Area Obituaries

Albert “Bow” Bowen Juette, 80, of Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 6:27 p.m., Friday, June 7, 2024, at University Hospital in Columbia, Mo.  A Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 13, 2024, at the Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel in Palmyra, Mo. Mr. Colten Doyle will officiate. Burial will follow at St.…

Dorothy A. Jackson, 86 of Harrison, Ark., passed away Monday, June 3, 2024, at her home. She was born July 13, 1937, in Emden, Mo., the daughter of Joe and Olga Mersman Wright. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Harry Wright.  Dorothy was a member of Bergman Baptist Fellowship where she…

Larry W. O’Brien, 77, of Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 6:34 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2024, at his home in Palmyra.  A graveside service with full military honors performed by Boots-Dickson Post #174 of the American Legion was held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday June 4, 2024, at Greenwood Cemetery in Palmyra. Rev. Mark Carpenter officiated. …

On Dec. 25, 2023 at 5:02 a.m., Catherine Darlene Doyle, 84, passed away peacefully in Blessing Hospice Care with her son, daughter and son-in-law by her side.  Darlene, “Dee Dee” was born March 4, 1939 in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hannibal, Mo., a daughter to Albert L. Juette and Catherine Bowen Juette. She grew up…

Ruth E. Hart, 92, long-time resident of Milan, Ill., passed away Friday, Dec, 15, 2023, at the Summit of Bettendorf.  Ruth was born April 11, 1931, in Palmyra, Mo., to Clarence O. and Dorthea K. (Voepel) Knueppel.  She graduated from Palmyra High School in 1949 and attended the Lutheran School of Nursing in St. Louis,…

Darlene von Thun, 78, Palmyra, Mo., went to her eternal rest at 10:45 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at her home in Palmyra, Mo. Darlene was born Feb. 9, 1945, in Berwick, Ill., to Rufus Miller and Mary LaVaughn Briggs Miller. She was married to Barry von Thun on March 21, 1965, in Shelbyville, Mo.…