Columbia High School Missouri Alumni Obituaries

Donald O. Layman 83 of West Newton PA passed away peacefully on Saturday February 7 2026 in Greensburg PA. He was born October 25 1942 in Smithton PA. Son of the late Kenneth and Lucille Rhodes Layman. He graduated from South Huntingdon High School. Donald worked as an owneroperator truck driver hau...

Frank E. Loudermilk age 78 of the Missouri Veterans Home formerly of Leeton MO passed away on Saturday January 24 2026. Frank was born in Macks Creek MO and graduated from Buffalo MO High School. After high school graduation he enlisted in the US Navy during the Vietnam conflict. Frank proudly serve...

Donna Jean Hoeller age 64 of Westphalia was born on May 24 1961 a daughter of Herman Louis and Salma Jean Woehr Hoeller and passed from this life on Friday December 5 2025 at the University of Missouri Hospital Columbia. She was a 1979 graduate of Fatima High School and continued her education at Li...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ellen Louise Barbara Knoernschild of Augusta Missouri on Thursday January 8 2026. She attended Holy Redeemer grade school in Webster Groves Missouri. She graduated from Ursuline Academy in Kirkwood Missouri in 1959 and received a Bachelor of A...

Tosha Lynn Mudd 54 of Rural Bowling Green Missouri went to her eternal home on Thursday January 29 2026 after a valiant fight with cancer. Tosha was the daughter of Richard D. and Vicki L. Mehler Cox. She grew up in rural Curryville MO and attended Bowling Green Schools graduating from Bowling Green...

John Daniel Danny Martin age 76 of Troy Missouri passed away on January 6 2026 at Boone County Hospital in Columbia Missouri. He was born on June 30 1949 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Morris and Dorothy Tompkins Martin. A graduate of Wentzville High School Class of 1969 Danny enjoyed playing footb...

Barbara L. Cott 83 of Marshall MO died Friday February 6 2026 at The Living Center in Marshall. Funeral services will be held at 1030 a.m. Tuesday February 10 2026 at CampbellLewis Funeral Home in Marshall with Rev. Chuck Riddle officiating. Burial will follow in Ridge Park Cemetery. Memorials are s...

Barbara Ann Vestal Cramer nee Mabe was born November 14 1936 in Steelville Missouri and passed away peacefully on February 5 2026 at the age of 89 years 2 months and 22 days at BJC Hospital in Sullivan. She was united in marriage to Robert Vestal in May 1954 in Steelville MO and to this union 3 chil...

Maxine Ruth McFarlane LemlerFeuers was born on May 30 1929 and raised on the family farm near Sweet Springs Missouri by her parents the late Anton John Tony Lemler Sr. and Lorena Cartee Lemler. She passed away on December 262025 at The Neighborhoods in Columbia Missouri. From an early age Maxine ble...

Marissa Elizabeth Etwaroo RN age 27 was called to her eternal home by her Lord and Savior Jesus on Thursday January 22 2026 after a courageous battle with cholangiocarcinoma bile duct cancer. Marissa attended Rose Acres Elementary School Holman Middle School and graduated from Pattonville High Schoo...

Charles (Charlie) Eugene Brown passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025, at the age of 55.Born on December 8, 1970, Charlie was the beloved son of Carl Lee and Donna Lou Brown. From an early age, he embodied quiet strength, loyalty, and a steady dedication to the people and pursuits he cared about. ...

Susan Edna Bartlett 68 of Higginsville passed away Wednesday January 14 2026 at Lafayette Regional Health Center in Lexington. Susan was born on November 18 1957 in Marshall the daughter of Glen Bell and Joyce Allen Briggs Solomon. Survivors include sister Patty Solomon of Richmond brother Glen Caro...

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...

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me. …– from “Warning” by Jenny JosephCharlotte Cole of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, died November 27, 2025, following a stroke and heart failure. Her once-active life was radically altered by an earlier debilitating...

Philip Wayne Jarman 87 of rural Ralls County Missouri passed away Friday December 262025 at the University of Missouri Medical Center Columbia Missouri. He was born October 151938 in Hassard Missouri the son of Homer Lee and Goldie Faye Rouse Jarman. Phil was baptized at an early age into Bethlehem ...

Bonnie Ess 66 of Mokane Missouri formerly of Monroe City Missouri passed away Friday December 052025 at Riverview Nursing Home Mokane Missouri. She was born May 151959 in Moberly Missouri the daughter of Harold Lloyd and Shirley Robertson Ess. Bonnie was baptized into the Methodist faith. She was a ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

of Marshfield Missouri passed into her eternal reward on January 30 2026 at Cox South Hospital surrounded by the loving embrace of her two sons. In her final hours she was enveloped by close family covered in prayer and comforted by scripture. She was 67 years old. The daughter of Jerry Dean Mackey ...

Terry Lynn Dawson Ray aged 70 passed away on December 26 2025 surrounded by her family and friends. She was born on August 16 1955 in Salem Missouri to Bill and Norma Jean Ray. Terry lived a life devoted to her Lord and Savior and her family and friends. Terry lived in Licking Missouri most of her ...

Ronald Eugene Shepherd 95 of Kirksville Missouri passed away on Saturday January 31 2026 at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia Missouri. The son of Eugene Early Shepherd Jr. and Velma Ruth Gingerich Shepherd he was born on December 11 1930 in Kirksville Missouri. He was a graduate of th...

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...

Gwenda Roene Bergman Jackson 85 of LaPlata Missouri formerly of Lancaster Missouri passed away at the LaPlata Nursing Home in LaPlata Missouri on Monday January 26 2026. The daughter of Harold Earl and Thelma Eudora Forbes Bergman she was born on October 23 1940 in Lancaster Missouri. She was a grad...

Charles “Chuck” Earl Hicks, 87, of New Bloomfield, passed on January 22, 2026 in Columbia, Missouri.He was born July 30, 1938 in Madison, Wisconsin. His father, a family doctor of the era, made house calls, often getting home late in the evening. Young Chuck often tagged along on his father’s visits...

    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...

    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...