Richard A. Schroeder, 92, California, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at Valley   Park Senior Living in California. He was born Nov. 12, 1931, in Jefferson City, a son of Walter and Edna Thomas …

Thomas Glenn Briscoe, 78, Tipton, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, at his home. He was born Oct. 11, 1945, in Boonville, the son of James and Wylma Green Briscoe. He married Janett Carolynn Hopkins …

Larry Dean Branham, 76, California, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, at his home. He was born Sept. 14, 1947, in Liberal, Kan., a son of Howard and Wanda Lee Finnis Branham. On June 1, 1972, he …

Oscar “Marty” Lademann, 70, Elyria, Ohio, formerly of Kiefer, Okla., died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. He was a son of Oscar “Toby” and Wilma Albin Lademann of Tipton. His …

Michael Wayne Brown, 69, Latham, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, at his home. He was born May 4, 1054, the son of Fred and Katherine Brown. On Jan. 6, 1979, in California, he married Dianne Rogers …

Carl D. Kopp, age 93, of Independence, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, at Northcare Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.  He was born Sept. 27, 1930, in Tipton, a son of the late …

Mrs. Betty Jo Huffman, 96, Versailles, died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, at her home. She was born March 23, 1927, near Latham, a daughter of Edgar “Cap” and Mary Josephine Newkirk …

Mrs. Bethel Olive Wilson, 92, Syracuse, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at the Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born Nov. 16, 1931, in Brumley, a daughter of James Willard and Laura Opal …

Mrs. Mary Katherine Long, 87,  died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 at Heisinger Bluffs Senior Living Community in Jefferson City.  She was born March 2, 1936, in Cooper County, a daughter of …

Michael Ellis “Smitty” Smith, 64, Barnett, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at his home. He was born Feb. 10, 1959, in Versailles, a son of Bernie and Dessie Sidebottom Smith. Mr. …

On the evening of Thursday, Dec, 28, 2023, Ray Dean Combs left his earthly home to be reunited with the love of his life. It seems he chose her birthday to see her again. On Nov, 28, 1935, Ray …

Robert Loftus, 47, Tipton, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. He was born Dec. 26, 1975, in Milwaukee, Wis., a son of Richard and Mary Recker Loftus. He also is survived by his partner of 14 years, …

Rufus B. Kilmer, 65, Latham, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. He was born Feb. 20, 1958, in Bowmansville, Pa., a son of Martin and Mary Brubacher Kilmer. On Nov. 19, 1981, he married Martha Hoover …

Mrs. Frances Rosalind “Rose” Russell, 96, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lee’s Summit. She was born July 12, 1927, in Tipton, a daughter of Galveston Lee Roy and Frances …

Timmy Randall Leach, 64, Sedalia, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia. He was born Jan. 25, 1959, a son of Harold and Ethel Bradley Leach. Mr. Leach graduated …

Cecilio Pascual-Waldo, 28, Sedalia, died Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at Sunrise Farm in Tipton. He was born Aug. 17, 1995, in Parocho, Mexico, the son of Cuauhtemoc Pascual-Blas and Imelda …

Jack Powell, 76, Clarksburg, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Capital Region Medical Center, Jefferson City. He was born March 3, 1947, in Clarksburg, the son of Robert and Lorene Geiser Powell. …

Mary June Colette Theresa Bestgen Hecht, age 98, of Tipton, MO passed away Saturday, December 2, 2023, at her home.  It was on the 30th day of June in 1925, that Louis Andrew …

Jerry D. Page, 79, of Otterville, passed away Saturday, December 2, 2023, at Bothwell Regional Health Center. Born March 26, 1944, in Pettis County, he was the third of six children of Jewell …

Laurence “Larry” Dean Schrader, 63, California, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, at his home. He was born July 12, 1960, in California, the son of Larry Dean Schrader and Joyce Margaret …