Recent Obituaries
Leo Walker
Oct 31, 2022
Leo Earl Walker, son of the late Howard Earl and Orleana Luva (Hoffarth) Walker, was born October 4, 1943, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away October 31, 2022, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was 79 years and 27 days of age.
Leo graduated from Mountain Grove High School with the class of 1961. He worked and...
Sherrie Hancock
Oct 29, 2022
On Saturday, October 29, 2022, Sherrie Lynn Hancock (Spencer) died following a brief and unexpected stay at the Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, just a few days after her sixty-third birthday.
Sherrie was born to Norbert and Shirley Spencer in Columbus, Ohio on October 24, 1959. It was here that she met her lifelong love and husband, Timothy Coleman Hancock, when...
Emma Jean Byerlee
Oct 28, 2022
Emma Jean Byerlee passed away Friday, October 28, 2022, in her home in Seymour, Missouri, at 87 years of age. She was born August 4, 1935, in Douglas County, Missouri, to George and Gladys (Brown) Walker.
Emma was united in marriage to Lonnie Byerlee and three children were born to this union: Arnold, Nancy, and Patsy.
Emma was an accomplished seamstress. She...
Maryellen Forbes
Oct 27, 2022
Maryellen Forbes, daughter of the late Louis Evan Williams and Beulah (Vineyard) Graham, was born December 26, 1940, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away October 27, 2022, at her residence in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 81 years, 10 months, and 1 day of age.
Mary grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where she attended school and graduated from Hillcrest High School....
Christopher "Chris" Allen Schuck
Oct 20, 2022
Christopher "Chris" Allen Schuck was born on June 16th, 1968, in Highland, Illinois, to parents, James and Bobbie Schuck.
He gained his wings on October 20th, 2022, at 2:00 a.m., resting in the comfort of his home and surrounded by his wife and family.
Chris met the love of his life, Amanda, in 2019, and they were married in 2022.
Chris worked as...
Bettye Gafford
Oct 19, 2022
Bettye Lou (Parker) Gafford was born in Waxahachie, Texas, on November 16, 1928, and departed this life October 19, 2022, at the Hartville Care Center in Hartville, Missouri. She was 93 years, 11 months, and 3 days of age.
Bettye was united in marriage to Joe Gafford on September 14, 1946, in Fort Worth, Texas, after only knowing each other for...
Doris And Victoria Alexander
Oct 18, 2022
Doris Jean (Honeycutt) Alexander
Doris Jean Alexander, daughter of Samuel Augustus “Gus” Honeycutt and Margie Viola (Trimble) Honeycutt, was born May 29, 1927, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She departed this life on October 18, 2022, in Algonquin, Illinois, at the age of 95 years, 4 months, and 19 days.
On April 19, 1953, she was united in marriage to Charles Alexander in Mansfield,...
Mary Sue Eden-Long
Oct 17, 2022
Mary Sue Dickinson Eden- Long, daughter of Elisha and Mabel (Beeney) Dickinson, was born March 30, 1926 in Hartville, Missouri. She departed this life on October 17, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 96 years, 6 months, and 17 days.
Mary Sue was the eleventh of thirteen children and was raised in Hartville, Missouri, and attended...
Sylvia "Aileen" Cook
Oct 16, 2022
Sylvia Aileen Cook, daughter of Jessie and Lottie (McCormack) Hargus, was born July 31, 1920, in Seymour, Missouri, and passed away peacefully on October 16, 2022, in her home near Seymour at the age of 102 years, 2 months, and 5 days.
On November 20, 1945, she was united in marriage to John Clyde Cook. They shared 64 years together before...
Jason Yarger
Oct 14, 2022
Jason Howard Yarger, son of Howard Eugene and Sandra Kay (Spencer) Yarger, was born January 29, 1980, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away October 14, 2022, at his home in Seymour, Missouri. He was 42 years, 8 months, and 16 days of age.
