Recent Obituaries
'Joe' Bursey Joseph Stofer
Feb 23, 2009
Bursy Joseph “Joe” Stofer, son of the late Bursy and Maxine (Marcy) Stofer, was born on November 2, 1940 in Concordia, Kansas and passed away on February 23, 2009 in the Ozark Community Hospital in Springfield, Missouri following a short illness. He was 68 years, 3 months and 21 days of age. Joe moved with his family at a young...
Caroline June Mitchell
Feb 22, 2009
Caroline June Mitchell, daughter of Harold Henry and Ruth Ella (Wagner) Matthis, was born on September 21, 1943 in Livingston, Montana, and departed this life following a short illness on February 22, 2009 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. She was 65 years, 5 months and 1 day of age. In her youth, Caroline was raised in Three Forks,...
Jack Fredrick Dale
Feb 22, 2009
Jack Fredrick Dale, son of the late Hugh Elbert and Norma Bell (Cook) Dale, was born May 13, 1928, in St. John, Kansas. He departed this life Sunday, February 22, 2009, at St. John’s Hospital, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 80 years. On September 22, 1950, he was united in marriage to Betty Ruth Middleton and to this...
Walter Doty
Feb 13, 2009
Walter Doty, son of the late Herbert Ival and Jewel (Sails) Doty, was born January 30, 1930 in Wright County and departed this life February 13, 2009 at St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was 79 years, and 14 days of age. Walter grew up in Wright County and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1948....
Wilma Dowsey
Feb 9, 2009
Wilma Dowsey, daughter of the late John and Mary (Klobnak) Sickle, was born on November 29, 1930 in Melrose, Iowa, and departed this life on Monday, February 9, 2009 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a sudden illness. She was 78 years, 2 months and 10 days of age. Wilma grew up in Melrose, Iowa and graduated in...
Geneva Fern Arnold
Feb 6, 2009
Geneva Fern Arnold, daughter of the late Miller and Opal (Yates) Collins, was born on April 8, 1937 in Twin Bridges, Missouri and departed this life on February 6, 2009 in Springfield, Missouri, following a short illness. She was 71 years, 9 months, and 28 days of age. Geneva grew up and attended school in the Twin Bridges, Macomb, and...
Alissa Gayle Smith
Feb 3, 2009
Alissa Gayle Smith, daughter of William Jerry and Beverly Laurine (Morris) Smith, was born on September 5, 1970 in Sacramento, California and departed this life on February 3, 2009 in the Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 38 years, 4 months and 28 days of age. Gayle grew up and attended school in California...
Floyd Clifton Raney
Jan 30, 2009
Floyd Clifton Raney, son of the late Clarence A. and Ethel (Hill) Raney, was born on June 28, 1914 in Norwood, Missouri and passed away on January 30, 2009 at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri following a long illness. He was 94 years, 7 months and 2 days of age. Floyd grew up and attended school in Wright County...

Lena Nora Anderson
Jan 26, 2009
Lena Nora Mullins Anderson, daughter of Jim and Sarah Wheeler, was born on May 15, 1912 near Willow Springs, MO and passed away on January 26, 2009 in the Rocky Ridge Manor in Mansfield, MO. She was 96 years of age. She married Ray Mullins and to this union two daughters, Evelyn and Maxine, were born. After Mr. Mullin’s death...
Orville Leonard Sutton
Jan 25, 2009
Orville Leonard Sutton, son of the late Jacob and Julia (Bridges) Sutton, was born on January 1, 1911 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and passed away on January 25, 2009 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove following a short illness. He was 98 years and 24 days of age. Orville grew up and attended school in the Mtn....
Evelyn C. Hayles
Jan 23, 2009
Evelyn C. Hayles, daughter of the late Charles Francis and Mary Magdalene (Grenier) Crippen, was born on February 17, 1922 in Humboldt, South Dakota, and passed away on January 23, 2009 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 86 years, 11 months and 6 days of age. Evelyn grew up in...
Jane Yarber
Jan 20, 2009
Alice Jane Yarber, daughter of Floyd and Vera (Donaldson) Buff, was born on February 2, 1933 in Mtn. View, Missouri and departed this life on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 in her home in Mtn. Grove, Missouri at the age of 75 years, 11 months and 18 days of age. She was united in marriage to Max Eugene Yarber on December...

Lonnie Lowell Krider
Jan 20, 2009
Lonnie Lowell Krider, son of the late Oscar Lee and Goldia A. (Slate) Krider, was born on December 4, 1941 in Champion, Missouri and passed away on January 20, 2009 at his residence in Douglas County, Missouri following a thirteen month battle with cancer. He was 67 years, 1 month and 16 days of age. Lonnie grew up in the...
Dorothy June Yarnall
Jan 16, 2009
Dorothy June Sutherland Cooper Yarnall, went home to be with the Lord on January 16, 2009. She was born on June 2, 1923 in Douglas County, Missouri to Earl and Ethel (Barker) Sutherland. For about thirty years, June was the owner/operator of “June Dairy Freeze and Grocery Store” in Houston, Missouri. She then moved to the Mtn. Grove area until...
Reverend Dr. Arthur Burton Miller
Jan 15, 2009
The Reverend Dr. Arthur Burton Miller, son of Howard Wilson and Amy Angeline (Edson) Miller, was born on January 22, 1922 in Des Moines, Iowa and passed away on January 15, 2009 in the Mia Casita Care Center in Lubbock, Texas. He was almost 87 years of age. He graduated from high school in Marble Rock, Iowa and then served...
Eunice Luvetta Mitchell
Jan 10, 2009
Eunice Luvetta Mitchell, daughter of the late Ransom and Rosa ( Spencer) Mings, was born on January 29, 1926 in Wright County, Missouri and passed away on January 10, 2009 in the Golden Living Center in Wichita, Kansas, following a short illness. She was 82 years, 11 months and 12 days of age. Eunice grew up and attended school in...
Loyd Richard Shaw
Jan 8, 2009
Loyd Richard Shaw, son of the late Samuel and Myrtle (Pippin) Shaw, was born on October 29, 1931 in Texas County, Missouri and departed this life on Thursday, January 8, 2009. He was 77 years, 2 months and 10 days of age. Loyd grew up and attended school in Texas County and was united in marriage to Dorlis Bee Carter...
Kenneth Lee Carder
Jan 7, 2009
Kenneth Lee Carder, son of Lester and Edna Mae (Carter) Carder, was born on June 8, 1947 in Green Mountain, Missouri north of Mtn. Grove and departed this life on January 7, 2009 at his residence near Norwood, Missouri. He was 61 years, 7 months and 29 days of age. Kenneth grew up in the Green Mountain Community and attended...
Hazel Hutsell
Jan 7, 2009
Hazel Hutsell, daughter of the late Foster and Mearl (Gearing) Hutsell, was born on January 15, 1930 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life on January 7, 2009 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove at almost 79 years of age. Hazel grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove and graduated from Mtn. Grove High School...
Lloyd Ray Bradshaw
Jan 5, 2009
Lloyd Ray Bradshaw, son of the late Jess Hile and Stella Alice (Raney) Bradshaw, was born on October 28, 1937 in San Jose, California, and departed this life on January 5, 2009 at his residence in Norwood, Missouri, following a long illness. He was 71 years, 2 months and 8 days of age. Ray grew up in California and graduated...