Rosanna Hale

Rosanna Hale, 69, of Blue Springs, MO passed away July 13, 2015. Funeral service 12:30pm Fri., July 17th at the McGilley & Sheil Chapel with visitation beginning at 11am. Burial following at Blue Springs Cemetery.

Rosanna was born November 27, 1945 to Frederick & Ruby Oliver in Marceline, MO. She graduated from Marceline High School … > More >

James R. Hills

James R. Hills, 72, died Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Hesperia, CA.Services were held Saturday, July 11, 2015, at Hillside Chapel. Interment was in Rose Hill Memorial Park and Mortuary, Whitter, CA.He was born November 28, 1942, in Brookfield, son of William B. and Ethel (Hall) Hills.

He graduated from Brookfield High School in 1960. … > More >

Donald Lowther

Donald Lowther, age 91, of Brookfield, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at Cameron Regional Hospital in Cameron.

A funeral Service will be Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the … > More >

Evelyn Corene Almond

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 >

The History of Marceline and its Newspapers

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 >

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