class of 1976) died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Joseph Edgar Smith, father of David Smith (Class of 1966) and Donna Supranowich (Class of 1970) passed away Friday, Dec. 17, 2004, at University Hospital.

Sam J. Nicastro, father of Charlie E. Nicastro, Class of 1973, passed away Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004.

Mary Frances Davidson Faurot, mother of Jane Hazell (Class of 1951) Mary Aileen Edwards (Class of 1954) and Julie Crum (Class of 1958) died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at University Hospital.

Lucy B. Capen, mother of Jimmy Capen, deceased (Class of 1949) died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center after a fall.

Lenvil Burlingame, father of Cheryl Burlingame (Class of 1969), Rodney Burlingame (Class of 1970), Janet Waldron (Class of 1971), John Burlingame (Class of 1973) and Gina White (Class of 1976) passed away Friday, Dec. 3, 2004.

Eva Jeanette Tripp Bodard, mother of James Paul Bodard (Class of 1962), William Dale Bodard (Class of 1965), Mary Jennie Bodard (Class of 1969) and Susan Jane Long (Class of 1975) died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at her home in Peoria, Arizona.

Frances Aileen Thompson Kyllonen, mother of Frances Kyllonen Rose (Class of 1961) died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Edith Frances Lowe, mother of Frances Lowe (Class of 1952) passed away Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, in Oregon City, Oregon.

Kyle Elaine Harris, mother of Kara Harris (Class of 2000) and  William David "Trey" Harris III (Class of 2003) passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Mary K. Thrower, mother of Sharon Ekpe (Class of 1974), Jackie Thrower (Class of 1977), James S. Thrower (Class of 1982) and Stephens E. Thrower (Class of 1994) died Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at University Hospital.

Kenneth P. Backues, father of Daniel Backues (Class of 1970) and Rebecca Love (Class of 1978) passed away Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at The Bluffs.

Eddie Ray Bennett, father of Hillary L. Townsend (Class of 1996) passed away Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at University Hospital.

Stanley H. Klemme, father of Lesa Greenwood (Class of 1976) passed away Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

James L. "J.L." DeVore, father of Charles DeVore (Class of 1962) and Wilma Baker (Class of 1965) passed away Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Kenneth Allen Terrill, brother of Bruce Terrill (Class of 1975) passed away Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at the Candlelight Lodge.

Arley "Toot" Perkins, father of Raymond Perkins (Class of 1965), Luther Perkins (Class of 1969) and Carla Jensen (Class of 1975) passed away Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at Ashland Healthcare Center.

Mildred Elizabeth Crouch Nunley, mother of Terry Nunley (Class of 1960) passed away Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Dr. Keener A. Tippin Sr., father of Keener A. Tippin II (Class of 1979) and Karen Tippin died Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia after an extended illness.

Albert Joseph Onofrio, father of John Onofrio (Class of 1966), Ed Onofrio (Class of 1969), Lou Onofrio (Class of 1971) and Mike Onofrio (Class of 1973) died Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, at Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Arizona.

Zelma Fern Neiderheiser, mother of Glen Neiderheiser (Class of 1946), Rev. Fred Neiderheiser (Class of 1947), Donna Dumdei (Class of 1949) and  Joe Neiderheiser (Class of 1954) passed away Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, in Iowa.

Mary Helen Fullmer Gould, mother of Nancy Gould (Class of 1978)Marc Gould (Class of 1980), Mindy Gould (Class of 1986) and Todd Gould (Class of 1987) passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004.

Florence Amanda Wiss, mother of Cheryl Gassaway (Class of 1967) and Janet Hamilton (Class of 1969) died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, in Albuquerque,, New Mexico, after a long illness.

Charles David Reyner, father Mark Reyner (Class of 1963), Douglas Reyner (Class of 1965) and Robin Whelan (Class of 1975) died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004 in Harlingen, Texas.

Fritz Klemme, father of Bruce Klemme (Class of 1971), Lynn Baney (Class of 1977), Diana Hood (Class of 1977) and Cheri Lau (Class of 1986) died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Sherman Tennyson Jr., husband of Merline Murray (Class of 1938) and brother of Marybelle Korhonen (Class of 1945) passed away Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Schell Hilton Bodenhamer, Ph.D., father of Dr. Robert Bodenhamer (Class of 1971) and Dr. Linda Hardy (Class of 1972) passed away Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, at Lenoir Health Care Center.

Jo Ellen "Jody" Mathis Hamilton, Sarah Siemens (Class of 1986) and  Andrew "Drew" Hamilton passed away Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Cleo Yowell Herrin, mother of Sherman T. Yowell (Class of 1955),  stepmother of Ann Hartley (Class of 1959), Jane Lundman (Class of 1962) Lea Marienfeld (Class of 1964) and wife of Smiley Herrin (Class of 1933) passed away Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Sandra Sue Massey-Holden, mother of Michael A. Holden (Class of 1989) died Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, because of complications from lymphoma.

Rosa Mae Jolley, mother of Carla Thomas (Class of 1972) passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, at Columbia Regional Hospital.

Ellen L. Tinsley, mother of  of John C. Tinsley III (Class of 1966), Frederick C. Tinsley (Class of 1969), David Tinsley (Class of 1971) and William S. Tinsley (Class of 1975) passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, in Liberty.

Clarence Verl "C.V." Ross, father of Laure Guyot (Class of 1966), Robert Ross (Class of 1970) and Elizabeth Ross (Class of 1973) died Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, after a long illness.

Mary Esta Chapman, mother of Becky Chapman (Class of 1991) passed away Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Lois Virginia McMahon, mother of Carol Sue Hill (Class of 1969) passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, in St. Louis.

Robert L. "Buck" Begemann, father of Gregg Begemann (Class of 1982) passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Missouri.

Steven Clark Lamphear, father of Leslie Dee Lamphear (Class of 1993) and Stevany Georgia Ann Lamphear (Class of 1995) died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004, at his home in Saint Augustine, Florida.

Maudie Naomi Exline, mother of Terry Exline (Class of 1974) died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, at the home of her daughter, Fonda Smith of Centralia.

Robert P. Breitenbach, father of Karl Lee Breitenbach (Class of 1978) died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, at home in Columbia.

Violet Marie Morgan Ridge, mother of John Ridge (Class of 1957), David Ridge (Class of 1960), Arthur Ridge (Class of 1971) died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004.

James W. Crane Sr., father of James Walter Crane Jr. (Class of 1971), Jessee Lynn Crane (Class of 1978) and Donnie Lawrence (Class of 1983) Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Donald Dean Duff, father of Marise R. Stewart (Class of 1973), Marsha Warnk (Class of 1975), Patrick Duff (Class of 1982) and Phillip Duff (Class of 1982) died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004, at St. Mary’s Health Center.

Ann L. Thornton, mother of Tyran K. Thornton (Class of 1985), Lisa D. Thornton (Class of 1987) and Sean A. Thornton (Class of 1993) died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004, in Columbia.

Ruth "Petey" Waggoner, mother of Rick Waggoner (Class of 1963) died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004.

Roberta Spiva Wilhelm, mother of Cathy Ferguson (Class of 1975) died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Sanda Sue Smith, mother of Cynthia Childers (Class of 1975) and Roma Smith (Class of 1976) passed away Friday, Aug. 20, 2004, in her home with her family by her side.

Carolyn Williams, mother of Olivia Grant (Class of 1972) passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Mary A. Glisson, mother of William Dowdy (Class of 1968) passed away Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Alfred "Al" Brown, father of Larry Eugene Brown (Class of 1969) and Gary Lee Brown (Class of 1974) passed away Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at University Hospital and Clinics.

Robert Abendshien, husband of Judy Palmer Abendshien (Class of 1961) passed away Aug. 12, 2004 in Henderson, Nevada.

Dr. Jon Meese, father of Tom Meese (Class of 1990) passed away Thursday, August 12, 2004.

Eugene "Gene" Thrift, father of Steven Thrift (Class of 1963), Kathy Blackburn (Class of 1969) and Allen Thrift (Class of 1983) passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004, at Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, Missouri.

Harold W. Harmon, father of Eugene Harmon (Class of 1960), Ronald Dean Harmon (Class of 1961) and Randy Lee Harmon (Class of 1974) passed away Monday, Aug. 9, 2004, at Ashland Healthcare.

Opal Nadine West, mother of Anita Wade (Class of 1959) and Sherman West (Class of 1961) passed away Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

Megan Sawyer Ankeney, daughter of Mary Ellen Sawyer Ankeney (Class of 1978) passed away Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, at University Hospital.

Morris Moore, father of Robert Moore (Class of 1958) passed away Friday, Aug. 6, 2004, at West Village Manor in Columbia.

Larry D. Litton, father of Ladd Litton (Class of 1985) passed away Thursday, August 6, 2004, in Columbia.

Charles Junior Wilson, father of Richard Wilson (Class of 1963) and  John Wilson (Class of 1966) died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004, at Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital.

Rose Ethel McClure, mother of Jim McClure (Class of 1962) passed away Saturday, July 24, 2004, at Columbia Healthcare Center.

Denver W. Bedsworth, father of Delores Melloway (Class of 1956) and Elaine Wehmeyer (Class of 1976) passed away Saturday, July 24, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare.

Jewell M. Rouse, mother of Bette J. Baldwin (Class of 1959) and Mac Rouse (Class of 1967) passed away Thursday, July 22, 2004, at Columbia Healthcare Center.

Billy P. Teaff, father of Debbie Oyler (Class of 1971) died Friday, July 16, 2004, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City.

Mary C. Chalkley, mother of Judson E. Chalkley (Class of 1965), Mary Anne Chalkley (Class of 1968) and Sarah Chalkley Hubbell (Class of 1970) died Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at Dover Nursing Home in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Jenny Idamaria Drane, wife of Gene Drane (Class of 1941) passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

John C. Tinsley Jr., father of John C. Tinsley III (Class of 1966), Frederick C. Tinsley (Class of 1969), David Tinsley (Class of 1971) and William S. Tinsley (Class of 1975) passed away Monday, July 5, 2004, at home in Columbia.

Nim Glen Breedlove, father of Glenda Bell (Class of 1973) passed away Monday, July 5, 2004, at The Bluffs.

Timothy J. Heinsz, father of Megan Phelps (Class of 1995) died Friday, July 2, 2004, of a heart attack while jogging.

Ethel F. McKee, mother of Don Cunningham (Class of 1953) died Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

Ruth Scott, mother of Jeff Scott (Class of 1972) passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at Bonne Hospital Center.

William Elmer Donaldson, father of Hubert Donaldson (Class of 1955) passed away Thursday, June 24, 2004, at University Hospital.

Helen Lorraine Copeland, mother of Georgia Banks Koletzke, deceased (Class of 1963) passed away Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Wayne Simmons, father of Randy Simmons (Class of 1971) died Saturday, June 19, 2004, at Columbia Health Care.

Lillian Fung Cuellar, infant daughter of Andrew Cuellar (Class of 1984) passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2004.

Vera Mae Tennyson, mother of William S. Tennyson (Class of 1967), Sandra N. Wright (Class of 1972) and Cynthia S. Hamilton (Class of 1973) died Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Mark E. Wilson, son of Larry & Joyce Wilson (Class of 1953) died Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

John W. Page, father of John W. Page Jr. (Class of 1976) and Joy Page (Class of 1981) passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at Columbia Regional Hospital.

Bessie Jane Baker, mother of Frances M. Elderbrook (Class of 1948), A.D. Baker (Class of 1950) and Ronald Dudley Baker (Class of 1962)  passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Ralph J. Deuser, father of Joyce Pruitt (Class of 1954) died Sunday, June 6, 2004.

Homer Sewell, father of Bruce Sewell (Class of 1972), Brent Sewell (Class of 1974) and Beth Blevins (Class of 1979) passed away Saturday, June 5, 2004.

Grace Nichols-McBain, mother of  Gene Nichols (Class of 1950) and Dale Nichols (Class of 1954) passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Mary Louise Tharpe, mother of Lyle Winston Tharpe (Class of 1970) and Sarah Tharpe Loring (Class of 1974) passed away Monday, May 31, 2004, at University Hospital.

James Arthur Whisenhunt, father of John W. Whisenhunt (Class of 1980) passed away at 5:10 a.m. Saturday, May 29, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Elvie Lee Hulett, mother of George W. Hulett (Class of 1958) and Robert L. Hulett (Class of 1961) died Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at her home in Columbia.

Ella C. Wayland, mother of Donna Trice (Class of 1963) passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2004, at her granddaughter’s home in Columbia.

Samuel A. Johnston, father of Samuel Johnston Jr. (Class of 1968), Susan Johnston (Class of 1971) and Anne Johnston (Class of 1973) died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at South Hampton Place in Columbia.

Millie Alice Hoffman, mother of James L. Hoffman (Class of 1962) died Saturday, May 22, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Carl W. "Buffalo" Vaughan Sr., father of Carl Vaughan Jr. (Class of 1977) and Lena Vaughan (Class of 1978) died Friday, May 21 at University Hospital.

Gene Paul Burton, father of Pam Overman (Class of 1969) died Friday, May 21, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Ethel Melloway Clark, mother of Donald P. Clark (Class of 1950) and Stephen E. Clark (Class of 1966) died Thursday, May 20, 2004, at The Bluffs in Columbia.

Don L. Blaylock, father of Dean Blaylock (Class of 1984) died Thursday, May 20, 2004, at University Hospital after a brief illness.

Mary Ruth Birmingham, mother of  Dennis Ray Birmingham (Class of 1984) passed away Friday, May 14, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Woodrow W. Acton, father of Elmer Acton (Class of 1955), Dorothy Jewell Lammers (Class of 1957) and Ruby Linda Acton (Class of 1962) passed away Saturday, May 8, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Rosemary Sheeran Powderly, father of Patricia Kowalski (Class of 1974) passed away Friday, May 7, 2004, at University Hospital.

Jack LaZebnik, father of Phillip LaZebnik (Class of 1971), Kenneth LaZebnik (Class of 1972), Cynthia Buchbinder (Class of 1977) and Robert LaZebnik (Class of 1980), died Friday, May 7, 2004.

Melvin C. Freeman, father of David Freeman (Class of 1956) passed away Sunday, May 2, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Boyd Baxter, father of Jana Baxter (Class of 1979) departed us on Sunday, May 2, 2004, in Macon, Missouri.

Ruby P. Carlos, mother of Shirley Link (Class of 1958) passed away Friday, April 30, 2004, at Capital Healthcare Center in Jefferson City.

Cecil Vernon Wood, father of Dr. Douglas L. Wood (Class of 1969), Ellen Lynch (Class of 1970) and Kay Hefner (Class of 1971) died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at The Bluffs.

Letson Ray Critchfield, father of Ken Critchfield (Class of 1960) and Greg Critchfield (Class of 1975) died Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Dr. Donald Raymond Shurtleff, father of Holly Thoelke (Class of 1973) and  Jo Reta Shurtleff (Class of 1975) passed away Monday, April 26, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

John Walker Guyton, father of John W. Guyton (Class of 1980) and Stephen W. Guyton & Stephon L. Guyton (Class of 1981) died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Herbert J. Niebruegge, father of Roger Niebruegge (Class of 1971) and  Nancy Hayes (Class of 1978) died Saturday, April 24, 2004, in Boonville, Missouri.

Jimmie Euel "Jim" Savage, father of Stephen James Savage (Class of 1970) and Wayne Edgar Savage (Class of 1973) died Friday, April 23, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Dale Dean DeRyke, father of David Ray DeRyke (Class of 1975) and Dennis Dean DeRyke (Class of 1984) died Friday, April 23, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Ethel Walton, mother of Betty Turner (Class of 1946), Thelma Cockrell (Class of 1949) and Bobby Walton (Class of 1951) died early Friday, April 16, 2004, at Columbia Manor.

Marjorie Elizabeth Long, mother of Michael Long (Class of 1978) passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Wichita, Kanas.

Nelson Lee Davis, father of Anita Kaye Everly (Class of 1989) and Adrianne Renee Davis (Class of 1992) died Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Lillian E. Patacchi, mother of Val Patacchi (Class of  1967) passed away Monday, April 12, 2004, after a brief illness, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Katie Lynne "Kathy" Chilcutt, daughter of Vickie Roberts Chilcutt (Class of 1974) died Friday, April 9, 2004, in Romeoville, Illinois, as a result of an automobile accident.

George "Jack" Mirts, father of Doug Mirts (Class of 1979) and Shari Wall (Class of 1982) died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at University Hospital.

Mary E. Forbis, mother of Nancy Davenport (Class of 1951) died Saturday, April 3, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

June Elizabeth McKee, mother of William McKee Jr. (Class of 1969), Michael McKee (Class of 1975) and Kevin McKee (Class of 1979) died Monday, March 29, 2004, at home in Columbia.

Robert H. Casati, father of Robert P. Casati (1969), Jennifer Zajicek (Class of 1971) and Christopher R. Casati (Class of 1974) died peacefully on Sunday, March 28, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

Maria Ondina Lindner, mother of José L. Lindner (Class of 1966) and Maria E. Mendenhall (Class of 1968) died Sunday, March 28, 2004, at The Bluffs Nursing Home in Columbia.

Arthur E. Wyatt, father of Joyce Davee (Class of 1953), Lola Mikovich (Class of 1955), Shirley McCubbin (Class of 1957) and Vivian Dexter (Class of 1958) died Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Brooks, mother of Beverly Jo Wyatt (Class of 1965) and Phyllis Anne Miller (Class of 1966) died early Monday, March 22, 2004.

Nancy Louise Bonuchi, mother of Jimmy Louis Bonuchi (Class of 1972) and Gail Renshaw (Class of 1975) passed away Sunday, March 14, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Pelagia "Peggy" Basconcillo Cuellar, mother of Timothy Cuellar (Class of 1979), Terrence Cuellar (Class of 1982), Andrew Cuellar (Class of 1984) and Audra Cuellar (Class of 1985) passed away Thursday, March 11, 2004, in Columbia.

Hazel Wilcox, mother of Tom Wilcox, deceased (Class of 1962) died March 9, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Evelyn K. Jones, mother of Conway Jones (Class of 1965) died Saturday, March 6, 2004, at Columbia Regional Hospital.

Florence V. "Vicki" Martin, mother of Boyd H. Martin (Class of 1957),  Robert A. Martin (Class of 1960) and Ruth Ann Harlow (Class of 1964) passed away Sunday, March 7, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Eva June Martin, mother of Del Gebhardt Jr. (Class of 1981) and Kurt Gebhardt (Class of 1986) passed away Friday, March 5, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Charles Foster, father of Janice Knigge (Class of 1955) died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

William Albert Bray, father of David P. Bray (Class of 1974) and Brenda Anne Ledbetter (Class of 1977) died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Byron Wallace Stover, father of Thomas Stover (Class of 1970), Scott Stover (Class of 1971) and Susan Gund (Class of 1974) passed away Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at University Hospital.

Meryl Robert McMinn, father of Glenda Strawn (Class of 1962), Robert McMinn (Class of 1964) and Connie Vallentine (Class of 1965) died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Doneta Symmonds, mother of Holly Burgess (Class of 1970), Jill Mueth (Class of 1973) and Michael Symmonds (Class of 1975) passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

Joyce E. Marsh, wife of Ralph Marsh (Class of 1944) passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at Lifecare Hospital in Edinburg, Texas.

Leon T. Dickinson, father of Toby Stewart (Class of 1959) and Catherine Nordmann (Class of 1965) passed away of cardio-pulmonary arrest Friday, Feb. 20, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Darrell Pemberton, father of Darren Pemberton (Class of 1983) died unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

David Reyer Pippin, brother of Dru Pippin (Class of 1967) and D’Ann Pippin Hake (Class of 1971)passed away Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, at his home in Conroe, Texas, after a 12-year battle with cancer.

Newton Franklin Britt, father of Sheri Shelley (Class of 1983), Susan Looney (Class of 1986) and DouglasBritt (Class of 1988) died Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, at home in Columbia.

Geraldine M. "Jerri" Kormeier, mother of Kevin Kormeier (Class of 1995) and Kristen Kormeier (Class of 1997) died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Evelyn Schrom Estes, wife of Alex Estes, deceased (Class of 1928) and mother of Jack D. Estes, deceased (Class of 1956), James R. Estes (Class of 1959) and Alex Estes (Class of 1963) died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at Lenoir Health Care Center in Columbia.

Vernon E. Kunzler, father of Patricia Price (Class of 1961) and Dennis Kunzler (Class of 1967) passed away Feb. 8, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Henry F. Forsee, father of Robert Forsee (Class of 1961), Donald Forsee (Class of 1966) and Mary M. Williamson (Class of 1968) passed away Feb. 3, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Russell R. Rouse, father of Bette J. Baldwin (Class of 1959) and Mac Rouse (Class of 1967) passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2004 in Columbia.

Earl Joseph Gatzemeyer, father of Susan Braselton (Class of 1969) and Greg Gatzemeyer (1971) passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital in Clinton, Missouri.

Alta Lorena Black, mother of Bob Black (Class of 1960) passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare Center.

Teresa Sutton, mother of Donald E. Sutton (Class of 1946), Kenneth R. Sutton (Class of 1949) and Lola M. Callaway (Class of 1957) passed away Friday, Jan. 30, 2004, at Northgate Park Nursing Home in Florissant, Missouri.

John Oliver Fike, father of Doris Patient (Class of 1961), Eddie Fike (Class of 1964) and Richard Fike (Class of 1969) died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at home in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Edward J. Helm, father of Nancy Taylor (Class of 1965) and Beverly Sumptner (Class of 1968) passed away Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

John W. Heidy, father of John Heidy (Class of 1962), Patricia Heidy Wakeland (Class of 1967), Paulette Heidy Moore (Class of 1971), Stanley Wood (Class of 1977), Karla Heidy Koskela (Class of 1980) and Marigene Wood Holtkamp (Class of 1981) died Jan. 28, 2004, at his home.

Elmer R. Kiehl, father of Nancy Plesner (Class of 1974) died Jan. 27, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare Center.

J. Orville Rice, father of Jerry Rice, deceased (Class of 1963) and Marilyn Wiyrick (Class of 1975) passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Paul R. Henson, father of Stephen Henson (Class of 1967) died Jan. 23, 2004, at his home in Columbia.

Iola May Self Wilson, mother of Carol Wilson Whitaker (Class of 1963) died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Brian Center Viewmont in Hickory, North Carolina.

Robert Strongman Daniel,  father of Kathryn Daniel Ottinger (Class of 1962) and Michael Joseph Daniel (Class of 1965) passed away Jan. 17, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare Center.

N. Eloise Denninghoff, mother of Carol Susan Denninghoff (Class of 1969), James S. Denninghoff (Class of 1973) and grandmother of Sarah Denninghoff (Class of 2000) passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at home in Columbia with her family.

Dr. Donald Blenden father of Michael Blenden (Class of 1971) and Beth Kyd (Class of 1975) died Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Betty Andrews Watson, mother of Larry K. Andrews (Class of 1958) and J. Michael Andrews (Class of 1963) died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at Moberly Regional Medical Center.

Rosele C. Twenter, wife of Charles Twenter (Class of 1953) died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Wayne Kleasner, brother of Ken Kleasner (Class of 1947) died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City.

Joseph Owen McKinstry, father of E. "Jack" McKinstry (Class of 1961) and Linda Jo Petrauskas (Class of 1964) passed away New Year’s Day in Watsonville, Calif.

Lew B. Harmon Jr., fahter of Byron Harmon III (Class of 1982) and Bob Harmon (Class of 1987) died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, at Callaway Community Hospital in Fulton, Missouri.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lew B. Harmon Jr., 67, of Columbia died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2004, at Callaway Community Hospital in Fulton.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Parker Funeral Service, 22 N. Tenth St., with the Rev. Fred Brandenburg officiating. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.

Mr. Harmon was born April 23, 1936, in Cape Girardeau to Lewellen and Lucille Palmer Harmon. On Aug. 1, 1963, he married Jean Ann Rustad, and she survives.

He was president of Peoples Bank of Aultenburg and Jackson and also was president of Jonesburg State Bank for 10 years. He formerly owned Harmony Homes in Columbia.

He was a graduate of Greenfield High School.

He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lions Club and Cosmopolitan Club.

Other survivors include two sons, Robert Harmon of Raleigh, N.C., and Byron Harmon III of Evanston, Wyo.; and two grandsons.

His parents and two sisters, Helen Crane and Laura Harmon, preceded him in death.

Memorials are suggested to the Great Rivers Council Boy Scouts of America or the Aultenburg Lions Club.

Joseph Owen McKinstry, 85, of Columbia passed away New Year’s Day in Watsonville, Calif.

Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Webb officiating. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at the funeral home with a Masonic service at 6 p.m. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. McKinstry was born Oct. 17, 1918, in Bevier to John Mundy and Frances Bowman McKinstry. He married Frances Miller on Dec. 28, 1940, in Boonville.

He served his country during World War II in the European theater in the 517th Regimental Combat Team, an airborne unit. He worked for 36 years at the University of Missouri power plant. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church. He was a past master of Twilight Lodge, past worthy patron of Boone Chapter OES and past watchman of shepard of Temple Shrine No. 7. He was a 32nd degree Mason. He was also a member of the VFW, American Legion and Eagles.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Frances Pearl Miller McKinstry. Two children were born to the couple, John E. "Jack" McKinstry of Houston, Texas, and Linda Jo Petrauskas of Soquel, Calif. He is also survived by five grandchildren living in Texas, Alaska and Missouri.

Wayne Kleasner, 75, of Holts Summit, formerly of Ashland, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, in Memorial Park Cemetery with Elder Wallace Johnson officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Robinson Funeral Home in Ashland.

