Steelville Star-Crawford Mirror, Steelville, Crawford Co. MO
Local Obituaries for the Week of December 16, 2004
Russell Oscar Bouse
Russell Oscar Bouse of Cuba, Missouri was born on
October 30, 1946 at Fletcher, Missouri to the union of Harry Paul
Bouse and Iva Elizabeth Phares Bouse and passed away on December 9, 2004
at Cuba, Missouri at the age of 58 years, 1 month and 9 days.
On August 6, 1979 Russell was united in marriage to
Charlotte Adair at Cuba, Missouri. They have been happily married
for 25 years.
Russell was preceded in death by his parents and one
brother, Harry Bouse.
Those who survive to mourn his passing from this life
are his children, Russell Bouse, Jr., Allen Bouse, Billy Hall,
Crystal Bouse, Jamie Bouse, Cheri Smith, Sheila Talbert and husband
Jamie, Stephanie Bouse, Rebecca Bouse and Rassana David and husband
Charlie.
Four brothers, Larry Bouse and wife Alberta, Fred Bouse
and wife Wilma, David Bouse and Richard Bouse; one sister Daisy
Bouse; 22 grandchildren; nieces; nephews; other relatives and many
friends.
Russell was a loving husband, father, brother, good
friend to all who knew him and will be sadly missed.
Russell Oscar Bouse was in state at the Britton Funeral
Home of Cuba, Missouri where funeral services were held on Saturday,
December 11, 2004 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Herman Rodgers officiating.
Interment was in the Kinder Cemetery, Cuba, Missouri. All
arrangements under the direction of the Britton Funeral Home of
Cuba, Missouri.
Alma Graves
Alma M. Graves, of Owensville, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at Capital
Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, at the age of 91.
She was born July 18, 1913 in Bem, the daughter of John
and Freda (Schlottach) Schaefferkoetter. She married Dorcie Vincent
on January 27, 1934. Following Dorcie's death, she married Francis
Graves on December 28, 1949. He also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Graves was a homemaker and a member of St. Peter's
United Church of Christ in Owensville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands;
a brother, Bill Schaefferkoetter and a sister, Zelma Bledsoe.
Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Ruffner and
husband Roy of Nashville, Tennesee; two brothers, Edward and Armin
Schaefferkoetter of Owensvile, Missouri; a sister Opal Giedinghagen
of Owensville, Missouri; three grandchildren; and one great
grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev, Lansford
Lawrence from Gottenstroeter Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 7,
2004. Burial was in the Owensville City Cemetery.
Leroy Franklin Guess
Leroy Franklin Guess was born Thursday, April 12, 1928,
at Brosley, Missouri, a son of the late Zelma and Lola Jane
(Diamond) Guess.
He entered eternal rest Saturday, December 4, 2004, at
the Phelps County Regional Medical Center, at the age of 76 years, 7
months and 22 days.
Frank served his country in the United States Army, from
December 11, 1945. He was honorably discharged in St. Louis,
Missouri, June 5, 1947. He was a member of the Lebanon Lodge #77 AF
and AM Shriners, Scottish Rite and was a special Sheriff's Deputy
for several years.
Frank was preceded in death by his parents, and one son,
Frank Warren Guess, December 8, 1995. Also preceding him in death
was a son-in-law, William Burke, a great-grandchild, Emily Scott ,
two brothers, Bill Guess and wife Elsie, Allen Guess and wife Patti,
two sisters, Aileen Dunn and Inez Baker and husband Jack, two
brothers-in-law, Walter Swain and Walter Walden, two sisters-in-law,
Opal Turnbough and Juanita Turnbough.
Among those who remain to mourn his passing are his
devoted wife Fran Guess, Cuba, Missouri; one son, Mike Guess and
wife Sandy, Steelville, Missouri, two daughters, Beverly Burke,
Tampa, Florida, Brenda Fields and husband Keith, Salem, Missouri;
one brother, Delbert Guess, Poplar Bluff, Missouri; three sisters,
Gloria Wheeler and husband Darrell, Camdenton, Missouri, Georgia
Schnadelbach and husband Steve, Eldon, Missouri, and Delmar Swain,
Ava, Missouri; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Clarence
Turnbough, Cuba, Missouri, Glen Gilbert and Louise Turnbough,
Vernice and Hack Lea, Steelville, Missouri and Polly Walden, Arnold,
Missouri; nine grandchildren, William Burke, Angela Jordan, Tony
Spuhler, Dawn Segovia, Shawn Scott, Danny Vannasdall, Latisha
Treece, Michael A. Guess and RaChelle Guess; 16 great grandchildren,
one great great grandson; nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives
and many friends.
