Elizabeth Rose Farrar
Feb 20, 2010
Elizabeth R. Farrar, beloved mother, sister and grandmother, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2010 in her home. She was 85. Elizabeth lived in Springfield for the past 48 years. She was born in Johnston City, Ill. in 1924, the daughter of Leo E. and Glenna Z. Jones. A graduate of Johnston City High School, she moved to Evansville, Ind. where...
Edna Jean Mccandless
Feb 19, 2010
Edna Jean McCandless, 75, Springfield, passed away Friday, February 19, 2010. Jean lived most of her life in the Springfield area. She worked at Hickory Hills Country Club for several years before starting her own daycare, making a difference in many lives. She enjoyed her family, trips to the cabin, gardening, and walks at the lake. She had a very...
Marsha Rising
Feb 17, 2010
Marsha Hoffman Rising died peacefully in her bed on the seventeenth of February 2010 after a thirteen and a half year battle with ovarian cancer. She was born on the nineteenth of August, 1945 in Kansas City, Mo. to Paul and Zella (Deschner) Hoffman. She graduated from Winter Haven FL High school. She received her BA in Psychology from the...
Betty J. Bischoff
Feb 17, 2010
Betty J. Bischoff, 78, Springfield, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2010 in her home. She was born March 27, 1931, the daughter of Lee and Lillie Fair Roberts. She attended Springfield schools and married her high school sweetheart, Leon Bischoff in 1948. She was a realtor with Charles Tillman Realty. Betty was active in Holland School PTA and was a...
Lois E. Mccart
Feb 16, 2010
Lois E. McCart, 86, Springfield, passed away at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in her home. She was born January 12, 1924 in Alexandria, Virginia, the daughter of Richard Harrinman Wheeler and Eleanor Nellie Hammersley Elsworth. Lois was a supervisor for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Lois is survived by her husband, Jim McCart; a son and his wife, Richard...
Alta Mae Filkins
Feb 16, 2010
Alta Mae Filkins, 83 of Springfield, MO went to be with her Lord at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in Cox South Hospital in Springfield. Alta was a devoted child of God. She blessed us all with many of her gifts over the years and we are truly grateful for the wisdom she shared. She had an intense...
Carol Ann Martin
Feb 14, 2010
Carol Ann Martin, 72, Springfield, passed away at 3:00 a.m. Sunday, February 14, 2010 in her home. Carol owned the Carol Martin Property Management Company for the last 35 years. Carol was a true trail blazer for women in the early 1960's beginning her career as a stockbroker before becoming a real estate broker. She single handedly raised her two...
Joseph G. Paganini
Feb 13, 2010
Joseph George Paganini, 95, Springfield, passed away on February 13, 2010 in The Manor at Elfindale. He was born January 28, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1952 Joe was transferred from Chicago to Springfield with Lily-Tulip and retired in 1977. He and his wife, Gloria, treasured their many Lily friends. Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Virgilo and...
Frances L. Wrightsman
Feb 13, 2010
Frances L. Wrightsman, 92, Springfield, Missouri passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010. She was born May 14, 1917 in Springfield, Mo. to Hugh and Lela Flanagan. Frances retired from Strong Law Firm in 2002. She was active in the National Secretaries and loved playing bridge. Frances was a member of Unity Spiritual Center. She was preceded in death by her...
Donald R. Barton
Feb 12, 2010
The Reverend Donald R. Barton of Springfield, 81, died on Friday, February 12, 2010, in Manor Care nursing home in Springfield after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Don was born on August 19, 1928 in Baltimore, Md. He received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wichita (now Wichita State University) in 1951, and a Master's in...
Stephen William Hukriede
Feb 11, 2010
Stephen William Hukriede, our angel, was born September 30, 1985, and died at home Thursday, February 11, 2010. Stephen lived a rich life in which he brought immeasurable joy and happiness to everyone he touched. His passing will leave a void in his family and friends lives. In spite of his disabilities, his cheerful disposition and loving nature inspired all....
Bettie Lou Phillips
Feb 9, 2010
Bettie Lou Phillips, 81, of Springfield, Mo., passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2:15 p.m., in Christian HealthCare East. She was born June 23, 1928, in Warrensburg, Missouri to the late Pat and Elizabeth Young. She retired from Great Southern Bank. Throughout her life, Bettie enjoyed playing bridge, working crossword puzzles, reading and singing and being active in her...
Ronald Bruce Obenchain
Feb 9, 2010
Ronald Bruce Obenchain, 49, Springfield, MO passed away Tuesday, February 09, 2010 in St. John's Regional Health Center. Bruce was born June 27, 1960 in Wagoner, OK and grew up in the Kansas City area. He resided and worked in the Springfield area for the last thirteen years and worked as a Lifeguard and Multiple Sclerosis Exercise Instructor in the...
Rex L. Potts
Feb 9, 2010
Rex L. Potts, 87, Springfield, passed away at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, 2010 in ManorCare of Springfield, He was born November 2, 1922 in Republic, Missouri. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Louise (Williams) on February 14, 1943. He was a member of Southminster Presbyterian Church and Veteran of US Coast Guard during World War II. He was...
Alice Bartee
Feb 7, 2010
Dr. Alice Fleetwood Bartee, 71, departed this life on Sunday, February 7, 2010. She was born in Statesboro, Ga. in 1938, the daughter of Roscoe George Fleetwood and Allie Mae Hurst Fleetwood. Her grandfather served as a volunteer in General Lee's Confederate Army during the Civil War. She grew up in Thomasville, Ga. graduating as valedictorian of Thomasville High...
Emily Allen
Feb 6, 2010
Emily Wilcox Allan of Springfield passed away Saturday, February 6, at 5 p.m., in St. Johns Regional Health Center, following complication from surgery. Emily was born in Bolivar, Mo., July 15, 1934 to Thomas M. Shoffner Sr. and Ruth Wilcox Shoffner. She was a member of the graduating class of Central High and loved her classmates, always attending their monthly...
Walter Earl Bradford
Feb 6, 2010
Walter Earl Bradford Sr., 79, Walnut Shade, MO passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 in South Padre Island, TX. He was born April 1, 1930 in Ponce De Leon, MO to Freddie Earl and Cleo Council Bradford. Earl was saved in 1943 and filled with the Holy Spirit in 1947. He was united in marriage to Oleta Mae Huff on...
Dorothy Trau
Feb 4, 2010
Dorothy Krieger Trau of Springfield, Missouri passed away peacefully on February 4, 2010. She was born on April 5, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY, to Florence Philipbar Krieger and Edwin Charles Krieger. She attended The Woodward School, Packer Collegiate Institute and Cornell University where she belonged to Chi Omega and Kappa Delta Epsilon. She met Frank Garland Trau, Jr. (Cornell '50),...
