Obituaries
Chad Lee Howell
Jul 13, 2014
Chad Lee Howell, 42, of Odessa, Missouri passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at home. The family will host a Celebration of Life at 2:00 p.m. Friday July 18, 2014 at Dyer Park in Odessa, MO. The family will also be having a Pot Luck dinner and a memorial balloon release. Memorials are suggested to the family in care...
Cian Gossett
Jul 8, 2014
Baby Cian Lofton Gossett passed away on July 8, 2014 at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, MO The family will have private graveside services at a later time. Condolences for the family may be left at www.ralphojones.com <http://www.ralphojones.com>. Arrangements are entrusted to the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 S. Second St., Odessa, MO, 64076, 816-633-5524. Cian is survived by...
Elmer A. Struchtemeyer
Jul 7, 2014
Elmer A. Struchtemeyer Elmer A. Struchtemeyer 93, a lifelong resident of the Lexington and Mayview, Missouri area passed away Monday, July 7, 2014 at the Meyer Care Center of John Knox Village where he was a resident for the past eleven months . Elmer was born March 18, 1921 near Mayview, MO to Oscar Henry and Caroline A. Starkebaum Struchtemeyer....
Nina Maie Ensign
Jul 3, 2014
Nina Maie (Hohimer) Ensign, 86, of Odessa, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 03, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Odessa, MO. The family will host a private Celebration of Life Service at a later date. Condolences for the family may be left at www.ralphojones.com <http://www.ralphojones.com> or on our Facebook Page. Arrangements are entrusted to the Ralph O. Jones...
Annie Elizabeth Vanderfeltz
Jun 26, 2014
Annie Elizabeth (Burnett) Vanderfeltz, 86, of Lexington, Missouri formerly a long time resident of Odessa, MO passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2014 at the North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City, MO. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July...
Betty Jean Boyd
Jun 24, 2014
Betty Jean (Bakert) Boyd, 83, of Odessa, Missouri formerly a long time resident of Marshall, MO passed away on Tuesday June 24, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Odessa. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday June 27, 2014 at Ridge Park Cemetery, 804 East Yerby, Marshall, MO, 65340, with Pastor Mark Gooden officiating. A visitation will...
Mary Margaret Guerri
Jun 18, 2014
Mary Margaret Guerri, 88, of Odessa, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Odessa. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 S. Second St., Odessa, MO, 64076, 816-633-5524. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday at...
Dalton Shane Rardon
Jun 16, 2014
Dalton Shane Rardon, 22, of Polo passed away Monday June 16, 2014 as a result of an automobile accident. Dalton was born on Sept 20, 1991 in Liberty, Missouri to Shane and Jill Rardon. He was a 2010 graduate of Polo High School and student at University Of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, where he will receive his Bachelors Degree in...
Nancy Lee Reynolds
Jun 13, 2014
Nancy Lee (Wulfekotter) Reynolds, 73, of Osceola, Missouri passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014 at home. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, 306 S. Second St., Odessa, MO, 64076, 816-633-5524 with Elder David Kinnaman officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m....
Teresa Leigh Shireman
Jun 12, 2014
Teresa Leigh (Snyder) Shireman, 53, of Odessa, Missouri passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, MO. Teresa was born on August 17, 1960 in Lansing, Michigan to Marvin Ernest Snyder and Sondra (King) Woodard. She was a homemaker and loved animals. Teresa will be greatly missed. Teresa is survived by a son,...
Louis Houston Williams
Jun 9, 2014
LOUIS �BILL� HOUSTON WILLIAMS Louis H. Williams, 81, of Lexington, MO passed away at his home on Monday, June 9, 2014. Louis H. Williams was born July 16, 1932 in Lexington, MO to Louis Dewitt and Isabel Hervey Williams. He married Helen Estell Williams in 1955. Louis retired after 35 years from Lake City Munitions where he had been a...
Sharon Fairchild Welch
Jun 8, 2014
SHARON KAY WELCH Sharon Kay Welch, 72, of Lexington, MO passed away Sunday, June 8, 2014 at Riverbend Heights Health & Rehabilitation in Lexington. Sharon Kay Fairchild was born August 13, 1941 in Higginsville, MO, to Orlando Charles and Alta Emogene Williams Fairchild. She married Robert Lee �Bob� Welch on August 19, 1970 in Oklahoma. Kay was a homemaker. She...
Ray Wayne Mansell
Jun 4, 2014
RAY WAYNE MANSELL Ray W. Mansell, 81, of Lexington, MO passed away June 4, 2014 at Benchmark Care Center in Lexington, MO. Ray Mansell was born March 19, 1933 in Napoleon, MO to David William and Lola E. Blackwell Mansell. He married Susan Ann Gadde, who preceded him in death in February of 2000. He later married Kathie Lee Garrett,...
Donna Sue Fortune
May 25, 2014
Donna Sue Fortune, 67, of Wellington, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. Donna Sue Campbell was born on January 25, 1947 in Kansas City, MO to Elmer Lee and Lillie Ann Rogge Campbell. She married William Thomas Fortune on March 5, 1977 in Springfield, IL. Donna Sue worked as a physical therapist...
Laneita Joyce Runyon
May 20, 2014
Laneita “Casey†Joyce Runyon, 63, of Odessa, Missouri passed away on Tuesday May 20, 2014 at home. The family will host a Celebration of Life at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Calvary Baptist Church in Odessa, MO with Reverend Larry Neil officiating. Memorials are suggested to the Grandchildren’s Scholarship Fund in care of Chezrae Runyon. Condolences for the...
Lawrence "Tucker" Thomas,
May 18, 2014
Lawrence �Tucker� Thomas, Jr. 80, of Lone Jack, MO formerly of Lexington, and Warsaw MO passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014. Lawrence H. Thomas, Jr. was born January 24, 1934 in Lexington, MO, the son of Lawrence and Muriel Letchworth Thomas. He married Wanda Marie Comstock on March 25, 1951 in Lexington. Tucker was retired from Butler Manufacturing where he...
Alonzo (Lonnie) Best Christy
May 17, 2014
Alonzo (Lonnie) Best Christy, 94, of Odessa, Missouri passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the VITAS Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the First Christian Church in Odessa, MO with Dave Corder officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 20,...
DEFOE,USNR CAPTAIN STANSEL
May 16, 2014
CAPTAIN STANSEL E. DEFOE, USNR (RET), Captain Stansel E. DeFoe, USNR (Ret), 95, of Concordia, MO died on May 16, 2014 at Missouri Western Medical Center in Warrensburg, MO. Stansel was born on January 2, 1919 in Higginsville, MO the son of William B. and Estella (Cain) DeFoe, Jr. He graduated from Smith-Cotton High School, Sedalia, in 1937. He attended...
Pirmin "PJ" Zeller
May 16, 2014
PIRMIN JOHN �P.J.� ZELLER Pirmin John Zeller, 78, of Napoleon, MO died Friday, May 16, 2014 at Oak Grove Nursing Center. Pirmin John Zeller was born October 7, 1935 in Paxico, KS to Nicholas John and Sophia Elizabeth Heigert Zeller. He married Barbara Joann Fossett, they later divorced and he then married Carol Hougderty. P.J. was a fuel attendant for...
Cynthia Sue Fisher
May 15, 2014
Cynthia Sue Fisher, 65, of Odessa, Missouri formerly of Raytown, MO passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at home surrounded by her family. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Friday May 30, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 301 S. 1st St., Odessa, MO, 64076. Visitation will be held on Friday May...
