Obituaries

Morris Nolan Lyles, 89, of Versailles, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at his home. He was born June 28, 1919, in Sedalia, a son of Samuel and Margaret Golden Morris Lyles. On Feb. 29, 1939, he married Georgia Koetting, who survives of the home....... Full story

Cynthia L. Callis, 72, of Sedalia, died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at Bothwell Regional Health Center. She was born Sept. 27, 1935, in Sedalia, a daughter of Edwin Leo and Ruby Lou Bremer Mynatt. On Oct. 30, 1953, in Fayette, she married James B....... Full story

Angela D. Barlow, 45, of Raytown, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at her home. She was born Oct. 17, 1962. Surviving are her husband, Randy Barlow; four daughters, Christi Belew, Brianna Lewis, of Sedalia, Courtney Barlow and Brittany Barlow; her...... Full story

Gladys Augusta Welch, 80, of Sedalia, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Independence. She was born April 27, 1928, in Wildwood, a daughter of Christopher and Mayme Randolph York. On June 2, 1945, in Junction City, Kan., she married Orville D....... Full story

Stephanie Lynn Rapp, 15, of Marshall, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. She was born Aug. 25, 1992, in Blue Springs, a daughter of G. L. Rapp II, who survives of Sedalia, and Jan Malter Crawford, who...... Full story

Sharon Ann Bullock, 59, of Tipton, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, at St. Mary’s Health Center in Jefferson City. She was born Aug. 29, 1948, in Normandy, Mo., a daughter of Volney Carl and Dorothy Ann Schoder Rooke. On Oct. 19, 1968, she...... Full story

Ruby Christine Ollison, 89, of Sedalia, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Bothwell Regional Health Center. She was born June 26, 1919, in Climax Springs, a daughter of George H. and Clara Baldwin Griesel. On July 14, 1940, in Camden County, she...... Full story

Lola Edna Jenkins, 86, of Las Animas, Colo., formerly of Sedalia, died Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Colorado.She was born April 9, 1922, in Fortuna, a daughter of Lank and Ola Hays Woods. On Aug. 22, 1942, in Sedalia, she was married to Lewis Paul...... Full story

Junior L. Eckhoff, 76, of Windsor, died Wednesday evening, July 2, 2008, at his home.He was born March 14, 1932, in Cole Camp, a son of Herbert Peter and Bertha Edith Lawson Eckhoff. On April 19, 1973, in Windsor, he was married to Juanita Louise...... Full story

Charles John Lafayette, 80, of Cole Camp, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Cole Camp.He was born Jan. 15, 1928, in New Auburn, Wis., a son of Richard Edward and Margaret Emily Goodman Lafayette. In 1955, he was...... Full story

Betty Allen, 73, of Fort Collins, Colo., died Sunday, June 29, 2008, at the Good Samaritan Village in Fort Collins.She was born Oct. 13, 1934, in Fayette, a daughter of Leslie H. and Mildred Miller Thurman. On Jan. 2, 1951, in Lawton, Okla., she was...... Full story

Orville D. Belcher, 89, of Warsaw, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital in Clinton. He was born Nov. 10, 1918, in Nevada, Mo., a son of George W. and Effie L. Dyer Belcher. On Aug. 31, 1940, in Lamar, he was married to...... Full story

Roy E. McAllister, 91, of Hot Springs, Ark., formerly of Leeton, died Thursday, June 26, 2008, at National Park Hospital Center in Hot Springs.He was born Dec. 1, 1916, in Henry County, a son of Edward Mark and Lila Elizabeth Winton McAllister. On...... Full story

Ethylene Frerking, 78, of rural Concordia, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at her home.She was born Oct. 21, 1929, in rural Lafayette County, a daughter of Virgil and Zelma Hess Kanoy. On June 6, 1948, she was married to Ralph L. Frerking, who died Aug....... Full story

Carrie Rose Bringardner, 80, of Sedalia, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.She was born May 16, 1928, in Beaman, a daughter of Alfred and Cora Owens Rogers. She was married in Columbus, Ohio, to Harold Bringardner, who...... Full story