All Obituaries

Betty Jo Smith, 94, a resident of Trenton, Missouri died at 5:02 P.M., Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Sunnyview Nursing Home, Trenton, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, September 23, 2023 at The First Christian Church, Trenton, Missouri. Burial will be in Harris Cemetery, Harris, Missouri. Family visitation will be held Saturday from 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. at the church. Open visitation will be Friday at Slater-Neal Funeral Home, Trenton. Memorials to...

Mrs. Ann Brinser, 84, a resident of Trenton, Missouri resident died at 9:31 P.M., Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Wright Memorial Hospital, Trenton, Missouri. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Dockery Chapel Church southwest of Trenton, Missouri. Burial of cremains will be at a later date in Maple Grove Cemetery, Trenton, Missouri.  Family visitation will be held Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. at the church.  Memorials to the...

David W. Duty,61, a resident of Hamilton, Missouri and former Trenton, Missouri died at 7:02 P.M., Sunday, September 10, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, September 17, 2023 at Resthaven Mortuary, Trenton, Missouri. He will be cremated after the service. Family visitation will be held Sunday, from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the mortuary. Open visitation will be Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. also at the mortuary. Memorials to the David Duty...

James (Jim) Brown a 93 year old Trenton Mo resident, passed away at 2:15 a.m., Thursday, September 7, 2023 at his residence, where he was under hospice care.  Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 9, 2023 at Resthaven Memorial Gardens of Trenton.  Open viewing will be from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Friday and from 9:00 a.m. until service time Saturday at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton.  Memorial donations are suggested to St. Jude’s...

Alberta Ruth Ellsworth passed away on September 1st, 2023 at Villages of Jackson Creek, Independence, Missouri.  She had been a resident there for 15 months. Ruth was born at home near Modena, to Edward and Jessie Walls Ellsworth. She attended the Bain grade school and Princeton High School.  She was a member of the Spickard Assembly of God Church and spent over 25 years coordinating the Oats bus for north Missouri. Ruth loved her family and friends as well as gardening, all...

Mr. Paul E. Stith, 65, a resident of Trenton, Missouri died at 5:43 P.M., Friday, September 1, 2023 at Wright Memorial Hospital, Trenton, Missouri. His body was cremated under the direction of Slater-Neal Funeral Home, Trenton, Missouri. A celebration of life will be held later. Mr. Stith was born December 5, 1957 at Chillicothe, Missouri the son of Jay E. and Ramah E. Head Stith. He was veteran of the U.S. Marines. He had been employed by Still Construction of Chillicothe, Missouri. His...

Mr. Ronald Frank Cooper, 90, a resident of Trenton, Missouri died at 1:30 A.M., Monday, August 28, 2023 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, September 1, 2023 at South Evans Christian Church northeast of Trenton, Missouri. Burial will be in South Evans Cemetery. Family visitation will be held Friday from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. at the church. Open visitation will Thursday from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M at Slater-Neal Funeral Home, Trenton,...

Phyllis King, a 75 year old Liberty, MO resident, passed away at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, August 27, 2023 at her daughter’s residence in Liberty where she was under hospice care. A visitation is scheduled from 6:00 P.M. until 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, September 5, 2023  at Providence Baptist Church in Kansas City, MO.  Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at The Tenth Street Baptist Church in Trenton.  There will be a visitation from 1:00 until service...

Glenn Thorne, an 88 year old Trenton resident passed away at 12:46 p.m., Friday, August 25, 2023 at Sunnyview Nursing home in Trenton. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton.  A visitation is scheduled from 10 until service time.  After the services he is to be cremated with inurnment at a later date in Resthaven Memorial Gardens of Trenton.  Memorial donations are suggested to Three Rivers Hospice and may be...

Keith Potter, 90, a resident of Trenton, Missouri died at 4:11 A.M., Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at his residence. Lawrence “Keith” Potter was born November 22, 1932 in Green City, Missouri the son of Lawrence Kenneth and Erma Jean Smith Potter. On November 6, 1950 he was married to June Rosenstangle in Arkansas. He attended Trenton High School. and later graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in accounting from Kirksville College, Kirksville, Missouri. He was veteran of the...