3.12.2023 family news

letter from Aunt Mary dated 2/13/23 Cousin Cathy Lynn called, left a message last Wed that our first cousin ROY LEE RILLING died the night before. Roy spent the summer of 1952 with us on the farm, I was 12 and he was 18). he and his wife and baby Debbie came back for a visit and brought Aunt Anna (I think fall of '55). his daughter Deb has daughter Aly.

Freeda's great granddaughter Alexis recently had a baby boy. I think Alexis just recently got married and her great grandpa Jerry officiated.

John Ross Axsom

John Ross Axsom

September 9, 1980 - February 25, 2023

John Ross Axsom, 42, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023. He was born in Trenton, MO on September 9, 1980 to Benard C. and Janet M. (Brown) Axsom.

John graduated from Princeton High School in 1999. He was a dispatcher/jailer for the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department, then a corrections officer with the Adair County Sheriff’s Department prior to promotion to Jail Administrator in 2009. John was an instructor for the Missouri Sheriff’s Association and a member of their Jail Standards Committee since 2013 and their Jail Administrator Committee. John was named the 2019 Missouri Sheriff’s Association Jail Administrator of the year.

John enjoyed camping, floating, fishing, fixing things, and caring for his pets.

John is survived by his mother Janet Axsom of Trenton; sister Deb (Kevin) Dailey of Mercer; sister Lisa (Tom) Butler of Vichy; sister Brenda Axsom (fiancé Kerry Dauma) of Lexington; aunts; an uncle; and assorted nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and a great-nephew. Also surviving is Jacob Walton and many close friends.

John was preceded in death by his father, Bernard Axsom.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville.

Memorial donations are suggested to the Adair County Humane Society and may be left at or mailed to Travis-Noe Funeral Home, P.O. Box 306, Kirksville, MO 63501.

It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we inform you of the death of our colleague and friend, John Axsom, who passed away on February 25, 2023 . John started his employment here at the Adair County Missouri Sheriff's Office and Detention Center in 2005 as a Correctional Officer. He was promoted to Jail Administrator/Director in 2009. Funeral Services are pending. We will all miss him more than words can express.

old pictures.

me, Mom, Katie, and KJ at some school function holding down bleachers....

Koren & I visiting with sister-in-law Nanci and baby Jon.

Zerelda trying on the Hulk Princess dress I made her...

me and Kevin test driving the Highlander.

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family news from Aunt Mary. she has become the unofficial historian since the passing of Grandma Pauline, who wrote many many letters to everyone she knew, keeping track of who was sick, getting married,

having a baby, moving, etc. 12-16-2022 she told me that cousin Nancy had a stroke. (cousin Virginia called to tell her).I've unfollowed the majority of my friends on FB so didn't know, when I put this info in The Axsom Kids group chat, Lisa had seen it on FB, maybe Brenda, too. anyway, anytime anyone younger than me has a heart attack or a stroke or dies, I pay attention. cause we're all just living on borrowed time. and cousin Mona bought her parents house.

todays letter dated 12-29-2022 said her cousin Roy Lee is in skilled nursing car. And she'd received a message from David Andrew, Karen's (Aunt Kate and Uncle Junior's daughter) husband, telling her he had something to tell her that she needed to know, and asking her to return call. she didn't have # so called her sister, they had Karen's #, Aunt Mary called, left a message. no return call. David called a second time and left a land line message and left his phone #. Aunt Mary called and left him a message. this was before calling F&J again on Tuesday evening. then her cell phone rang and F& J had got hold of David, Karen died of pnuemonia around supper time on Dec. 23. think she was born in 1957. she was born on Grandma Shafer's birthday, September 23.

Aunt Kate will be 96 (?) New Years Day and has outlived 4 of her 7 children.

her father (Alfred) raised cane molasses when they lived north of Cainsville. at the proper time he cut it, took it to be made into molasses somewhere east of Bethel Church on Rt.B, NE of Saline. when ready, our family went by horse and wagon to the mill. Aunt Mary was probably around 7-8. had a picnic lunch on a church lawn which had outhouses. at that time, the road past Aunt Bessie's old homestead (where I got stuck on our adventurous day) was still in use past our house over to Pea Ridge. whle at the mill, alongside a creek with a hoist uphill to transport cane or the molasses it spooked our horses (it was like a zip line set up). mom would heat molasses to spread on homemade biscuits. Yummy.!