PATRICIA RAE HAMMOND-ADAMS   Patricia Hammond-Adams, age 54, of Kahoka, MO, died Monday, December 11, 2017 at her home.  She was a three time cancer survivor who never gave up. Patricia was born August 11, 1963 at Galesburg, IL, a daughter of Max and Carol Gardner Hammond. She married Gary Roberts and they were the…

James Perry “Buck” Bruner, Jr. 1929-2017   James Perry “Buck” Bruner, Jr., 88, of Denmark, IA died Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at his home. He was born September 27, 1929 in Kahoka, MO the son of James Perry and Nettie Hillis Salyers Bruner. Buck was a veteran of the United States Army and Air Force…

JOAN BALL   Hilda Joan Ball, age 84, of Kahoka, MO died Sunday, November 26, 2017, at the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka. Joan was born December 2, 1932 in Medill, MO, a daughter of Ransome M. and Mary Halferty Bartels. She was married to Edwin M. Ball on October 15, 1951 at the…

Walter C. Dunlap, age 78, of Revere, MO, died unexpectedly on Thursday, November 23, 2017 while working in the woods at his home. Walt was born March 11, 1939, at Harviell, MO, a son of Walter Clarence and Iva Mae Hover Dunlap. on August 4, 1957, while serving in the U. S. Army, he was…

Kevin Scott Wheeler, age 55, of Genoa, WV, died unexpectedly Thursday, November 23, 2017 in the emergency room of Keokuk Area Hospital in Keokuk, IA. He was born June 1, 1962 in Pekin, IL, the oldest son of James Roy and Rebecca Lynn Kull Wheeler. Kevin attended Clark Co. R-1 Schools and completed his G.E.D.…

Hilbert Dean Gares, 89, Monroe City, MO. passed away November 7, 2017 at his home. Hilbert was born November 24, 1927 near Anson, MO., the son of George W. and Julia H. Nixon Gares. He graduated from Kahoka High School in 1945 and served in the United States Navy from 1946 to 1948.  Hilbert was…

Rhoda Jane Perry, 68, of Memphis, formerly of Wyaconda, died Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born July 31, 1949 in Kirksville, the daughter of Vinol Cleone and Carol Jean (Cook) Lawson. Jane was a graduate of Memphis High School and graduated Kirksville College of Cosmetology in 1969.  She…

Rachel Maye Steele, age 95, of Kahoka, formerly of Wayland, passed away early Sunday, October 29, 2017 at the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka where she had been a much-loved patient the past three years. Rachel Maye was born May 23, 1922 in Wayland, MO, a daughter of Albert and Ruby Woods Burke who…

Karen L. Smith, 62, of Kahoka passed away on October 28, 2017 at Hannibal Regional Hospital. Born on November 30, 1954, she was the daughter of Kenneth and Ella Mae Cannon. She was independent and tough and her younger siblings- Brenda, Kirby and Mark were, upon their birth, immediately convinced of her authority. She was…

Charles “Chuck” Johnston, 60, of Revere died Thursday, October 26, 2017 at his home. He was born September 24, 1957 the son of George and Donna Faulkner Johnston. On August 9, 1980 he was united in marriage to Loretta Fox in Kahoka. Chuck graduated from Clark County R-1 High School with the Class of 1977.…