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Lisa Barbara Rau, 64, of Kimberling City, died Dec. 11, 2025, following heart surgery.
Rau was well-known to Missouri media as the director of publicity and public relations for Silver Dollar …
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12/31/25
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Kathleen “Kathy” Ann (Carver) Krier, 79, of Warsaw died peacefully on Nov. 11, 2025, surrounded by her family, due to complications from vascular dementia following a fall in August 2025.
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11/14/25
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John M Wylie II, 72, of Oologah, Okla., formerly of Kansas City, died October 4, 2025, at his home on Lake Oologah.
A decorated and accomplished journalist and publisher who grew up in Kansas …
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10/21/25
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Russell D. Pettijohn, of St. Joseph, died Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at the age of 96.
He proudly served his country in the Missouri Air National Guard and the U.S. Air Force, where he attained the …
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10/2/25
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Edward "Ed" M. Anderson, 69, died Jan. 28, 2025, at a Springfield area hospital.
Anderson spent virtually his entire career in community newspapering, beginning his career as an advertising …
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10/2/25
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James “Jim” D. Anderson, 73, of Centertown, formerly of Hermann, died peacefully in his home Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2025, surrounded by his family.
A graduate of from the University of …
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9/29/25
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Rayma (Bekebrock) Davis, former Lamar Democrat newspaper editor and co-owner, died Sept. 17, 2025, at UF Spanish Plaines Hospital, following a short illness.
With her husband, Douglas, Davis …
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9/22/25
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Mary Ann Kearns Kimberling, 100, died Sept. 2, 2025, at Morningside Center in Chillicothe, where she had resided the past two and a half years.
In 1948, she moved to Jamesport where her parents …
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9/19/25
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Gerald Wayne Jones, 85, of Jackson died Monday, July 28, 2025, at his home.
He served in the U.S. Army and Missouri National Guard from 1957-1966 and was honorably discharged with the rank of …
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8/6/25
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Susan Kay Baxley, age 71, of Salisbury, died peacefully Monday, Aug. 5, 2025, at Valley View Health and Rehabilitation in Moberly.
Baxley had a proud career in local journalism, with …
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8/6/25
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June Marie (nee Juch) Dodd Vickery, 92, of Columbia, died Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at her home in Columbia.
She served as associate publisher of Salem Publishing Company, which included the …
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8/1/25
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Barbara Ann Sell, 82, of Columbia died June 29, 2025, after a months-long battle with cancer.
In 1968, Sell and her husband, Michael, moved to Columbia, where Michael attended the University of …
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7/2/25
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Susan Carmichael Thomson, 86, died June 8, 2025, in hospice care in University City.
A Missouri transplant by way of New York state, Thomson joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after moving to …
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6/27/25
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Linda Lockhart, 72, longtime St. Louis journalist, died May 4, 2025, from complications from cancer.
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5/8/25
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Jacqueline "Jackie" Miller (nee' Pfeffer), 93, of Washington, Mo., died Friday, April 25, 2025. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Friday, May 2, 2025, at Oltmann Funeral Home in Washington, Mo.
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4/29/25
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Fred W. Lindecke, longtime political correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, died March 8, 2025.
Lindecke received his journalism degree from Washington University, in the course of which …
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4/15/25
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Michael V. Conger, 76, son of the late Bethany Republican-Clipper publishers Vincent and Bedonna Conger, died on March 27, 2025, at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, of a lung disease.
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4/2/25
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Virginia Anne (Fairchild) Oehlschlager, 42, died March 27, 2025, at her home and surrounded by family.
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3/31/25
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Jane Ellen White Brown, 94, a newspaper columnist, reporter and ad salesperson, died March 13, 2025.
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3/24/25
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Joe Sullivan, 79, a career newsman from Southwest Missouri, died Feb. 27, 2025, after a short illness.
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3/5/25
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