Obituary Listing

Feb 26, 2020

Byrna Scillian, 71, Nixa, MO passed away in the afternoon of Wednesday, February 26, 2020 in her home.

Byrna and her sister Valerie were young children when their parents moved them to the old farmhouse located just behind the Springfield Airport where her Father Byron worked as the head of the maintenance department.

Byrna loved...

Feb 25, 2020

Shirley Ann Rader, age 83, of Nixa, Mo., passed away after a long battle with dementia on Tuesday February 25, 2020. Shirley was born on October 4, 1936. She is proceeded in death by her parents, step parents and her husband Lee Rader. Shirley has always put others before herself, she was a very hard working lady that took...

Feb 25, 2020

Clara Sue Jones was born on March 3, 1938 with a twin to Vess and Louise Robertson and passed away from this life on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. She was 81 years old. She graduated from Aurora High School with the class of 1956.

Clara retired as Mid-America Dairymen Cheese Store Buyer and Supervisor for southwest Missouri. ...

Feb 23, 2020

Barbara J. Presley, daughter of Ross and Oma Clark, was born on December 7, 1929 and departed this life on February 23, 2020. She grew up in Crocker, MO before moving to Springfield, where she spent most of her life. She was her class president at Pipkin Jr. High and graduated as senior class president of Crocker High School....

Feb 23, 2020

Gwyndolyn Prows Groseclose went to be with the Lord on February 23, 2020. She was born March 24, 1927 in Panama City, FL to Robert and Alice Prows. She graduated from Bay County High School and attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC.

She married 2 nd Lt. Bob Groseclose in October 1951. Bob graduated class of...

Feb 23, 2020

Allyn "Mac" McVey Mathews died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family after a long battle with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

He was born on September 23, 1937 in Southwest City Oklahoma (the cornerstone of three states OK, AR, MO) to Byron and Minnie (Hopkins) Mathews.

He is survived by his loving wife of 20 years...

Feb 23, 2020

Mary Louise Tourville, age 78, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020.  She was born September 16, 1941 in Ava, Missouri, the daughter of Russell and Lena Robertson.  She was a 1959 graduate of Ava High School.  After obtaining her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at Southwest Missouri State University, she married Jerry Tourville, of Sullivan, Missouri,...

Feb 22, 2020

Kimberly (Richards)Waldron was born on December 1,1982 and passed on February 22, 2020 in Springfield.

Kim attended Aurora schools then received a scholarship to attend Drury College. After she received her Bachelor's degree she got her Master's degree at St. Louis University. Kim got a job with the State of Missouri in Sikeston and that is where...

Feb 21, 2020

Rick Davidson, 72 of Nixa, Missouri passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, February 21, 2020 in Mercy Hospital after a battle with cancer. Rick was born on November 19, 1947 to Jean (Holmes) Davidson Inman and John Walker Davidson in Springfield, Missouri. He attended Parkview High School and Southwest Missouri State. Music was his...

Feb 21, 2020

Margie Vonnahme age 90, born January 28, 1930 in Belleville, IL, went to her heavenly home February 21, 2020 with her family by her side.

She was preceded in death by husband Carl J. Vonnahme, her three brothers, one sister and all of her in-laws.

Margie "married her best friend" Carl on November 24, 1951....

Feb 20, 2020

Jerry DeWayne Yarnell, 45 of Springfield passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 20, 2020 in Springfield surrounded by his family at Cox South Hospital.

He was born October 18, 1974 in Springfield to Gerald and Judy (Ellis) Yarnell. He graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1993. He was a business owner and a United States Coast Guard...

Feb 20, 2020

After living an active and fulfilling 101 Years, Gilbert "Gil" Smith of Springfield, Missouri passed

away on February 20, 2020. Gil was born to Lula Caroline and James Michael Smith in Buffalo,

New York on September 21, 1918. Moving to St. Louis, Missouri around the age of five, he

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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...