Richard Dorr
Apr 24, 2013
U.S. District Judge Richard E. Dorr August 26, 1943 - April 24, 2013 Surrounded by family and friends, the Honorable Richard E. Dorr of Springfield passed away on April 24, 2013 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Judge Dorr was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, and he grew up working in his family's neighborhood market and thrilling...
Ruth Askren
Apr 23, 2013
Ruth Jennie Askren, 81, of Springfield, Missouri, was welcomed into Heaven at 9:04 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, after a long battle with cancer. Ruth was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 22, 1931. She graduated from Lawrence Central High in 1950, and married Raymond on May 25, 1954. Ruth accepted Christ as her Savior in November of 1957,...
Sherman Dale Mccall
Apr 22, 2013
Sherman Dale McCall, 79 Yrs old, passed away, Monday, April 22, 2013 at Riverview Manor in Ozark MO. He was born August 8, 1933 in Mountain Grove MO to Johnnie and Maye (Shelley) McCall. Sherman was raised on a farm outside Mountain Grove MO, obtained a GED, and later attended MSU in Springfield, MO. He served in the ARMY from...
Jean Pirner
Apr 22, 2013
Eugenia Clara Pirner, 91, Nixa, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013 in Magnolia Square. She was born January 5, 1922 in St. Clement, Missouri, the daughter of Herman Eugene and Helen Otillia Schuckenbrock Hustedde. Jean was united in marriage to the love of her life, Harold Lewis Pirner on October 4, 1942. She worked at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church school...
Doris Dean Cox
Apr 22, 2013
Doris Dean (Ewing) Cox, 84 of Springfield, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. She was born July 8th, 1928 in Wilson, Oklahoma to Scott and Cathelene Ewing. She was the second daughter, with older sister Elizabeth (Betty), and younger siblings Maxine and Faye. Her childhood was spent moving often thru the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma as her...
Helen Luce
Apr 21, 2013
Helen Marie Scrivener Luce was born June 19, 1924. The seventh child of John Thomas and Suzanne Scrivener. She attended Springfield Senior High. Helen married her childhood sweetheart Dorell Luce on December 9, 1940. Helen attended Pythian Avenue Baptist Church; there she asked Jesus to be her Savior. Helen was a housewife, and she spent a brief stint as a...
Eloise Mcfadin
Apr 21, 2013
Eloise McFadin from Springfield, Missouri, who has resided in Waxahachie, Texas for the last 8 years, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2013. She was born on November 21, 1923 to Rufus and Rinia Alexander in Webster County, Niangua, Missouri. Eloise was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph McFadin and daughters, Beverly Slavens and Oleta Cannon. She is survived...
Joe Pulliam
Apr 19, 2013
Joe Pulliam, 72, of Springfield, MO quietly passed away surrounded by family on April 19, 2013. Joe was born on February 11, 1941 in Ripley County, Mo. Joe is survived by his wife Alice Pulliam, son Dwain, daughter Lynn (Pulliam) Rathbun and son-in-law Tim Rathbun, all of Springfield, Mo. He is also survived by 5 Grandsons, 2 Great-Grandsons and 2...
Matthew Fairleigh
Apr 18, 2013
Matthew Dean Fairleigh, 62, of Springfield passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013. He honorably served in the Vietnam War as a combat medic. Matt was a longtime employee of Cox Medical Center North first as an E. R. Technician and lastly as a Ward Clerk. He owned the Comic Page hobby store for over 20 years. During that time...
Ruth Craig
Apr 16, 2013
Ruth Dennis Craig, wife of James Richard (Jim) Craig, died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the age of 89. Ruth graduated from Mansfield High School and attended Missouri State Teachers College (now Missouri State University). She began her life's journey with Jim at the age of 16, and they remained soul mates through 70 years marriage. Ruth enjoyed the...
Bonnie Mae Sayler
Apr 16, 2013
Bonnie Mae Sayler, 78, went on to be with the Lord at 5 p.m. Tuesday April 16, 2013 after a battle with stroke related complications. Bonnie was born August 22, 1934 in Walnut Grove, MO. Daughter of Wayne and Hazel Roberts. Bonnie was a retired schoolteacher who highly valued education and had a great love for children. After graduating from...
Harry Carroll
Apr 15, 2013
Harry King Carroll, 91, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Monday, April 15, 2013 in his home. He was born on April 4, 1922. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force serving in WWII and Korea. He was employed by several Circuit Board companies locally and also did a variety of other jobs including small engine repair....
Carol Joan Kohls
Apr 14, 2013
Carol Joan Kohls was born on April 9, 1935, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Walter and Erna Pfau. She graduated from Grossmont High School in San Diego, California and received a Bachelors Degree from Woodbury College in Los Angeles. She fell in love with and married John A Kohls and they raised three children in San Diego, California. She worked as...
Elizabeth Gayle Riggins
Apr 14, 2013
Elizabeth Gayle Riggins, 64, Rogersville, MO, passed away April 14, 2013, in her home after a long battle with Multiple System Atrophy. She was born April 5, 1949, to Charles and Betty O'Neal in Stillwater, OK. Gayle was united in marriage to Jim K. Riggins Dec. 29, 1983, in Springfield, MO. She was a 1967 graduate of Memorial High School,...
Jill Keck
Apr 12, 2013
Jill Marie Keck, 50, of Nixa, MO, passed away at 10pm on Fri., Apr. 12, 2013 in Mercy Hospital after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Jill was born in Clayton, MO to Walter and Helen Murphy. Jill attended Immaculate Conception grade school in Ft. Smith, AR. She graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1981. Jill attended SMSU and later...
Barbara Ann Tillery
Apr 11, 2013
Barbara Ann Tillery, 76, of Springfield, MO passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013. She is survived by her mother, Frances Snelson; her husband of 58 years, Tracy "Joe" Tillery; two daughters, Debra Kimbrough (John), and Tracey Gill; five grandchildren, Nicole & Brandon Kimbrough, Chris, Corey and Connor Gill; two step-grandchildren, Patrick Maxwell and Marcus Kimbrough and their families. Barbara...
Dwight Rhodes
Apr 11, 2013
In Loving Memory. . . Dwight Rhodes, 90, went to sleep in Jesus on Thursday, April 11 at his home in Springfield. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Ruth (Noble) Rhodes, and is survived by his daughters, Karen Rhodes of Ozark and Lynette Rhodes of Springfield, his brother Dale Rhodes of Miami, Florida, his sister...
Ronald Doyl Shepherd
Apr 8, 2013
Ronald Doyl Shepherd, 71, of Springfield, passed away on April 8th, 2013 at 6:30pm at Cox South Hospital. He was surrounded by his family, decked in his favorite Cardinal's shirt, and took his last breath top of the ninth, Cardinal's home opener. He was born December 13th, 1941 in Monett, Missouri, son of the late Doyl and Charlotte Shepherd. Ron...
Glenn Robert Beatty
Apr 7, 2013
Glenn Robert Beatty, 61, was born February 9, 1952 and died April 7, 2013. He served in the U. S. Air Force for ten years. Glenn lived in Florida most of his adult life because he loved the weather. He enjoyed planting, golfing, fishing and flea marketing. He was nicknamed "the mayor" by an uncle and never met a stranger....
