David King
May 1, 2013
David Greer King of Springfield, Mo., died May 1. He was 63. David was a loving husband and father, an avid Bears baseball fan and longtime member of the Springfield community. He worked for more than 30 years as an advocate for students seeking financial aid at Missouri State University. In 2006 he retired as assistant director of the MSU...
Ronald J. Haik
May 1, 2013
Ronald J. Haik, 75, of Springfield, MO went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. Ron was a loving husband, father, and grandpa. He was born in 1937 to Joe and Mary Haik. He had five brothers and seven sisters. Ron married Margaret Reznicek on May 2nd, 1959 and they enjoyed...
Charles Robert Moffatt
Apr 29, 2013
Charles Robert Moffatt was born August 1, 1951 in Springfield, Missouri to Charles Edward Moffatt and Inez Maxine Kreitzer Moffatt. Bob, as he was affectionately known, attended Rountree Elementary, Jarrett Junior High, and Parkview High School. He graduated from Southwest Missouri University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1973. Bob worked at Reyco in the laboratory for a few...
Edith Anna Easterly
Apr 29, 2013
Edith Anna Easterly, 98, of Springfield, MO was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on her birthday, April 29, 2013. What a blessed gift! She was born April 29, 1915 in Chester, IL to Anna and Augusta Smith. In 1938 Edith married her high school sweetheart, Owen Easterly, of Chester, IL, and they lived in St. Louis,...
Wallace D. Warren
Apr 27, 2013
Wallace D. Warren, 88, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Ozark Riverview Manor. He was born December 17, 1924 in Independence, MO to Clarance Alexander Warren and Emma Fern Chapman Warren. Wallace was a World War II, U.S. Army Veteran and was wounded at Normandy. He was united in marriage to Annetta June Chalender on January 4, 1946. He...
Charles Ray Evans
Apr 27, 2013
At 90 years old, Charlie Evans lived each day just as he always had - looking forward to his next chance to share time, memories and laughter with his many friends and loved ones. April 27, our dear friend unexpectedly made his transition. Just last week, he was at Steak n Shake having coffee with his buddies, as he'd done...
Mary A. Greenwood
Apr 26, 2013
Mary A. Greenwood, 85,of Springfield, Mo. passed away Friday, April, 26th 2013. She was born September, 22 1927 in Kansas City, Mo. to Earnest Luck and Janette Paden. Mary was a retired legal clericalist for E.L. Mendenhall and a member of Faubian Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Greenwood Sr. and daughter Kathy Greenwood. She...
Juanita Blankenship
Apr 25, 2013
Juanita E. Dotson Blankenship, 82, of Springfield, MO passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2013 in St. Louis, MO. She was born April 15, 1931 in Reuter, Missouri to Carl and Hazel Hodges Dotson. Juanita was a retired schoolteacher, and worked in the Springfield Public School system. She served her community as a senior volunteer, former AARP president, and was...
Jennifer Cook
Apr 24, 2013
Jennifer Kay Cook born December 22, 1977 passed away suddenly Wednesday April 24, 2013 in her home. She is survived by her husband Rob Cook, mother Debbie Williams, mother-in-law Mary Cook, grandmothers Kathryn Neil and Carolyn Berry, brother and sister-in-law Robert and Stephanie Williams, cousins Vince and Genie Ceparano, Jared Neil, Jasmine McCullum, Michael McCullum, aunt and uncle Gene and...
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...