Mr. Kleasner was born May 20, 1928, in Fayette to Lewis and Mattie Lou Brown Kleasner. He married Gladys Stewart on March 1, 1952, in Columbia, and she preceded him in death on Aug. 23, 1994.

He owned and operated Kleasner Trucking for many years. He was a school bus driver for several years in the Southern Boone County School District. He served on the city council board in Ashland for several years.

He loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan.

Survivors include his daughters, Janet Kleasner and husband Doug Workman of Holts Summit and Connie Gober and husband Mike of Mount Vernon, Ill.; a brother, Kenneth Kleasner of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren, Abigail Gober of Mount Vernon and Marshall Harmon of Holts Summit; and his beloved canine companion, Duchess.

His parents, two sisters and a brother also preceded him in death. Memorials are suggested to the Shriners.

Rosele C. Twenter, 65, of Harrisburg died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Harrisburg Cemetery.

Mrs. Twenter was born Oct. 22, 1938, in St. Joseph to Joseph K. and Theresa Kendzora Johnson.

She married Charles H. Twenter on Nov. 23, 1957, and he survives.

She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.

Survivors also include five children, Raymond E. Twenter of Charlottesville, Va., Todd Twenter of Columbia, Craig G. Twenter of Harrisburg, Denise Berry of Ashland and Valerie Twenter of Jonesburg; five siblings, Everett Johnson of Kansas City, Francis Johnson of Corvallis, Ore., Ruth Maple and Agnes Seifert, both of Kansas City, and Katie McGlothin of Bowling Green, Ky.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son, Charles J. Twenter Jr., a brother and a sister.

Memorials are suggested to Cancer Research Center, 3501 Berrywood Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Betty Andrews Watson, 79, of Columbia died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at Moberly Regional Medical Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. John Yonker officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Watson was born May 3, 1924, in Columbia to Richard and Mattie Jenkins Carruth. She married Senator A. Andrews on April 9, 1939, in Columbia, and he preceded her in death. She married Les Watson in 1993 in Miami, Okla., and he survives.

She was a member of First Christian Church and the Columbia Tuesday Club. She was former manager of Christian College Bookstore and co-owner of Andrews Furniture Company.

Survivors also include two sons, Larry K. Andrews of Lincoln, Neb., and J. Michael Andrews of Longview, Texas; a grandson; and three granddaughters.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Aubrey and Donald Carruth; and a sister, Mable Campbell.

Memorials are suggested to the Columbia Senior Center, 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Dr. Donald Blenden of Columbia died Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., with the Rev. Harold Reisch officiating. Visitation will be an hour before the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Appleton City.

Dr. Blenden was born Aug. 13, 1929, in St. Louis to Henry Abijah and Sarah Miranda Covey Blenden. He married Patricia Crawford on June 9, 1951, in Webster Groves, and she survives.

He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine, where he joined the faculty in 1957. He retired professor emeritus in 1990. He was recognized as the chief expert on diseases transmitted from animals to people and was internationally recognized for his research on rabies. He was a consultant to the World Health Organization and national, state and local departments of health. He was an active teacher and leader in the area of disaster preparedness. As an active amateur radio operator and member of the Central Missouri Radio Association, he served for a number of years as Boone County emergency communication coordinator.

Survivors include two children, Michael Blenden of Monte Vista, Colo., and Beth Kyd of Ashland, and five grandchildren.

His parents and a brother, Dale Blenden, preceded him in death.

Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 33 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

N. Eloise Denninghoff, 79, of Columbia passed away peacefully Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, at home with her family.

Services will be 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1600 W. Rollins Road, with the Rev. Raymond Massey officiating. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Reception will follow at the church.

Mrs. Denninghoff was born Dec. 14, 1924, near Byron, Okla., to James and Jesse Sluder Guffy.

On May 29, 1949, she married Dr. James C. Denninghoff in Cherokee, Okla., and he survives.

She was a member of King’s Daughters - Cecile Circle and Westerner’s and was a volunteer at The Wardrobe.

She was a charter member of and was very active at Trinity Presbyterian Church since 1958.

Survivors also include three children, James S. Denninghoff and wife Sydney of Columbia, Carol Susan Denninghoff of Columbia, Cynthia Chernyakhovsky and husband Igor of Dallas; six sisters, Nellie Guffy of San Antonio, Zay Jimeson of Udall, Kan., Ruth Lewis of McCune, Kan., Jennie Fischer of Jet, Okla., Bernice Joseph of Sylmar, Calif., Grace Wessels of Cherokee, Okla.; two brothers, Luther Guffy of San Angelo, Texas, Wayne Guffy of Byron, Okla.; seven grandchildren, Sarah Denninghoff, Joanna Denninghoff, Molly Denninghoff, Will Denninghoff, Caroline Casati, all of Columbia, Alex Chernyakhovsky and Elizabeth Chernyakhovsky, both of Dallas.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Mary Guffy and a brother, Monroe Guffy.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Brotherhood Fund, in care of Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1600 W. Rollins, Columbia, Mo., 65203, or charity of donor’s choice.

Robert Strongman Daniel, 90, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia passed away Jan. 17, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare Center. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31, at Broadway Christian Church.

Dr. Daniel was born Jan. 2, 1914, in Pikeville, Ky., the son of Mary and the Rev. Gilbert Daniel. He married Nola Margaret Hicks on Dec. 29, 1940, in St. Louis, Mich.

Earning his A.B. degree from Depauw University, he went on to earn his doctorate at the University of Indiana. He came to MU in 1945, chaired the psychology department from 1955-1961, and retired in 1984. Regarded as a "teacher of teachers," Dr. Daniel was the founding editor of The Teaching of Psychology, a widely read academic journal. In 1975, the American Psychology Association awarded him its Distinguished Teaching Award. At MU, Dr. Daniel chaired the Faculty Council during the late 1960s and early 1970s, and remained active in the university’s Retiree Association.

Dr. Daniel was a charter member of the Broadway Christian Church. In addition he served on the Boone County Committee on Aging. A lifelong railroad buff and member of Columbia Railfans, he and his wife traveled many a mile behind steam-powered locomotives.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Nola; two children, Kathryn Daniel Ottinger and Michael Joseph Daniel, both of Columbia; a sister, Nancy, of Indianapolis; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials are suggested to the Mid-Missouri Chapter Alzheimer’s Association or to the Robert S. Daniel Junior Faculty Teaching Award, in care of Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, 65211-2500.

Iola May Self Wilson, 96, of Newton, N.C., formerly of Columbia, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at Brian Center Viewmont in Hickory, N.C., after a period of declining health.

Services are at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Dennis Swearngin officiating. Visitation will be an hour before the service. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Wilson was born Oct. 29, 1907, in Macon County to the late James Morton Self and Laura May Farrel Self.

She was an office manager and accountant and was a member of Olivet Christian Church in Columbia.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Carol Wilson Whitaker and Jerry L. Whitaker of Newton; three grandchildren, Shawn L. Whitaker and wife Hannah of Burnside, Ill., Scott L. Whitaker of Wake Forest, N.C., and Chaille W. Brown and husband Kraig of Stallings, N.C.; a great-grandchild, Rebecca Lynn Brown of Stallings, N.C.; and a sister-in-law, Wanda Self of Overland Park, Kan.

Memorials are suggested to Olivet Christian Church or Tri-State Young Life in care of Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 W. Business Loop 70, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Paul R. Henson, 92, of Columbia died Jan. 23, 2004, at his home.
 

Services will be 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29, at Christian Chapel, with the Revs. Gary Denbow, Tracy Cook and Curtis Snow officiating.

Visitation will be noon to 1 p.m. Burial with military honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Henson was born April 1, 1911, in Winchester, Ill., to Wesley and Ida Hicks Henson. In 1932, he married Lois Wilder. She preceded him in death. He later married Vera Rader and she survives.

He was an Army veteran of World War II.

He retired as service manager of Boone Electric after 27 years. He was a member of the Masons, Kiwanis and other service clubs; and a member of Christian Chapel.

Other survivors include a son, Stephen Henson of Altlanta; two stepsons, Duane Crowley of Omaha, Neb., and William Rawlings of Waynesville; a stepdaughter, Jeanne Merriett of Columbia; two granddaughters, Anna and Sarah; and a special friend, Chuck Beebe of Columbia.

He was preceded in death by a stepson, Bart Crowley.

Memorials are suggested to Teen Challenger, P.O. Box 1084, Neosho, Mo., 64850. Arrangements by Nilson Funeral Home.

J. Orville Rice, 89, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at his home.

Services will be 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at Memorial Funeral Home with Bob Chaney officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Rice was born Nov. 2, 1914, in Columbia to George Larkin and Bessie A. Rice.

On June 28, 1933, he married Lola Marie Hall, and she preceded him in death. He later married Hallene Nichols Sapp, and she also preceded him in death.

He was employed with the University of Missouri for several years as a night watchman until his retirement.

He was a longtime member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Columbia.

Survivors include four children, Jo Ann House and Marilyn Wiyrick and her husband, Tim, all of Columbia, Danny Lee Rice and his wife, Judy, of Holts Summit and Darrell Rice and his wife, Debbie, of Rocheport; a son-in-law, San House of Columbia; four sisters; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by his parents; a son, Jerry Orville Rice; and nine brothers and sisters.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Seventh-day Adventist Church school fund, 1114 College Park Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Edward J. Helm, 81, of Columbia passed away Thursday, Jan. 29, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Feb. 1 at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Fred Brandenburg officiating.

Mr. Helm was born Dec. 5, 1922, to George and Anna Pelot Helm. He married Lucille P. Mitchell on April 5, 1942, in Union, and she survives.

He served with the 467th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He obtained the rank of corporal. He was awarded a Purple Heart.

He was an insurance agent with State Farm Insurance until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of United Church of Christ and Downtown Optimist Club.

Survivors also include two daughters, Nancy Taylor of Auxvasse and Beverly Sumptner of Caledonia; four siblings, Jeanette Strubberg, Fred Helm, Frank Helm and Frances Witthaus, all of Washington, Mo.; four grandchildren, Yvette McNellis of Columbia, Stacy Stephens of Iowa City, Iowa, and Hanna and Heather Wachtman of Caledonia; and three great-grandchildren, Summer McNellis, Jack McNellis and Connor Stephens.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Rebecca Sue Helm.

Elmer R. Kiehl, 87, of Columbia died Jan. 27, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare Center.

Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at First Christian Church with Dr. John Yonker and the Rev. David Benson officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at the church.

He was born July 2, 1916, in Mount Leonard to Bernhardt and Emilie Hill Kiehl.

He married Helen Meals on Sept. 24, 1942, in Tacoma, Wash., and she preceded him in death on May 30, 1992. He married Moray Loring on Nov. 25, 1995, in Columbia, and she survives.

He served as a major in the Army during World War II with the 3rd Army headquarters.

He was a member of Campus Lutheran Church and an associate member of First Christian Church.

He came to the University of Missouri-Columbia as assistant county extension agent and farm labor assistant.

He became an instructor in agricultural economics in 1949, was promoted to professor in 1955 and was department chairman from 1957 to 1960.

He served as dean of the College of Agriculture - now the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources - from 1960 until 1979.

As dean he accomplished a significant expansion of out-state research centers. He added the Greenley Memorial Center, the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center, Hundley-Whaley Farm, Timmons Farm and Wurdack Farm. He was also instrumental in adding an internal dimension to the college’s portfolio of activities.

Under his leadership, the College of Agriculture undertook a major effort in India that lasted for a decade and involved more than 20 faculty and established its own International Programs Office.

He served on presidential commissions to study international agriculture during the Kennedy, Johnson and Ford administrations.

He was instrumental in developing Title XII, which was a partnership between the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development - BIFAD - and land-grant universities whose mission was to end world hunger through research and development of superior agricultural practices.

He worked extensively in international agriculture through BIFAD and the Agency for International Development - AID - and served as the executive director of BIFAD from January 1980 until August of 1982. His work took him to India, Colombia, Egypt, Tunisia, Liberia, Southern Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh over the course of his career.

Following his work for the government, Dean Kiehl returned to teach at the University of Missouri-Columbia and continued work as a consultant with USAID until the early 1990s.

He retired from the university in 1987.

Dean Kiehl served on Gen. George Patton’s staff in Europe during World War II and had presidential appointments from John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

His appointments included service on the National Agricultural Advisory Committee, the Federal Commission of Food Marketing, the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and the Agency for International Development.

Dr. Kiehl was also a leader at the federal level in working with Congress to appropriate funds for international programs and explicitly defining a mission for land-grant universities in eliminating world hunger. He was considered an international agricultural expert and was a trusted counselor to many national leaders on topics of agriculture and international development.

Our college is known on campus for quality advising programs and our ability to mentor students. Dr. Kiehl left his mark in those areas as well, establishing and shaping many of the programs that remain today. He had a quick wit, enjoyed friends and family and believed deeply in serving humanity with the talents God gave him.

Other survivors include a son, Frederick Kiehl of Maysville; three daughters, Kathleen Emmons of Aurora, Colo., Marlene Coe of Monte Sereno, Calif., and Nancy Plesner of Idaho; stepchildren Kate Loring, Frederick Loring, Martin Loring and David Loring; two brothers, Herbert Kiehl and Martin Kiehl, both of Malta Bend; two sisters, Esther Wolpers and Emma Langewisch, both of Blackburn; grandchildren Elisa Vinyard, David Kiehl, Craig Emmons, Laura Emmons, Luke Plesner, Sam Plesner, Julie Coe, Jennifer Coe, Rachel Coe and Michael Coe; and stepgrandchildren Sarah Joy Loring, Scott Loring, Moray Cucchiari, Sarah Beth Loring, Sam Loring, Claire Cucchiari-Loring, Joseph Loring, Matthew Loring and Mary Kate Loring.

Memorials are suggested to the Elmer Kiehl Scholarship Fund in care of MU or to the Kiehl Foyer Fund, Mumford Hall, University of Missouri in care of Matt Gaunt.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nilson Funeral Home.

John W. Heidy, 80, of Columbia died Jan. 28, 2004, at his home.

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Services are at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, at Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road, with the Rev. Mickey Havener officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the funeral home.

He was born Sept. 1, 1923, in Pittsburg, Kan., to John William and Angie Costello Heidy. He married Pauline Elias on Feb. 6, 1942, in Pittsburg, Kan., and she preceded him in death. He later married Bonnie Wood on Aug. 1, 1975, in Columbia, and she survives.

He was a first lieutenant in the Army Air Forces in World War II. He retired from the University of Missouri-Columbia after 29 years as construction superintendent.

He was a member of the American Legion.

He was treasurer of the founding committee that established Rock Bridge Memorial Park.

Other survivors include four sons, John Heidy, Michael Heidy, Stanley Wood and Eric Wood, all of Columbia; four daughters, Patricia Wakeland of Bishop, Texas, Paulette Moore of Estes Park, Colo., and Karla Koskela and Marigene Holtkamp, both of Columbia; a sister, Norma McCulley of Columbia; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorials are suggested to Friends of Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, P.O. Box 274, Columbia, Mo., 65205.

John Oliver Fike, Sr., 92, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at home.

Memorial services are planned at a later date in Illinois. Dudley Funeral Home of New Smyrna Beach is in charge of carrying out his wish of cremation.

Mr. Fike was born Aug. 29, 1911, in Summum, Ill., Astoria Township, to John Jay and Hannah H. Lindsey Fike. He married Emma Mary Beyer on June 13, 1937, in Normal, Ill., and she preceded him in death on Nov. 21, 1994.

Mr. Fike was a retired regional manager of the Missouri-Kansas Fire and Casualty Division of State Farm Insurance Cos. in Columbia. He was employed at State Farm for 35 years where he was known for his high work standards. He started at the home office in Bloomington and moved to the Columbia office in 1960 where he eventually retired. He graduated from Astoria High School third-highest in his class.

He was an avid gardener growing vegetables and flowers, especially beautiful roses.

Survivors include four sons, John Fike, Jr. of Shirley, Ill., Bill Fike and wife Joan of Normal, Ill., Eddie Fike and wife Donna of Sturgeon, and Richard Fike of Columbia; two daughters, Mary Grizzle and husband Ed of Bloomington, Ill., and Doris Patient and husband Gary of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; 17 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife; three sisters; a brother; and a son, Allen Fike.

Memorials may be made to a charity of donor’s choice.

Alta Lorena Black, 88, of Columbia passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare Center.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Feb. 3 at Parker Funeral Service. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 3 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Black was born Sept. 27, 1915, in Boone County to Willard and Eva Todd. On Dec. 31, 1938, she married James E. Black, who preceded her in death.

She worked 21 years at Stephens College in the fashion department, where she was able to pursue her love of sewing. After her retirement, she worked part time for the Columbia Parks and Recreation Department at Paquin Tower. She and her husband were longtime members of the Fulton Gravel Know Your Neighbors Club, Dudes and Dames Square Dance Club, and Olivet Christian Church. She was famous in the area for her chocolate pie, green beans and the slaw she prepared every year for the Olivet Christian Church Bar-B-Q. She could often be seen walking through downtown Columbia on her way to work at Stephens College from her home on South Garth Avenue. After her retirement, she walked 3 miles every day throughout old southwest Columbia.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Jean Black of Columbia; her daughter, Brenda Adams, and partner, Diane Fischer, of Brownsville, Calif.; and her sister, Della Mae Turner of Columbia.

Mrs. Black was preceded in death by her parents and three siblings, Blanche Stone, Leon Todd and Willard Todd Jr.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Mid-Missouri Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Teresa Sutton, 95, of Florissant, formerly of Columbia, passed away Friday, Jan. 30, 2004, at Northgate Park Nursing Home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Feb. 4 at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Michael Penn officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Sutton was born April 3, 1908, in Hastings, Minn., to Nicholas and Suzanna Kieman Kleis. On March 11, 1928, she married Royal F. Sutton in Minneapolis, and he preceded her in death.

She was a bookkeeper with Riback Pipe & Steel before her retirement. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.

Survivors include three children, Donald E. Sutton of Santa Clara, Calif., Kenneth R. Sutton of Bass Lake, Calif., and Lola M. Callaway of Florissant; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was also preceded in death by her parents.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Earl Joseph Gatzemeyer, 80, of Clinton passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004, at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Feb. 4 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with burial in Englewood Cemetery.

Visitation is from 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 3 at Vansant-Mills Chapel with a prayer service at 8 p.m.

Earl was born March 19, 1923, in Berger to Julius and Hilda Charlotte Wohlt Gatzemeyer. He married Flossy Hulda Huxol on Dec. 29, 1948, and she survives.

He graduated from Hermann High School and served as a pharmacist mate in the Navy during World War II.

He grew up farming and farmed for several years after his military service.

He worked for a time as a carpenter in Columbia. He began working for Merritt & Reed Coal Co. in Callaway County in 1960. He later worked as a shovel and dragline operator for Peabody Coal Co. at the Mark Twain, Tebo and Seneca mines, retiring in 1985.

He was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Clinton, the Knights of Columbus and a lifetime member of VFW Post 4182 in Hermann.

He enjoyed fishing; gardening; league bowling; square dancing; and especially his family, grandchildren and friends.

His parents and an infant son, Steven, preceded him in death.

Survivors also include a son, Greg Gatzemeyer and wife, Lea Ann, of Montrose; two daughters, Susan Braselton and husband, Gene, of Columbia, and Judy Darwin and husband, Gary, of Hurst, Texas; six grandchildren, Kate Downey, Gavin, Grant and Grady Gatzemeyer, Scott Braselton, and Carrie Griffith and husband, Stuart; and one great-grandson, Jacob Griffith. Other survivors are three brothers, Vernon Gatzemeyer and wife, Laverne, of Bloomsdale, Maurice Gatzemeyer and wife, Peggy, of Clinton, and Julius Gatzemeyer and wife, Jeanette, of New Haven; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

The family suggests contributions to Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Clinton or to the charity of donor’s choice.

Russell R. Rouse, 90, of Columbia passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2004.

Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., with Dr. John Yonker officiating.

Mr. Rouse was born May 4, 1913, in Grundy Center, Iowa, to Ira B. and Ethel Bloxham Rouse. He married Jewell McCollom on Nov. 20, 1940, in Kirksville, and she survives.

He was an educator and businessman and worked at MFA in Columbia from 1947 until his retirement. He was a member of First Christian Church and a 50-year Mason. He enjoyed gardening and music.

Survivors include a son, Mac Rouse of Columbia; a daughter, Bette J. Baldwin of Lebanon, Mo.; a sister, Neta Lynn of Grundy Center; two grandchildren, James E. Baldwin Jr. of Springfield and Rebecca L. Engsberg of New Haven, Conn.; and two great-grandchildren, Caleb D. Engsberg and Elizabeth V. Engsberg.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Floyd Rouse and Eldon Rouse; and a sister, Elma Schaa.

Memorials contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 33 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Henry F. Forsee, 86, of Columbia passed away Feb. 3, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Dennis Swearngin officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the funeral home.

Mr. Forsee was born Dec. 15, 1917, in Boone County to Jake F. and Ida Alice Chouteau Forsee.

On May 19, 1936, he married Dixie H. Bodle in Columbia, and she preceded him in death. He served with the Army Air Forces during World War II.

He was a member of Olivet Christian Church. He was active as a 4-H leader and was also active with Missouri poultry and rabbit associations.

Survivors include three children, Robert Forsee and Donald Forsee, both of Columbia, and Mary M. Williamson of Burlington, Iowa; four grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and four sisters, Alice Roberts, Elsie Perkins, Nellie Powers and Edith Elder.

Memorials are suggested to Olivet Christian Church, 1919 S. Olivet Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Vernon E. Kunzler, 90, of Columbia passed away Feb. 8, 2004, at his home.

Services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Kunzler was born Oct. 27, 1913 in Morgan County to Roy and Anna Croff Kunzler.

He quit school in the eighth-grade to work on the family farm.

He was a hobo, doing odd jobs, traveling by train during the Depression.

He graduated from Barber School in Kansas City in 1934. He opened the Tiger Hotel barber shop in Columbia in 1937 and had two barbers working for him.

During World War II he lived in California, and Tulsa, Okla., working for Douglas Aircraft and went to night school for drafting.

He corrected blueprints for airplanes and did major work on the C-47 (DC-3).

He moved to St. Louis for 6 months to work for Douglas Aircraft in 1949.

He moved back to Columbia and built the first new rental property in Columbia, because he knew there would be a demand due to GIs going to school at Mizzou in 1947. He built a duplex at 1103 Jewell Ave in 1946, one at 1101 Jewell Ave in 1949 and another at 1519 Paris Rd in 1950. During the time he was building, he still worked as a barber, with some women clients.

In 1961, he quit the barber shop to devote full time to real estate ventures.

During the 1960s he built four apartment buildings on Bass Avenue and Anthony Avenue. He also built a commercial building on East Broadway in 1972.

In December of 1985, he married Gemma Sanda and she survives.

Survivors include two children, Dennis Kunzler of St. Louis and Patricia Price of Overland Park, Kan.; two brothers, Wyman Kunzler of Columbia, Donald Kunzler of Jefferson City; a sister, Darlene Hartman of Jefferson City; and two grandchildren, Leigh Kunzler and Kevin Kunzler, both of St. Louis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Albert Kunzler, Bert Kunzler; and a sister, Ruth Branstetter.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Rainbow House, 2302 N. Oakland Gravel Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Evelyn Schrom Estes, 89, of Columbia died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004, at Lenoir Health Care Center in Columbia.

Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at First Christian Church with the Rev. Dr. John Yonker officiating.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

She was born July 27, 1914, in Lake Hammond, Ind., to Fred and Anne L. Mitterer Schrom.

She was a graduate of Beaumont High School in Beaumont, Texas, and was a 1934 graduate of Christian College.

She married Alex Estes on April 5, 1936, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 14, 1985.

Mrs. Estes was a member of First Christian Church, Kings Daughters and PEO CWF and was co-founder of The Wardrobe in Columbia.

She received Columbia College’s distinguished alumni award in 1980.

Survivors include two sons, Alex Estes of Lowell, Idaho, and James R. Estes of Columbia; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jack D. Estes; and a sister, Daisy Megarity.

Memorials may be given to the Alzheimer’s Association of Mid-Missouri, 1121 E. Business Loop 70, Columbia, Mo., 65201, or First Christian Church, 101 N. Tenth St., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Services are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service.

Geraldine M. "Jerri" Kormeier, 53, of Columbia died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 15 at Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road. Private family services will follow.

She was born Dec. 1, 1950, in St. Louis to Louis E. and Geraldine M. Printy. She married Kenneth Kormeier on Sept. 6, 1970, in Honolulu, and he survives.

She was a member of the Newman Center. She was a past member of Kings Daughters, VFW Ladies Auxiliary and Elks.

She was the devoted wife of Kenneth Kormeier of Columbia; loving mother to her son, Kevin Kormeier and daughter, Kristen Kormeier, both of Columbia, and loving grandmother to Kyle and Addison Kormeier, both of Columbia. Other survivors include her mother, Geraldine Printy of Owensville; two brothers, Don Printy of Junction City, Kan., and Mike Printy of Mount Sterling; and a sister, Louann Sanders of Junction City.

In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to Coyote Hills Children’s Home, 9501 Coyote Hill Road, Harrisburg, Mo., 65256; (573) 874-0179.

Newton Franklin Britt, 77, of Columbia died Friday, Feb. 13, 2004, at home.

Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, at Memorial Baptist Church with Dr. Robert Webb and Dr. Robert Lively officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors.

