The Hannibal Lectern

Obituaries

Death notices for Hannibal, Palmyra, Monroe City and the surrounding communities, with a short summary and a link to the funeral home’s own notice. Services in this area are handled by James O’Donnell Funeral Home, Smith Funeral Home & Chapel, Grand View Burial Park and, in Palmyra, Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel.

  • Death notices for Hannibal, Palmyra, Monroe City and the communities around them.

    How this folder works. The funeral homes write these notices, and the families pay for them. They are not ours to republish, so we do not — not the text, not a rewritten version of it. What you will find here is the name, the home handling the arrangements, and a link straight through to that home’s own notice, where the full obituary and the service times are kept up to date by the people who actually know them.

    Go straight to a funeral home’s listings

    • James O’Donnell Funeral Home — 302 S. 5th Street, Hannibal · (573) 221-8188 · obituary listings
    • Smith Funeral Home & Chapel — 2619 St. Mary’s Avenue, Hannibal · (573) 221-8148 · obituaries
    • Grand View Funeral Home & Burial Park — 11116 Highway 61, Hannibal · (573) 221-6313 · obituaries
    • Lewis Brothers Funeral Chapel — 424 S. Main, Palmyra · (573) 769-2233 · obituary listings

    Cemeteries, monument works and the rest of the listings are in the Funeral Homes & Cemeteries folder.

    If you are arranging a service

    Call the funeral home first; they handle the notice, the newspaper placement and the service details. If you would also like the service listed here, email news@hanniballectern.com with the name and the home handling the arrangements and we will link to their notice. There is never a charge for that.

    Wrong number, wrong address, or something missing? Email news@hanniballectern.com and it gets fixed.