Virgil Duncan
Virgil Allen Duncan, 83 of Mexico, died at 11:15 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Audrain Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Arnold Funeral Home with Dr. David Leslie officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park.
Virgil was born April 5, 1926 in Higbee, the son of Charles Arnold and JoElla (Sharp) Duncan. On May 17, 1947 in Moberly, he married Mary Sylvia Gravitt. She survives.
Mr. Duncan was a member of Kentucky Road Christian Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served from 1944-1946. Virgil had owned and operated the Duncan Conoco Station, delivered fuel for the Co-Op and was a security guard for several places.
In addition to his wife, Sylvia, he is survived by four children, Larry A. Duncan and wife, Theresa, of New Florence, Ronald L. Duncan of Mexico, Brenda F. Deppe and husband, Steve, of Mexico and Kevin W. Duncan and wife, Krista, of Mexico; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and one brother, Billie Gene Duncan of Mexico.
Virgil was preceded in death by one sister, Virginia Mae Perkins and three brothers, Roscoe Warren Duncan, Edward Arnold Duncan and Samuel Lee Duncan.
Memorials may be made to the Missouri Veteran’s Home, Kentucky Road Christian Church or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Condolences may be left online at www.arnoldfh.com

Leo Schafer
Leo Albert Schafer, 91 of Martinsburg, died at 3:20 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Audrain Medical Center, Mexico.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Martinsburg, with Father Greg Oligschlaeger officiating. Margie Wieberg will serve as organist. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Martinsburg. Visitation will be held today from 6-8 p.m. at Myers Funeral Home, Wellsville, with the rosary being recited at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Schafer was born Jan. 21, 1918 in Martinsburg, the son of Charles Joseph Schafer and Elizabeth Theresa Fennewald Schafer.
He was a self-employed farmer. He had lived at his current residence since 1973 and was a lifelong resident of Martinsburg with the exception of 5 years he spent in Quincy, Ill. working on a farm. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, joining in 1943 and the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Martinsburg.
Survivors include two sisters, Agnes Mary Elizabeth Schafer, Martinsburg, and Sister Verona Schafer, St. Louis; brothers and sisters-in-law, Edmund William “Ed” Schafer, Martinsburg, Paul Charles and Beatrice “Betty” Schafer, Martinsburg, and Ruth Clare “Toots” Schafer, Martinsburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mathilda Mary Schafer and Sister Mary Martha Schafer; and two brothers, Joseph Adolph Schafer and John Clarence Schafer.
Memorials may be made to the St. Joseph School Trust or Masses c/o Myers Funeral Home, 203 East Bates Street, Wellsville., MO 63384.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.myersfuneralhome.biz

Margarette Bradley
Margarette Marie Bradley, 86, of St. Louis, died at 6:51 a.m., Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Golden Living Center/Gamma Road Lodge in Wellsville.
There will be no services.
Arrangements were under the direction of Myers Funeral Home, Wellsville.

John Mudd
John Wilson Mudd, 95, of Columbia, formerly of Center, died at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Lenoir Woods Care Center, Columbia.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. William Catholic Church in Perry. Burial will be in Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal.
Visitation is from 8:30-9:30 a.m., Wednesday at the Bienhoff Funeral Home in Center.

Claribelle Shaw
Claribelle Shaw, 81, Centralia, Sunday, June 28, 2009, at the Moberly Nursing & Rehab in Moberly.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Oliver Funeral Home in Centralia.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Christina Wyss
Christina Marie Wyss, 32, of Mexico, died Wednesday evening, June 24, 2009, as a result of injuries from an auto accident.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Pickering Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.