Recent Obituaries
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,...
Audra Shelley
Apr 26, 2023
Audra Ellen (Crewse) Shelley, daughter of the late Edward and Hattie (Greenlee) Crewse, was born on November 26, 1922, at Astoria, Missouri, and passed from this life at Texas County Memorial Hospital, Houston, Missouri, on April 26, 2023.
Audra grew up in Texas County and was united in marriage to Abraham Lincoln Shelley on November 9, 1938, at Houston, Missouri. Two...
Donna Carol Climer
Apr 26, 2023
Donna Carol (Brame) Climer was born December 6, 1941, in Van Buren, Missouri, to Everett Anthony and Alsie Belle (Chilton) Brame. Donna went to live with her Lord and Savior and was reunited with her parents, husband, Bobby, son, Darryl, and brother, David, on April 26, 2023. She had attained the age of 81 years, 4 months, and 20 days.
Donna...
Dorothy Sue Coday
Apr 26, 2023
Dorothy Sue Coday, daughter of Warren G. and Reva June (Turner) Todd, was born November 12, 1944, in Springfield, Missouri. She departed this life on April 26, 2023, in the Autumn Oaks Care Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri, she was 78 years, 5 months, and 14 days of age.
Dorothy was raised in Wright County, Missouri, near Odin, on her family’s...
Steven Wayne Cheyney
Apr 24, 2023
Steven Wayne Cheyney, known as Steve, was born on July 13, 1958, in Lynwood, California, to Eugene and Dana (Lane) Cheyney. He passed away on April 24, 2023, with his loved ones by his side in his home in rural Ava, Missouri, at the age of 64 years, 9 months, and 11 days.
Steve had a partner, Peggy, whom he spent...
Melanie Mcdaris
Apr 18, 2023
Melanie Shawn McDaris, 47, was born July 23, 1975, in Columbia, Missouri, and was taken into her Savior’s arms on April 18, 2023, near Marshfield, Missouri.
Melanie enjoyed her childhood in Vanzant, Missouri. She attended Mountain Grove schools in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Melanie’s childhood family includes her late mother, Nina Lockhart, her brothers, Chuck Lockhart, Mike Huntsman, Paul Scott Lockhart, her...
William Ince
Apr 17, 2023
William Richard Ince, son of the late Erman Thomas and Wilma (Matney) Ince, was born July 7, 1958, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away April 17, 2023, at Spring Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was 64 years, 9 months, and 10 days of age.
William grew up in Seymour, Missouri, and graduated from Seymour High School.
He loved...
Betty J. Dean
Apr 14, 2023
Betty Jean Dean, daughter of Irvin James Spitler and Bonnie Edna (Jordan) Spitler, was born May 18, 1937, in Levelland, Texas. She departed this life April 14, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by her loving family, at the age of 85 years, 10 months, and 29 days.
On April 13, 1957, she was united in marriage to...