Albany High School Alumni Obituaries

Florence "Flossie" Faye James Arnold 86 of Braymer MO. passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 10 2025 at Golden Age Nursing Home. Flossie was born on July 27 1939 in Albany MO. the daughter of Cecil and Dora Faye Hill James. She graduated from high school in 1957 from Braymer C4. Af...

Jackie Dean Hawk was born August 18 1936 to Lazarus and Hazel Hennegin Hawk at their home in rural Sheridan Missouri. He passed away November 22 2025 at the age of 89 surrounded by his family. Jack graduated from Sheridan High School in 1954. In high school he enjoyed participating in softball baske...

It is with gratitude that we will gather to honor and celebrate the life of Ronald Paul Searcy. God blessed Ron with a long and fruitful life for nearly ninety years. What a joy when Beryl and Tom Searcy welcomed their only child into this world on August 17 1936. Ron grew up in Albany Missouri wher...

St. Joseph Tarkio and Albany MO resident Nancy VanHoozer Gillespie age 78 passed away November 26 2025. She was the daughter of Max and Vera June Kidwell VanHoozer and grew up in Tarkio Missouri and graduated in the 1965 class of Tarkio High School. She had one brother Gary and one sister Carol Russ...

Beverly Jean Cook Mikes 89 of Albany Missouri passed away September 22 2025. She was born May 3 1936 in Atchison County Mo to Harry and Velma Lytle Cook. She graduated high school in Tarkio Mo in 1954. She married Wallace E. Gene Hogue Jan 261958 in Tarkio MO. They had 3 children Dyan Ricky and Robi...

Virginia "Ginny" Carmody 68 of Syracuse NY passed away peacefully on January 14th 2026 at Francis House surrounded by immediate family. Ginny was born and raised in the Hudson Valley. She attended St. Marys Elementary school and John A. Coleman Catholic High School class of 1975 both located in King...

LaJuana Fay Barnette Harrison 82 of Pontotoc Mississippi was born on June 16 1943 to Rex and Lillie Mae Barnette. She graduated from Pontotoc High School in 1961 and on December 16 1962 married her soulmate James L. Billy Harrison. Together they shared 61 years of devoted marriage all spent in Ponto...

Willa was born in Leeds Maine the daughter of Floyd H. and Lean A. Glidden Hartford. After graduating from Edward Little High School in Auburn she worked at Albany Felt Co. in Monmouth. She worked primarily as an administrative assistant and later as an office manager for Bancroft and Martin Corp. i...

Barbara BarBee Joan Baxter Tisdale 77 of Auburn Maine passed away on January 7 2020 after a short illness. A private service for family and friends will be held in February in Barbaras beloved state of Florida. Barbara was born in New Albany Indiana on December 3 1942. She attended high school at th...

Dorothe R. Hallenbeck of Thornton Hall Brunswick died peacefully at Midcoast Hospital on November 7 2018. Born on September 25 1918 in Schenectady New York to Claude and Anna Posson she was 100 years old. She was active throughout her life. A popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and early 1930...

Roy Alton Clark 79 of Auburn Maine went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Friday December 10th 2021 at CMMC in Lewiston following a long battle with COPD. He entered his Heavenly Home with his daughter Francine by his side and surrounded by all his loved ones near and far virtually. R...

Wayne P. AndrewsMechanic FallsWayne P. Andrews passed away January 25 2021 in Auburn. He was born September 16 1946 in Albany ME a son of Ray and Sarah Andrews. Wayne was a high school graduate and was a dedicated husband father grandfather and great grandfather. Wayne was retired from Poland Spring...

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Colonel Claude Earl Messamore Jr. USAF Retired age 73. He passed away peacefully on September 18 2017 at his beloved summer cottage on Bailey Island Maine. Claude was born in May 1944 in Knoxville Tennessee and was the oldest of the fou...

WOOLWICH Rev. Clayton F. Reed 92 passed away on March 1 2016. He was the son of Hollis G. and Lillian M. Rich Reed born on February 16 1924 in McKinley Maine. Clayton was one of eleven children. He attended Pemetic High School Class of 1942. Clayton went on to graduate from Bowdoin College Class of...

Walter James Curtis 77 of Fayette ME passed away on September 21 2022 at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn ME with his daughter Becky Cote by his side after a brief diagnosis of lung cancer. He leaves behind his wife of 61 years Anna Snell Curtis daughters Wendy Morgan and her husband Mike Mo...

