Recent Obituaries
Mike Calton
Jan 21, 2025
                                Michael Rodney Calton was born May 6, 1967, in Marshfield, Missouri, to Donald Ray and Beverly Jean (Moore) Calton, and departed this life January 21, 2025, at 57 years of age.
Mike grew up in the Hartville, Missouri, area until the age of 16, and then moved to Seattle, Washington, with his dad, Don. Before going to Seattle, he started learning...
                                
Sharon Stinson
Jan 19, 2025
                                Sharon Rae Stinson, daughter of the late George Eckhardt and Prudence (Peck) Brown, was born May 19, 1947, in Pierre, South Dakota. She passed away January 19, 2025, in Cabool, Missouri, at the age of 77.
To those that knew her best, Sharon could only be described as spirited; with a temper that matched her fiery red hair, no one could...
                                
Bernard Crewse
Jan 19, 2025
Bernard “Bernie” Crewse was born June 18, 1942, in Graff, Missouri, and departed this life January 19, 2025, in his home in Willow Springs, Missouri, after a short illness. He was 82 years of age. Bernie was the eleventh and the youngest child of Luther and Rosie (Sullivant) Crewse. He grew up around Beaver Creek and attended the Crewse School...
Linda Bigelow
Jan 17, 2025
                                Linda Lou Bigelow was born in Seymour, Missouri, to Louis Archie Frazier and Helen Louise (Matney) Morris on March 6, 1946. She graduated from Seymour High School, class of 1964.
Linda had a strong work ethic and a vibrant spirit. She worked at H.D. Lee in Seymour for several years before moving to Springfield, Missouri, where she was employed at General...
                                
Amy Collins
Jan 15, 2025
                                Amy B. Collins was born May 31, 1943, and departed this life January 15, 2025, at her home in Springfield, Missouri, at 81 years of age.
Amy was united in marriage to Lee Collins on February 10, 1969. She spent most of her life in the Mountain Grove and Springfield, Missouri, areas. She was the head of the jewelry department at...
                                
Bill Sutherland
Jan 15, 2025
                                William Albert Sutherland, known to his family as "Bud" and to many others as "Bill," passed away peacefully on January 15, 2025, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 91. After a courageous battle with kidney and congestive heart failure, Bill is now at rest, leaving behind a legacy of love, dedication, and resilience.
Bill was born on May 3, 1933,...
                                
Leroy Gunter
Jan 14, 2025
                                Leroy Van Gunter, son of the late Wanda (Hicks) Gunter, was born February 2, 1966, in Jefferson City, Missouri. He peacefully went to rest on January 14, 2025, at Autumn Oaks nursing home at the age of 58.
Leroy grew up in Dora, Missouri. He loved hunting and fishing. The highlight of his hunting season every year was when he took...
                                
Brady Williams
Jan 12, 2025
Glen “Brady” Williams, son of the late Stephen Frank and Roxie Lou (Mann) Williams, was born into a large family of six brothers and three sisters, at his parents’ home on January 12, 1936, in Loving, New Mexico. He passed away peacefully, shortly after his birthday dinner celebration at his Mountain Grove home on January 12, 2025, surrounded by his...
Virginia Dugger
Jan 12, 2025
                                Virginia Lee Dugger, daughter of the late Harry and Lois (Gann) Dugger, was born July 6, 1950, in Reno, Nevada. She entered into heavenly rest on January 12, 2025, in Cabool, Missouri, at the age of 74.
Growing up, Virginia lived in California and Ohio, but the majority was spent in Hartville, Missouri. She was a proud survivor of Polio. Virginia...
                                
Una Marie Rudolph
Jan 10, 2025
                                Una Marie (Kasterke) Rudolph, daughter of the late Charles Scott and Vesta Odette (Hosiner) Kasterke, was born December 3, 1938, in Cedar Gap, Missouri, and passed away January 10, 2025, at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Missouri. She was 86 years, 1 month, and 7 days of age.
Una grew up in Cedar Gap and graduated from Seymour High School in 1957....
                                
