Margaret Louise Mckinney
Aug 25, 2014
Margaret Louise McKinney, 64, of Springfield, Missouri passed away Monday, August 25, 2014 in her home. She was born on November 3, 1949 in Decatur, Illinois to John Lloyd and Hannah Williams Nihiser. Margaret graduated from Eisenhower High School in Decatur in 1967. Margaret was united in marriage to Kenneth Wayne McKinney on March 7, 1969 in Springfield, Illinois. She...
Mark Eugene Mcguire
Aug 25, 2014
Mark Eugene McGuire, 54, Rogersville, passed away early Monday, August 25, 2014 in his home. Mark was born in Springfield on February 13, 1960. He was a 1978 graduate of Greenwood High School, attended MSU and later Drury. He was a skilled woodworker and carpenter and had been associated with McGuire's Custom Floors for the past 24 years. Mark also...
Harold Wayne Schweitzer
Aug 25, 2014
Harold Wayne Schweitzer, age 69 of Springfield, Missouri passed away suddenly on the morning of August 25, 2014 in his home he shared with his wife of 41 years, Diana (Fuqua) Schweitzer. Wayne was born December 12, 1944 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Harold and Dorothy Schweitzer who preceded him in death. He graduated from Pekin High School in 1963 and...
Patricia Faye Lawrence
Aug 24, 2014
Patricia Faye Lawrence, 72, of Springfield passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 in James River Care Center. Funeral services will be Friday, August 29, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Missouri Veterans Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. Visitation will begin at 12:00 noon until service time. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made...
Steven Louis Sauer
Aug 24, 2014
Steven Louis Sauer, age 70, of Springfield, Missouri passed away in the evening of August 24, 2014 at Cox South Hospital. Steve was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and son; always striving to take care of all of those he loved. As co-owner of Pickwick Place Children's Center, he believed in providing a creative and loving environment for...
Sonja Marie Stevens
Aug 24, 2014
Sonja Stevens, 50, Springfield, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 in Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis. She was born March 4, 1964 in Bakersfield, California the daughter of the late Virgil Ray and Shirley Cagle. She attended Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, CA, and attended cosmetology school. Sonja moved from Tulsa to Springfield in the late 80's and went...
Rudean Ruth Colson
Aug 23, 2014
Rudean Ruth (Looney) Colson, age 80, was born the ninth of nine children to the union of Roy T and Mary (Warren) Looney, in Springfield, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jay C. Colson, Sr., father and mother; two sisters, Glecia and Lurvenia, five brothers, Udell, Louie, Clarence, Edwin and Carlston, and daughter, Regina Young. She leaves...
Doris L. Havel
Aug 22, 2014
Doris L. Havel, 89, died on August 22, 2014. She and her husband, Jerome (Jerry) Havel, who passed away in 2004, will be remembered as a devoted couple, married for 58 years. They raised two sons in Little Silver, NJ, and subsequently moved to Springfield, MO in 1995 to be close to family. Doris was born in Bloomfield, NJ to...
Floyd Hendrick Pinkston
Aug 22, 2014
Floyd Hendrick Pinkston, 94, of Springfield, MO, passed away August 22, 2014 at a local hospital. A native of Henry County, MO, Floyd was the son of Percy R. and Frances (Fanny) Hendrick Pinkston of Clinton, MO, and brother to William Pinkston of Pleasant Hill, MO, and Ruby Pinkston Hull of Clinton. Over the years, Floyd achieved the rank of...
Kirby Q. Nelson
Aug 21, 2014
Kirby Q. Nelson was born September 1, 1910 and passed from this life on August 21, 2014. Kirby was born in a log cabin located on Swan Creek a few miles east of Oldfield MO. His mother, Sarah Holcomb Nelson died when he was six years old and he and his sisters, Dorothy, Naomi, and little brother Rex all moved...
Thomas J. Payne
Aug 20, 2014
Thomas J Payne was born May 4, 1927 in Cassville, Missouri. He departed this life on August 20, 2014 in Springfield, Missouri. After service in the US Navy, he moved to Seymour Missouri where he met and married his wife, Janet Nell Miller on June 19, 1952. Thomas is survived by his wife, Janet of 62 years, one son, Brent...
Bob Middlemas
Aug 20, 2014
Robert Eugene Middlemas, 66 of Springfield passed away at 9:10 a.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 in his home after a 15-year battle with liver cancer. Bob was born August 17, 1948 in Springfield to James Woodrow and Dortha Lea Chivetta Middlemas. He was a 1966 graduate of Parkview High School. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Organization, but...
Billy (Bill) Morton
Aug 16, 2014
Billy (Bill) Morton, 76, of Springfield, passed away August 16th in Mercy Hospital after a long, courageous battle with congestive heart failure. Bill was born May 26, 1938 in Springfield, MO. He graduated from Strafford High School in 1956 and then entered the Air Force, where he worked on the weapons and radar system of the F-105 Thunderchief. After being...
Richard William Mcfall, Sr.
Aug 15, 2014
Richard William McFall, Sr., age 86, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2014 in his home surrounded by family and aides who provided love and care. Richard (Dick) was born May 1, 1928 in Blytheville, Arkansas to Joseph Edgar and Louella Davis McFall. He was married to JoEvelyn (Hendren) for 58 years who passed away this same month in 2004....
Jerry Dean Lumpe, Sr.
Aug 15, 2014
Jerry Dean Lumpe, Sr., fine son, loving husband, wonderful father and grandfather and extraordinary friend, was born June 2, 1933 to W.J. "Pete" and Anna Lumpe in Lincoln, Missouri. He left his home, surrounded by family, to join his Heavenly Father on August 15, 2014. Jerry was named after Jerry "Dizzy" Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals "Gashouse Gang". As...
Charles "Chuck" Yeager
Aug 14, 2014
Charles "Chuck" Yeager, 65 of Springfield passed away on Thursday, August 14, 2014. He was born on July 7, 1949 in Trion, Georgia to William and Gay Van Matre Yeager. Chuck served proudly in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Chuck was united in marriage to Rebecca Turner on July 26, 1975 in Alexandria, VA. Chuck is survived...
Jw Mount
Aug 13, 2014
JW Mount, DEd, 88, of Springfield passed away on August 13, 2014 at Cox Medical Center. He was born September 23, 1925 in Harrison, AR to George and Elsie (Villines) Mount. During WWII he served in the US Navy. He was a member of Glenstone Baptist Church where he was a deacon and SS teacher for many years. Dr. Mount...
Kori Keltner Driver
Aug 11, 2014
Kori Keltner Driver, 36, of Battlefield, MO died unexpectedly Monday, August 11, 2014 while vacationing in Florida with her husband, Michael. Kori was born October 16, 1977, in Springfield, Missouri to Kurt and Kim Keltner, Rogersville. She attended Logan-Rogersville High School where she played several sports and loved being involved in other school activities. She also was elected Homecoming Queen...
Jackie Harmon
Aug 8, 2014
Jacqueline Lucille "Jackie" (Putman) Harmon, 86, of Springfield, passed away Friday, August 8, 2014 in Mercy Hospital. She was born July 7, 1928 in Fair Grove, MO the daughter of Orin and Mamie Coffee Putman. She is survived by three sons, Mark Harmon, St. Louis, MO, Bill Harmon, Springfield, MO and Joe Harmon and wife Cheri Meyer, Kansas City, MO;...
