Recent Obituaries
Rev. Ernie Clarel Todd
Feb 24, 2018
Reverend Ernie Clarel Todd, son of the late Ernie and Anna (Duke) Todd, was born July 10, 1927, in Green Mountain, Missouri, and departed this life February 24, 2018, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. He was 90 years, 7 months, and 14 days of age. Clarel was a devoted son, brother, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He...
Ronald Ray Hyde
Feb 22, 2018
Memorial Service plans will be posted at a later date. Ronald Ray Hyde, son of the late Don and Dalpha (Cockerham) Hyde, was born May 28, 1939, in Tulare, California, and passed away February 22, 2018, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri, after a short illness. He was 78 years, 8 months, and 25 days of age....
Pauline Bradshaw
Feb 19, 2018
Betty "Pauline" (Dunlap) Bradshaw, daughter of the late Cecil & Myrtle (Kelley) Dunlap, was born on May 27, 1930, in Cabool, Missouri. At an early age, she was saved and baptized and became a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church in Mountain Grove in June of 1948. During her junior year in high school, her close friend, Juanita...
Leland Vanfosson
Feb 16, 2018
Leland Wilbur VanFosson, son of the late Henry and Lela (Gates) VanFosson, was born September 15, 1924, in Elmo, Missouri, and passed away February 16, 2018, in Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at 93 years, 5 months, and one day of age. Leland graduated from Elmo High School, attended North West Missouri State, and then moved to Kansas City, Missouri,...
Wanda Lee Lathrom
Feb 13, 2018
Wanda Lee Lathrom, daughter of the late Virgil Hubert and Amie (Moore) Lansdown, was born September 26, 1940, in Hartville, Missouri, and went to be with the Lord Tuesday, February 13, 2018, surrounded by her family at the age of 77. Wanda was saved and baptized at an early age. She graduated from Hartville High School in 1958 and married...
Juanita May Bell
Feb 11, 2018
Juanita May (Dugger) Bell, daughter of Fern (Crewse) Dugger and the late Lloyd Dugger, was born on November 27, 1957, in Cabool, Missouri, and departed this life on February 11, 2018, at her home in Cabool, Missouri following a long battle with breast cancer. She was 60 years, 2 months, and 15 days of age. Juanita was raised in the...
Jimmy Earl Yocum
Feb 9, 2018
Jimmy Earl Yocum was born in Mtn. Grove, MO October 14, 1930 to Emmett Francis Yocum and Bessie Rose Odle Yocum. He passed away Friday, February 9, 2018 in Mtn. Grove, MO at the age of 87 after a short illness. Jim attended Mtn. Grove High School where he met Jeannine Walker. They graduated together in 1949 and were married...
Jean Bradshaw
Feb 6, 2018
Dorothy Jean (Gilley) Bradshaw, daughter of the late Afton John and Reda Mae (Jenkins) Gilley, was born May 5, 1942, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life February 6, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 75 years, 9 months, and 1 day of age. Jean was raised in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High...
Jerry Dean Dale
Feb 6, 2018
Jerry Dean Dale, 79, passed away, with loved ones by his side, on February 6, 2018, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, AR. He was born July 10, 1938, in Moline, Illinois, the son of Robert F. Dale, Margaret E. (Umphryes) Irwin and his step-father, Guy "Doyle" Irwin. Jerry owned Dale Painting in Bethalto for many years but...
Annie Sue Sloan
Feb 1, 2018
Annie Sue Sloan, daughter of the late Orville and Norma (Hathcock) Evans, was born April 18, 1948, in Gainesville, Missouri, and departed this life February 1, 2018, in her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 69 years, 9 months, and 14 days of age. Annie grew up in the Tecumseh area. She married Mac Sloan on March 23, 1968....
Danny B. Bushong
Jan 30, 2018
Danny Bentley Bushong, son of Veda Pauline (Pool) Bushong and the late Bentley Doyle Bushong, was born August 10, 1961, in Moline, Illinois, and departed this life January 30, 2018, at his home in Branson, Missouri. He was 56 years, 5 months, and 20 days of age. Danny’s family moved to the Dora and Ava communities when he was very...
John D. Parsons
Jan 28, 2018
John Dewey Parsons, son of the late Dewey and Esta (Dobbs) Parsons, was born June 29, 1943, in Texas County, Missouri, and departed this life January 28, 2018, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 74 years, 6 months, and 30 days of age. John grew up in Texas County. He served in the United States Army. Later in life he...
Iva E. Hutson
Jan 27, 2018
Iva Elizabeth (Keys) Hutson, daughter of the late Leonard and Bessie (Shields) Keys, was born August 17, 1933, at the family home in Wright County, Missouri. Iva was one of twelve children. She passed away January 27, 2018, at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Missouri, at 84 years, 5 months, and 10 days of age. Iva married Troy R. Hutson, Sr....
Roger Ray Talbot
Jan 26, 2018
Roger Ray Talbot, son of Bennie and Emma (Hopkins) Talbot, was born July 25, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, and departed this life January 26, 2018, at his residence in San Jose, California, at the age of 63 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Roger grew up and attended all twelve years of school in Ozark, Missouri. In high school,...
June Rose Daley
Jan 18, 2018
June Rose (Christofferson) Daley, daughter of the late Sherman A. and Birdie (Gleason) Christofferson, was born June 3, 1936, in Le Grand, Iowa, and passed away January 18, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 81 years, 7 months, and 15 days of age. June was raised in Galesburg, Illinois. She later moved to Visalia, California, where she met Paul Taylor-Daley....
Yvonne Daphine Hicks
Jan 17, 2018
Yvonne Daphine Hicks, daughter of the late Raymond and Phyllis (Kinchloe) Dobbins, was born February 27, 1949 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life January 17, 2018 in Springfield, Missouri. She was 68 years, 10 months, and 21 days of age. Yvonne grew up and attended school in Mountain Grove. She was united in marriage to Dale Hicks on...
Barbara "Bobbie" M. Blakely
Jan 16, 2018
Barbara “Bobbie” Maudie Blakely, daughter of the late Curtis and Melvinna (Inman) Wimberly, was born December 12, 1915, in Competition, Missouri, and departed this life January 16, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 102 years, 1 month, and 4 days of age. Bobbie grew up in the Mountain Grove area. She married Howard Blakely on April 11, 1936, in Neosho,...
Lizzie Coble
Jan 16, 2018
Lizzie Coble, daughter of the late Marion and Hattie (Brown) Vandiver, was born January 6, 1922, in Texas County, Missouri, and passed away January 16, 2018, at Ozarks Medical Center, West Plain, Missouri. She was 96 years and 11 days of age. Lizzie was united in marriage to William “Bill” Franklin Coble January 18, 1941, in Houston, Missouri. Three children...
Bruce Joseph Sarrazin
Jan 16, 2018
Bruce Joseph Sarrazin, son of the late Benedict Joseph and Betty Jo (Andrews) Sarrazin, was born September 22, 1953, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and departed this life on January 16, 2018, at his residence in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Bruce grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and graduated from Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge. He served his country in the...

