Stories from Thursday, May 14, 2020

Loretta May Somers (Pemberton), a retired Registered nurse and life-long Seventh-Day Adventist, resident of Nevada, Mo., died peacefully on May 10, 2020, at the age of 85 at Moore Few Care Center. Loretta is survived by her children, Jack Leonard Somers II (Thais Somers), Carol Lee McMillen (Somers) (Mark Allen McMillen), Robert Floyd Somers (Stephanie Sue Somers), and Steven Somers; sister, Bonnie Louise Schwarck (Pemberton); brother, Deryl Floyd Pemberton (Fran Pemberton); 18 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one great- great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews. ...

Jeffrey passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020, from complications of the flu, no funeral or service was held. His father, Ronald Richter, was taking care of cremation arrangements. Jeffrey was born March 25, 1963, in El Paso, Texas. Jeffrey was preceded in death by his mother, Sally Ann (Toncre) Richter. ...

Debra Lee Rider-Smith, 59, formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, May 9, 2020, in her home in Independence, Mo., following an illness. She was born on July 4, 1960, in Nevada, Mo., to Lovell Glen Rider and Edith Mae Rider. She married Dennis L. Smith on Jan. 1, 1994, in Deerfield, Mo...