G. Michael Lampe
Dec 19, 2012
G. Michael Lampe, 67, passed away, December 19, 2012, in Cox Hospital from pneumonia. Mike was born in Springfield, on March 1, 1945 to Grover W. Lampe and Lula L. Lampe. He attended Greenwood Laboratory School and often spoke with fond memories of the good times and friends he had there. Mike achieved his Eagle Scout designation. During high school...
Lois Faye Rozell
Dec 19, 2012
Lois Rozell died December 19, 2012 with pancreatic cancer. Lois was born and raised in Fredonia, Kansas on February 20, 1933 to Glenn and Vesta Schroder. Preceding her in death were her parents; two brothers and son Bruce David Rozell. Lois was a longtime member of Glenstone Baptist Church and the Giving and Sharing Bible School Class. Survivors are husband...
Phyllis Jean Demille
Dec 18, 2012
Phyllis Jean DeMille age 64 of Springfield passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012 in Mercy Hospital. She was born April 7, 1948 in Hoxie, Arkansas, the daughter of Clinton and Elma Anderson Scudder. She graduated from high school in Hoxie. She worked for many years at Zenith and Litton Industries. In 1982 she married Bill DeMille. During her last years...
Doris Rachel Welch
Dec 16, 2012
Doris Rachel Welch, 82, Springfield passed away at 5:05 PM, Sunday, December 16, 2012 in the Neighborhoods of Quail Creek in Springfield. She was a member of American Legion Auxiliary #624, Sunrise Beach, MO. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry Brown, Jr. She is survived by her husband, Harry L. Welch, Springfield; three sons, Henry Brown...
Robert Smith
Dec 15, 2012
Robert "Neil" Smith, 93, was called home to be with our Lord Saturday, December 15, 2012 following a prolonged illness. Neil was born October 1, 1919 in Ottawa, KS to Philo and Ida May Smith. He served in World War II, a Navy Seaman on the Pacific front, aboard the aircraft carriers the USS Bennington and the new USS York...
Robert J. Fuerst
Dec 14, 2012
Robert J. Fuerst, 89, passed away Friday, Dec 14, 2012, in the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. Robert was born in St. Louis, MO on Dec 12, 1923 to Louis and Frances Kraus Fuerst. After graduating from high school in St. Louis, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He landed on Normandy about a...
Jerry Elmore
Dec 12, 2012
Jerry Elmore, age 71, of Springfield passed away on Dec 12, 2012. He was born on Oct. 15, 1941 in Rhoda, Ky. He attended Edmonson County High School. He served 20 years in the Air Force and retired from the Dept. of Energy Jan 3, 2003. He was married for 53 years to his loving wife, Patricia Ann Webb. They...
Dorell C. Luce
Dec 12, 2012
Dorell C. Luce, 89 passed away December 12, 2012. A celebration of his life will be held at Greene Hills Country Club in Willard, MO from 1-4 pm Saturday, December 15, 2012.
Helen Evangeline (Brown) Shipman Deck
Dec 11, 2012
"Her beauty is her own and she is not proud" Turlough O'Carolan Helen Evangeline (Brown) Shipman Deck, age 93, passed away in Springfield, Mo. Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Helen's parents were Eugene Fuller Brown and Helen Dobbins Brown. Born in Springfield December 2, 1919, she grew up on her family's farm near Marshfield, with seven brothers and sisters. She graduated...
Larry D. Jones
Dec 11, 2012
Larry D. Jones, 63, Springfield, MO passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was born Jan. 28, 1949 to Desmond and Margaret Jones of Wheaton, MO. Larry was united in marriage to Brenda Arnold on Aug. 6, 1971. He worked in the trucking industry for 30 years and was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Springfield North. He...
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...
