Roy T. Young
Jul 26, 2013
Roy T. Young, 89, passed away on July 26, 2013. He had been at Missouri s Veterans Home for the past four years. He served in the Navy during WWII. Roy graduated from the University of Missouri and retired from New York Life Insurance Company. He loved to garden and enjoyed boating on the lake with his family. He also...
Paul Eugene Stuart
Jul 25, 2013
Paul Eugene Stuart, 87, of Springfield, MO passed away on July 25, 2013 in Cox South Hospital. Paul was born on November 17, 1925 in Willow Springs, MO to Lester William and Eva Kelly Stuart. Paul married Doris Helen Mykrantz on August 28, 1958. Paul is survived by his wife Doris, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be...
Roger Dale Thomison
Jul 25, 2013
Roger Dale Thomison died after a brief illness July 25th, 2013 at Mercy Health Center, surrounded by his family. Roger was born April 14th, 1949 in Springfield, Missouri to William F. Thomison and Pauline Thomison. Roger went on to serve in the United States Navy, eventually settling back in Springfield where he began to work for General Electric for over...
Patricia Kastendieck
Jul 24, 2013
Patricia Joan Kastendieck passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at home. She was born January 26, 1929 near Bude, Cornwall, England to Edwin and Jane Johns. She was married to Joe Kastendieck on August 14, 1954 in Bedford, England while working as a Registered Nurse at Central Middlesex Hospital in London. Joe was with the US Air Force at...
Shirley Faye Kragel
Jul 24, 2013
Shirley Faye Kragel, 77, went to be with Jesus on July 24, 2013 after a brief illness. She was born March 15, 1936 to Anderson and Beulah (Lee) Collum in Atlanta, Georgia. Shirley was known for three things: her faith, her family, and her food. She was a born again believer of Jesus Christ and lived each day with a...
Joseph Myer
Jul 23, 2013
Joseph R. Myer, age 87, of Battlefield, MO passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 in Missouri Veterans Home, Mt. Vernon, MO with his family by his side. He was born June 30, 1926 in Iola, KS to Homer H. and Ella Martin Myer. He graduated from Iola High School and served in the US Navy during WWII. He retired from...
Connie Stafford
Jul 23, 2013
Ida Mae "Connie" Stafford, 83, of Springfield, MO passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. She was born on November 12, 1929 in Parsons, KS to Henry and Treva Conrad. She met the love of her life, Robert Stafford, in Parsons, KS. After they were married, they moved to Springfield, MO. Connie loved to sew, decorate her home, and visit...
Ruth Shannon Freeman
Jul 22, 2013
Ruth Shannon Freeman, aka "Aunt Martha", 83, of Springfield passed away on July 22, 2013 in James River Care Center in Springfield. She was born at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee to Lucian Edger and Hazel Caroline Lane Shannon on November 16, 1929. Ruth lived most of her life in Springfield and was a graduate of Southwest Missouri State...
Dixie Anderson
Jul 21, 2013
Dixie Anderson passed away July 21, 2013. Dixie had gallantly dealt with MS since June 1956. She was born to Arthur and Pansy Albers on December 17, 1934 in Stone County, MO. Her parents and older brother, Dallas, preceded her in death. A 1952 graduate of Branson High School, she graduated from SMS in 1956. While at SMS she was...
Alton Manning
Jul 21, 2013
Dr. Alton Cordell Manning 79, of Springfield, died Sunday July 21, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born August 24, 1933 in Noel, Missouri, the son of Clifford and Virgie Manning. After graduating from Noel High School he joined the U.S. Army serving in Germany. Upon his return he attended Missouri State University where he received a bachelor's degree...
Robert White
Jul 21, 2013
We lost a modern day Renaissance man when Robert Nathaniel White passed away Sunday, July 21st, 2013. Born July 7, 1947, to Byard and Elnor White, Bob attended Bowerman Elementary School and Reed Middle School before graduating from Hillcrest High School in 1965. After only a semester of college, Bob joined the Army and served a year in Vietnam before...
Julie Sartin
Jul 20, 2013
Julie Ann Sartin, age 50, of Nixa, Mo., passed away July 20, 2013. Julie was born on July 12, 1963 in Lubbock, Texas to Russell and Elaine Martin. She is preceded in death by her father and sister, Jodi Martin. Julie retired from Ozarks Technical College after 22 years of service. She was a member of Eastern Star and active...
Carl Cannefax
Jul 19, 2013
Carl D. Cannefax Jr. passed peacefully Friday July 19, 2013, surrounded by family and friends; the end of a happy and fulfilled life. A friend described him well. "Carl was the bands big brother, the older steadying influence. He was very patient with us. I never heard him raise his voice or say an unkind word. He was dignified, classy,...
Mary Boatright
Jul 17, 2013
Mary Jeannette Boatright, 75, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Springfield, MO. She was born December 17, 1937 in Carthage, Missouri to Howard and Gladys Tiller Wilks. Mary Jeannette married Denny Boatright and was a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother. Preceding her in death were her parents; one brother, Gordon Wilks; and one sister, Iva Ellen Stewart. Survivors include...
John Stark
Jul 16, 2013
A long-time resident of Springfield, John Benjamin Stark passed away July 16, 2013 at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Mt.Vernon, Mo., at the age of 87. He was born Dec. 23, 1925, to the late Roy and Callie (Gillean) Stark on a farm near Charleston, Mo. Following his graduation from Anniston High School in 1944, he enlisted in the United...
Elwyn George Smith
Jul 14, 2013
Elwyn George Smith was born in Springfield Mo to Frank and Ethyl Smith July 20th, 1927 and passed away July 14th, 2013. Elwyn graduated from Springfield High School and began playing professional baseball as a pitcher for the St. Louis Brown's farm club during the 40's. Elwyn met Juanita Winegardner in the third grade and they were married in 1948....
Betty Barnes Peden
Jul 12, 2013
Betty Barnes Peden was born on August 19, 1926, in Springfield, Missouri. She resided there until meeting and marrying her husband Bill in March of 1947 in Gulfport, Mississippi. After moving to Jackson, Mississippi, she had four children, Pat, Ginger, Nancy, and Bill, and lived there until Bill passed away. She returned to her beloved Springfield in 1993, where she...
Jerry Francis French
Jul 11, 2013
Jerry Francis French was born in Springfield, Missouri on March 6, 1928 to William Francis and Lelia (Dennis) French. At the age of 85, on Thursday, July 11, 2013 he passed away at Mercy Hospital. Jerry grew up on a dairy farm on the east side of Springfield. He attended Oakland, a one room school through the 8th grade. He...
Billy Jack Reynolds
Jul 10, 2013
Billy Jack Reynolds, 87 of Springfield, Missouri passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 4:46 a.m. in Mercy Hospital. Jack was surrounded by family and friends throughout his life as well as at his death. He will be remembered and cherished by many as a husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. His loving nature will be missed but his memory will...
Melvin Fetterhoff
Jul 10, 2013
Melvin L. Fetterhoff, 78, of Strafford passed away on July 10, 2013. He was born January 6, 1935 in Strafford, the son of Rome and Lucille Willoughby Fetterhoff. He served 20 years in the U.S. Coast Guard before retiring in 1973. He married Doris Bishop in 1959 and she preceded him in death. He was a member of the American...