Mr. Britt was born Aug. 14, 1926, in Mount Leonard to Newton F. Britt Sr. and Lillian Bradford Kuykendal-Britt. On March 25, 1962, he married Carol Lou Wallace in McCredie, and she survives.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He retired from KOMU-TV after 37 years of service as an electrical engineer.

Mr. Britt was a member of Memorial Baptist Church and served as a deacon since 1966.

Survivors also include two daughters, Sheri Shelley and husband Robert of Columbia and Susan Looney and husband Gregory of Niangua; a son, Douglas and wife Mihaela of Columbia; six grandchildren, Makayla, Jordan and Kendra Looney and Patrick, Cecilia and Gabriel Britt; one sister, Jessie Kueck of Independence; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, George Robert Britt; and a sister, Rose Mary Connor.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Memorial Baptist Church building fund, 1634 Paris Rd., Columbia, Mo., 65201, or American Cancer Society, 33 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

David Reyer Pippin, 44, formerly of Columbia, passed away Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, at his home in Conroe, Texas, after a 12-year battle with cancer.

David was born March 15, 1959, to Dan L. and Dorothy Distelhorst Pippin. He graduated from Rock Bridge High School in 1977 and from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1981 with a degree in parks and recreation. Dave spent his career in the Houston, Texas, area, where he was a well-respected recreation professional whose enthusiasm touched many lives.

David was a loving husband, brother and honorable friend who had a passion for all sports. In 1986 he married his best friend and strongest supporter, Gay Wharton of New Braunfels, Texas, and she survives.

Survivors also include a brother, Dru Pippin, and his wife, Sheree, of Columbia; and a sister, D’Ann Pippin Hake, and her husband, Gilbert, of Hartsburg. Dave also leaves behind numerous caring friends and relatives as well as his beloved pets. David’s courage in life was only outmatched by his courage in death.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the animal shelter of your choice.

Darrell Pemberton, 69, of Centralia died unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia. Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Centralia.

He was born Jan. 7, 1935, in Hallsville to John Howard and Sallie Alcenia Tolson Pemberton. His parents precede him in death.

He worked for A.B. Chance Co. for 39 years and was an Army veteran.

Survivors include a daughter, Dara J. Stevenson of Los Angeles; a son, Darren D. Pemberton of Fulton; three grandchildren, Richard Darrell Pemberton II and Megan Christine Pemberton, both of Fulton, and Ian Alexander Stevenson of Los Angeles; three sisters, Norma Brookshire of Harrisburg, Shirley Lawson of Hallsville and Judy Hibbs of Fort Collins, Colo.; and a companion, Pat Sexton of Centralia.

Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association.

Leon T. Dickinson, 92, of Columbia passed away of cardio-pulmonary arrest Friday, Feb. 20, 2004, at his home.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Calvary Episcopal Church with the Rev. Fred Thayer officiating.

He was born Jan. 24, 1912, in Winnetka, Ill., to Lora and Frederick Dickinson. In 1935, he married Margaret Stewart, who preceded him in death. In 1970, he married Carolyn Ford, who survives.

A professor emeritus of American Literature, he retired in 1982 after teaching for 36 years at the University of Missouri. He was a graduate of Williams College and of the University of Chicago. He was part of a circle of distinguished scholars in American Literature who had studied together under the tutelage of Walter Blair at the University of Chicago. He was honored by three Fulbright lectureships: Holland in 1952-53; Belgium in 1963-64; and France in 1971-72. He also accompanied his wife to Japan, where they taught English in 1979-80 at a girls’ junior college.

He was an avid golfer, sailor and jazz pianist, having "worked his way" through his undergraduate years at Williams College by conducting his own jazz band throughout New England.

He is also survived by two daughters, Toby Stewart of Berkeley, Calif., and Catherine Nordmann of St. Louis, and by seven grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by a son, Brian Dickinson.

The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to Calvary Episcopal Church or the Salvation Army.

Joyce E. Marsh, 78, of Weslaco, Texas, formerly of Columbia, passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at Lifecare Hospital in Edinburg, Texas.

Memorial services will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 27 at Columbia United Church of Christ, 3201 I-70 Drive N.W. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Marsh was born Feb. 7, 1926, in Columbia to Robert and Ruth Payne. She was a life member of VFW Post 280 Ladies Auxiliary.

Survivors include her husband, Ralph Marsh of Weslaco; two children, Edward Mirielli Jr. and his wife, Becky, and Rachelle Reno and her husband, Shawn, all of Columbia; three sisters, Jo Ellen Mons of PonteVerda, Fla., and Pat Short and Wanda Closser and her husband, Doyle, all of Columbia; and five grandchildren, Clayton Howard, Shawn Reno II, Linsey Mirielli, Audrey Reno and Nicolas Mirielli, all of Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two daughters, Rita and Sylvia.

Doneta Symmonds, 80, of Columbia passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

A private family service will be held at a later date.

Doneta was born Sept. 5, 1923, to Don and Faye Winegardner. She lived most of her childhood in Louisburg, Kan. She attended Chillicothe Business College and as a young woman worked as an executive secretary in Chicago and Kansas City. She married John Franklin Symmonds in June 1947. He preceded her in death in 1994.

She is survived by her children, Holly Burgess and her husband, David, of Columbia; Jill Mueth and her husband, Greg, of St. Louis; and Michael Symmonds and his wife, Jeanette, of Columbia. Doneta also leaves behind two grandsons, Cole and Connor Mueth, of St. Louis.

In 1967, John and Doneta purchased The Pen Point, a gift and pen shop in Columbia. She managed the business until her retirement in 1998. Her daughter, Holly Burgess, continues to run the business.

Doneta was a devoted mother and proud grandmother. She was known for her sense of humor and love of animals.

Donations in her honor may be made to the Central Missouri Humane Society.

Meryl Robert McMinn, 81, of Columbia died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Neal Lassinger officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, at the funeral home.

Mr. McMinn was born June 19, 1922, in High Gate to Robert and Edna Spurgeon McMinn. He married Mary P. Bennett on Sept. 12, 1942, in Boonville, and she preceded him in death on May 21, 2002.

He served in the Army during World War II.

Mr. McMinn was a farmer all his life and retired from Farmland Industries 22 years ago.

Survivors include three children, Glenda Strawn of Harrisburg, Robert McMinn of Columbia, and Connie Vallentine of Clinton; six grandchildren; three step grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three step great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters.

Memorial contributions are suggested to American Cancer Society, 33 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Byron Wallace Stover, 71, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at University Hospital.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 914 S. West Blvd., with pastors Paul Moessner and Julia Will officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Stover was born March 23, 1932, in Blue Earth, Minn., to Clifford and Agnes Haase Stover. He married Wanda Tysver on June 17, 1951, in Bricelyn, Minn., and she survives.

He was the owner/operator of Stover Carpet and Home Furnishings in Columbia for more than 40 years. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, where he served as a member of the church council. He was also a member of the Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce and Columbia Home Builders Association.

Other survivors are two sons, Thomas and wife Sally Stover and Scott and wife Deb Stover, all of Columbia; a daughter, Susan and husband Michael Gund of St. Louis; two brothers, Odean Stover and Norman Stover; two sisters, Helen Pelousky and Ruth Stover; a brother-in-law, Elmer Tysver; a sister-in-law, Marquerite Parker; and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and Pauline Tysver.

Memorials contributions, in lieu of flowers, are suggested to Rainbow House, 2302 N. Oakland Gravel Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202; Missouri Cancer Associates, 500 Keene St., Columbia, Mo., 65201; or St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 914 S. West Blvd., Columbia, Mo., 65203.

William Albert Bray, 79, of Camdenton, formerly of Columbia, died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at his home.

Services will be at 1 p.m. March 9 at First Christian Church. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. March 8 at Parker Funeral Home. Burial will be after the services in Memorial Park Cemetery.

He was born Dec. 4, 1924, in Bethany to Chester S. Bray and Goldie Meyer Bray. He grew up in King City, where he attended public schools and graduated from King City High School. He was a member of First Christian Church in Columbia. He was also a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner.

He attended Arkansas State College and the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he graduated with a degree in journalism. While at MU, he joined the Kappa Alpha Order and was elected president of the chapter. Later, he served the fraternity as province commander. He was inducted in the Kappa Alpha Court of Honor.

His schooling was interrupted when he went into the military service. He served in the 99th Infantry Division as a sergeant and saw action in the Battle of the Ardennes and the Battle of the Bulge. He was wounded while on a combat patrol on Elsenborn Ridge and spent several months in the hospital. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, the combat infantry badge, the Belgium Fouregerre and the Distinguished Unit Citation.

He returned to the School of Journalism and graduated in 1948. He and a partner, Russell Larkin, purchased The Odessa Odessan newspaper in Odessa. A year later, Mr. Bray bought out his partner’s interest and continued to publish the newspaper. In 1953, he married Jo Anne Pace. They took a leave of absence from the newspaper to move to Columbia, where he was offered a position as executive director of the Missouri Press Association and a position as associate professor of journalism to teach about community newspapers and newspaper management. The Brays sold the Odessa newspaper in 1956 and stayed in Columbia. With the association, he set up the first computerized state press association advertising service. He and his wife began the Missouri Press Clipping Bureau. He began the Missouri Press Capitol News, a news service from the state capitol for small newspapers. He gave up the teaching part of his position in 1984 after 30 years and retired from the Missouri Press Association in 1990 after 37 years.

Among the many awards he earned in journalism were the Missouri School of Journalism Honor Medal, the Missouri Press Newspaper Hall of Fame, the Amos Award highest award of the National Newspaper Association, the Northwest Press Kirkpatrick Award and the National Secretaries of State Award for Service to his state. A special award was given to him by the Republic of China - Taiwan - in 1990. There were other awards and honors too numerous to mention. He served as national chairman of newspaper week in 1959, as national president of Newspaper Association Managers, as treasurer of the American Newspaper Representatives and on the board of directors of the National Newspaper Association.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Jo Anne; two children, David P. Bray and his wife, Debbie, of Columbia, and Brenda Anne Ledbetter and her husband, Michael, of Camdenton; and six grandchildren, Katie and Christie Bray of Tempe, Ariz., and Lucas and Trent Ledbetter and Courtney and Ashley Brown of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Charles Foster, 86, of Columbia died Thursday, March 4, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, at First Assembly of God Church in Columbia with pastors Charles Parker, Gary Denbow and Tracy Cook officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church.
He was born March 25, 1917, in St. Clair County to John W. and Charity Ann Bouse.

He married Jessie Mildred Scott on Aug. 15, 1936, in Higginsville, and she survives.

Mr. Foster moved to Columbia from St. Louis in 1946. He operated Arrowhead Motel for one year, from 1946 to 1947. He owned and operated Fosters Garage on Highway 40 for eight years, from 1947 to 1955. Mr. Foster farmed in Boone County from 1955 to 1976. He was Boone County sheriff from 1976 to 1984. He served as a reserve deputy for the Boone County Sheriff’s Department for 10 years before becoming sheriff.

He was a charter member of First Assembly of God for 40 years and an active member of Christian Chapel Assembly of God for 20 years.

Survivors also include two daughters, Beverly Charlene Cleek and Janice Knigge, both of Columbia; a son-in-law, Jerry L. Knigge of Columbia; five grandchildren, Charretta Knigge-Terry of Bonnie Lake, Wash., Jerry Dale Knigge of Columbia, Charles William Knigge of Owensville, Nancy Cleek-Dolan of Baldwin and Lynda Cleek-Watts of Eolia; 14 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson.

Memorials may be given to Christian Chapel Assembly of God or First Assembly of God.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service of Columbia.

Eva June Martin, 66, of Columbia passed away Friday, March 5, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Private services will be held at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Martin was born Dec. 23, 1937, in Kansas to Mr. and Mrs. John McCart. Survivors include two sons, Kurt Gebhardt and Del Gebhardt Jr.; and three grandchildren, Kaitlyn Gebhardt, Jeremy Gebhardt, and Joseph Gebhardt, all of Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a granddaughter.

Florence V. "Vicki" Martin, 85, of Columbia passed away Sunday, March 7, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 10, at Memorial Funeral Home with Pastor Ed Phillips officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Martin was born Dec. 1, 1918, in Cole County to Guy and Blanche May Austeel Hartley. She married Robert L. Martin on Jan. 25, 1938, in Cole County, and he preceded her in death. She was a pediatric nurse’s aide at University Hospital for 25 years before her retirement.

Survivors include three children, Boyd H. Martin and Robert A. Martin, both of Columbia, Ruth Ann Harlow of Fayette; three sisters, Jo Ann Phelan of Columbia, Norma Hudspeth of Jefferson City and Margaret Wehry of Wichita, Kan.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Lupus Foundation Association Missouri Chapter, 8420 Delmar Blvd., No LL1, St. Louis, Mo., 63124.

Evelyn K. Jones, 87, of Columbia died Saturday, March 6, 2004, at Columbia Regional Hospital.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

Mrs. Jones was born Sept. 25, 1916, on a farm near Ionia to Elzie Reuben and Eula Marshall Miller. She married Clovis Arnold on Dec. 19, 1941, in Eldon, and he preceded her in death.

She was raised in Kansas City and Windsor.

She was a teacher and homemaker. After receiving an education degree from Central Missouri State University, she taught commerce and English in the Hughesville, Waynesville and Columbia - Hickman - high schools. She was a charter member of the Missouri Alpha Iota Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary teacher’s sorority.

She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-laws, Michael and Janell Stutler Jones of Hermitage and Conway and Betsey Bruner Jones of Columbia. She also leaves behind four grandsons, Todd, Matthew, Benjamin and James; five great-grandchildren, Zachary, Tucker, Hunter, Maddie and Mackenzie; and her brothers Ross Miller of Kansas City and William Gardner of Windsor. Another brother, Warren Miller, also preceded her in death.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Missouri United Methodist Church, 204 S. Ninth St., Columbia, Mo., 65201. Mrs. Jones had been a member of that church since 1954.

Hazel Wilcox, 92, of Columbia died at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Parker Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Yonkers officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour before the service. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Her nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Mrs. Wilcox was born May 1, 1911, in Slater to E. Hardin and Mary Jane Crump Dawson. She married Francis "Pete" Davis on June 22, 1932. He died March 19, 1942. She married Guy E. "Mike" Wilcox on Sept. 4, 1943. He died May 29, 2001.

She attended rural Monroe County schools and graduated from Centralia High School in 1928 with a teacher training certificate. She attended Kirksville Teachers College and graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in education.

Mrs. Wilcox taught for more than 43 years, more than 20 being in rural Boone County, one year in Newton County when her husband was stationed at Camp Crowder and the last 22 years in Columbia Public Schools.

She belonged to the Central Missouri Pi Lambda Theta Education Honorary. She was a member of First Christian Church, where she was a deaconess emeritus and a member of the Agee Palmer Fleming Group of CWF. She was a member of Nelle Hopper Kings’ Daughters, the Missouri State Teachers Association, the Boone Area Retired Teachers Association and Missouri Retired Teachers Association.

Survivors include a brother, Robert H. Dawson of Centralia; a special loved one, Carrie Sue Menton; and several nieces and nephews.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; one son, Thomas Dawson Wilcox; and two sisters, Lois Dinwiddle and Ruth Trussell.

Memorials are suggested to First Christian Church.

Pelagia "Peggy" Basconcillo Cuellar, 75, of Columbia passed away Thursday, March 11, 2004, in Columbia.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 16, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Monsignor Michael Flanagan officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Cuellar was born Aug. 28, 1928, in Villasis, Pangasinan, Philippines to Timoteo and Lucia Mencias Basconcillo. On Aug. 22, 1959, she married John Cuellar in Lincoln, Neb.

She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Altar Society, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Hospitality Ministry and Filipino American Association of Mid-Missouri.

Survivors include four children, Timothy Cuellar and wife Anne-Marie of Raleigh, N.C., Terrence Cuellar of St. Louis, Andrew Cuellar and wife Yen-Chin of Columbia and Audra Cuellar and husband Terry Pannett of Ashburton, New Zealand; and five grandchildren, Rachel and Erin Cuellar, both of Raleigh, Kelani Cuellar of Pensacola, Fla., and Simon and Marcella Pannett, both of Ashburton.

She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers, Dionisio, Joseph, Sampson, Antonio and Norberto Basconcillo; and two sisters, Maria San Andres and Naomi Carson.

Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association, attention Memorial Program Call Center, P.O. Box 2680, Canton, Ohio, 44720.

Nancy Louise Bonuchi, 69, of Columbia passed away Sunday, March 14, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2 p.m. March 18 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4708 Highlands Parkway, with Bishop Richard Houseman officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. March 17 at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Ms. Bonuchi was born March 29, 1934, in Warren, Ohio, to Collins and Bertha McQuiston Orndorff.

She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nancy dedicated her life to her children, family and church.

She served two missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: a genealogy mission in Salt Lake City and a temple mission in St. Louis.

Survivors include three children, Jimmy Louis Bonuchi and wife, Katherine, of Columbia; Shawn Bonuchi and wife, Alicia, of Bunceton; and Gail Renshaw of Columbia; a sister, Gloria Yeary of Mesa, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren, Charlotte Sanchez, Robert Renshaw, James Bonuchi, Justin Renshaw, Clarinda Renshaw, Crystal McDonald, Timothy Renshaw, David Bonuchi, Dustin French, Daniel Bonuchi and Joshua Bonuchi; and three great-grandchildren, Tyler Sanchez, Dylan Sanchez and Kylie Renshaw.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Timothy Page; a brother, Robert Orndorff; a sister, June Brasfield; and a grandchild, Sheena McDonald.

Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association, attn: Memorial Program Call Center, P.O. Box 2680, Canton, Ohio, or to Sarcordosis, in care of Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Brooks, 83, of Columbia died early Monday, March 22, 2004.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Chapel in Columbia. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Mrs. Brooks will be laid to rest beside her husband at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Brooks was born Elizabeth Ann Ingham in Los Angeles on Jan. 23, 1921, to J.C. and Lizzie Edwards Russell Ingham. She was baptized Episcopalian in her youth and was made a member of the Children of the Confederacy, an auxiliary of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, on Feb. 9, 1939. She attended William Woods University in Fulton and graduated with an associate’s degree in May 1941. She attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and graduated in May 1943 with a bachelor’s degree in education. She married Philip Emmett James Brooks of Chadron, Neb., in University City on June 23, 1945.

Mrs. Brooks was initiated into the Order of the Eastern Star on June 1, 1946, at University Chapter No. 231 in University City. She gave birth to her first daughter, Beverly Jo Brooks, on Feb. 14, 1947, and her second daughter, Phyllis Anne Brooks, on Sept. 8, 1948, both in Chadron. The family moved to Columbia in 1955. Elizabeth became a member of Columbian Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution on July 12, 1957. She received her 50-year pin in the Order of the Eastern Star on Nov. 25, 1996, from Florissant Chapter No. 161, which had consolidated with University Chapter No. 231 in April 1991.

Mrs. Brooks will always be remembered as a good wife, mother and grandmother - a family woman who cared deeply about her family. She loved the flowers and birds that frequented the back yard.

Survivors include two daughters, Beverly Jo Wyatt and husband Larry of Columbia and Phyllis Anne Miller and husband Loring of Leon, Iowa; four grandsons, Larry Daniel Wyatt II, Farrel Carlon Miller, Andrew Lee Wyatt and Caskey Russell Miller; and one great-granddaughter, Cynthia Marie Wyatt-Devore.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her father; her mother; and two older brothers.

Memorials are suggested to your favorite charity in Mrs. Brooks’ name.

Arthur E. Wyatt, 90, of Centralia died Wednesday, March 24, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia with the Rev. Charles A. Parker, retired minister, and the Rev. David Hartgrove, pastor at First Assembly of God in Centralia, officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Glendale Memorial Gardens in Centralia.

Pallbearers were Mr. Wyatt’s grandsons, Brent Davee, Greg Mikovich, Stephen Mikovich, Kevin McCubbin, Jason Lambert, Cody Wyatt, Deric Donahue and Matthew Buerky.

Mr. Wyatt was born Nov. 10, 1913, in Boone County to Robert E. and Pamelia Ann Hammonds Wyatt. On Nov. 2, 1933, he married Iva Irene Rickey in Columbia, and she preceded him in death Jan. 4, 1993.

Mr. Wyatt was an active and faithful member of First Assembly of God in Centralia, where he served as deacon, Sunday school teacher and bus driver. He was a pipe fitter for Missouri Utilities. He was an avid fisherman and gardener and loved antiquing, music and family reunions.

Survivors include seven daughters, Joyce Davee of Columbia, Lola Mikovich of Shreveport, La., Shirley McCubbin, Vivian Dexter and Ann Yonkers, all of Centralia, Jennifer Buerky of New Franklin and Deborah Lynn Wyatt of Fayette; a son, Robert E. Wyatt of Columbia; 25 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

He was also preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Newton Lee Wyatt, William Parker Wyatt and Charles Allen Wyatt; a half-brother, Dewey Walker; a grandson, Robert Scott Wyatt; and a great-granddaughter, DeLanie Lynn Blevens.

Memorials are suggested to First Assembly of God building fund.

Maria Ondina Lindner, 78, of Columbia died Sunday, March 28, 2004, at The Bluffs Nursing Home in Columbia.

A memorial service and celebration of Ondina’s life will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Senior Hall on the Stephens College campus, off Waugh Street. Burial will be at Columbia Cemetery immediately after the service. The family will hold a reception for family and friends in the parlor at Senior Hall after the burial ceremonies.

Mrs. Lindner was born Nov. 2, 1925, in Havana, Cuba, to José Maria and Isabel Quijano. She married Luis Lindner on July 15, 1944, in Havana, and he preceded her in death in 1999.

She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who had a passion for cooking, sewing and gardening flowers.

Mrs. Lindner moved to the United States in 1960 with her husband, who served on the faculty of Stephens College. In 1961, she began working at Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital, where she served for 25 years as a histology technician.

In 1963, she was elected secretary/treasurer of the Missouri State Histology Association. She was also actively involved in and served as president of the Faculty Wives Gourmet Club of Stephens College.

Survivors include a son, José L. Lindner of Columbia; a daughter, Maria E. Mendenhall of Columbia; and five grandchildren, Mindy Mendenhall, Scott Lindner, Jay Lindner, Cindy Mendenhall and Christy Mendenhall.

Memorials are suggested to a garden memorial at The Bluffs Nursing Home in the names of Ondina and Luis Lindner. Checks should be made payable to "Lindner Memorial" and mailed to Boone National Savings & Loan Association, in care of Cindy Mendenhall, P.O. Box 1223, Columbia, Mo., 65205-1323.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service.

Robert H. Casati, 86, died peacefully on Sunday, March 28, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at Memorial Funeral Home.
Mr. Casati was born Feb. 8, 1918, to Alma and Leo Casati. He attended schools in Madison, Wis., and Ripon, Wis., and was drafted from Ripon College in 1941. He served in the Army Air Forces in England, then volunteered and advanced with infantry into France and Germany. After the war in Europe, he was stationed with the Army of occupation in Japan and later with the 24th Division in Korea. He then returned to complete a degree in agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin.

In 1949, he married Jane Day in Lexington, Va. After service stateside and in Europe again, he was honorably discharged from the Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel. After moving his family to Columbia, he served on staff with the Great Rivers Boy Scout Council and eventually retired after years with the University of Missouri Extension Service. Robert was an avid golfer and a supporter of University of Missouri-Columbia Tigers sports programs.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years; three children, Robert P. Casati and Jennifer Zajicek, both of Columbia, and Christopher R. Casati of Portland, Ore.; a sister, Elizabeth Ann Damon of Yakima, Wash.; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Memorials are suggested to Cosmopolitan Diabetes Center, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65203, or Alzheimer’s Association, Mid-Missouri Chapter, 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

June Elizabeth McKee, 71, of Columbia died Monday, March 29, 2004, at home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Fifth Street Christian Church, 401 N. Fifth St., with the Rev. W.L. Jenkins officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Warren Funeral Chapel, 12 E. Ash St., and the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. McKee was born Sept. 12, 1932, in Columbia to Robert L. Clarkson and Helen Porter. She married William L. McKee on Feb. 2, 1951, in Columbia, and he survives.

Mrs. McKee was a member of Fifth Street Christian Church.

She graduated from Frederick Douglass High School. She was a nurse’s aide at University of Missouri Medical Center in 1956, working her way to operating room technician. She entered nursing school and graduated as valedictorian in 1961. She then worked at Leland Pfefer’s medical office for 22 years before retiring in 1991. She then went to work for seven more years until her final retirement in 2001.

Survivors also include three sons, William McKee Jr. and Kevin McKee, both of Columbia, and Michael McKee of Plano, Texas; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; and a stepmother, Flora Wright.

Mary E. Forbis, 91, of Columbia died Saturday, April 3, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Graveside services will be at noon Wednesday, April 7, in Columbia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Parker Funeral Service, 22 N. Tenth St.

Mrs. Forbis was born May 25, 1912, in Huntington, W.Va., to Arden and Nan Queen McGinnis. She was married to Harry J. Forbis in Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church Parsonage on April 16, 1931, and he preceded her in death in 1965.

Mrs. Forbis moved to Columbia in 1930 from Michigan and joined Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church in 1931. She worked at Parks Department Store for 17 years and then worked at University Hospital as an admissions clerk for 10 years.

She was a member of United Methodist Women and loved flowers and enjoyed working in the garden.

Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Davenport of Columbia; two granddaughters, Pam Tillotson and Sherry Miller of Columbia; five great-grandchildren, Megan Miller, Seth Miller, J.D. Tillotson, Kris Tillotson and Robin Gray, all of Columbia; and one great-great-grandson, Hunter Gray of Columbia.

