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Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002

James R. Williams
James R. Williams, 83, Clarksburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.
He was born July 8, 1916, in Cooper County, a son of George Franklin and Pearl Mae Albin Williams. He was married to Mathilda M. Rademann on March 2, 1947 in Lone Elm. She died March 23, 1996.
Mr. Williams was a lifetime livestock farmer. He was a member of the California with the Rev. Ivan Dameron and the Rev. Peter Kurowski officiating.
Burial was in Hickman Cemetery south of Clarksburg. Pallbearers were Harold Meyer, Dale Stahl, Sanford Rambo, Sam Blades, Alvin Meyer, Lloyd Winebrenner, Dewey Yarnell and Jim Canton.
Memorials may be made to the Hickman Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 124, California, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 1999, in California Construction Supplies for many years. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, California; one daughter, Doris Nothnagel, California.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Clarence Strobel, Walter Strobel and William Strobel; two sisters, Flora Kuester and Louise Bleich; and one son-in-law, Marvin Nothnagel.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in California, Mo.. 65018, or First Lutheran Church, 1025 Avenue D. Plattsmouth, Neb. 64048.
Arrangements were under the direction of Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services, Missouri Hospital & Clinics, Columbia.
He was born Sept. 18, 1932, at Waterford, Mich., a son of Caleb and Edith Bailey Scafe. On May 21, 1954, in Topeka, Kan., he married Betty Jane Shaw who died July 2, 1984.
Mr. Scafe retired Dec. 31, 1972 as a technical sergeant after a 20-year career with the United States Air Force. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam, Greenland and Thailand. He was a mail carrier in Otterville for 10 years until 1990. He was a member of Otterville American Legion Post 84.
Surviving are two daughters, Carolyn Walje, Otterville, and Julie Olson, Pilot Grove; one son, David Scafe, Sedalia; one brother, Gale Scafe, and six sisters, Virginia Betts, Esther Van Cleek, Edna Walker, Margaret Sattler, Gertrude King and Arlene Suddeth, all of whom reside in the state of Missouri Hospital and Clinics-Columbia.
He was born June 12, 1927, near Syracuse, a son of Harry McKenzie and Gladys Wilda Hirst Meyer. On Jan. 6, 1962, at Sedalia, he married Dixie Kruse who survives of the home.
Mr. Meyer was a truck driver and a farmer. He lived all his life in the Syracuse and Otterville community. He was the founder of the Otterville Card Club.
Also surviving are five sons, Billy Joe Meyer and his wife, Elsie, California, formerly of Clarksburg, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.
He was born Sept. 16, 1947, in Boonville, the son of Truman L. and Rosie Katherine McDaniel Simmers.
He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church near Clarksburg, and a 1966 graduate of Tipton High School.
Surviving is one brother, Robert Simmers with his wife, Margaret, Clarksburg; and three nieces.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a sister, Vera Bowen.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services with the Rev. Ivan Dameron officiating.
Burial was in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Clarksburg. Pallbearers were Robert Potter, Troy Potter, Bobby Klein, Philip Birdsong, Greg Bolinger and Tony Bolinger.
Memorials are suggested to a charity of the donor's choice or the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Fund in care of Dean Birdsong, 27626 Highway H, Clarksburg, Mo. 65025.

John E. Phelps
John E. Phelps, 84, formerly of Tipton, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, at Capital Health Care Center in Jefferson City.
He was born Jan. 12, 1916 in St. Louis, a son of John E. and Isabelle Jane Williamson Phelps. On Sept. 15, 1939, in St. Louis, he married Mary Lee Chambers Phelps.
Phelps lived most of his life in St. Louis. He was self employed in the St. Louis community before moving to Tipton in 1989. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Surviving are two daughters, Sandra Lynn Sturnader, Iola, Texas; one sister, Janice E. Woolsey, Herculaneum; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25 at Meisenheimer-Griswold Funeral Home with the Rev. J. D. Cooper officiating.
Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery at Tipton. Pallbearers were Elmer Miller, Bill Dawson, Dean Kasper and Richard Robertson.

Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002