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Linda Carol Sanders

Linda Carol Sanders

Apr 21, 2022

Linda Carol Sanders, daughter of Harold Eli and Goldie Marie Pruett Bryant, was born June 8, 1949, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life April 21, 2022, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 72 years, 10 months, and 13 days. On January 27, 1966, she was united in marriage to Howard Dale Sanders and...

Violet Jones

Violet Jones

Apr 18, 2022

Violet Rose (Clark) Jones, daughter of the late Logan and Ova (Holman) Clark, was born August 5, 1928, in St. George, Missouri, and departed this life April 18, 2022, in Hartville, Missouri. She was 93 years, 8 months, and 13 days of age. Violet grew up in the Smittle, Missouri area. She attended Mt. Olive School and then attended Grovespring...

Wilma Ellen Duey

Wilma Ellen Duey

Apr 18, 2022

Wilma Ellen Duey was born in Stamford, Nebraska, on August 17, 1927. She entered heaven’s gates on April 18, 2022. She was a loving mother, grandmother, homemaker, and dairy farmer. Wilma was an excellent cook and known for her homemade chicken noodles and pancakes. She enjoyed flowers and especially her African Violets. Wilma moved to Missouri with her family when...

Hazel  Dodds

Hazel Dodds

Apr 12, 2022

Hazel June (Skeeters) Dodds was born in Jack, Missouri, on July 13, 1928, to A. Clifford and Mae Dewey (Casey) Skeeters. She left this world to be with her Lord and Savior on April 12, 2022, at the age of 93 years, 8 months, and 30 days. Hazel’s hardworking parents raised her and her eight siblings in a Christian home...

Barbara (Shope) Morris

Barbara (Shope) Morris

Apr 11, 2022

Barbara E. (Shope) Morris, daughter of Lindon Parker Eckhardt and Lula Belle Woods Eckhardt, was born July 10, 1947, in West Palm Beach, Florida, and departed this life on April 11, 2022, at Glenwood Health Care in Seymour, Missouri at the age of 74 years, 9 months, and 1 day. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a...

Monte D.  Jordan

Monte D. Jordan

Apr 8, 2022

Monte D. Jordan was born July 3, 1938, in San Bernardino, California, to the late John and Eula (Prock) Jordan. He passed from this life on April 8, 2022, at his home in Rogersville, Missouri. He was 83 years, 9 months, and 16 days of age. Monte graduated from Hartville High School in 1956. After graduating he enlisted in the...

Michael "Mike" Marah

Michael "Mike" Marah

Apr 8, 2022

Michael Christopher Marah was born September 24, 1992, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed his earthly life on April 8, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 29 years, 6 months, and 19 days. Michael was born to Tara (Marah) Marsanick and Chris Bell. When Michael was 4 years old he met and fell in love with...

Lee Troy Oliphant

Lee Troy Oliphant

Apr 7, 2022

Lee Troy Oliphant was born September 11, 1934, in Manes, Missouri, to the late Roy Ewen and Elsie (Lathrom) Oliphant. He passed from this life on April 7, 2022, at Hartville, Missouri, following an extended illness. He was 87 years, 6 months, and 16 days of age. Lee attended Perkins School for eight years. After school he helped on the...

Mickey Floyd Dortch

Mickey Floyd Dortch

Apr 7, 2022

Mickey Floyd Dortch, son of Hershel Dortch and Janice Holbert Dortch was born June 29, 1962, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and departed this life from complications of Parkinson’s Disease on April 7, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 59 years, 9 months, and 8 days. On March 23, 1985, he was united in marriage to...

Robert "Bob" Westerman

Robert "Bob" Westerman

Apr 7, 2022

Robert Charles Westerman Jr., son of Robert Charles Westerman Sr. and Elizabeth Moser Westerman, was born December 7, 1943, in Huntington, West Virginia, and departed this life on April 7, 2022, at Glendale Gardens Nursing and Rehab in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 78 years and 11 months. Bob was united in marriage to Shirley Elaine Humphrey on August...

Judy  K. Landers

Judy K. Landers

Apr 6, 2022

Judy K. Landers, daughter of the late Edward and Roberta Turner, was born on October 25, 1947, in Muncie, Indiana. She passed away April 6, 2022, at her home in Hartville, Missouri. She was 74 years, 5 months, and 12 days of age. Judy married Jeff Landers on June 23, 1994, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he survives of the...

Lorene Laub

Lorene Laub

Apr 5, 2022

Dorothy “Lorene” Laub was born May 5, 1930, to Samuel and Iva (Raney) Locke in Norwood, Missouri. She passed April 5, 2021, at the age of 91. Dorothy grew up in Norwood, Missouri. She attended Norwood schools. Dorothy married Price Laub, and two children were born to this union. She became a cosmetologist and a homemaker. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting,...

Grady Lay

Grady Lay

Apr 5, 2022

Grady Lay

Patsy Wade

Patsy Wade

Apr 5, 2022

Patsy Jo (Moseley) Wade was born December 4, 1933, in Manes, Missouri, to James Augustus and Lois Lilit (Shelby) Moseley. She passed away April 5, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 88 years, 4 months, and 1 day of age. Patsy grew up in the Manes area and attended Astoria School for grades 1-8. She transferred to...

Lois "Jeanie" Maddox

Lois "Jeanie" Maddox

Apr 5, 2022

Lois “Jeanie” (Littrell) Maddox, daughter of Joba Littrell and Esther (Powell) Littrell, was born September 24, 1951, in Mansfield, Missouri. She passed on April 5, 2022, in Fordland, Missouri, at the age of 70 years, 6 months, and 12 days. She married Ralph William “Bill” Maddox on May 6, 1973, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mountain Grove, Missouri....

Virgie  Lee (Sawyers) Davis

Virgie Lee (Sawyers) Davis

Apr 4, 2022

Virgie Lee (Sawyers) Davis, daughter of the late Norman “Celia” and Nadine Mavis (Cook) Sawyers, was born August 11, 1940, at Hartville, Missouri. She went to be with the Lord on April 4, 2022, at 81 years of age. Virgie married Norman Lester “Pete” Davis on October 3, 1957, and to this union six children were born, Janet, Deborah, Diana...

Gladys Geraldine "Jerry" Sumpter

Gladys Geraldine "Jerry" Sumpter

Apr 3, 2022

Gladys Geraldine “Jerry” Sumpter, daughter of the late Carl and Martha (Hardesty) Mann, was born the fourth of five children on December 11, 1931, in Perry County, Indiana, and passed away April 3, 2022, at The Cottage at Woodland Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was 90 years, 3 months, and 23 days of age. Jerry was baptized at an early...

Fawn Thompson

Fawn Thompson

Apr 2, 2022

Fawn Thompson

Lavonna Lea (Shaw) Smith

Lavonna Lea (Shaw) Smith

Mar 31, 2022

LaVonna Lea (Shaw) Smith, daughter of the late John and Evelyn (Smith) Shaw, was born March 17, 1963, in Cabool, Missouri, and departed this life March 31, 2022, at her home in Springfield, Missouri. She was 59 years and 14 days of age. LaVonna grew up in the Mountain Grove area and married Darrell Smith on June 18, 1982, in...

Vernon Hale

Vernon Hale

Mar 30, 2022

Vernon Byron Hale, son of the late James Warner and Florence (Hicks) Hale, was born November 9, 1927, in Ozark County, Missouri, and departed this life March 30, 2022, in the Harry S. Truman VA Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, following a short illness. He was 94 years, 4 months, and 21 days of age. Vernon grew up in Ozark County. He...