Thursday, April 24, 2008 Charles Clouser Jr. 1929-2008 MAYSVILLE, Mo. Charles "Pint" Clouser Jr. of Maysville, son of Charles and Jessie (Chesnut) Clouser, was born April 3, 1929, in St. Joseph and went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at the age of 79 years.
"Pint" served his county with the United States Marine Corps during the Korean conflict. On Dec. 16, 1967, "Pint" and Joan Elizabeth Cox were united in marriage in St. Joseph. He loved his wife, Joan very much, but loved his Lord the most.
"Pint" was a great husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed his horses early on in life and later developed a love for mules. "Pint" was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Maysville. "Pint" was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Michael Adams; a son-in-law, Harry Thompson; a brother, John Clouser; brother-in-law, Bill Bennett; two great-grandsons and a niece. He is survived by his wife, Joanie Clouser; 10 children, Cheri Russell, and husband, Larry; Pam Knorr, and husband, Bob; Bette Odonnell, and husband, Jack; Tammy Jacobs, and husband, Roger; Janet fa*gan, and husband, Gary; Butch Clouser, and special friend, Kitty Crouch; Gregg Krauss, and wife, Jeanine; Candi Scott, and husband, Rick; Joan Harrison, and husband, Clair; and Gary Clouser; 32 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; sister, Charlotte Bennett; two nieces; and one nephew.
A Celebration of Life is scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday, April 25, at the First Baptist Church of Maysville, where all friends are invited to attend. Cremation is under the direction of Bram Funeral Home, Maysville. Memorial contributions may be made to Belarus Partnership with Brother Ivan in care of Bram Funeral Home, P.O. Box 350 Maysville, 64469.
Francis M. Corn 1916-2008 PLATTSBURG, Mo. Francis M. Corn, 92, Plattsburg, died Tuesday, April 23, 2008, at Liberty Hospital in Liberty, Mo. Born April 22, 1916, in Blue Springs, Mr.
Corn was a former resident of Blue Springs until moving to Plattsburg in 1946. During World War II, he served in the United States Army in the 568th Bomb Squadron. On July 19, 1942, he married Eileen L. Burch, who preceded him in death on April 17, 2002. Mr.
Corn was a Ford mechanic for H.O. Tinnen Motors. He also worked at the parts counter for Dean Johnson Ford. He was the mayor of Plattsburg "pro-tem." He was a member of the Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and also the last living member. He was a volunteer firefighter for Plattsburg and a member of the V.F.W.
He also was preceded in death by his parents, Francis M. and Eva Lee (Mann) Corn II; brother, Kenneth Corn; and sister, Dorothy Trabue Shepherd. Survivors are two sons, Glenn R. Corn, Plattsburg; and James F. Corn, and wife, Beverly, Kearney, granddaughters, Keyna Shaeffer, Tara Hall and Tricia Cook; stepgrandson, Kalen Clark; great-grandchildren, Marie Hall, Christian Shaeffer and Harrison Cook; and nieces and nephews.
The service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Bailey Cox Family Funeral Service, Plattsburg. IN MEMORY MRS. JULIE NESS FORD Services 10:30 A.M. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church.
Dr. John D. Watson officiating. Inurnment Memorial Park Cemetery. MRS.
KATHERINE B. ONSTOTT Service 10:00 A.M. Saturday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. The Family will receive friends 9:00 to 10:00 A.M.
Saturday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home Crematory. MEIERHOFFER ST. JOSEPH MEMORIAL PARK 5005 Frederick Blvd. 816-232-3366 View Online Obituaries at www.meierhoffer.com St. Joseph News Press Harriett E.
Hicks 1915-2008 Interment will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Trimble, Mo. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial gifts to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in care of U.S. Bank, Plattsburg.
WARSAW, Mo. Doris L. Dixon, 85, Warsaw, formerly of Fairfax, died at a care center in Warsaw on Monday, April 21, 2008. Mrs. Dixon was a beautician in Fairfax for many years.
Survivors: sons, Donald L. (Maxine), Warsaw; and Billy G. (Marla), Ninety Six, S.C.; sister, Stella De Wees, Prairie deChien, four grandchildren; and three stepgrandchildren. Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, at Christian Church, Fairfax.
Burial: English Grove Cemetery, Fairfax. No visitation. Arrangements: Schooler Funeral Home, Fairfax. Memorials: Fairfax Christian Church or English Grove Cemetery. Berniece E.
