Stories from Monday, August 17, 2015

Minnie "Pauline" Staub, 88, of Purdy, passed away Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, in her home. She was born September 15, 1936, in Kirksville, the daughter of Frank and Nora Jane (Banks) Graham who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were three brothers, Willard, Warren, Blackie and Roy Graham; two sisters, Bertha Kaler, and Marrietta Coyl; and one grandson...

Janice L. Murphy, 61, of Cassville, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. She was born on Dec. 21, 1953, daughter of Mack and Hazel (Harris) Sparks, in Maywood, Calif. She was a 1972 graduate of Pierce City High School, and received her teaching degree at Missouri State University. ...

Shirley Ann Farwell Chaney was born in Cassville, on Nov. 15, 1925, to Floyd and Maco Messer Farwell. She died Aug. 11, 2015, in Cassville. She graduated from Cassville High School and attended Jefferson City Junior College for one year. Shirley married Norman O. Chaney on February 28, 1944, in Rogers, Ark...