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allen, almus - 82
ashlock, lester - 77
bates, Olga - 83
bish, clara - 85
black, connie - 66
brychta, erma - 100
evans, clarence - 83
galbraith, Valarie - 77
hogan, robert - 78
hughes, Faye - 56
hughes, Kenny - 71
Jones, Velma - 88
lincoln, ella - 86
Miller, Kathleen - 75
Ordnung, herman - 82
revels, Warren - 86
rice, Jacqueline - 81
Toombs, Joseph - 93
Turner, robert - 64
Violett, hannah - 88
Wykert, donald - 72
alMus allen
1932 - 2014 | age 82
almus allen, age 82, stewartsville,
MO., was born september 3, 1932, the
son of austin horner and iva belle
allen in chadwick, MO. and passed
away October 4, 2014, at the Missouri
Veterans home of cameron, MO.
almus served our country in the u.s.
army during the Korean conflict. On
november 11, 1989, almus and Joyce
Marie barnett were united in marriage
in gower, MO.
he is preceded in death by his parents;
sister, lora Fern horner; and granddaughter, lilly ann.
survivors include his wife Joyce; children, anastasia belle allen, Zachary
austin allen, and sheila Florez, cristy
castleberry;
half-sister,
connie
Medernach; half-brother, Kenneth
horner; granddaughter, Macy; and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services Tuesday, October 7,
2014, at bram-Turner Funeral home of
stewartsville, with burial in Mt. Zion
cemetery. Memorial contributions:
Missouri Veterans home or parkinsons
association. Online condolence:
www.bram-turnerfuneralhome.com
lesTer l. ashlOcK
1936 - 2014 | age 77
lester lee ashlock 77, of Maryville,
MO, formerly of st. Joseph, passed
away sunday, september 28, 2014 at
the home of his daughter in college
springs, ia.
he was born december 8, 1936 in st.
Joseph, son of edith and harold
ashlock. he graduated from lafayette
high school, then served in the u.s.
navy.
he worked at Wilbert Vault company,
Maggie's cafe, and the ashlock cafe,
and retired boehringer-ingelheim. he
enjoyed raising homing pigeons, and
rabbits and showing them at local
county and state fairs, he also enjoyed
fishing and going to the casino.
lester was preceded in death by wife,
Margaret lucille ashlock, his parents,
and a brother, clinton ashlock.
survivors include, four daughters
linda (John) schmidt of savannah,
MO, roberta (butch) roberts of
recOrd
clarinda, ia, paula (dave) Owens of
college springs, ia, and sheila (scott)
gatewood of st. Joseph, and a son, Wes
ashlock of st. Joseph; 16 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, and one
great great grandchild, two brothers,
Keith ashlock of Kansas city, MO, and
roger ashlock of st. Joseph, and two
sisters, erma brown of Oregon and
edna ashlock of Kansas city, MO.
celebration of life Wednesday,
October 1 at the rupp Funeral home.
inurnment bethel cemetery, with military honors under the auspices of the
Missouri Funeral honors program.
Online condolence and obituary at
http://www.ruppfuneral.com
Olga (spencer) baTes
1931 - 2014 | age 83
Olga (spencer) bates, 83, st. Joseph,
went to heaven on October 3, 2014.
she was born september 26, 1931 in
clarksdale, MO to r. clay and Mabel
Trussell. she went to grade school and
high school in clarksdale, and platteguard business school in st. Joseph.
Olga married darrell spencer on
March 9, 1951. They made their home
in clarksdale, moved to columbia,
MO. in 1960 and then to longmont,
cO. in 1971. she later married Joseph
bates.
survivors: daughters, cindy
Vanduyne, st. Joseph and ann
Milewski, new hampshire; grandchildren, stacy Vanduyne, colorado, Jesse
nichols, colorado, clovis spencer,
new hampshire, amanda harvey
(Mike), arthur Maguire and Matthew
Maguire, new hampshire; great grandsons, dylan and Jeremiah Jenkins,
colorado and connor Joseph harvey,
new hampshire; sister, Octa enslow,
colorado; and brother-in-law, dennis
spencer, Missouri.
she is preceded in death by her parents, clay and Mabel Trussell; husbands darrell spencer and Joseph
bates; sisters, glenna Wood, nita
Trussell and J.W. Trussell; and son-inlaw, Joseph Milewski.
Memorial Visitation: Tuesday,
October
7
hawman
center,
clarksdale.Online guestbook and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com
clara b. bish
1928 - 2014 | age 85
clara belle bish 85, of saint Joseph,
passed away Monday september 29,
2014 at a saint Joseph hospital.
she was born november 22, 1928 in
bucklin, MO. daughter of ethel &
William admire. she was a
homemaker, and was an excellent
cook, she enjoyed working in her garden, hunting and fishing, and loved to
gamble.
clara was preceded in death by her
husband, philip bish, her parents, a
daughter, connie braman, four brothers, Kenny, raymond, luther, and
perry admire, four sisters, Violet huff,
bobbie steen, betty Wilcoxson, and
erma nichols.
she is survived by son, philip (lori)
three
daughters,
carol
bish,
newcomer, linda newberry, and
phyllis bish all of saint Joseph; 10
grandchildren, danny, lesa, Kris,
John, leah, nicki, eddie, p.J, bruce,
and Jeremy; 15 great grandchildren; 2
great great grandchildren.
