Obituaries – Tuesday, December 29th, 2020

Funeral services for Richard Gary Smith of Salem, age 81 will be this afternoon at 2:00 at the Salem chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Interment with military honors will be in the North Lawn Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Spring Creek Golf Club and Salem Masonic Lodge #225 AF and AM.

Funeral services for Sam Gorman of Licking, age 65, will be held Wednesday morning at 11:00 at the Salem Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 this evening. Interment will be in the Patterson Cemetery at a later date.

Funeral services for Lola Ruth Clark of Salem, age 93, will be Wednesday at 1:00 at the Null and Son Funeral Home in Rolla. Visitation will also be Wednesday from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Upper Morrison Cemetery at Cook Station. Memorials are suggested to the Bible Impact Ministries.

Funeral services for Billy Joe Parker of Salem, age 60, will be held at 1:00 Thursday at the Salem Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be held Thursday from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.

A memorial gathering for Corey Austin Purcell of Rolla, formerly of Salem, age 25, will be held Thursday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem.

Memorial services for Garnold “George” Lynn Freeze of Salem, age 87, will be held at 11:00 Saturday morning at the Salem Full Gospel Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shepherd’s Nook Food Pantry. All the arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Mortuary of Salem.

A Funeral Mass for Louis Joseph Nothaus of Salem, age 82, will be held at 11:00 Saturday morning at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 8:00 Friday evening in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial will be Saturday in the North Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the B. Oscar Brown Scholarship Fund.