Obituary: The Eldon Advertiser, March 1967 Dr. L. Stanley Humphreys, 42, well-known osteopathic physician-surgeon in the Miller County area, died early Sunday morning at the home in Tuscumbia after suffering a heart attack. Dr. Humphreys, who suffered the fatal attack about 4:45 a.m. Sunday, had made a house call in Eldon about midnight Saturday and became ill later Sunday morning. Dr. Humphreys' death came only 11 days after a brother, Dr. A.F. Humphreys of Kirksville, died in a Columbia hospital. A graduate of the Galt, Mo. High School and Trenton Junior College, Dr. Humphreys was graduated in 1951 from the Kirksville School of Osteopathy and Surgery. Dr. Humphreys came to Tuscumbia in 1952, and joined a brother, Dr. Marshall E. Humphreys, in operating Humphreys Hospital there. He established an Eldon office in 1960. Serving his fourth consecutive term as Miller County Coroner, Dr. Humphreys was first elected to that post in 1952. Loren Stanley Humphreys was born Oct. 30, 1924, at Galt to Marshall E. and Euna (Reger) Humphreys. He served in the Navy during World War II, from 1943-1946. On July 17, 1955, Dr. Humphreys was married at Jefferson City to Catherine Fendorf, who survives at the home. Also surviving are a son, Loren Stanley Humphreys, Jr., of the home; his mother of Galt; three brothers, Philip Humphreys of Portland, Ore., Dr. Marshall Humphreys of Tuscumbia and Dr. Alfred W. Humphreys of Knoxville, Tenn. Dr. Humphreys was preceded in death by his father in 1957, and a brother, Dr. A.F. Humphreys. Dr. Humphreys was a member of the Tuscumbia Christian Church, Hickory Hill Masonic Lodge No. 211, the Royal Arch at Eldon, Abou Ben Adhem Shrine and the Tuscumbia Lions Club. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday) at the Tuscumbia Christian Church with the Rev. A.L. Alexander officiating. Burial was in the Tuscumbia Cemetery under direction of Philips Funeral Home of Eldon. Pallbearers were Dr. Robert Murrell, Dr. Robert Mason, Bill Anson, Bill Kessler, James Harrison and LeRoy Snodgrass.