Visitation will be after 4:00 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2008, with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home in Edina, Missouri.

        An expression of sympathy in memory of Bob Smithy may be left to the American Cancer Society. A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral 208 N. 4^th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.

    Robert Gene “Bob” Smithy, 81, passed away Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.

Bob is survived by a son, Rick Smithy and his fiancé Lora Jones of Kirksville, Missouri; two daughters, Barbara Faye and her husband Frank Crabtree Jr.of Edina, Missouri and Veronica Rae and her husband Robert Roush of Shelbina, Missouri; three grandchildren, Chris Roush and his wife Paula of Shelbina, Missouri, Jason Roush of Nebraska, and David Crabtree and his fiancé Kristin Grenwood of Columbia, Missouri, four great grandsons, Trey, Christopher, Caleb and Hunter Roush and a host of friends.

   Visitation will be after 10:00 a.m., Sunday, May 20, 2012, with the family receiving friends from 12:00 noon until service time at the funeral home in Edina, Missouri.

    Burial, with Military Graveside Honors, will be in the Linville Cemetery in Edina, Missouri.

        An expression of sympathy in memory of Bill Shubert may be made to the Linville Cemetery Association. A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4^th Street, Edina, Missouri, 63537.

    Bill Shubert passed away Thursday, May 17, 2012, at the Knox County Nursing Home in Edina, Missouri.

    Bill was survived by two sons, Jimmy Shubert of Edina, Missouri and Randy and his wife Pam Shubert of Maywood, Missouri; a daughter, Sharon Shubert of Edina, Missouri; three brothers, Victor Shubert of Hannibal, Missouri, Francis “Frank” Shubert of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Jerry Shubert of Taylor, Missouri; three sisters, Irene Nichols of Edina, Missouri, Janice and her husband Kim Smith of Edina, Missouri and Jane and her husband Lanny Bowen of Kirksville, Missouri; three grandchildren, Brandon Shubert of Kirksville, Missouri, Jordan Shubert of Columbia, Missouri and Caleb Shubert of Edina, Missouri; a great granddaughter, Olivia Shubert of Columbia, Missouri; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.

    Visitation also be Saturday with the family receiving friends from 11:00 a.m. until service time at 2:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home.

    Burial will be in the Mt. Salem Cemetery, west of Newark, Missouri.

    An expression of sympathy in memory of Jeanne Perrigo may be left to the Knox County Nutrition Site.  A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4^th Street, Edina, Missouri.

    Jeanne Perrigo passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, at her son’s residence near Novelty, Missouri.

    She is survived by two sons, Steve Perrigo of Grain Valley, Missouri and Doug and his wife Debbie Perrigo of rural Novelty, Missouri; two sisters,  Rose and her husband Terry Marble of Edina, Missouri and Barbara Jane Simmons of Downey, California; four grand children, Dani and Centron Felder, Brad and Teresa Dixson, Samantha Perrigo and Krisi Gillis; two great grandchildren, Angel Gillis and Jace Felder; a sister-in-law, Nancy Simmons of Center, Missouri; five nieces and nephews, Tammy and Pat Kriegshauser, Tracie and Rex Lingenfelter, Tony and Kyane Marble, Jamey and Beth Simmons and Jason Simmons; along with numerous cousins and a host of friends.

Funeral services for Jerry Bennett Ostrander, age 65, of Kahoka, MO, will be held Friday, May 18, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Wilson Funeral Home in Kahoka with cremation following and inurnment at a later date in the Kahoka Cemetery.

Jerry Ostrander died Saturday, May 12, 2012 in the emergency room of Keokuk Area Hospital following a demolition accident in Kahoka.

Friends can call at Wilson Funeral Home on Friday after 9 a.m. until time of services.

Memorials are suggested to his family.

Officiating at the service will be Pastor Rob Quinlan.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy, of Kahoka;

two sons, Michael Ostrander of North Dakota
Jeffrey (Sharon) Ostrander of Springfield, OR;

two daughters, Stacy (Mrs. Stan) Palmer of Platina, CA
Jennifer (Mrs. Todd) Everhart of Sterling, CO;

seven grandchildren:
Amber, Andrew, Ryan Ostrander,
Amanda (Mrs. Eric) Hontu
Brian (Rachel) Aldridge
Tate and Chance Everhart

two great-grandchildren:
Brian Aldridge, Jr.
Bria Louise Hontu

brother, LeVoy (Ramona) Ostrander of Pains Creek, CA

sisters:
Sharlene (Mrs. Tommy) Parker of Red Bluff, CA
Darlene Long of Clear Lake, CA

brother-in-law
Ronnie (Judy) Wolf of Oregon

as well as other relatives.

On-line condolences may be expressed at www.timeformemory.com/wilsonfh.

1943-2012

Frank Russell died Friday evening, May 11, 2012 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service on Thursday, May 24, from 1-2 p.m., at the Gerth Funeral Home in Memphis.

Inurnment will be in the Memphis Cemetery.

Officiating the service will be Pastor Roger Neumann.

Memorials are suggested to Mr. Russell’s family or the Scotland County Cancer Fund and can be left at or mailed to the Gerth Funeral Service, 115 S. Main St., Memphis, MO 63555.

