Retha Doyle
Mar 5, 2012
Retha N. Doyle, 91, passed away March 5, 2012, at Cox South Hospital. Retha was born in Lockwood, MO, on February 5, 1921, to Bill and Pearl (Pryor) Leedy. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Thomas J. Doyle. She is survived by her daughter, Deanna Henderson; her son, Thomas Doyle III; her grandson, Kevin and...
Vaneta Peters
Mar 4, 2012
Vaneta Peters, 86, of Springfield, MO passed away at 2:30pm on March 4th, 2012 in her home. She was born December 6, 1925 to Glen and Rose Wildman, in Crane, MO. She was married November 9, 1945 to Owen Peters in Aurora, MO. They lived in San Francisco, CA until Owen completed his naval service in 1946. After the Navy,...
Leland Dale Phillips
Mar 4, 2012
Leland D. Phillips, 84, of Springfield passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012 in his home. He was born on February 10, 1928 in Jefferson City to Jasper Leonard and Mary Martha (Rush) Phillips. Leland is survived by sons, Leland Phillips Jr. and Jeffrey Phillips; daughters, Marty Fredrick, Susan Gilbert, Becky Ethridge and Mindy Phillips; brother, Don Phillips; thirteen grandchildren; and...
James Riebold
Mar 2, 2012
James Hubert "Jim" Riebold, 62, of Springfield, passed away Friday, March 2, 2012 at 1:25 p.m. He was born July 15, 1949 in Springfield, Mo., to Hubert A. and Margaret A. Prewitt Riebold. Jim was a 1967 graduate of Greenwood High School. He also attended MSU and the University of Arizona. He was an avid supporter of the Humane Society,...
Kevin Randolph Kaiser
Mar 2, 2012
Kevin R. Kaiser, 58 of Springfield, MO, passed away on Friday, March 2, 2012 in his home. A lifelong resident of Springfield, Kevin was born on May 13, 1953 to Charles E. and Pattie Powell Kaiser. Kevin graduated from Glendale High School, class of 1971. He spent most of his marketing and sales career involved in Transportation Software and was...
Marjorie Violet Barr
Feb 26, 2012
Marjorie Violet (Miller) Barr, of Springfield, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012. She was born November 29, 1920 in Plato, Mo., to Earl and Bess Miller. She was preceded in death by her husband, Berdett "BB" Barr; a daughter, Delynn Barr Elliott; and a sister, Doris Worthy. She is survived by a daughter, Lorna (Robert) Cribb of Creve Coeur, Mo.;...
Shannon Lynn Dean
Feb 26, 2012
Shannon Dean, 46, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012 in McAlester, Oklahoma. She was born November 9, 1965 in Forrest City, Arkansas to D. Ray and Evelyn (Holloway) Massey. She married Alan Dean on August 17, 1985 in Springfield, MO. She worked for the McAlester Public School system and was a member of the First United Methodist Church in McAlester....
Francine Marie Herbel
Feb 26, 2012
Francine Marie Herbel, Age 76, of Springfield, MO passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2011. Francine was born on April 20, 1935 in Tulsa, OK, the daughter of the late Frank Jefferson Vaughn and Mossie Marie (Hess) Vaughn. She spent most of her childhood in Jenks, OK, and graduated from Strafford High School. She later attended and instructed at the...
Robert W Ege
Feb 24, 2012
Robert William Ege passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 in Springfield, MO. He was born March 2, 1928 in Springfield, MO to Dave and Zella Ege. Bob grew up in the railroad towns of Newberg and Monett Missouri where he discovered his passion for fishing, music, photography and Boy Scouts. After graduating from Monett High School he served in the...
Burton Steinberg
Feb 24, 2012
Burton "Burt" Steinberg has embraced a more merciful life after a long battle with kidney disease. Burt was born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Sophie (Paley) and Samuel Steinberg, moved to Brooklyn soon after, where he resided for a time in an orphan's asylum, attended Erasmus Hall, then as a teenager, moved with his grandfather...
A. L. O'Neal
Feb 23, 2012
A. L. " Bud " O'Neal peacefully passed from this earth at 5:01 p.m. Thursday February 23rd 2012. He was born May 6th 1928 in Springfield MO. Bud was preceded in death by the love of his life, Golden Delores McCullough O'Neal, his wife of 58 years. He is survived by his three children, Peggy Ridlen and her husband Michael...
Donna R. Freeman
Feb 20, 2012
Donna R. Freeman, age 80, of Springfield passed away Monday, February 20, 2012 in James River Care Center. She was born December 18, 1931 in Buffalo, MO, the daughter of Leslie and Ruth Hill Crosby. Her mother died when Donna was an infant, and she was raised by her father and step-mother, Elizabeth. In 1949, she married Edward Freeman. She...
Tom G. Laster
Feb 20, 2012
Tom Garrison Laster passed away on February 20, 2012 in Springfield. He was born to Don and Gladys Potter Laster in Des Moines, Iowa on July 21, 1921. A basketball standout at Roosevelt High School he continued his education at Grinnell and Iowa State before joining the war effort in 1943. Serving as a B-26 pilot for the 5th and...
Victoria Ann Jessee
Feb 17, 2012
Dear Mother of Jennifer Bauer (John), James Schauer, Jacquelyn Schauer, Jeffrey Schauer (Lori), Janet McClure (Eric), Julia Schauer, Jessica Limbaugh; Grandmother of Alex, Andrew and Anna Bauer, Heath Schauer, Lara and Holly Weaver, Colin and Brett Schauer, Shelley McClure Bird, Carrie and Melanie McClure, Nathan Limbaugh; Greatgrandmother of Arabella Milne, Matilda Bauer, Wyatt Constatine; and Aunt of Martha Hinote. Mom...
Maurice Vern O'Shea
Feb 16, 2012
Maurice "Maury" "Uncle Mo" V. O'Shea, 87, a true Irishman, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in Springfield, Missouri. Maury was born in Blaine, Kansas on July 18, 1924 to Richard B. and Teresa Walsh O'Shea. He was the grandson of Irish immigrants who pioneered in northeast Kansas in 1878, as part of the original St. Louis Colonization Association...
Calvin Housley
Feb 16, 2012
Calvin Housley, age 86 of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:35 p.m. Thursday, February 16, 2012 in The Maples Health & Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 13, 1925 in Springfield, Missouri. He was married over 55 years to Thelma Housley who preceded him in death. He was a union brick layer for over 20 years. Calvin is survived by...
Doyle Jones
Feb 15, 2012
J. Doyle Jones, 81 years young of Springfield, Missouri, went to be with his Lord on February 15, 2012 at Mercy Hospital, from a very sudden illness. He was surrounded by his family. Doyle was born March 26, 1930 in Bexar, Arkansas, the son of JV and Verna Jones. Following graduation from Viola High School, he attended college at Arkansas...
O'Dell Wallace
Feb 15, 2012
O'dell Wallace was born December 25, 1945 to Daniel and Helen Wallace in Shreveport, LA. O'dell known to many as Hydee, loved cooking BBQ. He thought he was the best at playing cards with family and friends and dancing and having a good time listening to the blues. O'dell is preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Helen; two...
