Recent Obituaries
Carol Mayfield
Sep 16, 2023
Carol Jane (Smith) Mayfield was born on September 8, 1941, to Albert and Bessie Faye (McCarty) Smith of Vanzant, Missouri. Carol passed from this life on September 16, 2023, at the age of 82 years, 1 week, and 1 day.
Carol was the youngest of nine children and was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Ival, Clovis, and Roy Smith;...
Virginia Marie Merchant
Sep 15, 2023
Virginia Marie Merchant, daughter of Junior and Carolyn (Smith) Shelton, was born May 9, 1962, in Malden, Missouri, and passed away on September 15, 2023, in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri at 61 years of age.
Virginia spent her childhood helping out on the family farm, which is probably where her love for animals began.
Virginia met the love of...
Ronny Sawyers Iii
Sep 13, 2023
Tre’ was born March 16, 1998, in Houston, Missouri, to Ronny Jr. and Jolene (James) Sawyers. On September 13, 2023, he departed this world at the age of 25 years, 5 months, and 27 days.
Tre’ spent his younger years making forever memories with his parents and two brothers, Mason and Stone, in the Norwood area. He started his love for...
Barbara J. Cooper
Sep 12, 2023
Barbara Jean Cooper, daughter of the late Vasel and Ruby (Hicks) Proctor, was born August 15, 1947, in Norwood, Missouri, and passed away September 12, 2023, with her loving husband by her side, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri, at 76 years and 28 days of age.
Barb grew up in the Champion area of Douglas County, Missouri, and...
Callie Breeann Mayville
Sep 12, 2023
Callie BreeAnn Mayville, in her short life, left a big impact.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Neil Mayville.
Callie is survived by her mother, Cheyenne Mayville, her grandmother, Christina Stout, her grandfather, Clifford Crain, her great-grandmother, Debbie Creed, her great-great-grandmother, Lois Ratterree, her uncle, Harley Dumas, and numerous other friends and family.
-Little Footprints-
How very softly
You tipped into my world,
Almost...
Byron Taylor
Sep 12, 2023
Byron Scott Taylor, son of Carroll Leamon Taylor and Virginia (Riley) Taylor, was born June 14, 1969, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life September 12, 2023, at his home near Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 54 years, 2 months, and 28 days.
He was preceded in death by his father and a great-nephew, Jaxsen.
Byron is survived by his daughter,...
Barbara Lehmann
Sep 10, 2023
Barbara Lee Lehmann, daughter of the late Marl Victor Kilgore and Ruby Zell (Parmenter) Kilgore, was born September 28, 1936, in Salmon, Idaho, and departed this life, September 10, 2023, in her home south of Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 86 years, 11 months, and 12 days.
She was united in marriage to Parley Rawlings and to this union seven...
Bob Rush
Sep 9, 2023
Bobby (Bob) Wayne Rush, age 92, died September 9, 2023, in Georgetown, Texas. He was born September 30, 1930, in Mansfield, Missouri, the son of Wayne Henderson Rush and Edna (Hance) Rush.
Bob’s childhood was spent in Mansfield, and he described the experience as “the whole town being our playground.” He and brother Charles explored the railroad yard, rode bikes, went...
Sherrie Rogers
Sep 9, 2023
Sherrie Gail Rogers, daughter of Robert Sebree, Roy and Linda (McCroskey) Rodgers, was born December 21, 1972, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She departed this life Saturday, September 9, 2023, in the Hartville Care Center, of Hartville, Missouri, at the age of 50 years, 8 months, and 19 days.
Sherrie was born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas, and later moved to Hartville,...
Ronnie Strunk
Sep 8, 2023
Ronnie Lee Strunk, son of Ova Lee and Virginia Mae (Gilley) Strunk, was born November 28, 1973, in Houston, Missouri. He departed this life September 8, 2023, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the age of 49.
Ronnie grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated with the Mountain Grove High School class of 1992. He worked for over 20 years with Hutchen’s...
