Jaunita T. Lewis
Jan 4, 2010
Jaunita Turney Lewis, 97, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2010. She was born Lillith Jaunita Turney on September 10, 1912, in Shelbina, Missouri to Albert Thornton and Ida Estelle Turney. She was preceded in death by her parents; her older brother, Frank Vestry Turney; and her beloved husband of 49 years, E. Glenn Lewis. Jaunita spent her childhood in...
Hyman Frank Lotven
Jan 2, 2010
HYMAN FRANK LOTVEN passed away January 2nd, 2010 at Manor Care in Springfield, Missouri. Hyman was born December 15, 1911 in Russia, the youngest son of Israel M. and Jenny Lotven. In 1921 he, his mother and four siblings were able to be smuggled out of Russia and be reunited with his father and oldest sister. His father came to...
James D. Coughlin
Jan 1, 2010
James "Jim" Donald Coughlin was reunited with his wife in death in the early hours of January 1, 2010. Jim was born June 23, 1923, in Melrose, Iowa. He married Alice (Beck) Coughlin on October 14, 1948, and to this union eight children were born. The family lived in Iowa until the early 1970's and then moved to Houston, Texas....
Helen Lovana Edwards
Dec 31, 2009
Helen Kerr Edwards passed away on December 31, 2009, at her son's home in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 100. Helen was born in Christian County Missouri on August 10, 1909 to Jefferson Calvin and Rosa Francis Phillips Kerr. She began her schooling at Bennett's grade school located in rural Christian County graduating after completing the 8th grade, she...
Joseph D. Cortese
Dec 28, 2009
Joseph D. Cortese, 74, Springfield, passed away Monday, December 28, 2009 in St. John's Hospital after a long illness. He was born December 3, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. He is survived by his wife Geri, Springfield; three daughters, Dr. Cherise Cortese, Jacksonville, Fl, Terise Jewett, West Mansfield, Ohio and Keri Walk, Springfield; a son, Joseph Cortese, Springfield; six grandchildren and...
Angela Rene Chrisman
Dec 28, 2009
Angela Rene Chrisman, 48, Springfield, passed away Monday, December 28, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. She was born January 30, 1961 in Springfield to C. Ward and Marjorie D. Chrisman. Angela loved animals and was very giving. She was a very loving and tender-hearted person. She was very talented and artistic. She has been trained as a floral designer and had...
James Richard Loeb
Dec 26, 2009
James Richard Loeb was born on August 11, 1957 in San Bernardino, CA. A 1975 graduate of Glendale High School in Springfield, MO, Jim did well in school and was on the wrestling team. In his free time he worked hard to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout, ultimately receiving his medal alongside his dear friend, John Hutchison. Jim pursued...
Charles D. Nelson
Dec 25, 2009
Charles O. (Chuck) Nelson, age 87, was born on September 23, 1922 and died on December 25, 2009 after a chronic illness. He was born in Holden, Missouri. raised in Kansas City, Missouri. and has lived in Springfield since 1967. Married forty years, preceded in death by his wife, Migna H. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the...
Florence Fisk Deberry
Dec 22, 2009
Florence Fisk DeBerry, 105, Springfield, Mo., died Tuesday, December 22, 2009. The daughter of Emily and John Mac Fisk, the youngest of nine children, born December 2, 1904. She was married to H.H. DeBerry in 1935. Florence is survived by four nieces and one nephew, Patty Cearnal, Harriet Sullivan, Shirley Fakes, H.E. Brook Sullivan, Jane DeBerry Zniewski; and many great-nieces...
Bill D. Haslip
Dec 21, 2009
Billy Dean Haslip, 77, of Springfield, passed away Monday, December 21, 2009. Bill was born in Ozark, Missouri to a family of ten children and was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Ona Haslip, brothers Verlin and Vernon Haslip, and sister Fern Lamb. He is survived by his loving wife and best friend Anna Louise Huffman Haslip, his...
Robert D. Reynolds
Dec 21, 2009
Robert DeWitt Reynolds, born July 27, 1924, passed away Monday afternoon, December 21, 2009. He was born to Anna C. and Lauren R. Reynolds in Webb City, MO. He moved to Joplin, where he attended school, graduating in 1942. He then attended N.M.M.I. Roswell, N.M. and Westminster College in Fulton, MO, before entering the Navy in World War II. He...
Jimmy Dodd
Dec 19, 2009
Jimmy Dodd, 77, of Walnut Grove died of natural causes in his home Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8 p.m. He was born August 14, 1932 in Walnut Grove, Mo., the son of Clarence and Ethel Dodd. He was preceded in death y his first wife, Mattie Mae Dodd; his life long companion, Rosemarie Richardson, January 18, 2007, who herself...
Norma Annabelle Bodenhamer
Dec 18, 2009
Norma Annabelle "Ann" Bodenhamer, 86, passed away peacefully at The Manor at Elfindale on December 18, 2009 with family members by her side. Ann was born April 6, 1923 near Butterfield, MO to Pharis C. and Beatrice (Henbest) Sanders. She grew up on the family farm, and graduated from Butterfield High School. Ann married Joseph "Joe" Bodenhamer January 2, 1951...
Dorothy W. Stoner
Dec 17, 2009
Dorothy Womac Stoner, 85, died in Cox South Hospital on December 17. At the time of her death she was a resident of Riverside Residential Place in Ozark, where a loving staff blessed her life for two years. Dorothy was born September 12, 1924 in Niota, Tenn., the daughter of M. Ray and Theora Sewell Womac. She was raised in...
John Donald Dickinson
Dec 17, 2009
John Donald (J.D.) Dickinson was born January 19, 1921 in Kansas City, KS and passed away December 17, 2009 in Springfield, MO. He was 88 years old. J.D. was married to Sally Faubion on August 7, 1948. Together they were married forty-two years until her death in 1990. On November 12, 1992 he married Bette E. Reynolds and they were...
Fred Lee Shelton
Dec 17, 2009
Freddie Lee Shelton, 61, of Springfield, died December 17, 2009, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born April 24, 1948, to Jewell and Leroy Shelton of Dora. He served in the U.S. Army Special Forces in Vietnam in the late 1960s, and was employed for 15 years at Paul Mueller and 15 years at Precision Stainless. Freddie enjoyed hunting,...
Doris Mae King
Dec 16, 2009
Doris Maxey King, 101, passed away December 16, 2009 at The Maples. Doris was born August 5, 1908 in Henning, MN, to Winfield and Mae (Largent) Hulett. She spent most of her childhood in Decatur, IL, moving to Springfield in 1925. Doris was a 1926 graduate of Springfield (Central) High School. Doris was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church,...