Her parents and one sister, Dorothy McGinnis, preceded her in death.

Memorials are suggested to Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, 702 Wilkes Blvd., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

George "Jack" Mirts, 70, of Columbia died Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at University Hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2004, at Community United Methodist Church, 3301 W. Broadway, with the Rev. David Sowers officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Home.
Jack was born Nov. 9, 1933, in Callaway County to Martha Ballmeier and Stanley Mirts. He was married to Thelma Jo Berry at First Christian Church of Fulton on July 25, 1959.

He worked for more than 40 years in the grocery business, which included Kroger in Columbia, Mexico, Fulton and several other locations in Missouri and Columbia AF Supermarket.

He was a member of Blue Ridge Christian Church and enjoyed serving the church in whatever capacity was needed.

Survivors include his wife, Thelma Mirts of Columbia; one daughter, Shari Wall of Ridge Top, Tenn.; one son, Doug Mirts of Columbia; six granddaughters, Skylar, Savanna and Summer Wall, all of Ridge Top, and Daley, Karley and Kelsey Mirts, all of Columbia; a daughter-in-law, Tonya Mirts of Columbia; a son-in-law, Marty Wall; and a sister, Helen Maddox of Mexico.

He was preceded in death by one brother and three sisters.

Memorials are suggested to Blue Ridge Christian Church, 2400 Blue Ridge Road, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Katie Lynne "Kathy" Chilcutt, 21, of Plainfield, Ill., died Friday, April 9, 2004, in Romeoville, Ill., as a result of an automobile accident.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Katie was born April 29, 1982, in Independence to David Leonard and Vickie Lynne Roberts Chilcutt.

She attended sixth grade at Blue Ridge Elementary School and was a 2000 graduate of Plainfield Central High School. She attended Joliet Junior College and was office manager at Hoerbiger Compression Technology. She attended Assembly of God Church in Plainfield.

Survivors include her parents, of Plainfield; a brother, Michael Chilcutt of Plainfield; grandparents Bob Roberts of Hallsville and George and Erma Chilcutt of Bolivar; a nephew, Anthony Chilcutt of Plainfield; and a fiancee, Ben Ray of Plainfield.

She was preceded in death by a grandmother, Barbara Roberts.

Memorials are suggested to American Diabetes Association, Attention: Memorial Program Call Center, P.O. Box 2680, Canton, Ohio, 44720.

Lillian E. Patacchi, 93, of Honolulu passed away Monday, April 12, 2004, after a brief illness.

A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Monday, April 26 at Calvary by the Sea Lutheran Church, 5339 Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96821, and a mass in her memory will be celebrated at 7:30 a.m. at Honolulu’s Sacred Heart Church.

She was born Oct. 6, 1910. After graduating from high school in Allentown, Pa., in 1928, she headed straight for New York City. She became a pupil of the famous maestro Adamo Gregoretti and began singing in the Young Stars Grand Opera Co. of New York.

Identified at the time by her maiden name, Lillian Marchetto, she toured with the La Scala Opera Co. of Philadelphia as a gifted mezzo-soprano.

She traveled throughout the United States and abroad, starring in productions such as "La Boheme," "Carmen" and "Madame Butterfly."

She met and married Valfrido Patacchi, a basso with the New York City Center Opera Co., in 1948. The couple continued touring and performing together with companies such as the Hallmark Hall of Fame opera broadcasts of the 1950s, the Chautauqua New York Opera Co. and Brevard Music Center of Brevard, N.C. Some of Mrs. Patacchi’s more stellar performances included characters such as Bloody Mary in "South Pacific" and Lady Tiang in "The King and I." She worked with well-known performers such as Betty White, widely known as Rose on "The Golden Girls," on "The King and I."

The couple took up permanent residence in Columbia and instructed at Stephens College when they were not performing. Mrs. Patacchi moved to Hawaii in May 1996 with her husband, who preceded her in death in July 1996. She was a resident of the Hawaii Kai Retirement Community, which she grew to love.

Friends and family remember her as a remarkable woman with an unquenchable zest for life. She was often the first to arrive and last to leave social gatherings.

She is survived by her son, Vallian Patacchi of Honolulu; her granddaughter, Lia Patacchi of Honolulu; her grandson, Cory Patacchi of Rocklin, Calif.; and her sister, Viola Marck of Houston.

Nelson Lee Davis, 57, of Columbia died Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at his home.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at Memorial Baptist Church in Columbia. Burial will follow at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall.

Mr. Davis was a field crop specialist with MFA Inc. for nearly 20 years and a member of Memorial Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Jean Siegel; his father, Ralph E. Davis of Marshall; two daughters, Anita Kaye Everly of Durham, N.C., and Adrianne Renee Davis of Mission, Kan.; three brothers; one sister; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Mary Isabelle Heuman Davis.

Memorials are suggested to the Memorial Baptist Church building fund or the American Cancer Society and may be sent to Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Marjorie Elizabeth Long, 84, of Columbia passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2004, in Wichita, Kan.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 21 at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jim Bryan officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Long was born May 5, 1919, in Howard County to Sylvester P. and Edith Petrie Harris. She married Ottis V. Long on Nov. 8, 1945, in Fayette, and he preceded her in death.

She was employed with MFA Inc. before her retirement. She was a member of Missouri United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women. She was an avid reader and loved to sew, quilt, crochet and knit.

Survivors include a son, Michael Long and his wife, Tina, of Wichita; four grandchildren, Bradley Long, Bryson Long, Raygan Long and Mikenzy Long, all of Savannah; and a stepgranddaughter, Hollyann Johansen of Wichita.

Her parents preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Missouri United Method Church, 204 S. Ninth St., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Ethel Walton, 92, of Columbia died early Friday, April 16, 2004, at Columbia Manor.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, April 19 at Parker Funeral Service. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Parker Funeral Service. Burial will be after the service at Memorial Park Cemetery.

She was born July 24, 1911, in Boone County to William O. and Olga M. Mitchell Watson. She married James Thomas Walton on Dec. 24, 1927.

Ethel was a lifelong resident of Boone County. She was founding member of Grace Bible Church. She was a longtime member of Rebekah’s Lodge.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Bobby and Shirley Walton of Columbia; two daughters, Betty Turner of Centralia and Thelma Cockrell of Columbia; a sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Cleo Whitesides of Columbia; and six grandchildren, Mike Walton, Mark Walton, Tony Schuermann, Jeffrey Schuermann, Tom Watson and Vicky Walton.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Olga Watson; her husband, James Thomas Walton; two brothers, Searcy Watson and Neal Chapman; two sisters, Ella Carlos and Mildred Claus; and one great-grandchild, Jake Schuermann.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Diabetes Association or the Missouri River Hospice.

Dale Dean DeRyke, 74, of Columbia died Friday, April 23, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bruce Caldwell officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. DeRyke was born Nov. 13, 1929, in Chadron, Neb., to Lewis and Neva Jones DeRyke. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He graduated from Milan High School in 1947 and from Central Tech Institute of Kansas City in broadcast engineering. He formerly was married to Beverly Nickell of Milan, Mo. On May 21, 1988, he married Doris Raynor in Burlington, N.C., and she survives. Mr. DeRyke worked as a broadcast engineer for KOMU-TV for 33 years. He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church.

He also is survived by his mother, of Milan; six children, David Ray DeRyke of Lanham, Md., Dennis Dean DeRyke of Palo Alto, Calif., Brenda Winchester of Burlington, N.C., Kathy Wood of Centralia, and Randy Murray and Prather Murray Jr., both of Raleigh, N.C.; one brother, Donald DeRyke of Milan; one sister, Arleen White of Princeton; one grandchild, Bevenida DeRyke of Maryland; and six stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father and one daughter, Mary Lou DeRyke.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Liberty Baptist Church Fellowship Hall Building Fund, 7461 N. Brown Station Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Jimmie Euel "Jim" Savage, 84, of Columbia, a professor emeritus of poultry nutrition at the University of Missouri-Columbia, died Friday, April 23, 2004, at his home.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 27 at Missouri United Method Church, with the Rev. Neal Lassinger and David Jones officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Parker Funeral Service. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Dr. Savage was born on Feb. 15, 1920, in Izard County, Ark., to James Chester and Martha Ellen Harber Savage. He attended the University of Arkansas and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture in 1943. He belonged to Alpha Gamma Rho agricultural fraternity. To help support himself as an undergraduate student, Dr. Savage worked for two years as a firefighter with the Fayetteville, Ark., Fire Department.

During World War II, Dr. Savage was a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Comet. He participated in four combat landings during the war, on Saipan, Guam, and Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines.

Dr. Savage’s association with MU began as a graduate student in 1947. Aside from a four-year hiatus, he was either a student or faculty member at the university until his retirement in 1990 as a professor in the College of Agriculture. He served as chairman of the MU poultry department before it was merged into the animal science department, and he taught poultry-nutrition courses for many years. A primary focus of his research was the role of zinc in poultry nutrition.

He received a master’s degree in agricultural chemistry from MU in 1948. From 1950 to 1954, Dr. Savage worked as a field-service representative and assistant manager for the Farm Bureau Cooperative feed mill in Fayetteville, Ark. Dr. Savage returned to MU to complete his graduate education. He received a doctorate in agricultural chemistry from the university in 1955, then joined the faculty as an assistant professor of poultry science.

During the 1960s, Dr. Savage was a member of the board of directors of the Boone County Fair. He also served on the board of education of Rock Bridge Elementary School before it was incorporated into Columbia Public Schools. Dr. Savage was a member of the College of Veterinary Medicine bowling team for more than 40 years. He also belonged to Golden K Kiwanis Club. He was a member of United Methodist Church.

He was a former president of the Poultry Science Association, a national organization of educators, scientists and poultry producers. During the 1970s, he served as a consultant to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in eastern Europe.

Dr. Savage was well-known among his friends and colleagues as an avid hunter who raised and trained hunting dogs. He especially enjoyed quail hunting but was no stranger to the pursuit of rabbits, turkeys and deer. After purchasing a small farm near Easley in southern Boone County in the mid-1960s, Dr. Savage did not object when others suggested that the acquisition had more to do with his need for prime hunting land than his interest in agriculture.

Dr. Savage married Betty Jean Cain of Eudora, Ark., in 1948 in Eudora. She died in 1989. He married Jo Anne Meador Heisner of Columbia in 1990 in Columbia, and she survives.

Other survivors include two sons from his first marriage, Stephen James Savage of Columbia and Wayne Edgar Savage of Washington, D.C.; a brother, Harold Wayne Savage of Dayton, Texas; a sister, Norma June Reeves of Kingwood, Texas; two grandchildren, Cara and Devin Savage of Columbia; five step grandchildren; and one step great-grandson.

Memorials are suggested to a University of Missouri scholarship honoring Dr. J. E. Savage; Community Hospice of America, 3600 I-70 Drive S.E., Columbia, Mo., 65201; or Missouri United Methodist Church.

Herbert J. Niebruegge, 81, of New Franklin died Saturday, April 24, 2004, in Boonville.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Boonville with the Rev. Jerry Riggert officiating. Burial will be at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in New Franklin.

The family will visit with friends 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Markland- Gardner Funeral Home in New Franklin.

Herb was born Sept. 7, 1922, in Lone Elm to William and Katie Wieland Niebruegge.

On May 21, 1947, he married Betty Rogers in Lone Elm.

Herb was a captain with the Columbia Fire Department for 27 years.

He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Boonville.

He loved fishing and camping and was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Betty; a son, Roger Niebruegge of Columbia; a daughter, Nancy Hayes and her husband, Mike, of Harrisburg; a brother, Leroy Niebruegge of Arlington, Va.; two sisters, Elsie Lenz of Bunceton and Earlene Niebruegge of St. Louis; one grandson; two nieces; and four nephews.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Silverliners Senior Center in New Franklin.

John Walker Guyton, 67, of Columbia died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 204 E. Ash St., with the Rev. Raymond Hayes officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Warren Funeral Chapel, 12 E. Ash St. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Guyton was born April 22, 1937, in Warrensburg to the late Rev. John R. Guyton and Oline Alice Kelby.

He married Betty Moore-Guyton on Aug. 6, 1961.

Survivors include three sons, John W. Guyton of Columbia, Stephen W. Guyton and his wife, Lana, of Corinth, Texas, and Stephon L. Guyton and his wife, Arlynda, of San Antonio; one brother, Leon C. Guyton and his wife, Eulastine, of Columbia; three sisters, Helen R. Warren and her husband, Harold, Evelyn O. Butler and her husband, Gene, and Celestine F. Hayes and her husband, Raymond, all of Columbia; six grandchildren, DeMarkqua, Talana, Stephen Jr., Aisha, Kelcee and Stephon Jr.; two great-grandchildren, Kylana and Kalan; one aunt, George Helen Brown; two uncles, Roscoe and James Kelby; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Diabetes Association of Missouri, 1316 Parkade Blvd., Columbia, Mo., 65203, or St. Luke United Methodist Church, Pastor’s Aid Club, 204 E. Ash St., Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Dr. Donald Raymond Shurtleff, 74, of Columbia passed away Monday, April 26, 2004, at his home.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 29, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Moore officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Dr. Shurtleff was born Sept. 12, 1929, in Childwold, N.Y., to Raymond and Mary Hatch Shurtleff.

He married Loramel Wagner in Carson City, Nev., in 1965 and she survives.

Dr. Shurtleff was a computer science professor emeritus at the University of Missouri.

He was a member of Mark Twain Lake Sailing Association, and served in the Navy.

Survivors include three children, Nancy Chappell of Baton Rouge, La., Holly Thoelke of Geneva, N.Y., Jo Reta Shurtleff of Columbia; four step-children, David Sanford of West Potsdam, N.Y., Suzanne O’Coineen of Sandy Cove, Ireland, Robert Sanford of Gorham, Maine, Liza Sanford-Crane of Elkton, M.d.; a sister, Reta Shumway of Piercefield, N.Y.; and 12 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Letson Ray Critchfield, 84, of Harrisburg died Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 30, at Memorial Funeral Home with Andy Bryan officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Ray was born Oct. 31, 1919, near Hallsville to Letson Ballett and Ruby Florence Roberts Critchfield. He married Clara Bryant Shaw on Dec. 24, 1938, in Columbia and she survives.

Ray served in the Pacific aboard the USS Yorktown from 1943-1946. He was a driver/dock foreman for Orscheln Truck Lines for almost 30 years. Early in his life he enjoyed raising beagles and bird dogs. Later he enjoyed his small farm near Harrisburg and was known for his large vegetable gardens. He was very much a people person, rarely met a stranger and enjoyed telling a good story.

Other survivors include two sons, Ken of Boonville and Greg and his wife, Debbie, of Columbia; one sister, Ella Marie Hardin and her husband, William Francis, of Hallsville; three brothers, Herman Critchfield and wife Rosie of Orlando, Fla., Harrell Critchfield and wife Janice of Columbia, and Darrell Critchfield of Columbia; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Critchfield of Rocheport.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Howard Critchfield.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, 702 Wilkes Blvd., Columbia, Mo., 65201, or the charity of donor’s choice.

Cecil Vernon Wood, 74, of Columbia died Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at The Bluffs.

Private services will be held by the family.

Mr. Wood was born April 22, 1930, in Marionville to Alonzo A. Wood and Victoria M. Layman Wood. He married Wilda Fay Palmer on Sept. 9, 1950, and she preceded him in death on June 28, 2001. He was a member of the Army Reserve. He spent many years in auto service, working for Cornell Motors and Kelly Pontiac.

Survivors include seven children, Dr. Douglas L. Wood and his wife, Julia, of Rochester, Minn., Ellen Lynch and her husband, Don, of Columbia, Kay Hefner and her husband, John, of Hanover, Pa., Robert Wood of Columbia, Tom Wood and his fiancée, Deborah Brazil, of Columbia, Polly Baucom and her husband, Ron, of Fulton, and Jenny Powell and her husband, Greg, of Columbia; 14 grandchildren, Ivan, Ethan Amanda, Paul and Benjamin Wood of Rochester, Minn., John and Dianne Hefner of Hanover, Pa., Ariel and Callie Baucom of Fulton, and Kim Martinez, Tami Long, Morgan Wood, Jordan Powell and Nicholas Powell, all of Columbia; four great-grandchildren, Victoria and Bennet Buol, Katelynn Martinez and Connor Long, all of Columbia; a brother, Harold Brake of Columbia; and a sister, Fern Yung of LaPorte, Texas.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Rainbow House, 2302 N. Oakland Gravel Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nilson Funeral Home.

Ruby P. Carlos, 94, of Jefferson City, formerly of Columbia, passed away Friday, April 30, 2004, at Capital Healthcare Center in Jefferson City.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 2 at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jim Smith officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Smith was born April 18, 1910, in Boone County to Robert and Sally Mae Nichols Crews. On May 31, 1929, she married Joseph H. Carlos in Columbia, and he preceded her in death. She was a member of Ashland Baptist Church and also a member of Golden Ruth Circle at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson City.

Survivors include three children, Billy J. and Evelyn Carlos of Hartsburg, Nita and Ray Wood of Lawson, and Shirley and Don Link of Jefferson City; two grandsons, Scott Link of Kansas City and Rodney and Sandra Carlos of Hartsburg; two granddaughters, Elizabeth "Beth" Link of Wichita, Kan., and Karla and Matt Wiseman of Hartsburg; five great-grandchildren, Amber Wood, Maria Wiseman, Andrew Carlos, Nicholas Carlos and Adam Wiseman; a sister, Josephine Girasch of Los Angeles; a brother-in-law, Eugene Shaeffer of California; a sister-in-law, Camilla Thurston; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Alan R. Wood of Kansas City; a brother, Beldon P. Crews; and a sister, Liz Shaeffer.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Ashland Baptist Church Building Fund, 203 E. Broadway, Ashland, Mo., 65010.

Boyd Baxter, 71, of Columbia departed us on Sunday, May 2, 2004, in Macon.

Services, including a Masonic service, will be 11 a.m. Thursday, May 6 at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Baxter was born Oct. 17, 1932, in Neosho Rapids, Kan., to Roy A. and Myrtle Barnhart Baxter. After a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict, Boyd graduated from Emporia State Teachers College with a bachelor’s degree in business. He married Lorna Smith on Dec. 19, 1954, in Emporia, Kan., and she survives. After a career in sales with Firestone in Kansas City and Sullivan County Cheese Co., Boyd started a career as a small-business owner, including Hillcrest Dairy and Pocket Money Loans in Columbia.

Boyd was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Moolah Temple of the Shrine. He was past monarch of Aleppo Grotto and served as treasurer for the past 10 years. He was also a founding member of the Model "T" Gang that has been a mainstay of local parades for years. His Masonic honors include the Sword of Bunker Hill.

Boyd was an extremely active outdoorsman who enjoyed wing shooting, fishing and sport shooting. It often is said that a man is blessed to have at least one good dog in his lifetime - Boyd was especially blessed with five great English setters: Bandit, Lady, LadyII, Babe and Ice.

Survivors also include three children, Jay of Marshall, Jeff of Brinkley, Ark., and Jana of Columbia; seven grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center, 4895 E. Highway 163, Columbia, Mo., 65201, or Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, 2001 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., 63131.

Melvin C. Freeman, 95, of Columbia passed away Sunday, May 2, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 8 in Memorial Park Cemetery, with the Rev. Don Snyder officiating.

Mr. Freeman was born Sept. 27, 1908, in Armstrong to James Malcolm and Alma Della Gibson Freeman.

He married Helen M. Carl, and she preceded him in death. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Columbia.

Survivors include a son, David Freeman of Rock Hill, S.C.; a sister, Virginia Buchroeder of Medford, Ore.; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Jack LaZebnik, author and professor of English emeritus at Stephens College, died Friday, May 7, 2004.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday, May 11, at 10 a.m. at the Stephens College Macklanburg Playhouse, 100 Willis Street, on the Stephens College campus.

For his 80th birthday party last year, he prepared the following:

I write In Memoriums for the Faculty Bulletin about faculty members who die. So, I decide to write my own in advance.

His first-grade teacher wrote a note to his parents: Jack daydreams too much. He saw only what was in his head, and that was a fusing appearance of human images. The outside world disappeared as fast as it appeared, a moving picture in a mist of confusions: They were real to him; the real reality faded as soon as it appeared. And so vast sections of his life came out undeveloped, blurred, watercolors that melted into the canvas.

His wife, Vesta, remembered everything: Without her, he would have lost his children’s delightful exploits and his grandchildren’s names. She remembered every house they lived in, while he could not find the old streets again. He never knew which way was north or south or east or west in Columbia. Highway 63 always remained a mystery to him.

Jack grew up in another confusion, his father’s junkyard, where he lay on the top of the magazine and book pile, reached out for whatever volume came to his fingers, an eclectic education, from Homer to Flying Aces. He had no one to explain the differences to him, and yet some inklings of good language touched his brain.

He drove his father’s trucks to pick up scrap paper from the department stores in downtown Jackson, Mich. He suffered walking through the main floors, past schoolmates at summer jobs there, to the basement where he and Thomas Andrew Jackson carried on their shoulders the boxes of mixed paper and cardboard. Many years later, someone murdered Jackson, the best friend the boy Jack had.

In the sixth grade, the teacher made a story-writing assignment and read Jack’s in class. "This boy is going to be a writer," she said, and thus doomed him to that dream. It didn’t help that he became editor in chief of the high school paper and wrote the pageant for his graduation program: Such events only led him astray. He dreamed of being a writer more than putting himself seriously to writing.

The war started, and he dreamed of being Richard Barthelmess with his white scarf blowing in the middle of a dogfight.

To Jack’s astonishment, he passed the entrance exam to the Air Force and soon found himself training in what became his most beloved plane, the Stearman. In the barracks, he practiced handling the controls with a sawed-off broomstick; at graduation, his selection to perform acrobatics for the visitors passed as a dream.

Through the rest of his flight training, he devoted himself to the lessons. Because he didn’t drink, didn’t smoke, didn’t tell dirty stories, he wandered his loneliness along the streets during free time from the field.

But he loved to fly, his dreams of adventure turning real. He was afraid the war would end before he got into it.

When he came to the B-24, the Liberator, in Maxwell Field, Ala., his conscientious devotion to the craft and art of controlling that ponderous ship brought him confidence, perhaps too much, for he took chances at low-level flying, brushing treetops with the fuselage.

He was lucky with his crew selection: They became so close to him, and he to them, that once, when a colonel in Italy wanted him to become his pilot, he refused because that would call for leaving his own crew. The colonel, on the next mission, went down with his ship and crashed over Germany.

Stupidly, naively, blindly, he was never afraid because it was all a dream, even when flak burst the window next to him and dented his helm. He laughed at that, too much in the fantasy of it all.

Then he came home, to the University of Michigan, where Vesta sat in a sunbeam glow, both of them in an honors English class. So what else could he do but suggest they’d better get married? He used his GI Bill to take them to France, where they studied at the Sorbonne and elsewhere, Switzerland and England. He dreamed of becoming an expatriate, but he met no Hemingways or Fitzgeralds.

Back home, the years of the children gave him delight and laughter, astonishment that continues. They made the mundane spectacular, like the event of his 80th birthday. How could he be 80? Only his grandparents had been 80. He continued to write disappearing poetry, plays and novels. If he had a tombstone - he left his body to the University of Missouri-Columbia medical school - it would have a single word on it: "Almost." Close but no cigar.

And so he at last settled into the final dream, from which he did not wake. The thought of not existing did frighten him at one time. But in the final months he found he was not afraid; he told his family that. He wanted all of his family and friends to dream of him, but no nightmares, please. He thought, "May my name come up like a smile, an old joke, a faded picture, and that, too, pass away."

To his family, Jack, as a father and husband, was never "Almost," but always "Wonderful;" a smile that will never pass away.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Stephens College Theater Department.

Rosemary Sheeran Powderly, 72, of Columbia passed away Friday, May 7, 2004, at University Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Powderly was born March 12, 1932, in St. Louis to James Patrick and Lucille E. Miller Sheeran. On Nov. 11, 1952, she married Clyde A. Powderly in St. Louis, and he survives.

She had retired from the Columbia Public Schools and continued to work as a substitute teacher. She was a member of VFW Post 280 Ladies Auxiliary and Beta Tau Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha.

She was also a doll collector and doll maker and belonged to a local doll club.

Survivors also include four children, Patricia Kowalski of Columbia, John Powderly of Eureka, James Powderly of Kailua, Hawaii, and Thomas Powderly of Columbia; and six grandchildren, Curtis, Ryan Michael, David and Jack Powderly and Tara Brown.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Paul Powderly.

Memorial contributions are suggested to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 30638, Columbia, Mo., 65205, or Happy Tails, 3818 Blue Cedar Lane, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Woodrow W. Acton, 86, of Columbia passed away Saturday, May 8, 2004, at his home.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at Nashville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Kevin Collins and the Rev. Veryln Bergen officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in Nashville Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Acton was born March 21, 1918, in Boone County to Elmer Riggs and Lena Mae Foreman Acton. On Aug. 29, 1936, he married Helen Marie Merry in Columbia, and she survives. He was a finish cabinet maker and farmer before his retirement. He was a member of Nashville Baptist Church.

Other survivors include three children, Elmer Acton and Dorothy Jewell Lammers, both of Rocky Mount, and Ruby Linda Acton of Humansville; eight grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren, one of which is serving in Iraq; and three great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and six brothers.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Nashville Baptist Church, Rt. N Nashville Church Road, Ashland, Mo., 65010.

