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...
Frederick E. Gerson
Feb 15, 2012
Frederick Edward Gerson, 93, of Springfield, MO passed away February 15, 2012. He was born March 3, 1918 in Jerseyville, IL, the son of Edward and Anna Gerson of Fieldon, IL. He was married to Eunice Gerson of St. Louis, MO who survives him. He is also survived by two sons, Gary of St. Louis and Tom of Estes Park,...
Barbara Stalnaker
Feb 13, 2012
Barbara Annabelle Anderson Stalnaker 69 of Springfield mo went home to be with the Lord on Monday February 13, 2012 She arrived as an angel on July 26, 1942 in Fairmont West Virginia to Charles and Gladys Anderson. Barbara married her childhood sweetheart William Thayer Stalnaker on August 6, 1960. At that time her legacy began. She was a proud...
Eva Marie Fortune
Feb 12, 2012
Eva Marie Fortune, 89, Ozark, passed away Sunday morning in James River Care Center. She was born October 18, 1922 in Minden, MO, the daughter of Wheeler and Flossie Sellers. Just prior to World War II she married Hugh W. Fortune and to this union one son, Joe, was born. Eva worked as a bookkeeper at Kansas City Gas Service...
Larry Kerry Bridges
Feb 10, 2012
Larry Kerry Bridges, currently of Billings, Missouri, age 64, was born March 19, 1947 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, son of Joe Harper and Ora Beck of Gentry, Arkansas. The ninth of eleven children, he was adopted by his mother's sister and her husband, Earl and Lillian Bridges of Cleveland, Oklahoma, who raised him as their own. Larry graduated from Cleveland...
Arthur Lee Tureaud
Feb 10, 2012
Arthur Lee Tureaud, 60, passed away Friday February 10, 2012 at St. Louis University Hospital. Arthur graduated from Central High School in Springfield, MO. He joined the Navy, May 1970 of which he served 4 years. While in the service he was asked to become a Navy Seal of which he declined. Arthur received an Honorable discharge earning a Vietnam...
Nancy Pate
Feb 10, 2012
Nancy Pate, 86, was born on October 5, 1925 in Sedalia, MO and passed away Friday, February 10, 2012 in her home in Springfield, MO. Her family moved from Sedalia to St. Louis in 1939. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in St. Louis and from Washington University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Science in...
Brandon Michael Young
Feb 10, 2012
Brandon Michael Young, 29, of Springfield, Missouri, died on Friday, February 10. He was a graduate of Nixa High School. He enjoyed taking care of and spending time with his family and friends, especially during summers at Table Rock Lake and the James River. He had a remarkably soft spot in his heart for his beloved niece, Béla Millsap. He...
Bj Simkins
Feb 9, 2012
Byford Joy (BJ) Simkins, 61, passed away February 9, 2012 after a five year battle with leukemia. Byford was born February 26, 1950 in Lampe, MO to Alvie and Carmie (Hollars) Simkins. He lived in the Ozarks all his life, but preferred to call Springfield home. He loved and cherished his constant four-legged companions, Wilma and Charlie Brown. His favorite...
H. Rex Dicus
Feb 8, 2012
Rex Dicus, 80, of Springfield, died February 8, 2012, at his home. Rex was born May 9, 1931, to Fred and Leo (Vanhooser) Dicus in Dade County, Missouri. Rex is survived by his wife, Billie Lou, of the home; two children, Teresa Davis (James) and Jon Dicus (Mary); five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law; and three sisters-in-law. A graveside memorial...
Robert William Schroff
Feb 7, 2012
Robert William Schroff, 83, died February 7, 2012 at the Manor at Elfindale following an extended period of health issues. The eldest son, Robert was born to Margaret and Highland Schroff on September 15, 1928 in New Madrid, MO. His family moved to Hiawatha, KS in 1930 where he graduated from High School in 1946. He enrolled at Baker University...
Don Wessel
Feb 6, 2012
Don Wessel was born on December 5, 1925, in Cincinnati, OH and passed away on February 6, 2012 in Springfield MO. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a BS and Masters in political science. While at UC, he met a lovely woman named Betty Cooper, who became his wife. Don enrolled in law school and went to work...
William Frederick Karow, Ii
Feb 5, 2012
William Frederick (Bill) Karow II, M.D., age 75, of Springfield died at home February 5, 2012, of cancer. Born March 9,1936 in Duluth, Minnesota; the only child of Kenneth Frederick and Florence Annie (Nicholls) Karow, by whom he was predeceased. He is survived by 4 children, 7 grandchildren, numerous friends, and an African Gray parrot. Rather than formal services, private...
Thomas Arthur Lindgren
Feb 3, 2012
Thomas Arthur Lindgren, Springfield, passed away Friday Feb. 3 from cancer at home surrounded by his loving family. Tom and his fraternal twin brother, Henry, were born February 15, 1952 in Great Falls, Montana to George and Gertrude (Rooney) Lindgren. He was raised in Great Falls. He received degrees in chemistry; a B.S. from Montana State University in 1974 and...
Elizabeth Ellen Woody
Feb 3, 2012
Elizabeth Ellen Woody, 92, died February 3, 2012. She was born in Crane, Missouri, the only daughter of Gertrude and Roy Bushnell's four children. Elizabeth's father died during the flu pandemic of 1918, before she was born. Elizabeth's older brothers paid for her to attend St. John's School of Nursing, where she obtained her Registered Nurse diploma in May 1940....
