Recent Obituaries
Nancy Hopper
Mar 3, 2023
Nancy A. (Page) Hopper, daughter of the late Luther Allen and Pearlie Emeline (Freeman) Page, was born January 18, 1947, at Brushy Knob, Missouri, and passed away March 3, 2023, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 76 years, 1 month, and 13 days of age.
Nancy grew up in the Brushy Knob, Missouri area and enjoyed playing...
Donna Kay Cooper
Feb 25, 2023
Donna Kay Cooper, daughter of the late John and Margaret (Tyrrell) Cooper, was born June 28, 1952, in Pontiac, Michigan, and passed away February 25, 2023, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 70 years, 7 months, and 28 days of age.
Donna was employed by HD Lee in Lebanon, Missouri, for several years, where she lived with her...
Evon Austin
Feb 24, 2023
Evon Bert Austin, known to all as “Catfish”, 82 years old of Smithville, Missouri, peacefully passed away at home on February 24, 2023, surrounded by his loving wife, children and grandchildren.
Catfish was born on October 17th, 1940, to Bert Francis and Erma Elmira (Royster) Austin in Wright County, Missouri. At the age of 13, Catfish battled polio and emerged with...
Margie H. Kilfoy
Feb 23, 2023
Margie Helen (Clark) Kilfoy, daughter of Logan and Ova (Holman) Clark, was born February 18, 1934, in Grovespring, Missouri, and went home to be with Jesus on February 23, 2023, at Hartville, Missouri at the age of 89 years and 5 days.
Margie graduated from Hartville High School in 1952, as Salutatorian of her class. She was a competitive typist and...
Shelby Housley
Feb 21, 2023
Shelby Dean Housley, son of the late Argle Thomas and Florence Jane (Helsley) Housley, was born March 15, 1938, in Norwood, Missouri, and passed away February 21, 2023, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. He was 84 years, 11 months, and 6 days of age.
Shelby graduated from Mountain Grove High School with the class of 1956. He married Virginia Lee...
Dave Curran
Feb 21, 2023
David Eugene Curran, son of Norman Gerhardt Curran and Helen Betty Curran (Honaker), was born February 1, 1962, in Madison, Indiana, and departed this life February 21, 2023, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 61 years and 20 days of age.
David grew up in Indiana but later moved to Florida, where he met and married his wife,...
Leonard Crewse
Feb 21, 2023
James Leonard Crewse was born May 20, 1940, at Huggins, Missouri, the seventh child of Hobert and Dollie (Greenlee) Crewse. He departed this life at his home in Graff on February 21, 2023, at the age of 82 years, 9 months, and 1 day.
Leonard grew up in the Graff community, attending Crewse School and Union Chapel Church. He professed faith...
Ann Raney
Feb 21, 2023
Marilyn Ann “Annie” (Peterson) Raney, daughter of the late Carl Ragnor and Emma Matilda (Couper) Peterson, was born April 14, 1938, in Mansfield, Missouri, and passed away February 21, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 84 years, 10 months, and 7 days of age.
Ann grew up in Mansfield and attended school there. She married Jackie Lee Bradshaw...
William Wesley Ghan
Feb 15, 2023
William Wesley “Bill” Ghan, son of Clyde Ghan and Martha (Kirchhof) Ghan, was born June 23, 1937, in Aurora, Missouri, and departed this life due to injuries from a fall on February 15, 2023, in rural Texas county, near Huggins, Missouri, at the age of 85 years, 7 months, and 22 days.
On February 21, 1963, he was united in marriage...
Viola May Thomas
Feb 14, 2023
Viola May (Carman) Thomas, the daughter of the late Everet and Eula (Toothaker) Carman, was born March 29, 1929, in Haver, Washington, and passed away February 14, 2023, at her daughter’s residence in Ozark, Missouri. She was 93 years, 10 months, and 16 days of age.
In 1946, Viola graduated from high school in Medford, Oregon. After graduating high school, she...
Emile Dupont
Feb 14, 2023
Emile Irvie Dupont, 86, of Vanzant, Missouri, entered God’s Kingdom on February 14, 2023.
He was born June 18, 1936, in Lakewood, New Jersey, to Reva and Harry Dupont. Emile lived most of his life in Waretown and during that time he was a member of the Ocean Township Board of Education. He served in public office in Ocean Township from...
Charles Howard Hupp
Feb 11, 2023
Born into the 50s and a child of the 60s, Charles Howard Hupp, was the definition of harmonious duality. The core values of loyalty, duty, respect, service, honor, integrity, and courage were not just tenets instilled in him over his eight years as an Army servicemen post high school, but were a credence to which he navigated his life as...
Bernal Kelley
Feb 10, 2023
Bernal Eugene Kelley, son of the late Charlie and Lola (Kristie) Kelley, was born November 21, 1933, at Hartville, Missouri, and departed this life February 10, 2023, at Hartville Care Center in Hartville, Missouri. He was 89 years, 2 months, and 20 days of age.
Bernal was born and raised on the family farm near Hartville. He attended school at Hartville...
Norman Harris
Feb 9, 2023
Norman James Harris, son of Russell Harris and Ella (Dalton) Harris, was born September 27, 1935, in Mansfield, Missouri, and departed this life on February 9, 2023, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 87 years, 4 months, and 12 days.
On January 25, 1957, he was united in marriage to Doris Freeman, and to this...
Gail Lawson
Feb 9, 2023
Mary “Gail” (Weatherford) Lawson was born November 27, 1941, in Randolph County, Arkansas, to Opal Wynona (Luter) Weatherford and Frank Carter Weatherford. She departed this life February 9, 2023, in her home after a long battle with heart failure.
As the daughter of a Methodist minister, she and her three brothers grew up moving frequently to different parts of Arkansas. She...
Sandra Williams
Feb 7, 2023
Sandra Sue Williams, daughter of Carl Eugene Williams and the late Mary Sue (Smith) Williams, was born October 2, 1963, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away February 7, 2023, at Mercy in Springfield, Missouri, at 59 years of age.
Sandy graduated from Rogersville High School with the class of 1982. She worked in retail for Wal-Mart in several departments over the...
Carol Hanger
Feb 4, 2023
Carol Jane Hanger, daughter of John William Cole and Lena Fay (Shimel) Cole, was born October 27, 1954, in Marshfield, Missouri, and departed this life on February 4, 2023, in her home near Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 68 years, 3 months, and 7 days.
On November 3, 1972, she was united in marriage to Donald Hanger and to this...