Mary Ruth Birmingham, 75, of Columbia passed away Friday, May 14, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 16, at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mike Eighmy officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Birminghham was born Feb. 22, 1929, in Clay County, Ark., to Ray and Loretta Sanderfer Turner.

On June 7, 1945, she married Edward J. Birmingham in Piggott, Ark., and he preceded her in death.

She was employed with the University of Missouri for 21 years.

Survivors include four children, Barbara Jean Birmingham of Columbia, Carolyn Ann Cook of Springfield, Geary E. Birmingham of Columbia and Dennis Ray Birmingham of Kingdom City; four sisters, Eula Young of Flint, Mich., Pauline Terhufen of Arizona, Wilma Smith of Pocahontas, Ark., and Muriel Foster of Poplar Bluff; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Mary, Mildred and Delia; and one brother, Lester.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Walter Johnson Palliative Care Foundation, 1600 E. Broadway, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Don L. Blaylock, 70, of Rocheport died Thursday, May 20, 2004, at University Hospital after a brief illness.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 24, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Chris Cook officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Olive Branch Cemetery in Pettis County.

Mr. Blaylock was born Jan. 29, 1934, near Beaman to James R. and Susan F. Cochran Blaylock. On Aug. 7, 1954, he married Faye Ann McKenzie in Sedalia, and she survives.

Mr. Blaylock was a lifelong musician, both professionally and for his own pleasure.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958 and in 1957 participated in the International Guitar Congress in Munich, Germany.

He entered the insurance industry in 1959 with Metropolitan Life. He was a designated chartered life underwriter, or CLU. For the past 30 years he has continued his insurance career as Wayland-Blaylock & Associates. In 1997, he became affiliated with Naught-Naught Agency and his wife and son continue that affiliation.

Mr. Blaylock was a member of Parkade Baptist Church and a lifetime Trustee of Olive Branch Cemetery in Pettis County.

Survivors also include a son, Dean N. Blaylock and a brother, T. Jack Blaylock, both of Columbia.

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, David K. Blaylock; three sisters; and five brothers.

Memorials are suggested to Parkade Baptist Church, 2102 N. Garth Ave., Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Ethel Melloway Clark, 94, of Columbia died Thursday, May 20, 2004, at The Bluffs.

A private family graveside service will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 26 at Parker Funeral Service.

She was born on July 6, 1909, in Columbia to John Frank Melloway and Annie Rothwell Maupin. She married Dave Presbury Clark on June 30, 1931, in Columbia, and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include two sons and their spouses, Donald P. and Peggy Clark of San Jose, Calif., and Stephen E. and Deborah Clark of Anchorage, Alaska; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Clark; two grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to KBIA radio, 409 Jesse Hall, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Gene Paul Burton, 84, of Columbia died Friday, May 21, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 24 at Memorial Funeral Home, with Father Edwin Cole officiating.

Mr. Burton was born Feb. 20, 1920, in Moberly to Asa Tom and Mabel Maureen Burton. He married Lutie Irene Branham on Nov. 11, 1945, and she survives.

Mr. Burton began his career in the automobile business in the early 1940s as the owner of Downtown Motors in Columbia. Throughout his career, he received numerous awards from Chrysler and Ford Motor companies.

He retired in 1980.

Survivors also include three daughters, Becky Erdel and husband, Richard, Pam Overman and husband, Jack, and Paula Chapman and husband, Larry, all of Columbia; three grandchildren, Grant Erdel of Washington, D.C., Courtney Erdel of Overland Park, Kan., and Zachary Chapman of Atlanta; and a niece, Carol Welch of Moberly.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Grace Marie Burton and Evelyn Jane Welch.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Boone Hospital Center Foundation, 1600 E. Broadway, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Carl W. "Buffalo" Vaughan Sr., 65, of Columbia died Friday, May 21 at University Hospital.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 25 at Praise Assembly of God Church in Columbia, with the Rev. Dennis Stuart officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church. Burial will follow the services at Big Springs Cemetery.

Mr. Vaughan was born May 23, 1938, in Columbia to Clarence and Alice Biddle Vaughan. He worked as a warehouseman for Pepsi-Cola for 40 years. He married Joy Ann Wyatt on May 8, 1958. She preceded him in death on Aug. 10, 2003.

Survivors include a son, Carl Vaughan Jr. of Columbia; three daughters, Lena Vaughan, Connie Hutchison and Delores Winscott, all of Columbia; four brothers, Ralph Claxton and Jerry Leaton of Columbia and Harold and Raymond Leaton of Glasgow; six sisters, Neva Deffinbaugh of Brookfield, Janetta Boring, Katie Boise and Thelma Furlong, all of Columbia, Carol Dodd of New Bloomfield, and Erline Rader of Ohio; his stepmother, Florence Vaughan of Glasgow; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He also was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Millie Alice Hoffman, 82, of Columbia died Saturday, May 22, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at noon Wednesday, May 26, at Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road, with the Rev. Alan Helland officiating. Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

She was born Jan. 19, 1922, in Columbia to Charles L. Gates and Mary Alice Stone Gates. She married Clyde Hoffman on May 20, 1938, in Columbia, and he preceded her in death.

She attended first a rural school, then Columbia Public Schools. She lived in Centralia for 10 years before moving to Boone Retirement Center, The Bluffs. She volunteered at the veterans nursing home and was recognized for more than 10,000 hours of service.

Survivors include a son, James L. Hoffman and wife, Betty, of Centralia; three sisters, Mary W. Olson and husband, Ray, of Columbia, Rosa Mae Jolley of Columbia and Dorothy Jacobs of Marionville; two grandchildren, Vicki Wortmann and husband, Tommy, of Troy and Phillip Hoffman and wife, Jana, of Centralia; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Lena Shaw; a brother, Charles Gates; and a daughter, Linda G. Hoffman.

Memorial contributions are suggested to The Bluffs, Special Care Unit, 3105 Bluff Creek Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Samuel A. Johnston, 82, of Columbia died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at South Hampton Place after a long illness.

Private services will be held in Davenport, Iowa.

He was born Jan. 10, 1922, in Davenport to Donald Bennett Johnston and Mable Stacey Johnston.

He married Dorothy Ellison in Minneapolis in 1947, and she survives.

Survivors also include a son, Samuel Johnston Jr. of Bradenton, Fla.; two daughters, Anne Johnston of Kansas City and Susan Johnston of Cuero, Texas; a sister, Elisabeth Hart of West Palm Beach, Fla.; and a grandson, Samuel Johnston III of Bradenton.

Ella C. Wayland, 82, of Columbia passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2004, at her granddaughter’s home in Columbia.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 28, at Memorial Park Chapel. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Funeral Home.

She was born on Nov. 20, 1921, to George Kassem and Leona Waterfield in Hannibal. Her parents preceded her in death.

She graduated from Hannibal High School. After high school, Ella moved to Columbia to work at Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital and hoped to attend nursing school.

She married Edgar G. Wayland in 1941, and they had one daughter, Donna Drane Wayland. Edgar preceded her in death.

Ella was a homemaker. She was active in the Boone Hospital Auxiliary and was a Girl Scout troop leader.

For the last several years, Ella resided with her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Lisa Wayland Boettcher and Joseph Boettcher, because of declining health. Her great grandchildren, Anastasia, Joseph and Louis Boettcher, were her constant companions and loved her very much.

She is also survived by her daughter, Donna Wayland Trice, and son-in-law, William C. Trice, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and a sister, Elizabeth Jeter of Loveland, Colo.

Memorials are suggested to the Ella C. Wayland Memorial Scholarship for students of the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, in care of Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Elvie Lee Hulett, 95, of Columbia died Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at her home.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 29, at Parker Funeral Service, with the Rev. Bob Russell officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Hulett was born Nov. 9, 1908, in Boone County to George Curtis and Myrtle May Wilhite Whitesides. She married George William Hulett on Feb. 12, 1928, in Boonville. He preceded her in death on Dec. 21, 1981.

She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Sneed Class at First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, George W. Hulett of Columbia and Robert L. Hulett of St. Louis; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Elsie Palmer.

Memorials are suggested to First Baptist Church, 1112 E. Broadway, Columbia, Mo., 65201, or Columbia Second Chance Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 10186, Columbia, Mo., 65205.

James Arthur Whisenhunt, 80, of Columbia passed away at 5:10 a.m. Saturday, May 29, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, at Nilson Funeral Home in Columbia with the Rev. Glenn Forman officiating.

Visitation was Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial and interment services were at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Laddonia Cemetery in Laddonia.

Pallbearers were Kenneth Robnett, Andrew Dillard, Howard Dillard, Wayne Dillard, Michael Pepper and Ronald Rowell.

Mr. Whisenhunt was born Oct. 18, 1923, in Mount Vernon, Ill., the son of Walter Ray and Nona Mae Lisenby Whisenhunt.

He was married to Dorothy Smith. He later married Darline Edwards on March 27, 1960, in Laddonia, and she survives.

Mr. Whisenhunt worked in the glass business for 40 years, including owning and operating Boone County Glass Co. in Columbia.

He also owned and operated Whisenhunt Contracting for 10 years.

He had been a resident of Columbia for more than 40 years.

He was a member of the Brotherhood of Glazers and Glass Workers Union Local 513 of St. Louis.

He was also a charter member of the Wings Around Tiger Town Camping Club and held this membership for 27 years.

He loved traveling and restoring antique furniture.

He served in the U.S. Army from Jan. 20, 1943, to March 11, 1946, and attained the rank of Tech 3.

Survivors also include two sons, James Arthur Whisenhunt Jr. of Independence and John W. Whisenhunt of San Antonio; two daughters, Joyce A. Rowell of Raytown and Dorothy Bischoff of Lee’s Summit; one brother, Edgar Whisenhunt of Columbia; one sister, Ella Mae Gricius of Henderson, Nev.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Whisenhunt, and one sister, Joyce Green.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association of Mid Missouri Chapter, 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Columbia, Mo., 65201, or to the American Heart Association.

Arrangements are under the direction of Bienhoff Funeral Home in Laddonia.

Mary Louise Tharpe, 82, of Columbia passed away Monday, May 31, 2004, at University Hospital.

A graveside service will be held at Roanoke Cemetery in Roanoke.

Mrs. Tharpe was born Oct. 31, 1921, in Glasgow to Russell and Helen Louise Hunker DeWitt. On April 2, 1945, she married Augustus Winston Tharpe in Roanoke, and he survives.

She attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall and graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. She taught school at Jefferson Junior High School for four years. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia and a member of the Constance Circle of Kings Daughter.

Survivors also include two children, Lyle Winston Tharpe and wife Nancy Poehlman Tharpe of Columbia and Sarah Tharpe Loring and husband Martin of Leawood, Kan.; a sister-in-law, Hazel Willett of Linn; and four grandchildren, Sam, Joe and Mary Kate Loring, all of Leawood, and Virgina Tharpe of Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Grace Nichols-McBain, 90, of Columbia passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Graveside services will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Nichols-McBain was born May 14, 1914, in Boone County to George W. and Sallie E. Hopper Sandker.

She married Stanley Nichols in Boone County, and he preceded her in death. On Nov. 8, 1983, she married Everitt McBain in California, Mo., and he also preceded her in death.

Survivors include two sons, Gene and Dale Nichols of Columbia.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 9 at Fairview Road Church of Christ. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery.

Homer was born on Aug. 4, 1920, at home in Red Bird to Clarence and Mary Sewell. He grew up on a general livestock farm in Gasconade County. He graduated from Bland High School in 1938 and farmed with his father until he joined the U.S. Navy in 1942. He served in the Navy until December 1945, after serving in both the European and Pacific theaters.

He graduated in 1953 from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in animal science. From 1953 to 1956, he served as an associate county agent for the University of Missouri Extension Service in Cape Girardeau County. He was county agent for Franklin County from 1956 to 1958, when he moved to Columbia to become a state livestock extension specialist. He received his master’s degree in animal science from the university in 1963 and his doctorate in ruminant nutrition from the University of Kentucky in 1965. He became a full professor in 1972, continuing his employment with the University of Missouri as the state extension beef cattle nutrition specialist until his retirement in 1990.

Homer was an elder at Fairview Road Church of Christ. He was active in the education ministry of the church. He was a member of Golden K Kiwanis and Retired Ag Professors.

He is survived by his wife, Maxine, whom he married on Aug. 8, 1953.

Survivors also include his children and grandchildren, Bruce and Sandra Sewell of Blue Springs and their son, Michael, Brent and Dr. Nancy Miller Sewell of Parkville and their children, Jennifer, Joshua and Zachary Sewell and Sarah and Will Harrison, and Garry and Beth Sewell Blevins of Overland Park, Kan., and their children, Erikka and Cody; his brother, Leroy Sewell and his wife, Blanche; his sister, Bonnie Lenox and her husband, Arthur; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Bernice.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Fairview Road Church of Christ, 201 S. Fairview Road, Columbia, Mo., 65203; Golden K Kiwanis - Youth Services - in the care of George Wagner, 12 Burnam Road, Columbia, Mo., 65203; or Oak Grove Cemetery in care of Robert Rinehart, 13701 County Road 2270, St. James, Mo., 65559.

Bessie Jane Baker, 91, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. LeRoy Dickinson officiating. Visitation will be an hour before the services. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Baker was born May 30, 1913, in Elliot to Earl E. and Ida Mae Gilmore Elder. On April 20, 1929, she married Owen L. Baker, and he preceded her in death.

She was a member of Oakland Baptist Church. She loved to garden.

Survivors include three children, A.D. Baker and wife, Marilyn, of Ashland and Ronald Dudley Baker and wife, Kay, and Frances M. Elderbrook and husband, Donald, all of Columbia; a sister, Georgia Andrews of Columbia; six grandchildren, Donna Davis, Paula Elderbrook, Cheryl Ann Hardin, Mechelle Hewitt, Darin Baker and David Baker; a god-grandson, Chad Doebelin; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by eight siblings, Ruby St. Clair, Loy Elder, Louie Elder, Mary Lou Stockwell, Nellie Powell, Jesse Elder, Everett Elder and Roger Elder; and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Oakland Baptist Church, 2345 E. Northwood Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Ralph J. Deuser, 91, of Spartanburg, S.C., formerly of Columbia, died Sunday, June 6, 2004.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, June 11, at Memorial Park Cemetery with Msgr. Michael Flanagan officiating. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mr. Deuser was born July 31, 1912, to Emil and Ida Badendistal Deuser.

Survivors include a daughter, Joyce Pruitt of Spartanburg; three grandsons; and two great-grandchildren.

John W. Page, 80, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2004, at Columbia Regional Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 18, at Forum Boulevard Christian Church with the Rev. Ray Gipson and the Rev. Max Jennings officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Page was born Sept. 5, 1923, in Galena, Kan., to Richard B. and Iola Neal Page. On April 14, 1946, he married Wanda Lee Smith in Galena, and she survives.

He served with the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. He was a member of Columbia Christian Church, where he as an elder and Sunday school teacher. He was a member and board member of the Senior Center.

He enjoyed playing the organ and photography. He loved riding his motorcycle and a bicycle built for two.

Survivors also include two children, John W. Page Jr., and wife, Lisa, and Joy Page and fiancé, Al Jolly, all of Columbia; a brother, Marvin Page of Joplin; and two grandchildren, Andrew and Spencer.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and a brother.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Columbia Christian Church, in the care of Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 West, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Mark E. Wilson, 34, of Columbia died Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 19, at Nilson Funeral Home with Pastor Phil Dooley officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow services at Memorial Park Cemetery.

He was born Jan. 31, 1970, in Columbia to Larry E. and Joyce Hyde Wilson.

He married Tammy B. Plummer on Sept. 29, 1990, in Columbia. He was a member of Open Door Baptist Church.

Survivors include his parents; his wife; two sons, Blake E. Wilson and Adam S. Wilson, both of Columbia; two brothers, Michael L. Wilson of Columbia and Russell W. Wilson of Lewistown; a sister, Vickie L. West of Hallsville.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald Wilson, and a nephew, Sean Wilson.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Mark Wilson Family, in the care of Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Vera Mae Tennyson, 74, of Columbia died Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 20 at Old Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road.

She was born July 9, 1929, in Rolla to William Earl and Roma Agnes Sands. She married Henry C. Tennyson on Feb. 5, 1946, in Joplin, and he died Feb. 10, 2000.

Survivors include a son, William S. Tennyson of Columbia, and two daughters, Sandra N. Wright of Columbia and Cynthia S. Hamilton of Cave Creek, Ariz.

Lillian Fung Cuellar, infant daughter of Andrew Cuellar and Yen-Chin Cuellar, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2004.

Graveside services will be held at noon, Monday, June 21, at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include her parents; a half-sister, Kelani Cuellar of Pensacola, Fla.; and her grandparents, John Cuellar of Columbia and Steven and In-Soo Fung of St. Louis.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Pelagia Cuellar.

Memorials are suggested to the March of Dimes, in care of Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Wayne Simmons, 74, of Columbia died Saturday, June 19, 2004, at Columbia Health Care.

His body was donated to University Health Science Center. A private burial will be at a later date at Dripping Springs Christian Church, where he was a member.

He was born Oct. 2, 1929, the son of Marjorie and Stephen Simmons.

On Nov. 20, 1987, he married Charlotte Albright, and she survives.

He was a heavy-equipment operator all his life.

Survivors also include a son, Randy Simmons; three daughters; four stepchildren; and a sister, Janet Riley.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister.

Helen Lorraine Copeland, 76, of Columbia passed away Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

A memorial service was at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 24, 2004, at Parker Funeral Service.

Mrs. Copeland was born June 2, 1928, in St. Louis to George B. and Violet Marie Price Fischer. She married Raymond H. Copeland in July 1955, and he preceded her in death in July 1994.

Mrs. Copeland moved to Columbia from Iowa in 1986. She worked at Patricia’s IGA and previously worked at MegaMarket and Columbia College.

Survivors include a son, Raymond H. Copeland of Denver, a daughter, Pamela R. Waldron of Pfafftown, N.C.; six sisters, Penny Capstick, Dorothy Gardner and Vertress Kerley, all of St. Louis, Veronica Richards of St. Charles, Patricia Harpole of Columbia, and Beverley Parker of Dover, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her parents and two daughters.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society.

William Elmer Donaldson, 93, of Columbia passed away Thursday, June 24, 2004, at University Hospital.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26, at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kathy Morrison officiating.

Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Donaldson was born Feb. 24, 1911, in Kansas City to James and Josephine Anderson Donaldson. On Jan. 24, 1936, he married Pauline Nace in El Dorado, Kan., and she survives.

In 1976, he retired from the University of Missouri veterinary school after 50 years of service. He also volunteered for more than 20 years at The Wardrobe. He was a member of Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church.

William’s hobbies included golfing and bowling. He was a member of the Columbia Bowling Hall of Fame.

Survivors also include a son, Hubert Donaldson and wife Lea of Wichita, Kan.; a sister, Mary Peterson of Lee’s Summit; three granddaughters; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, 702 Wilkes Blvd., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Ruth Scott, 81, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at Bonne Hospital Center.

There will be a private, family service at a later date.

Mrs. Scott was born Feb. 27, 1923, in Chicago to Edgar A. and Libby Rose Hoffman Kriz.

She met her husband, Miller N. Scott, in Chicago while he was in basic training after returning from the war.

They were married on Aug. 28, 1944, and he preceded her in death on May 21, 1990.

Mrs. Scott moved to Columbia in 1968 from Auxvasse. She worked at First Bank of Commerce for more than 20 years. Mrs. Scott loved to read.

Survivors include a son, Jeffrey Scott of Columbia; a daughter, Susan Ramos of Charlottesville, Va.; two grandchildren, Victoria King and Kevin Purdy, both of Columbia; two step-grandchildren, Tony and Craig Bratton, both of Columbia; and one great-grandchild, Evelyn King of Columbia.

Mrs. Scott was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Arthur Kriz.

Memorials may be made to the Central Missouri Humane Society.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service.

Ethel F. McKee, 88, of Columbia died Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 6, at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Parker Funeral Service.

She was born April 5, 1916, to J.E. "Ed" Crane and Ethel J. "Josie" Sapp Crane in Boone County, where she lived all her life. She was a longtime employee of Gem Drug Store, which was at North Eighth and Walnut streets.

Ethel was marred to Hartley H. Cunningham in 1934 and to Albert F. McKee in 1947. Both preceded her in death.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Don and Pat Cunningham of Auburn, Ala.; one grandson, Mark Cunningham of Free Union, Va.; two great-granddaughters; and one sister, Sarah Cunningham of Oregon.

Ethel also was preceded in death by her mother; her father; two sisters, Mattie Crane Lawson Dothage and Alice Crane Harrison Stevenson; and a brother, Robert Crane.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the donor’s choice.

Timothy J. Heinsz, 56, of Columbia died Friday, July 2, 2004, of a heart attack while jogging.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, with the Rev. Vern Heinsz officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the church, with a prayer service at 8 p.m.

Tim was born Aug. 28, 1947, in St. Louis to Vernon and Mary Heinsz. On April 27, 1968, he married Susan Neer of St. Louis, and she survives.

After graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from St. Louis University in 1969, he attended Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Law Review and Order of the Coif. He graduated in 1972.

Before entering academics, he practiced law with the firm of Lewis, Rice and Fingersh in St. Louis. He began his teaching career at the University of Toledo and joined the law faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1981. He was appointed dean of the School of Law in 1988. After 13 successful years as dean, he stepped down to become director of the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the law school.

A nationally prominent scholar in the field of labor law and author of a leading labor law text, he was a distinguished arbitrator and member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. He was the principal draftsman of the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act. He was an active commissioner in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

He was a visiting scholar at the International Labour Organization in Geneva and a visiting professor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He served on the National Executive Board for the International Society for Labor Law and Social Security and was a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He was a member of the American Law Institute and a recipient of the President’s Award and Spurgeon Smithson Award from The Missouri Bar, of which he was a member.

His interests included jogging, playing tennis, fishing and traveling with his wife, Susan. He was a devoted member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, where he served as lector and Eucharistic minister.

In addition to his wife of 36 years, he is survived by their children, Jennifer Leparmentier and her husband, Richard, of Salt Lake City and Megan Heinsz and her husband, Travis Phelps, of St. Louis; his mother, of St. Charles; two brothers, Vern Heinsz, S.J. of Kansas City and John Heinsz and his wife, Mary, of St. Charles; one sister, Christine Heinsz of St. Louis; one granddaughter, Camille Leparmentier; and several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Law School Foundation, University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Mo., 65211, or the White House Retreat, 3601 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., 63108.

Nim Glen Breedlove, 77, of Columbia passed away Monday, July 5, 2004, at The Bluffs.

Services and visitation were Wednesday, July 7, at Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home in Laurie. Burial was at Garber Memorial Estates Cemetery.

Mr. Breedlove was born Jan. 10, 1927, near Sturgeon to Naither and Meritt Breedlove.

On Nov. 14, 1952, he married Vonita Marie Wright, and she passed away Dec. 20, 2002.

Nim served in the U.S. Army for two years. He was a pipefitter for J. Louis Crum for many years and retired from the company in 1989. He was a proud member of the local 317 and 562.

Survivors include a daughter, Glenda Bell and her husband, Mike, of Columbia; a granddaughter, Kimberly Brinkman and her husband, Steve, of Columbia; two great-grandchildren, Brianna and Cody of Columbia; a sister, Irene Sexton of Centralia; two sisters-in-law, Lochie Breedlove of Columbia and Exie Breedlove of Hallsville; a brother-in-law, Larry Clark of Columbia; and several nieces and nephews.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; four sisters, Ada Breedlove, Jewell Turner, Lena Davidson and Virginia Clark; and three brothers, Eldon Breedlove, Hurley Breedlove and Morrison Breedlove.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the charity of donor’s choice.

John C. Tinsley Jr., 87, of Columbia passed away Monday, July 5, 2004, at home.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia.

Born in Lynchburg, Va., John attended Lynchburg College and the College of William and Mary before earning his medical degree from the University of Virginia.

During his internship and residency at Cincinnati General Hospital, he met and married Ellen Luberger, with whom he spent 59 happy years.

After residency training in hematology under Carl Moore at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, John came to Columbia in 1950 to do cancer research at Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital.

Returning to Columbia after two years with the Air Force in Japan, John began the practice of internal medicine with his colleague and partner Roland Ladenson. From their brick offices at 16 S. Tenth St., Dr. Tinsley and Dr. Ladenson provided personalized medical care to three generations of Columbia families, making house calls and covering hospital rounds twice a day. Dr. Ladenson and Dr. Tinsley believed the cost of an office visit should not be an obstacle to obtaining medical care. At one point, John apologized to his patients for raising his fee for an office visit to the unheard-of sum of $15. He retired from the practice of medicine in 1983.

John and Ellen traveled extensively during retirement, driving from St. Louis to Liberty, Colorado Springs, Colo., Stanford, Calif., and Seattle, Wash., in their VW camper to visit their seven grandchildren, Will, Carolyn, Steve, Sarah, John, Andrea and Megan.

John was known to all for his quiet yet dry sense of humor and his caring generosity.

He devoted the last eight years of his live to the loving care and support of his wife, a victim of Alzheimer’s disease.

Survivors include his wife, Ellen; four sons, John C. Tinsley III of Menlo Park, Calif., Frederick C. Tinsley of Woodland Park, Colo., David F. Tinsley of Tacoma, Wash., and William S. Tinsley of Liberty; two brothers, William C. Tinsley of Lynchburg, Va., and Robert S. Tinsley of Titusville, Fla.; and two sisters, Anne Black of Virginia Beach, Va., and Barbara Mills of Dallas.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association of Columbia, 1121 Business Loop 70 E, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service.

