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Obituaries

Joyce S Dantes

Joyce Sharron (Bailey) Dantes was born May 16, 1949, in Roscoe, Mo. She was the fourth child of Ruth Violet Hood and Henry Arthur Bailey. Raised by Thomas Reynolds, whom she called “daddy”. Preceded in death by all three parents, older sisters: Mary Alice Hammond, Patricia Ann Bailey, and Jo Burrow, younger brother Tony Reynolds...
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Rima, Donald

Donald Dean Rima, 73, of Humansville, Missouri, passed away April 30,2023, at the Veteran’s home in Mount Vernon, Missouri, after an extended battle with cancer. Donnie, as he was known, was born June 9, 1949, to Nelson Rima and Dorothy (Potter) Rima in Cedar County, Missouri. He attended Humansville schools. He was inducted into the...
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Tilley, Barbara

Barbara Ann Tilley was born on April 6, 1941 to Ord K. and Dorothy Brown in Lamar, Colorado.  She married Doyle Tilley on July 13, 1963 in Blytheville, Arkansas and to this union two children were born. She was a devoted housewife following Doyle in his service to the country in the United States Air...
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Straton, Willis

Willis Wayne Stratton was born on November 27, 1944 in Malta Bend, MO to Florence (Roberts) and Willis Henry Stratton. He departed from this Earth on April 29, 2023, surrounded by family.   Willie and his seven siblings grew up on a farm in northern Missouri and he worked in the coal mines alongside his...
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Smith III, Franklin

Franklin G. Smith III of Deepwater, Missouri was born on August 17, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri to Frank Smith II and Verna Sheets Smith. He earned the nickname “Butch” while growing up working in the stockyards with his grandfather Pops Neitch. Butch was the eldest of three children. He is preceded in death by...
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