Rita Hope Daniels Underwood 98 of Shady Spring died Tuesday January 27 2026 after a long illness in Charleston WV. Born April 10 1927 at Lockbridge WV she was the daughter of the late Violet Brooks and Winfred M. Daniels. Mrs. Underwood graduated from Trap Hill High School and upon graduation went t...

Newark Marianne Arseneau MD passed away peacefully on January 19 2026 at the age of 81. Born in Lyons NY in 1945 Marianne graduated from Lyons High School in 1963. She went on to attend Syracuse University graduating in 1967. Driven by a lifelong passion for learning Marianne also graduated from th...

Raymond Shorty Yocom 80 of Merkel Tx. Passed away on February 1 2026 in Big Springs Tx. Raymond was born in Seagraves Tx to Charles Curtis Yocom and Geneva Williams Yocom on October 28 1945. He graduated from Seagraves High School in 1964 and married Martha Jean Moore on August 251995 in Albany Tx. ...

Jerry N. Richardson Jr. a devoted husband father grandfather brother uncle mentor and friend departed this life and took flight into eternal rest surrounded by the love of his family early Wednesday morning August 13 2025. Born and raised in Jacksonville Florida on February 11 1949 Jerry grew up lea...

Joseph L. Peterson Jr. was born to the late Joseph and Eddie Belle Demps Peterson on August 23 1938 in Quitman Georgia. He received his early education in the public schools of Brooks County and graduated from Washington High School in the Class of 1957. Furthering his education Joseph attended Alba...

Anne Walsh Mitchell of Climax NY died on Saturday January 31 2026 from dementiarelated causes at home. She was 75 years old. She was proud to have been born at home and was without doubt equally proud to be able to die there. Anne was born on May 26 1950 in Hingham MA and spent her childhood moving ...

WESTERLO Nicholas Valentine born March 23 1938 in Smithtown Long Island New York to James and Elsie Sanders Valentine passed January 26 2026 peacefully at home with his family at 1036 CR 402 Westerlo NY 12193. He graduated in 1955 from Smithtown High School. Nick was a vegetable farmer Sweetwater F...

Charles Edward Adamson was preceded in death by his Grandparents Robert Roy Adamson from Turtle Creek PA Emma Rose Staub fromChurchill PA William Posavac from Wilkins Township PA Dorothy Matrosic from Wilkins Township PA his parents Robert Roy Adamson 2nd from Churchill PA and Emily Posavac from Wil...

Catherine Nipple of Albany WI died on Monday February 2 2026 after a three year journey through pancreatic cancer. She would like to thank the wonderful kind staff of the Monroe SSM Oncology Dept. for their love and care during this time. She was born on St. Patricks Day 1948 to Guy and Carol Brough...

Jack Hopkins, 73 of Albany, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2026. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, January 10th at the Albany Cemetery Pavilion. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Morehart Mortuary.Jack R. Hopkins was born February 15, 1952 in Albany, Texas to Cecil O...

Gayala Fields Askew, of Albany, Texas, passed to eternal life on Monday, December 8, 2025, at 71 years old. Gayala was born to Jewel Princeton Fields and Lois Odel Piltcher Fields on July 29, 1954, in DeLeon, Texas. She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Lorene Fields, Judy Hardy, and Fr...

Susan Pendleton, age 76 of Breckenridge, passed away on Thursday, January 22, 2026. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, January 28th at First Methodist Church with Pastor Samantha Chambers officiating. Interment will follow in the Moon Cemetery under the direction of Morehart Mortua...

Lilla “Teeny” Barnes Pearce, a devoted mother, grandmother, educator, and proud Texan, passed away surrounded by the love she spent a lifetime giving to others.Teeny was born on October 28, 1946, in Austin, Texas, to George and Donna Barnes. She graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1964 ...

Cynthia Hall, 71, of Breckenridge, passed away on December 16, 2025. Her memorial service at the Gunsight Baptist Church will be held on Saturday, December 20, beginning at 11 AM with Patrick Frishe officiating.Cynthia Joe Hall was born June 8, 1954, in Albany, TX, to Lois Darlene Goodman. She atten...

Lilla “Teeny” Barnes Pearce, a devoted mother, grandmother, educator, and proud Texan, passed away surrounded by the love she spent a lifetime giving to others.Teeny was born on October 28, 1946, in Austin, Texas, to George and Donna Barnes. She graduated from San Angelo Central High School in 1964 ...