Mr. Russell is survived by his wife Lee Ann of the home; daughter, Brenda and husband Karl DeMarce of Memphis; grandchildren, Cat and Susannah DeMarce of Memphis, Marie DeMarce of Grand Forks, ND, Renee DeMarce of Watertown, SD, and William DeMarce of Arlington, VA; a sister, Bettie Corn of Memphis; half sister, Ruby and husband Gary Hunter of Blue Springs, MO; sisters-in-law Kathy Cline of Memphis and Lou Ellen and husband Dennis Bachtel of Pleasanton, CA; half sister-in-law, Burtie and husband Lyman Lambeth of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Jo Anne and husband Bob Ensminger of Meadow Vista, CA; brother-in-law, Jon Wullbrandt of Memphis; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Condolences may be sent to the Russell family by signing the guest book at gerthfuneralservice.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Gerth Funeral Service from their Memphis chapel.

NOTE: SERVICES ARE MAY 24, ONE WEEK FROM THURSDAY, NOT THIS THURSDAY!

New Missouri District 26 Governor Lisa Alexander was one of our guests on Coffee Break yesterday (Wednesday) morning from the Creve Coeur area near St. Louis.  Also travelling with the group is Hal Griffin, new Lions Club Development Consultant for Lion’s Clubs International in Abilene Texas.

Nearly everyone knows about Lion’s Club’s efforts in our area over the years.  What started out as an all-male members organization, now includes women as well.  Lion’s Clubs International has been known for their donations of glasses to adults and children who need them, as well as organizing a Missouri Lion’s High School All-Star football game and any number of other projects.

Griffin says one of the advantages to having a Lion’s Club in an area is when it comes to dealing with disasters, after a disaster, any community with a Lion’s Club will automatically receive ten thousand dollars in an emergency, for disaster use.

There was a Lions group in Memphis years ago, and anyone wanting to help organize a Memphis Lions Club chapter may contact Lisa Alexander at 314-258-1069, or Hal Griffin at 325-677-7770.  That’s 314-258-1069, or 325 677-7770.  Memberships cost a one time fee of thirty dollars.  There must be at least 20 members for a Lion’s Club to be established.  The group says they have already signed a number of people up, but again, there must be at least twenty people in order for a Lion’s Club to be officially chartered.

Andrew Miller of Hillsboro was a four thousand dollar Scratchers winner.  Diana and James Wheeler of Brookfield were one thousand dollar Scratchers winners, as was Angela Justice of Edina.  Other one thousand dollar Scratchers winners included Jackie Hooper, Sr.; Samuel Mickels; James Powell; Robert Stewart; and Virgie Wamsley of Hannibal.  Gregory Miller and Clifton Brunk of Kahoka each won one thousand dollars in the Scratchers game, as did Gregory Case of Keokuk and Kirksville residents Evelyn Koenig and Chad Stearman of Kirksville and Christopher Rowsley of LaGrange.  Macon resident Toni Davis won one thousand dollars in the Scratcher’s contest, along with Nancy Brady of Moberly, Elizabeth Glaspie of Novinger; James Shelton of Quincy;  and Bradley Willey of Shelbyville.

There are also many activities scheduled for tomorrow at the Shrine of St. Patrick in St. Patrick, Missouri in southeastern Clark County.  Pictorial cancellations may be sent through March 30th to Postmaster, St. Patrick, MO, 63466 USA, and there is no charge for the cancellation. 

Envelopes, Post cards and Shrine Souvenirs will be available all day in the Shrine basement, with coffee and donuts served from 9-11:30 a.m. tomorrow in the shrine basement.  Colleen McNally-Harris of Youngstown, Ohio will present a free concert at 11:00 a.m.with an encore performance at 2:45 p.m..  A special storyteller will entertain at noon, and a Roast beef and Ham Dinner will be presented in the Shrine Basement from 11:30 to 2:30 p.m. with Father Paul Hartley andMass at the Shrine at 4:00 p.m. Saturday..  You may visit the Shrine of St. Patrick website at saintpatrickshrine.com.

The story began when Joshua J. LaBrasca was apprehended by the Missouri State Highway Patrol yesterday morning and charged with a third offense of driving while intoxicated.  The story gets more interesting from there…

The Missouri State Highway Patrol brought LaBrasca in for processing at the Scotland County Sheriff’s Department, and according to Chief Deputy Bryon Whitney, as LaBrasca was being processed at 11:50 a.m., LaBrasca reached for his cell phone, then escaped from the dispatch center by fleeing on foot.

LaBrasca was located at the Catfish Place Restaurant at around 12:24 p.m..  It seems upon his arrival in the Catfish Place parking lot, LaBrasca came upon a Memphis Police Department officer, who was sitting on the car LaBrasca was trying to pick up to get away.

LaBrasca was then taken into custody by the Memphis Police Department and charged with the Class D felony of Driving While Intoxicated-Third Offense, being a persistent offender, and escape from custody while under arrest for a felony offense, a Class D felony.  Other charges are also pending.

Bond for LaBrasca was set at fifty thousand dollars cash only, with a court date of February 22nd at 1:00 p.m….