Evelyn Ballantyne
May 5, 2012
When Pat Hodges was born in St. James, MO on St. Patrick's Day in 1940, her mother told her father: "You can name that child any name you want but she is going to be called Pat." He named her Evelyn Elizabeth after her family members and she was Pat ever after. Pat Ballantyne died peacefully in her home in...
Erma Nell Benson
May 3, 2012
Erma Nell Benson, 96, passed on to the Lord on May 3, 2012 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Born Erma Nell Davidson to Mable Vane and Perry Ellis Davidson in Hartsburg, Missouri, she married Robey Given Benson of Jefferson City, Missouri where they owned and operated Little Nell Café and Towne Grill from 1934 until 1968. They were...
Richard A. Patterson
May 3, 2012
Richard Alvin Patterson, also known as "RAP", was born to Clara and the late Harold Patterson on November 22, 1952. He was baptized at age 11. Graduating from Central High in 1970; Richard worked for Frisco Railroad before continuing his education at MSU. He received his Bachelor's degree there in 1981. Richard loved music and played in the K.C. Express...
Leonard A. Brown
May 3, 2012
Leonard Albert Brown passed into his heavenly home on May 3, 2012 at the Marshfield Care Center. He was born in Crane, Mo. November 19, 1921 and moved to Springfield, Mo. as an infant with his parents, Charles H. and Nell Brown. He graduated from Draughon's Business College, then enlisted into the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. After...
Roger Wreath
May 2, 2012
Roger Valentine Wreath, born June 4, 1939 in the downstairs bedroom of the family farm home near Amiret, MN passed away May 2, 2012. He was the youngest child of John Logan and Lena Z. (Pryor) Wreath. He attended the Amiret elementary school, Tracy MN Junior High and Bolivar High School Class of '57. Roger moved to Bolivar with his...
Barbara E. Hammer
May 1, 2012
Born in Duluth Minnesota in August of 1942 and went to Jesus her Lord and savior on May 1, 2012. She married Oliver Hammer in July of 1960 and they moved to Bell Gardens California in 1961 and remained there until they retired to Rogersville Missouri October of 1995. Barbara is survived by her Husband of 51 years Oliver, her...
Michael Dwayne Palmer
May 1, 2012
Michael D. Palmer "Papa" Mike, 62 of Rogersville, Missouri passed away at 3:32 am on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 near Lebanon, Missouri from injuries sustained in an accident. He enjoyed fishing, horses, living in the country, building race cars, drag racing, westerns, golfing and being a truck driver but above all else he loved his family and always made sure...
Mary Catherine Sweeney
Apr 28, 2012
Mary Catherine Sweeney, age 86, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away suddenly Saturday, April 28, 2012. She was born on October 12, 1925 in Springfield, Missouri to Max and Lillian Weaver. At the age of four, she became the youngest member of the vaudeville troupe known as "The Weaver Brothers and Elviry." Mary "retired" from show business after touring all 48...
Cynthia Lynn Stevens
Apr 27, 2012
Cynthia Lynn Stevens, 53 of Springfield, MO entered into rest on Friday, April 27, 2012. She was born November 19, 1958 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was survived by her husband, Frank Stevens, Springfield;her son, Benjamin DeMoss, Rogersville; and her step-daughter Azrielle Stevens. She is further survived by two sisters and a brother. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Carol Langsford
Apr 26, 2012
Former Greene County Treasurer and local business owner J. Carol Langsford passed away on April 26. She was 79. Carol had been president of automotive trade journal company MD Publications since the 1992 death of her husband, Les, the company's co-founder. Carol was born in Montana, Kan., in 1933. She graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont, Kan....
Anna Webb
Apr 25, 2012
Anna "Ruth" (Mitchell) Webb, born May 4th, 1923, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away April 25, 2012. She went in peace surrounded by her twin daughters, Glenda Rae Wheeler and Linda Kay Hinds. She was born in Seligman, MO to the late Jim and Bessie Mitchell. She was preceded in death by her husband Henry Webb, brothers Hugh Mitchell, Carl Mitchell...
Robert "Bob" Nathaniel Willett
Apr 25, 2012
Robert "Bob" Nathaniel Willett died on April 25, 2012, his 85th birthday, from pulmonary fibrosis. He was born at home in Charles City, Iowa, April 25, 1927, to Clyde Richard Willett and Emma Martina Hunsted Willett. In 1930 the family moved to San Diego, California. After High School graduation in 1945 he volunteered for the US Navy serving aboard the...
Virginia Hardie
Apr 24, 2012
Virginia Anne Hardie, affectionately known as Ginger, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 following a long illness. She was born on February 3, 1935 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Her family moved to Salem, Missouri where they owned and operated the town's only department store, Brice Department Store. She graduated from Salem High School and matriculated to Christian College in...
Alvin Rehkop
Apr 24, 2012
Alvin Charles Rehkop Jr. passed away on April 24, 2012 at the age of 67 at Mercy St. Johns after a short illness. He was born July 24, 1944 in Pasa Robles, CA to Alvin and Norma Rehkop. He served in Korea in the United States Army. Once home from the service he wed Carrol Jean Andres on January 11,...
James Howard Cawood
Apr 23, 2012
James Howard Cawood, 83, Springfield, passed away unexpectedly on April 25, 2012. James was born June 23, 1928 to Howard and Tollie Cawood of Oklahoma. James lived most of his life in Oklahoma before moving to Springfield, MO in 1995. James retired from Hodges Trucking and Oil Company as an accountant in Oklahoma. He served in the U.S. Air Force...
Rex Wayne Loveland
Apr 22, 2012
Rex Wayne Loveland, 65, was born September 26, 1946 to parents, Rex H. and Roberta M. at Burge Hospital in Springfield, MO and died suddenly April 22, 2012. Wayne is survived by his wife, Katie Langsford Loveland; his mother, Roberta of Battlefield, MO; his daughter, Lacey Davidson of Springfield; brothers and their spouses, Danny and Frankie Loveland and Randy and...
Chandler Chase Bosworth
Apr 22, 2012
Chandler Chase Bosworth, 80, of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:19 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, 2012 in Mercy Hospital, Springfield. He was born to George Henry Bosworth and Ethyl Mae Chase Bosworth on November 9th, 1931 in Swansea, Massachusetts. He married LouElla Roderick on November 10, 1951. She preceded him in death along with his sisters, Madelyn Bussey and...
Helen K. Bock
Apr 22, 2012
Helen Koboldt Bock passed away peacefully Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Mercy Villa, at the age of 96, surrounded by her loving family. Helen was born on December 26, 1915 in St. Louis and married Joseph Bock in 1937. They spent 51 years together before his death in 1988. She moved to Springfield in 1994 and was quite active in...
Nelda Branson
Apr 22, 2012
Nelda L. Branson, 85, of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:15pm Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Ash Grove Health Care Facility in Ash Grove, MO. Nelda was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She used love of family, creativity and hard work to provide a warm, inviting home. Her kitchen table was always open to family, friends, and strangers alike....