Leroy Franklin Guess lay in state 4-8 p.m. with Masonic
Memorial Services at 7 p.m. Monday, December 6, 2004, at the Britton
Brothers Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri.
Funeral services wee held 1 p.m. Tuesday, December 7,
2004, in the Britton Chapel with Rev. Doug Gripka and Rev. Jesse
Parrott officiating. Musical selections were provided by Rev. Gripka
and Rev. Jerry Beers.
Committal prayer and interment were in the Steelville
Cemetery, Steelville, Missouri. Serving as pallbearers were Bob
Baker, Steve Guess, Keith Fields, Raul Segovia, Mike Turnbough and
Mike Turnbough, Jr.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Care of Britton
Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri.
Arthur R. Hemme
Arthur R. Hemme, son of the late Fritz and Martha
(Glandon) Hemme, was born June 1, 1915 and entered into rest
December 4, 2004, at the age of 89.
Arthur was united in marriage to Gertrude (Moreland)
Hemme September 20, 1935 arid to this union three children were
born. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was
stationed in Okinawa. His hobbies included hunting and gardening.
Arthur was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather,
brother, uncle and friend and will be greatly missed.
He is preceded in death by his brothers Dick, John,
Lorain, Chester, Adrian, and Ezra Hemme, five sisters Maggie Price,
Belvia Smith, Elsie Shelton, Esther Copeland, and Katie Oberkrom, in
addition to his parents.
Survivors include his wife Gertrude Hemine, daughter,
Vera Backman and husband Charles of Rolla; sons, Arthur (Gene) Hemme
and wife Charlet of St. James, and John Hemme and wife Jan of St.
James.
Sister Berniece DaPron and husband Paul of Rolla, six
grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, four great, great
grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral service for Arthur R. Hemme were Tuesday,
December 7, 2004 at 11 a.m. at the St. James Chapel of the James &
Gahr Mortuary with Rev. Warren Chambers officiating. Interment will
be at Ozark Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Rolla, Missouri following
the service.
Visitation for family and friends was Monday December 6,
2004 from 6-8 p.m.
Pallbearers were Russell Hemme, Richard Hemme, J.C.
Backman, John Moore, Lavern Hemme, and Mike Hemme.
Honorary pallbearers were Billy Price, Jimmie Price,
James Backman, and Rick Birkner.
All arrangements were under the direction of James &
Gahr Mortuary of St. James, Missouri.
Charles Douglas Likely
Charles Douglas Likely was born in Ames, Iowa, September 24, 1922
and died in Sullivan, Missouri, December 2, 2004. He was
the third generation of Likelys to live in Ames and all were active
members in the Methodist Church.
Chuck's first love, after Dotty, was music. He was the
1942 State Trombone Champion in Iowa. He played in the Sunday School
orchestra, the Ames Municipal Band, played in the band when the
circus came to town and was first chair trombone in the Ames High
Band and the Iowa State Marching Band. He loved singing bass in
choirs and as a soloist. Singing sometimes seemed to be a
competition with him, with the loudest voice winning. He was never
second in the volume department, and for years took pride in
preaching without a microphone (he also never preached with anything
larger than a single 3x5 card).
As a youth, Chuck was challenged and inspired by foreign
missionaries and evangelists as well as missionaries and musicians.
During his early college years he had his first preaching experience
when a friend asked him to preach in a small rural church nearby.
Soon after, he was drawn into the war and enlisted in the US Army
Air Corps band, and later in the postal department.
While on furlough he proposed to the love of his life,
Dorothy Ann Harper, whom he had been trying to impress since he was
six and she was three, when at a church picnic he bragged to her,
"Look at me, I can eat chicken bones!" Despite his proclivity for
buying her corsages of dozen roses that made her look like a
Kentucky Derby winner, she said yes, and they were married August
26, 1944.
