Norma Jean Watts
Mar 23, 2013
Norma Jean Wakefield Watts was born October 22, 1926 to William and Myrtle Wakefield in Fair Play, Missouri. Norma was the Fair Play class of 1944 valedictorian and graduated from Draughan's Business College. She worked as office manager for local auctioneers and builders. Norma is survived by her husband, Victor Watts and their three children, Vicki Newport, David Watts and...
Betty Jane Todd
Mar 22, 2013
Betty Jane Truskowski Todd, 90, passed away at 10:45 p.m., Friday, March 22, 2013, in Mark Twain Nursing Home, St. Louis, Mo. She was born November 14, 1922, in Springfield, Mo., the daughter of the late William P. and Dora (Dearen) Whitlock. She was united in marriage on June 28, 1942, to Casimir Truskowski. To this union was born a...
Wayne Earl Lingo
Mar 22, 2013
Wayne Earl Lingo died March 22, 2013, at 9:35 p.m. at his home in Springfield. He was born May 14, 1940 in Enola, Arkansas to Tressie Inez Lingo and Joseph Herman Lingo who preceded him in death. Immediately after graduation (1958) from Van Buren High School in Van Buren, MO, he enlisted in the Air Force. He served as Air...
Karen Campbell Laird
Mar 22, 2013
Karen Campbell Laird died March 22, 2013, after bravely fighting for her life after an accident left her quadriplegic in April 2011. Since her accident, she was able to successfully recover from numerous bouts of pneumonia, infections, and pressure wounds. During this time, she also courageously dealt with the deaths of her son and husband. Her last infection proved too...
Mary Jane Johnson Sechler
Mar 21, 2013
Mary Jane Johnson Sechler, daughter of the late Henry Edgar and Bessie (Willett) Coleman, was born March 25, 1928 in Van Buren, Missouri and departed this life on March 21, 2013 in St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She had attained the age eighty-four, eleven months and twenty-seven days. Mary Jane had resided in Springfield, Missouri for several years and...
Benjamin Eugene Latimer
Mar 20, 2013
Benjamin Eugene Latimer, age 88, was born November 30, 1924 in Hartville, Missouri to Dr. Benjamin Ezra Latimer and Auley Pearman Latimer. He departed this life March 20, 2013 in Palm Springs, California. Benjamin "Gene" was preceded in death by his parents, wife Mildred, brothers Jasper and Floyd, and sister Grace. As a child, Gene spent many summers on the...
Carolyn Marie Walker
Mar 20, 2013
Carolyn Marie (Doedyns) Walker, 83 of Springfield passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. She was born on December 5, 1929 in Des Moines, IA to Charlie and Marie Hockmuth Gagnon. Carolyn loved her family, and was a loyal and faithful mother. Carolyn is survived by her husband, Darwyn Walker; one son, James Doedyns; and a granddaughter, Molly Beth Stevens...
Sara Whyzmuzis
Mar 17, 2013
Blow out the stars, sweep away the warmth. Allow the night to swallow the sun and what is left is my broken heart. Heaven has gained what I have lost; God has taken my mother home with Him. In the tired hours of the night, Sara Whyzmuzis passed away on March 17, 2013. She was born on February 10, 1948...
Ervin Perryman
Mar 17, 2013
The earthly world lost a good man on March 17th at 8:56am. Ervin Perryman, 72, passed away after a long battle with multiple health issues over the past 3 years. Ervin was known for his kind heart and good sense of humor. He loved to make people laugh and did a good job of doing so. Ervin was one of...
David Reed Holmes, M.D.
Mar 17, 2013
David Reed Holmes, MD of Springfield died on Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the age of 90. Born in Springfield on April 25, 1922, to William Carl and Elizabeth Artelia (Reed) Holmes, he was the second of four children including John, Ruth, and Daniel, all deceased. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Phyllis Anne Hunger Holmes, as...
