Recent Obituaries
Donald 'Don' Ray Wurner
Jun 18, 2011
Donald Ray Wurner, was born to John Wurner and Dorothy (Borden) Wurner, on February 26, 1958 in the United States Army Base Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany and passed away on June 18, 2011 in the Hartville Care Center in Hartville, Missouri, following a very short illness. He was 53 years, 3 months and 23 days of age. Donald arrived in...
Talmadge 'Tim' J. Sloan
Jun 18, 2011
Talmadge J. “Tim” Sloan, son of the late Ora Clyde and Rozella (Phipps) Sloan, was born on July 24, 1927 in Oregon County, Missouri and departed this life on June 18, 2011 in Brookhaven Health Care in Springfield, Missouri, following an extended illness. He was 83 years, 10 months and 25 days of age. Tim grew up and attended school...
Amiel Cecil Clark
Jun 15, 2011
He is survived by his loving wife of sixty-three years: Veta Clark of their home; his son: Kirby Clark of Mtn. Grove; one sister: Juanita Armstrong of Mtn. Grove; several nieces; nephews; great-nieces; great-nephews; and other relatives, friends, and neighbors who will sadly miss him.
Heidi O'Donnell
Jun 12, 2011
Heidi O’Donnell, daughter of the late Fredrick and Hedwig (Werner) Pfau of Viernheim, Germany, was born on October 1, 1939 in Ludwigshafan, Germany and passed away on June 12, 2011 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 71 years, 8 months and 11 days of age. Heidi grew up and attended school in Germany. She...
Dorothy Laverne Atchison
Jun 10, 2011
Dorothy Laverne Atchison, daughter of the late Orvle and Pearl (Alexander) Atchison, was born on March 29, 1934 in Macomb, Missouri, and departed this life on June 10, 2011 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 77 years, 2 months, and 11 days of age. Dorothy grew up and attended school in Norwood, Missouri...
Thomas 'Tom' Harold Hawley
Jun 8, 2011
Thomas “Tom” Harold Hawley, son of the late Harold Frederick and Marie Clarice (McQuade) Hawley, was born on October 14, 1934 in Aitkin Village, Minnesota, and passed away on June 8, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. He was 76 years, 7 months, and 24 days of age. Tom grew up and attended school in Minnesota...
Louise Billups
Jun 6, 2011
Lillian Louise Billups, daughter of the late Barney and Lillian Perry, was born on May 19, 1926 in Malakoff, Texas and departed this life on June 6, 2011 at her residence in Norwood, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 85 years and 17 days of age. Louise grew up and attended school in east Texas. She was united in...
Violet Nadine Barlett
Jun 3, 2011
Violet Nadine Barlett of Sanford, Virginia, formerly of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, went home to be with her Lord and Savior in the ever caring and loving presence of her son, James “Jim” Brown on June 3, 2011 at the Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, Virginia. She was 67 years of age. Nadine was born on June 11, 1943 in...
Margie Autry Dowdy
Jun 2, 2011
Margie Autry Dowdy, daughter of the late John Lee and Sarah Louella (McKinney) Taylor, was born on July 30, 1913 in Red Bay, Alabama, and departed this life on June 2, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. She was 97 years, 10 months and 2 days of age. Autry grew up and attended school in Alabama....
Betty Pauline Music
May 31, 2011
Betty Pauline Music, daughter of the late Jeff and Margaret (Walters) Music, was born on August 8, 1949 in Eaton Rapids, Michigan and passed away on May 31, 2011 at her residence north of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a sudden illness. She was 61 years, 9 months and 23 days of age. Betty grew up and attended school in Marshall,...
Veora Mcclure
May 29, 2011
Tiny twins were born on February 19, 1918, in the small community of Bado, Missouri in Texas county. The little boy survived for about an hour and the girl baby who was born second weighed less than 2 pounds and survived for 93 years. There was a very deep snow on that day and the home birth could not be...
Esther Mae (Watson) Davis
May 26, 2011
Born November 30, 1911 in Coldwater, Michigan, Esther Mae (Watson) Davis, daughter of Pete and May Watson went to be with the Lord and her beloved husband, George, on May 26, 2011. At the time of her passing, she resided at the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri. She went to sleep on earth and woke up in Heaven. She...
Janice May (Moore) Hicks
May 25, 2011
Janice May Hicks, daughter of the late Luther and Cleo (Dugger) Moore was born on June 2, 1953 and entered into Heaven on May 25, 2011. Janice grew up on her parent’s farm outside of Hartville and attended school in Hartville. She was united in marriage to Gary Hicks on March 12, 1971. Together they raised their three children. Janice...
Vina Ellen (Bell) Buckbee
May 23, 2011
Vina Ellen Buckbee, daughter of the late Elza and Julie (Bradshaw) Bell, was born on August 3, 1923 in Bertha, Missouri and departed this life on May 23, 2011 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. She was 87 years, 9 months and 20 days of age. Vina grew up and attended school in the Bertha Community...
Charles Russell Wood
May 20, 2011
Charles Russell M. Wood was born in Douglas County on November 10, 1934, just a stone’s throw from where he lived his final days. Seventy-seven years ago he entered this world the son of a farmer and teacher, C. N. (Jack) and Eva Bea (Lindesmith) Wood, who have preceded him in passing. He, too, was a farmer and a teacher...
Monte Willard Kemper
May 20, 2011
Monte Willard Kemper, son of the late Seth and Lilly Mae (Cross) Kemper, was born on April 25, 1922 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life on May 20, 2011 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. He was 89 years, and 25 days of age. Monte grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove and...
David William Stephens
May 18, 2011
Mr. Stephens was cremated and no services are planned at this time.
Amy (Edwards) Carter
May 17, 2011
Amy Carter, age 99 years, 4 months, and 12 days, went home to be with her Lord on May 17, 2011. She was born on the family farm near Mountain Grove to H.T. and Stella (Dennis) Edwards on January 5, 1912. Amy, along with her brother and sisters, attended the Fairview and Blanchard Schools. While attending the Blanchard School, the...
Lanny L. Ellis
May 13, 2011
Lanny Loy Ellis, 52, of Graff, Missouri, passed away on May 13, 2011 at St. John’s Regional Medical Center of Springfield, Missouri. He was born on January 24, 1959 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, the son of Loy and Arlene (Parsons) Ellis. Lanny married his best friend, Carol Yeager, of Mountain Grove on November 23, 2005. Lanny was a 1977 graduate...
Max Grayson Keene
May 10, 2011
Max Grayson Keene, son of the late Frank Raymond and Nell (Burns) Keene, was born on February 11, 1935 in Stoneville, North Carolina, and passed away on May 10, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. He was 76 years, 2 months and 29 days of age. Max grew up and attended school in North Carolina and...