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Alma M. Hatter

   Alma M. Hatter, 96 of Kirksville died Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Twin Pines Adult Care Center. The daughter of Huber and Amy “Dolly” (Freeman) England, she was born February 19, 1917 in Oakwood, OK. On July 31, 1935 in Fairview, OK she was united in marriage to Marvin Hatter and he preceded her…

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Thomas Robert Wallace, Jr.

   Thomas Robert Wallace, Jr. 59 of Kirksville died Friday, October 4, 2013 at Northeast Regional Medical Center. The son of Thomas R. and Vera Irene (Wever) Wallace Sr., he was born December 14, 1953 in Kirksville, MO. On July 3, 1980 in Edina, MO he was united in marriage to Pat Leckbee. Tom is…

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Raymond L. Wamsley

   Raymond L. Wamsley, 72, of Warrensburg, Missouri died Thursday, October 3, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his family. Ray was born July 31, 1941 in Clarksville, Missouri, the son of Truman Lesley Wamsley and Etha Thelma (Beers) Wamsley.  He attended high school in Hannibal, Missouri.  He served in the United States Air Force…

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Betty Jean Paustian

Betty Jean Paustian age 83 of Knox City, MO, died Friday night, September 27, 2013 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO Born on December 10, 1929 in Rockport, IL, she was the eldest girl in the family, of Jesse Leo McMullin and Clara Mae Blackledge.  On September 15, 1966 in Rock Island, IL,…

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Dennis Harold Martin

Dennis Harold Martin age 63 of Edina, MO died early Friday morning, September 27, 2013 at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO. Born March 9, 1950 in Kirksville, MO he was a son of Harold Norman and Mary Lee Mattheson. Surviving are one daughter, Amy Stoner and her husband, Sam of Edina, MO;…

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Stephen Lee Perrigo

   Stephen Lee Perrigo, 58, of Grain Valley, Missouri, formerly of Knox County, died Sunday, September 29, 2013, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. Steve was born on April 22, 1955, in Kirksville, Missouri, the son of Donnie Lee and Estelle Jean “Jeanne” Simmons Perrigo. He attended school in Plevna and Novelty…

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Caroline McElfresh Hendrick

Caroline McElfresh Hendrick, age 97, died September 21, 2013, at Family Residential Care in San Diego, California. She was born November 1, 1915, in Edina, Missouri, the daughter of Frederick and Lorle Linville McElfresh.  She graduated from high school in Topeka, Kansas, where she lived for several years with her aunt and uncle.  Caroline worked…

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GateHouse Media files for bankruptcy

  GateHouse Media files for bankruptcy (GateHouse Media) — GateHouse Media Inc., which owns newspapers in Missouri, has commenced voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. GateHouse requested confirmation of a joint prepackaged plan of reorganization. GateHouse and affiliates announced on Sept. 11 a plan to restructure…

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St. Paul Church Welcomes New Pastor

By Mike Scott   “I truly felt I was coming to a place I could call home,” said Dixie Laube, new pastor at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Kahoka.   Laube grew up on her parents’ dairy farm near Clarksville, Iowa, a small town northwest of Waterloo, Iowa, along the Shell Rock River.…

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Gov. Nixon appoints new Clark County Circuit Clerk

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed Sharon Kay Biggerstaff, of Kahoka, as the new circuit clerk for Clark County. The position became vacant upon the resignation of former circuit clerk Mary D. Jones. Biggerstaff, a Democrat, has served as the manager of the multi-county child support enforcement office under the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office…

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