Stories from Monday, January 25, 2021

Marilyn Maxine Griffin, 81, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Neosho, Mo., following a brief illness. Marilyn was born Aug. 25, 1939, in Nevada, to George H. and Daisy (Williams) Shutters. She married Raymond Winder and to this union three children were born...

Billy Dean Scotten, 87, Nevada, Mo., went to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 22, 2021. Bill was born in rural Walker, Mo., on the 18th of November, 1933. The only child of James and Pearl Scotten, Bill joined the Army in 1952 and remained in the service until 1954...

Walter Dale Ford, 80, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo., following a brief illness. Walter was born Jan. 14, 1941, in Sheldon to George H. and Sylvia I. (Hoover) Ford. He married Mary Fern Scholes on June 14, 1964, in Sheldon, and she preceded him in death on Oct. 31, 2020...

Peggy Sue Kimzey, beloved mother and grandmother, age 73, of Lincoln, Mo., passed away on Friday evening, Jan. 22, 2021, at her home. She was born in Nevada, Mo., on Aug. 30, 1947, the daughter of Raymond and Pat Bliss. She grew up in Nevada. On May 10, 1963, she was united in marriage to Otis "Bud" Kimzey in Nevada. They made their home in Nevada, Overland Park, Kan., Spring Hill, Kan., and ultimately in the Warsaw, Mo., area. She was a home maker and worked in retail before her retirement...

Charles Richard Hinkle, 92, of Sheldon, Mo., passed away Jan. 23, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, Mo. Charles was born June 16, 1928, in Lamar, Mo., to Ralph Hamilton Hinkle and Elva Sue (Harbison) Hinkle. On Nov. 30, 1952, Charles married Joyce Katheran Tiedt in Lamar, Mo...

DeVerne Anthony Denning, 84, Nevada, Mo., died on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 29, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, in Nevada, with Father Peter Savidge officiating. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada...