Obituaries

    James Marvin Litty of Holts Summit, Missouri was born April 26, 1933 in Steelville, Missouri to Floyd and Pansy (Starks) Litty and passed away on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at the age of 88 years.

    Raymond Eugene Lawrence of Sullivan, Missouri was born March 24, 1933 in Stanton, Missouri to Alexander and Ollie (Armistead) Lawrence and passed away on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at the age of 88 years.

    Joseph William “Bill” Cushing was born September 22, 1929 to Joseph William “Joe” and Carrie Elizabeth “Betty” (Zachorsky) Cushing and passed away November 16, 2021 at the age of 92 years, 1 month and 24 days.

    Lois Dean (nee Blankenship) Copeland of Gerald, Missouri was born May 21, 1933 to Alva and Elsie (Strothkamp) Blankenship and passed away Friday, November 12, 2021 at the age of 88 years.

    Donald “Donnie” Keith Brown of Leasburg, Missouri was born on Saturday, March 6, 1976 in Portsmouth, Virginia to Rodney Woodrow Brown and Mary Agnes Mull Brown and passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021 at the age of 45 years, 8 months and 8 days.

Jackie Eugene “Jack” Bartle was born on November 30, 1937 to the late Otha and Mildred (Keasling) Bartle.  He entered into rest and received his heavenly reward on November 8, 2021 at the age of 83 years old at Phelps Health Hospital in Rolla.

    Jacob “Jake” Smallwood of Port Allen, Louisiana, formerly of Salem and St. James, Missouri, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on December 31, 1996 and passed away on November 1, 2021 at the age of  24 years.

    Douglas Arnold Dowler of Rolla, Missouri was born in Decatur, Illinois on October 22, 1958 to Delmar and Margaret (Cupp) Kottwitz and passed away on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at the age of 63 years.

    John William Wilkinson of Leasburg, Missouri was born September 5, 1941 in Perry, Illinois to John Guy and Velma (Nettles) and passed away on November 4, 2021 at the age of 80 years, 1 month and 29 days.

    William “Bill” Austin Walker was born January 4, 1931 in Steelville, Missouri to James “Jack” Arnold and Zula Amanda Farrar Walker and passed away Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at the age age of 90 years, 10 months and 6 days.

    James “Jamie” Alan Montgomery II of Cuba, Missouri, formerly of Steelville, Missouri, was born on Monday, January 9, 1989 in Rolla, Missouri to James Alan Montgomery I and Lisa Kay Cothran Montgomery and  passed away on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at the age of 32 years, 10 months and 2 days.

    Dormalie (nee Bowers) Lea was born September 25, 1928 at Howes Mill, Missouri to Otis Wilbur and Lucy Caroline Wyman Bowers and passed away Thursday, November 11, 2021 at the age of 93 years, 1 month and 17 days.

    Steven Charles Hope of St. James, Missouri was born Wednesday, January 21, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri to Robert J. and Doris J. (Phillips) Hope and passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at the age of 68 years.

    Norman Anthony Goudeau of Steelville, Missouri was born January 17, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri to Curtis and Mary Okertich Goudeau and passed away Sunday, November 7, 2021 at the age of 84 years, 9 months and 21 days.

    Sharon Hope Douglas was born on April 29, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri to Vallie Robert and Gertrude Catherine (Price) Douglas and passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at the age of 73 years.

    Zachary Freeman Curtman of Union, Missouri was born on Saturday, October 30, 1976 in Town & Country, Missouri to Charles and Judith (Gibson) Curtman and passed away on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at the age of 45 years.

 
    Alfred Ray Carden of Stanton, Missouri, formerly of Fenton, Missouri, was born September 15, 1937 in Bear Creek, Alabama to James Elbert and Evie Lee (Mann) Carden and passed away Thursday, November 4, 2021 at the age of 84 years.

    Myrtle Marcella Arvin of Belle, Missouri was born on October 11, 1943 in Granite City, Illinois to Raymond H. and Myrtle (Jones) Williams and passed away on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at the age of 78 years.

    Chester Abbott Jr. of Davisville, Missouri was born on December 6, 1941 to Chester Leroy Sr. and Betty Lorene Myers Abbott and passed away on November 11, 2021 at the age of 79 years.

    Leland Joseph Underwood of St. James, Missouri was born November 11, 1934 in Rolla, Missouri to Samuel Edward and Thelma Inez Wools Underwood and passed away Friday, November 5, 2021 at the age of 86 years.