Obituaries

Belinda Ann Markworth, 67, of Higginsville, died Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City.

  Docia (Miller) Rash, 98, a resident of Columbia, Missouri, formerly of Braymer, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at South Hampton Place, Columbia, Missouri.

Duncan Scott McGregor Sr., 84, of Orrick, MO, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2021 at NorthCare Hospice House in North Kansas City, MO, surrounded by his family.

Wendy Sue (Naucke) Palmer (formerly of Richmond, MO) passed away on May 11, 2021 with her family by her side. She was born on Jan. 18, 1964 to Jerry and Ann (Marton) Naucke in Worland, Wyoming. She attended Worland High School where she was a diver for the swim team.

Katie A. Shrout, 70, of rural Rayville passed away on Monday morning, May 17, 2021 at her home. Katie was born on Nov. 27, 1950, in Kansas City to Eugene Chester Brown and Golda Mae (Green) Brown.  On Feb. 23, 1966, Katie was united in marriage to Bobby Shrout in a ceremony performed in Avondale.

Rosalee Korff (Rosy Francis), 74, passed away May 11, 2021. The daughter of John Henry and Janearl (Winfrey) Francis, she was born March 12, 1947, at Dr. Cole’s office, above Goppert Bank, in Norborne. She attended Norborne Elementary and Norborne High School, graduating in 1965.

Anita Bell Hill, 82, of Excelsior Springs passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in her home, surrounded by her family. Anita was born on March 3, 1939, to Edgar and Anna Mae McGinnis.

Robert “Bob” Ballinger, 84, of Excelsior Springs passed away Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at home following a battle for three years and eight months with multiple myeloma cancer. Bob was born on June 29, 1936, in Mill Grove, the son of Robert Carl Ballinger and Loraine Lowe Emke.

Joanne “Jan” Jackson, 95, of Richmond died Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at Oakridge Assisted Living in Richmond. Jan was born on Dec. 17, 1925, in Richmond, the daughter of Newton Paul and Nina (Clark) Hamacher.  She was united in marriage to James Donald “Don” Jackson of Richmond on Sept. 5, 1948.