AS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT FUNERAL SERVICES IN MEMPHIS.
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ESTELYNE V. LOUDER, age 84 died Wednesday, September 21, 2005 in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital at Memphis, Missouri. Funeral wervices will be held Saturday, September 25, 2005 at 11:00 AM in the Memphis Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Boy Scouts Troop 97.

CAROL DOCHTERMAN, age 75 died September 12, 2005 at the Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri. Funeral services will be held September 15, 2005 10:30 AM in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Combs Cemetery. Memorial to Combs Cemetery.

JOHN C. KLOPFER, age 73 of Gorin, Missouri died Wednesday, August 24, 2005 in Des Moines, Iowa. Visitation will open at 9:00 AM Friday and family will received friends from 6 to 8 PM. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday in the Gorin Baptist Church with Brother Ernest Deatrick officiating. Burial will follow in the Gorin Community Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. They may be mailed to or left at the Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, Missouri 63555.

LaRUE G. MORRIS, 87 of Memphis, Missouri died Monday, July 4, 2005 in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will open after 11:00 AM on Wednesday in Memphis Funeral Home with the family present from 6:30 TO 8:00 PM. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM Thursday, July 7, 2005 in the Memphis United Methodist Church with Rev. Terry Lippstreu officiating. Burial will follow in the Brock Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Brock Cemetery in care of Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, MO> 63555.

DONNA FAE DOROTHY BOGATZKE, 76 of Memphis, Missouri died Saturday, June 4, 2005 in Scotland County Memorial Hospital at Memphis, Missouri. Visitation will open after 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 with family present between 6-8 P.M. Funeral Service will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday in the Chapel officiated by Pastor Mark Appold. Graveside service 2:00 P.M. Thursday in Manning City Cemetery, Manning, Iowa. Memorials may be given to Manning Cemetery or American Cancer Society.

MARGARET RUTH GOODEN, 94 of Cedar Rapids, Iowa died Monday, May 9, 2005 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Family will receive friends from 4 to 7 PM Friday in the Memphis Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM in the First Christian Church with burial to follow in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to Cedar Christian Church, 526 3rd Ave. S. W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404

VIVIAN I. GUNDY, 97 died Friday May 6, 2005 in the Scotland County Care Center at Memphis, Missouri. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 PM at the First Christian Church. Visitation will open at 12:00 PM Monday in the Memphis Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Memorials may be given to the Friendship Cemetery or First Christian Church. Burial will be in the Friendship Cemetery.

OLIVE E. FORRESTER, 89, of Memphis died Wednesday, May 4, 2005 in the Boone Hospital Center at Columbia, Missouri. Furneral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, May 7, 2005 at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Memphis Cemetery.
WM SYDNEY MOORE, 79 of Memphis, Missouri died Tuesday morning in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will open at 9:00 AM Thursday with the family present from 6 to 8 PM. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday in the First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Edinburg Cemetery. Memorials may be given to First Baptist Church, Missouri Baptist Children's Home or Edinburg Cemetery. They may be sent to Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, MO 63555-1461.


JESSIE M. ONKEN, 89 of Memphis, Missouri died March 20, 2005 in the Scotland County Care Center at Memphis, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday in the First Presbyterian Church at Memphis, Missouri. Burial will be in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the First Presbyterian Church or the Scotland County Care Center.

MARJORIE M. KUTZNER, 73 of Memphis, Missouri died March 13, 2005 in the Northeast Regional Medical Center at Kirksville, Missouri. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2:00 PM in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Scotland County Memorial Hospital Respiratory Therapy Department.

KENNETH EARL THRASHER,71 of Memphis died March 9, 2005 in the Keokuk Area Hospital at Keokuk, Iowa. Visitation will be Saturday after 9:00 AM with the family present from 6 to 8 PM. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 PM Sunday in the Memphis Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Bible Grove Cemetery. A memorial may be given to the Memphis Fire Department.

ERIC DEAN PETERSON, stillborn February 25, 2005 in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital to Rhonda Lee Morton and Chad Jeremy Peterson. Graveside service was held March 3, 2005 in the Gorin Cemetery.

J.C. HOSKINSON, 81, of Memphis, Missouri died Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at Lutheran Hospial in Des Moines, Iowa. The body has been cremeated and no service is planned. Memorials to Scotland County Memorial Hospital may be mailed to Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, Missouri 63555.

ILA BERNEICE COSSEL, 87 of Memphis, Missouri died Thursday, December 30, 2004 in the Scotland County Care Center. Visitation will open at 9 AM Sunday at the Memphis Funeral Home with the family present from 6 to 8 PM. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 3, 2005 in the Barker Methodist Church, rural Scotland County at 2 PM. Burial will follow in the Barker Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Barker Cemetery and left at or mailed to the Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, Missouri 63555-1461

KARL J. KRAUS, 83 of Memphis, Missouri died Tuesday, October 26, 2004 in the Scotland County Care Center. Visitation Friday after 9:00 am with family present from 7 to 9 pm. Funeral service will be 9:00 am Saturday in the chapel of Memphis Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Memhis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Karl J. Kraus Memorial.

EVA L. MALLETT, 88, of DeSoto, Missouri died Wednesday, September 29, 2004 in the Hillcrest Care Center. She was formerly from Memphis. Visitation will open on Friday with the family present from 7 to 9 PM. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday in the Memphis Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Lawn Ridge Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Lawn Ridge Cemetery and mailed to the Memphis Funeral Home.


H. L. "Lucille" Tucker, 82, of Memphis died in the Scotland County Care Center, Monday, September 6, 2004. Visitation will open at the Memphis Funeral Home on Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. Funeral services will be held at 5:30 P.M. on Wednesday with Bishop Lee Vorkink of the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS Kirksville officiating. Burial will follow in the Memphis Cemetery.

CHARLES MARLOW, 80, of Memphis died at his home Saturday, August 7, 2004. Visitation will open at 9 A.M. Wednesday. A Masonic Service will be held at 7 PM followed by family visitation until 9 PM Funeral services will be 2 PM Thursday in the Chapel. Burial will be in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials: Hospice of Northeast Missouri, American Cancer Society, Memphis and Scotland County Fire Departments or Antique Fair Association. Memorials may be mailed to the Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, Mo.

ROGER ALAN GOODEN, 57, of Kansas City, Missouri died July 28, 2004 in Kansas City, Missouri. Visitation will be at 9:00 AM Saturday August 7, 2004 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton, Iowa. Memorials may be given to First Christian Church of Memphis, American Cancer Society or the MidAmerica Heart Association. They may be left at or mailed to the Memphis Funeral Home at 378 South Market St. Memphis, Missouri 63555-1461

ZERITA FAYE MEEKS, 90, of Memphis died Tuesday evening, July 13, 2004 in the Scotland County Care Center. Visitation will fe Friday after 9:00 AM. The family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Eastern Star Service will be held at 7:00 PM conducted by the Colony Lodge OES #258. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 17, 2004 in the Memphis Funeral Home at 2:00 PM. Burial will follow in the Greensburg Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Christian Women's Workers or the OATS Bus. They may be left at or sent to the Memphis Funeral Home.

JACK EDWIN GIVENS, 72 of Memphis, MO, died at home June 26, 2004. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 30, 2004 in Memphis Funeral Home. Cremation followed the service. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Northeast Missouri or the Pauline Cemetery in Rutledge, MO. Memorials may be sent to the Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market ST. Memphis, MO 63555-1461

THOMAS H. JONES, 97 died Monday, May 24, 2004 in the Scotland County Care Center. Funeral services were held Thursday, May 27, 2004 in the Memphis Funeral Home with burial in the Sunset Memorial Park at Keokuk, Iowa. Memorials to the donores choice.

