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Mrs. Nora E. Blankenship
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 7 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church north of Clarksburg for Mrs. Nora E. Blankenship, 90, who died Nov. 27, 2000 at Topock, Ariz. The Rev. Kevin Blackburn will officiate.
She was born Nov. 3, 1910, in Baber County near Medicine Lodge, Kan., a daughter of Wes Harris and Anciline Burnside Hunt. She married Raymond Skinner in June 1926 in Cooper County. He died Feb. 21, 1985
Mrs. Blankenship spent most of her life in Phoenix, Ariz., until 1983 when she moved to Sedalia. In 1997 she moved to Topock, Ariz. She was a member of the VFW in Sedalia and Topock.
Surviving is one sister, Dessie Maclin, Topock, a daughter, Hazel Guilliand, Topock; and two sons, Charles Skinner, Topock, and Raymond Skinner, Phoenix, Ariz.; 16 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren, along with many nieces and nephews in the Central Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia.
She was born Dec. 20, 1926, at Pilot Grove, a daughter of Herman and Veronica Lena Kempf Gerke. Oct. 27, 1953, at Pilot Grove, she married Elmer Wolf who survives of the home.
A graduate of Pilot Grove High School, Mrs. Wolf worked at Stride Rite Manufacturing in Tipton for 35 years. She was a member of St. Andrew Catholic Church and the church Altar Society, and was an active member of the Tipton Nutrition Center.
Also surviving are three sons, Kenneth Wolf, St. Peters, Dean Wolf, St. Charles, and Gary Wolf, Ballwin; three daughters, Diana Luebbering, New Bloomfield, Linda Clutter, Missouri-Columbia.
Also surviving is a daughter, Dara Hunter, White Marsh, Md.; her mother, Winifred Dueber, Tipton; one granddaughter, Laura Gabrielle Hunter, White Marsh, Md.; a step-daughter, Lenise Rosen, Calif.; three sisters, Tracey Veulemans and Lisa Knipp, Tipton, and Nana Dueber, Boca Raton, Fla.; and two brothers, Rodney Dueber, Four Seasons, and Randall Dueber, Missouri-Columbia. He was a student representative to the Missouri, and worked as an assistant at the College of Veterinary Medicine. He enjoyed playing the trumpet, was an emergency medical technician and worked for the Versailles Rural Fire Protection District and the Boone County Fire Protection District. He was a member of Bethel Mennonite Church near Versailles.
Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Barbara and Ralph Gaw, Versailles; his father and stepmother, Ray and Shari Bledsoe, Sedalia; one sister, Kameron Bledsoe, Columbia; a very special friend, Tara Gerlt, Versailles; his maternal grandparents, Truman and Frances Teeple, Versailles; his paternal grandmother, Irene Beldsoe, Sedalia; one step sister, Tina Rice, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; and two step brothers, Mark A. Gaw, Tipton, and Craig M. Gaw, Kansas City.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Everett Bledsoe.
Funeral services were at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel Mennonite Church near Versailles with the Rev. Tom Voth officiating.
Burial was in the Versailles Cemetery. Pallbearers were Phillip Teeple, Mark Teeple, Keith Teeple, Tristan Bentch, Adam Gerber and Jeremy Hughes. Honorary pallbearers were Tara Gerlt, Suzanne Akin, Nicholas Anderson, Alex Guhr, Debra Kidwell, Dennis Kidwell and Larry Stemberger.
The family suggests memorials to the Versailles Rural Fire Protection District.
Arrangements were under the direction of Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home, Versailles.

Earl F. Miller
Earl F. "Burger" Miller, 88, Clarksburg, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998, at St. Marys Health Center, Jefferson City.
He was born April 18, 1910, in Cooper County, a son of Samuel and Nancy M. Martin Miller. He was married Oct. 3, 1935, in Cooper County, to Faye Milligan, who died May 6, 1961.
Mr. Miller was a lifelong farmer.
Surviving are two daughters, Sharon Kirchoff, California.
Arrangements were under the direction of Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services, California, died Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at Moniteau Care Center in California. He was a member of Clarksburg Baptist Church, California Chapter 521 Order of the Eastern Star and the Hickman Cemetery Board. He graduated from Clarksburg High School in 1923.
Surviving is one brother, George Raymond VanSandt, state of California; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Chapel, California, with the Rev. Leroy Moon and the Rev. Ivan Dameron officiating.
Burial was in Hickman Cemetery, Clarksburg. Pallbearers were J. D. Branch, Charles Stock, Lee Wendleton, Floyd Birdsong, Raymond Gerhart and J. B. Milligan.
Masonic services were held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services.
The family suggests memorials to the Community Hospice of America, Columbia.

Mrs. Ella D. McVean
Mrs. Ella Dow McVean, 88, Memphis, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 1998, at her home.
Mrs. McVean and her husband, the late Charles A. McVean, and their two sons moved to Memphis in the 1940s from Sedalia. She had been a teacher at Tipton and also taught at a private school in Memphis before becoming founding director of the Christ United Methodist Day School in Memphis in 1958. She taught classes during her 15-year tenure at the helm of the school.
In 1997, the McVean family and other supporters of the school dedicated the first part of the McVean Learning Center in Mrs. McVean's honor. The center includes state-of-the-art labs for computer, science and enrichment, an art center and a library. She was a charter member of Christ United Methodist Church where she was a soloist in the choir and director co the nursery program.
Surviving are two sons, Charles D. McVean and Dr. John D. McVean, both of Memphis, a brother, Lee Dow, Sedalia; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services were at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7 at Christ United Methodist Church. Burial was in Memorial Park under the direction of Memorial Park Funeral Home.
The family suggests memorials to McVean Learning Center at Christ United Methodist Day School.

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