Obituary Listing

Dec 9, 2019

Alyssa Haley McMahan, 21, of Springfield, passed away on December 9, 2019.

She graduated early in High School with honors and was a member of Go-CAPS. She was aspiring to be a nurse and started college her Junior year of High School. She was a member of the Ozark Dance Squad.

She was preceded in...

Dec 9, 2019

On the morning of Dec 10th, 2019 in Olympia, Washington, CJ Olsen (Carol Buehler-Shepherd) went to be with the Lord after a 4-year battle with cancer. She was 74 years old.

CJ was born in Mt Vernon, MO to Leo and Virginia Buehler. At Mt Vernon High School she was a drum majorette and social butterfly.  She...

Dec 7, 2019

Billy Howard Trotter, age 91, passed away peacefully on the morning of December 7, 2019.  His wife of 72 years, Eva Armilda Dalrymple, survives him along with daughter, Nancy, son, Steve, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Billy was born to Jesse and Lackey Trotter in Arkansas and grew up in Calico Rock.

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Dec 6, 2019

Matthew Zimmerman, 18, Springfield, passed away suddenly on Friday, December 6, 2019 in Mercy Hospital. He was born May 19, 2001 in St. Louis, MO.

Matthew enjoyed playing soccer and played most of his life. He was an Eagle Scout in Troop 210 at Immaculate Conception Church. His favorite parts of Scouting were the campouts and high...

Dec 5, 2019

Jake Schlotter passed away December 5, 2019 in Springfield, MO.  He was born on August 19, 1923, in Keokuk, IA.  Jake met the woman of his dreams, Betty Rice, and they were united in marriage on July 2, 1979.  Jake and Betty lived a full and happy life together.  He loved Betty, gardening, watching birds, especially Hummingbirds at their...

Dec 5, 2019

Errett C. Sechler Jr was born May 29, 1921, to Errett Cornelius Sechler and Clara Sparkman Sechler, at Burge Hospital, currently known as Cox Hospital North in Springfield, Missouri and died December 5, 2019.

Errett spent his early childhood on Washington Street in Springfield, one block from Central Christian Church where his father, Errett, Sr was the...

Dec 4, 2019

Gary James Arturo, 66, passed away unexpectedly in his home in Springfield, Missouri on Wednesday December 4 th , 2019. Gary was born in Pittsburgh, PA on April 8, 1953 and lived throughout the country including Aspinwall, Pennsylvania (20 years), Anchorage, Alaska (10 years), and Springfield, Missouri (33 years). Springfield is where he met his best friend and soulmate,...

Dec 3, 2019

Linda (Butler) Schaefer, 70, of Springfield, passed away on December 3, 2019. She was born November 15, 1949 to Ralph and Gladys (Gossage) Butler in Springfield.

Linda graduated from Parkview High School. While at Parkview, she played the drum in the Lassie Drum Corp. She graduated from MSU in 1971, where she was a member of the...

Dec 3, 2019

Paul W. Taylor, age 83, Springfield, died Monday, December 3, 2019 at Cox Hospital of natural causes.

Paul is a career Army Officer and Veteran of the Vietnam War, where he earned several medals, including the Bronze Star. He grew up in Springfield, the son of Paul S. Taylor and Pauline Taylor, and graduated from the Missouri...

Dec 3, 2019

He was our beautiful little boy that grew up to be a gentle giant at 6'8" and 275 pounds.  Christopher Scott May, age 34, born in Abilene Texas September 15, 1985 and died in Butner, North Carolina, December 3, 2019 while being treated for cancer at Duke University Cancer Center in Durham, North Carolina.  Christopher graduated from Fair Grove...

Dec 2, 2019

David William Felske was born on October 18, 1937 in Rock Island, IL to Clarence B. Felske and Sarah W. Fisher Felske. He went to his heavenly home on December 2, 2019 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer's.

He graduated from Keokuk, IA High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Western IL University, a...

Nov 30, 2019

Helen Louise (Bitzer) Engleman, 94, was born August 17, 1925 and passed away November 30, 2019. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest V. Bitzer and Carrie Murray Bitzer; her brothers Murray, Bernal, Ernest Jr. and Beuford Bitzer; and her husband of 66 years, Jack Engleman.

Helen began her life with four older brothers, a...

Nov 29, 2019

Larry Lee Beach, 78, of Springfield, MO, passed away on November 29, 2019.  Larry was born on June 30, 1941 in Springfield, MO.  Larry graduated from Springfield Central High School and joined the US Navy.  Following a tour of duty in the Far East, he returned to Springfield where he graduated from SMSU with a bachelor's degree in accounting. ...

Nov 29, 2019

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

Nov 28, 2019

Bruce Ellyson Hyde, MD,  76, passed away in his Springfield, MO home on Thursday, November 28, 2019 after being hospitalized for renal failure. Raised primarily in northern Minnesota, Bruce graduated from the University of Colorado – Boulder and the University of Minnesota Medical School. Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Clinical and Anatomical Pathology, he practiced pathology at Regions...

Nov 27, 2019

Tonish (Tony) Fewell Sr. 54, was born on April 1, 1965 to Howard Sr. and Gloria Fewell in Springfield, Mo. Tony transitioned from this life on November 27, 2019, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. A 1983 graduate from Central High School, Tony was a lover of the arts; from kick boxing to music. He was a...

Nov 27, 2019

Lenore Sheffield KNABB, 99, passed away November 27, 2019, in her home in Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by her loving family.

Lenore was born near Springfield, Minnesota at Aldondale Farms on June 2nd, 1920 to Frank Jeremiah Sheffield and Berdine Hamilton Sheffield.  She spent her childhood at her picturesque farm home on the prairie with her master farmer...

Nov 27, 2019

Coday Draper 97 years of age, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on November 27, 2019.  He was born on July 5, 1922 near Hartville, Missouri to Otta and Viola Draper.  He was employed with the Edel Ford Tractor Company until he retired in 1988.  On May 19, 1946 Coday was united in marriage to...

Nov 26, 2019

Thomas Floyd May, 80, formerly of Van Buren, Mo. passed away at 2:35 pm Tuesday, 11/26/19 in Springfield, MO at The Manor at Elfindale following a lengthy struggle with dementia.  Born February 3, 1939 in Morley, MO to Jasper Creal and Clara Elva (Carlton) May, he was the youngest of 7 children.

Following his high school graduation...

Nov 23, 2019

Our Mom, Grandma, and Great Grandma, Carlene Kay Allard, 81, of Springfield, Missouri, died at 9:08AM on Saturday, November 23, 2019.

Carlene was born August 6, 1938 in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Lucille (Wohlenberg) Skinner. She was baptized September 4, 1938 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lidderdale, IA. During her early childhood, she and...