NANCY C. MOFFETT, 50 of Memphis, Mo. died Saturday, May 15, 2004 in the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. Visitation will open on Tuesday at 9:00 A.M. with the family present from 7 to 8 P.M. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 1:00 P.M. Burial will follow in the Memphis Cemetery. A memorial has been established and may be left at or sent to the Memphis Funeral Home, 378 S. Market St. Memphis, MO 63555-1461

MICHAEL E. WAGNER, 64 of Memphis, Mo. died Sunday, May 2, 2004. Visitation Thursday after 9:00 AM with family greeting friends from 6 to 8 PM. Celebration of Life Friday, 11:00 AM First Baptist Church Memphis. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the MICHAEL E. WEGNER SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP. Memorials may be sent to the Memphis Funeral Home, 378 S. Market St. Memphis, MO. 63555-1461.

DARRELL STANLEY RIEBEL, 71 of LaPuente, California died April 13, 2004 in Baldwin Park Kasier Hospital in Baldwin Park, California. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 P.M.in the Memphis Funeral Home with burial in Lawn Ridge Cemetery in Scotland County Missouri. Brother Jack Sumption officiating. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

BETTY LOU HICKS, 77 of Columbia, Missouri died April 12, 2004 in St. Anthony Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri while visiting her daughter. Funeral services were held Friday, April 16, 2004 in the First Baptist Church in Memphis. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Rev. Ernest Deatrick officiated. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

ORVIE ROY McDANIEL, 89 formerly of Memphis died February 22, 2004 in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home at Lockwood, MO. Funeral services were held Wednesday, February 25, 2004 in the chapel with burial in Lawn Ridge Cemetery. Roy was believed to be the most decorated veteran, WW II of Missouri. Memorials may be given to the Lawn Ridge Cemetery and mailed to the funeral home.

RUBY MAE SHELLEY, 48, died at her home February 4, 2004. Graveside memorial services were held February 7, 2004 at the Richland Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Richland Cemetery and mailed to the funeral homeat 378 South Market St. Memphis, MO 63555-1461

GARNET F. "JESSE" JAMES, Jr. AGE 74 died Monday, January 26, 2004 at Scotland County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 1:00 PM, Friday, January 30, 2004. Burial was at the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Timber Ridge Golf Course.

PATRIC LYNN HUDSON, 64, died December 20, 2003 at his home. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Abel Cemetery Keokuk County Iowa. Memorials may be given to the American Lung Association and mailed to the funeral home.

MYRTLE JOYCE GRABOWSKI,87, died Nov. 7, 2003 in the Scotland County Care Center. No visitation is planned. Memorial service will be Nov. 28, 2003 at 2:00 PM in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial of cremains will be in the McAdow Cemetery, rural Scotland County. Memorials may be given to the McAdow Cemetery.

MARTIN E. "BUD" DALE, 74 of Memphis, MO died September 27, 2003 at Columbia, MO. Funeral services were held October 1, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Memphis.

ROBERT R. KIGHT,76 of Memphis died September 18, 2003 near Moberly, Missouri. Memorial graveside service was held September 22, 2003 in the Downing Cemetery, Downing, Missouri. Memorials may be given to the Downing Fire Department.

SHIRLEY ANN FOGLE, 68 of Memphis died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2003 in the Davis County Hospital at Bloomfield, Ia. Funeral services 2 PM Thursday in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Scotland County Missouri. Memorials to Hospice 2000.

REV. DORSEY GAIL CONN, of Queen City, Mo formerly of Memphis died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003 in the Northeast Regional Medical Center at Kirksville, Mo. Funeral services 1:30 PM Wednesday in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial in the Queen City Cemetery, Queen City, Mo. Memorials to the Dorsey G. Conn Memorial.

ORVILLE WM. "JUNIOR" SHINN,60 of Memphis Died September 11, 2003 on a farm north of Arbela, MO. Funeral services Monday Sept. 15, 2003 in Memphis Funeral Home. Burial in Memphis Cemetery. Memorials to the Scotland Coun ty Fire Department.

JAMES ROBERT DAGGS, 66 of Memphis, MO died July 17, 2003 in the ER of Scotland County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday, July 21, 2003 at 11:00 AM. Rev. Carol Blackwell officiating. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. A gift to the James R. Daggs Memorial may b e sent to Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, MO 63555


DOROTHY IRENE NORRIS, 67 of Memphis, MO died July 6, 2003 in the Scotland County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday, July 10, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home with burial in the IOOF Cemetery at Bloomfield, IA
Memorials may be given to the Scotland County Nutrition Site.