Harold Loyd Newman
Mar 14, 2013
Harold Loyd Newman, 86, Springfield, Missouri, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013 in his home. He was born November 15, 1926 in Blue Eye, Missouri. Harold is survived by his wife 64 years, Stella Newman; two sons, David Newman and wife, Diane and Daniel Newman; two daughters, Denise Newman and husband, Richard Schwartz and Donna Newman; aunt, Pauline Lackmann; five...
Steve L. Brewer
Mar 13, 2013
Steve "Brew" Leon Brewer, 51, Springfield, passed away peacefully in his sleep Wednesday, March 13th, 2013. On March 16th Steve would have been married to his loving wife Susan for 28 years. Brew, #10, was an accomplished baseball catcher and captain of both state championship teams, the 1979 Hillcrest High School Hornets and the 1979 American Legion Hillcrest Merchants. When...
Dorothy Burk
Mar 13, 2013
Dorothy Loretta Burk was born November 6, 1925 in Ava, Missouri and peacefully passed from this life on March 13, 2013. She was the only daughter of Floyd and Ola Staley. On July 31, 1954 she married Fred Arlee Burk and to this union two daughters were born. Growing up on a farm outside Ava, Missouri many photographs reflect Dorothy's...
Daniel Bledsoe
Mar 11, 2013
Daniel Deen Bledsoe, also known as "Dan the Man", passed away March 11th, 2013, at age 55. He left behind his daughter, Cory, his loving fiancé, Shella McCurdy, and her daughter, Shelby. He is also survived by his parents, Wilma Jean and Winston Bledsoe; two brothers, Philip, his wife Cindy, their daughter Jacki and Robert. A long time resident of...
Dorothy "Dottie" Mott
Mar 11, 2013
Dorothy Elisabeth "Dottie" Mott, 91, of Springfield, passed away Monday, March 11, 2013. She was born January 30, 1922, the third of eight children born to John H. and Leondina (Gall) Orth in Lesterville, South Dakota. "Dottie", as she preferred to be called in later years, moved from Kansas City, MO to Springfield in 1975 to be closer to her...
Marjorie Davidson
Mar 9, 2013
Marjorie was born September 24, 1913. She departed this life on March 9, 2013. She had been a resident at Mercy Villa for the past ten years. Marjorie was preceded in death by her husband Kelly (1977) and her six siblings. She is survived by her daughter Sherry and husband Ronald Hubbard; grandson Vic Davis and her granddaughter Lalay Makoui....
Roberta Wilkinson
Mar 7, 2013
Was born in Harrison County, Missouri, on July 30, 1924, to Robert L. and Ruth (Robbins) Turpin and departed this life on March 7, 2013, attaining the age of 88 years, eight months, and 23 days. She was preceded in death by both parents, her adoring husband of nearly 64 years, Bud; an infant sister, Clara Ethel; brothers Francis Paul...
Scott Christiansen
Mar 6, 2013
Scott Ronald Christiansen was born the second son to Ronald and Mary Christiansen in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on January 4th, 1953. He grew up in Springfield attending Springfield public schools and graduated from Glendale High-School in 1971. He later attended Southwest Missouri State University where he was a proud member of the KA's. In 1984, Scott married Kathy Ownby...
Mary Elizabeth Eubanks
Mar 5, 2013
Mary Elizabeth (Clopton) Eubanks, daughter of William T. and Bessie L. Clopton, went to be with the Lord on March 5, 2013 due to complications from pneumonia at the age of 85. She was born in Pineville, Missouri and graduated from Aurora High School. She met James L. Eubanks while they were working at the local theatre in Aurora. They...
Richard D. Johnson
Mar 5, 2013
When Homer and Veta Johnson brought Richard Dean Johnson into the world on June 26, 1932 in Aurora, MO they unleashed a soul who would spread laughter and love. A 1950 graduate of Aurora High School he played the trombone in the band and attained the rank of Eagle Scout. His service in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean...
