Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - Deaths Recorded in the Lawson Review in 1998 The following deaths were recorded in the pages of The Lawson Review during 1998: December 28, 1997 -- Lafayette H. Booth, 76, Richmond. December 28, 1997 -- Selva T. Winner, 78, Excelsior Springs. December 30, 1997 -- Patricia Ann Rinehart, 47, Holt. January 1, 1998 -- Barbara Jean Dagley, 61, Excelsior Springs January 1 -- Steven Michael Knapp, 17, Lathrop. January 1 -- Robert "Bob" Shea, 75, Lathrop. January 4 -- Christine T. Eberts, 30, Excelsior Springs. January 4 -- Shirley Jean Waters, 65, Lathrop. January 4 -- Ruby A. Barber, 87, Richmond. January 5 -- Thomas Charles Zupka, 80, Excelsior Springs. January 5 -- Leonard S. Clevenger, 66, Richmond. January 5 -- David H. Rodgers, 66, Rayville. January 6 -- Leonard M. Williams, 80, Excelsior Springs. January 6 -- Gladys M. Chappel, 78, Excelsior Springs. January 6 -- Ida M. Clemens, 100, Norborne. January 9 -- Charmien Summers, 76, Richmond. January 10 -- James H. Puller, 93, Rayville. January 12 -- Edna F. Johnson, 89, Richmond. January 12 -- Lydia E. Goodman, 93, Excelsior Springs. January 12 -- David A. Hurshman, 86, Independence. January 12 -- Esther A. Moore, 84, Richmond. January 16 -- Susanna L. Schmidt, 55, Excelsior Springs. January 17 -- Cynthia George, 38, Excelsior Springs. January 17 -- J.B. Armstrong, 68, Richmond. January 18 -- Dommick J. Parretta, 77, Liberty January 19 -- Floyd H. Clark, 89, Higginsville. January 20 -- Louis M. "Rusty" Munson, 39, Excelsior Springs. January 21 -- James J. DeGhelder, 69, Kansas City. January 22 -- John A. Lambrecht, 35, Independence. January 22 -- James W. O'Dell, Independence. January 22 -- Clyde E. Tarwater, 93, Columbia. January 23 -- Katherine Mathews, 72, Gladstone. January 23 -- Raymond E. Rhodus, 79, Excelsior Springs. January 23 -- Alice J. Dale, 73, Richmond. January 24 -- Mary Louise Middleton Green, 82, Richmond. January 27 -- Shelly Jan, 25, and Justin Matthew (expectant son) Downs, Holt. January 27 -- Corine E. Miller, 101, Lawson. January 28 -- Grace Borgmier, 71, Arlington, Tn. January 30 -- Ray O. Brown, 76, Excelsior Springs. February 2 -- Katherine M. Hainsworth, 87, Lawson. February 2 -- Graydon "Grady" Weber, 92, Kearney. February 2 -- Clayton P. Breiner, 77, Liberty. February 5 -- Joseph P. Wolf, 71, Independence. February 5 -- Ona May Adams, 68, Orrick. February 6 -- Everett L. Schwab, 74, Lawson. February 7 -- James R. Phillips, 73, Kansas City. February 8 -- Gertie S. Broadhurst, 82, Orrick. February 8 -- Brandon Gourley, 16, Polo. February 8 -- Joseph Capps, 40, Hamilton. February 8 -- Mary W. Fields, 76, Friona, Tex. February 9 -- Sidney Catron, 97, Excelsior Springs. February 10 -- Mary Margaret Toombs, 86, Chillicothe. February 11 -- Mary Ann Bollinger, Richmond. February 11 -- Lurah A. Smith, 84, Sun City, Ariz. February 14 -- Reverent William R. Smith, 