When the war ended Chuck and Dotty returned to Ames
where he resumed his studies at Iowa State in agriculture and
poultry husbandry. Soon after, he was offered the opportunity to
pastor two small churches in Panora, Iowa. A transfer to Drake
University and a change of major to sociology followed. After
graduation he continued his education with a bachelor of sacred
theology from Boston University School of Theology. By then he and
Dotty had two young children, Diana and David, with Joan soon to
follow. The Boston University years were spent serving churches in
Washington, Rhode Island, and in Norwell, Massachusetts. A parsonage
on three acres at Norwell fueled his passion for the rural church,
for subsistence farming and his love of raising dairy goats.
Chuck's ordination took place in an Iowa country church,
Wesley Chapel, in November 1952, where he also served the Henderson
Methodist Church. Just after Christmas that year, son Mark was born.
Their joy in Mark was short lived when his death followed just one
month later. Nine years later Nathan was born and suffered with
cerebral palsy until his death at age thirteen. Through these sad
and tender experiences, Chuck and Dotty were prepared to reach out
to others in their grief. Chuck had always been known for his upbeat
funeral services, in and people hungered for his ministrations
during times of sorrow. Leslie's birth, between Mark and Nathan,
brought a ray of light.
Chuck next served dual churches at Menlo, Iowa for three
years, one a town church and the others a country church. Due to
illness and respiratory problems, Chuck accepted a call and moved
his family south to the Presbyterian Church in Green Ridge,
Missouri. He pastured there until receiving his call to the
Steelville Presbyterian Church, where he spent the next 20 years
until his retirement in 1985.
Through the years Chuck enjoyed working as Director of
Junior High Youth at Lake of the Ozarks, with Dotty as counselor. He
directed Primitive camping at Mound Ridge, participated in many
community choruses, civic organizations, served as a 4-H leader, was
the "movie man" at the local daycare center and judged livestock at
county fairs. He considered his role in the acquisition of land and
the development of Gibbs Care Center to be one of his greatest
accomplishments. His and Dotty's purchase of seven acres south of
town fulfilled his lifelong dream of gardening on his own land and
continuing to raise his purebred champion dairy goats and rabbits.
He loved his land and watching the seasons pass as he tended his
animals and garden and studied the wild birds. He was often
overheard speaking informally to God and giving thanks for the
privilege of living on such beautiful land.
An auto accident a month after his retirement from the
Steelville Presbyterian Church changed his life and Dotty's. Despite
the physical handicaps that resulted from his injuries, Chuck
continued to demonstrate a strong faith in God, and love for his
family and friends. He accepted a supply pastorate at Old Argo
Presbyterian Church that extended for seven years. As his heart
began to fail, his vision and hearing dimmed, and his steps grew
slower and more painful, eh still felt called by God to preach. He
continued to preach, perched on his stool, whenever he was able,
until last July.
Chuck and Dotty celebrated sixty years of marriage
August 26, 2004. Through it all Dotty was his lover, his best
friend, and for many years, his primary caregiver. In addition to
Dotty, Chuck is survived by his children: Donna Likely, David
(Carol) Likely, Joan (Steve) Ray, Leslie (David) Swank; eight
grandchildren: David Likely, Jr., Shelly (Jesse) Chamberlin,
Meredith (Frank) Painter, Cameron (Dr. Amy Mehollin-)Ray, Seth, Eve,
Luke, and Mary Swank, five great granddaughters: Kassandra and
Katelyn Likely, Kayla and Jessica Chamberlin, and Madison Painter.
Thirteen Harper in-laws are scattered across the country and a
sister, Florence (Arne) Siedelmann lives in Florida; other relatives
and many friends.
Memorial services for Rev. Charles Likely were held 11
a.m. with a visitation at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 7, 2004, at the
Steelville Presbyterian Church, Rev. Lance Lackore, Rev. Paul Reiter
and Rev. Susan Niesen officiating. Musical selections were provided
by vocalist Laura Portell and organist Shawn Portell.
Committal prayers and interment will be in the Municipal
Cemetery, Aims, Iowa.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Britton
Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri.