Fuls 1925-2008 Doris L. Dixon 1923-2008 HAMILTON, Mo. Berniece E. (Skinner) Fuls, 83, Hamilton, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Survivors are her sister, Norma Canonica, Maryville, sons, Charles Backer, Mesa, and Virgil Backer, Corpus Christi, Texas; daughters, Inez Rowland, Portersville, and Shari Ross, Emmett, Idaho; 20 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren.
Memorial service: 2 p.m. Friday, United Methodist Church, Hamilton. Cremation completed. Inurnment: at later date. Arrangements: Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.
Beverly Goff 1917-2008 TUCSON, Ariz. Born in Maryville, on June 15, 1917, Beverly Goff, Tucson, formerly Maryville, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in Tucson. Mrs. Goff was preceded in death by her loving husband, Charles Richard Goff; father and mother, Robert and Beulah McGinness; brother, Marlin McGinness; and sisters, Lois McGinness, Roberta Leeper Richey and Shirley Couch Louden. Survivors are sons, James (Janet) Goff and Richard Goff; daughter, Anne (Rick) Waits; HEATON-BOWMAN-SMITH I SIDENFADEN and St.
Joseph Crematory Co. BETTY JEAN (LUCAS) GRESHAM Services 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel. Rev. Ronald Nichols officiating.
Mrs. Gresham will be cremated following the Service. The family suggests memorial contributions to help cover final expenses in care of Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel. EDWARD L. SEROCKI Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 a.m.
Friday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, under the direction of the Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel. Father Tom Ludwig Celebrant. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 9:00 a.m.
Thursday at our Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A Rosary will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Military Honors under the auspices of Northwest Marine Corps League Detachment 180. The family suggests memorial contributions, to Maryknoll Fathers and P.O.
Box 307, Maryknoll, New York 10545-0307 or Conception Abbey. WILLIAM "BILL" A. PUGH Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, under the direction of the BowmanSmith Sidenfaden Chapel.
Father Matthew Brumleve and Father Ron Will C.PP.S. Concelebrants. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 9:00 a.m.
Friday at our Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. A Rosary will be recited by Father Joseph Totton at 7:00 p.m. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society and Hands of Hope Hospice. Obituaries and online condolences at www.heatonbowmansmithchapel.com chapel.com 3609 Frederick Blvd. 232-3355 "Caring In All That We Do" grandchildren, Sarah and Benjamin Goff, and Elizabeth, Mike and John Waits; brothers, Kenneth and Bob Mc- Ginness; and sisters, Virginia Beal and Doris Willsie.
Beverly was valedictorian of her Maryville High School class and graduated summa cum laude from Northwest Missouri Teacher's College in 1939. She married C. Richard Goff after he was released from P.O.W. camp in 1945. Together they lived in Kansas City, Warren, N.J.; Liberty, and Tucson.
Beverly worked as a dietician at Providence Hospital, Kansas City, home economics teacher, Cleghorn, Iowa; and director of food services for the Berkeley Heights, N.J., School District. Her life and spirit are imprinted on our lives and hearts forever. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. and the service at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Price Funeral Home, Maryville.
Burial will be at Bethany Cemetery, Barnard, Mo. The funeral home online site is: www.pricefuneralhomemary Edith A. Goodin 1929-2008 Edith Anna Turner Goodin, 79, of St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at a local -care facility. Mrs.
Goodin was born April 15, 1929, in Hamburg, Iowa. She was a homemaker, a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a Christian. Edith was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Goodin; a son, Timmy Turner; and her parents, Robert Evans and Maude May Evans. She had four brothers, Robert, Lee, Eugene and Dale; and two sisters, Lillian and Gladys.
She is survived by two daughters, Katherine Mauzey of St. Joseph and Tammy Patton of Richmond, three sons, Tommy, Edward and Robert Turner, all of St. Joseph; 1 16 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren. The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Rupp Funeral Home, St.
Joseph. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home. Online condolences and obituaries are at: www.ruppfuneral.
com. Dean M. Henderson 1925-2008 TOPEKA, Kan. Dean M. Henderson, 82, Topeka, formerly of St.
Joseph, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at Topeka Community Health Care. He was born May 25, 1925. Burial is planned at the Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kan. PenwellGabel Mid Town Chapel in Topeka is in charge of the arrangements. REX W.
