Columbia High School Alumni Obituaries

George Vernon Larson was born on April 2, 1938, at home in Hill River Township in Polk County and died at home on January 1, 2026, in Bagley, Minnesota.Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at the Cease Family Funeral Home Chapel of Bagley at 2:00 p.m. with the visitation at 1p...

Horace Joseph Evans was born on November 3 1943 in Gulfport MS to the late Wilson Evans II and Ruth Breland Evans. He departed his earthly life on December 13 2025. As the oldest of eight children Horace embraced his role as a protector of his parents siblings nieces and nephews. He was baptized at ...

Marie A. Starr 83 of Lancaster passed away Wednesday December 31 2025 after secretly fighting Stage 4 lung cancer. Born in Columbia she was the daughter of the late Roger and Helen Stabinski Cranford. Marie was the loving longtime partner of over 30 years to the late Al Black. She was a graduate of...

Richard L Dick Wilson Sr 94 of Lititz formerly of Elysburg passed away peacefully on December 18 2025. He was the son of the late Charles and Bertha Wilson. Born and raised in Bethlehem PA he was a graduate of Bethlehem Liberty High School and went on to earn his bachelors degree from Moravian Colle...

John Robert Bob Hess 91 peacefully departed this life on December 20 2025. Bob was the son of the late H. Lloyd Hess Sr. and Erla Garber Hess. Bob was a devoted husband and family man who cherished lifelong connections. He was married to his high school sweetheart the late Ruby Adams Hess for 55 yea...

Glenn Dale Johnson passed away on January 23 2025 at the age of 85. He was born August 18 1939 in Columbia Pennsylvania to J. Glenn and Loah Jean Wyant Johnson. The family moved back to Missouri when he was 10. Glenn attended Mahaska School and South West High School. After high school Glenn movedto...

Glen Harlan Hill, 92 of Drexel, Missouri passed away Saturday, December 13, 2025 at Foxwood Springs in Raymore, Missouri. A visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Friday, December 19, 2025 at Mullinax Funeral Home, Drexel Chapel (816-657-4400). Funeral services will follow at 11:00 am F...

John Arthur Knight, age 93, of DeWitt, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.On January 31, 1930, John was born in Triplett, Missouri, the son of Arthur Frank and Gladys (Mitchell) Knight. John graduated from Hazel Wood High School with the class...

Edward Morgan Finke went to his Heavenly home on October 24, 2023, to be with his mother, father, and furry companion, Ben. He was a devout Christian and devoted to the Lord.Ed was born April 11, 1943, in Quincy, Illinois, to Morgan Doebbler Finke and Betty Lou Ploeger Finke.He was 80 years old and ...

Sonya Lynn Mullins was born on August 2 1971 in Columbia Missouri to Jim and Janice Walker Mullins. She was a joy to all who knew her until her passing on Wednesday January 7 2026. Sonya graduated from Hallsville High School Class of 1990. She worked in the office at M.S.T.A. and was a bartender at ...

Sandra Jane Halford age 77 passed away peacefully at her home in Ashland Missouri on December 18 2025 after a courageous journey with pulmonary fibrosis. Born with a bold spirit and a generous heart Sandy lived a life rooted in faith love and devotion to her family. She faced lifes challenges with c...

    Rosalyn McKay Eyman, 95, of rural Knox City, Missouri, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2025, at the Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, surrounded by family.    Rosalyn was born on June 5, 1930, in Watseka, Illinois, the daughter of Orion McKay “O.M.” and Dorothea Arnold War...

    Teresa Lynn Bradley, 66, of Knox City, Missouri, passed away Sunday morning, June 22, 2025, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.    Lynn was born on June 6, 1959, in Kirksville, Missouri, the daughter of William R. “Bill” and Rosalyn Gillaspy Eyman.    She atte...

    Shirley Marlene Hall, 81, of rural Novelty, Missouri, passed away Monday, September 22, 2025, at the LaBelle Manor in LaBelle, Missouri.    She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 25, 1944, the daughter of William Lorenzo and Louise Marie Derscheid Paulsen.    Sh...

    Zelwin B. Eaton, 82, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Monday, July 7, 2025, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.    He was born on June 23, 1943 on a farm near Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, the son of Zetho E. and Mildred I. Lindahl Eaton....

