Obituary Listing

Feb 11, 2017

Ruth Aleda Grier, age 89 of Springfield, MO, passed away on February 11, 2017, in Cox South Hospital. She was born May 25, 1927 in Great Bend, KS the daughter of Walter and Hulda Dorthea Dreyzehner.

She was a member of Second Baptist Church of Springfield, MO.

Ruth is...

Feb 11, 2017

Dr. Donald Stewart Overend, M.D., 89, departed this life peacefully on Saturday, February 11, 2017.  He was born an only child to Pearl and Harrison Overend, on April 28, 1927 in Wichita, KS. He graduated from Wichita East High School at the age of 15 years old and started college at Wichita State University. He left college to enlist...

Feb 11, 2017

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

Feb 11, 2017

Jason Wayne Sanders, 36, of Springfield, Missouri passed away February 11, 2017.  He was born Oct. 8, 1980 in Overland Park, KS, the son of Gary and Sandy Sanders.

Jason, along with his family, moved to Springfield in 1984.  He graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1999 and went on to attend Southwest Missouri State, where he...

Feb 9, 2017

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

Feb 8, 2017

Sandra Jo "Sandy" Reidle, 47, passed away in her home Wednesday, February 8, 2017 after a long battle with mental illness. She was born on February 16, 1969 in Aurora, MO the daughter of Bill Reidle and Mary Raines Reidle. Sandy grew up in...

Feb 6, 2017

Bette Rose Gilbert was born May 4, 1926 and passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 6, 2017.

Bette was the oldest of four children born to Thomas M. and Ruth L (Wilcox) Shoffner in St. Louis, MO. She married Thomas James Gilbert on April 18, 1947 in Springfield, MO, and they enjoyed 63 years together...

Feb 6, 2017

Like the poet's "Wonderful One Hoss Shay," at age 91, Ellen Virginia Chiles finally wore out. Lean and strong her whole life, she worked, lived, and loved with an intensity that burns bright for her many friends and relatives. Ellen grew up on a small farm north of Lincoln, Missouri, a robust German Lutheran community that survived wars, depressions...

Feb 6, 2017

Bert was born in Oakland, California, Feb. 20, 1929, to Pauline Fritsch Helm and the Rev. A.J. Helm, and died peacefully at home in Springfield, Missouri, on Feb. 6, 2017. As a boy he lived in Detroit, Omaha, Atlanta, and Rockaway Beach and Springfield, Missouri, where he graduated from what was then Senior High School.

Bert was...

Feb 5, 2017

Hollis Herbert (Bert) Brower, Jr., 75, passed away Sunday February 5, 2017 in Springfield, MO.

Born September 10, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri to Doris Stearns Brower and Hollis H. Brower, he was preceded in death by his parents and his brother David Brower.

He is survived by his wife Cheryl Heimbrodt Brower; daughters Amy...

Feb 5, 2017

Eva Lou Brown was born December 4, 1944 in Frederic, Wisconsin to Lloyd and Audrie (Cory) Brown.

The family moved to Green Forest, Arkansas in 1947 then on to Springdale, Arkansas in 1957. She graduated from High School there in 1962.

She worked for Equitable of Iowa Life Insurance Company in Des Moines, Iowa from...

Feb 4, 2017

Christopher "Chris" Glenn Crosby passed away Saturday, February 4th, 2017 at his home in Springfield, Missouri. On October 27th, 1958, Chris was born to Donald and Donna Crosby in Fort Smith, Arkansas. At a young age, he moved to Springfield with his family where he graduated from Kickapoo High School and attended Missouri State University....

Feb 4, 2017

Taylor Malcolm Lewis, 74, of Willard, Mo., died at his home Saturday, Feb. 4.

Taylor was born Feb. 28, 1942, in Livingston, Montana. He was the second child of Jesse and Lavina Lewis, who preceded him in death. A 1960 graduate of Park County High School, Taylor then attended Eastern Montana College, where he studied history and...

Feb 3, 2017

Rosina Angela San Paolo, 93, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Friday, February 3, 2017.  She was born April 3, 1923 in Springfield, the 9th child of Carmelo and Francesca (Oliveri) San Paolo. She was preceded in death by her parents; four infant siblings who were born and died in Carini, Italy; her two brothers Carmelo and Angelo San Paolo; her...

Feb 2, 2017

Rebecca Hubbell Alberty passed away in her sleep on February 2nd, 2017 at Manor Care Nursing Home in Springfield, MO.

Rebecca Sue Hubbell was born September 25, 1942 in Springfield, MO. She graduated Parkview High School in 1960 and graduated Southwest Missouri State University in 1964. She was a long time employee of Springfield public schools until...

Feb 1, 2017

Fred R. "Bob" Miller, 87, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2017 of heart failure in Springfield, MO. He was born March 7, 1929.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy, and his parents, Fred and Corinne (Abernathy) Miller.

Bob was a member of Grace United Methodist Church....

Jan 30, 2017

James (Jim) Robert Mangan passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 at Manorcare nursing home with family and friends surrounding him.

Jim was born June 24, 1945 to Eula Mae Coble and Bernard Lewis Mangan.  Jim was a lifelong resident of Springfield.

Jim graduated from Central High School where he...

Jan 30, 2017

James "Jim" William Smotherman, age 53, of Springfield Missouri, died of a stroke at Mercy Hospital on January 30, 2017.

He was born at Burge Hospital in Springfield, Missouri on January 29, 1964, the only son of his late parents James "Bill" William and Flora Smotherman and younger brother of Catherine Smotherman-Patterson. Jim attended college at Missouri...

Jan 29, 2017

Deacon P. Michael Steele (Mike), 74, of Springfield, MO passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, January 29, 2017.

Born February 19, 1942 in Miami, FL to Paul M. Steele and Mary E. Kemna Steele. He received his Bachelor of Professional Studies at the University of Memphis in 1984; Master of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University New...

Jan 28, 2017

Patricia E. Mohrbacher entered heaven Saturday, January 28, 2017.

She was born in Barrow, England August 19, 1923 the daughter of Francis and Mary (Clark) Palmer.

Patricia married William (Bill) R....