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Terrance "Terry" Lee Miller
Jul 13, 2014
Terrance "Terry" Lee Miller, 69 of Springfield, passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2014 at his home. Memorial Mass will be on Friday, July 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Fr. Thomas P. Kiefer, celebrant. Full military honors will follow the service. Private family burial will be at a later date in Missouri Veterans Cemetery....
Clark Kent Pike
Jul 12, 2014
Clark Kent Pike, 69, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014, at his residence in Springfield, Missouri. He was born, January 22, 1945 in Springfield, Missouri. He graduated from Central High School in 1963. He attended Missouri State University (formerly SMS-Southwest Missouri State.) He was very active in Tent Theater as well as Springfield Little Theater. He served active duty in...
Dr. Chris L. Palcheff
Jul 12, 2014
Chris L. Palcheff, age 91, Springfield, Mo, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2014 in Mercy Hospital, Springfield. Chris was born December 5, 1922 in Madison, IL. He attended Madison Public Schools and Washington University. For three years during World War II he served his country in an army medical post in Europe. Upon returning home, he attended Washington University Medical...
Don G. Stevens
Jul 12, 2014
Don G. Stevens, 70 of Springfield, MO passed away peacefully at 5:00 am Saturday, July 12, 2014 in his home. Don was born on February 26, 1944 in Albany, MO to Gilbert Jackson and Bertha Elizabeth Stevens. He graduated from North Kansas City, MO High School in 1962. Don married Sharon Edwards in 1962. She preceded him in death in...
Chris Hanks
Jul 12, 2014
Christopher Julian Hanks was born April 1, 1945, and passed away peacefully on July 12, 2014, surrounded by his family in Barnes-Jewish Hospital after a brief illness. Chris graduated from Parkview High School in 1963. Chris joined the Navy and served his country from 1963 thru 1968 as Yeoman 2nd class and continued to serve thru the National Guard for...
June V. (Argue) Palcheff
Jul 8, 2014
June V. (Argue) Palcheff, age 88, of Springfield, MO passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014 in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, MO. June was born May 24, 1926 in St. Louis, MO. She attended St. Louis Public Schools and Miss Hickey's Secretarial School. She worked at the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis prior to marrying Chris L. Palcheff on June 25,...
David Preston
Jul 7, 2014
David Preston, 61, of Springfield went to be with the Lord July 7, 2014, following a hard fought battle with cancer. David was born March 19, 1953, in Kansas City, MO to Smith Pelts and Jane (Robinson) Preston. The family moved to their farm near Greenfield, MO in 1962, where David was baptized and a member of Kings Point Baptist...
Frances Althea (Wright) Schlink
Jul 5, 2014
Frances Althea Schlink, 92, of Springfield, MO, passed away on July 5, 2014, at her residence surrounded by family. She was born in Peoria, Illinois, on May 23, 1922, to Justin Fleet Wright and Margaret Ellen Roche. She was married to Melvin Joseph Schlink on September 17, 1949, in Peoria, and they lived in Peoria, Pittsfield, and Normal, Illinois, before...
Richard Elton Cobb
Jul 4, 2014
Richard Elton Cobb, 70, of Springfield, MO passed away at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, July 4, 2014 in his home. Richard was loved by those who knew him, and respected by all. He was preceded in death by his father, Oscar Morton Cobb; mother, Thelma Barlene Tucker Cobb; two brothers, Everet Oscar Cobb, and Stanley Morton Cobb; and a brother...
Catherine Stiles
Jul 2, 2014
Catherine Stiles, 62 of St. Louis, Missouri passed away at 11:15 am Wednesday, July 2, 2014 in Springfield after a long term illness. True to form, she fought to the end, and is now healthy and happy in Heaven. She was preceded in death by her parents, Geraldine Moore-Anthony and Dallas Moore. Catherine is survived by her children, daughter, Kimberly...
Thomas A. Edgeller
Jul 1, 2014
Retired LTC Thomas Allen Edgeller, 81, of Springfield Missouri, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 while sleeping at home. He was born June 11, 1933 in Omaha, Nebraska to John William Edgeller and his wife, Vivian Lilly Edgeller. While Tom was still young, the Edgellers moved to West Plains, Missouri where his father operated the Frisco railroad depot...
Anneliese Cottiers
Jul 1, 2014
Anneliese Cottiers was born April 30, 1928 in Stuttgart, Germany. She left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Anneliese is survived by her husband, David; daughter Denise Wilkerson; son-in-law, Randy Wilkerson; and granddaughter, Lindsey of Rogersville, MO. She is also survived by her sisters, Ingeborg Wilson of Richland, Missouri and Soferle Anderson...
Robert Eugene Gillum
Jun 30, 2014
Robert Eugene Gillum was born on February 7, 1931 and passed away on June 30, 2014 at the age of 83. He married the love of his life, Betty Gillum, on July 17, 1950. Soon after his honeymoon, Bob began proudly serving in the Air Force during the Korean War. After returning to civilian life he continued to serve his...
Janet Dianne (Sundstrom) Morris
Jun 30, 2014
Janet Dianne (Sundstrom) Morris 63, surrendered to her fight with cancer on June 30, 2014. Born in Omaha, Nebraska she lived her entire life in Springfield. She received her undergraduate degree and Master's degree from Missouri State University. Intertwined during her years as mother and homemaker she was employed as an elementary education teacher, group home trainer, and co-owner of...
Susan Jane Marshall
Jun 29, 2014
Susan Jane Marshall was the sixth oldest of 14 children born in the Mathews Marshall home. She was born on June 20, 1953 and left this earth on June 29, 2014. She was a graduate of Central High School in Springfield, MO. She earned a Bachelor of Liberal Studies from Lincoln University and her MBA from William Woods University, Fulton,...
Doris Mae (Rable) Steffen
Jun 28, 2014
Doris Mae (Rable) Steffen, age 87, previously of Springfield, died Saturday June, 28, 2014 in Autumn Oaks Care Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Doris was born on December 11, 1926 and raised in the little town of Lebanon, Illinois. Doris was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mildred Rutledge; son, Randy; brothers, Wesley, Paul and Danny. Doris was...
Hershel L. Bailey, Sr.
Jun 28, 2014
Hershel L. Bailey, Sr., 67 of Springfield, MO passed away Saturday, June 28, 2014 at Mercy Hospital after suffering a long illness. He was born December 4, 1946 in Springfield, MO to Charles L. Bailey, Jr., and Helen C. Bailey-Woods. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Jimmy Bailey; two grandsons, James Anthony Robinson, Jr., and Diondre...
Lori Stallcup
Jun 27, 2014
On the evening of June 27th, after 77 years of embodying compassionate, humble, self-giving love in simple, yet profoundly powerful ways, Lorraine Anne (Lepper) Stallcup, peacefully entered her final, deepest rest in the arms of her Creator. Her son Brad and daughter Kirsten were with her right through her final heartbeats and breaths. Our grief in her loss is real,...
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