Obituaries

Feb 6, 2021

Doris D. (Haverich) Pease, age 87, of Vandalia, MO passed away at 9:20 am Saturday, February 6, 2021, with her family by her side at her daughters home in Bluffs, IL.  

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Mount Olivet Church. Rev. Dr. Raymond I. Massey II and Rev. Dr. Robert H. Balwanz will...

Feb 1, 2021

Alma Doris Fern (Terry) Price, age 82, of Columbia, MO, formerly of Farber, MO passed away Monday, February 1, 2021 at 2:55 am while residing at South Hampton Place Nursing Home.

A visitation celebrating the life of Alma Doris Fern Price will be held Monday, February 8, 2021 starting at 12 pm.  Funeral services are to follow beginning at 1...

Jan 30, 2021

Mary Eloise Nelson, age 78, of Vandalia, MO passed away at 9:30 am Saturday, January 30, 2021, at her home.  

Funeral services will be held at 6:00 pm Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Waters Funeral Home. Pastor Jamie Franke will officiate. 

A visitation celebrating the life of Mary Eloise Nelson will be held at 4:00 pm until the time of...

Jan 27, 2021

Delores A. Love, age 78, of Harrison, AR passed away at 10:19 pm Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison, AR.  

Due to Covid-19 a small family funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Friday, February 5, 2021 at the Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia. Pastor Bob Hoehn will officiate. Burial will be in...

Jan 16, 2021

Jan 8, 2021

Renee I. Horton, age 66, of Curryville, MO passed away at 5:38 am Friday, January 8, 2021, at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.  

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia. Father Francis Doyle will officiate. Burial with full military honors provided by the...

Jan 1, 2021

Donald (Donnie) Gale Chatman, age 58, of Vandalia, MO passed away at 2:25 pm Friday, January 1, 2021, at University Hospital in Columbia, MO.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, January 9, 2021 at the First Baptist Church of Vandalia. Pastor Samual Lee will officiate.  Burial will be in the Vandalia Cemetery following the service. 

A visitation...

Dec 31, 2020

Bonny Askey, age 74, of Monroe City, MO passed away at 8:52 am Thursday, December 31, 2020, at her home.  

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at the First Baptist Church of Monroe City. Brother Milton Baumgardner will officiate.  Burial will be in the Vandalia Cemetery following the service.  The service will be...

Dec 19, 2020

Veta R. Trower, age 86, of Farber, MO passed away at 3:36 pm Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Tri-County Care Center in Vandalia.  

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia. Pastor Bob Hoehn will officiate. Burial will be in the Farber Cemetery following the service.

The family asks...

Dec 8, 2020

Roy Edward Toppings, Jr., age 57, of Bowling Green, MO passed away at 4:40 pm Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital in Lake Saint Louis, MO.  

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Monday, December 14, 2020 at Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia, MO. Pastor Gene Hamilton will officiate. Burial will be in the...

Dec 6, 2020

Eldon Wayne Gessman, age 78, of Vandalia, MO passed away at 2:46 am Sunday, December 6, 2020, at the Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri. 

The family will host a memorial service at a later date.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia, Missouri. 

Eldon was born on January 25, 1942, in Eolia, Missouri...

Nov 25, 2020

Colleen Wright, 93, a lifelong resident of Hannibal, MO died at 11:00 pm Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at the Tri-County Care Center in Vandalia, MO where she had resided in assisted living for the last six years.  

Private family services were held at 1:30 pm on Monday, November 30, 2020 at the Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia. Pastor Brian...

Nov 17, 2020

Martha Grace McDaneld, age 89, of Centralia, MO passed away at 1:46 pm Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at University Hospital in Columbia, MO.  

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Waters Funeral Home. Pastor Jamie Franke will officiate. Burial will be in the Vandalia Cemetery following the service.

A visitation celebrating the...

Nov 5, 2020

Vicki L. Wyble, age 69, of Farber, MO passed away at 8:10 am Thursday, November 5, 2020, at Pin Oaks Living Center in Mexico, MO.

No services are planned at this time.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia, MO.

Vicki was born on February 7, 1951, in Mexico, Missouri the daughter of Walter...

Nov 4, 2020

Donna M. Watson, age 68, of Louisiana, MO formerly of Vandalia, MO passed away at 4:20 pm Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at Maple Grove Lodge Nursing Home in Louisiana, MO.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Monday, November 9, 2020 at the Waters Funeral Home. Brother Tim Bizelli of New Hope Apostolic Church in Louisiana, MO will officiate....

Oct 30, 2020

Alice Faye Breneman Paris, 81, was born at the family home on March 13, 1939 to Glenn and Annie Estella ( Johnston) Breneman. She went to be with the Lord at 2:30 pm Friday, October 30, 2020 at her home with family by her side. 

The family will hold a private service at Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia, MO at...

Oct 17, 2020

 

Kennard G. McPike, age 59, of Cedar Rapids, IA passed away at 2:56 am Saturday, October 17, 2020, due to the results of an automobile accident.  

A memorial service will be held 1:00 pm Friday, October 23, 2020, at the Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia.  Rev. Melvin McCaleb will officiate.

The service will be able to be viewed via...

Oct 13, 2020

June Ann Hopkins, age 80, of Vandalia, MO passed away at 4:20 am Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at her home surrounded by her loving family.  

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the Waters Funeral Home in Vandalia. William (Terry) Hopkins will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Bowling...

Oct 8, 2020

Albert Larry Clark, 70, of Vandalia, MO went home to be with our Lord at 5:31 pm Thursday, October 7, 2020 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, October 17, 2020 at the First Baptist Church of Vandalia. Bishop Frank Douglas will officiate. Burial will be in the Vandalia Cemetery...