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....
Paul Dorrough
Apr 7, 2013
Paul Richard Dorrough 65 passed away on Sunday April 7, 2013. Paul was born June 16th, 1947 in Dallas, Texas. He was a graduate of Parkview High School in Springfield, MO. Paul received his BFA from SMSU (MSU), then attended The Art Institute of Chicago and pursued extended studies in Greece. Upon his return to the United States Paul obtained...
Bernice Julia Schenk
Apr 6, 2013
Bernice J. Schenk, age 99, passed away on April 6, 2013 in St. Louis, MO. She was preceded in death by her husbands: Wm. Arnold Monaghan (1979) and John Schenk (1991). She is survived by step-children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bernice enjoyed gardening, traveling and volunteering for her church and community. A Memorial Mass will be held on April 25, 2013...
Eula Leidy
Apr 5, 2013
Eula Mae Leidy, 88, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013. She was born on August 25, 1924, in St. Louis, the daughter of Robert Clifton and Ellen Marie Kelone. Eula was united in marriage to Harry L. Leidy on April 13, 1946. In addition to her parents, Eula was preceded in death by her husband Harry L....
Jack Lee Sapp
Apr 5, 2013
Jack Lee Sapp, age 80, died at home in Springfield, Missouri on Friday, April 5, 2013, following an extended illness. Born on February 25, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois, he began his professional career in radio at WCRA in Effingham, Illinois immediately following high school. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Salzburg, Austria. He married Dalyne Tipsword...
Joseph Peter Costantino
Apr 2, 2013
Joseph P Costantino, 86, passed away April 2, 2013 in Nixa, Missouri. He was born In Sesser, Illinois. He served in the Air Force as a cryptographer in both WW II and the Korean War. Joe attended college at the University of California at Santa Barbara where he met and married his wife Diane Ruth Campbell in 1953. Joe started...
Joseph Michael Ghirardelli
Mar 31, 2013
Joseph "Joey" Ghirardelli passed away on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the age of 20 in Breckenridge, CO. He was with his parents and brother, Michael at the time of his death. Joey had Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and lived the life he was given with optimism, grace, bravery and a great sense of humor. The words of his dear...
Bill M. Williams
Mar 31, 2013
Bill was born in Wheatland, Missouri on November 21, 1929, to Lloyd and Ruby Williams. Bill attended school in Wheatland until his family moved to Springfield, MO in 1938. He attended Phelps Elementary, Jarrett Jr. High, and Senior High School (now Central) graduating in the class of 1947. He went to work in Kansas City, and when he returned...
Becky Hartley
Mar 31, 2013
Becky Hartley died on March 31, 2013 in her Springfield, MO home. She was born January 28, 1965 to Keith and Carolyn (Cook) Hartley in Springfield, IL. When she was three years old her family moved to Chatham, IL, a suburb of Springfield, IL. She attended the public schools of Chatham for all of her primary and secondary education years....
