Shirley Jean Julian
May 5, 2009
Shirley Jean Julian 90, Springfield, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, May 05, 2009, in St. John's Regional Health Center. She was born August 28, 1918 to Clarence and Edith Powell in Joplin, Missouri. Shirley and her family moved to Springfield when she was only a few months old. She was a lifelong member of South Street Christian Church. Shirley was preceded...
George O. Likins
May 3, 2009
George Orrin Likins, a lifelong resident of Springfield, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon, following a lingering illness. George was born on October 23, 1927, the fourth and final child to George "Ross" and Adah (Rominger) Likins. He attended Oak Grove Elementary School and Jarrett Junior High, graduating from Springfield High School...
Shirley Ann Clark
May 3, 2009
Shirley Ann Queen Clark ,71, of Springfield, Missouri went to join her Lord on May 3, 2009. Shirley was a longtime resident of Springfield having graduated from Central High School in 1955. She also graduated from BBC in 1961. In her younger years she was a Sunday School teacher at High Street Baptist Church for over two decades. She later...
Robert Cloud Bennett
May 2, 2009
Robert Cloud "Bob" Bennett, 89, Springfield, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2009 in Cox South Hospital. He was born October 29, 1919 in Springfield, the son of Herschel E. and Gladys G. Cloud Bennett. He was a loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. He attended Rountree and Jarrett schools and graduated from Springfield Sr. High School in 1937. After being...
Lillian Catherine Hall
May 1, 2009
LILLIAN (LAURIE) CATHERINE RENICK HALL Laurie Hall, 81, Springfield, Missouri passed Friday, May 1, 2009, after a courageous fight with Alzheimer's. Laurie was born July 13, 1927 in St Louis, Missouri to Maj. Mark Allen Renick and Henrietta L. Hawley-Renick. After graduating from Webster Groves High School she attended Fontbonne University in St Louis and was a member of Lambda...
Roger Alan Leonard
May 1, 2009
Roger Alan Leonard, age 62, of Halltown, Missouri, passed away Friday, May 1, 2009, in St. John's Medical Center. Roger was born January 29, 1947, in Seattle, Washington, to Verdun and Caroline Leonard. Roger served in the United States Navy before spending the majority of his career in sales in the automotive industry. Roger's mother, Caroline, and father, Verdun, preceded...
Wilma Rose Pace
Apr 29, 2009
Wilma Pace, 78, of Mountain Grove, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in St. John's Regional Health Center. Wilma was the eldest of seven children. Wilma and Norman would have been married 60 years August 6, 2009. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Wilma loved her church, family and friends. She loved sports and was an...
Edgar Lee Howard
Apr 28, 2009
Edgar Lee Howerd was born in Branson, Missouri, on June 21, 1923. His parents were Alva and Anna Rittenhouse Howard. After graduating from Forsyth High School, he attended Missouri State University. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was retired from Ford Motor Company, where he was a zone manager. He was a Presbyterian and...
Catherine Border
Apr 28, 2009
Services will be held at 12:00 noon, Thursday, May 28, 2009 in St. Francis Assissi Church in Mocksville, North Carolina.
Otis E. Potter
Apr 27, 2009
Otis E. "Gene" Potter, 88, passed away April 27, 2009, in Christian Health Care. Survivors are his wife, the former Ruth Penn; daughters, Susan Potter and Jayna Ross and husband, Don; sisters, Lorene Anderson and Viola King and husband, Joe; and many nieces and nephews. He was a retiree from the Frisco and Burlington Northern Railroad and the U.S Army....
Beryl W. Hartley
Apr 27, 2009
Mary Beryl (Ward) Hartley Beryl Hartley, 95, Springfield, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 27, 2009 in St. John's. Beryl was the daughter of Olen and Mary Virginia (Whitley) Ward. She was born on June 11, 1913 near Gilman City, Missouri. She was a member of Brentwood Christian Church of Springfield. Beryl was preceded in death by her parents, her husband,...
Dr. Lyle D. Litton
Apr 25, 2009
Dr. Lyle Dodge Litton, age 87, of Springfield, passed away at 5:20 a.m. Saturday, April 25, 2009, in the Neighborhoods at Quail Creek. He was born August 17, 1921, in Atwood, Kansas, the son of Gay Cager and Flossie Marguerite Milleson Litton. Lyle was a graduate of Stockton, Kansas High School, Kansas University at Lawrence, and University of Kansas Medical...
Joe Nakato
Apr 23, 2009
Joe Nakato, 36, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away April 23, 2009. He was born November 15, 1972, in Atlanta, Georgia. Joe is survived by his parents, Kenzo and Momoyo Nakato; brother Hiro Nakato and wife, Mayuri; brother Shin Nakato and wife, Kelli; brother Ted Nakato; son Kendall Nakato; step-daughter Ashleigh Tucker; nephew Cole Nakato; and niece Kohana Nakato. Joe is...
Helen M. Sloan
Apr 22, 2009
Helen Sloan was born on March 11, 1923, to Mary and Joseph Hejna, the ninth of 14 children. She was married on February 6, 1943, to Lewis "Clyde" Sloan, who preceded her in death after 33 years of marriage. On April 22, 2009, she gave up a courageous and hard-fought battle after a short-term illness, taking her time to smell...
Earline Louise West
Apr 21, 2009
On December 29, 1925, Earline Louise Hovey was born to Albert and Anne Hovey, in Kansas City, Kansas, and went Home to her Heavenly Father on April 21, 2009. After attending elementary and high school, she attended Kansas City Junior College. The 1946-47 school year was spent at the University of Kansas. It was there she met and married C....
Mildred Naomi Smith
Apr 20, 2009
Mildred Naomi Smith was born July 25, 1912, in Colbert, Oklahoma to Napoloen and Albertine White, and went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 20, 2009 at the age of 96. She was the oldest of 11 children. She attended school in Oklahoma and later married the love of her life, Vernon Earl Smith in October 1931. To...
Maggie M. Ellis
Apr 19, 2009
Maggie M. (Parker) Ellis, daughter of the late Myrlie R. Parker and Ressie (Parrish) Parker, was born October 8, 1918 in the Lamar, Missouri area. She passed to a better place at 12:45 a.m. on April 19. 2009, while at Primrose Place in Springfield, Missouri. Maggie was a hard working and devoted person. Her adult life began at age 13...
Eleanor Yvonne Howell
Apr 19, 2009
Eleanor Yvonne Wilson Howell passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2009, after a short illness. Eleanor was born on September 8, 1931, to Dewey and Dovie Wilson in Omaha, Arkansas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Dewey Wilson, and a sister, Carolyn Wilson. Eleanor married the love of her life, Bill Howell, on...
Laverta Kay Skidmore
Apr 17, 2009
LaVerta K. Skidmore, better known as "Kay" passed away Friday, April 17, 2009 at her home after fighting a long illness at the age of 69. Born June 4, 1939 in Seiling, Oklahoma, she was the first child of the late Cecil and LaRayne Brown. After moving to Springfield. Kay attended Central High School where she was a member of...