Funeral service Thursday, October 2
at the rupp Funeral home. she was
cremated under the care of the rupp
Funeral home. inurnment Odd Fellow
public cemetery. Memorials are
requested to the susan b. Koman
Foundation for breast cancer
research. Online condolence and obituary at http://www.ruppfuneral.com
cOnnie (allisOn) blacK
1948 - 2014 | age 66
connie lou (allison) black, 66, of
amazonia, MO passed away Thursday,
October 2, 2014 at Ku Medical center.
she was born in Maysville, MO. on
July 1, 1948 to J.W. and louise (smith)
allison. connie was a 1966 graduate of
benton high school and attended st.
Joseph Junior college. she married
Victor l. “buck” black on september
12, 1970.
connie worked various jobs including
bill Kinney drug store, Tsc, riss
Truck lines, and presto-x pest control.
co-Owner of country Flowers & gifts
(Maysville), Owner of the Third street
gifts and was currently secretary and
Vice president of black gunite inc.
she was a member of the amazonia
united Methodist church, beta sigma
phi sorority, roubidoux rebekah
lodge and manager of sab llc. she
was active in the amazonia community.
connie was preceded in death by her
father, J.W. allison; and step father,
Wayne McFee.
surviving of the home is husband,
buck and granddaughter, cayla; additional survivors include daughter,
buffy; grandsons, remy and Tesla;
granddaughters, sophia and iceland;
mother, louise (allison) McFee of
Maysville; brothers, harold allison
(Jackie) of Weatherby, MO. ron
allison (deb) of st. Joseph, Jim
allison (Joni) of amazonia and holley
allison (shelly)of st. Joseph; sister,
donna swope (danny) of Maysville;
father-in-law, bill black (Juanita) of
savannah; and sister-in-law, Janie post
(rich) of Maysville.
services: Monday, October 6 Meierhoffer Funeral home & crematory.
interment Memorial park cemetery.
Memorials may be made out to camp
Quality, noyes home for children or
leukemia and lymphoma society.
Online guestbook and obituary at
www.meierhoffer.com
erMa brychTa
1914 - 2014 | age 100
erma “sally” brychta, 100, of st.
Joseph, passed away on Thursday,
October 2, 2014 at her home.
erma was born on February 6, 1914 in
st. Joseph, to benjamin and della
(bermond) cornelius. she was raised
in san antonio, MO. and graduated
from easton high school. she worked
Thursday, OcTOber 9, 2014
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with her parents in farming. she later
worked for Wing printing, Fogarty
hardware, Whitaker cable company
and K Mart. she also volunteered with
for the pioneer Telephone company
and st. Francis Xavier church bizarre.
erma loved cars and her cat “pookey”.
she married paul John brychta on
June 14, 1937 in st. Joseph, he preceded her in death on august 6, 1996. she
was also preceded by her parents,
granddaughter, Jody pisano, sister,
doris hord and a brother, ben
cornelius.
survivors include two daughters, Joe
ann Mitchell (richard), Judy
chambers (Jerry), one son, Jim
brychta (Mary); 8 grandchildren,
Marcia, Tracy, bret, Michael,
christopher, Matthew, Jennifer and
amy; 23 great-grandchildren and one
sister, cleta donaldson (lester).
Mrs. brychta has been cremated under
the direction of heaton-bowmansmith & sidenfaden chapel. inurnment will be held at a later date at the
blakley cemetery, easton, MO. The
family has requested memorial contributions to the blakley cemetery
association.
clarence eVans
1931 - 2014 | age 83
clarence “Toby” evans, 83, st.
Joseph, died Friday, september 26,
2014 at a local healthcare facility.
he was born July 4, 1931 in louisiana.
care provided by Meierhoffer Funeral
home & crematory. Online guest book
and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com.
Valerie galbraiTh
1937 - 2014 | age 77
Valerie “The cake lady” galbraith,
77, of rea, MO. went to be with the
lord on saturday, september 27, 2014
at her home.
Valerie was born on august 1, 1937 in
French bottoms, MO. to the late James
and geraldene (West) castle.
she graduated from clarksdale high
school and platt business college.
On april 15, 1956 she married Jack
lee galbraith of savannah at 3rd street
presbyterian church in st. Joseph, he
preceded her in death on april 5, 2014.
commonly referred to as “The cake
lady”, Valerie was a cake decorator,
caterer, floral designer, bridal consultant and artist for over 50 years. she
worked as a floral designer for a number of the florists in the st. Joseph and
savannah areas.
Valerie was a member of the rea
union church, in rea, MO.
Mrs. galbraith was also preceded in
death by two sisters; charlotte crumb
and Joyce Tribble.
survivors include a son; James lee
(sarah) galbraith, daughters; lori
riley and Jeanne (shawn) bonham all
of rea, MO, grandchildren; Jason and
cody puckett, Tiffany and Jillian
galbraith and hayden bonham, sisters;
rita russell, st. Joseph and becky
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