Jenny Idamaria Drane, 78, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 16, 2004, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Father Edwin Cole officiating. A Rosary will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Private entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Drane was born Sept. 30, 1925, in Como, Italy, to Natale and Josephine Maino Corvo. She obtained her nursing degree in Rome. On Aug. 11, 1946, she married Gene M. Drane in Milan, Italy, and he survives.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Columbia.

She was also a member of Boonslick Trail Quilters Guild.

While living in Hawaii, she was a charter member of The Sons of Italy Chapter, ESA Sorority, Acting Honorary Council for Italy and the Hawaiian Heritage Quilting Guild and was an Italian language teacher and interpreter.

Survivors also include two children, Colette J. Drane of Columbia and Scott L. Drane of Palm Springs, Calif.; a sister, Luisa Ferri of Milan, Italy; a brother, Angelo Corvo of Milan, Italy; and a granddaughter, Nicole Kaiulani of Kansas City.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Sacred Heart Brick and Mortar Fund, 1115 Locust, Columbia, Mo., 65201 or charity of donor’s choice.

Mary C. Chalkley, 86, died Wednesday, July 14, 2004, at Dover Nursing Home in Georgetown, Ky.

Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18, with the Rev. Dick Ramsey officiating at First Presbyterian Church, 16 Hitt St., Columbia, and a private burial on Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia. Parker Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

She was born March 17, 1918, in Jacksonville, N.C., to the late Sadie and John R. Hutchinson.

She graduated from Richlands, N.C., High School in 1935 and graduated from Greensboro College in Greensboro, N.C., in 1938. Mrs. Chalkley was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia.

She married Captain Judson Ireland Chalkley, U.S. Army Medical Corps, on December 31, 1943, in Raleigh, N.C.

She and Dr. Chalkley moved in 1948 to Columbia.

They have three children that survive her: Judson E. Chalkley, of Lexington, Ky., Mary Anne Chalkley of Minneapolis, Minn., and Sarah Chalkley Hubbell of Sudbury, Mass.; seven grandchildren: Paul Hartman and Jessica Maratsos, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; Joshua Chalkley of Boca Raton, Fla., Ana Chalkley Cox of Fort Benning, Ga., Drew Chalkley of Lexington, Ky., and Diana Hubbell and Dan Hubbell, both of Sudbury, Mass.; and two great-grandchildren: Jeremiah Cox of Fort Benning and Judson Hartman of Minneapolis.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Bruce and Louis Hutchinson.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church.

Billy P. Teaff, 84, of Stover, formerly of Columbia, died Friday, July 16, 2004, at St. Marys Health Center in Jefferson City.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, July 19, with John Kiehl officiating at the Scrivner-Morrow Funeral Home in Stover. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 20 at Maple Park Cemetery in Springfield.

He was born July 6, 1920, in Brinford, S.D., son of Jesse and Rose Green Teaff.

He married Janiece Casleton on Sept. 2, 1943, and she preceded him in death on Jan. 14, 1976. He later married Ruby I. Dudgeon, and she also preceded him in death.

He was an Army veteran serving his country during World War II.

He was the sales manager for Kent Feed Company Inc., for many years throughout the state of Missouri and also was the sales manager for MFA Feed.

He was an avid bass fisherman, enjoyed working in his garden and loved spending time with his grandchildren.

Survivors include one daughter, Debbie Oyler of Stover; four grandchildren, Karla Rinehart, Kristie Settles, Amanda Oyler and Christopher Oyler; two great-grandchildren, Cody Settles and Jack Rinehart - his third great-grandchild is due in September - and other relatives and friends.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Golden Age Living Center in Stover

Jewell M. Rouse, 90, of Columbia passed away Thursday, July 22, 2004, at Columbia Healthcare Center.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday, July 26 at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Rouse was born July 24, 1913, in Unionville to George Robert and Jessie Idona Jewell McCollom. She was a rural schoolteacher before her marriage to Russell R. Rouse on Nov. 20, 1940, in Kirksville, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 2, 2004. She was a member of First Christian Church and active in Christian Women’s Fellowship.

Survivors include two children, Mac Rouse of Columbia and Bette J. Baldwin of Lebanon; two grandchildren, J.E. Baldwin Jr. of Springfield and Rebecca L. Engsberg of New Haven, Conn.; and two great-grandchildren, Caleb D. Engsberg and Elizabeth V. Engsberg.

She also was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and four brothers.

Memorial contributions are suggested to First Christian Church, 101 N. Tenth St., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Denver W. Bedsworth, 91, of Columbia passed away Saturday, July 24, 2004, at Lenoir Healthcare.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 27 at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Sarah C. Evans officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Bedsworth was born Dec. 31, 1912, in Fulton to William Lamar and Eva Viola Attebery Bedsworth.

On June 25, 1935, he married Helen M. Sims in Columbia, and she preceded him in death in 1990.

He was a member of the Over the Road Teamster Local Union in Kansas City, working for Wheellock Trucking Co. and Eastern Trucking Co. He served with the National Guard. He was a member of Midway Locust Grove United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Delores Melloway and husband, Danny, and Elaine Wehmeyer and husband, Rick, all of Columbia; two sisters, Zetta Burks and Edna Frances McMullen, both of Columbia; and three grandchildren, David Melloway, Angela Wehmeyer and Freddy Wehmeyer.

He also was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Clifford Bedsworth; and a sister, Mary Ethel Stewart.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 33 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Columbia, Mo., 65203, or the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 30638, Columbia, Mo., 65205.

Rose Ethel McClure, 86, of Columbia, formerly of Fulton, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2004, at Columbia Healthcare Center.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 27 at Memorial Funeral Home, with Dr. LeRoy Dickinson officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. McClure was born July 7, 1918, in Cantril, Iowa, to Clarence Clayton and Ora Ethel Barngrover Glass. O

n Oct. 26, 1938, she married W. Oscar McClure in Jefferson City, and he preceded her in death in 1977. Before retirement, she was employed with the University of Missouri Department of English for 20 years. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church, American Business Women’s Association and Older American Klub, or OAK.

Survivors include two children, James E. McClure and wife, Sharon, and Jane Jeffries and husband, David, all of Columbia; a brother, Charles W. Glass of Springfield; five grandchildren, Doug McClure, Chris Bell, Julie Coleman, Melinda Lopez and Lisa Pagett; and 10 great-grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and two sisters.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 30638, Columbia, Mo., 65205.

Charles Junior Wilson, 81, of Columbia died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004, at Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, at Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road, with the Rev. John Martin officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial with military honors follows services at Memorial Park Cemetery.

He was born Dec. 2, 1922, in Van Austin, Texas, to Charles Alexander Wilson and Lillian B. Jackson Wilson.

He married Phyllis Morris on July 1, 1966, in Columbia. He was a WWII Army veteran and a life member of the VFW.

Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Wilson of Columbia; four sons, Richard Wilson and Jeffrey Wilson, both of Hallsville, John Wilson of San Diego, Calif., and Randy Wilson of Columbia; a stepson, Ricky W. Hathman of Ashland; a stepdaughter, Jackie Campbell of Columbia; a brother, Carl Wilson of Sherman, Texas; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a good friend and coffee-drinking buddy of 30 years, Bob Lytle.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and a grandson, Gregory Wilson.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer Association or the charity of the donor’s choice.

Larry D. Litton, 56, of Columbia, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2004, in Columbia.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, August 8, at Christian Chapel with the Rev. Gary Denbow officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, August 7, at Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at Lock Springs Cemetery, Lock Springs, Mo.

Mr. Litton was born September 2, 1947, to Victor Jewell Litton and Jewell Nadine Walker Litton in Princeton. On October 28, 1966, he married Linda Lawrence in Warrensburg, and she survives.

He graduated in 1970 with honors from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s of science degree in animal science.

He was a very successful insurance agent with Allstate Insurance, where he received many awards. He attended Christian Chapel in Columbia. He was very intense with his hobbies of skeet shooting, hunting dogs, golf, pool and coaching of baseball and soccer for many years.

Survivors include his parents, Victor and Mildred Litton of Lock Springs and Gerald and Julie Morris of Brookfield; two children, Ladd Litton and wife, Kim, of Lee’s Summit and Lane Litton of Columbia; three sisters, Vicky Litton Myers of Raleigh, N. Car., Jan Cahill Laffoon of Overland Park, Kan., and Becky Morris of Garland, Texas; a brother, Jeff Pennick of Arizona; a step-sister, Ruth Bjorseth of Overland Park, Kan.; two step-brothers, Charles Morris of Gardner, Kan., and Steve Morris of Lee’s Summit; and two grandchildren, Ashley Litton and Elizabeth Litton.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Christian Chapel, 3300 S. Providence Road, Columbia, Mo., 65203, or Cancer Research Center, 3501 Berrywood Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Morris Moore, 94, of Columbia, passed away Friday, Aug. 6, 2004, at West Village Manor.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11 with the Rev. Sarah C. Evans officiating at Memorial Funeral Home Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Moore was born May 24, 1910, in Memphis, Mo., to Charles Frank and Mary Jeanette Miller Moore. On Nov. 23, 1939, he married Udema Jones in Ashland, and she preceded him in death.

He was a member of the Midway Locust Grove United Methodist Church and National League of Postmasters.

Survivors include five children, Robert Moore of Columbia, Marvin Moore of Cleburne, Texas, Judith Moore and Janice Bradley, both of Columbia, and Jane Elledge of Pikeville, Tenn.; a sister, Janet Roddy of Columbia; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Midway Locust Grove United Methodist Church, 2600 N. Locust Grove Church Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202 or the Senior Center, 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Services celebrating her life will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Woodcrest Chapel in Columbia with visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Megan was born Aug. 3, 1988, to John and Mary Ellen Ankeney. She attended Mill Creek Elementary School, Gentry Middle School and West Junior High School. She was to begin at Rock Bridge High School this fall and was very excited about attending.

Megan was involved in many activities and had numerous hobbies and pastimes. As an honor student, she received the President’s Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence at West Junior High. She also studied Spanish and received first place recognition for her poem "De La Noche a la Dia/Night and Day" in a bilingual poetry contest.

She was a volleyball manager at West Junior High and was an active member in Girl Scouts. Her favorite hobbies were arts and crafts, collecting and retail therapy.

Megan never missed a beat. She was vibrant, enthusiastic and an inspiration to all. She loved staying up late, listening to music, dancing, laughing, playing games and traveling and was an avid basketball fan, especially for her brother, Arthur, and the Tigers.

Not only was Megan involved in academic and social activities, she was also actively involved in the Arthritis Foundation. She was a team leader for the Jingle Bell Run and the Arthritis Walk and was an honoree of the Joints in Motion Marathon.

Above all else, Megan enjoyed spending time with her family and her dog, Dixie. Her family and friends were the most important things in her life.

Survivors include her parents; her brother, Arthur Ankeney; her grandparents, Ellen and Trevor Watson and Nancy and Harrold Ankeney; her great-grandmother, Peggy Bott; her aunt and uncles, Tim and Lisa Dunlap of Springfield, Tom and Linda Karl of Columbia, Douglas and Cyndi Ankeney of Columbia and Trevor and Stacy Watson of Chattanooga, Tenn.; her cousins, Hannah, Zachary and Libby Dunlap, Kelly and Katy Coleman, Cari and Amy Karl and Jennifer and Jessica McKinley; and many extended family members and friends who all loved her dearly.

She was preceded in death by her grandfather, V. Don Sawyer.

Memorial contributions to support Joint Adventures Camp for children with arthritis are suggested to the Megan Ankeney Memorial Fund in the care of First National Bank Customer Service, P.O. Box 1867, Columbia, Mo., 65205-1867.

Opal Nadine West, 87, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, at South Hampton Place.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, at Parker Funeral Service with the Rev. Robert Vegiard officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Nadine was born July 12, 1917, to William Ed and Nellie Pearl Johnson. On Sept. 2, 1939, she married Virgil West, and he preceded her in death. She lived in the Harg community during her youth and young-adult life. The last 62 years, she lived in the Hinton community.

Survivors include a daughter, Anita Wade of Columbia; a son, Sherman West of Columbia; five grandsons, David Stevens, Michael Stevens, Kevin West and Karl West, all of Columbia, and Andrew Stevens of Portland, Texas; four great-grandchildren, Kammeron and Bailey West of Columbia and Anthony and Elizabeth Stevens of Portland, Texas; a sister, Ida Forsee of Lewisville, Texas; a brother, Clayton Johnson of Columbia; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Zetta Baumgartner; and three brothers, Harold Johnson, Delbert Johnson and Raymond Johnson.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Dripping Spring Christian Church, 2701 W. Dripping Springs Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202. 

Harold W. Harmon, 88, of Columbia passed away Monday, Aug. 9, 2004, at Ashland Healthcare.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at Nashville Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Robinson Funeral Home in Ashland, with a Masonic service at 6 p.m. Burial will be at Nashville Cemetery.

Mr. Harmon was born May 4, 1916, in Hartsburg, the son of Hale Harmon and Lydia Girard. He married Ella Sapp on March 4, 1939, in Ashland, and she survives.

Harold worked as a carpenter. He was a member of Nashville Baptist Church. Harold was a 50-year member of Ashland Masonic Lodge No. 156 and of Order of the Eastern Star No. 309.

Survivors also include three sons, Eugene Harmon of Ashland and Ronald Dean Harmon and Randy Lee Harmon, both of Columbia; four brothers, Jake Harmon of Silver Springs, Md., Durwood Harmon of Ashland, Dwight Harmon of Tyler, Texas, and Hale Harmon Jr. of Chatam, Ill.; a sister, Ruby Wren of Columbia; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by five brothers.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Nashville Cemetery.

Eugene "Gene" Thrift, 82, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004, at Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, Mo.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. Edwin Cole officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Thrift was born Sept. 15, 1921, in Burlington, Kan., to Claude and Bessie Thrift. On Aug. 13, 1940, he married Nina Davis in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Thrift were two days away from celebrating their 64th wedding anniversary when the Lord called him home.

Mr. Thrift was a decorated veteran who proudly served his county during World War II in the U. S. Army’s elite Corps of Engineers. He served in Germany and the Philippines campaign and received the American Theater Ribbon, European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon and the Asiatic Theater Ribbon.

After returning from the war, he earned his engineering degree. He owned and operated Thrift Heating and Air Conditioning, located on Paris Road, for many years before working for Harold G. Butzer Contracting in Jefferson City. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He was also a member of the VFW and Sheet Metal Union Local No. 36.

One of his greatest accomplishments in life was his love for his wife and children. He spent his final years in the veterans home with his wife and children faithfully by his side as the progression of Alzheimer’s slowly stripped him of his memory and ability to walk. He never failed to greet you with a smile or to say "I love you." Mr. Thrift fought many battles in his life, but he never lost the battle when it came to serving his country, raising his children or showing undying love for his wife.

Survivors include his wife, Nina Thrift; eight children, Steven Thrift of Sedalia, Dorothy Romera of Tipton, Kathy Blackburn, Nancy Bingham and Mary Monnig of Columbia, Barbara Boos of Topeka, Kan., and Michael Thrift and Allen Thrift, both of Columbia; a brother, Sunley Thrift of Clover; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Richard Thrift; a granddaughter, Amber Thrift; and a brother, DeWayne Thrift.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Ronald McDonald House, 1001 Stadium Road, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Robert Abendshien, 60, of Henderson, passed away Aug. 12, 2004.

He was born Sept. 2, 1943 in Emporia, Kan. and resided in Henderson for six months.

He was a retired manufacturing engineer and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.

Robert is survived by his wife, Judith Ann Abendshien; sons, Jeffery Wayne Abendshien of Henderson and Robert Tracey Abendshien of Powell, Ohio; daughter, Melanie Ann Abendshien of Ashland, Ohio; grandsons, Trace William and Nathaniel Wayne Abendshien, both of Powell, Ohio and Travis Wayne Abendshien of Henderson; and granddaughter, Jennifer Lee Abendshien of Henderson.

Memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, at Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Ave.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the National Kidney Foundation.

Dr. Jon Meese, 66, former head of the University of Missouri-Columbia electrical and computer engineering department, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2004.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at Broadway Christian Church.

Jon was born on Aug. 5, 1938, in Indianapolis, the son of Jean and Wilbur Meese.

He grew up in Indianapolis and attended Broad Ripple High School.

Jon earned a bachelor’s degree in 1961 from the University of Cincinnati, a master’s degree in 1964 and a doctorate in 1970 from Purdue University, all in physics.

He was a member of the American Physical Society and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He also was a member and president of the Purdue Chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma and a member of Sigma Xi.

Before coming to the University of Missouri, Dr. Meese was on the staff of the University of Dayton, studying advanced semiconducting materials at the Air Force Aerospace Research Laboratories and later at the Air Force Avionics Laboratory, both located at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. It was during this period he began his University career as adjunct professor, from 1974 to 1976, at Wright State University.

Dr. Meese joined the staff of the University of Missouri Research Reactor in 1976 and began a program of research on reactor-produced radiation effects in semiconductors.

He was instrumental in the development of the method of neutron transmutation doping of silicon, contributing key insights into the nature of the atomic defects introduced during the process.

More than 100 tons of neutron transmutation doped silicon are now produced worldwide and used for key components in the electrical power transmission grid.

He was jointly appointed as a professor in physics and electrical engineering at MU from 1976 through 1984.

From 1984 to 1989, he worked at the AMOCO Research Center in Naperville, Ill. There, he investigated semiconductor laser materials.

He returned to Columbia in 1989 as professor and chairman of electrical and computer engineering.

Dr. Meese became professor emeritus in 2003 upon his retirement.

Jon Meese spent his professional life in research and teaching near the boundary between physics and electrical engineering.

His many publications document work on thin diamond films, semiconductor enhancement using nuclear reactor neutrons and the optical properties of thin-film solid-state materials and devices, among other subjects.

Dr. Meese supervised numerous doctoral and master’s degree students during his time at MU. He was particularly pleased to be able to serve as the faculty advisor to the National Association of Black Engineering Students.

The simple parameters of his professional life are insufficient to describe Jon Meese. He was a man of wide-ranging and occasionally eclectic interests.

He had many hobbies - sometimes being active in several at one time.

He was a wonderful photographer with a natural sense of composition and subject selection. His photographs won many prizes in competition and are valued by his friends when they could get him to part with a print.

For more than two decades he was active with local musical organizations: He was one of the founders of the Columbia Community Band and played first alto saxophone for many years.

He was one of the initial members of the Memories Dance Band, where he was the lead alto saxophone.

When he was unable to continue playing the saxophone because of problems with his hands, he began studying the trombone.

He was interested in model trains and planes, fly-fishing, stamp collecting, astronomy, music and antique pressed-glass, to name only a few of his varied interests.

His friends and colleagues valued Jon for his sincere interest in their work, his advice and encouragement and the example of scrupulous intellectual honesty and personal integrity he provided.

Dr. Meese is survived by his wife, Ann; his daughter, Rachel; his son, Tom; his daughter-in-law, Jennifer; his mother, Jean; and his sister, Mary Ann.

He will be deeply missed by many.

In lieu of flowers, please forward donations to: University of Missouri Office of Minority Affairs, Engineering Scholarship Fund, 211 Jesse Hall, Columbia, Mo., 65211.

Alfred "Al" Brown, 88, of Columbia passed away Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at University Hospital and Clinics.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Brown was born Sept. 15, 1915, near La Grange to James Alfred and Anna Richter Brown. On March 13, 1948, he married Olga Elizabeth Lavrich in Sheridan, Wyo., and she survives.

Mr. Brown attended schools in the La Grange vicinity and received his bachelor’s degree 1941 from Culver Stockton College in nearby Canton.

He then served in the military from 1942 to 1946, mostly in the Pacific.

He worked for the U.S. Weather Service for 28 years until retirement in 1975. In later years, Mr. Brown did considerable volunteer service with several different organizations. In more recent years, his volunteering was mostly at the Columbia Regional Hospital. He felt much enriched by this type of service and loved the principles of volunteering.

Survivors also include two sons, Larry Eugene Brown and Gary Lee Brown, both of Columbia; two sisters, Virginia Brown of Jacksonville, Fla., and Frances Patterson of Memphis, Tenn.; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, two brothers and sisters.

Memorial contributions in his name are suggested to promote volunteer service of choice.

Mary A. Glisson, 86, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at Robinson Funeral Home in Ashland with the Rev. Tracey D. Cook officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Harrisburg Cemetery.

Mary was born Sept. 28, 1917, in Little Lott, Tenn., the daughter of Thomas Booker and Alice Cook. She married John Glisson Oct. 12, 1959, and he preceded her in death.

Mary worked for University of Missouri Hospital. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Columbia.

Survivors include two sons, William Dowdy of Springfield and Thomas Glisson of Lee’s Summit; two daughters, Sylvia Skaggs of Columbia and Margaret Smothers of Clear Lake Oaks, Calif.; two brothers, Walter Booker of Belleville, Ill., and Lewis Booker of Nashville, Tenn.; one sister, Alma Lowe of Atoka, Tenn.; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Kenneth Ross and Lonnie Dowdy; one daughter, Ollie Sue Dowdy; two brothers, Henry Booker and Ellis Booker; one sister, Ima J. Lee.

Memorial contributions are suggested in the care of the Glisson Family. 

Carolyn Williams, 70, of Columbia passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 501 Park Ave., with the Rev. Ray Warren officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until services.

Mrs. Williams was born Dec. 20, 1933, in McBaine to Robroy and Lillie Wilhite Peach. She graduated from Douglass High School in 1953. She enjoyed sewing and worked at the Traveler Lodge for many years.

Survivors include a daughter, Olivia Grant of Dallas; two brothers, Robert Peach of Las Vegas and Thomas Peach of Wichita, Kan.; one sister, Betty Peach of Columbia; and two grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by both parents.

Flowers may be sent Sunday to Green Funeral Home, 516 E. Jackson in Marshall, and Monday morning to the church.

Sanda Sue Smith, 73, of Columbia passed away Friday, Aug. 20, 2004, in her home with her family by her side.

While there will be no visitation or funeral, there will be a celebration of her life at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at Harrisburg Christian Church.

Although she died of cancer, Sue was a strong supporter of research to find a cure for hypercholesterolemia. Sue chose the gift of body to University Hospital in support of this effort.

Sue was born Sept. 30, 1930, in Harrisburg to Romie Megraw Street and Martha Ellen Blakemore Street. She married William F. "Bill" Smith on Oct. 9, 1948, and he preceded her in death.

Sue was a graduate of Harrisburg High School and retired from Boone County Bank after more than 25 years of service.

Sue is survived by two daughters, Cynthia Childers and her husband, Barney, of Pittsburg, Mo., and Roma Smith and her husband, Dan, of Columbia; four grandchildren, Laurie Lee of Ashland and Nicki Ess and her husband, Tony, Dustin Smith and Jordan Smith, all of Columbia.

She also was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Street and Vaughn Street.

In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Cosmopolitan International Diabetes Center, 3501 Berrywood, Columbia, Mo. 65201, and the Central Missouri Humane Society, 616 Big Bear Blvd., Columbia, Mo., 65202. Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service and Crematory.

Roberta Spiva Wilhelm, 71, of Columbia died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road, with the Rev. David Stine officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services.

She was born Aug. 20, 1933, in Audrain County to Robert Spiva and Dolores Houts Spiva. She married Lloyd M. Wilhelm Jan. 3, 1954, in Columbia.

She was a volunteer at Boone Hospital Center for many years. She was a member of the Navy Wives Club.

Survivors include her husband, Lloyd M. Wilhelm of Columbia; three sons, Robert L. Wilhelm of Holts Summit and Jacob M. Wilhelm and Jesse A. Wilhelm, both of Columbia; a daughter, Catherine G. Wilhelm Ferguson of Columbia; two sisters, Dolores Spiva Encinas of West Covina, Calif., and Marjorie K. Spiva of Hallsville; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Juengerman.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Boone Hospital Center Palliative Care Program, 1600 E. Broadway, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Ruth "Petey" Waggoner, 83, of Columbia died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2004.

There will be no services.

She was born April 19, 1921. She moved to Columbia with her husband, the late Mack Waggoner, who practiced medicine locally for 40 years.

Survivors include a son, Rick Waggoner and wife, Debra; a daughter, Elizabeth Lite and husband, Frederick; three grandchildren, Mack, Sarah and Rachel; and two great-grandchildren, Sophia and Benjamin.

Memorials are suggested to a local hospice.

Ann L. Thornton, 60, of Columbia died Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004, in Columbia.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Fifth Street and Park Avenue in Columbia. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Warren Funeral Chapel, 12 E. Ash St. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

She was born June 7, 1944, in Columbia to Turner Smith and Otentha M. Thornton.

She formerly was employed by Columbia Public Schools and attended Stephens College in Columbia. She was a member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Amos Johnson Chapter No. 30 OES, Frederick Douglass Coalition, Missouri Tiger Travel Sports Club and Las Vegas Club.

She is survived by two sons, Tyran K. Thornton of Palmdale, Calif., and Sean A. Thornton of Columbia; extended children, Bennie S. Bluett, Jamaal Thornton and Roshawn A. Cason, all of Columbia; one daughter, Lisa D. Thornton of Columbia; two brothers, William "Sonny" Thornton of Kansas City and Sanford Thornton of Point Mugu, Calif.; three sisters, Shirley Henderson of Wichita, Kan., Nettie Wesley of Pensacola, Fla., and Ethel R. Jackson of Jefferson City; one aunt; several nieces and nephews; and six grandchildren.

Donald Dean Duff, 76, of Jefferson City died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004, at St. Mary’s Health Center.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home, 3210 N. Ten Mile Drive in Jefferson City. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Entombment will be in Riverview Cemetery Mausoleum.

