Obituaries

Robert Roy “Bob” Stapley, 68 of La Monte, passed away May 19, 2013 at St. Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute.  He was born in Sedalia, on March 31, 1945, the son of Ellis and Mildred (De Lapp) Stapley.   On December 26, 1965 in Bradenton, FL, he was united in marriage to Peggy Eason, who survives of the home.   He served his country honorably in the US Army in Vietnam (1965-1967) as a teletype operator in C Co. 36th Sig. Bat. handling communications for the 9th Inf Div. at, Long Thaun North, Vietnam.

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Sgt. 1st Class Trenton L. Rhea, 33, of Kansas City, Mo., died May 15 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  He was a member of the 603rd Military Police Company, in Belton, Mo. He deployed under Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Ronald D. “Pud” Harvey, 53, of Green Ridge, MO, passed away, Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Johnson County as a result of an auto accident.  He was born on September 6, 1959, a son of William Harvey and Goldie (Steward) Haase.

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Regina M. Schuber, 85, of Sedalia, died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.

She was born June 14, 1927, in Wichita, KS, a daughter of the late Sherman and Mary (Kennedy) Pritchard. On June 9, 1948, in Windsor, she married Paul J. Schuber, who preceded her in death on December 21, 1987.

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Mary Louise Crane, 88, of Windsor, died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Bothwell Regional Health Center.

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David Marion Coke, 59, of Florence, MO passed away, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at his home. He was born on November 23, 1953, in Kansas City, a son of Joe and Myrtle (Gregory) Coke, Sr.

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Barbara M. Meives, 83, of Sedalia, died Friday, May 10, 2013 at her home.

She was born January 8, 1930 in St. Louis, MO, the daughter of Howard Raymond Peacock and Gretchen Goldie Pyles Peacock. On December 12, 1947, she was married to Aloysius Meives, Jr., her husband of 61 years who preceded her in death.

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John Emery Main, 73, of La Monte passed away, Friday, May 10, 2013 at Bothwell Regional Health Center.  He was born on September 4, 1939, in Decatur, IA, a son of James and Zelma (Gochenouer) Main.

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Della Mae Kroenke Grabau, 83, of rural Cole Camp, died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Good Samaritan Care Center, Cole Camp.  She was born on March 6, 1930, at her parents' home near Cole Camp, a daughter of John and Genevieve (Ohrenberg) Kroenke.

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LeRoy Nicholas Klein, 82, formerly of Otterville, died Monday, May 6, 2013 in Paola, Kansas. He was born September 12, 1930, the son of Nicholas B. and Alice I. (Boyd) Klein.

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