Obituaries

Robert L. Kirkman, 88, of Newton, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at Park Centre in hospice care.

Chris Eugene Jones joined many of his dear family and friends in heaven on October 27, 2024, at the age of 71, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Howard Arthur Parker, age 79, of Centerville, Iowa, passed away at his home, surrounded by his family, on Thursday, November 28, 2024.

Roger Ray Ryals, 86, son of John T. Ryals and Olive Marie (Abbott) Ryals was born in the family home on Union Street in Unionville, Missouri, on June 24, 1938, and passed away November 23, 2024.

Basil Clyde Barkley, age 87 of Cairo, MO and formerly of Putnam County, Missouri entered his eternal home on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at the Moberly Regional Medical Center in Moberly surrounded by his loving family.

Jeffrey Edward Cunningham, age 28, of Des Moines, IA and formerly of Unionville, MO passed away on November 6, 2024, in Des Moines, IA.

Gary Allen Grimm Jr., age 32, of Urbandale, IA, and formerly of Unionville, MO, passed away surrounded by his family at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines on Friday, November 1, 2024.

Kenneth “Wayne” Klinginsmith passed away October 28, 2024, in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Jolyda Maxine “Jody” (Munden) Fechtling, 100, of Novinger, Missouri passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at the Schuyler County Nursing Home in Queen City, Missouri.

John James Milner, 87, of Whitesboro, Texas, formerly of Independence, Missouri, was called to his eternal home on Friday, October 11, 2024.

Elizabeth (Beth) Haas-Fournier-Fountain, 87 originally from Unionville, MO. Passed away at her home in Smithville, MO, on Sunday, October 6, 2024.

On October 18, 2024, Edwin “Ed” Martin Christian, 81, of East Moline, IL., peacefully passed away in his sleep at home, after a courageous battle against bladder cancer.

Donna Sue Blue, age 70, of Livonia, MO, passed away on Friday evening, October 11, 2024, at the Putnam County Care Center in Unionville, MO.