Obituaries
Sherman Junior Surbaugh
Oct 6, 2011
SHERMAN JUNIOR SURBAUGH Sherman J. Surbaugh, 82, of Richmond, MO passed away Thursday, October 6, 2011 at his home. Sherman Surbaugh was born December 28, 1928 in Hardin, MO to Sherman Addison and Kitty Adams Surbaugh. He married Beverly Jean Menaugh, December 21, 1950 in Richmond, MO. Mr. Surbaugh was a tool and die maker at the Bendix Corporation before...
Norbert George Hill
Sep 30, 2011
Funeral services for Norbert Hill, 86 of Waverly, MO will be held on Tuesday , October 4, 2011 at 10:30 am at the Waverly Baptist Church, Waverly, MO. Visitation will be held on Monday, October 3, 2011 at the church from 6 to 8 pm. Burial will be in the Waverly Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Lafayette County...
Betty Lou Morris
Sep 21, 2011
Betty Lou Morris, 79, of Lexington, MO passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Betty Lou Young was born October 23, 1931 in Lawrence, KS, to James D. and Josephine L. Ballinger Young. She married John Morris May 29, 1953 in Marshall, MO. Mrs. Morris was retired from the Department of Commerce...
Emma Eileine Swartz
Sep 20, 2011
Emma Eileine Swartz, 91, of Lexington, MO passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2011 in Richmond, MO. Eileine Davis was born April 22, 1920 in Lexington, to Garrett M. and Emma Jane Hurst Davis. On June 12, 1936 she married James N. Swartz in Lexington. Eileine was a member of Christ Church Episcopal in Lexington. She was retired from the A...
Sophie Kehrees Vialle
Sep 18, 2011
Sophie Vialle, 80, of Leawood, KS, died peacefully on Sunday, September 18, 2011, surrounded by her family. She was born on August 30, 1931 in Lexington to Anastasious (Tom) and Zaharula (Lula) Psihas Kehrees. She married the love of her life Norman Vialle on November 30, 1949. She was a long-time resident of Lexington, MO, graduated from Lexington High School,...
Vernon L. Strothman
Sep 18, 2011
Vernon L. Strothman, 86, of Warrensburg, MO, formerly of Lexington, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg. Vernon L. Strothman was born April 20, 1925 in Wellington, MO the son of John and Ethyl Strothman. He married Dorothy H. Jennings in 1950 in Harrison, Ark. Mr. Strothman was an airplane mechanic for TWA and...
Bobby Eugene Dysart
Sep 17, 2011
Funeral services for Bobby Eugene Dysart, 75 of Dover will be held on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 2 pm at the Walker Nadler Fuller Funeral Home, Lexington. Visitation will be held from 1 pm until service time at the funeral home on Thursday. Burial will be in Dover Cemetery and memorials may be made to the Dover Christian Church....
Cecil Lee Flynn
Aug 29, 2011
A Funeral Mass for Cecil Lee Flynn, 77, of Wellington, Missouri will be held on Friday, September 2, 2011 at 11:00 am at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lexington. Visitation for Mr. Flynn will be held on Thursday, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home in Odessa. The Rosary will be recited at 6:00 pm...
LaWanda Ann Walker
Aug 29, 2011
LaWanda Ann Walker, 75, of Lexington, MO passed away Monday, August 29, 2011 at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO. LaWanda Ann Munckton was born February 20, 1936 in Lexington, MO, the daughter of Charles H. and Nellie Ruth Snyder Munckton. She married Morris Junior Walker in 1954. She was a member of Lexington First Baptist Church. She...
Frank Wesley Neece
Aug 17, 2011
Frank W. Neece, 75, passed away August 17, 2011 at the Veterans Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. He was born and raised in Lexington, Missouri. He was an outdoorsman, with a love for sports, hunting and fishing. Mr. Neece was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, having enlisted in 1954. Being a disabled Veteran, he was a long-term resident of the...
