Recent Obituaries
Nora Ivon Ault
Dec 21, 2019
Nora Ivon Ault, daughter of the late James Howard and Cora Ellen (Weaver) Shannon, was born August 11, 1938, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life December 21, 2019, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 81 years, 4 months, and 10 days of age. Ivon grew up and attended school in Mountain Grove. She was united...
Lowell "Tommy" Sutherland
Dec 13, 2019
Lowell Thomas “Tommy” Sutherland, son of the late Ed and Minnie (Schuette) Sutherland, was born November 14, 1931, in Norwood Missouri. He passed away December 13, 2019, at his home in Branson Missouri. He was 88 years and 29 days of age. Tommy was raised near Denlow and attended school at Champion. As a young teenager, Tommy accepted Christ and...
Edith Dorine Frey
Dec 13, 2019
Edith Dorine Frey, daughter of the late Glen and Clara (Compton) Brown, was born March 7, 1932, in Topeka, Kansas, and passed away at her home in Huggins, Missouri, on December 13, 2019. She was 87 years, 9 months, and 6 days of age. Edith married Raymond Albert Frey on September 14, 1951, in Hardy, Arkansas. Two daughters, Deborah and...
William Joseph Padilla
Dec 10, 2019
William Joseph Padilla was born December 9, 2019, at 2:42 AM and passed away December 10, 2019, at 5:02 PM. A very loved son to Robert and Candy Padilla, a brother to Izaya, Isis and EmmaLinda all from Mountain Grove. You came and went so fast, it’s still so hard to process. We love you forever our little angel. Kiss...
Janice M. Crouch
Dec 10, 2019
Janice Marie Crouch, daughter of the late William and Betty Geraldine (Sutton) Brown, was born December 28, 1959, in Cabool, Missouri, and passed away suddenly December 10, 2019, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 59 years, 11 months, and 13 days of age. Janice spent most of her early years in Nixa, Missouri, and graduated from Nixa High School in 1978....
Clifford Nickell
Nov 29, 2019
Clifford Wayne Nickell, son of the late Delbert and Elizabeth (Bolling) Nickell, was born March 19, 1939 in Browning, Missouri and departed this life November 29, 2019 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 80 years, 8 months, and 10 days of age. While Clifford was born a native of northern Missouri, life took him down a different...
Bobby Henry Mcgowen
Nov 26, 2019
Bobby Henry McGowen, son of the late Orville and Florence (Ragsdale) McGowen, was born April 4, 1932, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away November 26, 2019, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. He was 87 years, 7 months, and 22 days of age. Bob graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1950. He married Barbara Sutton on November 11,...
William George Mares, Jr
Nov 19, 2019
William George Mares Jr., was born July 8, 1933, in the middle of the Great Depression, to William George and Elizabeth (Tourek) Mares in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and married the love of his life, Patricia Leonard. They had five children together and in 1967, the family relocated to their farm in Summersville, Missouri. Bill was an outstanding mechanic....
Norma Ellen Dabbs
Nov 17, 2019
Norma Ellen (Pettypool) Dabbs, daughter of the late James Edgar and Lillie (Douglas) Pettypool, was born near Fisk, Missouri, July 30, 1931, and passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019, at her home in Norwood, Missouri, at 88 years of age. Norma attended school in Fisk, Missouri, and was united in marriage to Donald Dabbs on July 11, 1951. They made...
Lucille Marie Lathrom
Nov 17, 2019
Lucille Marie Lathrom, daughter of the late John Preston and Sarah G. (Coffman) Prock, was born September 1, 1923, in Douglas County Missouri, and went home to be with the Lord on November 17, 2019, in West Plains, Missouri, after a short illness. She was 96 years, 2 months, and 16 days of age. Lucille grew up in the Mountain...
Jeff Carder
Nov 16, 2019
Jeff Jacob Ellis Carder, son of Bonnie Fern Freeman and the late Kenneth Lee Carder, was born November 5, 1971, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away November 16, 2019, at his farm in Douglas County, Missouri. He was 48 years and 11 days of age. Jeff grew up and attended school in Mountain Grove, and graduated with the Mountain Grove...
Bonnie Jean Hurst
Nov 14, 2019
Bonnie Jean Hurst, daughter of the late Clifford and Irene (Torkelson) Leach, was born September 23, 1938, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life November 14, 2019, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, following a short illness. She was 81 years, 1 month, and 22 days of age. Bonnie grew up in the Douglas County area and attended elementary school at...
Eugene Anderson
Nov 12, 2019
Eugene Monroe Anderson, son of the late Holman Elwell and Lela Omega (Pendergraff) Anderson, was born February 19, 1930, in Eldorado, Kansas, and passed away November 12, 2019, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 89 years, 9 months, and 10 days of age. Eugene’s father was a career military man, so their family lived in several places...
James Walter Hardin
Nov 10, 2019
James “Jim” Walter Hardin, son of the late Coleman David and Ode Missouri (Bridges) Hardin, was born February 21, 1931, in West Plains, Missouri, and passed away November 10, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He 88 years, 8 months, and 20 days of age. At the age of 11, James was injured in a baseball game that left him with...
Don Mayfield
Nov 9, 2019
James Don Mayfield, son of the late Andy and Zady (Hurtt) Mayfield, was born August 2, 1923, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He departed this life peacefully surrounded by family on November 9, 2019, at the age of 96. Don grew up and attended school in the Mountain Grove area. After spending some time in California, he enlisted and served in...
Dearl Willhite
Nov 9, 2019
William Dearl Willhite, son of the late Johnny and Edna Mae (Coffman) Willhite, was born March 8, 1934, at Manes, Missouri, and passed away November 9, 2019, at his residence in Hartville, Missouri. He was 85 years, 8 months, and 1 day of age. Dearl married Norma Faye Bennett on June 17, 1953. Four children were born to this union....
Elizabeth Ann-Marie Todd
Nov 4, 2019
Elizabeth Ann-Marie Todd, daughter of James Todd and Michelle Fullington, was born October 30, 2019 in Springfield, Missouri and went home to be with Jesus November 4, 2019 at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 6 days of age. Elizabeth was born with Trisomy 18, also known as Edwards’ syndrome, and severe hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She fought...
Harold "Pete" Petro
Nov 3, 2019
Harold W. “Pete” Petro, 76, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on November 3, 2019 at his home while surrounded by many of his loved ones. Pete was born October 27, 1943 to Harold Petro, Jr. and Mary Alice (Shirley) Petro in Indianapolis, Indiana. Pete grew up in Indianapolis and eventually...