Gary Proctor
Jan 9, 2025
                                Gary Lee Proctor, son of the late Vasel and Ruby (Hicks) Proctor, was born April 26, 1950, in Norwood, Missouri. He passed away on January 9, 2025, in the Harry S. Truman Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, at the age of 74.
Gary grew up in Douglas County, Missouri, around the Drury community, attending grade school at Fairview and Skyline. He...
                                
Sherry Bullard
Jan 9, 2025
                                Sherry Fay Bullard, daughter of the late Morris and Dorothy (Fleetwood) Short, was born January 14, 1948, in Mansfield, Missouri, and departed this life January 9, 2025, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at 76 years of age. 
Sherry grew up and attended school in the Mansfield area, and she graduated from Mansfield High School with the class of...
                                
Judith "Judy" Anderson
Jan 9, 2025
                                Judith “Judy” Charlene Sprague-Anderson was born December 27, 1939, in Davenport, Iowa, and departed this life January 9, 2025, in Springfield, Missouri, at 85 years of age.
 Judy was raised in the Davenport area, working for many years in a cabinet factory. She moved to Mountain Grove, Missouri, in 2007 to be closer to family. Judy was very active in the...
                                
Susie Ellen Graham
Jan 6, 2025
                                Susie Ellen Graham, daughter of William Tidwell and Barbara (Clibon) Tidwell, was born May 12, 1938, in The Dalles, Oregon. She departed life January 6, 2025, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 24 days. 
On November 8, 1957, she was united in marriage to Joe Graham and to this union three children were born: Beverly...
                                
Ernest "Eddie" Levan, Jr.
Jan 4, 2025
                                 Ernest Edward “Eddie” Levan, Jr., son of Ernest Edward “Ernie” Levan, Sr. and Gladys (Sevedge) Levan, was born August 29, 1961, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life January 4, 2025, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 63 years, 4 months, and 5 days.
 On August 16, 1985, he was united in marriage to Gail...
                                
Farris Thornhill
Jan 3, 2025
                                Farris George Thornhill, son of Dulcie (Durney) Thornhill and Bernie Thornhill, was born on August 31, 1937, in Dawson, Missouri and departed this life on January 3, 2025, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the age of 87 years.
Farris spent his early years with his brothers and sister on the family farm in Dawson. He attended school in a one-room schoolhouse,...
                                
Sybil Heckendorn
Dec 29, 2024
                                Sybil Lee (Everett) Heckendorn, daughter of James William Everett and Sara Amy Mae (Sherman) Everett, was born April 11, 1933, in Ava, Missouri, and departed this life December 29, 2024, in her home in Ava, Missouri, at the age of ninety-one years, eight months, and eighteen days of age.
On October 24, 1952, she was united in marriage to Cyrus “Puss”...
                                
Floyd "Butch" Deal, Jr.
Dec 29, 2024
                                 Floyd Leon “Butch” Deal, Jr., son of Floyd Leon Deal, Sr. and Mary June (Beloate) Carpenter, was born January 1, 1966, in Memphis, Tennessee, and departed this life December 29, 2024, in his home in Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 58 years, 11 months, and 28 days.
  He was preceded in death by his father, great-niece, Mia Richardson, and...
                                
 
            Agnes Fuller
Dec 28, 2024
Ms. Fuller was cremated and her ashes will be laid to rest next to her husband in Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetery at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, at a later date.
Mary Jo Sellars
Dec 25, 2024
                                Mary Jo Sellars was born August 12, 1948, in Kansas City, Missouri, and passed away on December 25, 2024, in Clinton, Missouri, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was 76 years, 4 months, and 13 days of age.
Mary was a member of Straight up Ministries in Deepwater, Missouri, where she loved helping by passing out food to her church...
                                

