Esther D. Carlson
Aug 24, 2009
Esther D. Carlson joined her Lord and Savior on Monday August 24, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at the age of 101. She was born to Carl Fritiof Anderson and Albertina "Edlund" Anderson immigrants from Sweden on February 26, 1908 in Prophetstown, Illinois. Esther attended Prophetstown High School and went on to Moline Lutheran Hospital where she received her nurses training....
Nancy Jane Shaw
Aug 23, 2009
Nancy Jane Hubbard Shaw passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 in St. John's Regional Health Center. She was born April 27, 1937 in Springfield, Missouri the eldest child of Mary Hester and Edward M. Hubbard. She graduated from Central High School and attended Missouri State University. She retired in December of 2002 after more than thirty years of service with...
Barbara E. Snead
Aug 23, 2009
Barbara Eleanor (Brown) Snead passed away Sunday, August 23, 2009 in her Springfield home, after a brief illness. She was born March 21, 1926 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to James S. and Mabel A. Brown. Barbara grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and was a registered nurse in Leavenworth, Kansas. On June 18, 1950 she married the love of her life, William...
Helen Louise Bennett
Aug 22, 2009
Helen Louise Bennett passed away Saturday in Fresno, California. She moved there in 2008 from Wenatchee, Washington, to be closer to family, including her nieces, nephew and his wife, and all her great nieces. The Hawkins family is blessed to have had her with us and to have shared and enjoyed the family connection. Born in Ordway, Colorado to Mildred...
Helen L. Cox
Aug 21, 2009
Helen L. Cox, 81, of Springfield passed away Friday, August 21, 2009 in her home. She was born May 14, 1928 in Wheatland, Missouri to Jesse and Abbie Louisa (Parrish) Miller. Helen accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age. She married John Cox December 24, 1946. Helen had been a floral designer since she was 16 years old,...
Richard L. Gafner, Sr.
Aug 16, 2009
Richard Lee Gafner, Sr. Richard L. Gafner, Sr. (75) passed away on Sunday August 16, 2009 following a short illness. Richard was preceded in death by his parents Lee R. & Maysel L. Gafner and his brother Tommy . Richard was born and raised in Springfield, MO, attending and graduating from Springfield Senior High (Central High School) in 1951. He...
Helen R. Lange
Aug 16, 2009
Helen Ruth (Steele) Lange passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2009 at age 78, following a short illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and a sister. She was a member of First and Calvary Presbyterian Church and enjoyed sewing and gardening. She is survived by her three daughters, Linda and Patricia Lange and Hope and...
Martha Allis
Aug 12, 2009
Martha Lee Brooks Allis passed away in the Montclair retirement home, in Springfield, Missouri, on August 12, after a long battle with cancer. Martha was born on June 12, 1921, in Kansas City, and lived in Independence, Missouri until September, 2008, when she moved to Springfield to be closer to her brother, Alden, and his family. Martha was preceded in...
Stephen K. Davis
Aug 12, 2009
Stephen K. Davis, 62, Springfield, MO left this world peacefully on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, after a long illness. He was born November 9, 1946 in Blue Springs, MO to Keith and Audrey Davis. Steve was a man of many talents, whose passion for the Arts he shared with all he came to know. After moving to Springfield in 1961,...
Gene Cantrell
Aug 12, 2009
Gene Earvin Cantrell, 66, Springfield, died Wednesday, August 12, 2009. During his life he worked as a Greene county deputy sheriff, he also worked for Cardins Circus, Thompson Auto Sales, Zenith and later as a semi truck driver. He was a member of Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Temple, Scottish Rite Gate of the Temple in Springfield, MO. He was a...
Joel Persky Ph. D.
Aug 12, 2009
Joel Persky PhD, professor of Media Journalism and Film died at his home on August 12 at the age of 64. He began his academic career at Iona College and the College of New Rochelle in New York, and then went on to chair the Communications Department at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. His career continued at Missouri...
Terrance Holcom
Aug 9, 2009
Terrance "Terry" Arthur Holcom, age 70, of Highlandville, Mo., very unexpectedly made his transition on Sunday August 9, 2009, leaving a void within all the hearts that he touched. Terry was born February 28, 1939 in Lawrence, Kansas. Terry went to school in K.C. Mo. until he entered the Air Force in 1956. In 1957, he married Judy Lee (Hammer)....
George F. Wilson
Aug 7, 2009
George F. Wilson, 83, passed away on August 7th, 2009 at St Johns Hospital in Springfield, MO. George was born in Muncie, Kansas in 1925 and was a graduate of Ward High School. George served in the United States Marine Corp "A" Battery 5th Battalion as a Corporal seeing action in Iwo Jima and serving in the occupation force on...
Ruth E. Mort
Aug 6, 2009
Ruth Mort, 79, Springfield, died peacefully in her home, August 6, 2009. Ruth was born on July 13, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri. She graduated from St. Agnes High School and from St. John's School of Nursing. She attended St. Joseph's and Sacred Heart Catholic Churches in Springfield. Ruth was a lifetime nurse and caregiver. She was Director of Nursing at...
Richard L. "Dick" Taylor
Aug 2, 2009
Richard Lee Taylor, 79, Springfield, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2009 from injuries sustained in an accident near his home north of Springfield. He was born December 6, 1929 in Springfield, the son of Fonnie Lee and Ruby Lee Hamilton Taylor. Richard began his long and storied career shortly after graduating from Fair Grove High School. He started as a...
Anna D. Singleton
Aug 2, 2009
Anna Dondene Singleton, 86, of Springfield passed away on Sunday, August 2, 2009. She was born in Manhattan, Kansas on April 1, 1923 to Marion and Harriette Reighley. She graduated from Junction City High School. On April 11, 1941 she married Charles L. Singleton with whom she recently celebrated sixty-eight years of marriage. They have resided in Springfield, MO since...
Rev. Norman Henry Rahmoeller
Aug 1, 2009
Reverend Norman H. Rahmoeller, 81, passed away August 1, 2009 in Springfield, Rehab and Health Care Center after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Norman was born near Stotts City, MO on March 26, 1928 to John and Laura Kleeman Rahmoeller. He graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1945, Drury University in 1948 and Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis,...
