Funeral Announcements for August 11, 2023

Services will be held at a later date for Kathleen Gail Creighton, 49, of Warrensburg. Cremation arrangements are in the care of Heckart Funeral Home.

Funeral service for Paul Raymond Neitzert, 94, of Sedalia, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at Rea Funeral Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral chapel. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

A funeral service for Valentina Shevchenko, 84, of Sedalia, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at Rea Funeral Chapel.

Funeral service for Richard "Rick" Alan Purvis, 69, of Sedalia, will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 13, at LifePointe Church. The Whiteman Air Force Base Honor Guard will perform full military honors. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be held at a later date at Highland Sacred Gardens. Arrangements are in care of Rea Funeral Chapel.

Funeral service for Violet E. Murray, 96, of La Monte, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 11 at the La Monte Christian Church. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at the La Monte Cemetery. Arrangements are in care of Rea Funeral Chapel.

A private family memorial gathering for Rhonda Burch, 73, of Sedalia, will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are in the care of Rea Funeral Chapel.

There will be no services held at this time for Laura Fay Roach, 72 of Marshall. Cremation arrangements are in the care of Rea Funeral Chapel.

Funeral service for Stephen Davis Barth, 76, of Vero Beach, Florida, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, at First United Methodist Church on Thompson Blvd. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Mass of Christian burial for Gary Dean Oerly, 62, of Boonville, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Pilot Grove, with full escort from the Boone County Fire Protection District. Arrangements are in care of Meisenheimer-Page-Dady Funeral Home.

Graveside service for Illa Mae Yeater, 88, of Cole Camp, will be held at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are in care of Fox Funeral Home.

A funeral service for Marilee Davis, 73, of Sedalia, will be held at 12 p.m. Friday Aug. 11 at the Delaney Funeral Home in Marceline. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home.