CLARABELL DAGGS, 90 of Memphis, MO, formerly of Arbela, MO died July 4, 2003 in the Scotland County Care Center. Funeral services were held on Wedbesday, July 9, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Scotland County Memorial Library.

FRIEDA K. FALK NOLTE, 93, of Memphis, MO died June 10, 2003 in the Scotland County Hospital at Memphis, MO. Fureral services were held Saturday, June 14, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Pastor Mark Appold officiated. Burial followed in the Fairview Cemetery at Sweet Springs, MO. Memorials may be given to St. Paul Lutheran Church.

NORMAN FRANCIS HINES, 64, of Arbela, MO died June 8, 2003 in the Scotland County Hospital at Memphis, MO./ Funeral services were held June 10, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home with Rev. Beryl Craig officiating. Burial followed in the Kahoka Cemetery, Kahoka, MO Memorials may be given to the St. Jude's Hospital.

BARBARA ANN BLIEFERT,69 formerly of Memphis, MO died June 22, 2003 at Kirksville, Mo. Funeral services were held June 25, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home with Rev. Carol Blackwell officiating. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the family.

ROBERT J. GOODEN, 80, of Memphis, MO, formerly of Milton, IA died Friday afternoon, April 11, 2003, in the ER at Scotland County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held, Tuesday, April 15, 2003 10:30 AM in the Frist Christian Church in Memphis. Burial followed in the South Prairie Cemetery Van Buren County Iowa. Memorials may be given to the First Chrisitian Church or the Milton Christian Church or the South Prairie Cemetery. Memorials may be mailed to Memphis Funeral Home, 378 South Market St. Memphis, MO 63555.

MARION E. DAGGS,91, formerly of Arbela, MO died Sunday, March 30, 2003 in the Scotland County Care Center. Funeral services were held Thursday, April 3, 2003 at the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Scotland County Memorial Library and sent to funeral home.

WM KINNEY COSSEL, 87 of Memphis died in his home Friday, March 28, 2003. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Monday, March 31, 2003 at the Barker Methodist Church. Rev. Carol Blackwell will officiate. Burial will follow in the Barker Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Barker Church or the American Heart Association. Visitation Sunday at Memphis Funeral Home 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

MAXINE GRABOWSKI,91, of Memphis died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003 in the Scotland County Care Center. Visitation will be Tuesday with a Eastern Star Service at 7:00 PM followed by family visitatin till 9:00 PM Funeral services will be held in the Memphis Funeral Home at 11:00 AM Wednesday with Rev. Charles Hammack officiating. Burial will follow in the South Bethel Cemetery near Rutledge, MO. Memorials may b e given to the S.C. Care Center, Scotland Co Memorial Library or the Scotland Co Nutrition Center. Memorials may be mailed to Memphis Funeral Home. 378 South Market St. Memphis, MO 63555.
JD NELSON, 56 of Memphis died January 6, 2003 in Columbia, MO Memorial services were held January 10, 2003 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the local VFW or American Cancer Society.


BETTY SHELLEY, 71 of Memphis died December 18, 2002 in the ER of Scotland County Memorial Hospital, Memphis, MO. Memorial Graveside services will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM in the Richland Cemetery, Hitt, MO Memorials may be left at or mailed to the Memphis Funeral Home.

CLARENCE RAY "SUG" CUNNINGHAM, 74 of Memphis, MO died November 19, 2002. Funeral services were held Nov. 23, 2002 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery at Can tril, IA. Memorials suggested to the American Heart or the Am erican Diabetes Assoc.

NELLIE E. WOODS, 86 of Cherokee, IA formerly of Memphis, MO died October 4, 2002 at Cherokee, IA Funeral services were held October 7, 2002 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Campground Cemetery. Memorials to the Sioux Valley Memorial Hospice.

