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Lois Evelyn Dugger

Lois Evelyn Dugger

Jul 15, 2017

Lois Evelyn Dugger, daughter of the late Archie and Jewell (Moore) Gann, was born December 25, 1928, in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life July 15, 2017, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 88 years, 6 months, and 20 days of age. Lois was raised in Wright County and attended school in Hartville, Missouri, in a...

Irene G. Cope

Irene G. Cope

Jul 13, 2017

Irene Geneva (McCulley) Cope, daughter of the late Charley and Vergie (Floyd) McCulley, was born February 10, 1933 in Seymour, Missouri and departed this life July 13, 2017 in Bolivar, Missouri. She was 84 years, 5 months, and 3 days of age. Irene grew up and attended school in Hartville, Missouri. She was united in marriage to Lavern Cope on...

Freida Mae Woodard

Freida Mae Woodard

Jul 10, 2017

Freida Mae Woodard, daughter of the late Leslie and Anna (Killian) Hendrickson, was born May 19, 1933 in Randles, Missouri, and departed this life July 10, 2017 in Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 84 years, 1 month, and 21 days of age. She was born and raised in Randles, Missouri, and later moved with her...

Johnathan Atkisson

Johnathan Atkisson

Jul 4, 2017

Johnathan Blaine Maxwell Atkisson was born September 30, 1977 in Fairbanks, Alaska, and departed this life July 4, 2017 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 39 years of age. Growing up in Alaska, Johnathan’s childhood summers were spent canoeing, swimming, fishing and riding bikes while the winter meant sledding, building snow forts with his brothers and board games when it was...

Agnes Ellen Fredrickson

Agnes Ellen Fredrickson

Jul 1, 2017

Agnes Ellen Fredrickson, daughter of the late Don and Elizabeth (Abbuhl) Boardman, was born February 20, 1920 in Rome, New York, and passed away July 1, 2017 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the age of 97 years. Agnes was raised and attended school in the Rome area, and graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She was united in...

Ronnie  Eugene Clayton

Ronnie Eugene Clayton

Jun 27, 2017

Ronnie Clayton, age 60, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, passed on to his heavenly home on June 27, 2017. He fought a long and courageous battle with muscular dystrophy, COPD, CHF, and diabetes. Ronnie was born August 17, 1956 in Waterloo, Iowa. He attended Mountain Grove High School and graduated with the class of 1974. He attended Midwest Mechanical Institute and...

Arles Orrin Rumfelt

Arles Orrin Rumfelt

Jun 23, 2017

Arles Orrin Rumfelt, son of the late Orrin and Trula (Wirtmiller) Rumfelt, was born August 5, 1951 in Plato, Missouri, and departed this life suddenly on June 23, 2017 at his farm in Norwood, Missouri. He was 65 years, 10 months, and 18 days of age. Arles grew up in Plato and graduated from Plato High School in 1970. He...

Janice Marlene Wright

Janice Marlene Wright

Jun 21, 2017

Janice Marlene Wright, daughter of the late Lawrence Richard and Florence Estelle (Dugain) Wilhite, was born July 15, 1936 in Modesto, California, and departed this life June 21, 2017 at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 80 years, 11 months, and 6 days of age. Janice grew up in Modesto and graduated from Modesto High School. She married...

Drexel J. Smith

Drexel J. Smith

Jun 20, 2017

Drexel Jerome Smith, age 86, of Mountain Grove, passed away June 20, 2017. He was born December 19, 1930 in North Platte, Nebraska to Harold and Leita (Messersmith) Smith. Drexel grew up in North Platte until he moved to Corvallis, Oregon, with his family when he was thirteen and returned to North Platte four years later. He married Ardis Jean...

Charles Archie Mathews

Charles Archie Mathews

Jun 18, 2017

Charles Archie Mathews, son of the late William and Thelma (Dodds) Mathews, was born August 22, 1949 in Greenup County, Kentucky, and passed away June 18, 2017 in Select Specialty Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 67 years, 9 months, and 27 days of age. Charles was born and raised in Greenup County, Kentucky, and attended school there. He served...