He was born on Jan. 26, 1928, in Nebo, Ill., the son of Vincent H. and Verna Ethel Durall Duff. He was raised by J.W. and Ruth Vaughan. He was married on Sept. 3, 1950, in New Bloomfield to Betty L. Payne, who survives at the home.

A graduate of New Bloomfield High School, Mr. Duff was employed with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Kansas City from 1949 to 1954 and with MFA Insurance Co. from 1954 to 1964. He retired in 1994 as vice president of data processing with Silvey Insurance Co. in Columbia, where he and his wife lived for 46 years.

He was a Navy veteran and served two tours of duty. He was a member of Providence Baptist Church in New Bloomfield and Kiwanis International in Columbia.

Other survivors include twin sons and their wives, Patrick Duff and Jane Denney of Kansas City and Phillip Duff and Karen Farley of Seattle; two daughters and one son-in-law, Marise R. Stewart of Falls Church, Va., and Marsha and Steve Warnke of Springfield; three grandchildren, Bink Stewart, Ainsley Stewart and Julian Duff; one brother, Eugene “Cotton” Vaughan of Fulton; and two sisters, Mary Dornan of Kansas City and Carol Rodriquez of Naples, Fla.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Homer Duff, and three sisters, Pauline Heavner, Maxine Clark and Donna Kuhlman.

Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 1653, Topeka, Kan., 66601-1653, or the American Cancer Society, 2932 Mohawk, Jefferson City, Mo., 65101.

Those wishing to send condolences or tributes to the family may do so at www.dulletrimble.com.

James W. Crane Sr., 77, of Columbia died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004, at his home.

Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at Nilson Funeral Home, 5611 St. Charles Road, with the Rev. R.A. Dickson and the Rev. David Lundstrom officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Burial will be in Old Union Cemetery with a reception following at Southgate Baptist Church.

Mr. Crane was born Aug. 22, 1927, in McBaine to Garland Warren Crane and Lula Pearl Robinson Crane. He married Mary Odetta Papen in 1948. He later married Mildred Snipes in 1975 in Boone County. He retired from the University of Missouri after 38 years. He was a member of the Southgate Baptist Church and the Salvation Army.

Survivors include his wife, Mildred, of Columbia; four sons, James Walter Crane Jr. and Donnie Lawrence, both of Columbia, and Clifford Lawrence and James Papen, both of Centralia; two daughters, Jessee Lynn Crane of St. Louis and Bonnie J. Robinett of Centertown; two brothers, Richard Lee Smith and Ray Smith, both of Columbia; 14 grandchildren, Tonya Britton, Christina Crane, CeeAnn Crane, Aaron Crane, Chasity Vaughan, Donnetta Vaughan, Quinton Robinett, James Germain, Julia Germain, Josh Papen, Curtis Papen, Tanner Papen, Matthew Lawrence and Jason Lawrence; and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Mary Papen; two brothers, Garland "Essie" Crane and Solomon Crane; and three sons, Garland Crane, Jerry Dale Crane and Daniel Crane.

Violet Marie Morgan Ridge, 95, of Windsor, N.C., formerly of Columbia, died Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004.

No services are planned. Burial will be in Columbia.

She was a member of First Christian Church and was active in the Red Cross.

Survivors include four sons, John Ridge of Columbia, David Ridge of Sturgeon, Thomas Ridge of Easley and Arthur Ridge of Salisbury; a daughter; two sisters; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Robert P. Breitenbach, 80, of Columbia died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2004, at home.

Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia.

Dr. Breitenbach was born Oct. 10, 1923, in Madison, Wis., to Anton and Grace Engeldinger Breitenbach. He married Hazel Hughes on Sept. 1, 1948, and she survives.

He was professor emeritus of biological sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He served as chairman of the zoology department and associate director of biological sciences.

He also served on numerous committees at the university and earned several teaching awards.

Breitenbach held bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He belonged to numerous biological organizations and authored many biological research papers. He served in many capacities for Missouri University Retirees Association.

He was a B-17 pilot in 773rd Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group with the Fifteenth Air Force. He served in the Air Force Reserve and retired as major in 1983.

Survivors include a daughter, Jean Ann Mark of Beaumont, Texas; a son, Fritz Robert Breitenbach of Rochester, Minn.; a son, Karl Lee Breitenbach of Vernal, Utah; seven grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and three sisters, Jeanne Stringham of St. George, Utah, Barbara Atchison of Oshkosh, Wis., and Grace Raymond of Solana Beach, Calif.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Access Arts, School of Service, 1714 McAlester St., Columbia, Mo., 65201 and Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia, 2615 Shepard Blvd., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Services.

Maudie Naomi Exline, 68, of Columbia died Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004, at the home of her daughter, Fonda Smith of Centralia.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia, with John Fussner, chaplain at Missouri River Hospice, officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will be at Far West Cemetery in Centralia.

She was born March 26, 1936, in Harris, the daughter of Milden and Elva M. Hill Wells. She was married to Harold Eugene Exline on May 25, 1953, in Unionville and he preceded her in death on Aug. 28, 1989.

Mrs. Exline was a retired nurse.

The family formerly lived in Powersville. Mrs. Exline’s interest was genealogy research, especially family lineage.

Survivors include two sons, Terry Exline of Columbia and Gary Exline of Centralia; three daughters, Fonda Smith of Centralia, Sonda Bunton of Hallsville and Ronda Hall of Centralia; seven grandchildren, Paul Smith Jr., Dustin Smith, Misty Bunton, Michelle Tindle, Arlena Exline, Dana Hall and Susan Hall; and five great-grandchildren, Kaylea Smith, Brenden Smith, Stephen Smith, James Smith and Michael Tindle.

She was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Verdie Wells.

Pallbearers will be Bill Wickham, Jack Jennings, Bill McCool, Earl McGee, Boyd Burnett and Ken Cunningham.

The family suggests memorials to Missouri River Hospice.

Steven Clark Lamphear, 68, of Saint Augustine, Fla., died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004, at home. He was surrounded by his family.

A memorial service is planned for Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Hayo-Went-Ha Camp chapel and the Point on Torch Lake in Michigan.
Lamphear was born Nov. 1, 1935, in Detroit, Mich., to Helen Elizabeth Thompson and Ray Donald Lamphear, formerly of East Lansing and Leland, Mich.

He married Judith Ann McKinnon on Sept. 5, 1970, in Adel, Ga., and she remains in Saint Augustine.

He was graduated from East Lansing High School, Columbia Preparatory School, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

He served in the Navy as both an active-duty and reserve officer, retiring at the rank of captain.

In 1969, he was awarded a doctorate of philosophy in natural resource management by the University of Georgia’s school of forestry. He retired as tenured faculty and department chair in the school of natural resources, department of parks, recreation and tourism at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He was awarded associate professor emeritus status.

Lamphear was an elder and deacon of the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia.

He volunteered in numerous community organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Show-Me State Games and Katy Trail Park Patrol. For his service, he was honored with the J.C. Penney Columbia City Volunteer Award.

His family, who remember and honor him today, also includes two daughters, Lesliedee Lamphear of Jacksonville, Fla., and Stevany GeorgiaAnn Lamphear of Denver; sons-in-law, David Gubbini and Tim Peters; and sister, Sandra Welch, of Chicago.

The family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to "YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Camps" for the Steve Lamphear Campership Fund. Camp Hayo-Went-Ha is a place that Steve held dear to his heart. Donations may be sent directly to Camp HWH at 919 N. East Torch Lake Dr., Central Lake, Mich., 49622. Questions regarding the fund can be directed to the camp toll free at (877) 547-5915.

Robert L. "Buck" Begemann, 81, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico, Mo.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, at Peace United Church of Christ in Hartsburg, with the Rev. Kenneth Leischner officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Robinson Funeral Home in Ashland. Burial will be at Freiden’s Cemetery in Hartsburg.

Robert was born Sept. 28, 1922, in Blackwater, the son of August Begemann and Pauline Lieneke Begemann. He married Betty Osborn on Oct. 23, 1948, in Hartsburg, and she preceded him in death in 1967. He later married Phoebe Ellis Black on July, 22, 1978, in Columbia, and she survives.

Robert served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945. He was a member of the Peace United Church of Christ in Hartsburg. He was also a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 2693 in Jefferson City; American Legion Post 424 in Hartsburg for 57 years; and Teamsters Local 833. He worked for Central Dairy as a driver.

Survivors include his wife, Phoebe Begemann of Columbia; four sons, Richard Begemann of Columbia, Paul L. Begemann of New Franklin, Bruce Begemann of San Jose, Calif., and Gregg Begemann of Hartsburg; two stepsons, Stephen Black of Columbia and Scotty Black of Hallsville; one brother, August Begemann Jr. of Henley; one sister, Delores Vahrenberg of Wilton; 16 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and two sisters.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Veterans Home of Mexico, 1 Veterans Drive, Mexico, Mo., 65265.

Lois Virginia McMahon, 85, of St. Louis, formerly of Columbia, passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, in St. Louis.

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services at Memorial Funeral Home.

Ms. McMahon was born Sept. 12, 1919, in Americus, Kan., to William Austin and Iva May White Shown.

Survivors include a son, William Loran McMahon of Columbia; a daughter, Carol Sue Hill of St. Louis; four grandchildren, Christy McMahon of Ashland, Shawn Bell of St. Louis, Jennifer Mudd of Springfield and William Travis McMahon of Galveston, Texas; and four great-grandchildren, Austin Mudd, Amanda Mudd, Aliyah McMahon and Aliyana McMahon.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Cindy McMahon.

Mary Esta Chapman, 51, of Columbia passed away Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 27, at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia, with the Rev. Robert Horton officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Columbia.
Ms. Chapman was born April 6, 1953, in Jefferson City to Bob L. and Norma J. Evers Duncan. She was a 1971 graduate of Jefferson City High School.

She was a lifelong health-care professional and was employed at Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital for 14 years, Columbia Regional Hospital for five years and other area facilities. She was involved with and supported her grandchildren in everything they did.

Survivors include her mother, Norma Duncan of Jefferson City; two daughters, Becky Chapman and Krissy Chapman, both of Columbia; a sister, Catherine L. Coil of Jefferson City; two brothers, Michael D. Duncan and his wife, Debbie Hoffman Duncan, and Patrick L. Duncan and his wife, Jennifer Woyak Duncan, all of Jefferson City; and four grandchildren, Augustus Hern III, Deric Hern, India Chapman and Marissa Chapman, all of Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her father and a sister, Bobbie J. Duncan Howard.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the grandchildren’s education fund, in the care of Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Clarence Verl "C.V." Ross, 90, of Columbia, professor emeritus at the University of Missouri-Columbia, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004, after a long illness.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4, in the chapel at Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be at noon Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Dr. Ross was born April 25, 1914, near Perry, in northeast Missouri. He graduated from Perry High School in 1933. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the University of Missouri-Columbia, Dr. Ross taught high school vocational agriculture in Montgomery City for three years.

In 1941, with the approach of World War II, he volunteered for service in the Navy and received officers’ training. Dr. Ross participated in the Normandy invasion and was wounded when his ship was sunk two days after D-Day. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. He served for five years and achieved the rank of lieutenant commander.

After the war, Dr. Ross married Helen Horgan in 1946 in New York City. The couple moved to Columbia, where he obtained his master’s degree at MU. Dr. Ross received his doctorate in animal husbandry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After working at Swift & Co. for five years, he returned to MU as a professor in 1957.

Dr. Ross had a distinguished 27-year teaching career at MU, receiving the Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award, the Faculty Alumni Award and the honor of professor emeritus when he retired in 1984. He served as chairman of MU’s Faculty Council and was one of the founders of the MU Retirees Association.

Dr. Ross is survived by his wife of 57 years, Helen; daughter and son-in-law Laure and David Guyot of Overland Park, Kan.; daughter Elizabeth Ross of New York City; son and daughter-in-law Robert and Chris Ross of San Diego; his two granddaughters and their spouses, Kelly and Will Henderson of Prairie Village, Kan., and Erin and Michael Calloway of Houston; his sister, Zelma Menefee of Paris, Mo.; and his two brothers and their spouses, James and Tommie Ross of Columbia and Sam and Helen Ross of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

Dr. Ross touched many lives - family, friends and his many students. He will be greatly missed.

Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1013, Columbia, Mo., 65205.

Rosa Mae Jolley, 90, of Columbia passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, at Columbia Regional Hospital.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Memorial Funeral Home, with visitation from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Jolley was born Dec. 18, 1913, in Boone County to Lester and Allie Mae Hunt Gates. On Sept. 24, 1946, she married George Jolley in Columbia, and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include six children, Harold Stone and Jerry Stone, both of Columbia, Carylon Reuthlinger of Saint Ignatius, Mont., Riley Jolley of Bloomfield, Iowa, Gary Jolley of Columbia and Carla Thomas of Chesterfield; a sister, Mary Olsen of Columbia; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren

She also was preceded in death by her parents; two children, Dorothy Wilson and George Lesker Stone; and two sisters, Millie Hoffman and Dorothy Jacobs.

Ellen L. Tinsley, 84, of Columbia passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004, in Liberty.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, at Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia.

Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ellen attended the Hillsdale School of Cincinnati. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1941. Her father was Charles F. Luberger, professor of law at the University of Cincinnati. Her mother was Ruth Fletcher Pinney of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

While working as director of the Cincinnati General Hospital Blood Bank, Ellen met and married John C. Tinsley Jr., with whom she spent 59 happy years.

In 1950, John and Ellen moved to Columbia, where she took charge of the family household, first on Fredora Avenue and then on Glenwood Avenue, while John devoted countless hours to his medical practice. Barely 5 feet tall, Ellen raised four sons with ample amounts of love and discipline.

Domestic hospitality was legendary. Houseguests were frequent and included future daughters-in-law, nieces and nephews, siblings, foreign students, and assorted medical and church dignitaries. Adept at tent camping before pop-ups and motor homes, Ellen would whip up sumptuous meals while standing under a tarp in the middle of the Colorado wilderness, using her trusty three-burner Coleman stove and a Dutch oven.

Ellen Tinsley’s influence extended far beyond the home. In 2000, after years of outstanding volunteer service to Grant Elementary School, Ellen was inducted into the Columbia Public Schools Foundation Hall of Leaders.

Committed to racial equality and justice, Ellen reached out to our African-American community during Columbia’s years of racial strife. Named to the Columbia Parks and Recreation Commission in 1967, Ellen fought for the expansion of parks and recreation facilities at a time when some doubted that Columbia’s population would ever exceed 35,000.

As a member of the Columbia League of Women Voters, Ellen worked tirelessly to educate the public about local and national issues.

At age 70, along with Gertrude Marshall of Columbia, Ellen pioneered the Alternatives to Violence program in Missouri penitentiaries, working together without guard supervision to teach convicts anger management. She used her creativity in many ways, most recently as one of the dedicated volunteers who design and manufacture collectible church mice in support of Columbia’s Calvary Episcopal Church.

Survivors include four sons, John C. Tinsley III of Menlo Park, Calif., Frederick C. Tinsley of Woodland Park, Colo., David F. Tinsley of Tacoma, Wash., and William S. Tinsley of Liberty; a sister, Jean L. Whitnack of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Charles F. Luberger of Santa Fe, N.M.; and seven grandchildren, Will, Carolyn, Sarah, Steve, Andrea, Megan and John.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association of Columbia, 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Columbia, Mo., 65201, or the Hospice Association of America, 1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625, Alexandria, Va., 22314.

Arrangements are under the direction of Church Archer Pasley in Liberty.

Sandra Sue Massey-Holden, 66, of Columbia died Monday, Oct. 4, 2004, because of complications from lymphoma.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home, 415 N. Shelby St., in Clarence.

Sue was born March 22, 1938, in Paris, Mo., and graduated from Clarence High School. She received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Arizona State University and a bachelor’s degree and education certificate from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

After teaching many years, Sue worked as an officer at a local title company. In 1988, she founded Guaranty Land Title Insurance in Columbia, which is the largest independent title agency in Missouri.

She was married to Sidney K. Holden until 1999, and he survives.

She served on Missouri Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Missouri steering committee and encouraged others to be active. She was also a member of the National Genealogy Society.

Other survivors include a son, Michael A. Holden of Columbia; a sister, Barbara Massey Flynn and husband, Robert F. Flynn Sr., of Kirkwood; a nephew, Robert F. Flynn Jr. of Kirkwood; two nieces, Julie Weinstein of Boston and Kim Leonadikus of San Francisco.

Sue was preceded in death by her parents, John and Louise Massey; an infant brother; and an infant son.

Memorials are suggested to Sandra Massey-Holden Scholarship Fund in the care of Casey & Company CPAs, 1 E. Broadway, Columbia, Mo., 65203.

Cleo Yowell Herrin, 86, of Columbia passed away Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Memorial Funeral Home, with John Yonker officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. at Slater Cemetery.

Mrs. Herrin was born Feb. 13, 1918, in Slater to Cleo B. and Gertrude M. Gibbons Groce. She married Sherman T. Yowell Jr. on Dec. 25, 1935, and he preceded her in death. In 1979, she married John Smith in St. Louis, and he also preceded her in death. On Jan. 3, 1989, she married Smiley Herrin in Columbia, and he survives.

She was a member of First Christian Church, Order of Eastern Star, Kings Daughters and Altrusa Club. She enjoyed music and playing the piano.

Mrs. Herrin also enjoyed going to Eagles Bluff with Smiley.

Survivors include a son, Sherman T. Yowell and wife, Joyce, of Columbia; three stepchildren, Ann Hartley and husband, Daryll, of Union, Jane Lundman and husband, Hugh, of Springfield, and Lea Marienfeld and husband, Dennis, of Columbia; two brothers, James Leroy Wood and wife, Joan, of Overland Park, Kan., and Bennie Wood of Kansas City; a sister, Mary Helen Hill and husband, Marvin, of Springdale, Ark.; two grandchildren, Meagan Yowell of Denver and Elisabeth Yowell of Minneapolis; and six step-grandchildren, Beth Hartley, Paige Hereford, Hilary Mertens, John Lundman, Katie Marienfeld and Brian Marienfeld.

She was also preceded in death by her parents and a stepfather, Ben Wood.

Memorial contributions are suggested to First Christian Church Youth Ministries, 101 N. Tenth St., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Jo Ellen "Jody" Mathis Hamilton, 62, of Columbia passed away Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at Woodcrest Chapel, 2201 W. Nifong Blvd. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Jody was born Sept. 27, 1942, in Neosho to Harry and Mary Gardner Mathis. She graduated in 1960 as valedictorian from Mexico High School, where she was also homecoming queen. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority and a 1964 graduate of the University of Missouri with an bachelor’s degree in special education.

On Aug. 15, 1964, she married Lanny Hamilton in Mexico, and he survives.

Jody taught at Shriner’s Hospital and Litzinger School in St. Louis. In 1970, she and Lanny moved to Columbia, and she was the practice administrator for the Hamilton Mathis Hamilton dental practice for 35 years. Jody attended Woodcrest Chapel. She was the coordinator of the Friday Night Dinner Club. She was a member of the AZ Chapter of PEO and King’s Daughters Constance Circle in Columbia. She also was the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority area recruitment representative and an avid Mizzou sports fan.

Survivors include two children, Sarah Siemens and husband, Ken, of St. Joseph, and Andrew "Drew" Hamilton and wife, Shari, of Columbia; two brothers, Jim Mathis of Kansas City and John Mathis and wife, Kelley, of Columbia; two sisters, Rebecca Mathis of Columbia and Tracy Mathis of St. Louis; grandchildren Mollie and Eric Siemens and niece Alex Mathis.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Ronald McDonald House, 1001 Stadium Road, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Jody will be remembered by all who knew her for her sense of humor, her contagious enthusiasm for her favorite projects, her boundless support for her family and friends and, most of all, for her kindness to all she encountered. Her children and grandchildren reflect her fabulous spirit.

Schell Hilton Bodenhamer, Ph.D., 82, of Columbia passed away Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, at Lenoir Health Care Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Missouri United Methodist Church, with Rev. Jim Bryan officiating.

Dr. Bodenhamer was born August 19, 1922, on a farm near Smithton to Flavius Lutz and Onie Green Bodenhamer.

He attended Arator Rural School in Pettis County for eight years and graduated in 1940 from Smithton High School.

After graduation, he was employed at the Smithton Creamery for one and a half years.

He attended Central Missouri State College at Warrensburg, then served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946 during World War II, where he was assigned to the European Theater. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded the Bronze Star for Bravery and Meritorious Action. After World War II, he enrolled at the University of Missouri and received his bachelor’s degree in 1947. He later received his master’s degree at the University of Missouri and, in 1965, received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He also attended the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin. After graduation from the University of Missouri in 1947, he was employed by the University of Missouri Cooperative Extension Service and assigned to Cass County. He later served as farm management agent in Bates County and county extension agent in Cedar County.

On July 25, 1950, he married Bettie Jane Sunderland of Howard County, and she survives. Dr. Bodenhamer became University of Missouri Extension poultry specialist in 1951, and in 1956, he became administrative assistant to the Missouri Cooperative Extension Service director. From 1960 to 1965, he was district extension director in northwest and northeast Missouri.

In 1965, Dr. Bodenhamer was appointed associate dean of the College of Agriculture and director of Missouri Agricultural Extension programs. He served in this position until 1979, when he retired. After retirement, he was awarded the title of associate dean and professor emeritus.

During his career, Dr. Bodenhamer received the National Honorary Extension Epsilon Sigma award in 1974; the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Award for providing recognition for Missouri farm families; the Water Quality Award from the Environmental Protection Agency and Missouri Department of Natural Resources; and the University of Missouri Faculty-Alumni Award for having earned distinction for himself and the university. He also helped originate the Missouri State Fair Farm Family Day.

After retirement from the University of Missouri in 1979, he became self-employed as a communication consultant, and from 1979 to 1994, he presented many training sessions on supervision and interpersonal communications for industry, state and federal agencies and organizations.

Dr. Bodenhamer was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church and a member of the Missouri United Methodist Church since 1951.

Survivors also include two children, Dr. Robert Bodenhamer of Rowlett, Texas, and Dr. Linda Hardy of Augusta, Ga.; and two grandchildren, Lisa and Sara Bodenhamer.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Herbert Bodenhamer.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the University of Missouri Agriculture Extension Service, in care of Memorial Funeral Home or Missouri United Methodist Church, 204 S. Ninth St., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Sherman Tennyson Jr., 89, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Memorial Park Cemetery, with Jim Cunningham officiating.

Mr. Tennyson was born Oct. 9, 1915, to Sherman and Lizzie O’Brien Tennyson in Boone County. He married Merline Murray on Sept. 30, 1950, and she survives.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Pacific Theater. He was a proud member of 947 Field Artillery, Carpenters Union No. 1925 since 1946, American Legion since 1946, VFW and a lifetime charter member of National World War II Memorial.

Mr. Tennyson is survived by his wife; a sister, Marybelle Korhonen of Swan River, Minn.; a brother, Charles Tennyson of Fayette; a sister-in-law, Martan Heary of Mission, Kan.; and a brother-in-law, Lawrence Murray of Columbia.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; and one sister.

Memorials may be given to the Missouri Heart Institute, 1701 E. Broadway, Columbia, Mo., 65201, or Cancer Research Center, 3501 Berrywood Drive, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Services.

Fritz Klemme, 89, of Columbia died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at Robinson Funeral Home in Ashland, with visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at Freiden Cemetery in Hartsburg.

Mr. Klemme was born Jan. 2, 1915, in Hartsburg to August H. and Freida Hesse Klemme.

He married Jeanette Nieman on Nov. 4, 1951, in Hartsburg, and she survives. He was a member of Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church and of American Legion Post 424 in Hartsburg. He served in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific during World War II.

Surviving, along with his wife, are his son, Bruce Klemme of Kansas; three daughters, Lynn Baney of Harrisburg, Diana Hood of Rocheport and Cheri Lau of Ashland; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and four sisters.

Memorial contributions can be made to Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church or Boone Hospital Palliative Care Services.

Charles David Reyner, 83, of Harlingen, Texas, died Friday, Oct. 22, 2004.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Memorial Gardens in Poplar Bluff.

Mr. Reyner was born Sept. 26, 1921, in Kansas City.

He was a member of the Country Club of Missouri.

He is survived by his wife, Ann Reyner; two sons, Mark and Douglas Reyner; a daughter, Robin Whelan; and five grandchildren.

Florence Amanda Wiss, 89, of Albuquerque, N.M., died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, after a long illness.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2201 W. Rollins Road. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W.

Mrs. Wiss was born Oct. 27, 1915, in Farlington, Kan. She worked as a secretary and governess prior to marriage.

Mrs. Wiss lived most of her life in Columbia. She was employed many years as executive secretary for Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center before retiring. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Survivors include daughters Cheryl Gassaway of Albuquerque and Janet Hamilton of St. Charles; sisters Charlotte Stahl and Lorna May "Bonnie" Carter, both of Texas; and five grandchildren, Meredith Ann, Robert and William Gassaway and Alison and Casey Harman.

She was the dear wife of Harold A. Wiss, daughter of Lydia and William Meyer and sister of Elmer Meyer, all now deceased.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association or to Trinity Lutheran Church.

Mary Helen Fullmer Gould, 67, of Columbia passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2004.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Old Highway 63, with viewing one hour before services. Burial will be in Salt Lake City.

Mrs. Gould was born April 8, 1937, in Salt Lake City. She married Edward Lee Gould, who survives. She was the mother of two sons, Marc and Todd, and two daughters, Nancy and Mindy. She delighted in being the grandmother of four grandchildren.

