Obituaries

Marshall Holt Smith, age 97, resident at Morningside Assisted Living Chillicothe, Mo. Passed away on Monday August 15, 2022, at Morningside Nursing in Chillicothe, Mo. A celebration of life service will be held on Tuesday September 20, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home in Brookfield, Mo. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Burial will take place October 22, 2022, in Woodbine Cemetery in Ellsworth, Maine. Services are under the direction of Wright Funeral Home in Brookfield, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Trinity United Methodist Church, Chillicothe United Methodist Church, Linn County Community Chorus, or Brookfield

Gene Austin Whitmer, age 92, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Missouri. Gene was born in a country home near Hamilton, Missouri, during a snowstorm on December 3, 1929, the son of Milbern and Juanita Whitmer.

On Saturday, September 10, Christine Simmons, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away at the age of 103. Christine (Limes) Simmons was born on August 1, 1919, to Lewis and Bernice (Ellington) Limes on a farm near Dunlap, Missouri. She graduated from North Central Missouri College in 1939. She attended Kirksville State Teachers College in the fall of 1939, where she met and married RW Simmons. In 1948, they settled permanently in Chillicothe, Missouri, where they raised a daughter, Jan, and a son, LJ. Christine was preceded in death by her mother Bernice, father Lewis, and her beloved husband of 59 years, RW. She is survived by her daughter Jan (Erwin) Pellant of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and her son, LJ (Judy) Simmons of Fenton, Missouri; granddaughters Kathy (Pellant) Reed and Jennifer Pellant of Council Bluffs; grandsons Luke (Hanna) Simmons of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Josh (Elizabeth) Simmons of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Saturday, September 17, at 11:00 a.m. Family visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. one hour prior to service. Burial will be held at Rural Dale in Trenton, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Rural Dale Cemetery Association (455 SE 63rd Ave, Laredo, Missouri, 64652).

Gene Austin Whitmer, age 92, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospital, North Kansas City, Missouri. Gene was born in…

September 5, 2022, at Life Care Center of Carrollton, Carrollton, Missouri. Lindley Funeral Home .

realm Saturday, September 3, 2022 at a Trenton, MO nursing home. She was born April 7, 1948 in Jameson, Missouri the daughter of Thomas and Verna (Cox) McNeely.

Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri. Dianna “June” Webb, age 76, a resident of Ludlow, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at the Livingston Manor Care Center, Chillicothe, Missouri.

Shirley Eileen Transue, age 94, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away Monday, August 29, 2022, at Livingston Manor Care Center, Chillicothe, Missouri. Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri.