Obituary Listing

Apr 16, 2020

Gloria McCuan

October 04, 1934 - April 16, 2020

Age 85

Gloria was the oldest of 4 girls in the family. She had a joy of living. She loved to travel and often spoke of Hawaii and other beautiful places that she lived. She was married to the love...

Apr 15, 2020

Patricia Lee Skinner Lockhart, age 90, was born in St. Charles, MO in 1929, and died at 6:45 am on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 with little fanfare and no distress. She was a resident of Elfindale Manor for the past 6 years, having previously lived in the Country Club neighborhood of Springfield with the love of her life, Charles,...

Apr 14, 2020

Dottie Jean Gammon, 90 of Springfield, MO passed away at 7:25 AM, Tuesday, April 14, 2020 in Shawnee Mission Advent Health Hospital in Shawnee Mission, KS.

She was born in Lebanon, MO on December 31, 1929 to the late Leonard and Venice O'Dell.  After a few years at William Woods College, she met her husband, Robert E....

Apr 14, 2020

Frances (Teet) Duncan Reynolds, 93 of Springfield, Mo. passed away peacefully on April 14, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 1, 1926 in Muskogee, Oklahoma the daughter of Vera and Louis Duncan. She graduated from Central High School. Attended Hockaday all girls Junior College in Dallas, Texas. Graduating from University of Oklahoma where she...

Apr 13, 2020

No services are planned at this time.  Cremation under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.

Apr 12, 2020

Norman Leslie Jackson was born to Alberta Denise and Norman Lowell on September 7, 1951 in Canton, Ohio. Norman was the oldest of five children.  Norman attended Hartigan grammar school and Wendell Phillips high school.

Norman was ordained in the ministry in 1983. Norman rededicated his life to Christ on March 1, 2020 at the New Growth...

Apr 12, 2020

Arthur L. White was reunited with his son, Dan and daughter, Dee Ann in heaven on Easter morning, April 12, 2020.  Also proceeding him in death were his parents, Herman and Wilma White, and his sister Faye Myers. Art was born in Glidewell, Missouri, March 1, 1924.

Surviving him are his wife of 68 years, Ruth Ann,...

Apr 10, 2020

Bob Dean never left a joke untold, a stranger unmet, food uneaten, an adult beverage undrained or good times until they were over. His family is amazed he didn't succumb years earlier to his police work, his habit of driving his tractor without brakes or his sense of adventure: "What happens if I try to cross the creek here…how...

Apr 9, 2020

Dale Edward Ball, 82, of Republic, MO passed away Apr. 9, 2020. He was born Feb. 28, 1938 to his parents Harlan and Ida Humbles in Chicago, IL.

Dale will be remembered as a loving husband and caring family man with a gentle spirit, who put his family and church first. Dale performed many acts of kindness...

Apr 7, 2020

Barbara Hinds, 78, of Ozark, Missouri, passed away at 12:20 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, after an 18-month battle with cancer. She was an active member of Briar Street Baptist Church in Springfield.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, John Tucker and Eula Watson Tucker,  husband, Darrell Hinds and sister, Judy Lile.

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Apr 6, 2020

Frances "Fran" Lorenz, 88, of Nixa, Missouri, died April 6, 2020 from lymphoma.  Fran was born March 13, 1932 in Adams, Massachusetts to Harvey and Loretta Lanois. While her father was stationed with the United States Army at Fort Monroe, Virginia, she met Frank Lorenz. After a whirlwind romance, she married her soulmate Frank on November 5, 1949. Fran...

Apr 5, 2020

Fred Lee Clayton, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020, at his home in Springfield, MO. He was born June 7, 1929, in Glasco, Cloud County, Kansas on the family farm. His father was also born and raised on the farm purchased by his grandfather in 1880, from the homesteader.

Fred was the oldest child of Frank Lee...

Apr 5, 2020

William H. (Herb) Knight, 95, passed away April 4, 2020, at home after a lingering illness.

The second son of Nellie L. Levine Knight and Ira E. Knight, Herb was born near Conway, MO, on the family farm. He attended Shady Grove Primary School and graduated from Conway High School in 1941. He worked on the farm...

Apr 3, 2020

Paul H. Blue, 89, of Springfield, MO passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020.  He was born on March 12, 1931 to Peter Hugh and Elizabeth (Haws) Blue in Wyandotte County, KS.

His family purchased a farm near Richwood, Christian County, MO when he was just an infant, and Paul attended Ozark Public Schools.  He began his...

Apr 3, 2020

Clydola Patterson passed away on April 3, 2020 at the Manor at Elfindale. She was born on October 3, 1924 in San Saba, Texas. After graduating from Baylor University, she moved to Dallas, where she met and married Doyle Patterson. In 1971, the family moved to Springfield, Missouri, when Doyle was transferred with Kraft Foods. But she always called...

Apr 3, 2020

Scottie Jay Pearson, born January 5 th , 1973, passed away on Friday, April 3 rd following a short illness.   He is survived by his mother, Brenda Fuller, and her husband Will of Marshfield, Missouri; Scott's father, Robert J Pearson, of Springfield; his brother, Patrick J. Pearson and his wife Stephanie of Springfield; younger brother, Lucas Cord Fuller and...

Apr 3, 2020

Memorial Mass will be 10:00 am  Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 2200 W. Republic Road, Springfield, MO 65807.  Masks and social distancing will be required. Raymond  Harold Jones was born March 13, 1947, at Breese, Illinois to Thomas Harold and Alice Catherine Mueller Jones. On April 2 he suffered a medical emergency while at his...

Apr 2, 2020

No services are planned.

Apr 1, 2020

Edmond L. Shafer, 72, of Springfield, Missouri passed away April 1, 2020 in Springfield Skilled Care Center.  Ed was born November 23, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Shafer family were residents of the Springfield community for many years from the 1950's.

Ed was an Eagle Scout and received a BA degree from SMSU. Ed was a store...

Apr 1, 2020

Patsy "Pat" Ruth Simmons Dyer, 88, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away at 4:30 pm April 01, 2020, at Cox Medical Center South.  Pat was born on November 10, 1931, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Her parents, Ruth Elizabeth Lay Simmons and Alfred "Paul" Simmons adopted her at five days old.  She married the love of her life, Gene Carroll Dyer,...