In the spring of 1888, Rt. Rev. John J. Hogan of Kansas City requested Rev. Walter Tormey of Brookfield, to select lots in the new town of Marceline upon which to build a Catholic Church. Fr. Tormey secured the lots.
Rev. Thos. J. Burke came to Marceline in August, 1888 to assume duties as pastor. … > More >
In reply to an inquiry about the above subject, Mrs. Mary Miller offered this bit of information: Camp Fire Girls were active in this town in the 1930’s. Katherine Jane Mason worked with the girls during this time.
Girl Scouts began in the USA on March 12, 1912, and when we read back in the … > More >
John Samuel Hunter, 87, of Lebanon, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2015, in Cox Medical Center South, in Springfield, MO.
He was born April 11, 1928 in Marceline, Missouri, to Elmer B. and Myrtle Parker Hunter. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Hilma Jean Smelte Hunter; and a brother, Elmer … > More >
Corene Almond, age 93, of Brookfield, died Monday, February 2, 2015, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia.
A funeral service will be Friday, February 6, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield with Pastor Kelly Bodwell officiating. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery in Brookfield. Visitation will begin Thursday at 1:00 … > More >
by Hank Miller
This is my 1962 Mizzou School of Journalism term paper on Marceline’s History of newspapers. The paper covers Marceline’s first papers from 1888, until the interview with Joe Belic in 1962. It is interesting to read about the early days, the depression and War I and War II with the Santa Fe … > More >
