Obituaries – Friday, June 27th 2025

Funeral Services for Timothy Wayne Flannery, age 66, will be held at 11:00 this morning in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00 in the morning until service time. Memorial Contributions may be made in memory of Timothy Flannery and left with Wilson Mortuary.

Celebration of Life services for Georgia Margaret Lucero of Rolla, age 105, will be at 5:00 this evening in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be from 4:00 until service time.

Funeral services for Louie Elmer Stagner of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Salem, age 79, will be held at 1:00 Saturday afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 11:00 Saturday morning until service time in the Wilson Mortuary chapel. Burial with Full Military Honors will be in the Green Forest Cemetery. 

Funeral Services for Larry Glen Sensintaffar, age 89, formerly of Salem, will be held at 1:00 Saturday afternoon, at the Salem United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held from 10:00 in the morning until service time. Burial with Military Honors will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions may be made to Greater St. Louis Honor Flight or Samaritan’s Purse. All arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Mortuary of Salem.


Memorial service for Jim Stephens of Licking, age 84, will be Saturday, at 2:00 at the Licking United Methodist Church. Visitation will start at 1:00. Memorial contributions are suggested to the New Hope Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fox Funeral Home in Licking.

Funeral Services for Joyce Gray, age 77 of Salem, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held at noon until service time. Burial will be in the Green Forest Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to Green Forest Cemetery Maintenance Fund and left with Wilson Mortuary.

Celebration of Life Service for William “Bill” Benford Major, Jr. will be Monday at 10:00 at the Steelville Presbyterian Church. Visitation will start at 9:00. Inurnment Service will be at 2:30 Monday at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Memorials may be given in lieu of flowers to the Steelville Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home, Steelville.

A Funeral Mass for Paul Gene Wilson of Salem, age 64, will be held at 8:30 Monday morning at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 Monday morning in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. All arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary of Salem.

Graveside Services for Eula Maxine Wilson of Salem, age 96, will be Monday at 10:00 at the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. All arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary of Salem.

Funeral Services for Beverly “Bev” Lynn (Farrar) Drury, age 67, of Salem will be held at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, July 1st in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial to follow in the Dry Fork Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11:00 in the morning until time of service. Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Funeral Services for Davie Lee Biele, Sr., will be Tuesday at 1:00 at the Salem Chapel of James & Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the North Lawn Cemetery.