Paul Clark
Jan 2, 2014
Paul (Buddy) Richard Clark transferred to the Church eternal from the MO Veteran's Home in Mt. Vernon on Jan. 2 at the age of 86. For the last 63 of those years Buddy has been married to Myra Rutledge Clark who grieves his passing. Three children blessed the marriage and are still living: Karen Davis of Richmond, VA, Gloria Roling...
John C. Dwyier
Jan 2, 2014
John C. Dwyier (1933-2014) John Clarence Dwyier, age 80, passed away on Thursday, January 2, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Born to Clarence and Flossie Dwyier on April 10, 1933 in Missouri at the Springfield Baptist Hospital. Raised in Lockwood, MO, his childhood was spent on the family farm; he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and playing trumpet in the school...
Annette R. Nicholson
Jan 1, 2014
Annette R. Nicholson, 52, passed away January 1, 2014. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa on January 3, 1961 to Richard and Grace Johnson. Annette graduated from Spokane, Missouri. Annette is survived by her mother, Grace; siblings, Joyce, Dennis, and Patricia; children, Michelle, Chad, Taylor and Ashlyn; and her companion, Jim. Memorial services will be Monday, January 6, 2014...
Clara Fuge Ross
Dec 31, 2013
Clara Fuge Ross died December 31, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 95. Formerly a long-term resident of Springfield, Missouri, Mrs. Ross was born on November 27, 1918 in Wright County, Missouri, to James Albert and Irene Gilbert Fuge. Mrs. Ross was preceded in death by her brothers, Ralph Fuge and Howard Fuge; and her sister, Vera Fuge....
Phyllis Ann Tisdale
Dec 29, 2013
Phyllis Ann Tisdale passed away peacefully on December 29, 2013 in Cary, North Carolina at the age of 93. She was born on March 11, 1920 in Zanesfield, Ohio but spent her formative years in Springfield, Missouri. She married Donald Tisdale and then followed his career to Atlanta, Memphis, and Annandale, Virginia. Having been Springfield natives, they happily returned to...
Edna Pauline Pitts
Dec 28, 2013
Edna Pauline Pitts, 86 of Springfield passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. She was born in Springfield on January 27, 1927 to Lester and Clestia Moore Osborn. Pauline was a very caring and giving lady. She enjoyed making clothes for children at the hospital, baby doll clothes, crocheting and roller skating. She is survived by son, Bob...
Joe Bill Hogan
Dec 28, 2013
Joe Bill Hogan passed away Saturday, December 28, 2013 of heart failure. It was a big heart as it took 92 years to finally give out. He was born August 24, 1921 in Seymour, MO to Cora and Harry C. Hogan. HE graduated from Seymour High in 1939 and SW Missouri State in 1943. He proudly served in the US...
Angela Shipley
Dec 27, 2013
Angela Carol Jones Shipley, age 70, of Springfield passed away on December 27th, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. She was born December 3rd, 1943 in Grove Spring, MO to O.J. and Cecile Louisa Marcum Jones. Angie was married and traveled the world, then came back to her roots in Springfield, MO. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, as...
E.M. "Mac" Powell
Dec 27, 2013
E. M. "Mac" Powell passed peacefully Friday, December 27, 2013 after a brief illness. Born August 14, 1922 in Salina, Kansas, son of George and Ruth Powell, his early childhood years were spent in St. James, Missouri before moving to Springfield, Missouri. He attended and graduated from Springfield High School and Drury College before continuing his education at the University...
Roger Eddy
Dec 25, 2013
Roger K. Eddy, 79, passed away December 25, 2013 in his home. Born in Palisade, CO he followed his father's footsteps in becoming a Colorado Highway Patrolman. He went on to become a State Youth Officer, a city mayor, and a gold mine security director at Silverton. Moving to Springfield, he joined the Greene County Sheriff Civil Division working until...
Virginia Kinser
Dec 23, 2013
Virginia Hunt Kinser died Monday, December 23, 2013, while recuperating from a recent illness. She was born February 8, 1926, in Hollister, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude Hunt and Irene Christian and her beloved husband, Rex A. Kinser. She is survived by her niece, Kathie Williams and husband, Gary, her great nephew, Jason Williams and...
James Bailey
Dec 19, 2013
James Ralph Bailey of Springfield, Missouri went home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in body and spirit on December 19, 2013. He was met at the gates of Heaven by his parents; Helen Cecelia Bailey Woods, and Charles Lee Bailey Jr, grandparents; Charles Lee Bailey Sr and Suzanne Bailey, Cecil Manier and Arzetta Manier Knox, who...
Georgia Hunt
Dec 17, 2013
Georgia Helen Hunt, who spent nearly all her 98 years as a resident of Springfield, died Tuesday, December 17. She passed on in her sleep at the Manor at Elfindale, which had been her home the past six and one-half years. Georgia was born August 23, 1915, in Iberia, but came to Springfield as a child. She was the daughter...
Richard Ness
Dec 17, 2013
Richard Daniel Ness passed away December 17, 2013 in Mercy Hospital. He was born February 5, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN to George and Marie Ness. Richard served honorably in the Army Korean War. For many years he worked as an auctioneer and owned auction houses in Springfield, MO and Des Moines, IA. Richard married his wife Diane February 14, 1989....
Bonnie L. Lane
Dec 16, 2013
Bonnie L. Lane, 80, Springfield passed away December 17, 2013 with her family by her side. Bonnie was born December 31, 1932 at Rockbridge, MO. Most of her life she called Ava home, later moving to Ozark and then to her current residence in Springfield. Bonnie attended school at Rockbridge, Turkey Flat and Pine Flat. She was a member of...
Norma J. Bailey
Dec 16, 2013
Norma Jean Bailey, 72, of Republic, Missouri, passed away of a broken heart Monday evening, December 16, 2013. The daughter of Imal Runnels Garlock and Otterbein Fermin Garlock, she was born September 21, 1941 in Kirksville, Missouri. On June 5, 1960 she married David Eli Bailey. Norma lived in Kirksville for many, many years, and her four children were born...
Gilmer F. Bartelt
Dec 15, 2013
Gilmer F. Bartelt died in his sleep December 15th, 2013 at his home in Springfield, Missouri. He was born in Lewiston Village, near Minnesota City, Minnesota, on May 11th 1922 to Fred and Katherine Schultz Bartelt. He was baptized as an infant into the Lutheran Church - Wisconsin Synod and confirmed as a teenager. After his mother died when he...
Leona Mae Reed
Dec 13, 2013
Leona Mae Reed, 87 of Branson, MO passed away suddenly on December 13, 2013 at Cox Medical Health Center in Springfield, MO. She is the daughter of Israel James and Edith Bale. Leona was born in Morrisville, PA and graduated from Morrisville High School . After business school she worked as a bookkeeper and retired after 30 years with Winans...
