James Donald Williams
Dec 26, 2020
James Donald Williams, 85, of Springfield passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at home. He was born on December 27, 1934 in Oklahoma City OK. The son of James Charles and Ellen Elizabeth (Nix) Williams.
He married his high school sweetheart Janna Lou Cain on Oct 28, 1955.
Graduated from University of Oklahoma...
Patricia Dean Smith
Dec 26, 2020
Patricia Dean Smith, (Wetherell), passed from this earth on December 26, 2020. She is free of the chains of pain and old age. Patricia was born July 24, 1933 in Kansas City Kansas to loving parents Gene and Mary Wetherell. She had two siblings, Joseph Wetherell, (died as an infant) and her beloved sister Betty Glenn who preceded in...
Ross B. Ausburn
Dec 26, 2020
Ross Buford Ausburn was born on February 27, 1932 in Tulsa, OK to Rube and Katherine Ross Ausburn. He passed peacefully on December 26, 2020 after completing his lifetime journey in preparation to meet his savior.
He graduated from Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, OK in 1950. Ross was a gifted athlete but really excelled at football....
Bobby L. Brown
Dec 25, 2020
Bobby L. Brown passed away on December 25, 2020. He was born July 20, 1934 in Stoutland, MO. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Nora Brown, wife Barbara A. Brown, his son, Bobby S. Brown and three sisters; Ercell Knight, Wanda O'Dell, and Maxine Rogers. He is survived by his children, Pamela Brown of Jenks...
Carolyn Love Sparks
Dec 24, 2020
A visitation honoring Carolyn Marie will be held next Saturday, January 9 th , at her daughter Nicole's house at 6810 East Division St., Springfield, MO, 65802. All are welcome. More details are below.
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It is with deepest bone-cracking sorrow (but blessedly few regrets) that we share that Carolyn Marie Love Sparks, aged 60,...
John "Jack" Tucker, Jr.
Dec 23, 2020
John Reilly Tucker Jr age, 98 of Springfield (formerly St. Louis) passed peacefully December 23, 2020.
Jack graduated from the University of Kansas with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was a WWII Veteran in the Navy and served on the USS Franklin. After the war, Jack started a 40-year career with ALCOA. Jack loved most all...
Phillip Lee Conner
Dec 23, 2020
Phillip Lee Conner of Bixby, Oklahoma, was born April 11, 1950, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Phillip Gordon and Wandaleen (Garrett) Conner. Phil departed this life on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 70. Phil graduated high school from Parkview High School and later graduated from Southwest Missouri State. He joined the U.S. Air Force...
Betty "Jean" Morris
Dec 22, 2020
Betty "Jean" McMillan Morris was born to Earl and Pearl Emrich McMillan, August 12, 1932 in Clay County, Kansas. She passed away from Alzheimer's disease December 22, 2020 in Springfield, Missouri.
Her family moved to a Douglas County, Missouri farm, south of Cabool, when Jean was three to escape the drought and dust storms of Kansas. The...
Stephen R. Michael
Dec 21, 2020
Steve R. Michael, 62, of Strafford, MO passed away December 21, 2020 in his home. Uncle Stevie, as he was fondly called by some of his closest friends and family, was such a loving and fun Uncle to his nephews and nieces. Uncle Stevie always put others' needs in front of his own. He was married to the Love...
Harold Franklin Anderson
Dec 20, 2020
Harold F. "Snake" Anderson, passed away December 20, 2020. He was born March 3, 1953 in Nashville, AR to Helen Trotter and Earmon Anderson, Sr.
He worked at Zenith, Sweetheart Cup and Timken. He served in the U.S. Navy. He enjoyed bingo, playing cards, "westerns," going to Over Easy AA Meetings and his church, Greater Metropolitan Baptist...
Carolyn "Jeep" Helm
Dec 20, 2020
Jeep Helm died December 20, 2020, at 85, having spent the final year of her life contending with pancreatic cancer. She was born Carolyn Eads Wall, in Orange, Texas. While she was still a baby her father nicknamed her "Jeep" after a character in the Popeye comic strip. She loved to fish, and said that her earliest memory, from...
Brenda S. Haney
Dec 20, 2020
Brenda S. Haney (nee Beatty), 72, passed away in Tulsa, OK on Sunday, December 20, 2020. She was born and raised in Springfield, MO and graduated from Northeast Missouri State University (now known as Truman State University). She later went on to spend most of her working career as a computer programmer for both a major insurance company and...
Nancy Elizabeth Lehar
Dec 20, 2020
Memorial services will be held Monday, January 4, 2021 in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Nancy's memorial slideshow can be viewed here .
Robert "Bobby" Joseph Pickering
Dec 19, 2020
Robert "Bobby" Pickering
Bobby, 62, of Springfield, Missouri passed away at the Springfield Skilled Care Center on December 19, 2020. He attended Hillcrest High School and graduated from Wood River High School in 1977. He was preceded in death by his parents , Lloyd and Rosalie Pickering, one brother Michael, and one sister, Merrie Pickering Gray. He is...
Mary (Linda) Tripp-Dark
Dec 19, 2020
Mary (Linda) Tripp-Dark, 77, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on December 19, 2020 at Cox South from complications of Covid-19. She was born September 8, 1943, in Fredericktown, Missouri, to Paul and Irene (West) White.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Thomas L. White and her first husband, Ed Tripp.
She...
Julie Anna Kohr
Dec 19, 2020
The world lost one of its sweetest souls on December 19, 2020. Julie Anna Hawkins Kohr, daughter of Max and Lucianna Hawkins, was born on March 13, 1945. She is survived by her devoted husband of 50 years, Michael Kohr; daughter, Molly Crider and her husband Wes; grandchildren, Melanie, Max and Maggie Crider; son Andrew and his wife Jenny;...
Arlene Lance
Dec 18, 2020
Arlene Lance, 83, of Springfield, Mo., went home to be with the Lord on December 18th, 2020.
Arlene was born on May 14th, 1937 in Reeds, Mo., daughter to Carl and Lula Belle Peterson. On April 25th, 1964, she married Gene Lance in Springfield, Mo., where they made their home. From that union, they had two daughters, Mary...
Dolores Ann Griot
Dec 17, 2020
Dolores Ann Griot died early morning on December 17, 2020 after filling 90 years with service and work and deep love for her family and church. She was born in Detroit, Michigan April 11, 1930. After graduating from Central High School in Springfield she attended SW Missouri State College. She married George Griot in August 1949 and they were...
