Stories from Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Juanita E. Crane, 90, formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at St. Luke's Nursing Center, in Carthage, Mo., following a brief illness. She was born on Dec. 11, 1922, in WaKeeney, Kan., to Guy O. McEldowney and Ethel Grace Tinsley McEldowney. She married Thomas Crane on Oct. 8, 1969, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on Nov. 19, 1995...

On Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, Roberta Joan King Martin finished her adventure and labors in this life and returned home to be with her sweetheart, in our Father's Kingdom. Daughter of Earl Robert King and Lela Hazel White King, Bobbie was born in Bremerton, Wash., on Sept. 22, 1932. She married George Dewey Martin Jr. in 1950 and went on to build their family, living in and around Bellingham, Wash., for 53 years. Early in their marriage, they spent two years in Toledo, Ohio...

Ricky Dale Hemphill, 57, of Moundville, passed away Nov. 10, 2013, at his home, after a lengthy illness. He was born May 2, 1956, in Joplin, Mo., the son of Earl Eugene and Phyllis Jean (Moffet) Hemphill. On May 2, 2008, he was united in marriage to Leslie Dale O'Sullivan, in Arkansas, and she survives of the home...

Nancy Jane DeVan, 81, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, at her home in Bentonville, Ark., following an illness of several months. Nancy was born Feb. 9, 1932, in Omaha, Neb., to Lester S. Hagerman and Grace (Tucker) Hagerman. On Sept. 8, 1956, she was married in Omaha to John W. DeVan...

Sondra K. Dirks, 63, Overland Park, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Merriam, Kan., following a lengthy illness. She was born July 31, 1950, in Catron, Mo., to Claude Otis Landis and Mavis June Sanders Landis. She married Adhn Dirks on Nov. 7, 1970, in Prairie Village, Kan., and he preceded her in death on May 9, 1997...

He started holding her hand on a beach in California when they were 16 years old. He held her hand for 58 years and he held her hand the night she went to heaven. John and Carmen Shuler started their adventures together in Ukiah, Calif. They had three children: Karen, Linda, and Jim. When the kids were in high school, they moved to Dupuyer, Mont., where they had a sprawling ranch and ran a general store. In retirement they lived in Arizona, Colorado, and finally Missouri...

Nevada Daily Mail This time around the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce held its monthly luncheon at the country club Friday with the lunch provided by the country club, and the guest speaker Nevada Daily Mail's publisher Floyd Jernigan. Aimee Meyer presided over the meeting in the absence chamber of commerce president Dr. Ron Schowengerdt and chamber of commerce executive director Jennifer Eaton presented opening remarks...

Nevada Daily Mail Blue Tip Missouri Energy Inc., with its affiliate BTM Heavy Oil, L.L.C., with operations from Deerfield to Bourbon County, Kan., is expanding its presence. The announcement came in a press release on developments in the company's 1.6 billion barrel OOGIP assets located in the Bourbon Arch Basin, near Nevada that spans Vernon County and a portion of Bourbon County, Kan...

Special to the Daily Mail Hidden in plain sight amongst a long list of names engraved on the Veterans Memorial on the Vernon County Courthouse lawn is that of Navy Lt. Donald Allan Innis. This young Nevadan was one of many soldiers who gave their lives in the service of the United States during World War II. Memories of these brave servicemen are fading away with the passing of those who can remember them in life, but their sacrifice can never be forgotten...