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     Olan Leon "Speck" Courter was buried at Saint Joseph Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri.^2,3 He was born on August 20, 1920 at Coffey, Daviess Co., Missouri.² He married Maxine Bozarth on October 17, 1942 at Joplin, Jasper Co., Missouri.^2,6 Olan Leon "Speck" Courter died on July 25, 2007 at St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., Missouri, at age 86.² He Olan Leon "Speck" Courter, 86, St. Joseph, Mo., died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at his home with his family at his bedside. Olan was born Aug. 20, 1920, in Coffey, Mo., to Ethel and Norval Courter. He was graduated from Coffey High School in 1938 and was on the basketball team. He served honorably and with pride in the United States Army during World War II. He married Maxine Bozarth on Oct. 17, 1942. She preceded him in death Aug. 8, 1991. Olan, and his wife, Maxine farmed in Coffey and in Pattonburg, Mo., until retiring to St. Joseph in 1981. He loved his yard, vegetable garden and his family in his retirement. Mr. Courter also was preceded in death by his parents, Norval M. and Ethel M. (Gardner) Courter; and brother, Henry Courter. Survivors: daughters, twins, Karen Willits, and husband, Tom, Easton, Mo; and Sharon Bushbom, and husband, Tom, Maysville, Mo; and Patty Dull, and husband, Gary, Kansas City, Mo; son, Richard (Pat) Peck, Plano, Texas; 13 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; four sisters-in-law; two brothers-in-law; and several nieces and nephews. Service: 1 p.m. Saturday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, St. Joseph. Interment: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Darren Peck, Richard Dull, Kevin Dull, Ed Cook, Jerry Courter and Tom Fanning. Honorary pallbearers are Merlin Carstenson and Bill Marcell. The family suggests memorial gifts to Hands of Hope Hospice or Culbertson United Methodist Church, Stewartsville, Mo. on July 26, 2007.²

     Nolan Herbert Everly was buried at Coffey Cemetery, Coffey, Daviess Co., Missouri.¹ His Social Security Number was 497-40-5505.⁶ He was born on June 12, 1916 at Pattonsburg, Daviess Co., Missouri.^1,6,3 He married Annetta Irene Salmon on December 24, 1937 at Bethany, Harrison Co., Missouri.² Nolan Herbert Everly died on July 20, 1991 at Missouri at age 75.^1,6,2

     John Thomas Scott was buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas.² He was born on June 29, 1890 at Daviess Co., Missouri.² He married Dora Hazel Iddings, daughter of George Anderson Iddings and Minnie Myrtle Stitt, before 1914.^3,1 John Thomas Scott and Dora Hazel Iddings were divorced before February 2, 1920.³ John Thomas Scott died on July 17, 1966 at Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas, at age 76.^1,2

     Helen V. Englehart was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery, Gallatin Township, Daviess Co., Missouri.³ Her Social Security Number was 487-12-2714.⁴ Her married name was Louden.³ She married Thurlow A. Louden.³ Helen V. Englehart was born on February 9, 1912 at Missouri.^1,4 She died on March 18, 1996 at Arizona at age 84.⁴

     Genola L. Englehart was born on March 5, 1914 at Missouri.^2,3 She died on March 24, 2006 at age 92.³

     His Social Security Number was 169-10-3161.³ Richard Cromwell Cunningham married Helen Unknown.⁴ Richard Cromwell Cunningham was born on May 14, 1911 at Missouri.^3,2 He died on November 9, 1993 at Los Angeles Co., California, at age 82.^2,3