Area Obituaries

William “Bill” C. Bogener, 83, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at his home in Palmyra,. Bill was born July 25, 1937, in Kearney, Neb., to William N. Bogener. He was married to Winona M. Chamberlain on June 6, 1955. She survives. Other survivors include his children, Terry (Carolyn Newberry)…

Mrs. Christine Susan (Miles) Nagel, 65,  rural Nelsonville, Mo., passed away, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. She was born Dec. 9, 1955 in Hannibal, Mo., a daughter of Robert Eugene and Valeta Rose Dettwiler Miles. She married Ronald David Nagel on Oct. 18, 1981, in Quincy, Ill.  He survives. Other…

Karen E. Taylor, 79, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 2:59 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Palmyra. Karen was born Jan. 13, 1941, in Hannibal, Mo., to Herbert C. and Geraldine McPike Disselhorst. Survivors include her brother, Howard Disselhorst (Bev Cook); niece and nephew, Jennifer (Craig) Buckman and Dunstan (Chaney)…

David H. Miles, 77, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 6:15 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. David was born Sept. 3, 1943, in Monroe City, Mo., to Lester Thomas and Julia Frances Crowley Miles. He was married to Mary Jane Warner on Nov. 22, 1978 at Monroe City Christian Church.…

James (Jim) E. Blair Jr.,73, Monroe City, Mo., passed away at 2:20 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, surrounded by his family at his home in Monroe City. Jim was born Aug. 10, 1947, in Jackson, Mich., to James E. Blair Sr. and Ruth (Jenny) Murphy Blair. Jim was married to Christina Lake on Dec. 23,…

Shawn B. Chatfield, 57, Hunnewell, Mo., passed away at 11:44 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in Warren, Mo. Shawn was born April 30, 1963, to Leon Wells and Vera Hart Lesher in Sedan, Kan. She was married to Larry Chatfield on Oct. 28, 1985, at the Hannibal Theatre. He survives. Other survivors include her children,…

Wendall W. Vance, 76, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 12:32 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at the University Hospital in Columbia Mo. Wendall W. Vance was born in Macomb, Ill., Nov. 15, 1944, to Dick Vance and Frances Young Vance Faxon. Survivor include one child, Michael W. (Angela) Vance, Curryville Mo.; one half-brother, Alan Vance,…

Mr. Bert Richard Cottrell, 84, La Grange, Mo., passed away, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill. He was born Nov. 12, 1936, in La Grange, a son of Bert and Lorena Rose Hoskins Cottrell.  He married Patricia Ann Yager on Jan. 11, 1959, in La Grange.  She survives. Other survivors include…

Wilma Juanita Smith Payne, 103, Palmyra, Mo., passed away at 1:44 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at her home in Palmyra. Wilma was born Feb. 17, 1917, in Cold Springs, Okla., to Sylvester Dison and Jennie Canady Smith. She was married to Earnest P. Payne on Jan. 8, 1939, in Palmyra. He preceded her in…