Mirror, Steelville Star-Crawford Steelville, Crawford Co. MO Local Obituaries for the Week of September 14, 2016 Rocky Levern Ash Rocky Levern Ash of Leasburg, Missouri was born November 1, 1960 in Rolla, Missouri to Lloyd Ash and Barbara Sue Nelson Gordon and passed away Monday, September 5, 2016 at the age of 55 years. Rocky worked as a carpenter in the local area for several years. He was of the Pentecostal faith. He was preceded in death by his father, Lloyd Ash; and brother, Kevin Gordon. He is survived by his son, Matthew Ash of Springfield, Missouri; two daughters, Mariah Ash of Rolla, Missouri and Barbara Jean Ash of Springfield, Missouri; mother, Barbara Sue Gordon of Leasburg, Missouri; one brother, Bill Gordon of Leasburg, Missouri; sister, Tammy Oxendine of Winfield, Missouri; one grandson; other relatives and friends. The family will have a private service at a later date. Arrangements under the direction of the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home of Steelville, Missouri. Rosie Aline Rosie Aline Atchison (nee Pinnell) was born on Saturday, April 18, 1931 in Steelville, Missouri to James Lloyd and Grace Clementine (Coleman) Pinnell and passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 19 days. She married Ray Atchison on August 18, 1961 at the Presbyterian Church in Steelville, Missouri. She first worked at Steelville Supply Store, and then worked for 45 years as bookkeeper for Brown Shoe Company in Steelville, Missouri. She was an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Steelville, Missouri, where she served as a deacon and helped with bereavement dinners. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, baking goodies especially her famous brownies and cookies, working on the farm and riding with Ray in his side by side. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lloyd and Grace Pinnell; step-mother, Marie Pinnell; brother, James Haskell Pinnell, brothers-in-law, Lindell Bouse, Delmar Hutson Eugene Schmidt, Mack (Betty) Atchison, Bill (Jean) Atchison, and Albert Atchison; sister-in-law, Bonnie (Lawrence) Self; nephew, John Hudson; and niece, Dana Schmidt. She is survived by her husband, Ray Atchison of Steelville, Missouri; sisters, Ina Bouse, Dorothy Hutson, and Elizabeth Schmidt, all of Steelville, Missouri; sister-in-law, Lorraine Pinnell of Villa Ridge, Missouri; nieces and nephews, Linda Hudson of St. Charles, Missouri, David (Colleen) Schmidt of Steelville, Missouri, Dale (Debbie) Schmidt of Jefferson City, Missouri, Spencer (Valerie) Hutson of Cuba, Missouri, Paul (Pam) Hutson of Steelville, Missouri, Bonnie Mae Wilson of Rolla, Missouri, John (Tony) Atchison of DeSoto, Missouri, Jole Atchison of St. Clair, Missouri and Ruth Atchison of Washington, Missouri; other relatives and friends. Visitation was from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2016 and funeral service on Monday, September 12, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Hutson Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri with Rev. Spencer Hutson officiating. Burial was at the Steelville Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of the Hutson Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri. Bill Bell Bill Bell of Steelville, Missouri was born on Saturday, April 23, 1938 in Cherryville, Missouri to Ernest James and Mable Ethel Murry Bell and passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2016 at the age of 78 years, 4 months and 11 days. He married Juanita Dunlap on January 5, 1958 in Hernando, Mississippi and to this union two children were born. Bill worked as a logger in the timber industry and as a mechanic. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on all types of machines, re-loading and target shooting, playing the guitar, trail riding on 4 wheelers and driving dune buggies. He was involved in stock car racing at Potosi, Hillsboro, Bismarck and Rolla, winning several races in Rolla, Missouri. Bill accepted the Lord early in life and had attended Cherryville Baptist Church when he was young. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Mabel Bell; parents-in-law, Eldon and Vetta Dunlap; brother, Steve Bell; sister Bonnie Bowman; brothers-in-law, Donald "Butch" Miller and Tom Roberson; and sister-in-law, Glenda Caron He is survived by his wife, Juanita Bell of Steelville, Missouri; children, Randy Bell and Sandy (Bill) Richardson, all of Steelville, Missouri; brother, Don (Pauline) Bell of Watauga, Oklahoma; sisters, Martha Roberson of Richmond Heights, Missouri and Sue Bell of St. Louis, Missouri; sister-in-law, Sue Miller and brother-in-law, Ron Caron, all of Steelville, Missouri; grand- children, Christy (Colby) Hemby of Steelville, Missouri, Anthony Richardson of Fenton, Missouri and Jerry (Becky) Richardson of Steelville Missouri; great grandchildren, Shelby, Wyatt, Cassie, Lucas, Logan, Kayleen, Thaydon, Carden and Keagan; other relatives and friends. Visitation was held on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 from 6-8 p.m. and funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at the Hutson Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri with Pastor Jerry Beers officiating. Burial was at the Steelville Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of the Hutson Funeral Home in Steelville, Missouri. Rev. Richard Sommer Brueseke Rev. Richard Sommer Brueseke of Owensville, Missouri was born on May 4, 1933 in Sandusky, Ohio to Edward and Jolanda (Sommer) Brueseke and passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 27 days. On June 2, 1956, at St. Marks Episcopal Church in St. Louis, Missouri he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Eldridge. He was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Owensville, Missouri and the Owensville Lions Club. Rev. Brueseke was an alumni of Eden Seminary. Rev. Brueseke was responsible for the organization of four new congregations in the Missouri Mid-South Conference of the United Church of Christ: St. Philip's Church, Concord Village, Trinity Church of Mexico, Grace Church in O'Fallon, and Prince of Peace Church in South St. Louis County. In addition, he served the Troy-Moscow Mills Charge in Lincoln County from 1958 to 1963. After 14 years at Prince of Peace in 1977, he transferred ministerial standing to the United Reformed Church in the U.K., where he was a member of the Stockport Team Ministry for four years. Returning to the U.S. in 1981, he served Peace United Church of Christ in Waverly, Iowa for 11 years. Rev. Brueseke was pastor of Bem Church from 1993-1999, then served at Ebenezer "Stone" Church from 1999-2009. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth "Libby" of the home; children, Barry Brueseke and wife Bonnie of San Diego, California, Becky Douglas and husband Tony of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Joel Brueseke and wife Tracey of Waterloo, Iowa and Amie Griffin of Greenville, South Carolina; brother, Harold Brueseke and wife Bonnie of South Bend, Indiana; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Visitation was held on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 from 4-8 p.m. at the Gottenstroeter Funeral Home in Owensville, Missouri. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, September 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Owensville, Missouri with Rev. Char Burch officiating. Burial was in the St. James Cemetery in Charlotte, Missouri. Arrangements under the direction of the Gottenstroeter Funeral Home in Owensville, Missouri. John A. Delancy John A. Delaney of Leasburg, Missouri passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2016. John was an avid hunter, train and antique car enthusiast most of his life. A longtime resident of Bel Ridge, John was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Rose Mae. After the passing of his wife, it was John's wish to return to his roots in the country and live out his life quietly in front of the fire reminiscing about a world far less complicated than the one we have today. He is survived by brother, Joe; children, Linda, Vicki, Steve, Eddie, Mark and Gary; best friend, Elvis; grandchildren; great grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Family graveside services will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Catholic Cemetery in Leasburg, Missouri followed by a gathering at the residence located at 116 S. 4th St. in Leasburg. All who wish to celebrate John's life are welcome. Kimberly D. "Kim" Franke Kimberly D. "Kim" Franke of Rolla, Missouri was born on October 1, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri and passed away on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at the age of 48 years. Kim loved being mom and grandma. She enjoyed shopping for clothes and jewelry. She was preceded in death by her mother, Doris Jean (Shoemaker) Williams. She is survived by her three daughters, Lori and husband Mark Kelley and Kayla Moore, all of Rolla, Missouri and Jessica Akers of Salem, Missouri; one son, Joshua Akers of Salem, Missouri; five grandchildren, Kayden, Isaiah, Nellie, Jeannie and Jadelyn; father Vernon Franke of Marquand, Missouri; three sisters, Gina and husband Rich Nosrati of Dixon, California, Amy and husband John Hensley of Cuba, Missouri, Becky Pohlmann of Cuba, Missouri; eight nieces and nephews, Kristen, Bethany, Chase, Grant, Nicholas, Dillon, Olivia and Stevi; other relatives and friends. Visitation was held on Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mizell Funeral Home in Cuba, Missouri. Funeral service was held on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the Mizell Funeral Home with Sally Love officiating. In keeping with her wishes, Kim was cremated following the visitation and funeral service. Arrangements under the direction of the Mizell Funeral Home in Cuba, Missouri. Doris Joan Kostedt Doris Joan Kostedt of St. James, Missouri was born on December 28, 1937 at Ladue, Missouri to William Elza and Elizabeth Thomas Lenox and passed away on September 2, 2016 at the age of 78 years 8 months and 5 days. On March 24, 1962 in Clayton, Missouri she was united in marriage to Raymond Richard Kostedt. Doris and Raymond lived a wonder life in St Louis, Missouri. Raymond worked and Doris took care of their home. Doris's life was changed forever when her husband Raymond passed away suddenly on February 17, 1988. After a period of adjustment Doris decided to go to work. She worked at HR Electronics, a coin changer vendor where she worked for over 11 years. She also worked at Bennett Box Manufacturing Company in South St. Louis, Missouri. Raymond and Doris didn't have children so her dogs were her children and she had many in her lifetime. She enjoyed baking for people and family along with sewing Barbie clothing for her nieces. After 40 years of living in St. Louis, Doris decided to move to St. James, Missouri to be closer to family. So in 2006, Doris purchased a home in St. James and continued her love of cooking. She especially loved her friends at the St. James Christian Church. She loved to play Dominos with the girls from the church on Saturday afternoon and share her love of cooking. Doris appreciated all the help help from all her nieces and nephews. She especially appreciated Denise and Kevin Barner and Kim Renner. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Elza and Elizabeth Thomas Lenox; husband, Raymond; four brothers, Maurice, Arthur, Robert and George Lenox; three sisters, Marie McGomery, Helen Bernice Snelson and an infant sister Martha Lenox. She is survived by many nieces and nephews. Visitation was held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, September 5, 2016 Jones Funeral Home in St. James, Missouri. Funeral service was held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at the Jones Funeral Home Chapel in St. James, Missouri. Officiating was Stanley Runyon, Elder and one of her many shepherd's from the St. James Christian Church. Burial was beside her husband at the St. James Cemetery. Pallbearers were Larry Picraux, Kevin Barner, Chris Bauvatte, Tim Kochis, Don Renner and Bruce Parton. Honorary Pallbearers were David Snelson, Dick Snelson and Don Snelson. Arrangements under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home in St. James, Missouri. Pauline Mae Rains Pauline Mae Rains (nee Ives) was born on Sunday, December 22, 1929 to Everett Fearney and Rose Marguerite (Edgar) Ives and passed away on Monday, September 5, 2016 at the age of 86 years, 8 months and 14 days. Pauline accepted the Lord many years ago and was a faithful member of Center Point Baptist Church where she loved attending until her health prevented it. She married Clyde Hadley in Steelville, Missouri in 1949 and to this union three children were born. She later married George Rains. She worked for 28 years at Gibbs Care Center in the kitchen, and she also babysat for a few years. She liked to sew, listen to gospel music and attend hymn sings. She liked animals, especially cats. She loved people and spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Rains; parents, Everett and Rose Ives; infant son, Clyde Errol Hadley, Jr.; brothers, Berton (Mildred) Ives, Dewey (Roberta) Ives, Jim Ives, and Whit "Frankie" Franklin Ives; sisters, Geraldine (Rainey) Parker, Connie (Earl) Prewitt and Rosalie (Richard) Solano. She is survived by her daughters, Priscilla (Reid) Mabuce of Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Marilyn (Bill) Ware of Steelville, Missouri; sister-in-law, Nancy Ives of St. Louis, Missouri; grandsons, Trevor Mabuce of St. Louis, Missouri, Travis (Jennifer) Ware and Jeffrey Ware, all of Steelville, Missouri; other relatives and friends. Visitation was from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday, September 9, 2016 at the Hutson Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri with funeral service at 1 p.m. with Pastor Jerry Beers officiating. Burial was at the Steelville Cemetery, Steelville, Missouri. Arrangements under the direction of the Hutson Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri. Franklin D. "Frank" Reid Franklin D. "Frank" Reid of Leasburg, Missouri, formerly of St. Louis, Missouri was born on October 22, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri to Harold and Irene (Montgomery) Reid and passed away on Monday, September 5, 2016 at the age of 68 years. Frank was a retired truck driver for Schnucks Markets in St. Louis, Missouri. He honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy during Vietnam. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Irene (Montgomery) Reid; one brother, Sam Field; and one niece, Callie Reid. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Reid (nee Trump) of St. Louis, Missouri; one son, Mason Reid of Chaffee, Missouri; one grandson, Franklin Reid; two brothers, Donald Reid of Leasburg, Missouri and Jerry and wife Leona Reid of Bland, Missouri; one sister, Barbara and husband Dennis Feld of Akron, Ohio; other relatives and friends. Graveside service with full military honors were held on Friday, September 9, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri with Lesa Mizell officiating. Arrangements under the direction of the Mizell Funeral Home in Cuba, Missouri. Jason Albert Tarnowski Jason Albert Tarnowski of Columbia, Missouri was born June 8, 1987 in Omaha, Nebraska to Stephen and Barbara (Krehbiel) Tarnowski and passed away Saturday, September 10, 2016 at the age of 29 years. Jason was a graduate of Midland Christian High School. His passion was football. Jason was on the 2004 Midland Christian High School State Championship Football Team where he was named All-State Offensive Lineman 1st Team 1st Selection. After high school Jason attended Quincy University, Quincy, Illinois on a football scholarship where he received his Bachelors of Science in Sports Management in 2009. Jason was employed with Veterans United for the past five years. Before that Jason did a two-year internship with the Midland Rockhounds, a AA affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in Midland, Texas. Jason loved spending time in the weight room, holding the record for bench press at his high school. His favorite sports team was the St. Louis Cardinals. