Obituaries

Roger Donald Riley (Don to his friends and Boompa to his grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and their friends), was born Aug. 29, 1926, and peacefully passed away on Jan. 18, 2026 at the age of 99.

Elsie Elaine (Klussman) Tieman, age 90 of Higginsville, formerly of Corder, died on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, at the Meyer Care Center in Higginsville.

Robert “Robbie” Allen Hemme, 55, of Concordia, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, surrounded by his family.

Donald “Don” Ray Holloway, 89, of Richmond, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2026, at his home.

Sharen Louise (Edwards) Green, 83 of Odessa, Missouri passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2026, surrounded by family.

Jan Marie Blankenship, 72, of Camden, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City.

Lorene (Fischer) Reyna has gone home to our dear Lord, on Monday, January 26, 2026. She was born, the youngest of four children, (Martin, Kate, and Mickey) in a rural Missouri farmhouse in Dover, Missouri on December 24, 1927. She, together with her siblings, attended school in a one room schoolhouse. She eventually left the farm to attend Nurses Training in Kansas City, Missouri. It was there she met her husband of 35 years, Bill Reyna, MD. After starting their family in Kansas City, they relocated to Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised their five children, Robert Reyna of Round Rock, TX, Mary Margaret Lynch and the late (Michael) of AK, Karen Schaefer-Mills (Jim) of Corpus Christi, TX, Michael Reyna (Karen) of Pflugerville, TX, and Ronald Reyna (Kathy) of Elk Grove, CA. Services will be held at a later date. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Stewart-Hoefer Funeral Home and online condolences may be made to the family at www.stewarthoeferfuneralhome. co m

Curtis Lee Dieckmann, 68, of Sibley, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2026.

March 19, 1935-January 27, 2026 Elsie Elaine (Klussman) Tieman, age 90 of Higginsville, formerly of Corder, died on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at the Meyer Care Center in Higginsville. Born Tuesday, March 19, 1935 in Corder, she was the daughter of August William & Elsie Elizabeth (Pragman) Klussman.