Joyce Lee Roland
Sep 4, 2012
Joyce Lee Roland, 94, passed away Tuesday, September 4, 2012 in Cox Hospital. Joyce was born January 23, 1918 in Kansas City, MO to Lafayette and Lillian Mae Lillard. She was very active in the Unity church where she also worked at her first job. She enjoyed playing the piano and organ, traveling and spending time with family and friends....
James Penn
Sep 3, 2012
James David Penn, Jr., died September 3, 2012. He was born March 29, 1934, in West Plains, MO, to James David, Sr., and Ruby Lee Penn. He was baptized in the First Christian Church in West Plains, MO. On March 4, 1956, Jim was married to Linda Reary, from which two children were born: James David, III, and Tamara Lynn....
Charlene Benton
Aug 30, 2012
Charlene Vire Benton went home to be with her LORD on Thursday, August 30th, 2012 at the age of 81 after a three month battle with a lung infection. Mama Charley as she was lovingly referred to by her family and friends had an infectious love of life and people that spilled over to everyone who knew her. She was...
Thelma Harris
Aug 28, 2012
Thelma Harries, 90, died on August, 28, 2012 at Jordan Creek Nursing and Rehab. She was born September 5, 1921, near Snowball, Arkansas. She and Orman Harris were married for 61 years. He preceded her in death. She is survived by two daughters and their husbands; Lynda and Larry Buster and Sandye and Don Letsch, her two beloved grandchildren, Sean...
Helen Huffhines
Aug 28, 2012
Helen Frances "Fran" Huffhines, 88, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2012. Fran was born August 16, 1924 to Edward and Bessie Lincoln Boyer in Quincy, Illinois and was one of six siblings. Fran worked at Klein's Department Store in Quincy upon her graduation. She worked in the accounting department at Sears and Roebuck where she met her future husband,...
Carol Hammock
Aug 26, 2012
Carol A. Hammock was born July 26, 1938 and passed away August 26, 2012, in Quail Creek Nursing Home. She is survived by husband, Aubrey; son, Tony Hammock and wife Lorna; daughter, Amanda Hammock; and grandchildren, Emily Hammock, Noah Scott, Jonah Scott, Asa Scott and Luke Hammock. Graveside services will be held on at Missouri Veteran's Cemetery on Wednesday, August...
Martha Marie Torrence
Aug 26, 2012
Martha Marie Torrence, age 95 of Springfield, MO passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012 in Magnolia Square Nursing Home. She was born September 11, 1916, the daughter of John and Della (McGinnis) Hilton in Ozark, MO. She was saved and baptized at Prospect Baptist Church of Ozark, MO. Martha was preceded in death by her parents, John and Della Hilton,...
Marjorie Joyce Spencer
Aug 25, 2012
Joyce Lasnier Spencer, 86, of Springfield, MO passed away 6 AM August 25, 2012 in Cox South. She was born March 9, 1926 in Clay Center, Kansas to Edmond and Heloise Lasnier. The family moved to Concordia, Kansas at an early age. Joyce was united in marriage to James Spencer on Feb. 10, 1945. After raising their family in Kansas...
Clarence Dixon
Aug 23, 2012
Larry (Clarence) A. Dixon left this world to be with his beloved wife Barbara on August 23. He touched many people in this world and left it a better place. He was born in Joplin, Mo on August 3rd, 1931. He was self made, having lost both parents early in his teens. He put himself through college at what is...
Tyrus Schurtz
Aug 22, 2012
After a life well lived, Ty died August 22 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO, just 12 days past his 99th birthday. He was born in Braman, Oklahoma on August 10, 1913 to Anna (Grell) and Jesse Shurtz. By 1933, he had graduated from Braman High School and Northern Oklahoma Jr. College in Tonkawa, OK. Always a baseball fan, he...
Rosemary Witt
Aug 21, 2012
Rosemary Witt, 90, Springfield, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012. She was born, November 13, 1921 in Springfield, the daughter of Clyde A. Young and Rose Kiefer Young. She was a 1939 graduate of Springfield High School. She worked many years as a clerk at Frisco Railroad. She and her husband Don S. Witt also owned and operated Braden's Cleaners in...
Joseph Dudley Ollis
Aug 21, 2012
Joseph Dudley Ollis passed peacefully from this life August 21, 2012, after a courageous ten year battle against cancer. Joe was born in Springfield to Aileen (Long) and Alfred Melville Ollis on August 26, 1941. He attended Greenwood Laboratory School and received his B.A. from Drury College. He served his country in the US Navy from 1962 to 1965 as...
Randy Folk
Aug 21, 2012
Randy Folk, 60, was born April 11, 1952 in Springfield, MO to Henry Bernie Folk and Myrtle Louise Irish Folk and passed away on August 21, 2012 in Springfield, MO after being diagnosed with ALS in April of 2010. Randy was a 1971 graduate of Glendale high school and later from Missouri State University with a B.S. degree in Accounting....
Donna Hill Mcginnis
Aug 18, 2012
Donna Hill McGinnis, daughter of Noble and Ameda Scott Hill, was born on May 3, 1936, and died on August 18, 2012. She was married to Michael McGinnis on July 14, 1957, in Gainesville, Missouri. They were blessed with 55 years together. Donna graduated from Gainesville High School, and from Missouri State (SMS) in 1957. She taught high school in...
Nancy Bedell
Aug 17, 2012
Nancy Bedell, remarkable wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and friend, graced our world from her arrival on January 2, 1952 to her departure on August 17, 2012. Nancy was the daughter of the late Peter and Stella DeLisi, born in New York and resided there during her early years of life. Her brother Ed, of Indianapolis, and sister...
Patricia Robertson Lewis
Aug 17, 2012
Patricia Ann Robertson Lewis, 83, Springfield, passed away Friday, August 17, 2012 after a sudden illness. She was born March 6, 1929 in Hinsdale, IL, and was the daughter of Jeanette and Andrew Robertson. She was united in marriage to James Maurice Lewis on December 3, 1949. After their marriage they resided in Cuba and West Plains, Mo; where she...
Wilbur T. (Bud) Avery
Aug 16, 2012
Wilbur T. (Bud) Avery, 81, died August 16, 2012 at the Ozark Methodist Manor in Marionville, MO following a long battle with cancer. He leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Katherine (Katie) Avery; his son, Lynn Avery and his fiancée, DJ Westling; his daughter, Celeste Smith and her husband Danny; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and many close friends. Born...