Paul Harker
Sep 7, 2023
Paul William Harker, son of the late Morris and Pearl (Malone) Harker, was born October 1, 1941, in Texas County, Missouri, on a farm one mile east of Mountain Grove, and passed away September 7, 2023, in Cabool, Missouri. He was 81 years, 11 months, and 6 days of age.
Paul spent his first six school years in a one-room county...
Waneta Ellen Dickson
Sep 6, 2023
Waneta Ellen Dickson, daughter of Lonnie LeMasters and Leona (Ray) LeMasters, was born December 9, 1939, in McDonald County, Missouri, and departed this life September 6, 2023, at her home in Urbana, Missouri, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 27 days.
On February 4, 1962, she was united in marriage to Roy Dickson and to this union two...
Dale Dugger
Sep 6, 2023
Dale Dugger, son of Harry Lee and Lois Evelyn Dugger (Gann), was born November 19, 1954, in
Idaho Falls, Idaho, and departed this life on September 6, 2023, in Springfield, Missouri. He was
68 years, 9 months, and 18 days of age.
Dale graduated with the Exeter Union High School class of 1972 in Exeter, California. Dale had
great interest in sports cars, hunting, ...
Betty Hart
Sep 3, 2023
Betty Jean (McIntosh) Hart, daughter of the late Leonard and Mable (Nulle) McIntosh, was born July 30, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri, and passed away September 3, 2023, at her residence in Isabella, Missouri. She was 72 years, 1 month, and 4 days of age.
Betty attended Norwood Schools and graduated with the class of 1969. She was united in marriage...
Fannie Szura
Sep 3, 2023
Fannie Mayy Szura, 71, daughter of the late James Elmer and Caroline Mayy (Dreyer) Smith, was born September 22, 1951, in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and departed this life September 3, 2023.
Fannie moved with her family to California at the age of 5, where she grew up and attended school. She was united in marriage to James Donald Szura on September...
Paul Grover
Sep 1, 2023
Paul William Grover, 87, died Friday, September 1, 2023, at his home in Dawson, Missouri, with family by his side.
Paul was born April 4, 1936, in Roosevelt, Minnesota, to William and Helen (Johnson) Grover. He attended school in Warroad, Minnesota, where he played ice hockey. He graduated in 1954 and soon after enlisted in the US Navy. He served nearly...
Ruby Olive Johnson
Aug 31, 2023
Ruby Olive “Snookie” (Hefner) Johnson, daughter of the late Marshall Fredrick and Ruby Olive (Krause) Hefner, was born July 18, 1926, in Dodge City, Kansas, and departed this life August 31, 2023, in Hermitage, Missouri. She was 97 years, 1 month, and 13 days of age.
She was the youngest of ten children, and her dad affectionately nicknamed all of the...
Jody Tatera
Aug 31, 2023
Jody Norma Tatera, daughter of the late Norman W. and Judith M. (Ashby) Tatera, was born June 15, 1968, in Elmhurst, Illinois, and departed this life August 31, 2023, near Drury, Missouri. She was 55 years, 2 months, and 16 days of age.
Jody had a big heart and showed it by caring for others. She liked bringing people together and...
Charles Sliger, Sr.
Aug 31, 2023
Charles Winfred Sliger, Sr. was born March 19,1940, in Santa Anna, Texas, to Curtis Noble Sliger and Eunice “Mimi” Victoria (Ravenscraft) Sliger and passed away August 31, 2023, at his home in Ava, Missouri. He was 83 years, 5 months, and 12 days of age.
He married the love of his life, Mary Bernell Smelser, on July 15, 1962, in Waldo,...
Ruth Gass
Aug 30, 2023
Ruth Lena (Burgin) Gass, age 90, left this vale of tears on August 30, 2023, at Schowalter Villa in Hesston, Kansas. She was born September 15, 1932, in Ava, Missouri, to Lester Edison “Bunk” and Dortha (Burris) Burgin.
Ruth was united in marriage to Ellis Hylton Gass on June 19, 1949. The ceremony was held at the home of her parents,...
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