Betty Ruth Simkins
Feb 12, 2021
Betty was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her strengths include her kindness, humor, meekness and friendship, which she extended to many. Memberships and activities which Betty enjoyed include sewing club, stamping club, card club, and dinner and lunch clubs with her friends. She enjoyed spending time with her husband, family and friends at Table Rock lake. Betty was...
Janice N. Graves
Feb 12, 2021
Janice Nadine Graves, 94 years old, of Centralia, Missouri, passed away at 2AM on February 12, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Centralia, Missouri. She was born on March 12, 1926, to Orva Mae (Garrison) and Harry R. Butt. She married Chester R. Graves in Decatur, Illinois, on November 5, 1949. ...
Dorothy Laverne Mckoy
Feb 11, 2021
Dorothy LaVerne (Lilly) McKoy, 99 years of age, passed away at 9:30am on February 11th, 2021 at Cox South Hospital. Dorothy was born December 9th, 1921 in Jasper, MO to Reva and Jewell Lilly. In 1952 she started her career as a Union Amalagamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen of North America. Where she moved around the Midwest and...
Nancy E. Kabonic
Feb 11, 2021
Nancy Entwistle Kabonic, 70, of Ozark, Missouri, passed away on February 11, 2021.
Born October 20, 1950, at Florence Nightingale Hospital in Dallas, she took up residence in Missouri in 1983. In 1988 she graduated from St. John's School of Nursing. She worked at Mercy Hospital and later Hospice of Southwest Missouri.
Her kindness was...
Irene Stacey
Feb 10, 2021
In Loving Memory of Velma "Irene" Rutledge Elliot Stacey 2/13/1926 - 2/10/2021 Born in Iowa on February 13th, 1926 on a cold and snowy day, Irene passed away February 10th, 2021, on a cold and snowy day in Missouri. She was just a few days shy of her 95th birthday. She fell asleep in her home surrounded by the...
Mac Donald Bonebrake, Md
Feb 9, 2021
Mac Donald Bonebrake was born May 16, 1922 and died February 9, 2021. He grew up in Salem, MO. with his parents Albert Harrison and Lola Mae Bonebrake and his brother Loren Clark McNeill. He went through school in Salem where he played basketball and met his future bride Jane Hughes.
After graduation from Salem High he...
Steven L. Schoen
Feb 8, 2021
Steve Schoen died peacefully at home on February 8, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Steve was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on June 27, 1949, to Henry "Hank" and Dolores (Poff) Schoen; he proudly remained a Missouri resident for life.
Steve was a good son and big brother to his three younger siblings: ...
William R. "Bill" Bevens
Feb 5, 2021
William R. Bevens, 69, passed away peacefully on February 5th. He spent his last years living a happy and content life.
Bill was a longtime Springfield resident, owning a successful upholstery shop for many years there. Survivors include his sister in law, Geri Bevens, his nephew, Scott Bevens, his niece, Nikki Bevens, great niece's Nadine and Maya, and...
Nancy Louise Luckfield
Feb 5, 2021
Nancy Louise (Padgett) Luckfield, age 83, passed away Friday, February 5, 2021, in Springfield Missouri, where she resided with her loving husband, William Richard Luckfield III (Bill), for 44 years. She and Bill are longtime members of Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Nancy was born on December 14, 1937, to Elwood Pilsbury and Catherine...
Nat M. Snider, Od
Feb 4, 2021
Dr. Nat M. Snider left us for heaven in the early hours of February 4, 2021 in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 96. Dr. Snider was born on December 13, 1924 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was a decorated WWII soldier in the European Theatre and was awarded both the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Upon returning from...
Geneva Irene Duncan Anderson
Feb 3, 2021
Geneva Anderson passed away peacefully in her home on February 3, 2021, at the age of 100 years. Even in her final days, she continued to live life to the fullest, sharing stories of her amazing life and bringing laughter and joy to all.
Geneva was born near Bolivar, Missouri on March 24, 1920 to Thomas Luther...
Glenn E. Wiese
Feb 2, 2021
Glenn E. Wiese, born October 13, 1937 at home in Stotts City, MO, graduated to be with the Lord on February 2, 2021. He is survived by his wife Frances of 62 years; daughter, Glenda Deason and her husband Robin; son, David Wiese and his wife Debbie; grandchildren Joshua, Matthew and Samantha and many cousins, friends and co-workers. He...
Helen Kathaleen Maddux
Feb 2, 2021
Helen Kathaleen "Kathy" Burks Maddux was born on October 20, 1933 in Fordland, MO. Throughout her life she was kind, generous, beautiful, and loving. She seemed to know someone—or someone knew her—everywhere she went. Perhaps she just never knew a stranger. She was funny and could also be mischievous. She always hummed along to music. She never missed a...
Frances Marie Walz
Jan 31, 2021
Frances Marie Walz went to her eternal reward on January 31, 2021, at 94 years of age.
Frances Schaub was born April 4, 1926, in Ipswich, SD. She graduated from Ipswich High School in 1944. After high school, she was selected and attended the Cadet Nursing School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When World War II ended, she completed...
Patricia Ann Riebold
Jan 29, 2021
Patricia Ann Riebold was called home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 30th, 2020. Patricia was born in Springfield, MO in 1941. She married Roger Gird and later divorced. Patty owned a bar in Bellchester and a flower shop in Goodhue. Patti was a master gardener and planted many flowers at the Goodhue county fair while also...
Joe R. Salmon
Jan 28, 2021
Joe Ray Salmon, 92 of Springfield, Missouri, passed away January 28, 2021. Joe and his twin brother James Roy were born to Tom and Mary (Taylor) Salmon on May 06, 1928, in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Joe graduated from Hector, AR High School and was 1 of 2 surviving classmates. As 1 of 10 children growing up during the...
Patricia V. Buckley
Jan 28, 2021
Patricia 'Pat' Virginia Buckley, age 92, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on January 28, 2021, from complications of a stroke. Born on July 15, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Diva A. Harrison of Kansas City, MO. She married James 'Jim' Charles Buckley on January 20, 1951. A mere month after her wedding, Pat happily embraced the...
William Prochaska
Jan 28, 2021
William "Bill" Thomas Prochaska, age 91, of Springfield, MO passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 28, 2021 in Olathe, KS of Alzheimer's with his daughters at his side.
He was born in Chicago, IL on February 16, 1929 the son of Lucy (Dixon) and William J. Prochaska.
Bill graduated high school...
Dennis West
Jan 26, 2021
Dennis Scott West, age 60, passed away on January 26, 2021. Dennis was born in Springfield, MO on June 7, 1960, the fourth child of William West and Dorothy West Westlake. He graduated Central High School in 1978. Soon after graduating Dennis joined Uni-Post as a printer; and in the early 1980's he started his own printing company Preferred...
