Donald Findley
Dec 10, 2012
Donald C. Findley passed away on December 10, 2012 in Springfield, MO. He was born July 27, 1936, the first child of Clyde V. and Freda (Reese) Findley in Mansfield, MO. He attended Mansfield schools and served in the US Army from 1959 to 1965. On October 20, 1962 he married the love of his life, Lena F. "Smokie" Moore...
Tucker David Redfern
Dec 10, 2012
Tucker David Redfern, age 21, passed away on Monday December 10, 2012 following a motor vehicle accident. Tucker was born at St. John's Hospital in Springfield on March 11, 1991, to Dr. and Mrs. David Redfern. He attended the Logan Rogersville schools from K-12 and was a 2009 graduate of Rogersville High School. He was currently attending Ozarks Technical Community...
Gary Lloyd Estergard
Dec 9, 2012
Gary Lloyd Estergard, 70, of Nixa, Missouri, died on Sunday, December 09, 2012, at Mercy Villa in Springfield, Missouri. He had been undergoing treatment for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma since August. Gary was born to Lloyd and Jackqulyn Dottie' Estergard on April 13, 1942, and grew up in Cambridge, Nebraska. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in art and art education...
Darrel Clark Wilson
Dec 8, 2012
Darrel "Clark" Wilson, Jr., 23, of Fair Grove, MO passed away early in morning on Saturday, December 8th, 2012 in an automobile accident about one mile south of Fair Grove on US 65 Highway. Clark was born February 18, 1989 in Springfield to Darrel Edwin and Kimberly Sue Wilson. He was a 2007 graduate of Fair Grove High School and...
Margaret Erb
Dec 7, 2012
Margaret McKenna Erb, age 81, died peacefully on December 7, 2012. She was born April 9, 1931, to John and Elizabeth McKenna of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. The youngest of six children, she thrived in Pictou, a beautiful seaside town. She graduated from Mount St. Bernard's in 1949, and went on to work briefly at the Sydney Finance Company in...
Winifred Cotner
Dec 6, 2012
Winifred "Winnie" Eleanor Cotner, age 85, peacefully went to heaven on December 6th, 2012 to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. She was surrounded by her children and loved ones in the days before her passing. Winnie was born November 21st, 1927 on Somerville, MA. She was the 4th child born to Patrick and Winifred Griffin. At the...
Steven Adams
Dec 6, 2012
My champion, Steven Everett Adams, was born June 13, 1952 in Houston, MO to Everett and Mary Adams and departed this life on December 6, 2012 in his home after a valiant battle with metastatic cancer. Steve w2as preceded in death by both parents, both parents-in-law and his best buddies, Snickers and Mutt Sanders. Steve graduated from SMSU with a...
Jean Mcintire
Dec 6, 2012
Jean Dickhut McIntire, 58, of Springfield, MO, passed on December 6, 2012. Jean was born on April 28, 1954 in Scott City, Kansas. She was a loving, compassionate, and selfless person who was loved by everyone she met. Jean ran a successful business in Springfield for twenty-five years. She was very close to her many business clients. Jean married Shawn...
William Coles Buckner
Dec 5, 2012
William Coles Buckner Sr., 87, passed from this life Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was an exceptional husband, father, grandfather, uncle, friend and citizen of Springfield. He will be remembered and greatly missed by many. Bill was born Aug. 1, 1925 in Springfield, Missouri, to James Small and Marguerite Coles Buckner. He grew up in...
Janet Stiefvater
Dec 1, 2012
Janet Stiefvater, age 83, of Springfield joined the Lord on Saturday, December 01, 2012 after a brief illness. She graduated from Southwest MO State with a degree in fine arts and was a member of the Apha Sigma Apha sorority. Janet has been an active member of Immaculate Conception Church since 1958, a member of the Society of St. Francis...
Jeffrey Gordon Mcafee
Nov 30, 2012
Jeffrey Gordon McAfee, 60, of Springfield, Missouri passed away Friday, November 30, 2012 in Cox South Hospital after a seven week battle with cancer. He was born on June 8, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee to Dr. Robert Gordon and Alfreda Kathleen Sisk McAfee. He graduated from high school in Garden City, Kansas in 1971. After graduation, he entered military service...
Charles Lowell Pertuche
Nov 28, 2012
Charles Lowell (Charley) Pertuche, 62, of Springfield went to his heavenly home on November 28th, 2012 after a seven month long courageous battle with cancer. He was born December 7, 1949 in Springfield, Missouri, the son of Lowell Andrew Pertuche and Ruth L. (Wood) Pertuche. Charley accepted the Lord as his personal savior and followed the Lord in baptism at...
Carol Rayl
Nov 27, 2012
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Episcopal Relief and Development in care of St. James Episcopal Church - Springfield, Missouri.
Irene Bass
Nov 27, 2012
Irene A. Bass, 90, of Springfield, MO passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2012 in Cox South Hospital. Aunt "Nene" as she was affectionately known was born February 25, 1922 in Fort Smith, AR. She was a 1940 graduate of Springfield Sr. High School and later graduated from Draughon's Business College. She was an avid quilter, cook and gardener. She will...
Paul Pearson
Nov 27, 2012
Paul Pearson, born May 21, 1956 to Duane Kenneth Pearson and Carol (Mix) Pearson in Santa Cruz, California, departed this life November 26, 2012. He lived most of his young years in Illinois, then moved to Seymour, MO. He graduated from Mansfield, Missouri. After High School he joined the United Stated Army and served our country for four years as...
Joan Leslie Cox
Nov 25, 2012
Joan Leslie Conner Cox went to be with the Lord on November 25, 2012 because of complications of diabetes. She was born November 5, 1946, to George Wesley Conner and Mollie Beatrice Ray Conner. She grew up in Monett and was active in Girl Scouts. After graduation from high school, Joan attended the School of the Ozarks, MO Southern and...
William Francis Buehler
Nov 24, 2012
William Francis Buehler was born September 5, 1925 in Springfield, Missouri and departed this life at the age of 87 on November 24, 2012. Bill worked for Frisco Burlington Railroad for 38 years. He attended St. Joseph and St. Agnes schools and graduated from St. Agnes in 1943. Bill then attended State Teachers College (MSU) in 1943 and 1944. He...
Robert Bird
Nov 22, 2012
Robert Gerald Bird, 89 of Springfield passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2012 at Cox South Hospital. He was born on May 31, 1923 in South Greenfield, Missouri to Clifford and Berniece Bird. Robert graduated from Lockwood High School in 1941 where he was well known for his athletic accomplishments. After working at AERO Parts Manufacturing Co. in Wichita, Kansas...
John Dushko
Nov 20, 2012
John Dushko, 93, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 in his home. He was born March 20, 1919 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania to Anna and John Dushko. John graduated from Hazelton High School in 1937 and attended New York City College playing football for 2 years before he entered the US Army in 1940. Ulcers brought John to Springfield in...
