Obituaries

MUSCATINE, Iowa Larry Dale Porter, 81, of Muscatine went home to Jesus on Monday, February 6, 2023, at Mercy Iowa City Hospital. He was born in Mercer, MO the son of Doral and Reba Porter.

Everett Glen “Ev” Lineberry, 87, of Brookfield, Missouri, died peacefully on January 20, 2023. Ev was born on October 20, 1935, in Brookfield, Missouri to Glen and Julia (Paradise) Lineberry.

Dr. Elmer L. Kelso, a retired anesthesiologist, died on January 9 in Clifton, Texas. He was born on July 12, 1932, on a small farm in Northeast Missouri, the fourth son of Leslie Enoch and Olive Arbuckle Kelso. He had a wonderful childhood playing with hand-me-down toys under a large maple tree and romping with his older brothers, who lovingly included him in their games. He started school in a one-room schoolhouse near the family farm in Ethel, Mo., which all his brothers had previously attended. When the school closed due to a lack of pupils, he and the remaining students were transferred to the nearby Ethel school system. He graduated from Ethel High School in 1950 and enrolled in a nearby state teachers’ collegealso attended by his brothers. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from what is now Truman State University and graduated in 1957 from medical school at the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery. Dr. Kelso interned at Muskegon Osteopathic Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan, and later performed a residency in anesthesiology at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. In 1961, he began his practice in anesthesiology in Grand Prairie, Texas, at Mid-Cities Memorial Hospital (later Dallas/Ft. Worth Medical Center). He started and directed the hospital training program in anesthesiology from 1969 to 1987 and was chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology from 1976 to 1984. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine for many years. Following his retirement in 2000, he continued practicing part-time anesthesia at an outpatient surgery clinic in Grand Prairie until retiring from all practice in 2008. Dr. Kelso was past president and a life member of the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists and was made a Fellow in 1972. He became a diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesia in 1966. Other professional memberships included the American Osteopathic Association and the Texas Osteopa

Bernard “Bernie” Hodgerson, 75, of Montgomery City, Missouri, passed away Tuesday January 10, 2023, at Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, MO.