84, Richmond. February 14 -- Albert "Bud" Bartee, 62, Lathrop. February 14 -- Ray Stanley Joy, 80, Claycomo. February 14 -- J.R. "Bluejay" Richards, 68, Kansas City. February 14 -- Cleo Boxx, 78, Lawson. February 15 -- Donald F. Milligan, 52, Richmond. February 15 -- Jess L. Harlin, 84, Hardin. February 15 -- Elbert S. Pennington, 65, Lathrop. February 15 -- Alice Wollard, 86, Richmond. February 17 -- Dorothy Tackett, 81, Excelsior Springs. February 18 -- Geraldine Griffin, 60, Lawson. February 20 -- Jack W. Stigall, 76, Richmond. February 20 -- Charles Virgil Clevenger, 64, Excelsior Springs. February 22 -- Leonard O. Bingham, 78, Richmond. February 23 -- David Estes "Mac" McCurdy, 88, Kansas City. February 23 -- Holliebell Weatherman, 84, Kansas City, Kan. February 26 -- Kent Adkison, 56, Hamilton. February 26 -- Sylvia Rosetta Essig, 88, Excelsior Springs. February 28 -- Mary L. Smith, 73, Lawson. March 1 -- Donald Edward Robertson, 65, Excelsior Springs. March 1 -- Willis Ott Reser, 70, Excelsior Springs. March 1 -- Nancy E. Eblovi, 74, Excelsior Springs. March 3 -- Ollie V. Adams, 80, Excelsior Springs. March 4 -- Grace Proffitt, 92, Richmond. March 4 -- Edna M. Turnage, 95, Rayville. March 5 -- Lillian K. Villers, 63, Lawson. March 6 -- Hazel F. Frazier, 88, Excelsior Springs. March 6 -- Helen D. Albright, 85, Lawson. March 7 -- Jane A. Napier, 50, Kansas City. March 7 -- Edna Clair Peterson, 87, Liberty. March 8 -- Chester Allen Jackson, 89, Lawson. March 9 -- Daisy E. Foster, 80, Lawson. March 9 -- William E. "Gene" Fitch, 86, Richmond. March 14 -- John Frederick "Jay" Cooper, 84, Lawson. March 14 -- Thomas C. Bedore, Lawson. March 15 -- Michael "Mick" Evans, 48, Lawson. March 16 -- Jean Walsh, 73, Excelsior Springs. March 17 -- Annie Brown, 106, Excelsior Springs. March 17 -- Junior L. Robertson, 75, Orrick. March 18 -- Iva G. McBride, 72, Excelsior Springs. March 18 -- Carl J. Hyder, 86, Largo, Fla. March 18 -- Kenneth Wayne Leach, 22, Richmond. March 19 -- Alva R. Bozarth, 94, Louisiana, Mo. March 19 -- Dr. Willis H. McCann, 91, St. Joseph. March 22 -- Edward M. Bartlett, 80, Richmond. March 22 -- Junior Andrew Williams, 67, Excelsior Springs. March 24 -- Hilda M. Berry, 83, Excelsior Springs. March 24 -- Myrtle I. Creason, 96, Polo. March 28 -- Francis Davidson Martin, 76, Lawson. March 28 -- Ina Marie Sackman, 84, Polo. March 28 -- Velma M. Tarwater, 81, Orrick. March 29 -- Pauline F. Oglesby, 31, Excelsior Springs. March 29 -- Leroy H. "Roy" Williams, 79, Holt. April 1 -- Wilbur L. Sharp, 61, Lawson. April 1 -- Eunice A. Stevens, 86, Blue Springs. April 2 -- John S. McKee, 76, Platte City. April 2 -- Emily Jane Swofford, 83, Richmond. April 9 -- Wolfred Joseph Arnoldia, 80, Olathe, Kan. April 9 -- Mytle Elizabeth Chancellor, Richmond. April 12 -- Howard Lee Vaughn, 70, Lawson. April 13 -- Henry Miller, 74, Richmond. April 13 -- Nativadad P. Grunert, 99, Kansas City. April 