Ivan Russell Buckman, 76 (November 29, 1930-April 18, 2007), of Marceline died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Boone Hospital, Columbia. Ivan was born November 29, 1930, in Kirksville, MO and was a resident of Linn County, MO. He was the son of Morgan Jasper and Clara Lee (Hisel) Buckman. He married Lois Evalyn Surber, April … > More >
George J. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Philemon Allen, was born Febuary 2, 1865, at Brockport, N.Y. When he was a small boy, the family moved to Kansas where he grew to manhood. He was graduated from Ottowa University and shortly afterward the family moved to Marceline.
In 1888, Mr. Allen … > More >
US Navy, 1961-1964
I was born August 8, 1943 in Chariton County, Missouri, to George and Virlea Graves Pollard. My brother Larry was one year older and I had two younger sisters, Connie Pollard Lane and Brenda Pollard Eastin.
I grew up on a farm one mile north of Indian Grove, spending 1st through 11th … > More >
Mr. Steiner was the oldest merchant at the time that he retired. He came to Marceline from Fairfield, Illinois, in January 1888 and opened a clothing store known as “The Globe” on Santa Fe Avenue for some weeks while a building (now occupied by State Bank) was being finished for his … > More >
Nearly a century ago the casualty rate among locomotive firemen was so high that very few insurance companies would insure firemen and then only at a rate that was so high as to be prohibitive considering their compensation. This resulted in many widows and orphans being left destitute.
On December 31, 1873 at Port Jervis, … > More >
Nellie Gardner, age 95, of Brookfield, died Friday, January 2, 2015, at Life Care Center in Brookfield.
A funeral service will be Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield with Pastor Don Kabel and Pastor Randy Festervand officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield. The family … > More >