Jason grew up and attended school in Seymour, and he graduated from Seymour High School with the class...
Lloyd Freeman
Oct 14, 2022
Lloyd Freeman, son of the late William and Emma (Crisp) Freeman, was born August 14, 1922, at Vanzant, Missouri, and passed away at Nixa, Missouri, at the age of 100 years and 2 months. In 1941, he proudly served his country in the army during World War 2. After returning home, he married the love of his life, Ruth Melton,...
Margaret Smith
Oct 14, 2022
Margaret Belle (Yocum) Smith, daughter of the late Marvin and Oda (Long) Yocum, was born in Mountain Grove, Missouri, on June 5, 1932, and departed this life on October 14, 2022, at the age of 90 at Quail Creek Skilled Nursing in Springfield, Missouri.
Margaret attended Mountain Valley School and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1948. Margaret was crowned...
Tammy Jo Claxton
Oct 13, 2022
Tammy Jo (Miller) Claxton, daughter of Charles Edmond Miller and Vonna Mae (Blankenship) Miller, was born February 2, 1963, in Marshfield, Missouri, and departed this life on October 12, 2022, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 59 years, 8 months, and 12 days.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Mae Miller,...
Bobby Borden
Oct 13, 2022
Bobby Lynn Borden, son of the late Robert Bryant and Thelma Ruth (Freeman) Borden, was born September 5, 1950, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and went to his heavenly home October 13, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 72 years, 1 month, and 8 days of age.
Bobby grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated with the Mountain Grove High School class...
Christopher Thompson
Oct 10, 2022
Christopher Scott Thompson, son of Scott and Sarah Thompson, was born February 21, 1980, in Memphis, Tennessee, and departed this life on October 10, 2022, at 42 years, 7 months, and 19 days of age.
Chris attended school in Hernando, Mississippi, and Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri.
Chris loved to travel and spend time with friends. His greatest love was his...
Frances Smith
Oct 8, 2022
Frances May Smith, daughter of the late Joseph and Alma (Young) Koch, was born April 24,1922, in Billings, Montana, and passed away October 8, 2022, in Hurricane, Utah. She was 100 years, 5 months, and 15 days of age.
Frances grew up in Montana and California. She was united in marriage to Bryce Smith on August 14, 1948, in Reno, Nevada....
Linda Hensley
Oct 7, 2022
Linda Sue (Harley) Hensley, daughter of the late Cecil and Helen (Haskins) Harley, was born May 15, 1946, in Wendell, Idaho, and passed away October 7, 2022, at her home in Hartville, Missouri. She was 76 years, 4 months, and 23 days of age.
Linda grew up and attended school in Wendell, Idaho, until her family moved to Missouri when she...
Doris Lavaughn Miller
Oct 7, 2022
Doris LaVaughn Miller, daughter of Joseph Brown and Nellie (Springer) Brown, was born May 12, 1926, in Galesburg, Kansas, and departed this life on October 7, 2022, in her granddaughters’ home at Macomb, Missouri, at the age of 96 years, 4 months, and 25 days.
She was united in marriage to James Miller on June 12, 1958. He preceded her in...
James Sartor
Oct 6, 2022
James Edwin Sartor, son of the late William D. and Florence Jane (Hovey) Sartor, was born January 2, 1952, in Moline, Illinois, and departed this life October 6, 2022, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 70 years, 9 months, and 4 days of age.
James graduated with the Mountain Grove High School class of 1969. He then served...
Wanda Lawrence
Oct 6, 2022
Wanda Fern (Ray) Lawrence, 92 years, 6 months, and 7 days old, passed away on October 7, 2022, at Glenwood Healthcare Nursing Home in Seymour, Missouri. She had been on Hospice for six weeks.
Wanda was born April 15, 1930, at Anadarko, Oklahoma, to Clarence Elmer and Alta (Buchanan) Ray. As a child she grew up on the farm attending to...
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