13 -- Emil A. Samborski, 74, Oak Grove. April 14 -- Estill L. Melling, 79, Lawson. April 16 -- Charles Edgar Houck, 72, Excelsior Springs. April 19 -- Beverly L. Writesman, 83, Kansas City. April 21 -- Edna M. Claypole Hamilton, 87, Richmond. April 22 -- Charles Edward Pointer, 66, Lawson. April 22 -- Andrea Lynn Pate, 18, and Johnnie Charles Tyler McKee, expectant son, Excelsior Springs. April 23 -- Jason David Simmons, 22, Excelsior Springs. April 26 -- Ethel M. Mitchell, 92, Liberty. April 28 -- Adlet Kent Roewert, Naperville, Ill. April 29 -- Lawrence D. Malone, 66, Excelsior Springs. April 29 -- Bob Gene Cobb, 66, Excelsior Springs. April 30 -- Hazel L. Denton, 86, Lawson. May 1 -- Christopher Lee McAdams, 25, Excelsior Springs. May 1 -- Larry J. Maddux, 72, Kansas City. May 2 -- Conrad L. Drayer, 87, Kansas City. May 2 -- Blanche E. Williams, 97, Orrick. May 2 -- Mildred Fern Mitchell, 79, Kansas City. May 4 -- LaVernon Crowley, 86, Belton. May 6 -- Lawrence Eldon Mosby, 62, Blue Springs. May 6 -- Lillian M. Pendergrast, 72, Odessa. May 6 -- Harry E. Shepard, 72, Lee's Summit. May 6 -- Joyce Bishop Krahm, Mesa Ariz. May 7 -- Toni Lynn Phillips, 42, Liberty. May 10 -- Joyce LaDene Jackson, 63, Hardin. May 10 -- Enloe Dixon Pugh, 90, Richmond. May 13 -- Arley Frick "Bud" Chancellor, 56, Lawson. May 15 -- William D. Christy, 66, Lathrop. May 15 -- Jean L. Boring, 81, Platte City. May 17 -- Leora Marilyn Dow, 65, Birch Tree. May 18 -- Glenda Carroll (Cates) Stephenson, 43, Rayville. May 22 -- M. Frances Ogg Brown, 84, Richmond. May 22 -- Charles J. Clevenger, 76, Excelsior Springs. May 25 -- Donna Sue Stagner, 65, Orrick. May 27 -- Mary Lucille McGaugh, 83, Excelsior Springs. May 28 -- Bobbie Dowell Elam, 64, Elmira. May 29 -- Hazel B. Tackett, 80, Excelsior Springs. May 31 -- Ruth A. Hupp, 40, Missouri City. June 2 -- Bennie J. Love, 72, Excelsior Springs. June 4 -- Nancy R. Way Sweany, 84, Lawson. June 4 -- Elbridge A.J. Acord, 62, Pettigrew. June 5 -- Joyce Kendall Muncy, 87, Lenexa, Kan. June 6 -- Raymond M. Fuller Sr., 82, Richmond. June 6 -- Francis Lee Meador, 79, Richmond. June 9 -- Billie Ruth Schnurr, 57, Wichita, Kan. June 12 -- Donald Farmer, 77, Kearney. June 13 -- William B. Clampitt, 76, Polo. June 15 -- Raymond "Boots" Henderson Parker, 79, Sedalia. June 16 -- Creighton Matthew Brown, infant, Lawson. June 17 -- Virgel Marie Rice, 88, Sunnyvale, Calif. June 18 -- Glenn Ray "Bo" Almond, 47, Lawson. June 19 -- Shirley Ann Carder, 60, Rayville. June 19 -- Ruth Suddarth, 81, Kansas City. June 19 -- William T. Pratt Jr., 63, Lawson. June 20 -- Terry Ray McGill, 47, Orrick. June 21 -- Richard Doyle Moore, 20, Excelsior Springs. June 22 -- Hildred Mae O'Dell, 92, Liberty. June 22 -- Allie Louise Jenkins, 95, Lathrop. June 27 -- Kenneth D. Harris, 63, and Linda K. Harris, 52, Polo. June 27 -- Henry "Hank" Goede, 90, Liberty. June 27 -- Cecile A. Danner, 76, Lee's Summit. June 