Paula Mae Watson

Paula Mae Watson

Jun 16, 2017

Paula Mae Watson passed away peacefully on Friday June 16th at the age of 79. She was the third of four children born to Mildred and Paul Strong of Kansas City MO. She is survived by her older sister Nadine Hubbard of Lee Summit, MO. and Paul Strong Junior of Glen Bournie, MD. She was preceded in death by an...

Daniel Albert Macdonneil

Daniel Albert Macdonneil

Jun 7, 2017

Daniel Albert MacDonneil, son of Dennis Arnold and Veronica (Frizzell) MacDonneil, was born February 18, 1973 in Novato, California, and departed this life June 7, 2017 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, after a 4 year long courageous battle with numerous forms of cancer. He was 44 years, 3 months and 20 days of age. Dan grew up in...

David "Dave" Norton Whitehill

David "Dave" Norton Whitehill

Jun 7, 2017

David “Dave” Norton Whitehill was born May 24, 1936 in Shenandoah, Iowa to Carl and Thelma Norton Whitehill. He passed away June 7, 2017 after a short battle with cancer. Dave grew up and attended school in Shenandoah, Iowa. After graduation from Shenandoah High School, he joined the Navy in 1955 and served as a radio technician in various stations...

Dewey Ralph Compton

Dewey Ralph Compton

Jun 6, 2017

Dewey Ralph Compton passed away at his home on June 6, 2017. No services are planned at this time.

James Donald Szura

James Donald Szura

Jun 1, 2017

James Donald Szura, born January 9, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois, tragically passed away in a car accident on June 1, 2017. His parents were Theodore John Szura and Frances (McGuire) Szura. James grew up in the suburbs of Chicago with his brother, often riding the “L” Train to the outer areas of the Chicago suburbs, exploring other neighborhoods. He was...

Robert "Bob" Lewis Squirell

Robert "Bob" Lewis Squirell

May 30, 2017

Robert Lewis Squirell, son of the late Lewis and Ellen (Merwin) Squirell, was born on January 12, 1929, in Sandwich, Illinois and departed life on May 30, 2017 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. “Bob”, the name he preferred, grew up near Plano, Illinois on the family farm. He learned many skills as he worked growing crops,...

Ronald Deeds

Ronald Deeds

May 27, 2017

Ronald Allen Deeds, son of Clark and Clobell (Weaver) Deeds, was born December 7, 1947 in Springfield, Missouri. He departed this life on Saturday May 27, 2017 at Cox Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 69 years, 5 months, and 20 days of age. Ron spent his younger years working on the family farm and learning his trade as a...

Edward Walter Seymour

Edward Walter Seymour

May 24, 2017

Edward Walter Seymour, son of the late Carl Laverne and Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Seymour, was born September 17, 1941 in Tarkio, Missouri, and departed this life May 24, 2017 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 75 years, 8 months, and 7 days of age. Ed was raised in Fairfax, Missouri, and graduated from Fairfax High School in...

Carol Ann Freeman

Carol Ann Freeman

May 23, 2017

Carol Ann Freeman, daughter of the late Warren Henry and Dorothy Nora (Lybyer) Ragsdale, was born May 16, 1944 in Texas County, Missouri, and departed this life May 23, 2017 in Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri after a short illness. She was 73 years and 8 days of age. Carol Ann was raised in the Bendavis Community, attended...

Roy Dean Gray

Roy Dean Gray

May 23, 2017

Roy Dean Gray, son of the late Roy Ervin and Velma (Hopper) Gray, was born November 4, 1947 in Douglas County, Missouri, and lived 69 years, 6 months and 19 days before transitioning from this life on May 23, 2017 at the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. Dean attended Cold Springs Free Will Baptist Church for much of...