LARRY DALE WILLIAMS
Aug 13, 2011
LARRY DALE WILLIAMS Funeral services for Larry Dale Williams, 54 of Wellington, MO will be held on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 10:30 am at the Walker Nadler Fuller Funeral Home, Lexington. Visitation will be held on Monday, August 15, 2011 from 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Lexington Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mr....
PHYLLIS ANN SLAUGHTER
Aug 9, 2011
PHYLLIS ANN SLAUGHTER Phyllis Ann Randle-Slaughter left this earthly life at the age of 57 years old and entered into her eternal home on August 9, 2011. Phyllis was born on May 7, 1954 in Lexington, MO. She was the first of three children born to the union of the late Irvin G. and Mable Taylor-Hawkins. At an early age...
Mary Ellen Peek
Aug 1, 2011
Mary Ellen Peek, 84, of Lexington, MO passed away on August 1, 2011 at 5:05 p.m. She was born December 26, 1926 in Marshall, MO, the daughter of Joe and Retta Merchant Dugger.. In 1941 she married Glen Looney who passed away in 1992. She married Mark Peek on June 10,1979. Mr. Peek preceded her in death in 2002. Mary...
Pauline (Hoeflicker) Heinz-Wirsing
Jul 30, 2011
Funeral mass for Pauline (Hoeflicker) Heinz-Wirsing of Tucson, AZ formerly of Dover, MO. will be held on August 13, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception church in Lexington with visitation at the church immediately preceding, luncheon immediately following the service, then to the cemetery. Per her wishes the body has been cremated. Burial will be in the family plot...
Tommy LLoyd Lawrence
Jul 29, 2011
Tom Lawrence, 67, of Lexington, MO, passed away Friday, July 29, 2011, at North Care Hospice in North Kansas City after losing his battle with cancer. Tommy Lloyd Lawrence was born January 10, 1944, in Kirby, Arkansas, to Orlin Lloyd and �Rosie� Armenta Foshee Lawrence. He married Margaret Teichman on July 15, 1994. Tom was a printer who learned the...
Bertha Beckmann Dieckmann
Jul 29, 2011
Bertha Clara Dieckmann, 92, of Napoleon, MO passed away Friday, July 29, 2011 at St. Marys Medical Center in Blue Springs, MO. Bertha Clara Beckmann was born January 14, 1919, the daughter of Fritz and Julia Niendick Beckmann. She married Theodor (Ted) Henry Edward Dieckmann on June 6, 1940 in Napoleon. Mrs. Dieckmann was born and resided at the family...
Alice Windblad Berthiaume
Jul 25, 2011
Alice Marie Windblad Berthiaume, 94, of Waverly, MO, passed over to her eternal home on Monday, July 25, 2011 at the Lutheran Good Shepherd Home in Concordia, MO. Alice was born in Mukilteo, WA to Walter and Selma Windblad in 1916. She married the love of her life, Orrin A. Berthiaume, in Santa Monica, CA, in 1938. Alice was very...
Catherine "Kay" Lorantos
Jul 21, 2011
Catherine Jane �Kay� Lorantos, 74, of Lexington, MO passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Lexington Care Center. Catherine Jane Abbott was born Jun 13, 1937 in Lexington, MO, to Albert W. and Lela Kathryn McCorkindal Abbott. Kay married James Lorantos and co-owned The Modern Caf� with the Lorantos family. Kay is survived by a daughter, Tish Wallace and friend...
Donald Earl Thompson
Jul 11, 2011
Donald Earl Thompson, 75, of Lexington, MO passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at Lexington Care Center. Donald Thompson was born December 21, 1935 in Decatur, IL to Adam and Ida Leona Booker Thompson. He married Eunice Marie Myers on October 11, 1989 in Lexington. Don retired from the U.S. Air Force as a Master Sergeant, and served in both...
David F. Frerking
Jul 9, 2011
DAVID F. FRERKING, JR. David F. Frerking, Jr. 82, passed away on July 9, 2011 at his home of lung disease. David was born on June 18, 1929 in Emma, MO to Dave and Louise (Olerich) Frerking. He graduated from Dover High School, then attended Wentworth Jr. College and the University of Missouri. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marine...
