Georgia Pearl Sheppard
Dec 24, 2010
Georgia Williams Sheppard passed away 12/24/2010. She was a descendant of the founders of Springfield and daughter of J. Sam and Pearl Williams. Georgia attended Central High School and graduated from Drury College Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. For many years she worked with the Springfield Greene County Libraries...
Charles F. Otradovec
Dec 23, 2010
Charles "Charlie" F. Otradovec passed away on December 23, 2010. Charlie was born in Bolivar, MO to Joseph and Lena (Wilson) Otradovec on January 28, 1931. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and was employed at Kraft Foods for thirty-five years. Charlie married Dorothy "Doris" Otradovec on June 10, 1954. He was a charter...
Margaret Catherine Barnum
Dec 21, 2010
Margaret Catherine Barnum, (Nee O'Donnell, Boyle), went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. She was born January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Thomas A. and Catherine E. O'Donnell. She was married to Joseph F. Boyle, who was killed in action in World War II in 1943, and in 1947 she married Horace Elihu Barnum, who...
Roger Allen Wiemer
Dec 20, 2010
Roger Allen Wiemer, loving husband, father, grandfather, friend and mentor passed away peacefully in his home on Monday, December 20, 2010 from complications of colon cancer. He was born June 8, 1932 in Burlington, Iowa to Edgar and Elma Wiemer. He married Norma Jean Brandt on October 18, 1952. He began working for the J.C. Penney Company after graduating from...
Henrietta Bowen
Dec 20, 2010
Henrietta passed away Monday, December 20, 2010 at the ManorCare Health Systems. Henrietta was born July 6, 1928 to Henry and Elva (Malan) Avondet. She was one of ten children. She graduated from Monett High School. Henrietta met Billy B. Bowen, and they married January 25, 1947. To this union two children were born, Pamela Kay and Michael Douglas. She...
Patricia Ann Revella
Dec 16, 2010
It was one of those summer nights in upstate New York. It was a Thursday in August of 1952 and the department stores stayed open until 9 p.m. The entire commercial area was bustling and a great time for boy meets girl. I was standing on a corner watching all the girls go by, and there she was, blonde, blue-eyed...
Alden West Brooks
Dec 16, 2010
Alden West Brooks, 86, passed away December 16, 2010 in Springfield, Missouri. Alden was born July 3, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Walter Thompson Brooks and Ethel (West) Brooks. He received a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1946. While at Purdue, he met his future wife, Dolores "Dee" Blake. Upon graduation, Alden took a job with...
Vance Eugene Lewis
Dec 15, 2010
Vance Eugene Lewis, 76 of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 in St. John's Hospital. He was born on April 2, 1934 in Benkelman, Neb. to Jerome Burton Lewis and Fern Marie (Ketler) Lewis. He was delivered by his grandfather, Dr. Hiram Nelson Lewis. He retired from the United States Army Provocy as Sgt. 1st Class having...
Hugh Nelson Walpole
Dec 13, 2010
A man with a multitude of friends, Hugh Nelson Walpole died December 13, 2010, in his home in Springfield, Mo., a cancer victim at the age of 62. Born in Chicago, he was the only child of Sherlu Rardin Walpole and his father Hugh R. Walpole, then a University of Chicago professor. He taught his son to read at age...
William Norman Bunselmeyer
Dec 13, 2010
William Norman Bunselmeyer, known as Bill to friends and family, passed away peacefully at the age of 84 on December 13, 2010. Bill was born in Allenton, Missouri to Henry and Edna Bunselmeyer on August 4, 1926. Henry was employed with the Frisco railroad and Bill spent his youth living in several Missouri towns finally settling in Marshfield where Bill...
Zenobia R. Pedneault
Dec 12, 2010
Zenobia "Billie" R. Pedneault, 91, Springfield, Mo., passed away December 12, 2010. She was born October 16, 1919 in Newark, Ark. to Elmer and Pearl Rawlings. Billie was united in marriage to Henry R. Pedneault July 21, 1945 in Miami, Fla. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and a son, Henry R. Pedneault, Jr. Billie is survived...
Lawrence E. Freeman
Dec 11, 2010
Lawrence E. (Larry) Freeman, 71, died in St. John's Hospital in Springfield on Saturday, December 11, 2010, from complications of lung cancer. Larry was born April 20, 1939, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to E.S. and Mattie Freeman. As a Colorado Native, he loved the mountains. He moved with his parents back to their home state of Missouri as a child...
Jesse William Welsh, Jr.
Dec 11, 2010
Jesse William "Bill" Welsh, Jr. was born December 16, 1924 in Holcomb, Missouri, and passed on December 11, 2010 at 5:45 a.m., in The Manor at Elfindale. He was the third of five children born to Jesse William Welsh, Sr., and Mayme Harrison Welsh, who predeceased him. He was also predeceased by his sister Helen Wells, her husband Charles A....
Roberta J. Fisher St. Clair
Dec 10, 2010
Roberta J. (Bobbie) Fisher St. Clair, 82, of Springfield, passed away at 8:10 a.m., Friday, December 10, 2010. She was born February 23, 1928, in Springfield to Robert C. Anderson and Vesta Gravelle (Anderson). Bobbie was a long time resident of Springfield where she raised her children. She lived in Kansas City until the mid-eighties when she returned to be...
Arthur Agee
Dec 9, 2010
Bent Agee, 89, passed away December 9, 2010 following a short hospitalization in St. John's Regional Hospital in Springfield. A native Springfieldian, he was a successful merchant and businessman with a long history of community service. For over 40 years, Bent spent his professional life at Heer's Department Store, retiring as Senior Vice-President. Following retirement, Bent stayed active for many...
Jack Warren Rauhoff
Dec 3, 2010
Jack Warren Rauhoff, Sr., was 88 years old when he died on Friday, December 3, 2010. Jack was born October 24, 1922, in Humbolt, Kan., to Harry Jackson Rauhoff and Buna C. (Summers) Rauhoff. Jack attended Chanute High School in Kansas. He also attended Coffeyville Kansas Junior College and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1943...
James F. Compton
Dec 3, 2010
James F. Compton December 3, 2010 at age 69 in Springfield. Survived by his loving wife Rosmarie (Romy), sons Daniel (Jolle Kirpensteijn) of Utrecht, Netherlands; Steven (Lisa) of Willard; grandchildren Zachary and Brooke of Willard; brother John (Kathy) of Bonita Springs, FL; nephews Scott (Michele) of Bemis Point, NY, and David (Rachel) of Rochester, NY; several cousins and many dear...
Mary Grandstaff
Dec 3, 2010
Mary Ellen Stone Grandstaff Mary, 82, died December 3, 2010 after a short hospitalization at St. John's in Springfield. She was a native Springfieldian and enjoyed her last 33 years residing in the rolling country hills just outside the city. She taught elementary school and junior high school English and Journalism at Pipkin before retiring in 1984. She is survived...
Richard Wolf
Dec 2, 2010
Richard E. Wolf, age 67, of Springfield Mo., passed away at 7:43p.m., on December 2, in St Johns Hospital after a long illness. Richard retired from the United States Army after 26 years and due to illness took an early retirement from Bass Pro Shops. Richard was highly involved in Boy Scouts of America for many years. He had a...
Mark D. Hopkins
Dec 1, 2010
Mark D. Hopkins departed this life on December 1, 2010. He was a lifelong Springfield resident. Mark was born on September 16, 1955 to the late Dr. John L. & the late Mrs. Martha Ann (Hawkins) Hopkins. Mark graduated from Parkview High School in 1973 and earned a BS in Agricultural Economics with an emphasis in Landscape design in 1982...
