Recent Obituaries
Delmar Leroy Matthews
Sep 14, 2009
Delmar LeRoy Matthews, son of the late Buell Delmar and Marjorie Helen (Oppermann) Matthews, was born on January 24, 1943 in Vienna, Missouri, and departed this life on Monday, September 14, 2009 in the Veterans Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas following a short illness. He was 66 years, 7 months and 20 days of age. Delmar grew up and...
Lonnie Wayne James
Sep 14, 2009
Lonnie Wayne James, son of the late Lonnie Harold and Janet Irene (James) James, was born on August 11, 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri and passed away on Monday, September 14, 2009 at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. He was 51 years, 1 month, and 3 days of age. Lonnie grew up in Excelsior Springs, Missouri and graduated from...
Vernest J. Dent
Sep 10, 2009
No Services Planned. Burial: Thursday, September 17, 2009 in the Hillcrest Cemetery.
David 'Kenny' Kenneth Ratterree
Sep 10, 2009
David Kenneth “Kenny” Ratterree, son of the late David Benjamin and Mable Marie “Dottie” (Hutsell) Ratterree, was born on April 27, 1954 in Wright County, Missouri and departed from this life on September 10, 2009 at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri following an extended battle with cancer. He was 55 years, 4 months and 13 days of age. Kenny...
Robert Cline Mullins Jr.
Sep 7, 2009
Robert Cline Mullins, Jr., son of Robert Mullins Sr. and Karen Sue (Gruber) Mullins, was born on February 24, 1986 in Mansfield, Missouri in Wright County and passed away on Monday, September 2009 at his residence. He was 23 years of age. Robert grew up in the Mtn. Grove area and graduated from Mtn. Grove High School in 2004. At...
Wells Edward Richards
Sep 5, 2009
Wells Edward Richards was born on January 17, 1912 in Pomona Missouri to Earnest E. and Jenny Wells Richards during one of the coldest winters on record. He passed from this life to be with his Lord on September 5, 2009 following a short illness. He was 97 years of age. He spent many of his last days enjoying watching...
Kenneth Earl Sanders
Sep 2, 2009
Kenneth Earl Sanders, son of the late Loyd Gus and Fern (Woolard) Sanders, was born on September 23, 1930 in Wright County, Missouri and departed this life on September 2, 2009 at his home in Cabool, Missouri surrounded by his loving family. He was 78 years, 11 months and 9 days of age. Kenneth grew up in Wright County. He...
Lela May Riley
Sep 1, 2009
Lela May Riley, daughter of the late Evan and Faye (Presser) Coatney, was born on August 29, 1937 in Willow Springs, Missouri and departed this life on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri following a short illness. She was 72 years and 2 days of age. Lela grew up and attended school...
Lucile (Shannon) Ketchum
Aug 31, 2009
Elizabeth Lucile Ketchum, age 87 of Mountain Grove, MO passed away on Monday, August 31, 2009 at St John’s Hospital in Springfield after a short illness. She was born on August 14, 1922, in Vanzant, MO. The fourth child of Joseph and Phoebe Shannon, she grew up on a farm in Drury and then at 16 years of age, she...
Irene 'Cricket' Riley
Aug 30, 2009
Irene “Cricket” Riley, daughter of the late Lee and Verna (Hicks) Sympson, was born on December 17, 1926 in Buckhart, Missouri and departed this life on Sunday, August 30, 2009 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a short illness. She was 82 years, 8 months and 13 days of age. Irene grew up and attended...
Zelda Faye Goodman
Aug 30, 2009
Zelda Faye Goodman, daughter of the late George Cornilus “Beehunter” and Laura Tennessee (Barnard) Johnson, was born on January 21, 1922 in Macomb, Missouri and departed this life on August 30, 2009 at her home in Norwood, Missouri. She was 87 years, 7 months and 9 days of age. Zelda grew up in the Shilo Community near Macomb and attended...
Thelma Jo Cramer
Aug 24, 2009
Thelma Jo Cramer passed away on Monday, August 24, 2009 at the age of 83 years and 10 months after a lengthy illness. Thelma was born October 24, 1925 to Rosco and Josie (Ramsey) Barnes in Mountain View, Arkansas. At an early age, Thelma’s parents moved the family (including baby brother Charles) to Mountain Grove, where she spent most of...
Wilma Claudeen Riley
Aug 17, 2009
Wilma Claudeen Riley, 81, of Buffalo, Iowa, formerly of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, was welcomed into Heaven, and into the loving arms of her husband, Zack, on Monday, August 17, 2009 at her son’s residence in Buffalo, Iowa following an extended illness. She was born to Ewing and Maude (Green) Halliburton on August 14, 1928 near Mtn. Grove, Missouri in Texas...
Raymond Albert Frey
Aug 15, 2009
Raymond Albert Frey, son of the late Albert Raymond and Gladys Pearl (Maxwell) Frey, was born on September 6, 1927 in Huggins, Missouri and departed this life on August 15, 2009 at his residence in Huggins, Missouri following a long illness. He was 81 years, 11 months, and 9 days of age. Raymond grew up and attended school in the...
Vincent G. Finelli
Aug 11, 2009
No Services are planned at this time. Mr. Finelli was buried in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery on August 13, 2009 under the direction of the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home.
Roberta Ann Mcginnis
Aug 11, 2009
Roberta Ann McGinnis, daughter of the late Lesley and Pearl (Alumbaugh) Reed, was born on January 12, 1933 in Humboldt, Kansas and departed this life on Monday, August 11, 2009 in Irmo, South Carolina, following a long illness. She was 76 years, 6 months and 29 days of age. Roberta grew up in Huggins, Missouri and attended the Number One...
James Ellis Creed
Aug 6, 2009
James Ellis Creed, son of John and Dorothy Mae (Parker) Creed, was born on November 3, 1943 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life suddenly on August 6, 2009 at his residence near Hartville, Missouri. He was 66 years, 9 months, and 3 days. James grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove. He was united in marriage to...
Donna Bell Shannon
Aug 5, 2009
Donna Bell Shannon, daughter of the late Lee Roy and Mary Ruth (Tucker) Coffman, was born on August 16, 1937 in Liberal, Kansas and departed this life on Tuesday, August 5, 2009 at her residence in Nevada, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 71 years, 11 months and 20 days of age. Donna grew up and attended school in...
Ruth B. Short
Aug 3, 2009
Ruth Burnett Short, daughter of the late Goldman and Cleo (Moser) Long, was born on October 13, 1929 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life on August 3, 2009 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 79 years, 9 months, and 21 days of age. Ruth grew up in the...
Doris Edna Jarrett - Lee
Jul 26, 2009
Doris Edna Jarrett-Lee, daughter of Clint and Stella Aletha (McGuire) Barnes, was born on January 20, 1943 in Lynchburg, Missouri, and departed this life on July 26, 2009 in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri following an extended illness. She was 66 years, 6 months and 6 days of age. Doris grew up northeast of Manes, Missouri and was...

