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Joseph Samuel Duncan, 86, Nevada, Mo., died on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at his home in Nevada. Joe was born May 24, 1935, in Richards, Mo., to Dora and Roberta (Campbell) Duncan and was raised by his grandparents Joseph and Kate Duncan. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 6, at Walker Christian Church, in Walker, Mo., with Pastor Tim Brewer officiating. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home...

Vicki Sue Thronhill, age 66, a resident of rural Mapleton, Kan., died unexpectedly Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at her home. She was born Feb. 19, 1955, in Garnett, Kan., the daughter of Kenneth Adams and Violet McQuay Adams. Vicki had worked at the high school and also served as a bus drive for the Ballard, Mo., school district. At the time of her death, she was serving in the same capacity for the Jayhawk Linn School District...

Kathleen “Katy” Mary Brockway, 70, of Nevada, Mo., passed on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Katy was born Oct. 6, 1951, in Spirit Lake, Iowa, to Jerry Myer and Agatha Mary (Theobald) Caviness. On June 23, 1981, she married Dewayne Marvin Brockway in Minn. ...

Ruby Maddalin Sherman, 96, of Wellsville, Kan., died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Ruby was born on Nov. 16, 1924, in Harwood, Mo., to the late Charley and Bertha (Hawkins) Hargrove. She graduated from high school at El Dorado Springs High School in 1944. On Nov. ...

Robert "Bob" McNarie, 89, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Robert was born in Prescott, Ariz., on Dec. 19, 1931, to M.J. "Pop" and Eleanor McNarie. He had two sisters and three brothers. At the age of 17 he was shot in the ankle in a hunting accident. ...

Shirley Colleen Musick, 71, Kansas City, Mo., passed away on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City. Shirley was born Nov. 1, 1949, in Nevada, to Marion R. Moore, Jr. and Leta Mae (Hargrove) Moore. She was united in marriage to John P. Musick on June 28, 1968, in Nevada and he preceded her in death on April 15, 2008...

Peggy Lee Diggins, 73, of Nevada, Mo., won her 7-year battle with cancer on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, when she passed peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family. Peggy was born on June 15, 1948, in Nevada, to Harriet and Paul Nelson. She married Steve Diggins on Aug. 25, 1988...

Patsy Ann Vaughn, 84, a resident of Nevada, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at her home in Nevada. She was born Sept. 5, 1937, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Harold Sipe and Thelma Fitzgerald Sipe. Patsy spent her childhood on the farm on the banks of Mill Creek near Devon, Kan. ...

Thelma Ruberta Alumbaugh, 97, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at Phoenix Mountain Post-Acute in Phoenix, Ariz. Thelma was born Sept. 22, 1924, in Nevada, Mo., to Lucian L. and Beulah E. Bond. She was united in marriage to Norman Lee Alumbaugh on Feb. 19, 1946, and he preceded her in death on July 15, 1994...

John Edward Jackson, 66, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, at his home in Sheldon. John was born Nov. 11, 1954, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Delbert G. and Ethel M. (Johnston) Jackson. Throughout his life, John was a truck driver and until his retirement drove for Johnson and Baker Trucking for many years. In his spare time he enjoyed hunting and fishing...

Barend and Jill Jones, and older siblings Brendan, Rylan, and Pressly, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, Jesse Dutton Jones. Jesse was born at 7:40 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 0 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...