Obituaries

Wanda Coleene Hoyt was born on March 11, 1937 to Forrest Hoyt and Virginia (Hart) Hoyt. She passed away on the 46th anniversary of her marriage to Wendell Liddell who was with her at the time of her passing.

Local farmer and friend, Gabriel (with a fishing pole in his name) Burton Hirst of Milton, Iowa, formerly of Unionville, Missouri, completed his earthly life on June 17th, 2026, following a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.

Dorvin George “D.G.” Ledford, 82, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at the Brookfield Life Care Center.

Sammi Luse, age 73, of Marshalltown, Iowa, entered into the gates of heaven on the morning of June 12, 2026 surrounded by her loving family.

James Robert Brummit, Jr., passed away peacefully on June 9, 2026, at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, surrounded by his family.

Gerald Wayne “Pi” Campbell, 89, of Centerville, passed away June 9, 2026, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. He was born on July 5,...

Elijsha Akeem Davis, age 34, of Bastrop, Texas, passed away unexpectedly in Moravia, IA.

Jerry Dean Crooks, age 87 was born on October 3rd, 1938 to Kenneth and Elma Robinson Crooks, at home in Livonia, MO. Jerry passed away at his home in Nixa, MO on May 20th, 2026 after a brief battle with cancer.

Theresa Branscom, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, and friend, passed away surrounded by the love of her family on Sunday, May 17th, 2026.

Lucinda Sue Steahr, age 65, of Centerville, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 6, at Mercy One Des Moines, surrounded by her loving family after a brief illness.

Irene Spring was born on July 31, 1941 to Elbert and Beaulah “Ingersoll” Houston in Unionville, Missouri. She passed away peacefully on April 26, 2026, at the Golden Age Skilled Nursing in Centerville.

Deloris Pauline Van Egdom, age 91, of Albia, IA, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at her home, under the care of EveryStep Hospice.

Karen Elaine (Irelan) Crawford, 75, of Milan, Missouri, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2026, at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

William Conrad Eurom, known to all simply as Conrad, of Powersville, Missouri, and Marshall County, Iowa, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2026, at the age of 88 from cancer.

Donald Lee Crabtree lived his entire life in Queen City except for a short time in Kirksville Missouri. He passed away April 16, 2026 at the Schuyler County Nursing Home, where he had been a patient for a short time.