Recent Obituaries

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Oct 17, 2021

Karen Lee Grabher, daughter of Isaac Cook and Margaret Leatherman Cook, was born July 30, 1949, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life on October 17, 2021, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of seventy-two years, two months, and seventeen days. She was united in marriage to Walton Grant “Dub” Hennigh on August 1, 1964,...

Oct 16, 2021

Oct 15, 2021

Evelyn I. Steele Hazelrigg was born August 30, 1939, at Sedalia, Missouri to the late John and Evelyn Irene (Dickenson) Steele, and quietly departed from this life on October 15, 2021, at her residence in Ellisville, Missouri. At a very early age Evelyn placed her faith in Jesus Christ. She was united in holy matrimony to Milton M. Hazelrigg on...

Oct 14, 2021

Eleanor Jean Cramer, daughter of the late Edward and Dorothy (Orlowski) Siemsen, was born May 4, 1936, in Kansas City, Kansas, and passed away October 14, 2021, at 85 years of age. Eleanor married Frank Vancil in 1953. Two children were born to this union, Barbara and Robert. She later married the love of her life, John Cramer, on July...

Oct 13, 2021

Emmitt Joseph Hutsell, of Huggins, Missouri, was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on October 13, 2021. He was born May 28, 1930, in Graff, Missouri, the son of Carlos Emmitt & Lillie Blanche (Greenlee) Hutsell. He was 91 years, 4 months, and 16 days of age. He served his country for two years in the US Army, including 13...

Oct 13, 2021