She was born Nov. 18, 1922, in San Jose, California, the daughter of Earl Bruce and Edna Mae (Varner) Bobo. She was united in marriage to Hugh Proctor Drake on March 17, 1940, in Las Vegas. He ...

Dorothy Lee Marr, 93, of Warrensburg, died Friday, June 7 at the Country Club Care Center, surrounded by her family. A funeral will be held at 3 p.m., Wednesday, June 12 at the First Presbyterian ...

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Sunset Hill Cemetery with full military honors provided. He was born Aug. 8, 1920, in Warrensburg, Missouri. After graduation from ...

Richard Grant Riggins, 92, of Barnett, Missouri, formerly of Warrensburg, died Monday, May 25, at Miller County Care and Rehabilitation Center in Tuscumbia. Richard was born Jan. 31, 1923, in ...

He was born July 20, 1931, in Troup, Texas, the son of Paul David and Frances Hixon Jones. He married Nancy Dale Torrance on June 6, 1953, at the University Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. The ...

Phillip Leroy Brillhart, 56, of Holden, Missouri, died Friday Feb. 2, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at Forward Community Church, 298 SW ...

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Saundra Kay Coon, 72, of Concordia, Missouri, died on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Lutheran Nursing Home in Concordia. Following cremation, no services are scheduled. Saundra was born on October 31, ...

Harry Keller Jr., 58, worked as a custodian for UCM since February of 2013. He died Saturday at St. Luke’s Hospital due to an illness. Originally from Newark, New Jersey, Harry worked as a staff ...

Joseph S. Stoyko Jr., 77, Holden, Missouri, died Nov. 15 at Holden Manor Care Center, Holden, Missouri. Family will receive friends Nov. 27 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at New Life Fellowship, 400 South Main, ...

(WARRENSBURG, Mo., AP) — Bill James, former publisher of The Daily Star-Journal in Warrensburg and a member of the Missouri Press Association Hall of Fame, has died. He was 65. The newspaper’s editor, ...

Troy E. Holbrook, 55, of Knob Noster, Missouri, died Monday, Nov. 14, at St. Luke’s Medical Center. Troy is survived by his wife, Pam, of Knob Noster; two daughters, Ashley and JJ Holbrook, of Kansas ...