Obituaries

Donald Kenneth Lewis, 83, of Georgetown, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at his home.He was born October 6, 1930, in Smithton, son of Kenneth L. and Edith E. Cramer Lewis. On July 16, 1950, at Georgetown United Methodist Church, he married Elva E. Huddleston, who survives of the home.Mr. Lewis worked for many years at the Missouri Pacific Shops...

Janice Marlene Randall, 70, of Sedalia, passed away Saturday evening, September 6, 2014, at Four Seasons Living Center.She was born February 19, 1944, in Versailles, daughter of William and LaVerne Osborne Braden. On March 5, 1960, in Sedalia, she married James D. Randall, who survives of the home.Mrs. Randall was a member of Emmett Avenue Baptist Church. She had worked...

Vera Romantsova, 59, of Sedalia, passed away Friday, September 5, 2014, at her home.He was born February 1, 1955, in Siberia, daughter of Dmitriy and Aleksandra Kurkov. She was married to Vladimir Romantsov, who died August 17, 2009. She was married to Mykola Kechka, who survives.Mrs. Romantsova was a member of the Word of Life Church. She worked at Tyson...

Carlton Jay “Carl” King, 84, of Sedalia, passed away Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.He was born March 27, 1930, in French Creek, NY, son of Delbert and Helen King. On March 14, 1969, in Las Vegas, NV, he married Lois Anne Moellering, who survives of the home.Mr. King retired from the U.S. Navy as Senior Chief...

Brian Lee Dixon, 42, of Sedalia, MO, formerly of Dixon, IL, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014, at his home.He was born May 2, 1972, in Chicago, IL, son of Vernon C. and Susan M. Rohrhuber Dixon.Brian was a 1990 graduate of Dixon High School and a 1996 graduate of University of Iowa School of Pharmacy. He was a pharmacist....

Ruth Ann Bray, 55, of Otterville, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014, in Otterville.She was born November 4, 1958, in Pekin, IL, daughter of Herman J. and Marjorie M. Smith Reissen. On June 1, 1984, in Salt Lake City, UT, she married Russell L. Bray, who survives of the home.Ruth Ann earned an Associate’s degree from State Fair Community College and...

Joan Marie Smith, 86, of Sedalia, passed away Monday, August 11, 2014, at Country Club Care Center in Warrensburg.She was born October 1, 1927, in Boonville, daughter of George E. and Inez Bilderback Perkins. On November 12, 1947, in Pilot Grove, she married John Ezra Smith, who preceded her in death on December 15, 1975.Mrs. Smith was a member of...

Joseph P.G. “Jerry” Hebert, 79, of Sedalia, passed away Sunday, August 10, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg.He was born January 22, 1935, in Williamstown, VT, son of Joseph Henri and Susinefa “Lucinda” Tousignant Hebert. On May 5, 1967, in Sedalia, he married Lilyan Louise Satterwhite, who preceded him in death on February 15, 1996.Mr. Hebert worked in...

In Loving Memory…Evelyn E. Preuitt, 87, of Sedalia, MO, passed away August 7, 2014, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.Evelyn was born June 9, 1927, in Warsaw, MO, the daughter of Garland E. and Nannie Maxwell Bailey. On December 25, 1944, she was married to Everett Preuitt Jr., who preceded her in death on March 30, 1994.She graduated from Warsaw High...

John Clay “Jack” Leftwich, age 90, of Hughesville, died Friday, August 1, 2014, at Fair View Nursing Home.He was born November 16, 1923, in Pettis County, son of Clay and Selma Leicher Leftwich. On February 14, 1954, at 5th Street Methodist Church in Sedalia, with the Rev. Lee Soxman officiating, he married Kathryn Harvey, who survives of the home.He was...

Martha Lee Golston, 82, of Sedalia, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, at her home.She was born September 15, 1931, in Kansas City, daughter of Matt Lee and Daisy J. Hughes Brown. On October 27, 1949, in Kansas City, she married Ward T. Golston, who survives of the home.Mrs. Golston was a bookkeeper at Inter-State Studio for many years and...

Betty Louise Young, 83, of Sedalia, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at Winchester Meadows.She was born September 26, 1930, in Jefferson City, daughter of William F. Walsh and Lola DeFaye Uptegrove Walsh Ballew. On March 8, 1949, in Jefferson City, she married Thomas W. Young, who preceded her in death on September 8, 1995.Betty enjoyed sewing, music, and working...

James Eldon Bacon, 79, of Warsaw, formerly of Sedalia, died Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Vidant Heart Institute in Greenville, N.C.He was born November 6, 1934, in Dotham, MO, son of Ed and Zula Mae Clark Bacon. On July 17, 1971, in St. Joseph, he married Elizabeth A. Couchman-Summers, who died May 12, 2011.Jim retired as a heavy equipment mechanic...

Roy Richard Griffin, 83, of Sedalia, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.He was born September 5, 1930, in Pettis County, son of Clark Griffin and Noma Goode Croft. He was married to Wanda Jean Petree, who preceded him in death on August 24, 2001.Mr. Griffin had worked for Kitty Clover Potato Chips, Taystee Bread and...

John Robert Hays, Jr., 81 of Sedalia, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center.He was born July 6, 1933, in Leeton, MO, son of John R. Sr. and Thelma I. Martin Hays. John’s family had a musical radio program on KDRO, called “The Hays Hour.”On May 22, 1953, in Sedalia, he married Carolyn Morgan, who survives...

Paul Ray “Poncho” Brownfield, 78, of Sedalia, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2014, at his home.He was born September 19, 1935, in the Wells Road area of Pettis County, son of Floyd and Hattie Pummill Brownfield. On October 19, 1956, in Sedalia, he married Mitzi Lou Eby and they were blessed with four children. On May 25, 1979, in Green...

In Loving Memory…Jo Ann Evelyn Anders, 83, of Sedalia, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014, at Fair View Nursing Home.She was born February 20, 1931, in Boonville, daughter of James Marshall and LaVesta Violet Wilson Summerskill. On November 20, 1965, in Reno, NV, she married J.E. Anders, who died in 1980.For many years, Jo Ann owned and operated the Anderly...

Fred Biggs, 80, of Sedalia, died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at Country Club Care Center in Warrensburg.He was born January 23, 1934, south of Nelson, MO, son of Clarence and Anna Elizabeth Caton Biggs.He attended Postal, Ridge Prairie and Nelson schools, moving to Sedalia while a fourth grader and went to Whittier. He graduated from Smith-Cotton High School in 1952.On...

Lee Arthur Morris, 75, passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.Lee was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 16, 1939, to Arthur L. and Thekla C. Morris.  He graduated high school in 1957 and enlisted in the Navy that same year.  He married the late Dorothy L. Morris on September 2, 1960. ...

Larry Clay Whitworth, 58, of La Monte, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014, at his home.He was born January 11, 1956, in Sedalia, son of Lawson Clay and Anna Lee Fisher Whitworth. On October 26, 1974, in La Monte, he married Bobbie Jean Whitworth, who survives of the home.Mr. Whitworth worked for MoDot for 22 years. He was also a...