All Obituaries

Bobby “Junior” Luther, 76, of Metz, Missouri passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022 at his home. Junior was born on September 29, 1945 to John F. and Ida Elizabeth (Gamble) Luther.  He was the youngest of 11 children. He was married to Linda Lou Loyd on September 27, 1963.  They spent nears 59 years of wedded bliss together. Junior was raised on a farm near Deepwater, Missouri and went to school in Appleton City. He worked as a farmer at various farms before beginning...

Dennis Ray Williams, known to his friends and family as Denny (or sometimes “Bubba”), passed away on May 12, 2022, aged 73.   Denny was born September 15th, 1948 to Ray and Ernestine Williams in Butler, Missouri and lived his whole life happily in Rich Hill, Missouri.   After finishing school, Denny served in the US Army during the Vietnam War in 1968-1969 in the 509th Engineering Corps. After completing his tour in the armed forces, Denny returned to Rich Hill,...

Our dad, Robert Wayne Trammell, AKA “Bob”, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022, surrounded by his family.  Dad was born at home southeast of Rich Hill on May 27, 1941, to William E. and Ethel Virginia Kelly Trammell. He was the youngest of three boys, William Eldon and Lowell Edwin being older. Dad attended elementary classes at North Muddy until the one-room schoolhouses were consolidated. He then attended and graduated from Rich Hill in 1959. After graduation, he worked in...

Dorothy “Dort” Rae Northrup, 76, passed away in Fort Collins, CO on November 21, 2021 after battling a short illness.  She was born March 1, 1945, in Talmage, NE to Rev. Siegfried and Josephine Haferman.  She was the youngest of four children. The family moved in 1948 to Elkhorn, NE, then to Fort Collins, CO, in 1953, where she attended elementary and junior high school.  After her father passed in 1962, she and her mother moved to Rich Hill, MO where she...

Wilma Maxine (Rinehart) Robertson, age 92, passed away April 10, 2022, at Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada, Mo. She is survived by her son Randy Robertson and wife, Nancy; daughter-in-law, Barbara Robertson; four grandchildren, Brett Robertson and wife, Rachel, Blake Robertson and wife, Janna, Brooke (Robertson) Knepper and husband, Matt Knepper, and Briana Robertson; six great grandchildren, Tyne Robertson, Niya Robertson, Natalie Robertson, Emiline Knepper, Benjamin Robertson...

Sharon Kay (Coonce) Danner, 74, of Holt, Missouri, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on February 20, 2022.  Sharon was born at home on August 12, 1947 in Papinville, Missouri to Charles F. Coonce and Bertha E. (Wilson) Coonce.  She started dating her elementary school sweetheart Wesley L. Danner in December 1963.  When asked how their first date went, she replied,"Oh, what a night."  Sharon and Wesley were married on October 22,...

Bonnie Aletha Hobson Hutchins, age 81, was born April 14, 1939 to Jim and Wilma Hobson, Rich Hill, Missouri and passed away at Poudre Valley Hospital on January 28, 2021.  She was born the second of six children: Howard, Bonnie, JoAnn, John, Ronnie, and Marilyn.  She was married to Max Hutchins, of their home in Fort Collins, Colorado. Bonnie was currently a resident of Spring Creek Rehabilitation Center in Fort Collins for the past two years related to a neck injury sustained...

Amelia Sue Cain, 80, of Jefferson City, passed away Monday, March 28, 2022 at Capital Region Medical Center.  Sue was born on a small farm near Rich Hill, MO on October 31, 1941, the daughter of the late Floyd LaVern Littlefield and Mary Evelyn (Tinsley) Littlefield.  She graduated from Rich Hill High School, Rich Hill, MO in 1959.  Sue went on to complete her Bachelors’ and Master of Economics degrees from the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg MO where she...

Luella Mae Rosson Nichols, 93, went to be with our Lord and Savior on March 15, 2022, at Truman Healthcare and Rehab in Lamar MO. She was born on November 8, 1928, in Callaway County, MO to William Hiller Rosson and Lillie Mae Basnett Rosson. Luella was united in marriage to Millard Joe Nichols on May 3, 1947. He preceded her in death in 1993. Luella was blessed with four children, Jacqueline Lee King, (Nicky) Gary Joe Nichols (Janet), Eric Allan Nichols and Tonya Kay Hogan (Jeff). ...

Betty Louise Todd ( Housh) passed away peacefully in her home, on November 21st, 2021. She is preceded in death by her Parents, Clarence and Mary Housh, and her sister Judy Chapin as well as her great-grandson Ryan. Betty is survived by her 3  children; Sherri Miller Elenz, Kandy Miller Watkins and Charles Todd Jr, as well as her brother Clarence Housh Jr., nephews Ron Goddard, Darell Goddard, David Housh and Clarence Housh III.; nieces Tammy Housh and Marjorie Beam. She has 3...