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...
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...