Martha Mullen
Martha E. Mullen, 84, longtime Cosmopolis, Washington
resident and former owner of the Square Deal Grocery in Cosi, died
Monday November 1, 2004, at home.
Mrs. Mullen was born May 22, 1920, in Steelville
Missouri, to Albert and Bessie (Bouse) Kreamalmyer. She was raised.
in Steelville and graduated from Steelville High School in 1938.
She worked for the War Department in the Pentagon, and
the Office of the Field Director for the American Red Cross.
On Oct. 19, 1943, she married Harold Mullen in Tacoma.
He died in l983.
The couple owned and operated the grocery from 1947
until selling it in 1969. She then worked as a central supply aid at
St. Joseph Hospital, retiring in 1985.
She was a life member of the Martha Mary Chapter of
Order of the Eastern Star in Steelville and belonged to the Order of
Rainbow and a Baptist Church in Steelville, Yelm and Cosmopolis. She
was active in Girl, Cub and Boy Scouts, PTA and, most recently, the
Golden Agers of Cosmopolis.
As long as her health permitted, she was active in her
community, always happy to help a friend in need. Her family said
she had a heartof gold.
Survivors are two daughters, Kathy McGuire of
Cosmopolis and Mary of Bellingham; two sons, Richard of Lynnwood and
Alan of Bellingham; a sister, Marry Miller of Cosmopolis; three
granddaughters and a great granddaughter.
A celebration of her life was held at 1 p.m. Sunday,
November 7, at the Cosmopolis Lions Club. Private urn committal was
in the Forest Hills Cemetery in Cosmopolis.
Cremation arrangements were by the Coleman Mortuary of
Hoquiam.
Thomas Lugene Piersall
Thomas Lugene Piersall of Joplin, Missouri was born on
October 27, 1965 at Alton, Illinois to the union of Woodrow Fred
Piersall and Sharon Kay Switzer Piersall and passed away suddenly on
December 6, 2004 at the St. John's Hospital, Joplin, Missouri at the
age of 39 years, 1 month and 9 days.
Those who survive to mourn his passing from this life
are his children, Anne Elizabeth Rose Piersall and Courtney Faith
Piersall, parents Woodrow Fred Piersall and Sharon Kay Piersall;
grandmothers Vivian Niclaky and Frieda Switzer; brother Dennis
Piersall and wife Kim; fiancé Kristina Neel; other relatives and
many friends.
Thomas was a loving father, son, brother, grandson, good
friend to all who knew him and will be sadly missed.
Thomas Lugene Piersall was in state at the Britton
Funeral Home of Cuba, Missouri where funeral services were held on
Saturday, December 11, 2004 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ed Fields
officiating. Interment was in the Delhi Cemetery, of Cuba, Missouri
with full military honors. All arrangements were under the direction
of the Britton Funeral Home of Cuba, Missouri.
Sydni Pfeiffer
Sydni Nikole Pfeiffer, infant daughter of Bradley and
Erin (Klos) Pfeiffer of Owensville, Missouri, was born Fri-day,
December 3, 2004 at St John's Mercy Hospital in St. Louis and died
the same day.
Surviving are her parents; maternal grandparents, David
and Carol Klos and Lora and Keith Donze, all of Owensville, Missouri;
paternal grandmother, Donna Green of Branson; great grandparents,
Shirley Klos of Sarasota, Florida; Dick Heppermann of Cuba,
Missouri, Don and Nellie Stewart of Cuba, Missouri and Ray and
Juanita Leathers of Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Three uncles, Jonathan and Justin Whitell of Owensville,
Missouri and Michael Donze of Rich Fountain, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Richard
Pfeiffer, great grandparents, Doug Klos William and Agatha Pfeiffer
and Oleta Heppermann and uncles, Richard Pfeiffer, Jr. and Timothy
Purschke.
Services were held at the Gottenstroeter Funeral Home on
Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 11 a.m. with Rev. Ken Patterson
officiating. Burial was in the Owensville City Cemetery.
Quentin J. Schmidt, Jr.
Quentin John Schmidt, Jr., age 63 years of Centralia,
Missouri died December 5, 2004 at University Hospital and Clinics,
Columbia.
