Helen Clinkenbeard
Sep 28, 2019
Helen Coleen Rosenberg Clinkenbeard, 93, of Springfield, MO, passed away September 28, 2019. She was born on June 24, 1926 in Springfield, MO to O. L. and Nora (Richardson) Rosenberg,
Helen was married for 72 years to her high school sweetheart George R. Clinkenbeard. Helen was the beloved matriarch of her Clinkenbeard family and always celebrated Christmas...
Susie Osburn
Sep 28, 2019
Susie Osburn, 73, Nixa, MO, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2019 in her home. She was born November 7, 1945 in Springfield, the daughter of Homer Albert Cantrell and Pauline Earnestine Glidewell.
Susie was a business owner and a devoted mother and loving grandmother. She loved to dance, spend time with her grandbabies, work in her...
Richard Eugene Lacroix
Sep 27, 2019
Richard Eugene LaCroix, 91, Springfield, MO passed away September 27, 2019 in Ozark Nursing and Care Center. He was born on July 19, 1928 in Lynn, Massachusetts to Romeo and Mildred (Mayhew) LaCroix.
He graduated from Lynn High School, as well as Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He served his Country in the U.S. Navy as a...
Margo Virginia Welsh
Sep 27, 2019
Margo Virginia (Gray) Welsh, 73, loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, passed away on September 27, 2019, after bravely battling cancer for the last twelve months. She was a life-long resident of Springfield and a committed member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Margo was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Mary Jean, Hazel, Ruth, JoAnn and brother, Jack. ...
Margaret Anna Wann
Sep 26, 2019
Margaret Wann, age 79, of Springfield, MO passed away on September 26th, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO after a long illness. She was born in Blackwell, OK on March 25th, 1940. Her family moved to Springfield, MO when Margaret was a small child and she graduated from Central High School in 1958. She furthered her education at...
Ralph Harold Dean Slavens
Sep 24, 2019
Ralph Harold Dean Slavens, 87, of Springfield, passed away September 24, 2019. He was born April 24, 1932, in Springfield to Chrissie and George W. Slavens.
At a young age, he joined the Army to help his family and serve his country. He was very proud to wear his Veteran's cap. On his return, he met and...
Jim Johnson
Sep 24, 2019
H.J. "Jim" Johnson was born April 4, 1925 in Mattoon, IL, the third child to Clara Jane (Reed) and Otto Johnson. He attended Mattoon High School. Immediately after graduation, he went into the US Navy to serve in WWII in the Pacific theater. He married Edna on December 20, 1975, in Phoenix, AZ. Jim spent the majority of his...
Kathryn Lois (Hanna) Stoke
Sep 23, 2019
Kathryn Lois (Hanna) Stoke, 78, died peacefully in her home on September 23, surrounded by her children. She was born on February 15, 1941 in Yuma, Colorado. Kathryn attended Central Missouri State University where she earned a degree in secondary education. She began her career as a teacher before eventually settling into social work as the director of elder...
Helen Louise Bredesen
Sep 21, 2019
Helen L. Bredesen, 93, Springfield, MO passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 in Springfield Rehab Center.
She was born, January 6, 1926 in Springfield, the daughter of Francis E. and Nancy Louise Tuttle BeVier. She married Karsten A. "Brad" Bredesen, Jr., July 12, 1959. She and Brad had one child, Karsten.
Helen loved doing number...
Genevieve Brookshier
Sep 21, 2019
Genevieve Jewel Brookshier, 94, Nixa, MO passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2019. She was born March 15, 2019 in Marshfield, MO. She was baptized in Marshfield at the age of 13. She retired from Zenith in 1986 after 16 years because of her health issues.
She loved to cook for her family and tend to her...
Beverly Mae Ellis
Sep 20, 2019
Beverly Mae Hickman Ellis, Springfield, died peacefully September 20 after a long valiant fight against multiple sclerosis. She was born October 14, 1941 in Greenfield, MO. to the late Lynton Harold Hickman and Roberta Jean Pyle Hickman. Beverly retired from public education in November 1996 from Springfield Public Schools. She earned her bachelor's degree from Missouri State University and...
Bob Dedmon
Sep 18, 2019
Bob Dedmon, Springfield, died on September 18, 2019, shortly after being diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. He was born on April 18, 1943, in Springfield to Ruby (Ward) and Herman Dedmon. He is survived by his wife of nearly 55 years, Janet, his daughter Rae Dedmon, Aunt and Uncle Neva and Keith McAnally, a brother, Roger Dedmon, in-laws Judy...
George Frederick Donnell
Sep 17, 2019
George Frederick Donnell, 97 passed away on 9/17/2019, in Ozark, Missouri. He was born on 7/10/1922 in the house built by his grandfather, Charles F. Palmer, in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Arlene Compton Donnell; his parents, Alonzo McWilliams Donnell, Sr. and Charlotte Fredericka (Palmer) Donnell; and his three siblings:...
Katie Squires
Sep 17, 2019
Anna Kate "Katie" Squires (Strom) passed away September 17, 2019 at the age of 83. She was born on September 5, 1936 in Cape Girardeau, MO to Elmer and Pauline Strom.
Katie grew up in Cape Girardeau and graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Journalism in 1957. She married John Squires on February...
Anne Wise
Sep 16, 2019
Anne Wise, 95, of Springfield, MO passed away in her home Monday, September 16, 2019 following a short illness. Anne was born April 12, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Virginia McGrath. She was united in marriage to Gordon Wise in 1947 and is preceded in death by her husband.
Anne loved the Lord and was...
Jean A. Prewitt
Sep 15, 2019
Jean Prewitt, 83, passed away on September 15, 2019 in Springfield. She was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She married James K. Prewitt in 1956 and they spent 60 years together. They had three daughters: Julie Kramschuster (Paul), Jill Prewiit Smull, and Janis Prewitt (Tom Auner). James and Jean had seven grandchildren: Amelia Prewitt, T.J. Auner, Eleanor...
J. Richard Brown
Sep 12, 2019
J. Richard Brown, Col USAF (Retired), 96, of Springfield, passed away on September 12, 2019. He was born on March 19, 1923 in Albia, IA to J Otis and Geneva Brown.
Col Brown served 32 years in the US Army and the US Air Force. He served in WWII in combat with the 394 th Bomb Group...
Nedra Fay Louzader
Sep 12, 2019
Nedra Fay (Welch) Louzader, 85, of Springfield, MO died Thursday, September 12, 2019 following a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Nedra was born March 6, 1934 in Redbird, Missouri, the daughter of John Robert and Eva Cleo (Cowan) Welch.
Nedra was baptized in 1945 at High Gate Baptist Church in High Gate, MO and was a member...
Gary L. Oberfoell
Sep 11, 2019
Gary L. Oberfoell, 67, of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Dubuque, Iowa, passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 11 th , 2019.
Funeral services will be held Friday, September 13 th at 9:00 a.m. at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Burial with full military honors will be held afterwards at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri.
Gary was born...
