Recent Obituaries
Ronald Franklin Neal
Dec 31, 2013
Ronald F. Neal, son of Omer and Phyllis Neal, was born on November 16, 1945 in Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, and passed away on December 31, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 68 years. Ron grew up on a farm in Manes, Missouri, where he spent most of his life. In January 2007, he moved...
Connie Jean (Metz) Beavers
Dec 28, 2013
Connie Jean Beavers, daughter of the late Harold Metz and Alice McCord, was born on April 9, 1948 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and departed this life on December 28, 2013 in the Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 65 years, 8 months, and 19 days of age. Connie grew up and attended school in Nebraska and...
Harlow Vincent Curtis
Dec 25, 2013
Harlow Vincent Curtis, son of the late Truman and Ada (Day) Curtis, was born on June 21, 1937 in Wright County, Missouri in the St. George Community, and passed away suddenly at his residence on December 25, 2013 at 76 years of age. Harlow grew up in the Grovespring area and attended the Durbin and Hartville Schools. He was united...
Patricia L. Gordon
Dec 21, 2013
Patricia Louise Gordon, daughter of the late Lew and Thelma (Hinton) Gordon, was born on December 16, 1935, in Mountain Grove, Missouri and departed this life on December 21, 2013, at the Texas County Hospital of Houston, Missouri. She was 78 years and 5 days of age. Patricia grew up in the Mountain Grove area. She worked as a clerk...
Joyce Eula (Sutton) Sisney
Dec 21, 2013
Joyce Eula Sisney, daughter of the late Gusdavis “Gus” and Lelia May (Hunt) Sutton, was born on July 14, 1916 in Grenola, Kansas, and passed away on December 21, 2013 at her residence in Rolla, Missouri, surrounded by her family. She had made her home in Rolla for the past three years. Joyce grew up in Kansas and was united...
Janice Kay Cantrell-Hall
Dec 14, 2013
Janice Kay Cantrell-Hall, daughter of Carl and Willa Mae (Crewse) Cantrell, was born on December 23, 1961 in Lebanon, Missouri, and departed this life on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at her residence near Plato, Missouri, with her family by her side. She was 51 years, 11 months, and 21 days of age. Janice grew up and attended school in Plato,...
Evelynn Lenora (Millard) Scroggins
Dec 13, 2013
Evelynn Lenora Scroggins, daughter of the late Ben Elmer and Leta Louise (Froese) Millard, was born on October 20, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa, and passed away on December 13, 2013 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, at 90 years of age. Evelynn grew up and attended school in Iowa. She was united in marriage to...
David Ray Pearce
Dec 13, 2013
David Ray Pearce, son of Raymond and Irene (Hutsell) Pearce, was born on May 3, 1949 in Walla Walla, Washington, and passed away on December 13, 2013 at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, at 64 years of age. David grew up in Milton Freewater, Oregon, and later moved to Missouri. He was united in marriage to Linda Baker on...
Mary Margaret (Forbes) Worrel
Dec 12, 2013
Mary Margaret Worrel, daughter of the late William Burley and Gladys (Campbell) Forbes, was born on December 1, 1921 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, in Texas County, and departed this life on December 12, 2013 in The Manor at Elfindale in Springfield, Missouri, at 92 years of age. Mary grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove and graduated from Mtn....
Cledith 'Murray' Raney
Dec 11, 2013
Cledith Murray Raney, son of the late Floyd Foster and Dica Marie (Lathrom) Raney, was born on August 13, 1919 in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life on December 11, 2013 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, at 94 years of age. Murray was raised in Wright County near Mtn. Grove and graduated from Mtn. Grove High School. He was united...
Dylan James Carpenter
Dec 9, 2013
Dylan James Carpenter, son of David and Rhiannon “Annie” Marie (Gieck) Carpenter, was born on July 14, 1995 in Lebanon, Missouri, and passed away on December 9, 2013 near Seymour, Missouri, following a logging accident at 18 years of age. Dylan grew up in Wright County and attended Norwood High School. He enjoyed bull riding, hunting, four-wheeling, mudding and fishing....
Lonnie Robert Sinning
Dec 4, 2013
Visitation: Friday, December 6th from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel. Funeral Service: Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM in the First Assembly of God Church at Norwood, Missouri. Burial: Retherford Cemetery. Memorial Contributions: Retherford Cemetery c/o the funeral home. Lonnie Robert Sinning, son of Robert E. Sinning and Wilma “Juanita” Sinning, was born August 18,...
David Queen
Dec 4, 2013
David Paul Tsih Foo Queen came into this world early on the morning of Friday, November 17, 2000. He was born at his family home just outside Two Harbors, MN. He moved to Mansfield, MO with his family in the summer of 2001. He lived the rest of his life with his family on the farm. His Chinese middle name...
Melissa Agnes Mooney
Dec 1, 2013
Melissa Agnes Mooney, daughter of the late Robert G. and Hazel (DeFee) Mooney, was born on October 20, 1963 in Montgomery, Alabama, and passed away on December 1, 2013 at her home in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, from complications of Diabetes that she had battled for a few years. She was 50 years of age. Melissa grew up in various places,...
Verda Virlee Cardin
Nov 30, 2013
Visitation: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 from 10:00 – 11:00 AM in the Chapel. Funeral Service: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel. Burial: Denlow Cemetery Memorial Contributions: Hospice Compasses or Parkinson’s Association c/o the funeral home. Verda Virlee (Hutsell) Cardin, Mountain Grove, Missouri, passed away at her home Saturday morning, November 30, 2013, following a lengthy battle...
Rosemarie (Van Dyke) West
Nov 29, 2013
Rosemarie West, 73, of Mountain Grove passed away, Friday, November 29, 2013, peacefully in her sleep. She was born in Los Angeles, California on January 21, 1940 to Rosemary Roland. She was married to Fred West on May 23, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fred and Rosemarie moved to Mountain Grove in 1992 to retire. Here, they lived happily together...
Velma (Lawson) Knox
Nov 21, 2013
Velma (Lawson) Knox, daughter of the late Andrew and Dove (Boykin) Lawson, was born October 26, 1939 in Graff, Missouri, and departed this life on November 21, 2013 after a long illness. She was 74 years and 26 days old. Velma grew up in Graff, Missouri, and married the love of her life, Kenneth D. Knox, in 1956. To this...
Evelyn Lee Tyrrell
Nov 17, 2013
Evelyn Lee Tyrrell, daughter of the late Virgil Leonard Crisp and Cora Mae (Zirschky) Crisp, departed this life on November 17, 2013, in Springfield, Mo., at the age of 80 years, one month, and five days. Evelyn was born on October 12, 1933, in Manes, Mo. the second of three daughters. She is survived by her sisters, Ruby Pauline Mason...
Francis Carder
Nov 15, 2013
Francis Carder, daughter of the late Clifford and Sadie (Sluder) Rhodes, was born on November 28, 1942 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 70 years, 11 months, and 17 days old when she went to join her family in Heaven on November 15, 2013, after a long, hard fought battle with cancer. Francis grew up in Mountain Grove, Missouri where...