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Darlene Myrtle Campbell
Apr 29, 2017
Darlene Myrtle Campbell, 88, of Springfield MO, passed away April 29th at 6:25 AM, at the Neighborhoods of Quail Creek. She was born January 11th, 1929 in Mason City, IA, the daughter of Harold and Alice Bammon. Darlene was co-owner of Campbell Distributing Company. Darlene was a life time member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, The International Chapter of...
Juanita Cannon
Apr 29, 2017
Juanita Cannon, age 89, of Springfield, MO passed away Saturday April 29, 2017 at Mercy hospital. She was born April 17, 1928 in Springfield MO to Sam and Bess Jones. She attended Central High School. A member of Sigma Kapa Sorority, she graduated from Southwest Missouri State in 1950 with a teaching degree.
Juanita taught in Rogersville,...
Keyshawn A. Jackson
Apr 28, 2017
Keyshawn Amaré Jackson, 16 Springfield, MO. Son of Jerome and Lesa Jackson was born August 7, 2000 in Springfield, MO at St. Johns Hospital. Departed this earth on April 28th, 2017.
Keyshawn Jackson grew up in Springfield , MO and attended Kickapoo High School where he maintained the A and B Honor Roll....
Floyd Harold Hardin, Jr.
Apr 26, 2017
Floyd Harold Hardin, Jr. was born February 17, 1948, in Springfield, MO. He was the first born of four children to Margaret Ann (Ellis) and Floyd Harold Hardin, Sr. He departed this life on April 26, 2017, at age 69 in Chandler, AZ.
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Allen Keith Malcolm
Apr 25, 2017
Allen Keith Malcolm, 77, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at his home with family by his side. He was born on February 5, 1940 in Sikeston, MO to Pleasant Matthew Malcolm and Virginia Fern Malcolm (Sharp), both deceased. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Virginia Anne Malcolm and Martha Jane Bullard.
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Lola Given
Apr 25, 2017
Lola Butcher Given, 92, of Springfield, MO, formerly of Frametown, WV, died on April 25, 2017 at The Maples Health and Rehabilitation in Springfield.
Born July 9, 1924 to Levi Jonathan and Emily Belle Given Butcher, she grew up in the coal town of Widen, WV. In...
Donald Jean Simkins
Apr 24, 2017
Don was born on September 13, 1950 to Gerald and Millie Simkins in Rockford, IL. They moved to Springfield, MO when he was a young boy. He graduated from Glendale High School in 1968. He attended MSU and Arkansas Tech. On May 13,1972 he married Jo Ellen Shuler. Their family was the most treasured part of his life. He...
John Gates Bradley
Apr 24, 2017
John Gates Bradley, age 53, of Springfield, passed away at Mercy Hospital on April 24, 2017 with close friends by his side.
He was born in Springfield, MO the son of Forrest Wayne and Carolyn Joanne (Gates) Bradley September 28, 1963. He graduated from Greenwood High School in 1981 and later graduated with a Bachelor of Library...
Keith Park
Apr 23, 2017
No services are planned at this time. Cremation under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.
James Norman Capps
Apr 20, 2017
James Norman Capps, 65, of Ash Grove, MO, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 in Ash Grove Health Care Center. He was born December 9, 1951 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Clarence Richard and Kathryn Mary (McClellan) Capps. He retired from the KU Medical Center dietary kitchen. James had a passion for...
Amberline Lecompte
Apr 20, 2017
Amberline Keeling LeCompte of Springfield passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 in her home.
She was born June 26, 1921 in St. Joe, AR, the daughter of Leonard Jackson and Jennie (Stephenson) Keeling.
Amberline graduated high school in Bruno, AR and completed her RN training in 1945 from St. John's in Springfield, where she worked...
Richard Wiles Haege
Apr 19, 2017
Richard Wiles Haege, age 69 of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2017 in The Neighborhoods at Quail Creek. He fought a courageous battle with cancer.
Rick loved serving the people of Southern Missouri as first, a counselor, then a District Supervisor with Rehabilitation Services for the Blind.
He was proud...
Mary "June" Talent
Apr 18, 2017
Mary "June" Hilton Talent, age 85, of Springfield, MO, passed away peacefully Tuesday April 18, 2017.
June, the son of Maud and Alta (Woodhouse) Hilton, was born June 4, 1931 in Galena, MO. June graduated from Republic High School, Republic, MO. She married Roy Talent, of Republic, MO on November 24, 1950.
June was a...
Mildred Marie Willoughby
Apr 17, 2017
Mildred Marie Willoughby (nee Baum) age 95 of Springfield, was born August 31, 1921, and passed from this life on April 17, 2017.
She was born in Billings, MO to Conrad and Martha Baum. She attended Billings High School and Draughon's Business College before working at Zales Jewelers on the Square. After marrying Gerald Willoughby, she became...
Cathy Schlichting
Apr 15, 2017
Cathleen Ann Schlichting left this world to be an Angel in heaven on Saturday, April 15, 2017 after a year and a half battle with pancreatic cancer. Cathy was born on October 1, 1955 to Lucien (Sonny) Smith and Leiloni Smith (both deceased). She was also preceded in death by a beloved stepmother Elsie Marie Smith. Cathy...
Joanne Walker
Apr 14, 2017
JoAnne Brewer Walker, 83, departed this life after a long fight against Parkinson's disease and entered her heavenly home on Friday, April 14, 2017, with her loving husband Rex waiting for her with open arms. JoAnne was born December 30, 1933, in Granby, MO, the daughter of Theron Ellis Brewer and Evelyn Jennie (Carroll) Brewer JoAnne was first and foremost...
James Robert Askren
Apr 14, 2017
James Robert Askren, 88, of Springfield, MO passed away peacefully in his home on Friday afternoon April 14, 2017. Much of his family was present and supported by the compassionate care of Mercy Hospice and Phoenix Home Health Care. Jim was born in Sedalia, MO on September 10, 1928 to James Newton and Anna Margaret Askren. He...
Barbara L. Pearson
Apr 14, 2017
Barbara Louise Pearson, 82, of Springfield, MO, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, April 14, 2017 after 10 years of living with Alzheimer's disease, surrounded by the love of her family. She was born March 10, 1935, in Albia Iowa.
She was preceded in death by...
Willis Gene Baker
Apr 14, 2017
Willis G. Baker, age 90, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Friday, April 14th. Willis was born on November 24th, 1926 in Butler, Missouri, to Edgar L. Baker and Mary Deems Baker. After graduating from high school in Butler, he served in the Army Air Force during WWII. After his military service, he attended Oregon State University in Corvallis. He was...
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