David William Rubert
Apr 4, 2009
David William RuBert died on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at his home. David was the son of Joyce Rubert and the late Euell J. Rubert. He was a native of Springfield and a noted musician with numerous original compositions to his credit. David graduated from Glendale High School in 1967. He was an Eagle Scout and member of the Order...
Martha Anne Corgan
Apr 3, 2009
Martha Anne Corgan, daughter of Charles M. Kimber and Martha Sabina Scolfield was born March 11, 1930 in Springfield, Missouri and peacefully departed this life on April 3, 2009. She attended St. Joseph Catholic School, Pipkin Jr. High School, and Springfield Senior High School. Martha Anne lived in Springfield all of her life. She graduated from Southwest Missouri State and...
Fred Earl Engle Jr.
Apr 1, 2009
Fred Earl Engle Jr., age 75, Springfield, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Cox South. Fred was born February 7, 1934, in Buffalo, Mo., the son of Fred Sr. and Bertha Eagon Engle. He lived in Buffalo and Bolivar before moving to Springfield. He spent his career in the auto industry, including owning Engle Chevrolet in Republic and Engle...
James H. "Jim" Barber
Apr 1, 2009
James H. "Jim" Barber age 80 of Nixa passed away early Wednesday morning April 1, 2009 in his home. Those who knew and loved Jim are familiar with his very creative sense of humor and his love of practical jokes. It seems only fitting that his passing occured on April Fool's Day. He was born on the fourth of July...
Mary Lee Lantz
Mar 31, 2009
Mary Lee Lantz, age 84, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2009 after a long fight with diabetes and heart disease. She was born, February 18, 1925 in Billings, Missouri, the daughter of Ed and Fannie Garbee. Mary Lee had a beautiful soprano voice, and gave music recitals at a very young age. She taught band, orchestra and...
John Elmer Brockschmidt
Mar 29, 2009
John Brockschmidt died at his home in Springfield, MO on March 29, 2009 after unsuccessful treatment for a malignant brain tumor. He was born in St. Louis, MO on June 4, 1939 to Elmer J. and Mayme Brockschmidt. He received a business degree from Missouri University and served in the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer attaining the rank of...
Alice C. Dickens
Mar 26, 2009
Alice Caroline Dickens passed away Thursday, March 26, 2009 at Mercy Villa in Springfield, Missouri. She was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 25, 1923. Her parents were Antonio and Katherine Chiaro. Alice married Kermit Miller in 1946 who preceded her in death. She and their five children moved to Springfield in 1960 where she married her high school...
Rosette C. Walsh
Mar 24, 2009
Ida Rosette (Rose) Walsh, 94 of Springfield, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in the morning in Primrose Place following a short illness. Rose was born in the home near Marionville, Missouri on August 22, 1914 to Virgil Claud and Ruby Cummings. Rose was united in marriage to Lewis C. Walsh on March 16, 1941 and to this union...
Rufus Church
Mar 23, 2009
Rufus C. Church, 56, passed away Monday, March 23, 2009, in Ozark, Missouri. Born May 9, 1952, in Welsh, West Virginia, Rufus moved to Springfield in 1962 with his family. After graduating from Glendale High School in 1970, he attended SMSU and worked in security for Venture before joining his father at Ozark Dodge, formerly Ozark Chrysler Plymouth, in 1979....
Mary Jane Talbot
Mar 22, 2009
Mary Jane Talbot, 87, Springfield, Missouri passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009 in Christian Health Care East. She was born July 18, 1921 in Bois D'Arc, Missouri to Grover and Hattie Demore. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Willis Roger Talbot, a son, Roger Talbot, a sister, Lucille Aldridge, a brother, Carl Demore, and a son-in-law, Dick...
Jeanetta L. Calvert
Mar 22, 2009
Jeanetta L. Calvert, 81, Springfield, MO passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009. Jeanetta was born January 7, 1928 in Clinton, KY to Lee and Lucy Featherstone. She was united in marriage to Robert L."Bob" Calvert on March 25, 1950. Jeanetta and Bob owned and operated Calvert's Cafeteria from 1971 to 1985. She was a member of First Baptist Church of...
Thelma Louise Balden
Mar 22, 2009
Thelma Louise Graber Balden, 81, of Springfield, Missouri passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009 in her home. She was born in Pierce City, Missouri on September 22, 1927 to Samuel A. Graber and Mabel A. Frazier Graber. Thelma graduated from high school in Pierce City in 1945. On March 24, 1950 she married Fred H. Balden, Jr. and they moved...
Norma Mae Bartley
Mar 20, 2009
Norma "Dugan" Bartley, age 90, of Springfield, passed away Friday, March 20, 2009, in Magnolia Square. She was born August 27, 1918, in Rader, Mo., the daughter of John and Mary Kern Johnston. She lived in Washington, California and Missouri, where she worked many years as a Realtor in Kansas City. She is survived by her brother, J.L. Johnston, Yakima,...
Billie E. Smith
Mar 18, 2009
Billie Estelle (Ray) Smith, 94, departed this life Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in her home in Springfield, Missouri. Billie's sweet and faithful spirit touched all who knew her, and she truly left this world a better place than she found it. This brief record of her life cannot begin to describe the love and warmth she radiated to all the...
Sally Lois Payne
Mar 18, 2009
Sally Hoy Payne, age 76, passed away on March, 18, 2009. She was the daughter of Wesley and Edna Hoy and was born near Cabool, Mo., March 20, 1932. The family moved to Springfield, where Sally graduated from Greenwood H.S. in 1950. Upon graduating from MSU, with majors in Art and Music, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study...
