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Carolyne Marie Doane
May 23, 2023
Carolyne Marie Doane, daughter of Fred and Doris (Butcher) Stanberry, was born September 23, 1940, in Denison, Texas, and departed this life on May 23, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, at the age of eighty-two.
On May 4, 1959, she was married to the love of her life, John B. Doane, and to this union two children were born.
She was...
Steven Allen Kirby
May 22, 2023
Steven Allen Kirby, son of Allen and Gloria (Clause) Kirby, was born November 16, 1955, in Kingsport, Tennessee, and departed this life May 22, 2023, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 67 years, 6 months, and 6 days.
He was united in marriage to Joan Urbanski and to this union two children were born.
Joan preceded...
Nancy Graf
May 20, 2023
Nancy Lee (Smith) Graf, daughter of the late Isaac C. and Frances (Hill) Smith was born March 19, 1941, in Brays, Missouri, in Miller County. She passed away May 20, 2023, in Dawson, Missouri.
Nancy graduated high school in Springfield, Missouri, in 1959, and moved to St. Louis where she worked for I.S.O. She met and married Eugene Graf in 1975....
Larry "Buck" Coffman
May 17, 2023
Larry “Buck” Coffman, son of the late Rass and Carrie (Long) Coffman, was born August 16, 1951, in the family home north of Mountain Grove. He went to his Heavenly home May 17, 2023, at his house in Hartville, Missouri. He was 71 years, 9 months, and 1 day of age.
Buck grew up in the Mountain Grove area and graduated...
Darlene Stigall
May 14, 2023
Darlene Michelle Stigall, daughter of the late Sam Stigall and Dorothy (Owens) Stigall, was born in Springfield, Missouri, on May 18, 1968. She was raised in a family including two brothers and one sister. She departed this life on May 14, 2023, at the age of 54 years.
Darlene graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1986. After graduation, she worked...
Thelma Wallace
May 13, 2023
Thelma Jean Wallace, 89, peacefully went home to be with Jesus on May 13, 2023, surrounded by the love of twenty plus family members. Thelma was born on April 15, 1934, in Seymour, Missouri, to Bert and Litha (Fleetwood) Rippee.
At a young age Thelma’s parents moved to Wichita, Kansas, where she graduated from high school in 1951. Later in life...
June Miller
May 11, 2023
June Edna (Morris) Miller, daughter of the late Chester and Edna (Schwerdtfeger) Morris, was born June 11, 1926, in Davenport, Iowa, and departed this life May 11, 2023, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 96 years and 11 months of age.
June grew up in Iowa and lived in Bettendorf, Iowa, before moving to Missouri in...
Cecile Wallin
May 10, 2023
Cecile Mae Gaddis-Wallin, daughter of the late Amos Bolin and Anna Holloway, was born November 18, 1951, in Thayer, Missouri, and departed this life May 10, 2023, in her home at Macomb, Missouri, at the age of 71 years, 5 months, and 22 days. Her mother and father died when she was young and in 1963, she was adopted by...
James Jeffreys
May 10, 2023
James R. Jeffreys was born on August 28, 1938, in Rochelle, Texas, to his parents Jim B. and Linnie Mae (Mathews) Jeffreys. Jim passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the age of 84 years, 8 months, and 13 days.
Jim and his family moved to Colorado when he was nine years old. He graduated high school in Las Animas,...
Paul Kuster
May 8, 2023
Paul Arthur Kuster, son of the late Donald and Katherine (Barton) Kuster, was born April 13, 1951, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life May 8, 2023, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 72 years and 25 days of age.
Paul grew up in the Mountain Grove area. He worked as an over-the-road truck driver for a few years, and then...
Michael Dean Watson
May 8, 2023
Michael Dean Watson was born October 20, 1952, in Seymour, Missouri, to Seighfried E. Watson and Peggy L. (Bradshaw) Potts. He passed peacefully to Heaven on May 8, 2023, at his home with his family by his side. He was 70 years, 6 months, and 19 days old.
He was a U.S. Army Veteran and served for three years in Germany.
Mike...
Ron Robbins
May 6, 2023
Ronald Gregory Robbins was born October 6, 1965, in Flint, Michigan, and departed this life May 6, 2023, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 57 years and 7 months of age.
Ron loved working as a finish contractor and he took pride in his work. He was currently working for Freedom Home Crafters.
Ron was preceded in death by his sister, Christine Robbins,...
Linda Kay Fann
May 5, 2023
Linda Kay Fann was born August 29, 1948, in Marshfield, Missouri, to Arnold Webster “Jack” and Fern Heleen (Lane) Barton, and she departed this life on May 5, 2023, at her home in Seymour, Missouri. She was 74 years, 8 months, and 8 days of age.
In 1967 Linda was united in marriage to Norman Dale Fann and to this union...
Fern Deighton
May 3, 2023
Fern (Gaddis) Deighton, daughter of the late Claud Carthel Pinson and Jewel Maxine (Brannon) Pinson, was born on July 25, 1943 in San Jose, California. She passed from this life on May 3, 2023 at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri at 79 years, 9 months and 8 days of age.
Fern moved with her family from California to Missouri when...
Valora (Hart) Mayer
May 3, 2023
Valora Jean Mayer departed this life on May 3, 2023, surrounded by the love and adoration of her three daughters, at 86 years of age. Valora was born December 30, 1936, in Macomb, Missouri, to Ellis and Gertrude (Oetting) Hart. She was raised on a small farm, alongside her sisters, Patsy, Eleanor and Judith. They were fondly known as the...
Doris Holifield
May 1, 2023
Doris Jene Holifield, daughter of the late Luther and Media (Alphin) Halfacre, was born February 20, 1938, in Chiloquin, Oregon, and went to her home in Heaven on May 1, 2023, in Gainesville, Missouri. She was 85 years, 2 months, and 11 days of age.
Doris grew up in Corning, Arkansas, and started picking cotton at a very young age along...
Jack Berry
Apr 30, 2023
Jack Edward Berry, son of the late Robert and Myrtle (Newby) Berry, was born February 22, 1938 in Hockerville, Oklahoma, and departed this life April 30, 2023, at his home in Norwood, Missouri. He was 85 years, 2 months, and 8 days of age.
At the age of nine, Jack moved with his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1947. He...
Carola Brumley
Apr 29, 2023
Carola Jean Brumley, daughter of the late Jerrel R. Starr and Doris M. (Stanford) Starr, was born October 27, 1942, in Altus, Oklahoma. She passed away on April 29, 2023, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 80 years, 6 months, and 2 days of age.
Carola and her parents moved to Bakersfield, California, in 1943. She attended Beardsley...
Donald Ray Furgason
Apr 27, 2023
Donald Ray Furgason, 70, of Hartville, Missouri, died on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at his home in Hartville, Missouri. He was born December 19, 1952, in Hugoton, Kansas, to Robert Bufford and Deloris Olive (Cash) Furgason.
Donald served in the United States Marines receiving an honorable discharge in 1975. He married Jill Gregory on February 14, 1998 in Eureka Springs,...
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