Area Obituaries

DELORES (DUDE) ELAINE WILLIER Delores (Dude) Elaine Willier, age 83, of Edina, Missouri, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Dude was born March 8, 1939, in Sparta, Missouri. She was the daughter of Howard and Effie Troutt. Dude attended school in Sparta, Missouri, and Novelty, Missouri. While…

BRENDA LOUISE (COMPTON) STURM Brenda Louise (Compton) Sturm, 63 years old, of Green City, MO, passed away on Sunday, May 15th, 2022, at home surrounded by family. Brenda was born September 1st, 1958, in Columbia, MO, to James Palmer Compton and Violet Adaline Compton. Brenda graduated from St. Charles High School in 1976. After Graduation,…

MARGERY SUSAN “SUE” FORSBERG-BRYANT Sue Bryant died peacefully on Thursday, May 12, surrounded by family in the Kirksville Manor Care Center. Sue was born in Evanston, Illinois, on April 9, 1937. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, John Bryant, and their four daughters and son-in-law, Suzan and Alan Mahoney, Catherine Sawyer-Munger, Ruth…

SHIRLEY A. HYSELL Shirley A Hysell, age 81, formerly of Edina, Missouri, passed away May 4, 2022, in Glendale Arizona. Shirley was born to Henry and Vada (Fetters) Dagenhart in Aledo, Illinois on August 28, 1940. She attend Kirk School south of Edina and graduated in the Class of 1958 in Long Beach, California. When…

CURTIS JAY HUSTEAD Curtis Jay Hustead, age 60, of Colony, Missouri, passed away peacefully Monday, April 25, 2022, at his home near Colony. Born on July 21, 1961, in Kirksville Missouri, Curtis was the son of Clayton Alfred and Carrol Jean Tibbs Hustead. Curtis was united in marriage to Gale Roseann Hammond December 27, 1981,…

LELAH MAE (PHILLIPS) SURRATT Lelah Mae (Phillips) Surratt, 88, of Sherwood, Arkansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. She was born in Knox County, Missouri on March 12th, 1934, to the late Thomas E. Phillips and Thelma Boltz Phillips. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas E. and Thelma Phillips, husband Herbert…

DONALD CLYDE WILKENS Donald Clyde Wilkens, 77, of Nauvoo, Illinois, passed away at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois. Born on November 3, 1944, in Fort Madison, Iowa, the son of Clyde and Margaret (Koechle) Wilkens. On July 10, 1965, he married Mary Louise Hutson at Saints Peter and…

AARON FOWLER, LTJG Aaron Fowler, LTJG Born November 6, 1992-Died April 17, 2022 Aaron grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his parents, Charles and Lou-Ann Fowler; his older brother Ethan; and younger brothers Austin and Evan. His upbringing instilled an intense work ethic and motivation for self-challenge. He wanted everything from life, which carried him…

JANE ANNE GUDEHUS HEIMER Jane Anne Heimer, age 75, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. She was born October 14, 1946, in Kirksville, MO the daughter of Glen and Vivian Lucille Starks Gudehus. Jane Anne attended schools in Brashear, Baring and graduated from Knox…