Truman High Missouri Alumni Obituaries

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved Mary Ola Virginia Lemings Sparks who departed this life on Monday December 22 2025 at the age of 91. She was the daughter of the late Velvert J. and Bonnie Pruett Lemings. Mary Ola was a cherished wife mother sister grandmother grea...

Raymond Alvin Six, 87, of West Concord, died Monday, December 29, 2025, at Benedictine Living Madonna Towers, Rochester, Minnesota.Ray was born August 5th, 1938, in Knoxville, Iowa, while his parents Harold Alvin Six and Mary Belle (Wright) Six were visiting his grandparents in Dallas and Melcher, I...

Jim Phalen was born on June 25, 1935, in Jacksonville, Illinois, the son of August F. and Birdie E. Stricklin Phalen. He was married to Mary Theresa Evans on June 16, 1962, in Beardstown, IL.He is survived by his wife and two children, Amy Sue Phalen-Staudenmaier (m. Rob Staudenmaier) of Auburn, IL...

Melinda Diane Fagan age 74 of Dardenne Prairie MO passed away on July 14 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on December 13 1943 in Mexico MO the daughter of Lowell and Hazel Brown Shepard Melton. She married Kenneth Fagan Jr. on August 1 1964 in Hull IL. He preceded her in de...

    Roberta Mary DeStefano, 68 of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at her residence in Kirksville, Missouri.    She was born November 12, 1956, in New Haven, Conneticut, the daughter of Anthony Phillip and Roberta Isabel Hayes DeStefano.  &nbs...

    Lavon May, 97, of Quincy, Illinois, formerly of Hurdland, Missouri, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2025, at the Adam’s Pointe Assisted Living in Quincy, Illinois.    She was born October 4, 1927, in Novelty, Missouri, the daughter of Benjamin Leslie and Zylpha Maud Cowle...

    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....

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...