Bonnie Marie Jeffries
Apr 3, 2012
Bonnie Marie (Altis) Jeffries, 79, passed away on April 3, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Bonnie was born on March 20, 1933 in Ellis Prairie, MO and spent most of her life in Houston before moving to Springfield. She graduated from Houston High School in 1951. After 30 years of Civil Service employment (28 years...
Betty Jane Bury
Apr 2, 2012
Betty Jane "BJ" Bury, age 93, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away April 2, 2012, in her home, surrounded by her family. She was born in Sterling, Colorado, on June 30, 1918, the daughter of Arlie W. Culver and Mollie Ramsey Culver. She graduated from Beatrice, Nebraska High School and attended Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. She married James Kenneth...
Jesse Young
Apr 2, 2012
Jesse Young went to be with his Savior at 4:09am, Monday, April 2, 2012. He was born in Macomb, Missouri on January 12, 1918. AT the age of 16, he entered into the Civilian Conservation Crop. He later enlisted in to the U.S. Army and served during World War II. He was married to Sybil Hale on June 23, 1944....
Don Garwitz
Apr 1, 2012
Paul Donald (Don) Garwitz, 82, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on April 1, 2012 in his home. He was born February 1, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri. He married Patricia (Patti) Fielder on June 6, 1954. He grew up in Houston, Missouri and after graduating from high school, he joined the Air Force in 1947. He lived most of his adult...
Velma M. Mccracken
Mar 30, 2012
Velma M. McCracken, 97, of Springfield passed away March 30, 2012 at Woodland Manor. She was born June 29, 1914 in Boonville, Mo to William and Dora Timm who precedes her in death. She is also preceded in death by husband; Theodore R. McCracken, brother; Harold Timm, sister; Mildred Pethan, and son; Larry (infant). Velam is survived by two children;...
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...
