East High School Missouri Alumni Obituaries

Mary Frances Kennedy Grib 80 passed away on January 28 2026. Born in Eagle Pass Texas Marys childhood included stops in Tell City Indiana and Rolla Missouri. She attended the University of MissouriRolla and later graduated from Central Missouri State College with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics...

Lee B. Presson Jr. age 77 passed away on January 22 2026 at his home in St. Louis Missouri surrounded by his family. Formerly of East Prairie MO. He was a graduate of East Prairie High School Class of 1966. He was born on May 24 1948 in Cairo Illinois to the late LB. Presson Sr. and Effie Brantley ...

Memorial services will take place on Tuesday February 3 at the Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church in East Prairie. Visitation will start at 1100 a.m. until the Funeral at 100 p.m. Pastors Beth Allen and George White will officiate. Ann was born on February 12 1932 in Charleston Missouri to John...

Cynthia Cindy Lou Andrews 72 of St. Louis Mo. passed away in Creve Coeur Mo. on December 23 2025 She was born on October 16 1952 at Kennett Mo. A graduate of SenathHornersville High School and Southeast Missouri State University Cindy had a long career as an educator primarily at Robinson Elementary...

James Jim Wallace Watkins the son of Wallace Ray and Beulah Berniece Chapman Watkins was born November 26 1943 on the farm east of Tarkio Missouri. Jim attended Homer School in rural Tarkio and graduated in 1961 from Tarkio High School. On July 1 1965 Jim was united in marriage to Janet Sue Brown in...

Connie Kay Baker 74 of Richmond passed away Monday February 2 2026 at home surrounded by her loving family. Connie was born on April 23 1951 in Oberlin KS the daughter of Melvin Steven and Ida Darlene Stephens Petrasek. She was united in marriage to Gary W. Baker of Stet on January 29 1973 he surviv...

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...

Judith Judy Mariella Maxwell 86 of Rayville went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday January 10 2026 at Oak Ridge Assisted Living in Richmond. Judy was born on November 22 1939 in Hannibal the daughter of John and Ozetta Yerks Cavanaugh. She was united in marriage to Larry Maxwell of Rayville on...

Lindy Sue Albertson, 74, of Milan, Missouri, formerly of Lemons, passed away Friday, January 9, 2026 at Milan Health Care Center.Lindy was born April 30, 1951, in Kirksville, to Donald Forest and Lillian Myrna (Remen) Albertson, they preceded her in death. She was also preceded by a brother, Dennis ...

Donna May Pruner Welte 76 of Springfield Missouri formerly of Lancaster Missouri passed away on Tuesday January 6 2026 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joesph Missouri. The daughter of John Eugene and Zelpha May Ruggles Pruner she was born on June 12 1949 in Centerville Iowa. She was a graduate of Kirksvi...

Sue Ann Young age 87 of Kansas City MO passed away peacefully into the presence of her Lord on January 15 2026 surrounded by her family and friends. She was born on December 11 1938 in Kansas City MO to Elby J. and Edith Chesser. As a young girl Sue enjoyed visiting her family in Arkansas and she be...

June J. Hatfield was born in Kansas City Missouri on June 26 1943. She was the youngest child of John W Hatfield and Grace Ann Owens Hatfield. Junes oldest sibling Kathaleen was 15 years old when June was born. In between Kathaleen and June were "the boys" Johnny Gene and Virgil. June graduated from...

After graduating high school she moved to Kansas City where she lived with her parents and her beloved maternal grandmother. From an early age Lela demonstrated a deep sense of compassion and responsibility qualities that were especially evident in the loving care she provided to her grandmother. me...

    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....

Harold Lloyd Bahrenburg 96 of Cole Camp passed away Wednesday January 28 2026 at EW Thompson Health and Rehabilitation Center in Sedalia. He was born on November 17 1929 in his parents farmhouse near Cole Camp Missouri a son of Leo John Frederick and Ella Marie Louise Rambow Bahrenburg. Harold grew ...

