Stories from Monday, November 9, 2020

By Sarah Haney Daily Mail Editor The Nevada High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) program, in conjunction with the NHS Student Council, will host a Veterans Day program Wednesday at 10:15 a.m., in the Ella Maxwell Performing Arts Center at the Nevada High School...

Dodson L.”Sonny” Crooks, 88, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. Sonny was born July 13, 1932, in Garland, Mo., the son of Denver Marshell and Lula May (Middaugh) Crooks. He was united in marriage to Helen May Davis on June 29, 1951, and she preceded him in death on Jan. 30, 2002. He married Frances LaVerne (Phillips) Bobbett on June 15, 2003, and she survives of the home...

Virginia Lillian Godwin, 58, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, at Cass Regional Hospital in Harrisonville, Mo. Virginia was born on Jan. 30, 1962, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Stanley Lewis and Helen Joan (Pettibon) Schnichels. Virginia’s parents passed away when she was around 4 years old and she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Norval and Ann Schnichels, in the Fort Scott area. She graduated from Fort Scott High School and for a period of time worked as a caregiver...

Dale Laverne Brockmeyer, 89, of Nevada died Nov. 7, 2020, at the Barone Alzheimer Care Center. He was born June 16, 1931, in Burlington, Colo., the son of Henry Brockmeyer and Meta Fasse Brockmeyer. Dale graduated from high school in Burlington, attended Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, received his bachelor’s degree at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, and his master’sdegree from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, with a grant from the National Science Foundation...

Ray Darrell Lukenbill, 88, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, at the Kansas City Hospice House following a lengthy illness. Ray was born May 28, 1932, in rural Appleton City, St. Clair County, Mo., to Ray and Glenna (Muchmore) Lukenbill. He was united in marriage to Darlene Davis on July 4, 1952, in Butler, Mo., and she survives of the home...