Kittie Coffman Kelley
Feb 19, 2020
Kittie Coffman Kelley passed away on February 19th, 2020. She was born April 8th, 1922 in Kansas City, MO to Veda and Benjamin H. Coffman. Kittie graduated from East HS (KCMO) in 1939. She was married to Dr. Davis W. Cheek in 1945 (deceased) and spent most of her adult life in Pittsburg, KS In 1970 married James M....
Harriet Ann Neely
Feb 17, 2020
Harriet Ann Blair Neely, 93, daughter of Howard "Red" and Elizabeth Wilkin Blair, died February 17, 2020 in Springfield, MO. Born September 30, 1926, in Akron, Ohio, and called "Hassie" by her family, she moved to Springfield in 1938 when her father was hired as football coach of Southwest Missouri State College. She was a graduate of Greenwood High...
Maret Elaine Cheek
Feb 16, 2020
Maret Elaine Cheek, 73, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away February 16, 2020, while vacationing in Arizona. Maret was born June 2, 1946, in Madison, Wisconsin, the daughter of Claus and Laura Viksjo.
She married Bill Cheek in Tempe, Arizona, August 20, 1966. Maret earned her bachelor's degree from Texas Woman's University in 1969. After moving to Springfield...
Kathryn Janie Gromer
Feb 15, 2020
Kathryn Jane Gromer, or "Janie" to her family, was born in Oklahoma on April 4, 1940 to Joe and Ora Beck Harper. She died on February 15, 2020 in Springfield, Missouri.
Janie loved to cook, enjoyed good food and listening to good music.
She married Keith O'Neal Gromer, who preceded her in death, and they...
Joanne Murney
Feb 15, 2020
Joanne Murney, born June 3, 1957, passed away on February 15, 2020 after a long battle with kidney disease. A graduate of Glendale High School, she went on to earn a B.A. in psychology from Missouri State University and graduated with a Psy.D. from the School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute. Joanne spent her professional life working as...
Betty Lee Stark
Feb 11, 2020
Betty Lee (Addison) Stark, age 86, passed from this world on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Betty was born June 27, 1933 to Henry M. Addison Sr. and Minerva I. Addison. She accepted Jesus as her Savior when she was 11 while at revival at the Amity Schoolhouse with her family. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing...
Virginia Sue Carter-Tucker
Feb 10, 2020
Virginia Sue Bennett Carter-Tucker, age 71, passed away February 10, 2020. She was born December 14, 1948 in Lancaster, CA the daughter of Charles J. Bennett, Jr. "Jay" and Martha Virginia Burge Bennett.
Susie was the middle child of three girls. In 1950, the family moved from Lancaster to the rich farmland of Portales, NM. The girls...
Joe W. Grossenheider
Feb 10, 2020
Joe W. Grossenheider, born October 28, 1922, died February 10, 2020 in his home.
Mr. Grossenheider is survived by his children, Paul, Ed and Eve and numerous grandchildren, his wife having predeceased him after 55 years in Springfield in September 2001. He was also preceded in death by his children, Sue and Dennis.
Mr. Grossenheider...
Gayle Matchell
Feb 8, 2020
Gayle Matchell was born December 15, 1954 to the union of Erman and Nettie Decker in Clarkson, Kentucky. After suffering for years with COPD, she struggled no more as of February 8, 2020.
Gayle married Michael Matchell on August 20, 1974 and to this union Sara, Joshua, and Mark Matchell were born. She was a loving mother,...
Laddie Gene Stovall
Feb 6, 2020
Laddie Gene Stovall passed away at his home on 2/6/2020, at age 90, with his family by his side. Born in 1929 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Effie Marie Rose and John Felix Stovall. He is preceded in death by his parents; and siblings, Robert H. Stovall, Chester L.Stovall, Mary Ann Stovall Anderson, Magdalene Stovall Stivers, John W. Stovall,...
Janette Sue Laddimore
Feb 6, 2020
Mrs. Janette Sue Laddimore, 77, passed away Thursday Feb. 6, 2020.
Viewing will be held Sunday Feb. 16, 2020, with family present from 4-6 pm at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, Springfield, MO. Funeral Services will be at 11 am on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel.
She was preceded in death by husband Willie...
Suzann Ferguson
Feb 5, 2020
SuzAnn Ferguson, age, 76 passed away at 4:05 AM on February 5, 2020 in Springfield.
She was preceded in death by her son Brad Ferguson and her parents, Walter and Esther Agan.
SuzAnn is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Dean Wolfe and her granddaughter Ellie Wolfe, all of Anna, TX.
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Richard F. Johnson
Feb 4, 2020
On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, Richard F. Johnson (83) of Springfield, Missouri, entered the gates of heaven. Richard was born on September 14, 1936 in Lowell, Massachusetts to the late Robert Fish Johnson & Margaret Ellen Johnson (née Dupras). Richard was a man with many talents and accomplishments in his life. He was a Postmaster with the United States...
John E. Deragowski
Feb 4, 2020
John E. Deragowski, 82, of Springfield passed away Tuesday morning February 4, 2020. He was born October 23, 1937 in Karlin, Missouri to August and Annette Deragowski. John had many wonderful accomplishments and was a wonderful husband and dad. He was a food broker for Brian Van Hook and Crumpley Associates. He was also the owner of Bear Steel. ...
Ed Voges
Feb 2, 2020
Ed Voges, 54 of Bella Vista, AR passed away, Sunday, February 2, 2020 in Washington Regional Health Center, Fayetteville, AR after a sudden illness.
He was born, June 18, 1965 in Springfield, MO to Edward and Rebecca Voges. He graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1983 and later attended SMSU and the University of Missouri.
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Ruth Bradley Wiley Barnes Newton
Feb 1, 2020
Ruth Bradley Wiley Barnes Newton, age 99, of Springfield passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020, in Kansas City, Missouri, surrounded by family.
Ruthie, as she was called by all who knew and loved her, was born March 10, 1920, to C.M. and Audrey Bradley of Willard, Missouri, and was a life-long Greene County resident until her move...
Charlene Y. Wolfe
Jan 31, 2020
Charlene Y. Wolfe, age 83, Springfield passed away Friday, January 31, 2020 in Mercy Hospital. She was born November 28, 1936 in Springfield to Raymond and Ercle Olson Selvey. She graduated from Mt. Vernon High School and Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO.
Charlene was a homemaker. She loved golf and big game hunting in Wyoming and...
Sue Tanner Huber
Jan 31, 2020
Sue Ella Tanner was born December 1, 1924 in Sikeston, Missouri. She passed away peacefully at Cox Hospital with her daughters at her side on January 31, 2020, at the age of 95. Her full life was rich in warmth and joy. Known as "Little Sue", she attended William Woods College and University of Missouri where she became a...
John Vance Keith
Jan 31, 2020
On a cold, icy morning on December 2, 1934, a tiny baby boy began his journey into life much sooner than he was expected. The place—rural Cedar Co., MO. And before his father could even go for the doctor he had to cut away the broken icy trees out of the lane. When Vance did arrive later that day,...
Mary Kaye Murray
Jan 29, 2020
SPRINGFIELD – Mary Kaye (Catherine) Murray was born on December 8, 1944 in Springfield, Missouri to Elton Booth and Gladys Murray. Mary Kaye was raised in Springfield, Missouri, graduated from Willard High School, Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) and attended two years of Veterinarian School at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Mary Kaye's first...
