Recent Obituaries
Cynthia L. Behm
Jul 21, 2017
Cynthia (Cindy) Leeattis Behm, 48, of Mountain Grove, passed away Friday, July 21, 2017, in Clarksville, Tennessee. She was born on March 31, 1969, in Peoria, Illinois. Cindy is survived by her husband, Ernest Behm, of 27 years, her 3 children, Rebecca Soares (David) of North Dakota, Devan Fullington of Mountain Grove, and E.J. Behm of Mississippi, her 3 grandchildren,...
Rodney Truman Smith
Jul 20, 2017
Rodney Truman Smith, son of the late George and Melba (Helms) Smith, was born May 26, 1945, in Sullivan, Missouri, and departed this life July 20, 2017, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was 72 years, 1 month, and 25 days of age. Growing up, Rodney’s family moved around Missouri, but spent most of their time in Herculaneum, Missouri, and Sullivan,...
Myrtle Nellie Mueller
Jul 19, 2017
Myrtle Nellie Mueller, daughter of the late Milton T. and Winnie Jane (Carlton) Purgeson, was born April 1, 1917 in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life July 19, 2017 at Autumns Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 100 years, 3 months, and 18 days of age. Myrtle had lived in the Mountain Valley/Morning Sun community since...
J.D. Mitchell
Jul 17, 2017
J.D. Mitchell, son of the late Walter James, Jr. and Erica Telisha (Fletcher) Mitchell, was born March 28, 1935, in Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life July 17, 2017 at Cox Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 82 years, 3 months, and 20 days of age. J.D. was born on his grandfather Fletcher’s farm on E Highway, across the road...
Carl Ray Steffey
Jul 17, 2017
Carl Ray Steffey, son of the late Don Carl and Ora Edna (McCoy) Steffey, was born June 8, 1934 in Llano, Texas, and passed away July 17, 2017 in Springfield, Missouri. He was 83 years, 1 month, and 10 days of age. Carl grew up in the Llano and Burnette, Texas area and graduated from Burnette High School. He served...
Lois Evelyn Dugger
Jul 15, 2017
Lois Evelyn Dugger, daughter of the late Archie and Jewell (Moore) Gann, was born December 25, 1928, in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life July 15, 2017, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 88 years, 6 months, and 20 days of age. Lois was raised in Wright County and attended school in Hartville, Missouri, in a...
Irene G. Cope
Jul 13, 2017
Irene Geneva (McCulley) Cope, daughter of the late Charley and Vergie (Floyd) McCulley, was born February 10, 1933 in Seymour, Missouri and departed this life July 13, 2017 in Bolivar, Missouri. She was 84 years, 5 months, and 3 days of age. Irene grew up and attended school in Hartville, Missouri. She was united in marriage to Lavern Cope on...
Freida Mae Woodard
Jul 10, 2017
Freida Mae Woodard, daughter of the late Leslie and Anna (Killian) Hendrickson, was born May 19, 1933 in Randles, Missouri, and departed this life July 10, 2017 in Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 84 years, 1 month, and 21 days of age. She was born and raised in Randles, Missouri, and later moved with her...
Johnathan Atkisson
Jul 4, 2017
Johnathan Blaine Maxwell Atkisson was born September 30, 1977 in Fairbanks, Alaska, and departed this life July 4, 2017 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 39 years of age. Growing up in Alaska, Johnathan’s childhood summers were spent canoeing, swimming, fishing and riding bikes while the winter meant sledding, building snow forts with his brothers and board games when it was...
Agnes Ellen Fredrickson
Jul 1, 2017
Agnes Ellen Fredrickson, daughter of the late Don and Elizabeth (Abbuhl) Boardman, was born February 20, 1920 in Rome, New York, and passed away July 1, 2017 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the age of 97 years. Agnes was raised and attended school in the Rome area, and graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She was united in...
Ronnie Eugene Clayton
Jun 27, 2017
Ronnie Clayton, age 60, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, passed on to his heavenly home on June 27, 2017. He fought a long and courageous battle with muscular dystrophy, COPD, CHF, and diabetes. Ronnie was born August 17, 1956 in Waterloo, Iowa. He attended Mountain Grove High School and graduated with the class of 1974. He attended Midwest Mechanical Institute and...
Arles Orrin Rumfelt
Jun 23, 2017
Arles Orrin Rumfelt, son of the late Orrin and Trula (Wirtmiller) Rumfelt, was born August 5, 1951 in Plato, Missouri, and departed this life suddenly on June 23, 2017 at his farm in Norwood, Missouri. He was 65 years, 10 months, and 18 days of age. Arles grew up in Plato and graduated from Plato High School in 1970. He...
Janice Marlene Wright
Jun 21, 2017
Janice Marlene Wright, daughter of the late Lawrence Richard and Florence Estelle (Dugain) Wilhite, was born July 15, 1936 in Modesto, California, and departed this life June 21, 2017 at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 80 years, 11 months, and 6 days of age. Janice grew up in Modesto and graduated from Modesto High School. She married...
Drexel J. Smith
Jun 20, 2017
Drexel Jerome Smith, age 86, of Mountain Grove, passed away June 20, 2017. He was born December 19, 1930 in North Platte, Nebraska to Harold and Leita (Messersmith) Smith. Drexel grew up in North Platte until he moved to Corvallis, Oregon, with his family when he was thirteen and returned to North Platte four years later. He married Ardis Jean...
Charles Archie Mathews
Jun 18, 2017
Charles Archie Mathews, son of the late William and Thelma (Dodds) Mathews, was born August 22, 1949 in Greenup County, Kentucky, and passed away June 18, 2017 in Select Specialty Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 67 years, 9 months, and 27 days of age. Charles was born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, and attended school there. He served...
Paula Mae Watson
Jun 16, 2017
Paula Mae Watson passed away peacefully on Friday June 16th at the age of 79. She was the third of four children born to Mildred and Paul Strong of Kansas City MO. She is survived by her older sister Nadine Hubbard of Lee Summit, MO. and Paul Strong Junior of Glen Bournie, MD. She was preceded in death by an...
Daniel Albert Macdonneil
Jun 7, 2017
Daniel Albert MacDonneil, son of Dennis Arnold and Veronica (Frizzell) MacDonneil, was born February 18, 1973 in Novato, California, and departed this life June 7, 2017 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, after a 4 year long courageous battle with numerous forms of cancer. He was 44 years, 3 months and 20 days of age. Dan grew up in...
David "Dave" Norton Whitehill
Jun 7, 2017
David “Dave” Norton Whitehill was born May 24, 1936 in Shenandoah, Iowa to Carl and Thelma Norton Whitehill. He passed away June 7, 2017 after a short battle with cancer. Dave grew up and attended school in Shenandoah, Iowa. After graduation from Shenandoah High School, he joined the Navy in 1955 and served as a radio technician in various stations...
Dewey Ralph Compton
Jun 6, 2017
Dewey Ralph Compton passed away at his home on June 6, 2017. No services are planned at this time.
James Donald Szura
Jun 1, 2017
James Donald Szura, born January 9, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, tragically passed away in a car accident on June 1, 2017. His parents were Theodore John Szura and Frances (McGuire) Szura. James grew up in the suburbs of Chicago with his brother, often riding the “L” Train to the outer areas of the Chicago suburbs, exploring other neighborhoods. He was...
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