Faye A. Bateman
Jan 20, 2011
Faye Bateman, 87 of Springfield, MO passed away on January 20, 2011. Faye was the daughter of Ward and Dorothy (Towner) Taylor. She was born in the farm home of her paternal grandparents north of Morris, MN on April 3, 1923. She grew up in Stevens County and started school at Rural District #44 and later attended Alberta High School....
Lois Wilma Ponder
Jan 20, 2011
Lois W. Ponder, age 84, passed away in her home on January 20, 2011. She was born November 16, 1926 in Mt. Vernon, Ill., to Robert and Naomi Cameron. She was married to Gene T. Ponder on December 22, 1960. Lois was a resident of Elsberry, Mo. for many years and worked in St. Louis for a plumbing supply company...
William E. Mathias
Jan 18, 2011
William E. "Bill" Mathias, age 77, passed away Jan. 18, 2011. Born Nov. 8, 1933, in Springfield, Mo., to William G. and Elsie Mae (Morris) Mathias, Bill married Georgie Meadows Mathias on Dec. 27, 1957, and they recently celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary. He was a devoted father to his beloved daughter, Linda Jean Mathias. Bill attended Springfield Public Schools...
Priscilla Cox
Jan 17, 2011
Priscilla Cox, 88 of Springfield passed away January 17, 2011. She was born March 10, 1922 to the late Herman and Jewell Stone. She was one of seven children. Priscilla was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lester Cox; three brothers, Dote, Doug, and Jack Stone; one sister, Avonelle Stone; and two nephews, Mike and Robert Fesperman. She...
Gertrude Kreps
Jan 17, 2011
Gertrude ("Trudy") Kreps passed away peacefully at Mercy Villa in Springfield on January 17. She was born in November 13, 1921 to Swiss immigrant parents. Emma and Jack Urben, who helped found the town of New Glarus, Wisconsin, where Trudy grew up on the family dairy farm. As a young woman working in Chicago, Trudy met William Coyle Kreps. They...
Sue M. Dalton
Jan 15, 2011
Sue "Oni" Maxwell Dalton was born on February 12, 1915 in Huntsdale Mo., to Paul and Bess Calvin Maxwell. She departed this life on Saturday January 15, 2010. Oni lived most of her life in Columbia Mo., where she married Sam F. Dalton in 1942. Together they operated the Dalton Coal and Concrete Company which she continued to manage after...
Gertrude V. Hoback
Jan 15, 2011
Gertrude "Trudy" V. Hoback, formerly of Bolivar, Mo., passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Culpepper Place of Chesterfield Village in Springfield. Born April 21, 1928 in East St. Louis, Ill. the Lord blessed her with 82 years. Having lived in many different states, Trudy settled in Bolivar with her husband and two daughters. While there she was known as...
John Wood Williams, Iii
Jan 15, 2011
John Wood Williams, III, 88, died Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Cox South Medical Center after a brief illness. Born May 17, 1922, John was a lifelong resident of Springfield, Missouri. He loved his family dearly and, as a generous giver, was always ready to lend a helping hand when needed. Leisure time passions included outdoor activities of golf, hunting...
Lisa Gray Hughes
Jan 14, 2011
Lisa Gray Hughes ended her brave two-year battle with breast cancer on the morning of January 14, 2011. The daughter of John and Dorothy (Haygood) Snider, Lisa Dawn Gray was born on March 23, 1960 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. She graduated from Lawrence Country High School in 1978; and earned her BS (1984) and MA (1986) in English from Middle Tennessee...
Clara Sophia Tinnin
Jan 14, 2011
Clara Sophia Tinnin, 96, Springfield, Mo., passed away January 11, 2011. Clara was born February 1, 1914 in St. Louis, Mo., to Theodore and Caroline Stedingk. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Homer; son, Terry; daughter, Alice Galyean Zeder; sister, Frieda Smith; and brothers, Ted and Carl Stedingk. She is survived by her daughter, Joyce Beach...
Richard James Reilly
Jan 14, 2011
Richard James Reilly, age 88 of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Friday, January 14 at 7:30 p.m. after a two year battle with cancer. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. and moved to Springfield in 1980. He is preceded in death by his daughter Patricia in 2001 and his wife Marcella in 2002. He served in the United States...
Thomas Robert Strand
Jan 14, 2011
Thomas Robert Strand, age 61, passed away January 14, 2011 in his Springfield home. He was born May 8, 1949 in Hutchinson, Kansas, moving to Aurora, Missouri in 1963 where he graduated from Aurora High School in 1967. In 1971 he graduated from Missouri State University with a major in Industrial Technology and in 1975 he married his high school...
Leland Eugene Wetzel
Jan 14, 2011
Dr. Leland E. Wetzel, 85, Springfield, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2011 in St. John's Hospital. Dr. Wetzel was born, January 22, 1925 in Sigourney, Iowa, to Dr. William and Flora Wetzel. Leland graduated from Springfield Central High School, Missouri State University and Kansas City Osteopathic College in 1946. On November 12, 1942 he married Bertha Hulen Wetzel who...
Carl Arthur Bredenberg
Jan 10, 2011
C. Arthur Bredenberg, born March 20, 1921 in Libertyville, Ill. the son of John and Ernestine Bredenberg, departed this life January 10, 2011. He was preceded in death by his wife Vivian Hansen. Arthur retired from financial management at Leepale Inc. He was a Life Member of Masonic Lodge #422 in Joliet, Ill. and he was a member of OSSSM,...
Jessie Barton
Jan 8, 2011
Jessie "Marie" Barton, 88, Springfield passed away Saturday, January 8, 2011 in St. John's. Marie was born December 12, 1922, to Elmer and Myrtal Fox. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Barton; her dear step-mother, Viola Fox; grandson, Dann Blades; brother, Ray Fox; step-sister, Dortha Gray; step-brother, Billy Andoe and her precious "Gypsy." She is survived by...
Gerry Doran
Jan 7, 2011
Gerald F. Doran, 83 of Springfield passed away early Friday morning at his home after a long illness. He was born on June 19, 1927 in Nixa and is the son of Roy Fenton and Blanche Wasson Doran. Gerry was a 1945 graduate of Nixa High School where he lettered in basketball. He was a 1959 graduate Drury College. He...
Jack Roberts
Jan 6, 2011
Jack Jameson "Coach" Roberts, age 86 of Springfield, Missouri passed away Thursday, January 6, 2011 in the Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born June 7, 1924, to Mabel Jameson Roberts and John Roberts, of Buffalo. Jack was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Frank J. Roberts. Jack is survived by his wife, Juanita of 61...
