Leo Monaghan
Mar 29, 2012
Leo Grafton (Red) Monaghan, 87, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on March 29, 2012, in his home. He was born on February 6, 1925, to Fred and Violet Monaghan in Charles City, Iowa, the sixth of nine children. He married Marian Schlader on September 16, 1950. They lived in Charles City, Iowa, until they moved to Springfield, Missouri, in April...
David Glen Swyhart
Mar 27, 2012
David Glen Swyhart, age 72 of Protem, MO passed away on March 27, 2012. Dave was surrounded by his family and left this earth peacefully. Dave started his career as a teacher and coach at Central High School in St Joseph, MO and later signed on with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for 21 years. Upon retirement Dave spent his...
Nina Oleta Westrup
Mar 27, 2012
Nina Oleta Westrup, 102, Springfield, passed away on Tuesday March 27, 2012. She was born January 7, 1910, near Warrensburg, Mo. to Roy and Beulah Bartholomew. She graduated from Central Missouri State College and taught school for many years in the Warrensburg area, several in a one-room school. She married Lt. Col. Charles Westrup, an Army officer, and lived in...
Edward Ponder
Mar 22, 2012
Never one to pass up a gathering, Edward Joseph Ponder, 80, passed away in James River Care Center on March 22, 2012, surrounded by friends, family, laughter, tears, and song. Ed was born the 10th of 13 children in a German-Catholic family, on June 9, 1931, in Apple Creek, MO, and grew up in St. Louis. He served in the...
Alexander Stout
Mar 17, 2012
Alexander Robert Stout passed away in his home on March 17, 2012. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 24, 1928. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alexander and Martha Belle Stout. Alex went to West Catholic High School in Philadelphia and graduated from Xavier University in Ohio, where he ran track. He was a Korean War...
Angela D. Shockley Jackson
Mar 14, 2012
Angela Denise Shockley Jackson was born September 26, 1972. On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 God opened heaven's gates and called His beautiful angel home. Angela was born and raised in Springfield, MO. She was the baby of the family and the only girl. Her daddy affectionately called her "Tubbs." She graduated from Central High School. At an early age, she...
Virginia Cox Bussey
Mar 13, 2012
Virginia Belle Cox Bussey, died peacefully at her home in Springfield, MO on March 13, 2012, with relatives at her side. Virginia was born on February 17, 1921 in Springfield, the eldest child of Mildred Lee and Lester Edmund Cox. She married Lynn E. Bussey on June 19, 1941. Her husband, parents and brother Lester L. Cox preceded Virginia in...
Jay Hughey Adams
Mar 13, 2012
Jay Hughey Adams, age 74, of Springfield, MO, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. He was born September 11, 1937 in Clinton, IA, to James Harland and Wilma (Hughey) Adams. He was raised in Bloomington, IL, graduated from Illinois Wesleyn and completed a Masters at Illinois State. He was member of Christ Episcopal Church. For 25 years Jay was...
Dorothy Mildred Wright
Mar 13, 2012
Dorothy Grandstaff Wright, 87, of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. She lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico and in Savannah, Georgia for over 33 years. She was married to her husband Carlton A. Wright for over 53 years. Dorothy was active in Washington Family Descendants, Daughters of the American Revolution,...
Robert Johan Simon
Mar 12, 2012
After fighting a long battle with diabetes, Robert Johan Simon, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2012. Rob, born in 1939, in Jakarta, Indonesia, was of Indonesian and Dutch descent. At seventeen, he moved to The Netherlands with his diplomatic family. In 1960, he received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Delft University in The Netherlands. He continued his academic...
Herschel E. Bennett
Mar 12, 2012
Herschel E. Bennett was born on September 7, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri and passed away on March 12, 2012 in Washington, D.C. Hersch was the youngest son of Herschel E. Bennett and Gladys G. (Cloud) Bennett Dodson. His parents and twin brothers, Robert C. Bennett and William P. Bennett, preceded Hersch in death. H.E., as he was called growing up...
Joan D. Hoyer
Mar 11, 2012
Joan D. Hoyer, 83 of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2012. She was born July 28, 1928 in Independence, Kansas to George and Carrie Kingston Dancer. She was married to William E. Hoyer, who precedes her in death. She was a long time employee of Cox Health Systems. She retired on December 31, 1997 as Director of...
Mary Louise Gladson
Mar 9, 2012
Mary L. Gladson, 88, of Springfield, passed gently away on Friday, March 9, 2012 at Magnolia Square. She was born in Eldorado, Illinois on November 23, 1923. Mary is survived by a sister, Betty Wilbur; a son, Jack (wife Becki); two grandsons, Matthew (wife Amber) and Jeremy; and two great-granddaughters, Jessica and Cassandra. She was preceded in death by her...
Verna Curtis
Mar 8, 2012
Our Matriarch. Our Queen. Our Favorite. Verna Curtis, 92, born in St. Louis and long-time resident of Springfield, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Her children say she lived a long and happy life, but more importantly she lived her life her way. She lived that way until her vary last days;...
Bonnie Fester
Mar 8, 2012
Bonnie Fester passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Manor at Elfindale. She was 97 years old, born June 3, 1914 in Warrensburg, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, Minnie and John Kruzan; her two sisters, Josephine Major and Joyce Kruzan; and her three brothers, Jackie Kruzan, Robert Kruzan and David Kruzan. Also preceding her...
Doris Irene Breuer
Mar 7, 2012
Doris Irene Cloud Breuer died peacefully in her sleep on March 7, 2012 at St. John's Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. She was born April 10, 1917 to John Van and Lenne Wolf Cloud in Memphis, TN and grew up living in 36 states from the swamps of Louisiana to New York City before ultimately settling in Springfield to...
Virginia Sifford
Mar 6, 2012
Virginia DeCamp Sifford, 90, of Springfield, MO passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 2:33 a.m. in Mercy Hospital. She was born August 7, 1921 to Loy G. and Essie Andrews DeCamp in Springfield, MO. Virginia graduated from Springfield Senior High class of 1939. She worked for approximately 25 years as an underwriter for insurance agencies, including, C.O. Sperry, Handley-Adams...
