Mary Kathryn Cawlfield
Dec 16, 2015
Mary Kathryn Cawlfield completed her life's journey December 16, 2015, while a resident of Ozark Riverview Manor in Ozark, MO. She began the journey on August 22, 1922, near Ash Grove, MO. She was the fourth of six children born to Ernest and Sarah Sanders. Mary wed her high school sweetheart, Christopher Cawlfield, on November 25th, 1942, just before he...
Betty Ann Cox
Dec 15, 2015
Betty Ann Cox, age 83, of Springfield, MO passed away December 15, 2015 in her home. She was born in Urbana, MO March 3, 1932. Betty graduated from Central High School and retired after 30 years of service from Bank of America in California. Betty was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Thomas Blunk Wright
Dec 14, 2015
Thomas Blunk Wright , 94, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, December 14, 2015, in Springfield, Missouri. He was born February 15, 1921 in Doniphan, Missouri. Tom graduated from Doniphan H.S. in 1938. Following graduation he attended the University of Missouri. In 1939, Tom auditioned and was accepted into the United States Navy School of Music...
Roland Cecil Alexander
Dec 13, 2015
Roland Cecil Alexander, 91, of Springfield, MO passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2015. He was born October 20, 1924 in Springfield, MO, the son of William and Pansy (Danforth) Alexander. Roland married Sue Hare on August 20, 1950 and they had 64 wonderful years of marriage before Sue's death on December 18, 2014. He is survived by their four...
Joseph H. "Joe" Wilson
Dec 13, 2015
Joseph Henry Wilson was born on January 25, 1919 to Jesse Maude and Ivan T. Wilson in Elwood, Missouri. He passed away on Sunday, December 13, 2015 in his home in Springfield, Missouri.
Joe was a wonderful man who wore many hats; his main one was being a Christian. He was a member of Elwood United Methodist...
Vivian Maxine Turner
Dec 13, 2015
Vivian Maxine (Gaskill) Turner was born February 8, 1926 in Maryville, MO and died at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO December 13, 2015. She was just two months shy of her 90th birthday, but Vivian's body and spirit were ready to walk through the door to join her husband James E. Turner (1925-2007) to whom she had been married for...
Enola E. "Nola" Creason
Dec 12, 2015
Enola Elvira "Nola" (Rorie) Creason, 86, Springfield, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 in Springfield Rehab and Health Care Center. She was born July 30, 1929 in Big Flat, Arkansas, the daughter of John Milo and Elvira Jane (McVey) Rorie. She accepted Jesus as her Savior at the age of 15. Nola graduated from Big Flat High School and attended...
John Calvin Bear
Dec 12, 2015
No services will be held. Cremation under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.
Don Wallace Carlson
Dec 12, 2015
Donald Wallace Carlson, beloved husband, father, papa, brother, and coach, passed away peacefully on Dec. 12, 2015 in his home surrounded by family. Don was born on April 17, 1945 to John and Edith Carlson in Van Nuys, CA. His family returned to Missouri shortly after Don's birth, and he always felt so blessed to have grown up in small-town...
Rebecca E. "Becky" Westhues
Dec 12, 2015
Rebecca "Becky" Westhues, 49, Springfield, passed away December 12, 2015 in her home. She was born September 6, 1966 in Mt. Clemons, Michigan, the daughter of John Herman and Betty Louise Trammell Westhues. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Doris Louise Berry and Margaret Rose Westhues. She is survived by her mother, Betty Axthelm; one brother, Mickey Berry;...
Dona Jean Kerr
Dec 10, 2015
Dona Jean Prater Kerr, 83, of Springfield, passed away on Dec. 10, 2015 in her home. She was born Nov. 23, 1932 in Springfield, the daughter of Claude Prater and Myrel Williams Prater. She was united in marriage to Howard Kerr in June 1953, for 62 years. She worked at Royal McBee in Springfield, also at St. John's (SPD). She...
Betty Baker
Dec 10, 2015
Betty Lou Doggett Baker, age 90, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away December 10, 2015. Betty was born August 4, 1925 in Crane, Mo. to the late Dr. JCR and Ethel Doggett. Growing up in Crane, Betty was the proud captain of the women's high school basketball team. She met and married Hardy Baker while attending Southwest Missouri State College in...
Brice William Beavers
Dec 9, 2015
Brice William Beavers, age 82, passed from this life December 9, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO, surrounded by his loving family. Brice was born June 7, 1933 in Harrison, AR, the son of Arthur and Emma Beavers, and had seven brothers and sisters. He leaves behind his loving wife of 60 years, Frankie; son, Terry Beavers and his...
Opal C. Turner
Dec 7, 2015
Opal C. Turner, 91, Springfield, passed away Monday, December 7, 2015. She was born March 23, 1924 in Boonville, AR, the daughter of Chester Clay and Sue Frances (Lacy) Bell. Opal was a line worker for Litton Industries. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Oscar Huey and her second husband, Tillman Turner....
Elizabeth (Betty) L. Gallagher
Dec 7, 2015
Elizabeth (Betty) L. Gallagher, 87, of Springfield, MO passed December 7, 2015 at home with family at her side. She was the daughter of Ernest Sr. and Lois Loveless. Betty was born in Carlinville, IL December 28, 1927. Elizabeth married Robert Gallagher Jr. on September 12, 1947 and unto this union six children were born. She was preceded in death...
Floyd Tucker
Dec 7, 2015
Floyd O. Tucker went to meet his Maker on Dec. 7, 2015 at 10:45 pm at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon, MO. He was born to Oliver and Ardelia Tucker in Cassville, MO. He graduated from Cassville High School in May 1949. Floyd enlisted in the United States Air Force on November 29, 1950 and was discharged on...
Martha Ann Hutchison
Dec 7, 2015
Martha Ann Hutchison of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Monday, December 7, 2015 at the age of 84 in Banner Heart Hospital, Mesa, Arizona. She was born October 29, 1931 in Flat River, Missouri and was the daughter of Compton Thomas and Mary Ellen (Osman) Ward. She graduated from high school in Crystal City, Missouri in 1949. She graduated from...
Bernadine C. Mcclernon
Dec 6, 2015
Bernadine "Bunny" C. (Kehoe) McClernon, 91, Springfield, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015 in Missouri Veterans Home, Mt. Vernon, MO. She was born July 8, 1924 in Indianapolis, IN, to Irene (Mangan) and Raymond Kehoe. The family soon moved to Minnesota where she grew up with her sister Mary Eileen (Kehoe) Bowser widowed to Mel Bowser. Bunny played basketball while...
Tony Ray Balisle
Dec 3, 2015
Tony Ray Balisle, of Nixa, Missouri, passed away in his son's home in Springfield on December 3rd, 2015. Tony (known affectionately as Skip during his youth; Granddad and Papa Tony to his grandchildren) was born on August 22nd, 1938 in Clebit, Oklahoma to David P. and Nora M. (Nash) Balisle. Along with his twin sister, Tony was the youngest of...
