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...
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...
