Stories from Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Edith Mae Cliffman, 82, of Nevada, Mo., the daughter of Frank and Louise Louisa Rosealla (Newman) Eaton, was born Dec. 20, 1931, in Moundville, and passed from this life Monday, July 28, 2014, at the Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. On Jan. 23, 1949, she was united in marriage to the "love of her life" Harold Lloyd Cliffman at the home of his parents near Bethel, and he survives of the home...

Della Mae Glaze, 86, of Papinville, Mo., died July 21, 2014. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 26, at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, Mo., with burial in the Papinville Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Della M. Glaze Memorial Fund in care of the Heuser Funeral Home...

Nevada Daily Mail Four bicycle routes through Nevada depend on a grant from 3M, as discussed at the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meeting Thursday. The grant would pay for signs on routes starting at the community center and looping near Izaak Walton Lake, Marmaduke Park and Postlethwaite Park. Frank Brisco said the city and MoDOT are on board with the project...

Nevada Daily Mail Services for Dorothy Cross, a 92-year-old Sheldon woman, who died in an accident on I-49 one mile north of Sheldon on Sunday afternoon will be held 10 a.m. Aug. 1 at Ferry Funeral Home. Cross was driving a 1999 Buick Century northbound in the southbound lane and struck the 2007 Mercury Grand Marquis of Douglas Young, 57, of Mullen, Neb., head on, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report...

Nevada Daily Mail Hume students will still be covered under a blanket accident insurance policy at no cost, as approved by the Hume Board of Education at its July meeting. "Last year we placed money in the budget to provide all students with accident insurance during school activities except for football," superintendent David Quick said. "It was a good investment last year, and it protects the school as well. Parents are responsible for filing their own claims."...

Daily Mail World War II prisoner of war, Floyd McComas, celebrated his 105th birthday Tuesday. The festivities took place at Steve and Ellen Dean's residence in Richards. McComas is one of America's oldest surviving World War II POWs. McComas was drafted into the United States Army during the summer of 1943...

By Matt Resnick Daily Mail World War II prisoner of war, Floyd McComas, celebrated his 105th birthday Tuesday. The festivities took place at Steve and Ellen Dean's residence in Richards. McComas is one of America's oldest surviving World War II POWs...