Recent Obituaries

Jul 6, 2022

Marilyn Louise (Turner) Hannah was born in Henderson, Iowa, on July 2, 1935, to Ernest Turner and Marjorie (Ayr) Turner. She departed this life on July 6, 2022, at 87 years of age. Besides her parents, Marilyn was preceded in death by her husband, Troy Hannah, her daughter, Karen Buttram, daughter-in-law, Donna Hannah, and one grandchild. She enjoyed working with...

Jul 5, 2022

Karen Darlene Raney, daughter of the late LeRoy and Edith (Kelley) Robertson, was born on May 31, 1943, at Bendavis, Missouri, and passed from this life on July 5, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by her loving family. She was 79 years, 1 month and 5 days of age. Karen grew up in Texas County and married...

Jul 3, 2022

Joyce Ellen (Crewse) Pope went to be with the Lord on July 3, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Faye and Eldridge Crewse. Joyce was born on September 8, 1932 in Graff, Missouri. She attended the Astoria School during her early years and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1949. Joyce started her teaching career in the...

Jul 2, 2022

Shirley Belle Poston, daughter of Flemon Harding and Elsie Manes Harding, was born March 22, 1935, in Seymour, Missouri, and departed this life July 2, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 87 years, 3 months, and 10 days. She married Kenneth Eugene Poston, a Korean War veteran, and to this union two sons were born. Kenneth preceded her...

Jul 2, 2022

Darrah Roxanne Collins was born February 1, 1959, in Cabool, Missouri, to Duane and Ruth Fish Collins. She passed from this life on July 2, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri. She was 63 years, 5 months, and 2 days of age. Darrah spent the first years of her life in Rochell, Illinois. When her family moved home to...

Jul 1, 2022

John Lowell Lumb was born August 6, 1966, and departed this life on July 1, 2022, at his parent’s home in Ava, Missouri. John was the son of John Leonard and Janice Lee (Mills) Lumb and was born in Houston, Missouri. He lived a fulfilled life of 55 years, 10 months, and 25 days. He began lifelong friendships when he...

Jun 30, 2022

Loyd Mitchell, son of Herman and Hazel (Mosley) Mitchell, was born during a blizzard on December 15, 1940, in Rinard, Iowa, and departed this life suddenly on June 30, 2022, at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. He was 81 years of age. In his youth he was raised in Iowa until his early teen years when he moved to...

Jun 26, 2022

Steven Carrel Smythe, son of the late Carrel Smythe and Trella June (Martin) Ellis, was born November 12, 1959, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away June 26, 2022, at his home in Fordland, Missouri. He was 62 years, 7 months, and 16 days of age.

Steve grew up in the Fordland area and graduated from Fordland High School. He went to...

Jun 25, 2022

James Robert Moxley, son of the late Fay Fredrick and Mini Florence (Sullivan) Moxley, was born January 12, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life June 25, 2022, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 90 years, 5 months, and 13 days of age. Jim moved from the Chicago, Illinois, area to his farm near...

Jun 25, 2022

“My name is Rick Wheat. I’m just thankful to be able to stand up and say I’m glad the Lord saved my soul.” These words were spoken every Sunday morning in his senior years by a silver headed cowboy in a little church in the Ozark Mountains of Douglas County, Missouri, during “testimony” time. He held the front of the...

Jun 25, 2022

Phyllis Mae Shannon, daughter of the late Noble and Mildred (Hines) McGowan, was born May 28, 1936, in Fresno, California, and departed this life June 25, 2022, at her home in Fordland, Missouri. She was 86 years and 28 days of age. Phyllis was united in marriage to Calvin Shannon on July 3, 1954, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Three children...

Jun 24, 2022

Jun 23, 2022

Kenneth Julian Bergstrom

Jun 23, 2022

Dorothy DeArmond Chadwell, 95, passed peacefully in her home on June 23, 2022. Dorothy was born on September 14, 1926, to Walter and Nellie (Pittman) DeArmond on Wild Cherry Farm east of Seymour. She, along with her older brother Gene, led an idyllic childhood, surrounded by their loving parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. She graduated from Seymour High School...

Jun 22, 2022

Audrey Fern (Gasperson) Smith of Vanzant, Missouri, passed from this life on June 22, 2022, at the Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark, Missouri, at 85 years, 8 months, and 19 days of age. She was born October 3, 1936, in Vanzant, Missouri, the daughter of Elza and Ann (Strong) Gasperson. Audrey grew up on her family farm and...

Jun 22, 2022

Wayne Chester “Chet” Long, son of the late William Kay and Lola May (Brown) Rhodes and Samale Long, was born March 4, 1950, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on June 22, 2022 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center, Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 72 years, 3 months, and 18 days of age. Wayne “Chet” worked for Fordick Company...

Jun 22, 2022

Leonard “Tom” Russell Sanders, son of the late Douglas Morse and Mattie Lou (Lannom) Sanders, was born November 19, 1948, in Lebanon, Tennessee, and departed this life June 22, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, following a short illness. He was 73 years, 7 months, and 3 days of age. Tom grew up the youngest of four siblings, being...

Jun 19, 2022

Tommy Roy Mitchell, son of the late Roy Tommy and Mary Lee (Burdick) Mitchell, was born June 24, 1959, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life June 19, 2022, at his home near Hartville, Missouri. He was 62 years, 11 months, and 26 days of age. Tommy grew up on the family farm near Hartville and graduated from Mountain...

Jun 17, 2022

Ken Harris, son of Kenneth Leslie and Gladys (Meints) Harris, was born August 16, 1942, in Malta, Illinois. He departed this life June 17, 2022, at 79 years old. Ken was a hard worker and worked as a barber for over 30 years. He owned Ken’s Hair Design in Hartville. Ken married Rose McCoy on September 28, 2000, in Hawaii....

Jun 17, 2022

Brenda Lou McBride, Daughter of James L. Sivils, Sr. and Verba Clinkingbeard Sivils, was born November 27, 1944, in Ava, Missouri, and departed this life on June 17, 2022, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 77 years, 6 months, and 20 days. On January 14, 1964, she was united in marriage to Jerry Dean...