Bennie Elizabeth Crabtree
Mar 28, 2013
September 18, 1926 - March 28, 2013 Bennie Crabtree, age 86, met her Savior, Jesus Christ, face to face March 28th, 2013. She died at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee following a case of severe pneumonia and intestinal illness diagnosed in early March. Bennie was born in Buena Vista, Tennessee. She was the eldest child and only...
Alan L. Steffen
Mar 26, 2013
Alan L. Steffen, age 86, of Springfield, died Wed., March 26, 2013 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Alan was born February 27, 1927 and raised in the small community of Versailles, Ohio. Alan was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Maude Steffen, and by his only sister, Carol Steffen. Also, preceding Alan in death...
Rosamunde Penn
Mar 26, 2013
Rosamunde L. Penn, age 84, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona. She was born in Weiden, Germany, Jun. 11, 1928. On March 12, 1947, Rosie was united in marriage to First Sergeant Wendell E. Penn, who preceded her death on April 25, 1988. Rosie was a Charter member of Holy Trinity Church, Springfield. Christmas was a very...
Kim Eugene Estes
Mar 26, 2013
Kim Eugene Estes, age 64, passed away March 26, 2013 in Springfield, Missouri. Kim was born in Kansas City, MO on April 15, 1948. He graduated from Ozark High School and served in the United States Army. Kim spent his career working as an industrial machinery salesman. He enjoyed running, cycling, and riding motorcycles. He was happiest spending time with...
Mona Fay Fath
Mar 26, 2013
Mona Fay (Hinds) Fath, 74, of Springfield, MO, passed away on March 26, 2013. She was born to the late Vergil and Lillie Hinds, November 11, 1938 in Springfield, MO. She was married to John Fath on April 20, 1957. Mona worked as a church secretary and at Penmac Personnel. She lived her life to serve God, her family and...
Hugh Harris
Mar 23, 2013
Hugh Geister Harris, MD, of Springfield, MO, passed away March 23, 2013 in his home, from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). He was born October 1, 1937, in Springfield, Missouri, to Hugh Alexander Harris and Lillan "Louise" Harris. He attended Greenwood Laboratory School, graduating in 1955. From there, Hugh attended Westminster College in Fulton, MO, receiving his Bachelor of...
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...