Clara Ann Sitton, 79, of Fort Worth, TX, formerly of Linn, MO, passed away on Saturday, November 22, 2025. She was born November 20, 1946, in Jefferson City, MO, the daughter of the late Leo and Bertha (Backes) Jeagers.On December 28, 1963, Clara was united in marriage to the late Dave Sitton. After...

Rev. James H. Elliott age 89 of Columbia Missouri formerly of Hermann passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on December 20 2025 at Caring Hearts Hands in Columbia. Rev. Elliott was born in Aurora IL on November 23 1936 to Harold W. and Ruth nee Skeen Elliott. He started 1st grade at the a...

John Charles Farrell 80 of Lancaster Missouri passed away on Monday January 5 2026 at the Macon Health Care in Macon Missouri. The son of Charles Theodore and Nelle Clara West Farrell John was born on April 9 1945 in Kirksville Missouri. He was a graduate of Lancaster High School in Lancaster Missou...

Howard Lee "Mac" McAllister son of Howard and Lola Looney McAllister was born in Lebanon Missouri on November 20 1943 and departed this life December 14 2025 in Springfield Missouri at the age of eightytwo years. "Mac" as he was known by his family and friends graduated from Lebanon High School in t...

On December 22, 2025, Rowena Carol Zepp (ne Wiggins), beloved wife of Edwin Andrew (Drew) Zepp of St. Peter, MO, beloved mother of Scott Zepp (Lindsay) and James Zepp (Heather), both of Columbia, MO and proud grandmother of Callie, Renley, Colton and Atley, passed from this life. She was 74 years ol...

Grace Marie Robuck, 92, passed away December 30, 2025. Grace was born July 21, 1933 in Macon to Melvin George and Verna Mae (Pease) Craig. She married Roy Lee Robuck on November 30, 1952 in the family home on the farm east of Macon where she lived in her entire life.She was a graduate of Macon High...

John Franklin Holder, of Columbia, Missouri, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of his family. He was born on March 19, 1946, in Macon, Missouri, to George Wilson Holder and Lotus Lorene Carroll Holder, alongside his twin brother, Jeffery Wilson.John grew up in Maud, Missouri, where he gr...

Beverly Sue Stober Daggs 89 formerly of Memphis passed away in hospice care in Columbia MO on October 16 2025 after a courageous 19 year battle with cancer. Beverly was born May 26 1936 in rural Saline County MO the only child of Hobert Wayne Stober and Lillian Pauline Hays Stober. She was a 1954 gr...

George W. Egbert 89 formerly of Memphis Missouri passed away on August 17 2025 in Florida after a long battle with cancer. He graduated from Gorin High School in 1954 where he excelled in basketball. George attended the University of Missouri and was drafted in the Army in 1955. After his service in...

Everett Rice Keith Jr 73 of Platte City Missouri formerly of Memphis Missouri has gone to the baseball park in the sky. Endless strikes hotdogs and beer. Junior passed away Tuesday evening November 11 2025 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. Everett was born on September 16 1952 in Bloom...

Clark Darwin Bubba Hauk 59 of Memphis Missouri passed away Saturday October 25 2025 at the University Hospital in Columbia Missouri. Bubba was born March 15 1966 in Kansas City Missouri the son of Kenneth Olin Sr. and Marie Joyce Vassholz Hauk. He attended Scotland County High School in Memphis Miss...

Buddy Lee Nickell, 93 of Milan, MO, passed from this life into Heaven on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at Sullivan County Memorial Hospital. He was surrounded by his wife, Vera, local family and listened to loving goodbyes from his family living in the states of Alaska and Washington.Buddy, was the fir...

Gary Turley Weis 70 of Moberly MO passed away December 31 2025 at Veterans Hospital in Columbia MO after a hardfought battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his father Robert Turley Weis his mother Viola Mae Kivett Weis and his younger brother David Kivett Weis. Gary is survived by his son ...

Laura Lynn Chatman 67 passed away on January 1 2026 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield Missouri. Laura was born in Fort Smith Arkansas on September 24 1958 to James Wendel Chatman and Della Mae Capps. She graduated from Neosho High School and obtained a Bachelors of Science in Business from Missou...