Recent Obituaries
Bruce Kile
Jul 23, 2022
Bruce Leroy Kile, father of two, passed away on July 23, 2022, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 69 years old. Bruce married Yvonne on June 13, 1987, and they raised two children together, a son, Logann and a daughter, Kacee. He was a well-known and highly respected mechanic. He also enjoyed working with livestock and farming. Bruce had a love...
Kelly Leann Kellum
Jul 22, 2022
Kelly LeAnn Kellum, daughter of the late Gerald Rudolph and Una Marie (Kasterke) Rudolph, was born November 6, 1961, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away July 22, 2022, at her home in Rogersville, Missouri, at 60 years of age. Kelly graduated from Seymour High School in 1980. She married Melvin Kellum on May 30, 1980, and one son, Joshua, was...
Gerald "Jerry" Reed
Jul 21, 2022
Gerald Lee Reed, son of the late Chester and Hazel (Taylor) Reed, was born June 14, 1944, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Jerry passed away peacefully in his sleep the morning of July 21, 2022 at the age of 78 years. Jerry grew up in Mountain Grove with his five siblings; the baby of the family, he always loved and greatly...
Joann Cogdill
Jul 18, 2022
Joann Frances (Clift) Cogdill, daughter of Melvin and Peggy (Buttram) Clift, was born July 25, 1958, in Marshfield, Missouri, and departed this life July 18, 2022, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 63 years, 11 months, and 24 days of age. Joann grew up in the Grovespring, Missouri, area and attended grade school at Grovespring. She...
Thomas Bradley Couch
Jul 18, 2022
Thomas Bradley “Brad” Couch, Sr. son of Gordon Roscoe Couch and Dorothy Mitchell Couch, was born July 4, 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and departed this life July 18, 2022, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 65 years and 14 days. He was united in marriage to Melody Heathman on October 5, 1996, in Battlefield,...
Wilma Jeane Davis
Jul 17, 2022
Wilma Jeane Davis was born August 23, 1927, in Douglas County, Missouri, to Raymond Linder and Ruby Elliott Linder and passed away July 17, 2022, at Heart of the Ozarks Health Care Center in Ava, Missouri, at the age of 94 years, 10 months, and 24 days. On October 16, 1944, Wilma Linder and Raleigh Davis were united in marriage...
Ronald Clifton Farris
Jul 17, 2022
Ronald Clifton Farris, son of Harold Clifton Farris and Pearl Francis (Seal) Farris, was born October 8, 1951, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life on July 17, 2022, in his home, at the age of 70 years, 9 months, and 9 days. He was preceded in death by both his parents, one son, Lester Farris, one brother, Lonnie Seal,...
Joyce Sue Dennis
Jul 17, 2022
Joyce Sue “Tarbutton” Dennis was born August 7, 1945, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and passed away Sunday, July 17, 2022, at her home in Mansfield, Missouri, after a long illness. She was united in marriage to Larry Dennis on May 26, 1961, and to this union two children were born. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wayne and...
Beulah Long
Jul 16, 2022
Beulah M. (Robertson) Long, daughter of the late Omar Arvall and Ruth Estella (Martin) Robertson, was born November 14, 1938, in Wright County, Missouri, and passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at her home in Hartville, Missouri, surrounded by her family. She was 83 years young. Beulah attended Hartville schools and graduated from Hartville High School in 1956. On...
Juanita Angel Martin
Jul 15, 2022
Juanita Angel Dorrance Martin, 89, joined her Heavenly Father on July 15, 2022 surrounded by family. Juanita was born on December 25, 1932 in Cimarron, NM. She was 89 years 6 months 21 days of age. Juanita is preceded in death by her parents, Laurencio and Delia Dorrance, brother and sister-in-law, Frank “Lencho” and Tony Dorrance, brother, Felix Moreno, brother-in-law,...
Gary Lee
Jul 14, 2022
Gary Johnson Lee, son of the late Bob E. and Myrtle M. (Johnson) Lee, was born on July 12, 1955, in Durango, Colorado, and passed from this life at his home in Dawson, Missouri, on July 14, 2022, following a long illness, at 67 years of age. Gary grew up in California and graduated from Lehigh High School in Cupertino,...
Darrell R. Cope
Jul 13, 2022
Darrell Raymond Cope, son of the late Omer Raymond and Opal Olive (Keith) Cope, was born May 31, 1925, on the family farm north of Hartville, Missouri, and passed away July 13, 2022, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 97 years, 1 month, and 13 days of age. Darrell grew up in the Hartville area and graduated...
Wilma Postlewait-Blackburn
Jul 13, 2022
Wilma Juanita Postlewait-Blackburn, daughter of the late Orville and Pearl (Merchant) Massey, was born December 1, 1928, in Wright County, Missouri, and passed July 13, 2022, at Seymour, Missouri, following an extended illness. She was 93 years, 7 months, and 12 days of age. Wilma married her first love, Clyde Postlewait, at the age of 17. Together they raised 7...
Julia Stillwell
Jul 12, 2022
Julia Stillwell, daughter of the late Orville Ray and Mary Grace (Parrish) McAlister, was born on February 2, 1931, at Blandinsville, Illinois, and passed from this life on July 12, 2022, at Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 91 years, 5 months and 10 days of age. The McAlister family were farmers moving from Rutledge, Missouri, to Illinois, then to Colorado,...
Lyle Reed
Jul 12, 2022
Lyle Taylor Reed, son of the late Chester and Hazel (Taylor) Reed, was born January 5, 1941, in Douglas County, Missouri, on the “Home Place”, the land his great-grandparents had homesteaded. Lyle passed away July 12, 2022, at his home surrounded by family. He was 81 years, 6 months, and 7 days of age. Lyle’s family moved to their new...
David Boss
Jul 12, 2022
David Elsworth Boss, son of the late Clarence Lester and Grace Lorraine (Newberry) Boss, was born February 16, 1939, in Rosco, Nebraska, and passed July 12, 2022, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 83 years, 4 months, and 26 days of age. David was raised in the small town of Pavillion, Wyoming, with his siblings and following high school, he...
Eugenia (Mccallister) Mcclure
Jul 12, 2022
Eugenia Delynn (McCallister) McClure, daughter of the late Harold Eugene and Willa Corrine (Coble) McCallister, was born September 22, 1958, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away July 12, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Eugenia grew up in the Topaz area and attended school at Cabool until the 10th grade. She was very proud that she received...
Ronnie "Butch" Cravens
Jul 11, 2022
Ronnie Wayne “Butch” Cravens, son of Rev. Marvin and Doris (Freeman) Cravens, was born October 20, 1956, at Springfield, Missouri, and passed from this life on July 11, 2022, at his home in Springfield, Missouri, at 65 years, 8 months, and 22 days of age. Butch lived his early life in Dunnegan, Missouri. The family later moved to Moberly, Missouri,...
Mitchelene "Mickey" Dubois-Street
Jul 8, 2022
Mitchelene “Mickey” DuBois-Street, daughter of the late Tom DuBois and Mary (Wickersham) Martin, was born on August 13, 1945, in Risco, Missouri, and passed from this life on July 8, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. She was surrounded by her loving husband and daughter. She was 76 years, 10 months and 26 days of age. Mickey graduated high...
Mark Alan Hauck
Jul 7, 2022
Mark Alan Hauck, 63, a native of St Louis, formerly of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and resident of Mountain Grove, Missouri, died recently after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his mother, Marlene Balsano, and father, Arthur Hauck. He leaves behind his son, Kurt (Katy) Hauck, his daughter, Emily (Adam) Smith, and he was the proud grandfather to...

