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Obituaries

Butler, Frank Elton

Frank Elton Butler was born January 26, 1947, to Orvil and Gerdie Butler in Caplinger Mills, Missouri. He passed away June 24th, 2022, in Bolivar, Missouri.   Frank married the love of his life Mary Jo Redburn on October 30th, 2006. He retired after 35 years from road construction. He enjoyed spending time with his...
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Selvidge, Betty Lou

Betty Lou Selvidge passed away on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.  She was born on March 30, 1933, to Daniel and Ola Smith Selvidge in Collins, Missouri. Betty graduated from Collins High School in 1950.  She continued her education at Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, Missouri and at Missouri State University,...
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Watts, Jesse Israel

Jesse Israel Watts was born October 28, 1939, in Cedar County, Missouri to Jess and Bernice Watts. He went home to be with the Lord on June 21, 2022. After graduation Jesse joined the U.S. Navy. He spent 3 of 4 years on a troop transport ship, the USS General William Mitchell. He spoke of...
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Foster, Mary Frances

Mary Frances Foster, age 102, of Osceola, Missouri passed away June 18, 2022, in Lowry City, Missouri. She was born August 20, 1919, in Hardin, Missouri to William and Lavenia Sportsman.   She was a member of First Baptist Church and had worked for years with youth at camps, Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and...
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Williams, Joann

Joann Marilyn Hunter Williams was born December 13, 1935 in Rocky Ford, Colorado, the second of three daughters to Edgar L. and Stella M. (Rector) Hunter.  Joann lived in and attended school in Collins, Missouri throughout her childhood.  She met her future husband when he took his mother grocery shopping in Joann’s family’s grocery store...
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