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Obituaries

van Zanten, Beverly Lois

Beverly Lois van Zanten of Osceola, Missouri passed away peacefully on May 16, 2025.  Beverly was born February 17, 1938 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.  She moved with her family to the U.S. in 1950 and graduated high school in Watertown, South Dakota in 1956.  Beverly went to nursing school at St. Luke’s in Kansas...
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Chapman, Thomas O.

Thomas Ovie Chapman, of Osceola, Missouri, passed away May 10, 2025, surrounded by his beloved family. Tom was born on November 2, 1949, to Carl and Evelyn Chapman in Humansville, Missouri. He grew up on the family farm, where he learned early what hard work really meant. He attended Rainey Grade School through fourth grade,...
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Clark, Doris Marie

Doris Marie Clark age 91, went home to be with the Lord on May 3, 2025, at Truman Lake Manor nursing home in Lowry City, Missouri. She was born May 27, 1933, in Ottawa, KS to Mr. and Mrs. Bussell. She met and married Jack Edward Clark on April 17th, 1953, in Ottawa, Kansas. One...
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Carmeron Jr., William Smith

William “Bill” Smith Cameron was born on February 14, 1948, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on May 7, 2025, at Lowry City Manor in Lowry City, Missouri, where he had resided since October 2024. Bill was 77 years old. Prior to entering Lowry City Manor, Bill lived in El Dorado...
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Eldridge, Venita Ruth

Venita Ruth Eldridge, Columbus, GA., died April 29, 2025. Venita was born February 4, 1933, in Osceola, MO.  She married D’Wayne Eldridge on October 22, 1950. They had known each other since first grade and began dating during their sophomore year in high school.   Venita contracted polio when she was 12. The doctor advised against...
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Winfiel, Charles A.

Charles Albert Winfiel received his eternal reward Sunday, April 27, 2025 at the age of 90 years, two months and 2 days. He died peacefully at home, holding hands with Edith, his wife of 67 years. He was born February 25, 1935, on a farm near Bolivar in Polk County, Missouri. His parents were Howard...
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Davis, Dennis

Dennis Clyde Davis, 69, passed away on April 24, 2025, surrounded by the family he cherished and who cherished him in return. Born on July 23, 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri, Dennis spent his childhood in Olathe, Kansas, and Belton, Missouri, where he created countless fond memories and began shaping the kind and generous heart...
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Case, Christopher Robert

Christopher Robert Case, 29, joined his heavenly father on April 17, 2025. Christopher was born a true gift. Entering this world on the snowiest Christmas Eve, December 24, 1995. The darkest tufts of hair and tiny features quickly won over the hearts of his young family members who would rather have been waiting up for...
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Wears, Harold

Harold was born in Lowry City, MO to Fred and Mary (Carver) Wears on August 7, 1929. The youngest of five children, his family had deep roots in St. Clair County as his father was born in Mt. Zion and his mother in Roscoe. His grandfather, John Thomas Wears, was a Civil War veteran and...
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Harper, Helen “Kay”

Helen Kay Harper, lovingly known as Kay, was born on October 16, 1942, in Cedar County, Missouri, to Floyd Byron “Bike” Messick and Ina Curnutt Messick. She passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2025, in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, at the age of 82. From ages five through twelve, Kay attended Johnson School, a rural...
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