Joe Waicekauskas was born on July 26, 1935, on the land near Raymondville, Mo. that had been his home for 85 years, and departed this life in the same place for a better home on December 13, 2020, after a lengthy battle with lupus and cancer. He was the son of Simonas “Sam the Barber”…

Carolyn “Carol” Anna Koenig, 59, of Licking, passed away December 10, 2020. Carol was born on May 19, 1961, in St. Louis, Mo., to Earl and Carolyn (Alexander) Mintner, Sr. Carol is survived by her daughter, Casie Koenig; sons, Steven Koenig and Dustin Koenig; daughter in law, Jennifer Koenig; and grandchildren, Harley Hawkins, Chelsea Hawkins,…

Evelyn Motell Church Rust, age 93, daughter of John and Bernice (Neal) Church was born March 18, 1927, at Redford, Mo. She passed away December 12, 2020, at Promenade Health and Rehabilitation in Rogers, Ark. Evelyn was preceded in death by her first husband, Arlie Milam; her parents, John and Bernice Church; her husband, Leland…

Mary F. Schlegel, 84 years, of Columbia, Ill., passed away on December 12, 2020, at Mercy Hospital South, St. Louis, Mo. She was born July 15, 1936, in Licking, Mo., daughter of the late Peter and Susan, nee Rennick, Robertson. She was married to the late Robert F. Schlegel. They were married March 8, 1955,…

Helen Nancy (Reaves) Laffoon was born July 31, 1917, in Texas County, Mo., the daughter of Jesse Monroe and Lula Jane (Brown) Reaves. She passed away December 10, 2020, at Houston House Nursing Home at the age of 103 years, 4 months, and 10 days. She spent most of her life in Texas County. On…

James Louis Mitchell, age 81, was born on April 16, 1939, to Louis Tallmadge Mitchell and Katherine Louise Adams Mitchell in Rolla, Mo. He passed away on December 9, 2020, at his home in Licking, Mo. James was married to Janett Laverne Willson on April 24, 1964, in Houston, Mo. To this union two sons…

Frances Elinor (Flowers) Wilson was born December 11, 1925, in Bartlesville, Okla. to Otto and Fannie (Brown) Flowers, she passed away December 8, 2020, in Houston, Mo. She married Kenneth Eugene Wilson on December 5, 1943, and to this union five children were born, Diana, Jim, Don, Marie, and Steve, they then adopted and raised…