Obituaries

Terry Leon Garr, age 63, passed away at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, MO on December 29, 2025.

Larry Eugene Collins, 84, of Unionville, MO passed away at the Putnam County Care Center on December 22nd, 2025.

Reta Dianne Smiley, 44, of Galt, Missouri, passed away Monday, December 15, 2025 at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

Betty Ruth Walter Casady, 95, of Graysville passed away on December 11, 2025, at Northeast Missouri Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Barbara (Bowman) Neighbors, 95, passed away peacefully in her home December 7th, 2025.

Arrie Ray McClaskey of Unionville, MO, was born July 21, 1935, in rural Humphreys, MO. He died December 4, 2025, in the Putnam County Hospital located in Unionville at the age of 90.

Vern “Gent” Seaton, 98, passed away peacefully at his home on December 2, 2025, surrounded by his family.

Tommy Gene (Tom) Fowler, 76, of San Diego, California, passed away peacefully on November 25, 2025, at the University of California San Diego Hillcrest Medical Center.

William (Bill) Clayton Triplett, 67 of Livonia, Missouri passed away at his home in Livonia, Missouri on Thursday, November 27, 2025.

Bruce Allen Higgins, age 76, of Princeton, MO, passed away on November 14, 2025, at the Crestview Home in Bethany, MO.

Willis Carrol Dickerson, 92, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away peacefully at home, on November 6, 2025, surrounded by his loving family.

Dixie Carol Trent-Hill was born Oct. 27, 1937 in Sullivan County, Pennville, MO at her parents’ home. She was the daughter of Leland Eugene and Nadine (Bachman) McDonald. Dixie passed away Nov. 1, 2025, at the age of 88 years at the Putnam County Care Center.

A beloved member of the Macon community, Duane Willis Snyder, 85, passed away peacefully of natural causes on October 18, 2025, in Columbia, Missouri—just one week after celebrating his 85th birthday surrounded by four generations of his adoring family.

Howard Raymond Raef “Cowboy”, age 66, of Lucerne, Missouri, passed away October 21st, 2025, at his home.

Hubert Allen Staggs, 95, of Seymour, Iowa, passed on to his eternal home on October 19th, 2025, at Wayne County Hospital in Corydon, Iowa.