Cynthia Lynn Stevens
Apr 27, 2012
Cynthia Lynn Stevens, 53 of Springfield, MO entered into rest on Friday, April 27, 2012. She was born November 19, 1958 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was survived by her husband, Frank Stevens, Springfield;her son, Benjamin DeMoss, Rogersville; and her step-daughter Azrielle Stevens. She is further survived by two sisters and a brother. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Carol Langsford
Apr 26, 2012
Former Greene County Treasurer and local business owner J. Carol Langsford passed away on April 26. She was 79. Carol had been president of automotive trade journal company MD Publications since the 1992 death of her husband, Les, the company's co-founder. Carol was born in Montana, Kan., in 1933. She graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont, Kan....
Anna Webb
Apr 25, 2012
Anna "Ruth" (Mitchell) Webb, born May 4th, 1923, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away April 25, 2012. She went in peace surrounded by her twin daughters, Glenda Rae Wheeler and Linda Kay Hinds. She was born in Seligman, MO to the late Jim and Bessie Mitchell. She was preceded in death by her husband Henry Webb, brothers Hugh Mitchell, Carl Mitchell...
Robert "Bob" Nathaniel Willett
Apr 25, 2012
Robert "Bob" Nathaniel Willett died on April 25, 2012, his 85th birthday, from pulmonary fibrosis. He was born at home in Charles City, Iowa, April 25, 1927, to Clyde Richard Willett and Emma Martina Hunsted Willett. In 1930 the family moved to San Diego, California. After High School graduation in 1945 he volunteered for the US Navy serving aboard the...
Virginia Hardie
Apr 24, 2012
Virginia Anne Hardie, affectionately known as Ginger, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 following a long illness. She was born on February 3, 1935 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Her family moved to Salem, Missouri where they owned and operated the town's only department store, Brice Department Store. She graduated from Salem High School and matriculated to Christian College in...
Alvin Rehkop
Apr 24, 2012
Alvin Charles Rehkop Jr. passed away on April 24, 2012 at the age of 67 at Mercy St. Johns after a short illness. He was born July 24, 1944 in Pasa Robles, CA to Alvin and Norma Rehkop. He served in Korea in the United States Army. Once home from the service he wed Carrol Jean Andres on January 11,...
James Howard Cawood
Apr 23, 2012
James Howard Cawood, 83, Springfield, passed away unexpectedly on April 25, 2012. James was born June 23, 1928 to Howard and Tollie Cawood of Oklahoma. James lived most of his life in Oklahoma before moving to Springfield, MO in 1995. James retired from Hodges Trucking and Oil Company as an accountant in Oklahoma. He served in the U.S. Air Force...
Rex Wayne Loveland
Apr 22, 2012
Rex Wayne Loveland, 65, was born September 26, 1946 to parents, Rex H. and Roberta M. at Burge Hospital in Springfield, MO and died suddenly April 22, 2012. Wayne is survived by his wife, Katie Langsford Loveland; his mother, Roberta of Battlefield, MO; his daughter, Lacey Davidson of Springfield; brothers and their spouses, Danny and Frankie Loveland and Randy and...
Chandler Chase Bosworth
Apr 22, 2012
Chandler Chase Bosworth, 80, of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:19 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, 2012 in Mercy Hospital, Springfield. He was born to George Henry Bosworth and Ethyl Mae Chase Bosworth on November 9th, 1931 in Swansea, Massachusetts. He married LouElla Roderick on November 10, 1951. She preceded him in death along with his sisters, Madelyn Bussey and...
Helen K. Bock
Apr 22, 2012
Helen Koboldt Bock passed away peacefully Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Mercy Villa, at the age of 96, surrounded by her loving family. Helen was born on December 26, 1915 in St. Louis and married Joseph Bock in 1937. They spent 51 years together before his death in 1988. She moved to Springfield in 1994 and was quite active in...
Nelda Branson
Apr 22, 2012
Nelda L. Branson, 85, of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:15pm Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Ash Grove Health Care Facility in Ash Grove, MO. Nelda was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She used love of family, creativity and hard work to provide a warm, inviting home. Her kitchen table was always open to family, friends, and strangers alike....
Clessie Catherine Oswald
Apr 21, 2012
Clessie Catherine (Nelson) Oswald, age 96, of Ozark, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2012. She was born March 30, 1916, in Sparta, along with her twin, Jessie Ellingsworth Morgan of Ozark, who died six years ago. Their parents were James and Mattie (Bray) Nelson. Clessie married Don Oswald in 1944; he died in 2001. They lived most of their lives...
Elmer Leslie Timm
Apr 18, 2012
Elmer Leslie Timm was born November 19, 1919 in Chebanse, Illinois. He passed into heaven April 18, 2012. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Emma Timm and wife Marion. Elmer was a mail carrier in Springfield for 55 years. He had a great memory and could tell you a person's name from their address. He was...
Esther Thelma Morton
Apr 17, 2012
Esther passed away peacefully at the age of 98, on April 17, 2012, just shy of her 99th birthday at Mercy Villa, Springfield, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry E. Morton. Esther was born April 20, 1913 in Morrisville, MO to Edgar and Jewell Hamilton. After marrying her husband Harry on July 3, 1938, they became...
Judith Allen Simpson
Apr 14, 2012
Judith Allen Simpson, 73, of Springfield went home to be with the Lord in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 14, 2012. Death resulted from complications of diabetes. Judy was born October 3, 1938 in Paducah, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her mother, Marjorie Tisdale and her father, Paul Tisdale. She is survived by her devoted husband...
C. Patrick Murphy
Apr 14, 2012
Charles Patrick Murphy passed away Saturday, April 14, 2012. Born in Sikeston, Mo. to Betty (Edmond) and Burnie Murphy on April 13, 1941, he was known as Pat to his beloved family and many friends. The first of four children, Pat spent most of his life in Springfield, Mo., where he met his loving wife of 50 years, Loretta (Ritterbach)...
Dominick Mezzacapa
Apr 12, 2012
Danny Mezzacapa, 93, of Strafford, MO was born in New York City on May 24, 1918, to Angelo and Anna Mezzacapa. He departed this life on April 12, 2012, at Mercy Villa in Springfield, MO. Danny was a retired World War II veteran who served in Panama, the Philippines, and New Guinea. During his Army career of 31 years, he...
Marilyn K. Beezley
Apr 11, 2012
Marilyn K. Beezley, 48, of Willard, MO passed away Wednesday April 11, 2012 at 4:30pm. She lost a 14 month battle to pancreatic cancer and she fought until she couldn't fight anymore. She was born December 11, 1963. She was preceded in death by her father Leo Riley. She is survived by her loving husband of 33 years Terry L....
Stephen Ray Stombaugh
Apr 10, 2012
Stephen Stombaugh, 59, of Springfield, MO passed away on Tuesday April 10, 2012. Visitation will be after 2pm on Thursday, April 12. Funeral service will be Friday, April 13, 12:30pm at Greenlawn cemetery under the direction of Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel.