28 -- Julia M. Caylor, 74, Independence. June 29 -- Earl Scott Lee, 84, Liberty. May 31 -- Eleanor Bischof, 93, Kansas City. July 1 -- Ashton Brooke Knutter, eight-month-old, Lawson. July 3 -- L. Carolyn Titus, 67, Excelsior Springs. July 3 -- J. C. Gillaspie, 72, Richmond. July 4 -- Carl Samuel Hassler, 60, Kansas City. July 4 -- William L. Kellett, 53, Independence. July 4 -- A.B. "Bright" Kavanaugh, 92, Richmond. July 5 -- Jane Elizabeth Pool, 91, Kansas City. July 6 -- Lloyd W. Manley, 74, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. July 6 -- Susan Y. Lusk, 39, Excelsior Springs. July 9 -- Donald Wayne Eblen, Camden. July 10 -- Leta Mae Fields, 84, Richmond. July 11 -- Mary Louise Hughes, 70, Independence. July 11 -- Veda M. Pendleton, 97, Richmond. July 14 -- Jasper O. Clevenger, 79, Henrietta. July 14 -- Nellie M. Williams, 85, Rayville. July 18 -- Juliet Bates, 78, Riverside. July 19 -- Dale Woodrow Billings, 73, Elizabeth, Ark. July 19 -- Bazzell M. Foxworthy, 93, Kansas City. July 22 -- Ethel M. Trayler, 93, Lawson. July 24 -- Doyle F. Owens, 80, Hardin. July 25 -- Virginia Lee Allen, 87, Excelsior Springs. July 25 -- Marjorie Fern Howell, 83, Excelsior Springs. July 26 -- Christopher Michael Pritchard, 22, Lawson. July 28 -- Alvin C. Pfannenstiel, 73, Richmond. August 1 -- Lela Mae Duffett, 85, Richmond. August 1 -- Tom Writesman, 81, Missouri City. August 2 -- Opal Mae Mitchell, 66, Holt. August 2 -- Eva Lee Adkison, 80, Kingston. August 3 -- Raymond E. Peet, 77, Richmond. August 3 -- Madeline Elizabeth Chambers, 85, Lexington. August 4 -- Oscar M. Williams, 84, Lawson. August 5 -- Russell N. Barnard, 54, Orrick. August 6 -- Mary Lou Snodgrass, 69, Polo. August 6 -- Ben Greenlee Sr., 64, Lathrop. August 6 -- Jerry Allen Weaver, 42, Lawson. August 9 -- Barbara Irene Essig, 61, Excelsior Springs. August 9 -- Piney Lee Britton, 81, Hale. August 9 -- Roy William Blankenship, 82, Hardin. August 10 -- Albert Francis Smith, 74, Holt. August 11 -- Eulah Faye Logan, 85, Excelsior Springs. August 11 -- Jesse "Jake" Whipple, 58, Kansas City. August 11 -- George F. Douglas, 83, Lake Waukomis, Parkville. August 12 -- Thomas W. Lewis Jr., 37, Richmond. August 13 -- Vivian G. Stevens, 77, Richmond. August 13 -- Willadene Vaughn Baker, 72, Warsaw. August 15 -- Florence J. Rimmer, 81, Excelsior Springs. August 15 -- Andrew W. McCrae, 81, Richmond. August 15 -- Fred Owen Bement, 75, Pleasant Valley. August 18 -- J. Winfred Galbreath, 89, Lathrop. August 18 -- Pete Bowers, 80, Gower. August 18 -- William Harold Neselroad, 81, Lawson. August 20 -- Emma Lou (Neely) Richardson, 89, Richmond. August 20 -- Mae Tester Boydston, 81, Dearborn. August 22 -- Ruth A. Schafer, 88, Richmond. August 22 -- Raymond Lee Miller, 91, Excelsior Springs. August 24 -- Martha M. Clevenger, 84, Richmond. August 25 -- Marion Green, 95, Richmond. August 25 -- Joanna Gardner, 75, Denver, Mo. August 26 -- Michael S. Rinehart, 46, Holt. August 26 -- Winona Mildred Nelson, 84, Rayville. August 29 -- Dorothy M. Sullivan, 73, Sierra Vista, Ariz. August 31 -- Ethel Dear Joiner Rogers, 90, Excelsior Springs. August 31 -- Esther Deeken Hunt, 102, Park Villa Convalescent Center. August 31 -- Robert C. Suddarth, 37, Richmond. September 1 -- James Louis Shelton, 84, Excelsior Springs. September 1 -- Dortha M. Meek, 99, Lawson. September 1 -- Martha Ann Allred, 50, Richmond. September 2 -- Wilma L. Conley, 75, Missouri City. September 2 -- Philip D. Bruntmyer, 15, Kearney. September 3 -- Margaret Louise Muzingo, 47, Rayville. September 6 -- Marvin D. Peek, 82, Richmond. September 6 -- Terry Speakar, 28, Hot Springs, Ark. September 8 -- Virgil G. Robinson, Lee's Summit. September 8 -- Virgil G. Robinson, Lee's Summit. September 11 -- Joyce Marie Dungan, 62, Lawson. September 11 -- Frances L. Wiley, 85, Gravois Mills. September 11 -- James A. Muster, 61, Holt. September 12 -- Troy Lynn Parks, 27, Camden. September 12 -- Allan Leo Shell, 50, Independence. September 13 -- Albert Gallatin Squires Jr., 70, Excelsior Springs. September 14 -- Donna Mary Clevenger, 62, Richmond. September 14 -- Lloyd Melvin Sweatman, 83, Lawson. September 16 -- Wilma Louise Oyler, 72, Hardin. September 16 -- Louis A. Tritico, 81, Independence. September 17 -- Shirley Ann Bilyeu, 64, Independence. September 17 -- Lloyd Montgomery, 88, Lawson. September 18 -- Loretta R. Sanders Uchtman Lang Tipton, 61, Lawson. September 19 -- Michael Lee Jones, 18, Excelsior Springs. September 19 -- Randi Scott Simpson, 17, Excelsior Springs. September 21 -- Michael W. Dudding, 40, Lawson. September 22 -- Marion H. "Doc" Holloway, 78, Excelsior Springs. September 22 -- Jacqueline Ann Christensen, 63, Lawson. September 25 -- Maxine C. Scott, 54, Richmond. September 25 -- April L. Atkinson, 48, Grain Valley. September 26 -- Austin Blane Knutter, infant, Richmond. September 27 -- Robert W. Roberts, 75, Las Vegas, Nev. September 27 -- Letha Melvene Holman, 73, Lawson. September 27 -- Donna Joyce Powell, 70, Richmond. September 28 -- Joan J. Sanders, 72, Richmond. September 30 -- Terry Joe Smith, 45, Rayville. October 2 -- Delbert G. Blair, Kansas City, Kan. October 3 -- Nicole Marie Wilson, 15, Hardin. October 3 -- Paul William Monnig, 72, Excelsior Springs. October 4 -- Edith V. Davis, 64, Richmond. October 6 -- Laurel V. Broderick, 72, Wichita, Kan. October 9 -- Elmer N. Garrett, 88, Savannah. October 10 -- John A. Cook, 63, Liberty. October 14 -- Genevieve Lambert, 78, Excelsior Springs. October 14 -- Nellie M. Thompson, 82, Holt. October 14 -- Harold F. McLaughlin, 70, Lexington. October 14 -- Clarence D. Pointer, 74, Richmond. October 16 -- John Dee Reeves, 60, Polo. October 17 -- Roy Ivan Willis, Polo. October 17 - Martha Mae Gresham, 82, Kansas City. October 17 -- Lynnette Sue Parker, 26, and Ryan Wade Parker, 5, Kearney. October 19 -- Judith Ann Hightower, 58, Excelsior Springs. October 19 -- Kenneth Wade Romazon, 65, Excelsior Springs. October 20 -- Margarita Alonzo Barragan, 21, Excelsior Springs. October 21 -- Jacque Marjorie DesCombes, 57, Shawnee, Kan. October 21 -- Fred L. Layman, 87, Richmond. October 22 -- Esther (Kehr) Oliphant, 77, Richmond. October 23 -- Nancy Mae O'Dell, 87, Richmond. October 24 -- Linzy McKinley Teegarden, 47, Springfield. October 25 -- Albert Vassmer, 84, Richmond. October 28 -- Myrtle Freeman, 102, Richmond. October 28 -- Mary Ruth Bales, 80, Kansas City, Kan. October 29 -- Elmer A. Deterding, 85, Corder. October 29 -- Mary Lou Moyer, 66, Richmond. November 1 -- James E. Erickson, 62, Polo. November 4 -- Bertha W. Harper, 87, Elmira. November 6 -- John R. Nussbaum Sr., 81, Holt. November 7 -- Nevis R. Chancellor, 89, Kearney. November 7 -- Andy Oliver Dice, 49, Excelsior Springs. November 7 -- Myron Ed Pigg, 67, Kansas City. November 9 -- Dolores M. Johnson, 67, Kansas City. November 13 -- Marjorie M. Ford, 88, Excelsior Springs. November 13 -- Irma Lea Mills, 71, Excelsior Springs. November 13 -- Sally . Wilkerson Trout, 86, Polo. November 14 -- Loretta "Tootie" Middleton, 66, Independence. November 14 -- Marvin Gayle Wrisinger, 52, Henrietta. November 14 -- Hurley W. "Hub" Ealey, Liberty. November 17 -- Timothy Eugene Hinkle, 38, Kansas City. November 19 -- Chyleen Nicole Taylor, 2, Hardin. November 23 -- Lloyd M. Knutter, 86, Lawson. November 26 -- Douglas R. Curtis, 25, Richmond. November 26 -- Justin Lee Huddleson, 27, Richmond. November 27 -- George E. Brock, 73, Excelsior Springs. November 27 -- Richard Max Weibling, 71, Plattsburg. November 29 -- Leola Irene Duncan (Dolley) Johnston, Lawson. November 29 -- Althea L. Sanborn, 60, Excelsior Springs. November 29 -- Edward Clyde Poston, 58, Lawson. November 30 -- Jesse W. Flewelling, 65, Hardin. December 1 -- Geneva Harbolt, 77, Lawson. December 1 -- Faye C. Osborn, 76, Overland Park, Kan. December 1 -- Fred J. McCormack, 71, Gladstone. December 6 -- Arvie O'Dell, 78, Richmond. December 7 -- Dorothy J. White, Claycomo. December 8 -- Sue Lyn Boxx, 36, Kearney. December 8 -- Darold E. Mathews Sr., 75, Independence. December 8 -- Doris I. Lauck, 81, Richmond. December 12 -- Raymond E. Reynolds, 63, Excelsior Springs. December 13 -- Maxine Hightower, 74, Excelsior Springs. December 14 -- Geraldine Anderson, 80, Excelsior Springs. December 14 -- Alfred Leo Swoboda, 68, Excelsior Springs. December 15 -- Lester Don Middleton, 60, Mount Vernon, Ohio. December 16 -- Robert Reed Taggart, 64, Gladstone. December 17 -- Zay Hill, 77, Lawson. December 18 -- Cecile E. Coleman, 90, Excelsior Springs. December 18 -- Rev. J. Philip Johnson, 81, Excelsior Springs. December 19 -- Emma Ann Creason, 89, Richmond. December 21 -- Shirley Darlene O'Dell, 65, Excelsior Springs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by County Coordinator