"GRANDPA" BROWN Funeral Services will be at 10 A.M. Thursday at the Huffman Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Bruce Jacobs officiating. The Interment will be at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Memorials are requested to the Rex Brown Memorial Fund in care of the Rupp Funeral Home. The Pallbearers will be Bob Bowen, Jamie Sweet, Dan Woehrman, Josh Bowen, Kim Woehrman and Dennis Stokes. EDITH ANNA "TURNER" GOODIN Funeral Services will be at 2 P.M. Friday, at the Rupp Chapel. The Interment will be at the Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6-8 P.M. Thursday at the Rupp Funeral Home. The Pallbearers will be Cody Turner, Shawn Turner, Jeffrey Turner, Ray Mauzey, Ben Mauzey and Tom Turner Jr. Rupp Funeral 6054 Pryor 238-1797 On-Line Condolence and Obituary at www.ruppfuneral.com Harriett Joseph, day, Regional Mrs. 1915, in of Armstrong and Armstrong.
She ceived education Bartlett School. Edna Hicks, 92, St. departed this life Thurs17, 2008, at Heartland Medical Center. Hicks was born Oct. 20, St.
Joseph to the union George Edna reher at High She was united in marriage to Frank Hicks Sr. for 67 years. He survives of the home. Mrs. Hicks worked at Armour Packing House and Jerre Anne Cafeteria.
She owned Harriett's Residential Care Facility for over 30 years. She served faithfully until her death at New Hope Baptist Church and was an honorary mother. Mrs. Hicks was preceded in death by her daughter, Doris Jean Huff Wilkerson. She leaves to cherish her loving memory, her loving husband, Frank Hicks Sr.
of the home; son, Frank Hicks St. Joseph; sister, Kathryn Ellis, Chicago, nine grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 20 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Service: 11 a.m. Saturday, New Hope Baptist Church, St. Joseph.
Interment: Ashland Cemetery, St. Joseph. Family visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Bullock Family Funeral Chapel, St. Joseph.
William A. Pugh 1921-2008 William A. "Bill" Pugh, 86, St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at a local health-care center. Mr.
Pugh was born June 27, 1921, in Savannah, the son on Feb. 19, 1944, at Holy Cross Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. She preceded him in death on March 23, 1991. Bill was a veteran of WWII, where he served in the Pacific on the USS Salamone and the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as a Navy pharmacist mate 2nd class.
He received his training as a radiology technologist in the Navy. He worked as a radiology tech- Late Notices Chestoria Crowley Chestoria Crowley, 48, St. Joseph, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at the St. Joseph hospital. Arrangements are pending at Bullock Family Funeral Chapel, St.
Joseph. Charles W. Hogan BETHANY, Mo. Charles W. "Bill" Hogan, 85, Bethany, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008.
Service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany. Burial: New Hope Cemetery, Services REX WAYNE BROWN, 66, St. Joseph, 10 a.m. today, Huffman Memorial United Methodist Church, St.
Joseph. Burial: Leavenworth, National Cemetery. Arrangements: Rupp Funeral Home, St. Joseph. WILLIAM JAMES COOK, 82, Kansas City, Mass of Christian Burial: 8:30 a.m.
today, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Kansas City. Burial: Leavenworth, National Cemetary. Arrangements: Passantino Bros. Funeral Home, Kansas City. PAULINE M.
"MARGIE" DURANT, 87, Savannah, graveside Celebration of Life: 11:30 a.m. today, Savannah Cemetery. Family visitation: 9:30 to 11 a.m. today, at Breit-Hawkins Gladden Funeral Home, Savannah. JULIE NESS FORD, 85, St.
Joseph, We Understand We know that not everybody feels they should have to empty their savings account to pay for a funeral service. It's only natural to want a funeral home that can offer personal service at an affordable price we are that kind of funeral home. GLADDEN-STAMEY FUNERAL HOME Affordable Funeral Cremation Services Pre-Arranged Funeral Plans 2335 St. Joseph Ave. 232-2722 nologist at Methodist Hospital until he retired in 1986.
Bill was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and American Legion Post No. 359. He was a past member of the Eagles Lodge. He also was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Clarence and Thomas; and three sisters, Agnes Griggs, Alice Smith and Margaret Hestand.
