Obituary Listing

Dec 26, 2022

Jerry W. Redfearn, 81 of Springfield passed away Monday, December 26, 2022 at his home after a battle with cancer.  He was born September 23, 1941 in Springfield to George William and Blanche Long Redfearn.  He graduated from Central High School in 1959. While attending SMS he met and married the love of his life Mary V. Redfearn on...

Dec 26, 2022

We are sad to announce the passing of William Henry Winter of Springfield, Missouri. Bill was born September 6 th , 1937 in Rock Rapids, Iowa and died December 26 th , 2022 in Ava, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pete and Mary, his siblings Mildred, Marie, Richard and Leotta and hisstepson, Matthew Brown and...

Dec 26, 2022

Prema Nayar, 77, Springfield, MO, passed away at 10:45 a.m. Monday, December 26, 2022.  She was born June 5, 1945 in Trichur, Kerala State, India, the daughter of Daya Devi and Menon Sanker.

She moved here from Port Orange, FL, a year ago and became a member of Rotary Club of Springfield, Downtown,...

Dec 24, 2022

Terry Ned Litten was born on November 29, 193.  He went to be with Jesus on Dec 24th, 2022, at 5:31.

Terry was born in Springfield, MO.  Terry was a man of many talents. He served in the US Navy for 22 years; received his AA in Biblical studies from Baptist Bible College...

Dec 24, 2022

John David Matthews age 69, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on December 24. 2022 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri after a long battle with cancer.

John was born on February 2, 1953, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the son of Moorman Meador and Josephine Stojevich. James and Patricia Matthews adopted him.

On...

Dec 24, 2022

Jackie was born and raised in Fairfax, Missouri.  She attended the University of Missouri studying elementary education where she met the love of her life, Barney Whitlock.  They married in college and upon graduation, they moved to Springfield where she began her career in teaching.  Jackie was a phenomenal teacher and was loved by her students.  They...

Dec 21, 2022

Janice M. Beadleston, daughter of Sam and Marian (Baker) Beadleston was born March 9, 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas. She passed away at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Mo, at the age of 81 on December 21, 2022. Janice worked for St. John's (Mercy) hospital for 34 years in many different aspects.  She was an instructor at St. John's School of Nursing...

Dec 20, 2022

Lawrence Eugene "Gene" Myers, age 90, of Springfield, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2022. He was born January 12, 1932 in Smackout, Missouri, the son of Vester B. Myers and Pansy (Wood) Myers. On August 4, 1949 Gene married the love of his life Dorothy Lee Hamby. Gene had an ingenuitive mind, a work ethic that was second to...

Dec 19, 2022

Barbara Louise O'Brien, of Springfield, passed away Monday December 19, 2022.  She was 77. She was born to Floyd and Louise Pope in northwestern Missouri.  Her father Floyd lost his life in the waning days of World War II, leaving Louise to raise Barb and her older brother Al as a widowed mother.  Louise eventually met and married Dean Wiley,...

Dec 19, 2022

Catherine Elizabeth Peck, age 84, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away peacefully on December 19, 2022 with a family member by her side.

Elizabeth, as she was known to family and friends, was born on October 7, 1938 to George Tocher and Isabel Clayton Tocher in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She graduated high school from Margaret Hall, Versailles, Kentucky, and...

Dec 19, 2022

Arleen Grace Jared, age 82, of Hemet, California passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022. Arleen was born in Santa Monica, CA.

Graveside Service will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, January 19, 2023 at Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri.

Dec 18, 2022

The delightful Eyvonne "Cookie" Dean, musician, drag car racer, Sweet Adeline, animal lover, NASCAR fan, and fine jewelry saleswoman, left us too soon on Sunday, December 18, 2022.  She died at Quail Creek nursing home after a short illness. She was 82.

Eyvonne was born in Washington state to Cline and Edith Russell. She was an only...

Dec 17, 2022

Lyndell G. Oller

Lyndell "Lynn" Oller, age 90, of Springfield, MO was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on December 17, 2022.

He was born during the Depression in Gravelly, AR to Lester and Grace Oller.  Raised in humble beginnings, Lynn and his brother Harry were destined to be blacksmiths just as their...

Dec 16, 2022

Gudrun Mead (nee Roith) was born February 17, 1929 and passed away Friday, December 16, 2022 in Castlewood Assisted Living.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Andreas and Josefa Roith, and her beloved husband, John A. Mead, Jr.

She was born in Munich, Germany; and met her future husband to be who was...

Dec 16, 2022

It was a dark and stormy night...this is how Jim Larson would prefer to start this story, any story, as he was blessed with his mother's gift of joke-telling. James Alan Larson was born to Nellie and Carl Larson on October 9, 1942 in the hospital at Cassville. He and brother Eric attended Weaver and Pipkin, both graduating from...

Dec 15, 2022

James (Jim) W. Tharp was born in Blue Eye, Mo. in 1933, and passed away at his home in Springfield, Mo. December 15, 2022. He is survived by Betty Sue Tharp, his beloved wife of 70 years, his sister Patricia and brother Lyndle, three children, nine grandchildren, and ten great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his...

Dec 13, 2022

Gary Wayne Allman, 80, of Springfield, MO passed away at home on December 13, after battling esophageal cancer, with his partner Anne Cox by his side.

Gary was born in Aurora, to high school sweethearts Wayne Allman & Wava George.  He grew up in Clinton, MO.  He received his law degree from the University of Missouri in...

Dec 13, 2022

Delsie Virginia Arnold, age 96, Springfield, MO, passed away at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2022 from complications with dementia.  Mrs. Arnold had moved to Turners Rock Independent Living complex in early 2021, but her health quickly declined and she moved into the Memory Care unit where she remained a resident until her death.

Mrs. Arnold was...

Dec 12, 2022

Martha Harris Brabson

Martha Harris Brabson passed away peacefully on December 12, 2022 in Springfield, MO.  She was born on July 31, 1919 in Cape Girardeau, MO as the eldest of three girls to John and Alma Harris.

Martha lost her father in a swimming accident when she was 11 years old.  Her mother never...

Dec 12, 2022

John D. Yeazel, Sr. 86 passed away Monday, December 12, 2022.

He is survived by his wife, Jan; sons, John, Jr. and James all of Springfield, and a son, Jeffrey of Chicago.

He was preceded in death by a son, Gregg.

John donated his body to KU for kidney research per his wishes. ...