He was born July 26, 1941 In Aliquippa, Pennsylvania,
the son of Quentin John and Zelma Landfried Schmidt, Sr. On July 7,
1962 he was married in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania to Judith
Brown and she survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Michelle Schmidt
Freeman and her husband, Jay, Centralia; son, Randy Schmidt and his
wife, Cheryl, Peculiar. Four grandchildren, Jaymi Freeman,
Centralia, Missouri; Collin Schmidt, Caleb Schmidt, Chase Schmidt
all of Peculiar, Missouri. His parents, Quentin J. and Zelma
Schmidt, Sr., Hookstown, Pennsylvania; sister, Judy Grimm and her
husband, Rick, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Three brothers, Charles
Schmidt and his wife, Bridget, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania; William
Schmidt and his wife, Denise; Fenton, Michigan; Dale Schmidt, and
his wife, Debbie, Queen Creek, Arizona.
Mother-In-law, Olive Brown, Perryville, Missouri;
sister-in-law, Dorothy Brodmerkel and her husband, Joe, Hookstown,
Pennsylvania; nephews, niece, special friends, Kathy and Bob
Schwetzer, Aliquippa. Pennsylvania and Richard Yost, Henderton,
Nevada.
He was preceded in death by an infant son, Brian Kurt
Schmidt, age nine days He was a member of the Presbyterian Church,
Hanover Township, Pennsylvania; American Standard Testing Minerals
and National Silver Testing. The Laboratory Building was dedicated
to him in July 2004 at Viburnum, Missouri. Mr. Schmidt was a
graduate of Tarkio College, Tarkio, Missouri. He was retired chemist
from Doe Run Company, Viburnum, Missouri.
Services were at the Fenton Funeral Chapel, Centralia,
Missouri, Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 1 p.m. Officiating, Rev.
Michael Knight, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Viburnum, Missouri.
Interment Hickory Grove Cemetery, rural Centralia.
Loretta Fanny Spearman
Loretta Fanny Spearman was born Saturday, March 2, 1940,
at Cherryville, Missouri, a daughter of the late Arvel Callahan and
Villia Emma Bryant Callahan.
She entered eternal life Thursday, December 9, 2004, at
the Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Sullivan, Missouri, at the age
of 64 years, 9 months and 7 days.
On March 25, 1981, Loretta was united in marriage to
James Spearman. They were blessed with one daughter, Susan. James
preceded her in death, February 14, 1992.
In addition to her husband and parents, Loretta was
preceded in death by one sister, Lillie Mae Hernandez, an infant
sister, two infant brothers, a sister-in-law, Joan Callahan and
brother-in-law, Frank Hunter.
Among those who remain to mourn her passing are her
daughter, Susan Smith and her special friend, James Beaman of Cuba,
Missouri, three brothers, Ray Callahan and wife Barbara of
Steelville, Missouri, Robert Callahan and wife Rosemary, Clarence
Callahan, all of Cherryville, Missouri; three sisters, Emma and
husband Kenneth Williams, Rosetta and husband Johnny Hubert, all of
Cherryville, and Ima Hunter of Kirkwood, Missouri and fiancée Bill
Cassidy of Cuba, Missouri; one granddaughter, Michelle Smith and one
grandson, Christopher Beaman of Cuba, Missouri; nieces, nephews,
other relatives and many friends.
Loretta prayed often and kept her faith in God until the
end. Loretta loved her daughter and grandchildren very much. She
loved all of her family and was always happy when they came to visit
her. Because Loretta always put others first, she will be remembered
as a very giving person and will be sadly missed by all who knew
her.
Loretta Fanny Spearman lay in state 2-8 p.m. Saturday,
December 11, 2004, at the Britton Brothers Funeral Home, Steelville,
Missouri.
Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Sunday, December 12,
2004, in the Britton Chapel with Rev. Larry Buettner and Rev. Bob
Coleman officiating. Musical selection were provided by Carol and
Rev. Coleman.
Committal prayers and interment were in Martin Cemetery,
Cherryville, Missouri. Serving as pallbearers were Bradley Callahan,
Ed Hubert, Randy Hubert, Joe Schoenfield, Bud Thomas and Troy
Woodall.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Britton
Funeral Home, Steelville, Missouri.
Reprinted with permission from the Obituary page of the
Steelville Star-Crawford Mirror Web site.
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