Survivors include his son, John, and wife, Ellen; two daughters, Karen Szczepanik, and husband, George; and Peggy Hart, and husband, Roger, all of St. Joseph; four grandchildren, Jenny Schoeberl, and husband, David; David Hart, and wife, Melissa; Kristy Kunkel, and husband, Mark; and Joseph Pugh, and wife, Susan; seven great-grandchildren, Sam and Sofia Schoeberl, Shane and Holly Hart, Tiffany Kunkel, and Ben and Brady Pugh; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Saturday, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, St.
Joseph, under the direction of Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel, St. Joseph. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, St. Joseph. Visitation: begins after 9 a.m.
Friday, at the chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and a rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Friday. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or Hands of Hope Hospice. Elizabeth P.
Schrader 1916-2008 HIAWATHA, Kan. Elizabeth P. Schrader, 92, Hiawatha, died Monday, April 21, 2008. Mrs. Schrader was graduated from Hiawatha High School.
Survivors: sons, Robert, Keith, Charles and Richard; daughters, Louise Sager, Mary Furnish and Margaret Shannon; 23 grandchildren; 23 -grandchildren. Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church Family Life Center, Hiawatha. Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha. Viewing: after 12 p.m.
today; visitation: 7 to 8:30 tonight, Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, Hiawatha. Harry P. Steele Jr. 1925-2008 ATCHISON, Kan. Harry Paul Steele 82, Atchison, died Monday, April 21, 2008, at his home.
Born Aug. 23, 1925, in St. Joseph, he was the son of Harry Paul and Hazel (Cook) Steele Sr. Survivors: wife, Marjorie, Atchison; daughter, Linda Long, McFall, with military rites. Viewing: after 1 p.m.
Friday, at the funeral home. No scheduled family visitation. Katherine B. Onstott Katherine B. Onstott, 92, St.
Joseph, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at a local health-care center. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home Crematory, St. Joseph. Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, St.
Joseph. Viewing: after 2 p.m. Fri- 10:30 a.m. today, First Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph.
Private inurnment: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. Arrangements: Meierhoffer Funeral Home Crematory, St. Joseph. BETTY JEAN (LUCAS) GRESHAM, 65, St.
Joseph, 11:30 a.m. today, Heaton-Bowman-Smith Sidenfaden Chapel, St. Joseph. MARCUS EARL HICKMAN, 48, Mount Moriah, 10:30 a.m. today, Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, Mo.
Burial: Lloyd Cemetery, Mount Moriah, with military rites. ANNA GERTRUDE MATTHYS, 87, Camden Point, 11 a.m. today, Hixson-Klein Funeral Home, Smithville, Mo. Burial: Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smithville. KENNETH SNEAD, 72, Bethany, viewing: after 4 p.m.
today, Roberson Funeral Home, Bethany, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight. Inurnment: at a later date, Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Martinsville, Mo. CITY DEATHS Chestoria Crowley Edith A. Goodin Dean M. Topeka, Kan.
Harriett E. Hicks Katherine B. Obstott William A. Pugh Robert F. Tindall Page B2 Topeka, Kan.
Shawn Dickson, Tenn. St. Joseph resident MISSOURI DEATHS Charles Clouser Jr. Maysville, Mo. Francis M.
Corn Plattsburg, Mo. Doris L. Dixon Warsaw, Mo. Berniece E. Fuls Hamilton, Mo.
Beverly Goff Tucson, Ariz. Charles W. Hogan Bethany, Mo. Carl Waterman, Page B2 Princeton, Mo. KANSAS DEATH Elizabeth P.
Schrader Hiawatha, Kan. Henry P. Steele Jr. Atchison, Kan. St.
Joseph; grandchildren, Robert and Michael Gilliland, and Tami Justice; and great-grandchildren, Dustin Conard-Gilliland, Dillion Conard-Gilliland, Alexis Ozment, Hailey Gilliland, and Sabrina "Punkin" and Kali Justice. Cremation is set. No service is planned. Arrangements are by BeckerDyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison. Please see B2 day, at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 9 to 10 a.m.
Saturday. Shawn Zimmerman DICKSON, Tenn. Shawn Zimmerman, 36, Dickson, formerly of St. Joseph, died Monday, April 21, 2008. Service: 3:30 p.m.
Friday, Taylor Funeral Home, Dickson. Burial: Union Cemetery, Dickson. Family visitation: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
GOLDIE WENDT, 96, Princeton, 10:30 a.m. today, Assembly of God Church, Mercer, Mo. Burial: Early Cemetery, Mercer. Visitation: 9 to 10:30 a.m. today, at the church.
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