Mary Helen was a gifted designer and artist. She traveled extensively, teaching her craft worldwide. Her work was produced in many venues.

Survivors also include two brothers, George and Alma Fullmer, and one sister, Edith Keller.

She was a blessing to all her family. She will be lovingly remembered.

Zelma Fern Neiderheiser, 98, of Paton, Iowa, formerly of Columbia, passed away Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, in Iowa.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, at Memorial Funeral Home with pastors R.L. Gilstrap and Kenneth Perry officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Neiderheiser was born Dec. 17, 1905, in Adair County to Edwin and Laura Evelyn Friend Rummerfield. On Dec. 22, 1926, she married John L. Neiderheiser in Lancaster, and he preceded her in death. She was employed with Stephens College for 25 years. After her retirement, she volunteered at Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital for 25 years. She was a member of United Pentecostal Church. She had resided in Iowa since 1997 with her daughter.

Survivors include four children, Donna Dumdei and husband, Leo, of Paton, Glen Neiderheiser and wife, Leora, of Mesquite, Texas, the Rev. Fred Neiderheiser of Fruita, Colo., and Joe Neiderheiser and wife, Leta, of Grants Pass, Ore.; 16 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Arthur Rummerfield; and two sisters, Iona Bragg and Gladys Miller.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the family of Zelma Neiderheiser in the care of Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 W., Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Albert Joseph Onofrio, 83, of Tempe, Ariz., died Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, at Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Ariz.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Church of the Resurrection, 3201 S. Evergreen Road, Tempe, Ariz., 85282. A reception will follow services.

Mr. Onofrio was born March 15, 1921, in Culver City, Calif., to Liberato and Marie Onofrio. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Arizona State University, where he was student body president and an All-Conference halfback. Onofrio served in the Navy during World War II from 1943 to 1946. He was a gunnery and an executive officer on an LCTR-464 during the bombardment and invasion of Omaha Beach.

He married Joan Marie Noble on Jan. 30, 1947, and began his coaching career at Arizona State University.

In 1958, he moved to Columbia to coach at the University of Missouri. From 1971 to 1977, he was the head football coach at MU. He subsequently spent five years scouting for the Seattle Seahawks professional football organization and then retired to Tempe, Ariz.

Survivors include his wife, Joan Marie; five sons, John and Mike Onofrio of Columbia, Ed Onofrio of Tucson, Ariz., Lou Onofrio of Paola, Kan., and Tom Onofrio of Chandler, Ariz.; one daughter, Maryanne H’Doubler of Springfield; their spouses; and 10 grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Al Onofrio Memorial/Sun Angel Student Athlete Scholarship Fund, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872205, Tempe, Ariz., 85287, or organization of your choice.

Dr. Keener A. Tippin Sr., 71, of Columbia died Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia after an extended illness.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Calvary Baptist Church, 606 Ridgeway Ave., in Columbia. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Warren Funeral Chapel, 12 E. Ash St., in Columbia.

Dr. Tippin was born Oct. 19, 1933, to Eugene and Hester Keener Tippin in San Antonio.

On Aug. 13, 1960, he married Rosie Adell Brown in St. Louis. She survives of the home.

A graduate of Phyllis Wheatley High School in San Antonio, he attended and graduated from Lincoln University in Jefferson City. He was a member of the Blue Tiger football team and received his bachelor’s degree in biology in 1957 and his master’s degree in 1960. He also received his doctorate in education in 1973 from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

A life-long educator, he served as director of housing and assistant dean of students at Lincoln until becoming the assistant director of admissions at the University of Missouri.

During his 25-year tenure at MU, he also served as assistant vice provost at the university. After his retirement from MU, Dr. Tippin briefly returned to Lincoln as the interim vice provost for student affairs.

Dr. Tippin designed, developed and directed numerous educational programs, including New Student Orientation at Lincoln University, Mizzou INROADS, Mizzou Alpha Academic Academy, Minority Visitation Program, Higher Education Motivation Program, the Eighth Grade Career Program, Summer Welcome, Four Campus Minority Recruitment Program, Success Through Advanced Residence Training "START" Program and Mizzou Summer Enrichment Academy, all at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Dr. Tippin was a 50-year member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., where he served in numerous capacities. He served as sergeant of arms, secretary, vice president and president of the fraternity’s Beta Zeta Lambda chapter and was a founding member and historian of Xi Epsilon Lambda chapter. He served as Alpha Phi Alpha area director for the state of Missouri for 10 years; on the Alpha Phi Alpha National Education Foundation; and as vice pharaoh for Midwestern region, Alpha Phi Alpha. He also developed the Alpha Achievers Program.

Survivors include two children, Keener A. Tippin II and wife, Sheila, of Manhattan, Kan., and Karen Tippin of the home; a brother, James W. Tippin and his wife, Billie, of Leawood, Kan.; five grandsons, Keener A. Tippin III, "Stefon" Brandon and Le Raun Collins and Khalil and Kareem Tippin, all of Manhattan; three sisters-in-law, Ruby Jackson of Antioch, Calif., Ruby Poindexter of St. Louis and Geri Tippin of Philadelphia; and one brother-in-law, H. Jasper Brown and his wife, Mary, of St. Louis.

Dr. Tippin was blessed with several nieces and nephews. In addition to his biological children, surviving Dr. Tippin are also the adult children of his heart, his nephews, Henry W. Mc Millan of Antioch, Calif., Rollin F. Jackson Sr. and his wife, Akesha, of St. Louis; Phillip Rodgers of Baton Rouge, La., Jimauria Evans of St. Louis and Stefan Bradley of Edwardsville, Ill.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Eugene Tippin; and a sister, Hester Scott.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to an educational scholarship the family has established in his name in the care of First National Bank in Columbia.

Mildred Elizabeth Crouch Nunley, 86, of Columbia passed away Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

She was born May 10, 1918, in Boone County to E.N. and Elizabeth Sublett Crouch Sr. She married F. Eugene Nunley on Sept. 29, 1938, and he preceded her in death on July 29, 1943.

Mrs. Nunley worked 28 years at Stephens College and 10 years as the personnel manager of Montgomery Ward’s.

She was a member of Missouri United Methodist Church since 1927, Bratton-Cunningham Circle, Boone County Hospital Auxiliary and Personnel Managers Association and a 50-year member of Thilo Chapter of Eastern Star.

She is survived by a son, Terry J. Nunley of Wilmington, N.C.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; five sisters; and two brothers.

Mrs. Nunley has requested no flowers and suggests that memorials may be sent to Missouri United Methodist Church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service.

Arley "Toot" Perkins, 79, of Columbia passed away Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at Ashland Healthcare Center.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Don Snyder officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Perkins was born May 7, 1925, in Boone County to Luther E. and Grace Crane Perkins.

On Nov. 2, 1946, he married Betty Salmon in Boone County, and she survives.

He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific. He was employed as a backhoe operator with the Columbia Water and Light Department before his retirement. Mr. Perkins was a member of VFW Post No. 280.

Survivors also include four children, Claudia Lynch and her husband, Rick, of Centralia, Luther Perkins and his wife, Brenda, of Columbia, Raymond Perkins and his wife, Kathy, of Ashland, and Carla Jensen and her husband, Randy, of Ellington; a brother, Forrest Perkins of Ashland; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Arthur Lee Perkins.

Kenneth Allen Terrill, 65, of Columbia passed away Monday, Nov. 8, 2004, at the Candlelight Lodge.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, at Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1100 College Park Drive in Columbia. Burial will be at Manion Family Cemetery in Howard County, east of Fayette.
Kenneth was born Sept. 8, 1939, in Columbia to Harold Vernon Terrill and Doris Manion Schuermann. He retired after 36 years from the Daniel Boone Regional Library.

He was a member of Seventh-day Adventist Church and spent much of his free time doing missionary work for the church. Kenneth enjoyed traveling, cats, corny jokes, the Tigers and poetry.

Survivors include his mother, Doris Schuermann of Columbia; a brother, Bruce Terrill and his wife, Christine Robinson, of Bellevue, Wash.; two stepbrothers, Robert Schuermann of St. Louis and Lawrence Schuermann of Monroe City; two uncles, Vincent Manion and his wife, Donna, of Eugene, Ore., and Emmitt Manion and his wife, Ginette, of Hermosa Beach, Calif.

Kenneth was preceded in death by his father, Harold Terrill, and a brother, Kirk Terrill.

Kenneth was a very charitable person, and he would appreciate contributions to Seventh-day Adventist School in Columbia or the charity of your choice.

James L. "J.L." DeVore, 81, of Sturgeon passed away Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dave Schawo officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Oakland Christian Cemetery in Columbia.

Mr. DeVore was born Dec. 7, 1922, in Boone County to Everett and Cynthia Daugherty DeVore. On May 10, 1943, he married Emma Murray in Columbia, and she preceded him in death. He later married Marjorie Hartman on July 27, 1963 in Columbia, and she preceded him in death. Mr. DeVore enjoyed the outdoors and working with his hands. His family was very important, especially spending time with his grandkids.

Survivors include four children, Charles DeVore and wife, Anne, of Columbia, Wilma Baker and husband, Larry, of Columbia, Cindy Aholt and husband, Greg, of Boonville and Paula Evans and husband, Darren, of Sturgeon; one sister, Joanie Gish of Minnesota; 10 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nephews and nieces.

He was also preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Allen, Carl and Perry DeVore; and two sisters, Lucille Wade and Joyce Snipes.

Stanley H. Klemme, 72, of Columbia passed away at his home Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004. He could be best described as a man who was strong in his silence, courageous in his battle against cancer, free in his humor and a hero to his granddaughters Kristin and Julie.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Community United Methodist Church, 3301 W. Broadway, with Pastor Gary DeWitt officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home. Entombment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Stan was born on Aug. 17, 1932, in Hartsburg to Henry and Viola Meyer Klemme. He married Martha Lauer on May 18, 1956, in Hermann, and she survives. He graduated from Ashland High School in 1950 and served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955. He played two years of professional baseball with the New York Giants Minor League from 1951 to 1952, playing with the KOM League in 1951 and Georgia Florida League in 1952. He was a member of Community United Methodist Church. He worked for Silvey Companies for 30 years, retiring in 1995 as vice president of marketing and underwriting. He was a volunteer at Columbia Regional Hospital for the past five years and a member of The American Legion, Post 202.

Survivors include son Michael of Maui, Hawaii; daughter Lesa Greenwood; two granddaughters, Kristin and Julie Greenwood; sister Bernadine Ackmann; and sister-in-law Allene Klemme, all of Columbia.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Glen Klemme.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to either Community United Methodist Church, 3301 W. Broadway, Columbia, Mo., 65203 or Optioncare/Missouri River Hospice, 101 Hereford Road, Columbia, Mo., 65202.

Eddie Ray Bennett, 61, of Columbia passed away Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at University Hospital.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, at New Liberty Cemetery in Ashland with military honors. Arrangements are under the direction of Nilson Funeral Home.

Mr. Bennett was born Nov. 15, 1943, in Boone County to Edward A. Bennett and Rella Davis Bennett. He married Linda Levy on Sept. 6, 1975, in Columbia.

He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War.

Survivors include his wife, Linda, of Columbia; a stepson, James Robnett III of Columbia; a daughter, Hillary L. Townsend of Columbia; two stepdaughters, Melissa B. Bass and Carol R. Gilpin, both of Columbia; two brothers, Kenneth G. Bennett and Donnie J. Bennett, both of Columbia; three sisters, Frances L. Nichols, Edith E. Evans and Helen R. Crabtree, all of Columbia; three grandsons, Zachariah J. Robnett, Mikal B. Bass and Mason C. Townsend, all of Columbia; three granddaughters, April D. Gilpin, Kaitlynn E. Townsend and Carey B. Bass, all of Columbia; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, two sisters and a grandson, Raymond L. Gilpin Jr.

Memorials contributions are suggested to VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 280 National Children’s Home, 1509 Ashley, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Kenneth P. Backues, 85, of Columbia passed away Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at The Bluffs.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, at First Christian Church, 101 N. Tenth St. in Columbia, with Dr. John Yonker officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Kenneth was born Sept. 5, 1919, in Paydown to Maurice and Ida Griffith Backues, who preceded him in death. Kenneth married Bonnie Jean Hensley of Cedar Vale, Kan., on July 28, 1945, in St. Louis.

Kenneth was in ROTC at the University of Missouri-Columbia and was called into active duty in 1942. He served in the European Theater during World War II and returned from duty April 19, 1946. Upon his return from service, he went on to graduate with a degree in horticulture at MU.

Kenneth taught veterans farm training after graduation, going on to develop the farm liability policy with MFA Insurance. He retired early from Shelter Insurance for health reasons. He enjoyed music very much, and upon his retirement, Kenneth joined the harmonica group at The Senior Center.

He was a member of First Christian Church of Columbia. Kenneth was a devoted husband and father to his family.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Jean; two daughters, Vivian O’Donnell of Chapin, S.C., and Rebecca Love of Lancaster, S.C.; two sons, Daniel Backues and Roger Backues, both of Columbia; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to Eldercare Center, 137 Clark Hall, Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Mary K. Thrower, 73, of Columbia died Friday, Nov. 19, 2004, at University Hospital.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 25, at Warren Funeral Chapel, 12 E. Ash St. in Columbia. Burial will be in Locust Bayou, Ark.

She was born April 11, 1931, in Bearden, Ark., to Floyd Hegler and Ordrtte L. Turner.

She married Elijah Timothy Thrower Sr.

Survivors include four sons, Elijah Timothy Thrower Jr., Michael A. Thrower, James S. Thrower and Stephens E. Thrower, all of Columbia; three daughters, Sharon Ekpe of Houston, Jackie Thrower of Springs, Texas, and Debra Thrower of Tampa, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, both parents, one brother, one sister and one stepmother.

Kyle Elaine Harris, 48, of Columbia passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, at St. Peter Catholic Church in Fulton, with Father Greg Oligschlaeger officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Maupin Funeral Home in Fulton, with an 8 p.m. vigil. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery.

She was born Nov. 20, 1956, in Fulton, the daughter of Millard and Thelma Taylor Lander. On Aug. 17, 1984, she was united in marriage to William David Harris Jr., who survives at the home.

Kyle worked as a sales representative at Midway Arms.

She enjoyed cooking, reading and being with and entertaining her friends.

Along with her parents and her husband of 20 years, she will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by one son, William David "Trey" Harris III of Columbia; two daughters, Kara Harris and Lindsey Harris, both of Columbia; one sister, Kathleen Schmitz and her husband, Dennis, of Jefferson City; numerous nieces; one nephew; aunts; uncles; other relatives; and many dear friends.

She was preceded in death by one niece.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, in the care of Maupin Funeral Home, 301 Douglas Blvd., Fulton, Mo., 65251.

Edith Frances Lowe, 89, of Oregon City, Ore., formerly of Columbia, passed away Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, in Oregon City.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Don Snyder officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services at the funeral home.

Ms. Lowe was born Sept. 2, 1915, in Cooper County to Oscar and Minnie Davis Gholson. She married Price Lowe in 1932 in Columbia, and he preceded her in death.

Survivors include her daughter, Frances L. Smith of Oregon City; one brother, Harold Gholson of Boonville; and two granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and two sisters.

Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 30638, Columbia, Mo., 65205.

Frances Aileen Thompson Kyllonen, 89, of Columbia died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center of natural causes following a stroke.  She was a retired Hickman High School art teacher.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at First Christian Church, Tenth and Walnut streets, with the Rev. John Yonker officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Kyllonen was born Oct. 24, 1915, in Omaha, Neb., to Jacob S. and Effie Anna Robinson Thompson. She married Toimi Enoch Kyllonen on Dec. 31, 1940.

Survivors include a daughter, Julie Frances Kyllonen Rose of Macomb, Ill., and Columbia, and a brother, Robin Dean Thompson of Riverside, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and son, Roger Lawrence Kyllonen.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested. Contact her daughter, Julie Rose, for more information.

Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Funeral Service.

Eva Jeanette Tripp Bodard, 84, of Peoria, Ariz., died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at her home.

Eva was born Dec. 25, 1919, in Seward, N.Y., and married Jack Paul Bodard in Miami Beach, Fla., on July 5, 1943. He preceded her in death in 1994.

Eva graduated in 1942 from Brooklyn, N.Y., Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and served in the Army Air Corp during World War II. Eva was the director of nursing at Lenoir Retirement Center in Columbia from 1958 to 1977. In 1978, Eva and Jack moved to Arizona.

Eva is survived by her children, James Paul Bodard and his wife, Linda, of Arcola; William Dale Bodard and his wife, Carole, of Centralia; Mary Jennie Bodard of New Franklin; and Susan Jane Long and her husband, Terry, of the home in Peoria.

Eva also leaves five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.

At Eva’s request, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Desert Hope Wesleyan Church, 2600 N. 59th Ave., Phoenix, Ariz., 85035.

Lenvil Burlingame, 75, of Columbia passed away Friday, Dec. 3, 2004.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon with the Rev. Shirley Williams officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Allen Cemetery in Olean.

Mr. Burlingame was born Oct. 14, 1929, in Oakletree, Kan., to Aubrey and Grace Madole Burlingame. He married Georgia Procter Burlingame on Nov. 9, 1950, in Eldon.

He was a member of the Elk’s Club.

He also enjoyed playing music and playing pool. He owned and operated Mr. B’s Cleaning Systems.

Survivors include his wife, Georgia Burlingame; five children, Cheryl Burlingame and Gina White, both of Columbia, Rodney Burlingame of Boston, Janet Waldron of Colorado Springs, Colo., and John Burlingame of Seattle; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Wilma Barrett of Springfield.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Ryan Hill.

Memorials are suggested to the Parkinson’s Association.

Lucy B. Capen, 101, of Columbia died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center after a fall.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, at Memorial Park Cemetery. There will be no visitation.

Lucy was born Nov. 8, 1903, near Sturgeon to Malcom and Lula Barnes Finlay. On Dec. 19, 1926, she married James J. Capen in Columbia. She attended Winn School, Grant School, Columbia High School and the University of Missouri. Lucy and James owned and operated Capen’s, a photography shop, and The Red Paisley, a fine gift shop at 1005 Broadway in Columbia, for 40 years until they retired. They also donated land to the Columbia Parks and Recreation Department to create Capen Park in Columbia.

Lucy was a former member of The Altrusa Club, The Tuesday Club, Show-Me China Painters and The Columbia Spinners and Weavers. She had a great interest in and enjoyed many things: outdoors, travel, needlework and reading.

Surviving Lucy are nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters, two brothers, her husband of 67 years and a son.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Boone County Historical Society or the Walter Johnson Palliative Care Foundation at Boone Hospital in Columbia.

"Be happy."

Mary Frances Davidson Faurot, 98, of Columbia died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at University Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at Missouri United Methodist Church. Visitation will follow the service. Burial will be at the family plot in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Hannibal.

Mary Faurot was born March 23, 1906, near Mercer, N.D., to John Helm Davidson and Nita Kabler Davidson. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 1926 with a degree in physical education.

She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

On Aug. 6, 1927, she married Don Faurot in Hannibal. They lived in Kirksville until Mr. Faurot became the football coach and athletic director at the University of Missouri in 1935.

Mrs. Faurot was a faithful fan, even attending practices.

Mrs. Faurot was active in university events. She was co-founder and president of the Missouri Senior Golf Association and an enthusiastic golfer. She served on the regional selection committee of the Girl Scouts for many years. She served several terms on the Kappa Kappa Gamma house board.

An avid duplicate bridge player, she played in several groups throughout her life. She was one of three surviving members of the Darners, which was founded in 1935.

She is survived by three daughters, Jane and husband Richard Hazell of Columbia, Mary Aileen and Don Edwards of Waco, Texas, and Julie and Jim Crum of La Canada, Calif.; a brother, John Helm Davidson of Hannibal; eight grandchildren, Don Hazell and wife Jennifer of Denver, Jeannie and husband Rodney Perry of Columbia, Jeffrey Edwards and wife Lori of Parkland, Fla., Tully Hazell and wife Julie of Atlanta, Carolyne Crum of San Francisco, Charles Edwards and wife Melissa of Canton, Ga., Andrew Hazell and wife Susana of Madrid, Spain, and Jennifer Crum of San Francisco; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; an infant son; a sister, Rose Fore; and a brother, James Franklin Davidson.

Memorials may be given to the Don and Mary Faurot Golf Scholarship, Tiger Scholarships, University of Missouri or the Golden Key Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 30163, Columbia, Mo., 65205.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Parker Funeral Service.

Sam J. Nicastro, formerly of Columbia, passed away Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004.

A funeral will be held at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Ortmann-Stipanovich Funeral Home in Creve Coeur, with Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Alban Roe Church. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Survivors include his wife, Alice Nicastro, and son, Charlie E. Nicastro.

Donations can be made to the American Cancer Society.

Joseph Edgar Smith, 80, of Columbia passed away Friday, Dec. 17, 2004, at University Hospital.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Smith was born March 16, 1924, in Carrollton to John Glenn and Pearl Miller Smith. On July 17, 1945, he married Patricia R. Bickel in Kansas City, and she preceded him in death.

He served in the United States Army in the 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, and participated in D-Day at Normandy, the St. Lo breakthrough, the liberation of Paris, Hurtgen Forrest, Battle of the Bulge and the occupation in Bavaria.

He was a member of Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church.

Mr. Smith was active at the Columbia Senior Center. In Columbia, he was employed as an accountant by MFA Inc. and the University of Missouri. He was an avid golfer and pool player.

Survivors include two children, David Smith and wife Theresa of Norman, Okla., and Donna Supranowich and husband Tim of Wildwood; two grandchildren, Melanie and Timothy Joseph Supranowich of Wildwood; and one sister, Betty Flakne of Carrollton.

He also was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Almeda.

Memorials contributions are suggested to the Columbia Senior Center, 1121 Business Loop 70 E., Columbia, Mo., 65201.

Shirley Jane Whipple, 80, of Columbia died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at Community of Christ on Fairview Road.

She was born Dec. 15, 1924, in Chicago to Ralph Godfried Swanson and Leta Louise Sherman. She married John LeMoine Whipple on June 6, 1947, at Stone Church in Independence, and he survives.

She received her registered nurse diploma from the Independence Sanitarium Nursing School in 1945. She worked at Stephens College Student Health Center, Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center and University Medical Center’s Allergy Clinic.

Mrs. Whipple was a member of Community of Christ Church on Fairview for 40 years.

Survivors also include three daughters, Jackie Whipple of San Diego and Judy Lincoln and Jill Heisler, both of Columbia; a son, John Whipple Jr. of Tipton; a brother, Don Swanson of California; two sisters, Margie Keith of Yukon, Okla., and Ruth Swanson of Boonville; 10 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Memorials are suggested to the Nursing Endowment Scholarship at Graceland University, 1 University Place, Lamoni, Iowa, 50140.

Bettie J. Bodenhamer, 79, of Columbia died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, in Augusta, Ga.

Private services will be at Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Fayette.

She was born Aug. 22, 1925, near Fayette to Davis and Maggie Sunderland. She married Schell Bodenhamer, who preceded her in death.

She had lived in Columbia since 1951.

Survivors include two children; two grandchildren; a sister, Lanelle Burnham of Fayette; a brother-in-law, Guy Jacob of Columbia; and nieces and nephews.

Shirley R. Strickland Crum, 63, of Columbia died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, at Mount Celestial Baptist Church, 1410 Grand Ave., with the Rev. Ray Warren officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Warren Funeral Chapel, 12 E. Ash St.

Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

She was born March 30, 1941, in Kansas City to Charles and Lillian Nutter. She married William E. Crum.

She was a member of Mount Celestial Baptist Church in Columbia.

She was a Sunday school teacher, a youth director and a member of C & S Social Club.

She was a den mother for Cub Scouts.

She was formerly employed at State Farm Insurance Cos.

Survivors include her husband, William E. Crum of Columbia; one son, Charles Crum of Fort Stewart, Ga.; one daughter, Teresa Crum of Columbia; her mother, Lillian Nutter of Kansas City; one sister, Eleanor Strickland of Kansas City; one brother, Calvin Strickland of Kansas City; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, two brothers, one sister and one daughter. 

Craig Lee Whitney, 57, of Columbia passed away Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, at Boone Hospital Center.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31, at Memorial Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bob Webb officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will follow services at Riley Lamb Cemetery in Lake Ozark.

Mr. Whitney was born Sept. 13, 1947, in Chicago to Leland and Doris Mitchell Whitney. On Aug. 11, 1973, he married Sharon Herbert in Lake Ozark, and she survives.

He was a graduate of Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield. He later moved to Columbia and taught and coached basketball at North Callaway High School. Later, he taught and coached basketball at West Junior High School and soccer at Hickman High School. Most recently, he served as athletic director at West Junior High School. Craig also was an avid fisherman and golfer.

Survivors include four children, Brayden Whitney and wife Sarah of Lake St. Louis, Matthew Whitney of Olathe, Kan., Jennifer Whitney of the home and Sherri Schellenberger of Phoenix; a sister, Kim Spring of Tucson, Ariz.; a grandson, Brett Whitney; and his step-mother, Dorothy Whitney of Spokane, Wash.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Evelyn Durr, 91, formerly of Columbia, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Monroe Manor in Paris, Mo.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, at Nebo Cemetery in Nebo, Ill.

Mrs. Durr was born Oct. 2, 1913, in Nebo to John and Margaret Leggett. She married Garold Durr, who preceded her in death. Before retirement, she was employed with State Farm Insurance.

Survivors include a son, Jon Durr of St. Charles.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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