Obituaries
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[Owens, Vera Opal White]

Maryville Daily Forum

Sunday    February 4, 2007

Vera Opal Owens

1913-2007

Vera Opal Owens, 93, Maryville, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville.

Mrs. Owens was born Dec. 1, 1913, in Maryville, the daughter of Ralph and Nora Blanche White.

She married Reed Owens in 1931. After her marriage, Mrs. Owens worked as a linotype operator, beginning in Skidmore, continuing in St. Louis, Denver and San Antonio, when her husband was transferred during the Second World War, and then worked for The Maryville Daily Forum and the Hopkins Journal. She subsequently worked for 20 years at the JC Penney Store in Maryville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Reed Owens; and infant daughter; a sister, Velma Conz; and two brothers, Donald and Forrest White.

She is survived by her loving and extended family; her son, Randy, and daughter-in-law, Kay, of Maryville; her daughter, Judy, and son-in-law, Bob Johnson, of Arlington, Va.; her grandchildren, Jennifer, Christine, Renee, Catherine, Selena, Dillon and Shane; her great-grandchildren, Brooke and Christian; and a brother, Merle White, Hopkins.

Arrangements are pending at Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

[Owens, Vera Opal White]

Nodaway News Leader

Thursday    February 8, 2007

Vera Owens

Vera Opal Owens, 93, Maryville, died Saturday, February 3, 2007, at St. Francis Hospital and Health Services, Maryville.

She was born December 1, 1913, in Maryville, to Ralph and Nora Blanche White.

She married Reed Owens in 1931.  After her marriage Mrs. Owens worked as a linotype operator, beginning in Skidmore, continuing in St. Louis, Denver and San Antonio when her husband was transferred during the Second World War, and then for the Maryville Daily Forum and the Hopkins Journal.  She subsequently worked for 20 years at the JC Penney store, Maryville.

She was preceded in death by her husband; an infant daughter; her parents; sister, Velma Conz and brothers, Donald White and Forrest White.

She is survived by her son, Randy Owens and daughter-in-law, Kay, Maryville, daughter, Judy Johnson and son-in-law, Bob, Arlington, VA; grandchildren, Jennifer, Christine, Renee, Catherine, Selena, Dillon and Shane; great-grandchildren, Brooke and Christian; and a brother, Merle White, Hopkins.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Price Funeral Home, Maryville.

 

[Wiseman, Silas Amberry]

Maryville Daily Forum

Saturday   January 22, 1944    p. 2

Silas A. Wiseman Dies; To Hold Funeral Sunday

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Workman Chapel for Silas A. [mberry] Wiseman. 76-year old farmer, who died at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Inez Mackey of Hopkins, following a lingering illness.

Rev. Kenneth J. Bressler, pastor of the Methodist Church of Pickering, will officiate.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Wiseman was born August 12, 1868, at Humboldt, Neb., and had resided almost his entire life in the Hopkins community, with the exception of a few years in Kansas.

Surviving are four sons, Loren, Forrest, and Virgil Wiseman, Hopkins, and Leland Wiseman, Bedford, Ia.; four daughters, Mrs. Esther Young, Mrs. Mackey, Mrs. Nellie Bradley and Mrs. Alma Morrison, Hopkins; two brothers, Hiram and Charles Wiseman, Clarinda, Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Hanner [Hannah] Booth, Blue Rapids, Kas., and Mrs. Minnie Jackson, Falls City, Neb.; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

 

[King, Marvin Randall "Randy"]

Nodaway News Leader

Thursday    January 10, 2008    p. 6

Randall King

Marvin Randall "Randy" King, 50, Maryville, died Monday, January 7, 2008, at the Beverly Living Center, Maryville.

He was born September 13, 1957, in Maryville, to Marvin and Carol Thompson King.  He grew up in Hopkins and graduated from North Nodaway in 1976.  He immediately joined the Air Force National Guard and later served in the Air Force as an airplane mechanic while in Okinawa.

He attended Northwest Missouri State University and the University of New Hampshire.

While living in New Hampshire he was a fireman and paramedic.  After moving to Missouri, he was employed at the Tarkio Academy as an employee training coordinator until 1996.

Mr. King was a member of Countryside Christian Church, Maryville.

Preceding him in death was his father, Marvin I. [ra] King, paternal grandparents, Ira and Maxine Mitchell King and maternal grandparents, Allen and Hazel Stephens Thompson.

Survivors include children, Katie, Allen, Hannah; stepson, Seth Patterson, Manchester, NH; mother, Carol King, Maryville; brothers, Jeffrey King, Guerneville, CA, Stephen Coleman and wife Angie, Maryville; sisters, Terry Gallegos and husband, David, Altus, OK, Tina Fletchall and husband, Chris, Sheridan; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, January 11, at the Countryside Christian Church, Maryville.  Final resting place will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, IA.  The family will have their fellowship meal at the church at 12 noon, prior to the services.  The family will receive friends at the Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville, from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, January 10.

Memorial donations may be made to the Countryside Christian Church or SSM Hospice of NW Missouri.

Online condolences and tributes may be left by visiting www.danfeltfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville.