Danny Ray Jones
Feb 10, 2011
Danny Ray Jones passed away February 10, 2011 at Magnolia Square Care Center in Springfield, MO. Danny was born September 6, 1945 to Dayton H. and Vonda Maxine Jones. He attended school in Springfield, MO. He was preceded in death by his parents. Danny is survived by his Aunt Imogene and her husband Floyd Foster of Neosho, MO; Uncle Larry...
Crystal Lee Gentry
Feb 9, 2011
Crystal Lee Gentry passed away February 9, 2011 in Springfield, Missouri. She was born in Oshkosh, Nebraska on October 10, 1981 the daughter of James and Roberta Hamilton. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Sadie Kimberling and her grandfather George Foster. She is survived by her soul mate and best friend Rob; her children Robby, Dein and Avery;...
Stanley Arthur Vining
Feb 8, 2011
Stanley Arthur Vining of Springfield passed away after a long illness on February 8, 2011. He was a retired political science professor at Missouri State University. Mr. Vining, born on a farm in Wilsey (Morris County), Kansas on July 1, 1931, was the ninth of ten children of Bryant Oliver and Margaret Francetta Hinshaw Vining. Older siblings were Everett, Ethel,...
Joan Ray Pittman-Hill
Feb 8, 2011
Joan Ray Pittman-Hill (Wilkerson) was born August 9, 1919, in Lawrenceburg, MO to Donald M. and Myrtle Faye (Wilkerson) Riddel. She was welcomed into the family by two-and-a-half year older sister Noma June and they welcomed a younger sister, Emma Jewell, two-and-a-half years later. Joan attended Halltown H.S. where she played basketball with her sisters. Following high school she would...
Eddie Terrill
Feb 7, 2011
Eddie C. Terrill, 64, of Fordland, Missouri passed away at 1:28 p.m. Monday, February 7, 2011 in St. John's Regional Health Center. Eddie was born March 15, 1946 in Fordland, Missouri and attended Fordland High School graduating in the Class of 1964. He attended St. John's School of Radiology in Springfield where he began his career of 45 years. Eddie...
Ralph E. Hamilton
Feb 5, 2011
Ralph E. Hamilton departed this life at 8:45 pm Saturday, February 5, 2011 in Manor Care Nursing Home at the age of 104 years, seven months and 14 days. Ralph was born on June 22, 1906 near Crocker, Missouri and was preceded in death by his parents J.E. (Ed) and Carrie Claiborn, Hamilton, his wife of 68 years, Mae Thornsberry,...
Kay Peele
Feb 4, 2011
Alice Kay Fowler Peele, 69, of Springfield, passed away February 4, 2011. She was born May 29, 1941, in Dallas County, MO, to Homer and Blanche Darby Fowler. Kay graduated from Buffalo High School 1959. She and John R. Peele were married November 21, 1959, at the First Christian Church in Buffalo, MO. Kay was active in many artists' groups...
Helen A. Lilly
Feb 1, 2011
Helen (Alexander) Lilly the third of four daughters born to Jesse E. and Mary (Weber) Alexander on December 20, 1917, passed to her heavenly home on February 1, 2011, in the Shepherd's Haven, Lockwood, Mo. Mrs. Lilly was a lifelong Springfield resident until she entered long term care. She was a charter member of Holy Trinity Church and an active...
Neil L. Adams
Feb 1, 2011
Neil Lavelle Adams passed away on the morning of February 1, 2011, at Cox South Hospital after a short illness. He was ninety-five. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ora and Myrtle Adams; his first wife, Audrey; his brother Glenn; and his second wife, Patti. He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War,...
Patricia L. Stulck
Jan 29, 2011
Patricia L. Stulck, 70, of Springfield passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 12:15 a.m., in St. John's Hospital. She was born May 22, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland to Lee and Mabel Strine. Pat grew up in Baltimore and moved to Hawaii before settling in Springfield with her husband, Charlie. She enjoyed attending services at Asbury United Methodist Church. Pat...
Nathan Bryan Dunn
Jan 29, 2011
Nathan Bryan Dunn, 25, passed away at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on January 29, 2011, due to complications from treatment of leukemia. Nathan was born on January 31, 1985, and was joyously adopted into the Ft. Smith, Ark., home of Bill and Paula Dunn on April 1, 1985. He was a star from the very start, excelling in...
Clifford Orville Kinser
Jan 28, 2011
Clifford O "Jay" Kinser, Jr., age 72, of Springfield, Mo., passed away at 3:15 p.m., Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 in St. Johns Hospital. He was born July 5, 1938 in Springfield, Mo., and was the son of Clifford Orville Sr. and Ethel Kinser. He was a 1956 graduate of Central High School where he met his lifelong love Billie Jean...
Michael Louis Hutcherson
Jan 26, 2011
Michael Louis Hutcherson, 59 of Springfield, passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 in his home. He was born in West Plains, Mo. on September 16, 1951 and attended West Plains High School and Missouri State University graduating in 1973 with a degree in sociology and psychology. Mike served as Senior VP of the Ozark Mountain Country division which included...
Mayme (Johnson) Evans
Jan 24, 2011
Mayme (Johnson) Evans, age 85, was born in Collinsville, OK, to Otis Johnson and Constance (Lovellette) Johnson on October 2, 1925. She died Monday, January 24, 2011 in Springfield Mo. She was Drum Majorette at Collinsville High, made Boeing aircraft parts during World War II and in 1946 she married Edward Emerson Evans in Wellington, Kansas. Their union produced three...
Ruth Elnor Deardorff
Jan 23, 2011
Ruth Elnor Deardorff, 91, Springfield, passed away at 11:12 a.m., Sunday. She was born in Exeter, MO on January 29, 1919 to Guy and Lucy Yarnall Engleman, who preceded her in death. Ruth moved to Greenfield as a small child and attended Greenfield schools, graduating from Greenfield High School, and attended State Teachers College "MSU" and Drury College. Ruth was...
Ruby Wonza Florez
Jan 22, 2011
On January 22, 2011, one of God's true angels went home to be with her Lord and Saviour after a short bout with leukemia. Ruby Wonza Florez was born February 19, 1936, in Searcy, Ark., to Clifton David and Imogene Coffey. Ruby was preceded in death by her parents as well as one brother, Robert Coffey. She is survived by...
Melba Jane Leonard
Jan 22, 2011
On Saturday, January 22, Melba Jane (Wilkins) Leonard, passed away in her home after a long battle with breast cancer. She was born on October 30th, to Alice (Scott) and Charles Clifford (C.C.) Wilkins, in Davenport, Iowa. She was the third of five children. She spent most of her childhood in East Peoria, Ill. Melba would meet the love of...
Carolyn Jo Ament
Jan 21, 2011
Carolyn Ament was born August 16th, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri and passed away January 21, 2011 in her home in Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by her family. She was raised in Kansas City by her paternal grandparents, Nellie and Louis Culbertson and her aunt Margie Spears. Carolyn was married in 1962 and is survived by her beloved husband of 48...
