Joan Harvates
Mar 20, 2015
Joan Rice Harvates, age 83, of Springfield, MO passed away on March 20, 2015. She was born March 29, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas. Joan was raised in Springfield, MO by her parents Anne and Earle Rice. She graduated from Burge School of Nursing and Drury College. Her pastimes included reading, classic movies, and taking care of her cats. Joan...
Rolf Alrik Cederwall
Mar 20, 2015
Rolf Alrik Cederwall, age 82, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015, at home in Nixa, MO. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois on January 17, 1933, the son of Alrik Cederwall and Bertha Duzell/Cederwall. He was a graduate of Northbrook High School and the University of Illinois where he earned his BS in Marketing in 1955. He was...
Virginia Lucille Self
Mar 19, 2015
Virginia Lucille Self, 97, of Springfield, MO died of natural causes March 19, 2015. Virginia was born in Faribault, MN and spent her early years in St. Louis where she worked for the Frisco Railroad before marriage. She was an avid traveler, with her first husband and later her son, Nelson, and had enjoyed many trips throughout the US, Canada,...
Donald "Don" Lee Adams
Mar 18, 2015
Donald "Don" Lee Adams, father, brother, fisherman, and proud US Veteran passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 due to health complications after a courageous 7-year battle with lung cancer at the age of 76. Don was born in 1938 in Eureka, KS to Felix and Louise Adams. He grew up on a farm outside of Eureka and was the...
Richard David Roman
Mar 17, 2015
Richard David Roman was a kind and happy man who could always be found wearing a grin. He was a gentle man who loved his family very much. Rich was born on December 19, 1935 in Pomona, CA to Paul and Oneta Roman. He graduated from Pomona High School and later served active duty in the U.S. Army from 1955-1956....
Mary Hopper Stretesky
Mar 17, 2015
Mary passed away peacefully in her home on March 17, 2015, after a short illness. She was born February 18, 1927 to John & Sylvia Huston in Erie, Kansas and raised in Parsons, Kansas. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Mary had two loves of her life. William D Hopper, Sr. whom she married in 1947, spending 44...
Charles E. Williams
Mar 16, 2015
Psalm 30:5weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Charles Edward Williams was born December 20, 1920, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Charles and Jessie (Haley) Williams and had one brother and one sister. Charles later moved with his family to Springfield (Queen City), Missouri, where he was educated in the public...
Anne Billings
Mar 16, 2015
Anne George Billings, 86, died at about 8:50 pm on Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Mo., after an eight month bout with cancer. Anne was born in Springfield on January 27, 1929. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Henry D. (Hank) Billings, a long-time employee of the Springfield News-Leader. Other survivors include a son...
Lucille Haynie
Mar 15, 2015
Lucille Elaine "Lucy" Haynie, 94, of Springfield, passed away at 9:28 pm Sunday, March 15, 2015, at Mercy Hospital. She was born December 11, 1920 in Charleston, Miss. to Prince F. and Ana Belle Allison Lilly, the 7th of 8 children. Lucy attended High School in Charleston, and later attended Southern Mississippi University. While working at Union Planters Bank in...
Donna Street
Mar 14, 2015
Donna Lee Anderson, 72, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at home. She was born on January 26, 1943 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Harry and Nellie Anderson. Donna graduated from Northeast High School. She later graduated from UMKC with a teaching degree. She began a career in teaching in the Kansas City School District until deciding...
Marguerite Smith
Mar 13, 2015
The family is grieving at this time. A private memorial service will be held for friends at a later time.
Ronald Rankin Rucker
Mar 13, 2015
Ronald R. Rucker died surrounded by his family on March 13, 2015 in Eureka, MO at the age of 81. He was born December 15, 1933 in Jefferson City, MO to D. C. and Anna Gladys Rucker. Mr. Rucker was raised in Springfield, Missouri. He graduated from Drury College in 1956 and later attended Washington University graduate school. Mr. Rucker...
Jeffery Robert Moore
Mar 13, 2015
Jeffery Moore age 50 of Springfield, MO passed away on March 13, 2015. He was born in Carbondale, IL and raised in Mount Vernon, IL. As a child, Jeffery's love of music led to guitar lessons. He attended Wren Lake College and obtained his electronics degree. As an extremely accomplished guitarist, he spent a few years touring the country with...
Max Joseph Deforest
Mar 12, 2015
Max DeForest, 92, of Springfield, MO, died peacefully on March 12, 2015 at The Manor at Elfindale. Max, the third of four boys, was born and raised on farms near Woodbine, IA. Farming until his younger brother was ready to graduate high school in 1944, he enlisted in the US Army and married (Roberta) Fern Henderson, also of Woodbine. Assigned...
Evelyn Ruth Butts
Mar 12, 2015
Evelyn Ruth Butts, 89 of Springfield, Missouri passed away at 7:32 am Thursday, March 12, 2015. She was born May 14, 1925 to Hugh and Mable Day in Marshfield, Missouri. Evelyn was smart with a great sense of humor and a very positive outlook on life. She was also very strong and a breast cancer survivor. Evelyn received a Bachelor...
Vaughn Booth
Mar 12, 2015
Vaughn Booth passed away on March 12, 2015 after a brief illness at Mercy Health Center, Springfield, Missouri at the age of 99. He was one of ten children of Oscar and Rosetta Booth, Louisburg, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Hope Booth and seven brothers and two sisters. He is survived by two...
Suzanne S. Edel
Mar 9, 2015
Suzanne (Short) Edel, age 81, of Springfield, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015. She was a life member of First and Calvary Presbyterian Church. Suzanne attended Drury University and the University of Missouri and was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She was also a senior member of the Junior League of Springfield and a member of Hickory Hills...
Dr. Jim Ray Waterfield
Mar 8, 2015
Dr. Jim Ray Waterfield passed away peacefully on March 8, 2015 at age 84. Jim was born on March 29, 1930 in Moberly, Mo, the son of Gladys and Ray Waterfield. Jim attended Moberly Junior College and the University of Missouri. He was a graduate of Washington University Medical School in St. Louis. Three weeks after graduation, he wed Patricia...
Marietta Matlack
Mar 8, 2015
Marietta Matlack Marietta Irene Dygard was born on September 18, 1919 in Iola, Kansas. She was the only child of Ruth and Andrew Dygard. Her father was a florist and plant breeder which inspired her lifelong love of flowers and gardening. She grew up in Waterloo, Nebraska surrounded by her mother's family. Marietta went to Midland College for 2 years...
