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LARRY R. BUSCHLING

LARRY RALPH BUSCHLING Larry Ralph Buschling, age 71 of Allison Park Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 22, 2020 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Larry was born on August 1, 1948 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of  Ralph and Rose Marie Toops Buschling. Survivors include, his parents, Ralph and…

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ROBERT “BOB” A. KILLDAY

Robert “Bob” A. Killday 1933 – 2020 Robert “Bob” A. Killday 87, of Kirksville, died Tuesday (June 30, 2020) at Arbors at Highland Crest, Kirksville. He was the son of Robert “Rob” D. Killday and Esther (Witherow) Killday. Bob was born June 29, 1933 in Knox County, Missouri. On May 18, 1952 at St. Joseph…

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BARBARA JENKINS

   BARBARA JENKINS Barbara Jenkins, age, 94 of Kahoka, died Thursday, June 25, 2020 in the Clark Co. Nursing Home in Kahoka where she had been a resident the past six and a half years. She was born June 20, 1926 at Boone, IA, the daughter of Oscar Millett and Margaret Franklin Sheppard. On November…

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JERRY W. GRIFFITT

   JERRY W. GRIFFITT Jerry Wilson Griffitt, age 71, of Kahoka, MO, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020, in KU Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. Jerry was born December 11, 1948 in Marshall, MO, a son of Frank Wilson and Velma E. Cassels Griffitt. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1966 and…

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SHIRLEY HAMNER MITCHELL

    SHIRLEY HAMNER MITCHELL Shirley Hamner Mitchell, age 85 of Kahoka, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 19, 2020 at her home. Shirley was born May 22, 1935 in Sullivan, MO, a daughter of William and Dorothy Tourville Reeves. She was married to Delbert Hamner and they were the parents of three children, Karl, DeWayne…

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Home Is Where You Make It

By Denise Shannon If you had the chance to move wherever you wanted, whenever you wanted, and take your home with you, would you?  Or are you a stationary, stay-in-one-place type of person?  Some people live in their homes and travel as well.  Currently, there is a couple who are based here in Kahoka that…

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Taking Some Time For Bass Fishing On Mark Twain Lake

It has almost become a habit to get up halfway early on Saturday and head for Mark Twain Lake with the family and then the next day after church we do the same thing.  We have an old pleasure boat in a boat slip at Indian Creek Marina, so it doesn’t take long for us…

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Department Of Revenue To Begin Issuing New Missouri Driver License June 22 

JEFFERSON CITY  — The Department of Revenue will begin issuing the newly redesigned Missouri driver license, statewide, on June 22. The new design was chosen in honor of Missouri’s upcoming bicentennial and will also be reflected on the Missouri nondriver identification card and instruction permit. “Along with an updated design, the new Missouri driver license…

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Plenge Elected CCR-1 School Board President

By Mike Scott Mark Plenge has been elected as the new president of the Clark County R-1 School District board of directors.  At the board’s re-organizational meeting on Wednesday, June 10, Plenge, who previously served as vice-president, was chosen by the board as its head.  Jason Acklie will serve as vice-president, and Craig Hunziker was…

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