AREA OBITUARIES
BARBARA JANE OXENDALE
Barbara Jane Oxendale, 84, of Milan, Missouri, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2026 at Milan Health Care Center. Barbara was born April 5, 1941 at her maternal grandparent’s farm near Odebolt, Iowa to Roland and Dorothy (Godbersen) Anderson. On July 25, 1959 she married Douglas Oxendale at the Little Brown Church where her parents were…
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Linda Lea (Hooker) Grime, 84 of Blue Springs, Missouri passed away Monday, January 19, 2026, at home in Blue Springs, Missouri. Linda was born June 13, 1941 in San Diego, California to Rex Enoch and Helen Elizabeth (Hamilton) Hooker. She is survived by her brother Mike Hooker wife Brenda of Trenton; daughter Kristen Brumley and…
Read MoreNELSON LEE TALLMAN
October 10, 1942 – January 26, 2026 Nelson Lee Tallman, 83 of rural Queen City, Missouri, passed away at the Schuyler County Nursing Home in Queen City, Missouri on Monday, January 26, 2026. The son of Carl Edson and Beulah Maude (Snider) Tallman, he was born on October 10, 1942 in rural Queen City, Missouri.…
Read MoreDonald “Don” W. Fessenden
Donald “Don” W. Fessenden, 79 of Palmyra, Missouri passed away on his farm on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 6:06 PM. A private family Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, January 26, 2026, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Palmyra, MO. Father Greg Meystrik will officiate. Burial with full Military…
Read MoreDIXIE LYNN PARRISH
Dixie Lynn Parrish, age 77, of Edina, Missouri, passed away, January 23, 2026, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born September 3, 1948, the daughter of Lloyd (Donk) and Betty Hathaway. She was united in marriage to Vance Ray Parrish on October 18, 1968, at the Christian Church in Greensburg, Missouri. Surviving are her…
Read MoreLARRY DEAN COOK, SR.
Larry Dean Cook Sr., age 89 of White Hall, Ill. passed away Thursday, January 15, 2026 at White Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 26, 1936 in White Hall, the son of Floyd and Imogene Sitton Cook. He married Nell Vanderford and later divorced. He later married Carol Westnedge February 16, 2002…
Read MoreRONALD RAYMOND “RON” HENKENIUS
Ronald Raymond “Ron” Henkenius, age 84, most recently of Pella, Iowa and formerly of Bloomfield, Iowa passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026, at the Comfort House in Pella, Iowa. The son of Raymond Albert and Clara B. (Klahs) Henkenius, Ron was born in Carroll, Iowa, on August 10, 1941. He grew up on his…
Read MoreJEFFREY ALLEN REDDING
August 16, 1962 – January 4, 2026 Jeff Redding was born in Kirksville, Missouri and passed away unexpectedly at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 63. Jeff was blessed with a daughter, Camryn Redding of Phoenix, Arizona. He was the beloved son of Dianna (Ledford) Morgan and Ron of Lancaster, Missouri.…
Read MoreDONNA MAY (PRUNER) WELTE
June 12, 1949 – January 6, 2026 Donna May (Pruner) Welte, 76 of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Lancaster, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joesph, Missouri. The daughter of John Eugene and Zelpha May (Ruggles) Pruner, she was born on June 12, 1949 in Centerville, Iowa. She…
Read MoreROVENE K. LIPPER
Rovene K. Lipper, age 100, of Kahoka, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at Scotland County Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. She was born on August 13, 1925 in Kahoka, the daughter of Johnnie and Eda Katharina (Neumann) Acklie. Rovene graduated from Kahoka High School with the Class of 1943 and later continued her…
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