Jason Elmer Brundridge, 47, Nevada, MO, passed away on Wednesday September 28, 2022 of natural causes. He was born on August 17, 1975, to Michael A Brundridge and Susan Violet Geertsen (Hayes).  Jason grew up in Missouri. He attended the Cedar Ridge State School in Nevada Missouri in the early 1990s and was a client of Skills Unlimited for many years. He also attended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Jason was a very special person and was...

     Tommy Lee Haynes, 90, Nevada MO, passed on to his heavenly home on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Born in Macon, Illinios, February 10, 1932, to parents John and Mary Haynes.      Tommy entered the Air Force in January 1951 and was stationed in Hawaii where he met his future bride, Ruth Kirkpatrick, and served until October 1953.  The two had correspondence through the mail for a year and a half and upon his return to stateside, the couple was...

Leo Penn, 91, died peacefully on Friday, September 23, 2022 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, MO. Leo was born in 1931 to George and Dolene (Dunleavy) Penn of Palo Alto County, IA and had been a resident of Nevada since 1969. His boyhood years, which coincided with the Great Depression, were spent in Clarion, Iowa where he had his first job at the tender age of 5, selling newspapers for three pennies apiece. As a youngster, he would hold numerous other...

     Ruby M. (Wright) Williams Craft, 91, formerly of Milo, MO passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at the Bungalows in Nevada. Ruby was born January 5, 1931 in Hiatville, KS to Erastus V. and Mary Leone (Weston) Wright. She was married to Gene D. Williams and from this marriage nine children were born. On October 1, 1970 she married Nelson Craft and he preceded her in death on December 14, 2000.       Ruby came to Vernon County at a young...

     Robert Dean McVay, 52, Nevada, MO passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Robert was born July 15, 1970, in Des Moines, IA to Larry A. McVay, Sr. and Claudia M. (Boyd) McVay.      Robert worked throughout his life as a carpenter, with an emphasis in residential construction. He had a love for the outdoors and especially enjoyed camping. He was also an avid Chicago Bears Fan. Robert loved his girls and the...

     Georgia Karen Gilkey, 70, Rich Hill, MO, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Georgia was born July 16, 1952 in Oskaloosa, KS to Clarence A. McNeely and Pearl F. (Scholes) McNeely, and was raised by Pearl and James F. Larson. She was united in marriage to Fred Gilkey on February 28, 2013 in Nevada and he survives of the home.      Georgia was raised in the Atchison, KS area. She attended Atchison High School...

     Walter Roy Headrick, Jr., passed way suddenly, Sunday, September 18, 2022, at the age of 62, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, MO.       Walter was born September 30, 1959, in Nevada, MO to Walter Roy Headrick Sr. and Elsie G. (Wagner) Headrick.  On December 18, 1999, he married Becky Collins in Richards, MO, where they attended the Christian Church, until it closed.  He was employed, driving a cement truck, and had retired from MODOT,...

   Sterling Otis “Odie” Thomas, 61, passed away at his home on Saturday, September 17, 2022, after a battle with cancer.   He was born on June 29, 1961 in Nevada, MO to Sterling Eugene “Gene” and Sandra “Sandy” (Havens) Thomas.  Odie married Tami Arnold on July 5, 1991 and they raised three children:  Heather, Taylor, and Colten.       Odie loved spending time with his children, whether that was...

     Gladys “Ellen” Schmidt, 70, Nevada, MO, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 15, 2022, at Medicalodges in Nevada.  Ellen was born in Nevada, MO, on October 13, 1951, to James Lavern Chrisenbery and Mary Oletha Chrisenbery.  In 1972, she was married to Lynn Schmidt and they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year.      Ellen attended High School in Metz, Mo, and after graduating she attended cosmetology...

      Doris Faye Quackenbush, 83, Nevada, MO, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at KU Medical Hospital Kansas City, KS.   Doris was born in Walker, MO, on February 6, 1939, to William Cleveland Brundridge and Mary Edna Bridges.   Doris was previously married to Jerry Quackenbush.      Doris loved to write and had several articles published in the magazine “The Good ole Days”, she also enjoyed...