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Stanley Tarnowski and Robert and Shirley Krehbiel. He is survived by his parents, Stephen and Barbara Tarnowski of Columbia, Missouri; one sister, Carissa Tarnowski of Columbia, Missouri; grandmother, Delores "Dee" Tarnowski of Cuba, Missouri; significant other, Dawn Kay of Columbia, Missouri; other relatives and friends. Visitation held from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at the Parker-Millard Funeral Service and Crematory with a prayer service held at 7 p.m. Additional visitation held from 10-10:45 a.m. Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Cuba, Missouri. Mass of Catholic Burial at 11 a.m. at the Holy Cross Catholic Church with Fr. Richard Boever officiating. Interment was in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Oak Hill, Missouri. Arrangements are under the direction of Parker-Millard Funeral Service and Crematory in Columbia, Missouri. Bradley H. Taylor Bradley H. Taylor Sr. of Cuba, Missouri was born on Monday, August 15, 1955 in Cahokia, Illinois to Clyde and Lucille Schumer Taylor and passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2016 at the age of 61 years and 20 days. Bradley served his country honorably in the United States Marines during the Vietnam War. He was a postmaster for 25 years in Boss, Cherryville and Bourbon, Missouri post offices. He was a member of the Cuba VFW Post #7147. He enjoyed boating, fishing, watching Cardinal ball games, listening to music of the 70's and 80's especially the Beatles and Eagles. He was preceded in death by his father, Clyde Taylor; and sisters, Elaine Taylor and Iris Shane. He is survived by his companion, Lisa Cunningham of Cuba, Missouri; sons, Bradley (Kristal Glenn) Taylor II of Cuba, Missouri, Adam Taylor of Steelville, Missouri and Joseph Cunningham of St. James, Missouri; daughters, Natasha (Chris House) Cunningham of Union, Missouri and Monique (Bryan) Mercer of Stanton, Missouri; mother, Lucille (Robert) Sego of Washington, Missouri; sister, Gail (Bob) Engemann of Washington, Missouri; brother-in-law, Jim Shane of Cuba, Missouri; 14 grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Visitation was Monday, September 12, 2016 from 3-5 p.m. and funeral service at 5 p.m. at the Hutson Funeral Home, Cuba, Missouri with Rev. Spencer Hutson officiating. Military honors followed the service. Arrangements under the direction of the Hutson Funeral Home, Cuba, Missouri. Katherine A. "Kay" Voss Katherine A. "Kay" Voss of Cuba, Missouri was born on Thursday, July 29, 1948 at Jefferson City, Missouri to Virgil and Dorothy (nee Fisher) Bartel and passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016 at the age of 68 years. Kay, as she was known by many, graduated from Business College in May of 1970. On September 26, 1970 Kay married David L. Voss at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Owensville, Missouri and to this union two children were born. Kay was the bookkeeper for Voss Truck Port of Cuba for many years. Kay enjoyed playing the piano, singing, music of all kinds, taking walks and was a devout member of Holy Cross Catholic Church before her health began to decline. At any time you could walk into Kay's office or home and music would be playing. To know Kay was to know that she was a worrier, not about herself, but about everyone else. Kay always had a kind and gentle spirit, never raised her voice or had a bad word to say about anything. She was preceded in death by her father, Virgil Bartel; and husband, David L. "Dave" Voss. She is survived by two children, Brad and Renee Ross Voss of Cuba, Missouri and Wendy and husband Ed Randell of Cuba, Missouri; seven grandchildren, Tyler, Ethan, Katherine, Tome, Nate, Eva and Finn; mother, Dorothy Fisher Bartel of Owensville, Missouri; one brother, Steve and wife Joanne Bartel of Illinois; three sisters, Elaine and husband John Scego of Owensville, Missouri, Renae and husband Keith Stumpe of Mexico, Missouri and Debbie Collins of San Diego, California; two brothers-in-law, Joseph and wife Rhoda Voss of Owensville, Missouri and Clements and wife Stefanie Voss of Pacific, Missouri; sister-in-law, Gloria and husband William Jackson of Hurst, Texas; other relatives and friends. Visitation was held Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from 10-11 a.m. at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Cuba, Missouri. A Celebration of Mass was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Cuba, Missouri with Father Rich Boever as celebrant. Interment and prayers followed at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Cuba, Missouri. Arrangements under the direction of the Mizell Funeral Home of Cuba, Missouri. Reprinted with permission from the Obituary page of the Steelville Star-Crawford Mirror Web site. http://www.threeriverspublishing.com/ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/mo/mofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWebArchives by: Winnie Brooks