Robert Hefner
Aug 30, 2011
Robert Earnest Hefner (Bob),77, passed away August 30th, 2011. He was born in Topeka, Kansas, June 17, 1934, to Agnes and Albert Hefner. He was educated in Highland Park High School. Bob married Phyllis Falling in 1955, and they had four children; Roberta of Tehachapi, CA, Victoria of Cleveland, TN, Eric of the home. He was preceded in death by...
Ida Lee Forrest
Aug 27, 2011
Ida Lee Manuel Forrest, 65, died Saturday, August 27th, 2011 in her home, surrounded by those who loved her. She was born on December 3, 1945. She had one daughter, Pearl Marie. Ida Lee worked for Springfield Workshop for the last 27 years. Ida loved working and did not want to miss a day of work unless it was necessary....
Gregory J. Washam
Aug 27, 2011
Gregory Jay Washam was born April 23, 1956 to Kenneth and Majorie Washam in Springfield, MO. He passed away at St. John's Hospital in Springfield during the evening of August 27, 2011. Gregory graduated from Parkview High School in 1974 and attended classes at Southwest Missouri State University. At the age of 16, he started working at The Student Book...
Edith Noble
Aug 24, 2011
Edith Carol' [Tinn] Noble, age 90, of Springfield, Missouri and Sun City West, Arizona passed away peacefully at 5:00 am on August 24, 2011 in Springfield, Missouri at St. John's Mercy Villa. Edith Tinn was born June 24, 1921 in Ambleside, England, a town nestled in northern England's picturesque Lakes District. She was third of four children living with their...
Donald Frank Coin
Aug 24, 2011
Donald "Don" Coin, 73, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 24, 2011 after a 10 month battle with cancer. He was born January 19, 1938 in Jackson, Michigan, the son of the late Frank V. and Golda M. Coin. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Wanda; a son, Doug Coin and...
Vicki Forza
Aug 24, 2011
Vicki Lou (Farson) Forza died August 24, 2011, after a courageous long fight with pancreatic cancer. She was born April 23, 1948, in Pekin, IL, to the late Robert E. Farson and Carol June (Moody). After graduating from Pekin High School, she joined the U.S. Army in June 1966 and went to LPN school at Fitzsimmon General Hospital in Denver,...
Raymond M Herman
Aug 23, 2011
Raymond M. Herman, 87, previously of Springfield, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, & Oklahoma City, OK, died on August 23 at Indian Rock Village Health Care in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, where he had resided for seven years. Burial, with full military honors, will be Friday, August 26, at 10 a.m. at the Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, MO. Friends are welcome to...
Emmett Gorden Norwood
Aug 22, 2011
Emmett Gorden Norwood age 95, of Springfield, Mo. passed away at 10:42 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2011 in the Missouri Veterans Home, Mt. Vernon, Mo. He was born in Owensville, Mo. to Stephan R. Norwood and Anna Uffington. He and his wife, Betty G. Norwood moved to Springfield in 1959. Gorden was a retired chief warrant officer III, with 23...
Mary Maxine Blount
Aug 22, 2011
Mary Maxine Gaston Blount went to be with her Lord Monday afternoon August 22, 2011 at Cox Medical Center South. She was born August 15, 1923 in Springfield, Missouri and had recently celebrated her 88th birthday. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur E. Gaston and Mary Elmonte Helvey Gaston, her husband, Walter H. Blount, and her brothers,...
Turner White
Aug 21, 2011
Turner White, III, passed away peacefully on August 21, 2011 at home. Turner was involved closely with the growth and development of the Springfield community from the time he began a career in the practice of law in 1948 until his retirement as general counsel of City Utilities of Springfield in 1995. He was an assistant prosecutor in Greene County...
Mildred Ruth Pirwitz
Aug 20, 2011
Mildred Pirwitz, 94, Springfield, formerly of Rochester, NY, died Saturday, August 20, 2011. She is survived by her son Don and wife Sharon, Springfield; son, Robert, Ontario, NY, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Private family services will be held at a later date. Local arrangements are under the direction of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.
Betty F Turner
Aug 19, 2011
Betty F. Turner passed away Friday, August 19, 2011. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2011 in Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.
Gabe Dennis Wilson
Aug 19, 2011
Gabriel Dennis "Gabe" Wilson, 63, of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:53 a.m. Friday, August 19, 2011 in Cox South Hospital. Gabe was born July 23, 1948 in Detroit, MI. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Gabriel "Gaber", in 1994. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Randy Jennings of Augusta,...
Pauline Lola Henderson
Aug 18, 2011
Pauline Lola Henderson, daughter of the late Auda and Arley Williams, was born on August 9, 1925 in Crane, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, Morris, in August of 2000. For 35 years, Pauline and Morris owned and ran the Crane I.G.A. store until they retired in 1985. Upon retiring they moved to Springfield, where they enjoyed...
C. Stan Barlow
Aug 17, 2011
Clarence Stanley (Stan) Barlow passed away on Wednesday August 17th in Zion, Illinois after a long and determined battle with cancer. Stan was born on November 12, 1942 to Ruby Jane Forbes and Clarence Sylvester Barlow at home in Vera, Oklahoma. Stan grew up in the Collinsville, Oklahoma area. Stan was a graduate of Collinsville High School and later Oklahoma...
Anne Routt
Aug 14, 2011
Anne Squires Routt, age 90 of Springfield, MO passed away Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 1:45 p.m. She was born in Springfield, Missouri on March 27, 1921 to A.D. and Lois Squires, who preceded her in death. She graduated from Mercedes High School in Mercedes, Texas in May, 1939. She graduated from the University of Texas-Austin in 1943. She was...
Kathryn Louise Ragsdale
Aug 14, 2011
Kathryn "Kate" L. Ragsdale, 65, Springfield passed away at 1:00 p.m. August 14, 2011 in Springfield. Kate was born February 7, 1946 and was a longtime resident of the area. She graduated from Parkview and from Southwest Missouri State and earned her MSW from the University of Missouri. She was a member of the National Association of Nephrology Social Workers....
