Kenneth Earl Messick
Aug 13, 2011
Kenneth Earl Messick, 60, Springfield, passed away at 4:30 p.m., Saturday, August 13, 2011 in Springfield, after suffering a sudden heart attack. He worked as a land surveyer and was an avid softball player and sports fan. Ken was a member of Springfield Community Church of the Nazarene, 2616 E. Battlefield, Springfield. He is survived by a son, Josh and...
Billye Marie Tharp
Aug 12, 2011
Billye Marie Grattis Tharp departed this life peacefully on August 12, 2011. During her final weeks she received loving and dedicated care from the staff of the Manor at Elfindale. The daughter of Orville Grattis and Irene Smalley Grattis, Billye was born on October 5, 1920 in Afton, Oklahoma and spent her childhood in Joplin, Missouri, where she graduated from...
Fern M. Palmer
Aug 10, 2011
Fern Margaret Palmer, 89 of Springfield, Missouri died, Wednesday morning on August 10, 2011. Thoughtful and loving care was provided by James River Care Center up to the time of her passing. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 12:30 pm at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home and burial will be at approximately 3:30 pm the same day in the...
Richard Taylor Gardner
Aug 10, 2011
Richard Taylor Gardner passed away peacefully the evening of August 10, 2011 at Ozark Riverview Manor. After 100 years of life, he was ready to go home to his Lord and Savior, beloved wife Martha and daughter Jane Catharine. If you could ask him the cause of death, his quick wit would answer with a grin "too many candles." Richard...
Donald Stewart Peebles
Aug 8, 2011
Donald Stewart Peebles, P.E., 63, of Springfield, Missouri, died at 10:25 a.m. August 8, 2011 at St. John's Hospital three months after being diagnosed with gastric cancer. A 1970 graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla, Don was the son of Diane Peebles, of Springfield, who survives him, and the late Claude Peebles, also a P.E. Don was born in Lawrence...
Roberta W. Elmore
Aug 7, 2011
Roberta W. Elmore, 89, Springfield, MO passed away Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. She was born Aug. 6, 1922 in Gebo, WY to Benjamin and Cora Woodring. Roberta was united in marriage to Gerald Elmore, September, 1945. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a son, Donald, an infant daughter, three sisters, Louil, Blanche, and Marion, six brothers,...
Stanley Q. Schlesing
Jul 31, 2011
Stanley Q. Schlesing, 77, of Nixa, died peacefully Sunday morning at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. He was born August 18, 1933 in St. Louis, Mo. to Louis and Rose Schlesing. Stan served in the Army Signal Corps during the Korean War. He worked as an elevator constructor and mechanic for 44 years, retiring in 1996 as a proud member...
Carl J. Smith
Jul 31, 2011
Our friend, "SPUDS" ended a long battle with lukemia Sunday and went home to his Creator at the heartfelt loss to those who knew and loved him. Carl Junior Smith was born July 11, 1944 to Carl J. and Paulina Marie Smith and graduated from Hillcrest High School in Springfield in 1962. He continued his education and graduated from Southwest...
Jeffery L. Cox
Jul 31, 2011
Jeffery L. Cox, 50, Urbana, MO passed away Sunday, July 31, 2011. He was preceded in death by his father, Jackie Berl Cox. Jeffery is survived by his mother, Bettie Ann Cox, Springfield, MO; a son, John Lean, Tonganoxie, KS; a sister, Jackie Ann Van Gorp, Springfield, MO; a brother, James Michael Cox, Springfield, MO; and a niece, Amber Nicole...
Meldon Roy Saunders
Jul 30, 2011
Meldon Roy Saunders, age 35, of Springfield, Missouri, departed this life from injuries received in a two-vehicle accident, on Saturday, July 30, 2011, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana. Born on April 25, 1976, in St. Louis, Missouri, Mel was the beloved son of Dr. Pearl Saunders and the late Roy Saunders of Wellington, Florida. He graduated from...
Shirley L. Carlson
Jul 29, 2011
Shirley Lorraine Carlson, 77, died at home on July 29, 2011, surrounded by her family. Shirley was born on August 7, 1933 in Worthington, Minnesota to Pearl and Clarence Willardson. In her childhood, after being seriously injured in a playground accident in 1936, three-year old Shirley spent the following two years with her Aunt Lilly and Uncle Axel Sjostrom so...
Billie Margaret Babb
Jul 27, 2011
Billie Margaret Babb, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, in Dallas, TX. She was born July 14, 1918 in Sherman, Texas, the daughter of Earl Larimore and Thelma May Eatherly Odneal. She lived with loving grandparents after her mother died when Billie was five. Her grandfather, Claud Eatherly fostered her love of politics. She married Ralph W....
Nelda A. Holzapfel
Jul 27, 2011
Nelda Ann Holzapfel passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at the age of 87. Nelda was born in Jasper County, Iowa and lived in Baxter, Iowa where she graduated high school. She later moved to St. Louis, MO and in 1959 to Springfield, MO. Nelda was a member of St. Johns United Church of Christ and was involved in...
Juanita Reynolds
Jul 27, 2011
Juanita L. Reynolds, 88 of Springfield, Missouri passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 12:00 pm in St. John's Hosptial. Juanita was surrounded by family and friends throughtout her life as well as at her death. She will be remembered and cherished by many as a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her loving, onery nature will be missed but her...
Peggy Kay Bowler
Jul 26, 2011
Peggy Kay (Henbest) Bowler, 69, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 with her husband by her side. Peggy was born on August 27th, 1941 to Clifford and Evelyn Henbest (Cassville). She graduated from Parkview High School in 1960 and went to work for Lily Tulip in 1961 until her retirement in 2001. Peggy married her best friend, Johnny Ray...
Ina G. Howard
Jul 26, 2011
Ina G. Howard, 91, Springfield, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in James River Care Center. She was born June 2, 1919 in Versailes, MO, the daughter of Dorsey and Ina Opal Williams Nevis. She had worked for Lily Tulip and was a member of Golden Avenue Baptist Church since 1947. Ina was preceded in death by her husband and a...
Terry Anderson
Jul 25, 2011
Terry Anderson, 81 of Springfield passed away Monday, July 25, 2011. Graveside services will be Monday, August 8, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. in Missouri Veterans Cemetery under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.
Margaret Ann Hardin
Jul 24, 2011
Margaret Ann (Ellis) Hardin arrived on this earth June 25, 1931, the second daughter of Lee and Gladys Ellis. In the early morning hours of July 24, 2011, she slipped quietly away in her sleep at the age of 80. Margaret was born in the small town of Paris, TX and relocated to Springfield, MO as a young child with...
