Recent Obituaries
Orleana L Walker
Apr 7, 2016
Orleana Luva Walker, daughter of the late Orville and Etta (Bartholow) Hoffarth, was born November 6, 1921 in Texas County, Missouri, and departed this life April 7, 2016 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 94 years, 5 months, and 1 day of age. Orleana grew up in the Mountain Grove area and was a graduate of the Mountain Grove High...
Norman Dean Rust
Apr 7, 2016
Norman Dean Rust, son of the late Leland Doyle and Ruby (Alexander) Rust, was born on July 30, 1948, north of Cabool, Missouri, on the old Rust place, and departed this life on April 7, 2016, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 67 years, 8 months, and 8 days of age. He attended Cabool School until his...
Jerry L Buckbee
Apr 6, 2016
Jerry L. Buckbee was born Aug 30, 1934 to Claire M. and Donald Love Buckbee in St. Joseph, Missouri. He passed on to his heavenly home on April 6, 2016 at the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri, surrounded by family. Jerry was raised in St. Joseph by his loving mother and with the help of her good...
Dorsey Clark
Apr 4, 2016
Dorsey Eugene Clark, son of the late Dorsie Lee and Ida Mae (Abbott) Clark, was born on July 7, 1940, in Cottonwood Point, Missouri, and departed this life on April 4, 2016, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 75 years, 8 months, and 28 days of age. Dorsey graduated from Caruthersville High School and went on to serve in the United...
Kathleen 'Kathy' Ann Bloomer
Apr 4, 2016
Kathleen Kathy Ann (Hamm) Bloomer, daughter of James and Anna (Brown) Hamm, was born on December 10, 1941, in Kinsley, Kansas, and passed away on April 4, 2016, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Kathy was preceded in death by her parents and one great-grandson. She is survived by one son: Dwayne Bloomer of Mountain Grove, Missouri; two daughters:...
Jerry Dwayne Hicks
Mar 30, 2016
Jerry Dwayne Hicks, son of Billie and Cheryl (Ussery) Hicks, was born on July 2, 1970, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on March 30, 2016, at his home in Norwood, Missouri. He was 45 years, 8 months, and 28 days of age. Jerry grew-up in Norwood and graduated from Norwood High School. He was united in marriage...
Ronald Wilson Harris
Mar 30, 2016
Ronald Wilson Harris, was born to the late William and Lena (Wilson) Harris, on September 22, 1931, in Douglas County, Missouri, and departed this life Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri surrounded by his loving family at the age of 84 years 6 months 8 days. After the passing of Ronalds mother, Lena, William later...
Shona Marie Mayfield
Mar 28, 2016
Shona Marie Mayfield, daughter of Paul and Lilly Gaston, was born on October 23, 1958 in Modesto, California. Shona and her family moved to Willow Springs, Missouri, in 1967, and then to Mountain Grove, Missouri, in 1970, at the age of 12. Throughout her school years, Shona loved participating in theater and played iconic roles such as Queen Catherine, wife...
Howard Alvin Deaton
Mar 16, 2016
Howard Alvin Deaton, the second son of the late Emery and Lilly Deaton, was born on February 23, 1928, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away on March 16, 2016, suddenly at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 88 years of age. Howard was a lifelong resident of Mountain Grove. He was drafted into the Army in 1950...
Nancy Darlene Garay
Mar 13, 2016
Nancy Darlene Garay, daughter of the late Alphonso and Lupe (Encinas) Cota, was born on July 28, 1933, in Santa Barbara, California, and departed this life on March 13, 2016, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, after a long illness. She was 82 years, 7 months, 14 days. Nancy lived most of her life in San Luis Obispo, California,...
Ray Winfred Cheek
Mar 13, 2016
Ray Winfred Cheek, son of the late Ercil and Gladys (Frank) Cheek, was born on July 19, 1929, in Columbia, Tennessee, and departed this life on March 13, 2016, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 86 years, 7 months, and 23 days of age. Ray loved to be outdoors, whether he was mowing or just resting on his bench watching the...

Eldon Milton Merrill
Mar 12, 2016
Eldon Milton Merrill, son of the late John Wesley Merrill and Leota Marie (Price) Merrill, was born on August 25, 1925 in Roex Creek, Kansas in Butler County and left this life and entered into the loving arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Country View Nursing Facility in Bowling Green, Missouri, at 90 years...
William 'Bill' Lawler
Mar 12, 2016
William (Bill) Benton Lawler, 81, of West Memphis, Arkansas, born June 13, 1934 in Hartville, Missouri, and raised in Jerktail, Wright County, Missouri. He departed this life on March 12, 2016 in Yuma, Arizona, after a short illness. He met the love of his life, Alice Jeannine Wade, at a pie supper in 1952, and they married on August 22,...
Irene Durney
Mar 12, 2016
Velma Irene Durney, daughter of the late Oris James and Clara Gertie (Keener) Worsham, was born December 14, 1924, in Wright County, Missouri and departed this life, surrounded by family, on March 12, 2016 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center of Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 91 years, 2 months, and 27 days of age. Irene grew up in Wright County...
Wilton Pedro
Mar 10, 2016
Wilton Afred Pedro, the second son of the late Able and Mary Pedro, was born August 28, 1929 on the Island of Bermuda and passed away peacefully on March 10, 2016 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 87 years of age. Wilton was united in marriage to Evelyn Lillian Roberts on March 29, 1960. Four children were born to this...
Mary Lee Mitchell
Mar 6, 2016
Mary Lee (Burdick) Mitchell, daughter of the late Roy and Mary (DeCou) Burdick, was born on January 12, 1941, in Lisco, Nebraska, and departed this life on March 6, 2016, at her home in near Hartville, Missouri. She was 75 years, 1 month, and 23 days of age. Mary was united in marriage to Roy Tommy Mitchell on November 4,...
E. Ray Blacketer
Mar 6, 2016
Ray Blacketer, son of the late Hollis and Helen (Durham) Blacketer, was born on July 13, 1943, in Bolivar, Missouri, and passed away on March 6, 2016, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was 72 years, 8 months, and 6 days of age. Ray was raised in Mountain Grove by his mother and step-father, Lenn McCune, whom...
Omer 'Glen' Spencer
Mar 2, 2016
Omer Glen Spencer, son of the late Frank and Norma (Quinn) Spencer, was born on September 24, 1933, in Manes, Missouri, and departed this life on March 2, 2016, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 82 years, 5 months, and 7 days of age. Glen graduated from Plato High School in 1951, and then joined the United States Coast Guard....