Mary Ann Dent, 67, Odessa, died Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at the home in Odessa, MO. Memorial services were held Sunday, October 23, at the Ralph O. Jones Chapel.

Georgia Mae Hartsell, age 83 of Butler, Missouri died Friday, October 21, 2005 at Camden Health Care in Harrisonville, Missouri. Funeral services were October 24, 2005 at the Showengerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler.

Dorothy Belle Pruden, 76, Butler, MO, passed away on October23, 2005 at the Bates County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 29, 2005 at the Underwood-Brandtonies Funeral Home, with a visitation starting at 10:00 a.m.

Mildred Louise Kauffman Shaffer died August 18, 2005 at Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, California. Graveside memorial services were held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday October 27, 2005 at West Point Cemetery, rural Amsterdam, Missouri.

John William "Bill" Gillis, 71, Archie, MO, died Monday, October 24, 2005 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 29 at the Atkinson Chapel, Adrian, MO.