Deborah Kay Lowe 74 passed away on Tuesday December 16 2025 at Windsor Healthcare and Rehab Center in Windsor Missouri. Deborahs wishes were to be cremated. Services will be in the spring with burial in Vansant Road Cemetery Clinton Missouri. Deboarah was born and raised in the Kansas City area. She...

Janet Stratton age 81 of Clinton Missouri passed away on Sunday December 28 2025 at St. Lukes East Hospital in Kansas City Missouri. Memorial service will be at 200 PM on Friday January 2 2025 at the VansantMills Chapel in Clinton. Visitation will be from 100200 PM prior to the service. Inurnment wi...

Tracy Michelle Petross, 53, Sarcoxie, Missouri, a beacon of love and generosity, passed away on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. She was born on January 3, 1972, in Sulphur, Oklahoma, the daughter of Brenda (McBeth) Petross and Marshall Petross. Tracy's life was a te...

Allyscia Chinetta ClerkBeamon Johnson affectionately called Pooh was born on October 9 1986 in Greenville MS to Josephine Clerk and the late John F. Beamon Sr. She is the oldest child and only daughter of Josephine and John. She has two brothers that were extremely blessed to have shared her life as...

He was born August 21 1927 in Boston Massachusetts to John Campbell Gordon DeWolfe and Miriam Elbridge Ford DeWolfe. After graduating from Medford High School in Medford Massachusetts he enrolled at Tufts College. Prior to graduation in 1950 he served in the U.S. Army. He earned an AB in Government ...

Carl Lee White who resided in Roland Oklahoma died Saturday January 24 2026 at Sequoyah East Nursing Center in Roland. He was born on May 14 1941 in Cecil Arkansas to the late William McKinley White and Marjorie Exine Volentine White. He was 84 years old. He was preceded in death by his parents his ...

Anne Marie Mulligan strong and determined as always stayed with her family to ring in 2026 then peacefully glided away in the early morning hours of January 1st. Born to George and Marie Smith on January 11 1939 in South Dakota she was the third of six children. The family moved to Oregon when she w...

Carl Andrew Johnson Jr. born on August 10 1936 went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 24 2026 at the age of 89. Carl was born in Houston Texas to Carl Sr. and Winifred Johnson and was the middle child between two sisters Ann and Francis. His grandmother Evie referred to him...

Gary Wilbur Trimble, 81, of Duncanville, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 at Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas.Born July 3, 1944, in Burlington, Iowa, Gary was the son of Wilbur and Irene (Crow) Trimble. He grew up on the family farm in Burlington near the Mississippi River, a...

Beloved mother and grandmother Virginia Mae Folkerts 104 of Mt. Olive Illinois passed away peacefully on Friday October 17 2025 at Gillespie Health and Rehab Center in Gillespie Illinois. Born on August 8 1921 in Peoria Illinois she was the daughter of Howard and Emma Kiel Pierson. Virginia graduate...

Loren R. Hunnicutt 87 formerly of Galesburg died at 1136 a.m. Sunday December 28 2025 in Washington Senior Living Center Washington Illinois. Loren was born May 6 1938 in Galesburg the son of Forrest and Sibbel Palmer Hunnicutt. He married Nancy Lavely Hurr on January 5 1973 in Galesburg. She preced...

Marvin Delano White was born on October 27 1936 in Fulton County District 6541 2 miles east of the Temple Cemetery. He was the son of Sterling Cornelius and Ruth May Hendee White. Marvin was born on the Heimgardner place and upon his fathers death on July 3 1940 moved 3 miles west to another farm a...

Dr. Gary Dean Mirts 83 a devoted husband father and grandfather passed away on Wednesday January 28 2026 surrounded by his family. Gary was born on April 23 1942 in Fulton Missouri to Berniece and John David Mirts. Blessed with a wonderful childhood as the youngest of three children he learned the v...

Roger Donald Riley Don to his friends and Boompa to his grandchildren great grandchildren and their friends born August 29 1926 peacefully passed away on January 18 2026 at the age of 99. He was preceded in death by his wife of 74 years Wilma Jean Riley just 8 months ago. Their 5 children Patricia F...