Recent Obituaries

Sep 24, 2021

Carmen Emilia Peña Meneses was called home to her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 24, 2021, in Willow Springs, Missouri. She was born on September 4, 1937, in New York, New York. Carmen was united in marriage and to this union four children were born: Celeste, Walter Michael, Cathy and Caryn, whom she adored and raised with love and...

Sep 24, 2021

Joanna "Jo" (Durham) Wilkerson, age 65, of Seymour, Missouri, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021. Joanna was born in Seymour, Missouri, October 23, 1955. Joanna was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert "Bob" Durham, her second husband, David Wilkerson, her parents, Raymon and Hollie Harvey, two brothers, Dean Harvey and Albert Harvey, and two sisters, Dorothy Herman...

Sep 24, 2021

Wayne Woodard, son of the late Charles and Maude L. (Land) Woodard, was born October 28, 1930, in Hamletsburg, Illinois, and passed away September 24, 2021, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 90 years of age. Wayne was raised in Illinois. He was a beef and dairy farmer for many years and was an avid outdoorsman. He loved...

Sep 23, 2021

Esther Marie (Talbot) Jones, daughter of the late Raymond and Alta (Thompson) Talbot, was born in Baxter Springs, Kansas, on July 26, 1929. She was the first born of six children. Esther departed this life at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, on September 23, 2021, at the age of 92 years, 1 month, and 28 days. At the age of...

Sep 22, 2021

Charlene Hope Waszczuk was born Charlene Hope Krug in Camden, New Jersey, on July 29, 1955. Charlene’s father passed away before her birth and her mother died when she was 8 years old, leaving her to be raised by her beloved older sisters—or “sissies,” as she called them—Blanche and Kassie, with Kassie’s house being the place she called home. Charlene...

Sep 21, 2021

Larry Dean Volner, son of Ulas Vern Volner and the late Geraldine (Carder) Volner, was born July 13, 1959, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life suddenly September 21, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 62 years, 2 months, and 8 days of age. Larry was united in marriage to Pamela Sue Miller on November 10,...

Sep 19, 2021

Sharon Vlay Stewart, daughter of John and Alma Booher, was born on April 10th, 1939, in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania. She was reunited with her late husband in the kingdom of heaven on September 19th, 2021, at her daughter’s home near Kasilof, Alaska, at the age of eighty-two years and five months. Sharon was born and raised in Pennsylvania. After completing college...

Sep 18, 2021

Howard Dale Orr, son of late Howard Lyle Orr and Mary Lorraine (Allen) Orr, was born January 24, 1935, in Wapato, Washington, and passed away at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, on September 18, 2021. He was 86 years, 7 months, and 25 days of age. Howard was affectionately known as “Bud” by family and close friends. In 1953,...

Sep 18, 2021

Pamela Diane (Goodman) Cooley-Bonnarens, daughter of the late John Chalmer and Zelda Faye (Johnson) Goodman, was born July 2, 1949, at Norwood, Missouri, and passed away September 18, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 72 years, 2 months, and 16 days of age. Diane was born and raised in Norwood, Missouri, and attended Norwood Schools. She received...

Sep 17, 2021

LZ Wayne Brooke, son of Jesse James Brooke and Nellie Maye Cassida Brooke, was born and delivered at home by Rita Watterson on April 8, 1929, at Midway, Missouri, and departed this life on Friday, September 17, 2021, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of ninety-two years, five months, and nine days. He was united...

Sep 16, 2021

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 to thank them for the two heart valves they provided to Bob. Obituary: Robert “Bob” Linback, son of the late Virgil and Ione Linback-Myers was born September 15, 1953, in Rensselaer, Indiana, and passed away on...

Sep 16, 2021

Sep 16, 2021

Dearly loved matriarch and lifelong Seymour resident, Deloris June Owens, passed away September 16, 2021, in Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 83. One of four children, she was born at home in rural Seymour on December 19, 1937, to Otis and Faye Frances (Coots) Helms. Deloris graduated from Seymour High School in 1955. She wed...

Sep 15, 2021

James Gregory Young was born November 24, 1962, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life September 15, 2021, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, at the age of 58. He was the son of the late Marvin Dean Young and Dolores Jean ‘D.J.’ (Wilkerson-Young) Chastain. Greg, as he was known to most, lived all his years in southwest Missouri. He...

Sep 14, 2021

Stephen Whittenberg was born June 14, 1943, in West Plains, Missouri, to Graham J. Whittenberg and Norma (Williams) Whittenberg. He passed on September 14, 2021, at his residence in Seymour, Missouri. Stephen served several years in the U.S. Army as a military medic. He was a very smart man. He was a history buff and had a college degree in...

Sep 12, 2021

Elijah Ratterree (Hartville, MO) Elijah James Ratterree was born February 19, 2002, to Joe and Roxy Ratterree in Springfield, Missouri. He left this life Sunday, September 12, 2021, doing what he loved to do, being in the woods and logging with his dad. Eli was our quiet, sweet spirited young man that always had a quick smile and a helping...

Sep 12, 2021

Beloved mom, grandma, great-grandma, sister, aunt and friend, Joan Rowe Fox peacefully departed this life with family at her side in the twilight hours of September 12, 2021. She had been a much-loved resident at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour and was 84 years wise at the time of her passing. One of three children, she was born Joan Helen Johnson...

Sep 12, 2021

Karla Suzanne Besson was born August 28, 1968, in Gary, Indiana, to parents Kenneth Sr. and Phyllis Troy. She grew up in Cedar Lake, Indiana, with her friends and family whom she loved so dearly. Everyone who knew Karla knew she was always up to something. She enjoyed caring for her and her husband’s cattle and loved her dog and...

Sep 12, 2021

Doris Louise (Owens) Mings-Thornhill, daughter of the late Elmer and Ruby (Reaves) Owens was born January 1, 1931, in Wright County, near Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life on September 12, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri, at the Jacob’s Ladder End of Life Legacy Home. She was 90 years, 8 months and 11 days of age. Louise was united in marriage...

Sep 11, 2021

Betty Jane Swearengin, daughter of V.E. Heard and Betty Jane Haney Heard, was born May 6, 1930, north of Diggins, Missouri, in Webster County. She departed this life Saturday, September 11, 2021, at 12:55 AM, at the age of 91 years, 4 months, and 5 days, with her loving family by her side. On March 10, 1948, she was united...