Obituary

Harold Le Roy Hurst, 80, of Tarkio, Missouri passed away Sunday, August 25, 2019, at Tarkio Rehabilitation and Health Care. Memorial graveside service and inurnment will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 30, 2019, Home Cemetery, Tarkio. There is no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the Tarkio Nutrition Center. Online condolences may be left  Continue Reading »

Rick Allen Meyerkorth, the son of Richard Arnold and Mary Louise (Cooper) Meyerkorth, was born July 18, 1952, in Fairfax, Missouri. Rick graduated from Rock Port High School in 1970. In 1974, he received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Economics with academic and Naval ROTC honors from University of Missouri-Columbia. Rick was then commissioned  Continue Reading »

Dale E. Faulkner, the son of Charles and Bertha (Smith) Faulkner, was born February 13, 1937, in Fairfax, Missouri. Dale graduated from Fairfax High School in 1955. On June 1, 1957, Dale was united in marriage to Lila Mae Walker at the United Methodist Church, Tarkio, Missouri. They made their home in Tarkio and became  Continue Reading »

Thomas Albert “Tom” Beutler was born in Verdon, Nebraska, on December 28, 1945. He was the third of four children of Claude Benjamin and Flora Genevieve (German) Beutler. Tom graduated from Shubert, Nebraska, High School. Tom passed away in Omaha, Nebraska, on August 13, 2019, after a brief illness. On September 27, 1997, Tom married  Continue Reading »

Roger Lee Bess passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at his home in Westboro, Missouri, at the age of 73. There will be no memorial services or visitation. Private family inurnment will be at a later date at Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the Roger Bess Memorial Fund. Online condolences may  Continue Reading »

John H. Wilcox, Jr., the son of John H., Sr. and Harriet Antoinette (Lundgren) Wilcox, was born September 3, 1938, in Tarkio, Missouri. John graduated from Tarkio High School in 1956 and Tarkio College in 1960 with a B.A. in Education. He later completed his Master’s in Education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. On May  Continue Reading »

Jackie Moore, the daughter of James F. and Imogene (Mutchler) Moore, was born August 24, 1965, in Fairfax, Missouri. She graduated from Fairfax High School, Fairfax, in 1983. Jackie was united in marriage to Mark Smith on July 16, 1988. They later divorced. In 2004, Jackie met her true love, Jim Schwartze, in Glasgow, Missouri.  Continue Reading »

C. Karlene Skillen passed away at her home in Cheney, Kansas, on Monday, July 29, 2019. Karlene was born Charlotte Karlene Smith to Karl and Pauline Smith in Norwich, Kansas, on March 24, 1934. She graduated from Norwich High School in 1952 and attended Wichita State University, where she earned a degree in chemistry. On  Continue Reading »

Patricia J. “Patty” Laur, the daughter of Walter and Lois (Wood) Gutsch, was born on January 29, 1925, near Westboro, Missouri. Patty grew up in the Westboro area and graduated from Westboro High School in 1944. On August 11, 1945, Patty married Charles Lee Broermann of Westboro and they became the parents of one son,  Continue Reading »

Muriel Elizabeth “Beth” (Solzman) Underwood, 85, wife of Raymond Underwood, passed away August 2, 2019, in Rock Port, Missouri. Beth was an avid reader, accomplished pianist, and artist. She grew up in Hamburg, Iowa, along with her younger siblings, Claire Solzman and Margaret (Solzman) Benson. She is survived by her three children, Shawn, Shannon and  Continue Reading »

Ralph Dale Seymour, Jr., the son of R. D. and Una (Weedin) Seymour, was born in the Milton, Missouri, area on February 18, 1925. A short time later his family moved to the farm north of Fairfax, Missouri, which his father, R.D., had purchased in 1919. Dale contracted polio after his freshman year in high  Continue Reading »

Sharon R. Rosenbohm, the daughter of Arnold and Nina (Blackburn) Laumann, was born October 26, 1945, at Hand Community Hospital in Shenandoah, Iowa. Raised on a farm north of Rock Port, Missouri, Sharon attended Lone Cedar School until the sixth grade, then graduated from Rock Port High School in 1963. Sharon attended Northwest Missouri State  Continue Reading »