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Renie	Laddonia Herald. Dec. 22,1898 Joseph Renie, near Benton City took suddenly ill last Sunday with neuralges of the heart and died the following day. He leaves a wife and six children. The funeral was preached by Rev. I. F. Lusk of Mexico. Contributed by Cheryl Oberhaus-no relation-no other information
Reeves	Raymond Rives LADDONIA - Raymond Clifford Rives, 57, of Montgomery City, died at 6:44 p.m., Monday, Aug. 22, 2005, at Forest Park Hospital in St. Louis.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Bienhoff Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will be held in the Farber Cemetery. contributed by Ronald Surlock
Riggs	Harlin Riggs Dies Saturday Services for Harlin Gregory Riggs, 66, of Center, have been set for Tuesday at the Wilkey Funeral Home in Center. The Rev. Arthur Ridge will officiate and burial will be in Olivet Cemetery at Center. Pallbearers will be Mike and Gary Couch, David and Gary Krigbaum, Michael Stuart and Barney Egbert. Mr. Riggs, a retired employee of C.E. Refractories at Vandalia, died Saturday at Levering Hospital in Hannibal. He was a veteran of World War II. He was born March 15, 1918, in Monroe County, a son of William Moore and Abbie Shearer Riggs. He married Patsy A. Hickerson on Feb. 25, 1949 at Ashley. She survives. Other survivors are five sons, Edwin, in Belgium with the USAF, Todd of St. Louis, Wade, Dane and Mark at home; three daughters, Mary Riggs of North Carolina, Sarah and Ruth Riggs at home; three grandchildren; and a sister, Mary C. Riggs at Twain Haven Nursing Home in Perry. (Mexico Ledger 1985) Ida Hepler
Rutter	From The Mexico Weekly Ledger, Thurs., Jan. 25, 1883: "Died, of pneumonia, Jan. 2nd, 1883, at his residence at Thompson Station, Audrain county, Missouri, Henry C. Rutter, in the thirty-third year of his age. The deceased was born in Adams county, Illinois, October 7, 1850, and moved with his father, H. F. Rutter. to this county in 1866 , where he has since resided. He was a carpenter, and had worked at his trade for the past ten years; and although he did not enjoy good health, being afflicted with the heart disease, yet he steadily pursued his work with great zeal. He was sociably and generous, and commanded the respect of all who knew him. His disease from the first was of the most malignant form, and seemed to yield but little to medical treatment, when, in the course of several days, it ended in his death. During his last sickness, he manifested great patience and fortitude, not a word of complaint being heard from him.