Robert “Bob” A. Killday 1933 – 2020 Robert “Bob” A. Killday 87, of Kirksville, died Tuesday (June 30, 2020) at Arbors at Highland Crest, Kirksville. He was the son of Robert “Rob” D. Killday and Esther (Witherow) Killday. Bob was born June 29, 1933 in Knox County, Missouri.  On May 18, 1952 at St. Joseph…

         BARBARA JENKINS Barbara Jenkins, age, 94 of Kahoka, died Thursday, June 25, 2020 in the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka where she had been a resident the past six and a half years. She was born June 20, 1926 at Boone, IA, the daughter of Oscar Millett and Margaret Franklin Sheppard. On November…

    JERRY W. GRIFFITT Jerry Wilson Griffitt, age 71, of Kahoka, MO, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020, in KU Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. Jerry was born December 11, 1948 in Marshall, MO, a son of Frank Wilson and Velma E. Cassels Griffitt. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1966 and…

  SHIRLEY HAMNER MITCHELL Shirley Hamner Mitchell, age 85 of Kahoka, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 19, 2020 at her home. Shirley was born May 22, 1935 in Sullivan, MO, a daughter of William and Dorothy Tourville Reeves. She was married to Delbert Hamner and they were the parents of three children, Karl, DeWayne…

Julia Louise Byrne 1918 – 2020      Julia Louise Byrne, 101, long-time Keokuk resident, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at River Hills Village in Keokuk, IA. She was born on August 19, 1918 in Albia, IA, the third child and first girl to David Lee and Sarah Belle Allison Bush.  At the age of…

BETTY D. SMITH Betty D. Smith, age 84, of Luray, MO, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at her son’s home in Kahoka. Betty was born June 6, 1936 in Argyle, IA, a daughter of Karl and Darlene Humes Karlson. She graduated from Wyaconda High School in 1954 as…

Charles E (Chuck). Stubbs Charles E (Chuck). Stubbs of St. Louis, MO, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020 in St. Louis. He was born November 17, 1931, in Iowa the youngest child of Glenn and Naomi (Gannon) Stubbs. He married Patricia Shankster on October 31, 1953, in Kahoka. They had 3 children – Cathy (Stubbs)…

M. LYNN DANIEL M. Lynn Daniel, age 93, of Indianapolis, departed this life Sunday, May 10, 2020.   He was born May 3, 1927 in Revere, Missouri to the late Clarence Jasper and Elva Bernice (Laughlin) Daniel.  Lynn volunteered to serve his country in the United States Navy during World War II and was recalled…

EUGENE “GENE” HOLLITTE GREENE Eugene “Gene” Hollitte Greene, age 90, died Thursday, May 22, 2020 at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois after a long battle with lung cancer. Gene was born November 23rd, 1929, in Beecher, Illinois, the son of Hollitte Duane “Jack” Greene, Sr. and Hattie Mae (Benn) Greene.  He attended Peotone High School…