Obituaries

Apr 8, 2020

James Russell Messmer, age 76 of Osage Beach, Missouri passed away on April 8, 2020 in Osage Beach, Missouri.  James wishes was to be cremated and buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery at Rich Hill, Missouri, at a later date.  Service under the direction of the Heuser Funeral Home.

Mar 27, 2020

Icie Christine (Bowen) Foster, age 85, was born June 19, 1934 to Carvin T. Bowen and Clara Christine (Hill) Bowen in Wilburton, Oklahoma.  Icie attended school in Rich Hill, Missouri and this is where she would meet and marry her husband of 46 years, Kenneth “Pete” Foster.  To this union, 12 children were born.

Icie...

Mar 19, 2020

Kay Haile, age 77 of Rich Hill, Missouri passed away on March 19, 2020 after a long battle with cancer at her home.  Due to the Coronavirus (COVID 19) the family and friends will be received Saturday, March 21st from 10:00 am until service time 2:00 pm at the Heuser Funeral Home with interment following in the Green Lawn...

Mar 18, 2020

Margaret Aurelia Watson, age 92, Rich Hill, Missouri passed away on March 18, 2020 at Medicallodge of Butler.  Due to Coronavirus the family will have a private family service at 1:00 pm, Monday, March 23rd at the Heuser Funeral Home with interment in the Green Lawn Cemetery, Rich Hill.  The family suggest memorial contributions to the Rich Hill Christian...

Mar 9, 2020

Wanda Lou Weedin passed away on March 9, 2020 at her home in Rich Hill, Missouri at the age of 89 years.  She was born October 25, 1930 in Hastings, Nebraska the daughter of Robert Burl and Blossom Vadia (Jacobe) Tyler.  Wanda was united in marriage to Marion Weedin on June 26, 1949 to this union three children were...

Mar 6, 2020

Bonnie Dell Johnson, age 87, of Rich Hill, Missouri went home to be with our Heavenly Father on March 6, 2020.  Bonnie was born January 29, 1933 in Rich Hill, Missouri.  She was a life long member of the Rich Hill Christian Church and enjoyed her time in the Kern Center.  She graduated from Rich Hill High School, Class...

Mar 2, 2020

Garry A. Smith was born April 6, 1950 in Butler, Missouri, the son of Etsil and Vita Faye (Trollinger) Smith.  He passed away March 2, 2020 at his home in Rich Hill, Missouri, at the age of 69 years. Garry was a Rich Hill High School graduate of the class of 1971.  He was a farmer all his life,...

Feb 15, 2020

Mary Catherine “Cathy” Kern, 88, of Rich Hill Missouri, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Villages at Jackson Creek Memory Care Center in Independence, Missouri.

Catherine was born December 5, 1931 in Fort Scott, Kansas. She was raised on a farm south of Hume, Missouri. She graduated from Hume High School in 1949. Shortly...

Feb 9, 2020

James Arthur, "Jimi" Vest, age 79, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020.  He was born on April 12, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Arthur and Nellie Hall Vest.

Online condolences for the family can be left at www.heuserfuneralhome.com.

Feb 3, 2020

Christina Dawn Tippie was born October 18, 1973 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Curtis Sr. and Mellodee Pillpot.  She passed away on February 3, 2020 in Plano, Texas. Chris attended Rich Hill High School.  In 1992, Chris married Myron Dale Tippie in Rich Hill, Missouri. Chris was preceded in death by her father, Curtis Fillpot, Sr.; two...

Feb 2, 2020

Lester G. Nelson, age 86, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2020.  He was born on September 11, 1933 in Green County, Missouri the son of Lester G. Nelson Sr and Nala Owensby Nelson.

Online condolences can be left at www.heuserfuneralhome.com.

Jan 20, 2020

Lola Marie (Moreland) Stoner, age 82, of Nevada, Missouri passed away at her home in Nevada on January 20, 2020.  She was born on August 11, 1937 in Butler, Missouri, the daughter of Lloyd Wilson and Sally Francis (Derr) Moreland.

Lola was married to Leland “Bud” Stoner.  They owned at operated numerous businesses in the Rich Hill...

Jan 9, 2020

Song: How Great Thou Art

Welcome/Scripture

We have come today to share with Bonnie, with Phyllis, Cheryl, Kelly, Ronnie, Bob, Steve, and Mark in grieving the loss of Wayne—a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and friend.  ­­­­­­­­­­­­We have come to mourn with them, to feel with them the strong sense of separation, to share...