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Area Obituaries

Roger A. Schappaugh

Roger A. Schappaugh, 80, Palmyra Mo., died at 6 p.m., on May 26, 2023, in his home in rural Palmyra with his wife, Betty, at his side. Roger Allen, the youngest of 10 children to Edward Pryor Schappaugh and Helen Grace (Spaits) Schappaugh, was born March 15, 1943, in the family home at Pekin, Ill.…

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Timothy “Tim” Michael Barnes

Timothy “Tim” Michael Barnes, 52, Palmyra, Mo.,  passed away at 6:54 a.m., Thursday, May 25, 2023, at  St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, Ill.  Tim was born April 20, 1971, in Nuremburg, Germany to Joseph “Joe” and Mary “Terry” Rothweiler Barnes. He was married to Andrea Gervais on July 2, 2005. Survivors include his wife, Andrea…

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Vicki Louise James

Vicki Louise James, 73, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at University Hospital in Columbia, Mo.   Vicki was born on Dec. 5, 1949, in Hannibal, Mo., the daughter of William and Ardella (Cornelius) Maddox. She was united in marriage to John W. James Jr. on Feb. 4, 1978, in…

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Josephine F. White

Josephine F. White, 94, Quincy, Ill., formerly of Palmyra,  Mo., passed away at 5:58 a.m., Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Sunset Senior Living in Quincy. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday. May 30, at Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel. Rev. Tim Goodman will officiate. Friends and family are invited to Josephine’s Life…

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Darrel Eugene Huff

Darrel Eugene Huff Darrel Eugene Huff, 70, of Palmyra, Mo., passed away at Monday, May 22, 2023, in Hannibal, Mo. Friends and family are invited to Darrell’s Life Celebration and visitation that will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, May 25, at Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel in Palmyra. There will be a private…

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William “Bill” Joseph Shear

William “Bill” Joseph Shear, 83, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at Hannibal Regional Hospital on May 18, 2023, where he had been a patient since April 26. Bill was born in Palmyra on Sept. 20, 1939, a son of Gerald M. and Edna E. Gibson Shear.   He attended St Joseph’s Catholic School and Palmyra High…

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Joan Marie White Rothweiler

Joan Marie White Rothweiler, 86, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 10:10 p.m., Sunday, May 14, 2023, at Monroe City Manor Care Center in Monroe City, Mo. Born in St. Charles, Mo. on Feb. 12, 1937, she and her twin sister were the third and fourth of the five daughters of Robert White and Dorothy Roberts…

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Anthony Ray Mundy

Anthony Ray Mundy, 40, San Francisco, Calif., and formerly of Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 3:32 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in San Francisco. Friends and family are invited to Anthony’s Life Celebration at a visitation that will be held  from  9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, June 17, at Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel in Palmyra.…

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Angelia C. “Angie” Kite

Angelia C. “Angie” Kite, 76, Brashear, Mo., passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Mo. Angie was born on Dec. 29, 1946, in Kirksville, Mo., the daughter of Wendell Wayne and Marjorie Priscilla Black Kite of Hurdland, Mo. She was united in marriage to Galen W. Acton in…

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Linda Steffen

Linda  Steffen, 72, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 6:33 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2023, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. Linda was born Jan. 22, 1951, in Hannibal, Mo., to Leland and Dixie Tuggle Miller. She was married to Ronald Robert Steffen Oct. 21, 1972, at Shelbyville Christian Church in Shelbyville, Mo. He preceded her…

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