LEONA F.PENCE, 63 of Canton, MO formerly of Memphis, MO died in Quincy, IL Oct. 1, 2002. Funeral services were held October 5, 2002 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in Richardsdale Cemetery at Bevier, MO. Memorials to the American Cancer Society.

DONNA LYNN HATFIELD, 40 of Arbela, MO died September 14, 2002 at her home. Funeral services were held Wednesday September 18, 2002 in the Memphis United Methodist Church. Burial was at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Memorials to Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Hospice 2000, or Memphis UNC.

KENNETH WAYNE SNODGRASS,36 of Kirksville formerly of Memphis, Mo died July 31, 2002 at Maquoketa, Ia. Funeral services 2:00 PM Saturday, August 3, 2002 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial Memphis Cemetery. Memorials to his Family.

CARMELITA LAVERTY,88 of Kahoka, MO formerly of Memphis died Friday in Blessing Hospital, Quincy, IL. Funeral services were held Monday, July 29, 2002 in the First Christian Church Memphis with burial in the Memphis Cemetery.
Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

ROB YOUNG, 35, Columbia, MO formerly of Memphis died July 18, 2002 near Vienna, MO from injury sustained in a truck accident. Funeral services were held July 22, 2002 in the First Christian Church Memphis with burial in the Memphis Cemetery. Memorials to his Children. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

WM. D. "BILL" BLAKE, 72 of Memphis died at his home on July 8, 2002. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church on July 11, 2002. Burial with full military honors by Wallace W. Gillispie Post #4978 VFW in Memphis Cemetery. Memorials to Hospice 200. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

MAUREEN L. "PAT" KOCH, 66, of Memphis, MO died May 10, 2002 in Blessing Hospital, Quincy, IL. A Funeral Mass was held May 15, 2002 in St. John's Church in Memphis. Cremation followed the service. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

RUTH ARLENE EGGERS, 72, of Memphis, Mo died May 13, 2002 in the Scotalnd County Memorial Hospital in Memphis. Funeral services were held May 16, 2002 in the First Baptist Church in Memphis with burial following in the Lawn Ridge Cemetery. A memorial has been established to First Baptist Church. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

"LEE" WALKER,86, of Memphis, MO died April 28, 2002 in the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO. Funeral services ere held May 2, 2002 in the First Christian Church in Memphis. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. A memorial has been established. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

EDWARD A. SLAYTON, 76, of Downing, MO died April 27, 2002 in the Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA. Funeral services ere held May 1, 2002 in the United Methodist Church in Memphis, MO. Burial was in the Brock Cemetery with military rites by VFW Memphis. Memorials to the Lymphoma-Leukemia Society. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.


JACQUELYN P. NEESE, 78 of Rutledge, MO died April 11, 2002 in Memphis, MO. Funeral services were held April 15, 2002 in the First Baptist Church in Memphis. Burial was in the Memphis Cemetery. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be given to Hospice 2000 or Christian Aid Ministeries or the donor's choice.

EDITH MILDRED DANIELS,82 of Memphis, Mo Died April 6, 2002 in Moberly, MO Memorial services were held April 9, 2002 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to American Heart Assoc.

CLELLA MARIE GARRETT, 83, died April 2, 2002 in the Scotland County Care Center. Funeral services were held April 4, 2002 in the Memphis Funeral Home. Burial was in the Barker Cemetery.
Memoprials may be given to the SCCC.




ORVILLE L. FROGGE, 90, of Wanatah, IN died March 12, 2002 in Porter Memorial Hospital at Valparaiso, IN. Fureral services March 16, 2002 with burial in the Memhis Cemetery. Memorials to Memphis Masonic Lodge #16 A.F. and A.M. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

CARL EUGENE SWOPE,70 of Memphis died February 19, 2002 in the Scotland County Care Center. No service. Memorials to Scotland Co. Nutrition Center. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

HOLLIS DALE MEEKS, 69 of Memphis died February 17, 2002. Funeral services were held Wed. February 20, 2002 at First Christian Church. Memorials to HOSPICE 2000. Memphis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.