Obituaries – Wednesday, January 26th, 2022

Funeral services for Jerry French of Rolla, age 87, will be today at 2:00 at the Rolla Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Interment will be in the Rolla City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Rolla Lions Club Foundation.

Funeral services for Judy Kathleen Ellis of St. James, age 78, will be Thursday morning at 7:30 at the James and Gahr Mortuary St. James Chapel. Visitation will be tonight from 5:00 until 7:00. Interment will be in the St. James Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Ellis Family Great-Grandchildren College Fund.

A graveside service for Leota Courtney of Springfield, formerly of Raymondville, age 97, will be held on Thursday morning 11:00 at the Friendship Cemetery in Raymondville. All the arrangements are under the direction of the Fox Funeral Home in Licking.

Funeral services for Floyd Willard Hogue of Rolla, age 70, will be Thursday at noon at the Rolla Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be Thursday from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Adams Cemetery in Rolla. Memorials may be made to the American Kidney Fund.

A funeral mass for Josephine Dewandel of Rolla, age 93, will be held Friday morning at 11:00 the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Rolla. Visitation will be from 10:00 until service time at the church. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Jennings, Missouri. Memorials may be made to the St. Patrick Catholic Church or to the charity of your choice. All the arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary in Rolla.

Graveside services for Martha Louise Stumpf of Rolla, age 96, will be held Friday at 3:00 at the High Gate Baptist Cemetery in High Gate. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of St. James.

Funeral services for James “Jim” Gilbert Smarko of Lenox, age 81, will be Saturday morning at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be from 10:00 until service time. Burial will follow in the Edgar Springs Cemetery.

Funeral services for Rebecca Sue Hart of Vichy, age 73, will be Saturday morning at 11:00 at the St. James Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be Friday evening from 5:00 until 7:00.  Burial will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery.  Memorials are suggested to the charity of the donors choice.

A Celebration of Life service for James “Leon” Wilkinson of Leasburg, formally of Steelville, age 76, will be Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville with full military honors. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time.

Graveside services for James “Jim” Snodgrass of Steelville, age 98, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the Snodgrass Cemetery in Vienna, MO. All the arrangements are under the direction of the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville.