Recent Obituaries
Pansy Pearl Crisp
Nov 10, 2021
Pansy Pearl (Bowlin) Crisp was born on March 31, 1932, the daughter of Hayden Bowlin and Virginia (Mings) Bowlin. She departed this life on November 10, 2021, at 89 years 7 months and 10 days of age. Pansy married Ival “Bud” Crisp on June 29, 1950, in Harrison, Arkansas. Four daughters were born to this union, Ilene, Erlene, Merlene and...
Ruby Faye Smith
Nov 10, 2021
Ruby Faye Smith, daughter of the late Walter Samuel and Bessie Mae (Richardson) Dodson, was born August 5, 1924, in Marshfield, Missouri, and passed away November 10, 2021, at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Missouri, at 97 years of age. When she was young, she moved to Springfield, Missouri, where she attended and graduated from Central High School in 1941. Ruby...
Helen Forbes
Nov 9, 2021
Helen Barbara Forbes was born on March 30, 1949, in Tama, Iowa, the daughter of Elsie and Joseph Vesely. She attended the South Tama Public Schools, graduating in 1967. Helen married Harold Boldt. They were blessed with three children. They later divorced. Helen worked at Traer Manufacturing for many years. There she met the love of her life, Doug Forbes....
Patricia Ann Childress
Nov 8, 2021
Patricia Ann Childress, daughter of Thomas Roets and Sarah (Calvert) Roets, was born December 7, 1957, in Topeka, Kansas, and departed this life on November 8, 2021, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri. She was 63 years, 11 months, and 1 day of age. She was born in Kansas and moved to Seymour in 1981. She was a...
C. Don Taylor
Nov 7, 2021
Clarence Donald Taylor was born on January 26, 1944, to Clarence and Audrey Taylor in Blue Eye, Missouri, and passed away on November 7, 2021, at his home in Seymour, Missouri, at 77 years of age. Don was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Dorais on April 29, 1967. Four sons were born to this union: Wesley, James, Larry, and...
Peter "Pete" Lester Dannen
Nov 6, 2021
Peter Lester Dannen Peter Lester “Pete” Dannen, son of Marvin Sebo Dannen and Donna Dawn Wartnaby, was born January 24, 1961, in Mason City, Iowa, and departed this life on November 6, 2021, in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, Missouri. He was 60 years, 9 months, and 12 days of age. He moved with his family from Iowa to Willow...
Jerald Hilt
Nov 5, 2021
Jerald Ray Hilt, son of the late Wayne and Vinita (Sluder) Hilt, was born August 21, 1946, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away November 5, 2021, at his residence in Norwood, Missouri. He was 75 years, 2 months, and 15 days of age. Jerald grew up in the Norwood area and graduated from Norwood High School with the class...
Donald Freeman
Nov 4, 2021
Donald Jay Freeman (or Donnie as many called him) was second born to Lester and Alta Freeman on October 5, 1944, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. At 17, Don went to work in Mountain Grove for Lake McGown at Vickers Service Station. He had the pleasure of filling up an older model Chevy station wagon for singers Jim Ed Brown, Maxine,...
Betty Mcgowan
Nov 3, 2021
Betty Bernadine (Creech) McGowan was born on February 12, 1928, to Hiram and Helen Creech in Reserve, Kansas, and passed from this life on November 3, 2021, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center, Mountain Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 93 years, 8 months, and 22 days of age. She had lived in Mountain Grove for many years. Betty...
Jeffery Orval Peterson
Nov 1, 2021
Jeffery Orval Peterson was born May 24, 1962, to Jerry and Shelda Peterson, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He left this life Monday, November 1, 2021, at his home in Fordland, Missouri. Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Online Condolences: www.craighurttfuneralhome.com
Rev. Howard Anderson
Oct 29, 2021
Rev. Howard Dale Anderson, son of the late Verlin Dale and Anna Marie (Miles) Anderson, was born January 12, 1947, in Lebanon, Missouri, and departed this life October 29, 2021, at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was 74 years, 9 months, and 17 days of age. Howard grew up in Lebanon and attended the one...
Perry Hanchey
Oct 29, 2021
Perry “PH” Mitchell Hanchey, 68, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, passed away October 29, 2021. He was born to Charles Hanchey and Fern (Goforth) Hunt on January 17, 1953, in Palo Alto, California. He graduated from Twin Falls High School in Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1971. He spent much of his career in sales in Idaho, Texas, and Missouri. Perry loved...
Letha Havens
Oct 25, 2021
Letha Faye Havens, daughter of the late Fred and Ruth (McCarty) Havens, was born August 3, 1933, in Vanzant, Missouri, and departed this life October 25, 2021, in Vanzant, Missouri. She was 88 years, 2 months, and 22 days of age. When Letha was only a year old her mother died unexpectedly from typhoid fever, so she and Fred went...
Joyce Mae Napier
Oct 24, 2021
Joyce Mae Napier was born February 23, 1949, one of two children, to Sherman and Betty (Carpenter) Johnson, in Marshfield, Missouri, in Webster County. She departed this life, Sunday afternoon, October 24, 2021, at Glendale Garden’s Nursing and Rehab in Springfield, Missouri, to be with the Lord and loved ones gone before her. Joyce graduated from Seymour High School and...
Harry Towell
Oct 23, 2021
Harry Isaac Towell, son of the late Perry Wilson Towell and Hazel Laura (Ray) Towell, was born November 14, 1935, in Mountain View, Missouri, and passed away October 23, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Harry grew up and attended school in the Mountain View area and graduated from Mountain View High School. He worked a 30 year career...
Arneata Louise Cantrell
Oct 21, 2021
Arneata Louise (Jones) Cantrell, 96, of Seymour, Missouri, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on October 21, 2021. She was born on February 7, 1925, in Joplin, Missouri, daughter of Hobert Brice Jones and Greta (Davis) Jones. She was united in marriage to Robert Roy Cantrell on November 27, 1940. To this union one son, Earl Robert,...
Price Lewis Laub
Oct 18, 2021
Price Lewis Laub was born February 22, 1927, to Fred C. and Elgie (Hogue) Laub. He passed October 18, 2021, at the age of 94. Price grew up in Norwood, Missouri. He attended and graduated from Norwood schools. After high school, Price joined the United States Marine Corp and served in World War II. He received an honorable discharge. Price...
Janice Berry
Oct 17, 2021
Janice Sue Scott Berry (Dec. 17, 1938 - Oct. 17, 2021) was the daughter of Norman and Sarah Scott. Janice leaves behind a loving husband of 65 years, Jack Berry; 5 children, Jerald & Judy Berry, Joel & Debra Berry, Jacqueline & Vernon Leighty, John & Penny Berry, and Joyce & Jim Johnston; 12 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, a sister-in-law, nephews, and...
Lucille Johnston
Oct 17, 2021
Lucille Steinert Johnston, daughter of the late Charles Clyde Steinert and Birdie Allie Jones, was born November 17, 1933, in Macomb, Missouri, and departed this life on October 17, 2021, in Olathe, Kansas, at the age of eighty-seven years and eleven months. She grew up around Macomb and graduated from Norwood High School in 1951. On June 20, 1953, she...