Obituaries
Orville "Junior" Geddes
May 6, 2012
Orville M. "Junior" Geddes, 86 of Meade, Kansas died Sunday, May 6, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, May 10, 2012 at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Neil officiating. Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. till the time of service at the funeral home. A dinner will be held at 1:00...
Kenneth Everett Baskett
May 2, 2012
Graveside funeral services for Kenneth E. Baskett , 49 of Kansas City, Mo will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Odessa Cemetery. Visitation for Kenneth will be held from 1 pm until 1;45 pm at Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 South Second Street, Odessa. There will be a 2:00 pm graveside service and burial will be...
Shirley L. Moon
Apr 27, 2012
Shirley Ann (Little) Moon, 74 of Kearney, passed away peacefully at Northcare Hospice in North Kansas City, Missouri MO on Friday, April 27, 2012. Shirley, the second child of Charles W. and Anna Hackley Little, was born in Lexington, Missouri on January 10, 1938 and lived most of her childhood in Odessa. Shirley Little married her high school sweetheart, Frankie...
Robert F. Begemann
Apr 16, 2012
Robert "Bob" F. Begemann, 82, of Odessa, Missouri passed away Monday, April 16, 2012 at the Golden Living New Haven Nursing Home, in Odessa. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., April 19, 2012 at the Greenton Cemetery in Odessa. Visitation will be held at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at the Ralph O....
Rufus Jack Kelly,
Apr 13, 2012
Funeral Services for Rufus Jack Kelly, Jr., 87, of Blue Springs, MO will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 10:30 am at the Ralph O Jones Funeral Home, Odessa. Visitation will be on Monday, April 16, 2012 from 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Step Out for Diabetes program. Burial will...
Hubert Dale Bowlin
Apr 11, 2012
Hubert Dale Bowlin, 92, of Odessa, Missouri passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the Apple Ridge Care Center in Waverly, Missouri. Memorial graveside services will be held at 10:00a.m., Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the Odessa City Cemetery, in Odessa, MO, with Reverend Terry Hodges officiating. Memorials are suggested to the First Baptist Church of Odessa. Condolences to the...
Billey J.
Apr 2, 2012
Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home 306 South Second Street Odessa, Missouri 64076 www.ralphojonesfuneralhome.com (816) 633-5524 Billey J. Due, 68, of Urich, Missouri passed away Monday, April 2, 2012 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital in Clinton, MO. Visitation will be held Wednesday, April 4, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home. Funeral services will...
William Lester Fischer
Apr 2, 2012
William "Sonny" Lester Fischer was born on April 3, 1934, the only son of William Joseph Fischer, Jr. and Mary Louise Disch, at the family home north of Odessa, MO and passed away Monday, April 2, 2012 at the Veteran Hospital, Kansas City, MO. He attended Greenton rural School for his first five years, he completed his education at the...
LAVERENE KATHLEEN SULLIVAN
Mar 17, 2012
LaVerne K. Sullivan, 90, of Lexington, MO passed away Saturday, March 17, 2011. LaVerne Johnson was born August 2, 1921 in Waverly, MO, to Charles L. and Ruby E. Loney Johnson. She married John L. Sullivan on February 10, 1939 in Carrollton, MO. John preceded her in death on February 2, 2001. Mrs. Sullivan was a homemaker. Mrs. Sullivan is...
Martin B. Forsha
Mar 14, 2012
Martin B. Forsha, 95 of Lexington, MO passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Martin was born January 28, 1917 in Wellington, MO, to Martin N. and Jewell Medley Forsha. He married Marvel Haesemeyer on August 3, 1936 in Richmond, MO. They were married 70 years before her passing. Mr. Forsha was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Lexington. Martin...
WILFRED "BUCK" LYNN
Mar 9, 2012
Funeral services for Wilfred �Buck� Lynn, 82, of Long Lane, Mo will be held on Monday, March 12, 2012, at 10 am at the Walker Nadler Fuller Funeral Home, Lexington, MO. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Sunday, March 11, 2012 from 6 to 8 pm. Burial will be at the Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, MO. Mr. Lynn...
Lucille G. Mason
Mar 7, 2012
Lucille G. Mason, 83, of Lexington, MO passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at her home. Lucille Mason was born April 3, 1928 in Lexington, the daughter of William Garvin and Robert Mae Olden. She attended Douglas School in Lexington, graduating in 1946. She was a cook at the Lexington Greyhound Bus Cafe , Maibs Victory Restaurant, Lexington High School...
Steven Levoyd Keltner
Mar 5, 2012
Funeral services for Steven Levoyd Keltner, 58, of Kansas City, MO. will be held on Friday March 9 at 2:00 pm at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, Odessa, MO. Visitation for Mr. Keltner will be held from noon until service time on Friday. Burial will be in the Greenton Cemetery, rural Odessa. Memorials may be made to the American...
Bette Jane Bartels
Feb 29, 2012
Bette J. Bartels, 86, of (Mayview) Higginsville, Missouri died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at St. Mary's Manor in Blue Springs. Memorial Services will be held at 1:00p.m., Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 S. Second St., Odessa, MO, 64076, (816) 633-5524. Memorials are suggested to the Mayview First Baptist Church. The family will hold...
Steven James Neal
Feb 28, 2012
Steven James Neal, 47, of Odessa, Missouri died January 28, 2012. Steven was born on July 6, 1964 in Kansas City, MO to James Edward and Rose Ann (Turner) Neal. He was a 1982 graduate of Raytown High School and a 1984 graduate of ITT Technical Institute, with a degree in automotive technology. On September 19, 2009, he married Janell...
Mary Martha
Feb 28, 2012
Mary Martha Cox, 94, of Lexington, MO died Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at the Benchmark Care Center in Lexington. She was born November 27, 1917, in the home, outside Warrensburg, MO, the daughter of Waldo P. and Hattie E. Bratten. She married Roy M. Cox on April 19, 1938, and spent her life as a farmers wife, mother, and grandmother....
Lura Kathlyn Hearn
Feb 28, 2012
Lura "Kathlyn" Hearn, 91, of Odessa, Missouri passed away on February 28, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Odessa. Graveside services will be held at 2:00p.m., Monday, March 5, 2012 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, MO with minister Greg Ziegler officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2012...
John "Mooney" Rostine,
Feb 27, 2012
John Rostine, Jr., 83, of Warsaw, MO passed away Monday, February 27, 2012 at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, MO. John Rostine, Jr. was born November 23, 1928 in Lexington, MO, to John and Minnie L. Pessetto Rostine. He married Wilma Starr on May 15, 1948 in Lexington. Mr. Rostine was a service man and later supervisor for Missouri...
Georgia Ella Triplett
Feb 25, 2012
Georgia Ella Triplett, 99, of Milwaukee, WI died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Wheaton Franciscan St. Joseph Hospital in Milwaukee. Mrs. Triplett was born December 12, 1912 in Wisconsin to William Ford and Martha Jackson. She was a homemaker. Graveside services will be 11:30 A.M. Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Lexington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Lexington, MO.
Robert Lee Bartley,
Feb 23, 2012
Robert Lee Bartley, Sr., 77, of Lexington, MO passed away Thursday, February 23, 2012 at his home. Robert Bartley, was born April 30, 1934 in Dover, MO, the son of Clement Lee and Hazel E. Evans Bartley. He married Wanda Curry on September 9, 1956 at Waverly, MO. Mr. Bartley worked at Armco Steel for 43 years before retirement. He...
