All Obituaries

Rebecca “Becky” McFarland, age 41, of Edgar Springs passed away on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at her mothers home surrounded by family.  Becky was born on April 9, 1979, in Muncie, Indiana, a daughter to the late Ronald Berg and Reta Berg. Reta survives of her home in Licking. Becky was a 1997 graduate of Cuba High School and attended Missouri S&T as well as Columbia College in Rolla On November 1, 2014 she was united in marriage to Mark McFarland in Vichy, Missouri. Mark...

Joyce A. Counts, 70, passed away with family at her side peacefully in her home on June 25, 2020. She was born January 31, 1950 in St. Louis, the daughter of the late Charles A. Street and the late Frankie D. (Thompson) Street. She met and married Gary G. Counts, Sr. September 3, 1966, they settled in Steelville where she took on the role of being a wife, mother and homemaker. Joyce’s greatest joy in life was taking care of her family, to which she gave her unconditional love. There...

Cora Marie Zimmerman, aged 82 of Rolla, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Rolla Health and Rehab in Rolla. Cora was born May 9, 1938, in Farmington, Mo, a daughter to the late Guy Thomas and Birdie Mae (Henderson) Martin. On July 22, 1960, Cora was united in marriage to Robert Joseph Zimmerman. He preceded her in death. Cora worked as a CNA for 30 plus years and enjoyed fishing and gardening. Cora is survived by her daughter, Brenda Zimmerman, a daughter-in-law, Lilah Newkirk, a...

  Dwight Alan Melton, age 62 of Rolla, passed away Friday, May 22, 2020, at the University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia.   Dwight was born February 28, 1958, in Rolla, a son to the late Noah and Georgia (Olson) Melton-Hunt   Dwight was a member of the House of Hope Ministries in Springfield and enjoyed playing pool, fishing, hunting, shooting guns, cooking, and spending time with family and friends.   Dwight is survived by a daughter, Brandi Melton, a grandson,...

Mary Lee (Butler) Woemmel, age 78 of Belle, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at her residence. Mary was born October 1, 1941, in Belle, a daughter to the late Victor and Delcie (Sieg) Butler On July 16, 1960, Mary was united in Marriage to Russell Edward Woemmel. He preceded her in death on June 13, 1990. To this union they had four children, Douglas Woemmel and his wife Joani of Washington, Randy Woemmel and his wife Toni of Owensville, Ricky Woemmel and his wife Donna of Belle...

Jerry Lee Davis, age 67 of Rolla, Mo, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020, with his daughters and granddaughter by his side.   Jerry had a 4+ year battle with Alzheimer’s. Thankfully, he is free and finally whole again.   Jerry was a devoted husband, father and Papa. He worked hard in everything he did and did it with love.   Jerry was born June 3, 1952, in Rolla, a son to the late James and Helen (Barnes) Davis.   He was joined in marriage to Wanda Earney on...

Sara B. Werner, age 93 of Rolla, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at her home.   Sara was born October 9, 1926, in Salem, a daughter to the late Ross Rudell and Hildred (Greene) Belew.   Sara was a 1944 graduate of Salem High School. She went on and attended Purdue University on an accelerated program in drafting. For the remainder of World War II, she worked for Curtis Wright Aircraft, drafting engineering design and modifications on the P40 Warhawk.   After the war,...

Julia Ann (Marsanick) Kelly passed away on Saturday April 18, 2020, at The Arbors at Parkside in Rolla Julia is survived by her children, Roxann (Ron Warne) Kelly and Martin (Laurie) Kelly. She eloped in St Louis with her husband to be, Thomas Kelly on February 18, 1956. He preceded her in death. She is also survived by her brothers, John Marsanick and Douglas Marsanick, and sisters, Teddy Deabler, Josie Thiel, and Ramona Wolfe as well as sisters-in-law, nieces,...

Hezekiah Terah Eggers died on April 18, 2020, in Washington, Missouri, from lung cancer that metastasized. He was born August 24, 1971, in Osceola, Iowa to William and Margaret (Brown) Eggers. He lived in many places in the Midwest before coming with his family to Winterset, Iowa in 1983. He graduated from Carlisle High School in Iowa in 1990. He went to truck driving school at DMACC in Ankeny, Iowa in 1992, and had been driving a truck ever since except for a year when he...

Bill William Ryerson, 59, formerly of Sullivan, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2020, in Cuba. Bill was born on December 15, 1960, in St. Louis, a son to the late John and Helen (Junkerman) Ryerson. Bill graduated from Sullivan High School.  Bill enjoyed fishing and being out in nature. Bill is survived by: a brother, Donald Ryerson and his wife Tammy of Owensville and many nieces and nephews, In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Jess...