Reverend Hubert A. Lines
Jun 6, 2015
Reverend Hubert A. Lines, 88, Springfield, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015. He was born September 27, 1926 in Osceola, Missouri, the son of Marva and Elsie Lines. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was stationed in Tokyo, Japan. Following the War, he attended the University of Missouri, Columbia from which he graduated with a B.S. in...
Kevin D. Joseph
Jun 5, 2015
Kevin D. Joseph, 61, of Springfield, passed away on June 5, 2015. He was born January 6, 1954, in Kansas City, MO, to the late Kenneth D. and Mary Catherine Joseph. He was in the horse community and worked in the building business for many years. He was known as an animal lover with an adventurous spirit and will be...
Marilyn Stevens Hopkins
Jun 1, 2015
Marilyn Stevens Hopkins, 92 of Springfield, Mo, passed away June 1, 2015 at home surrounded by her family. She was born October 3, 1922 in Oklahoma City, OK., to Maurice and La Rissa Baldwin. Marilyn graduated from Classen High School in Oklahoma City and attended Drury College where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority . She earned...
Joan Fairchild
Jun 1, 2015
Joan (Reaves) Fairchild went to join her heavenly family on June 1, 2015. Joan was born to Earnest and Faye Reaves on July 25, 1928 in Bado, MO. She was baptized in the Little Piney River at the age of 10. Joan was married to Donald Tuck for 25 years. In that union Brenda (Tuck) Kane, Joan's only child was...
Doris Helen Stuart
May 31, 2015
Doris Helen Stuart, 93, Springfield, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015 in Maranatha Manor. She was born March 24, 1922 in Dry Knob, MO, the daughter of Rama and Dorothy Mykrantz. Doris married Paul Eugene Stuart on August 28, 1958. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, who passed away in 2013. She...
Robert E. Gammon
May 30, 2015
Robert Eugene Gammon, 87 of Springfield passed away at 8:10 am Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Glendale Gardens. He was born in Springfield on June 21, 1927 to the late Fred and Frieda Kapp Gammon. After graduation he joined the Navy and was deployed on the Indiana during WW II. He started in the cattle business at Gammon and Gammon...
Lloyd G. Dishman
May 29, 2015
Lloyd Gean Dishman was born to Ross and Doll Dishman is Strafford, Missouri on April 8, 1934. The family lived just north of Strafford for several years and in 1940 moved to Mtn. Grove, Mo where they lived for many years operating a meat processing business. Lloyd graduated from Mtn. Grove High School in 1953. He entered military service in...
Rosa Lee Flowers
May 29, 2015
Rosa Lee Flowers, 74, of Springfield, MO, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2015, in her home. She was born in Elkton, Maryland on August 9, 1940 to Joseph David and Audrey Watson Graybeal. She met Frank Flowers in Springfield and they married on July 30, 1965. She was a devoted mother and loved her grandchildren. She was a member...
Dr. Richard H. Loeb
May 29, 2015
Dr. Richard H. Loeb passed away peacefully on May 29, 2015 after a valiant 16-year battle with Parkinson's disease. He will be remembered as a caring physician, a loving husband, father and grandfather and a dedicated community citizen. He had a wonderfully dry wit, he loved to fish and he was passionate about photography. He was loved by so many...
Donald G. Gullett
May 28, 2015
Donald Gene Gullett, born in Springfield Mo Sept 5, 1929 passed away in his sleep early Thursday morning at Quail Creek skilled care center after a long battle with COPD. Much gratitude is extended to the fine staff there as well as the staff of the Cullpeper Assisted Living Center. Don, or Donnie as he was known to many, attended...
John M. Hirsch
May 28, 2015
John M. Hirsch, 61, of Nixa, MO passed away May 28, 2015. He was a Christian of the Assemblies of God faith. John enjoyed golfing, bowling, drawing and painting and was an auto enthusiast. John was preceded in death by his father, John Hirsch. He is survived by his mother, Wanda Hirsch, Nixa, MO; daughters, Kelly Hirsch, Belton, MO and...
Emma Ruzicka
May 28, 2015
Emma E. Ruzicka, age 97, passed away quietly at Mercy Villa on May 28th, 2015. She was born to Jacob and Kate Francka on May 14th, 1918. . She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Alois Ruzicka and their daughter, Kathryn Ruzicka. Emma was the last of 7 children, her brothers and sisters all preceded her...
John Harold Ames
May 25, 2015
John Harold Ames, age 85 of Springfield, Missouri passed away Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015, at home. John was preceded in death by his mother, Sarah Marguerite McLaughlin Ames, and his father, Harold Ames. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ames; son, Chris Ames and his wife, Flora; daughter, Janice Stokes; grandsons, Shane Stokes and Nathan Stokes of...
Betty Tillman Kinser
May 24, 2015
Betty Tillman Kinser, 86, of Rogersville (Mentor), Missouri passed away peacefully at her family's Missouri Century Farm, surrounded by family and friends on Sunday, May 24, 2015. Betty and her father, Chester Tillman, were both born at the farm that was built by her grandfather, John Tillman in 1890. Betty was united in marriage to Leslie Kinser in 1948. They...
Emma Jeanne Helfrecht
May 23, 2015
Emma Jeanne Helfrecht, 90, Springfield, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015. She was born October 22, 1924 in Springfield, the daughter of Edward and Elsie Steury. She worked at Southwestern Bell until 1956. Later Jeanne volunteered for Delaware Elementary and Crosslines of Springfield. Jeanne is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, George Helfrecht; one daughter and her husband,...
Cynthia Sue Harrison-Sivils
May 23, 2015
Cindy, age 51, passed away on May 23, 2015. She is in the gladness of Heaven with Jesus and free from the struggles of this world. She is a mother, daughter, sister, and most of all a friend. She has three sons, Dalton, Seth, and Jensen Sivils. Her mother and father are Sally Harrison and Jeff Harrison. Her siblings are...
Penny Parker Morgan
May 22, 2015
Penny Parker Morgan, 73, Springfield, passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 in her home surrounded by her loving family, close friends and her special caregivers, Krystan Vunoviec and Anne Goschy. She was born May 11, 1942 in Covington, Kentucky, the daughter of Hampton and Frances Parker. She spent her early years moving around while her father was in the railroad....
Lester Hall
May 22, 2015
Lester Fred Hall, 89, of Springfield, departed from this life peacefully at home on Friday, May 22, 2015 Lester was the son of Roy and Myrtle Hall. He served faithfully in the ministry for 53 years. He is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Madena; two daughters, Nancy Martin and Elaine Dorn; and five grandchildren, Nancy Nicole Martin,...
Will Pearson
May 21, 2015
William Thomas "Will" Pearson, 24, Providence, Rhode Island, left us on Thursday, May 21, 2015. He was born Christmas morning, December 25, 1990 in Springfield, Missouri, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Pearson. He was Valedictorian of the International Baccalaureate program of Central High School, Class of 2009, where he competed in debate on the state and national level....
