Obituaries

Patricia Marie Lammers (Pat), age 86, of Blackwater passed away on June 27 at Katy Manor Nursing Home in Pilot Grove, MO. Pat was born February 21, 1936 to Aloysius and Mary Felten in Clear Creek MO.

Karen Lou Entrikin, (née Scott), 74, of Columbia, MO., died on Sunday, June 19, 2022, at Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, MO. Karen was a gregarious, quickwitted and kind woman, and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Her motto was “Live simply, be kind.”

Clarence Ray Widel, 84, of Boonville passed away surrounded by his family Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at Riverdell Care Center. Visitation for Clarence will be held at Howard Funeral Home Sunday, June 26, 2022, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Bernice Genevieve “Geneva or Verna” Noble, 92, of Boonville passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Riverdell Care Center. Visitation for Bernice will be held at Howard Funeral Home Saturday, June 25, 2022, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Celebration of life will begin at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. David Mackey officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in New Franklin.

Freddie R. Lamm, son of Mildred Jean (Pfeiffer) and Henry Silas Lamm Jr., was born September 11, 1955, in Boonville, Missouri, and departed life on May 26, 2022, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas, surrounded by his loving family.

Dorothy Jean Spence, 95, of Versailles, MO, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. She was born on July 24, 1926, at New Lebanon (Cooper County) Missouri the daughter of Bennie and Flora (Leap) Spence.

Keonna Fizer, age 35 of Boonville, Missouri, and formerly of Carrollton and Norborne, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as the result of injuries sustained in an ATV accident. She was the daughter of Gerald Wayne Conner, and Jennie Lee Earp, born on May 27, 1987, in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Kenneth E. Lammers, 88, of Blackwater, passed away Saturday evening, June 4, 2022, at Lakeview Healthcare and Rehab in Boonville.

With profound sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of Ruby Lucille Shackelford Root Trefz, our loving and devoted mother, on June 1, 2022. She was 97. Prior to her death, Ruby resided in Bella Vista, Arkansas with her daughter, Paula, and husband Jim Waters.