Recent Obituaries
James Dean Mccoy
Aug 5, 2018
James Dean McCoy, son of the late James Ezra and Lois Marie (VanDeVenter) McCoy, was born September 3, 1943, in Manes, Missouri, and departed this life August 5, 2018, at Sonshine Manor in Republic, Missouri. He was 74 years, 11 months, and 2 days of age. Dean grew up in the Plato, Missouri community. He graduated from Plato High School...
Lloyd Duane Moore
Aug 3, 2018
Lloyd Duane Moore, known to family and friends as Duane, died Friday, August 3, 2018 at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Missouri, peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. Duane was born April 5, 1954 in Springfield, Missouri, to Ernest Lloyd and Doris (Fletcher) Moore. Duane had a Bachelor’s Degree from KU (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!). Duane was an avid KU Basketball fan,...
Norman Lee Gilley
Aug 3, 2018
Norman L. Gilley, son of the late Charlie and Esther Gilley, was born February 25, 1942, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life August 3, 2018. He was 76 years, 5 months, and 9 days of age. Norman was a Mason at Mountain Grove Masonic Lodge #158. He volunteered for the Army, in 1966, when others were trying to...
Chris Thomas Mason
Aug 2, 2018
Chris Thomas Mason was born July 3, 1971, in Monett, Missouri, to Billy Thomas and Mary Ann (Johnston) Mason, and passed away sweetly next to his love of his life August 2, 2018, at their home in Udall, Missouri. He was 47 years and 30 days of age. Chris moved with his family to Norwood, Missouri, when he was in...
Sylvia Noreen Alexander
Jul 31, 2018
Arrangements Pending Sylvia Noreen Alexander, daughter of the late Frank Fellers and Lois (Hill) Belt, was born May 5, 1965, in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life July 31, 2018, at Cox Health, Springfield, Missouri. She was 53 years, 2 months, and 26 days of age. Sylvia grew up in Fruitland, Idaho, and moved to the Mountain Grove area...
Katie Roberts
Jul 27, 2018
Katie Belle (Hill) Roberts, daughter of the late Bill and Blanche (Turner) Hill, was born June 11, 1932, in Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life July 27, 2018, at her home in Norwood, Missouri. She was 86 years, 1 month, and 16 days of age. Katie grew up in Norwood and graduated from Norwood High School in 1950. She married...
John David Pointer
Jul 27, 2018
John David Pointer was born on July 1, 1955 in Wichita, Kansas and passed quietly from this life on Friday, July 27, 2018 at his home on the farm near Mountain Grove, Missouri, following an extended illness. He was 63 years and 27 days old. He was adopted as an infant by David and Lorraine Pointer of Great Bend, Kansas....
Leroy Goldsmith
Jul 25, 2018
Sammy Leroy Goldsmith, son of the late Roy Eldon and Estil Imagene (Hurt) Goldsmith, was born March 22, 1945, in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life July 25, 2018, in Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. He was 73 years, 4 months, and 3 days of age. Leroy grew up in Wright County and graduated from Plato High...
Buell E. Ramsey
Jul 23, 2018
Buell Eugene Ramsey, son of the late Dewey Cleveland and Livla L. (Shaver) Ramsey, was born August 11, 1936, in Ingram, Arkansas, and departed this life July 23, 2018, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 81 years, 11 months, and 12 days of age. Buell grew up in Pocahontas, Arkansas, and graduated with the Pocahontas High School...
Troy Glen Doom
Jul 22, 2018
Troy Glen Doom, son of Robert Jr. and Tamela (Reeves) Doom, was born May 25, 1997, in Grove, Oklahoma, and departed this life July 22, 2018, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 21 years, 1 month, and 27 days of age. Troy was raised in Oklahoma until 2008, when his family moved to Mountain Grove,...
Delbert Gariepy
Jul 20, 2018
Delbert “Del” Paul Gariepy, 71, passed away at 7:14 a.m. on Friday, July 20, 2018, at his home near Mansfield, Missouri, after a nine-year battle with Leiomyosarcoma (LMS). Del was born on February 6, 1947, to Gilbert Normand Gariepy and Gertrude Elizabeth (Morris) Gariepy—on his mother’s 25th birthday—in Miami, Florida. When he was five, the family moved to Tiverton, Rhode...
Norma Lee Sanders
Jul 20, 2018
Norma Lee (Plummer) Sanders was born February 13, 1930, in Shell Knob, Missouri, to John and Nila (Skinner) Plummer. She passed away, July 20, 2018, at her home in Douglas County, Missouri. She was 88 years, 5 months, and 7 days of age. Norma grew up working on the family farm. When she was thirteen, she packed her belongings in...
Glenn Palmer Kemper
Jul 18, 2018
Glenn Palmer Kemper, son of the late Earl Carly and Pauline (Brott) Kemper was born August 14, 1937, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away July 18, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 80 years, 11 months, and 4 days of age. Glenn grew up in the Mountain Grove community and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1955. He...
Charles Ernest Hendershot
Jul 16, 2018
Charles Ernest Hendershot was born on October 14, 1933, in Stringtown, Oklahoma, and departed this life on July 16, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 84 years, 9 months, and 2 days. He was the last of ten children born to James K. Polk Hendershot and Bessie (Beck) Hendershot. The story of Charles' life is quite remarkable. His...
Clinton Berry
Jul 13, 2018
The seventh of eight children, Clinton Lambert “Butch” Berry was born in a car on the Missouri River Bridge on the way to the closest hospital on August 11, 1953. Closest is relative when you grew up in the Missouri Ozarks on a farm that was almost thirty miles from the nearest town. After going to graduate school at Illinois...
John Clinton Mead
Jul 12, 2018
John Clinton Mead, son of Betty Dean and the late Lester Carl Mead, was born June 3, 1972, in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life July 12, 2018, at his home near Mountain Grove, Missouri. John enjoyed spending time with friends and family. He also loved to fish and hunt for special rocks. John was preceded in death by...
James Ellis
Jul 10, 2018
James Ellis, son of the late Rollie Lee and Dorothy (Chase) Ellis, was born May 30, 1936, in Grand Junction, Colorado, and departed this life July 10, 2018, at his home north of Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 82 years, 1 month, and 10 days of age. James was raised in Hutchinson, Kansas. He served his country in the United...
Mike Casey
Jul 5, 2018
Michael Maurice Casey, son of the late Wayne Benny and Wilma Faye (Todd) Casey, was born May 17, 1952, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away July 5, 2018, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 66 years, 1 month, and 18 days of age. Mike grew up in the Dawson community. He attended school at Dawson,...
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