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Buddy Janes

Buddy Janes

May 28, 2022

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Buddy Lee Janes, 76, Conroe, TX, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2022 in his home, surrounded by his family.  He was born June 5, 1945 in Springfield, the son of Donald Janes and Atha Bell Eidson Janes.

Buddy graduated from Central High School in 1963. He worked for Zenith Corporation for many years,...

Natalie E. Lock

Natalie E. Lock

May 27, 2022

Natalie E. Lock, born October 16, 1927, passed away peacefully at home with her children by her side, in Springfield, Missouri, on Friday, May 27, 2022, at the age of 94. Natalie was born at home on the farm in Ash Grove, Missouri. The third of seven children born to Nathaniel and Idella Mannering.  Natalie graduated from Miller High School...

Margaret Aileen Schlachter

Margaret Aileen Schlachter

May 26, 2022

Margaret Aileen Schlachter, 91, of Springfield, MO, only child of Edward Kirby and Aileen (Kengel) Kirby passed to heaven peacefully at Mercy Hospital on Thursday, May 26, 2022 after a six-month struggle with congestive heart failure. She was born June 23, 1930 in Ferndale, MI, a suburb of Detroit, and was baptized at Shrine of the Little Flower in...

Elizabeth "Betsy" Carol Wilcox

Elizabeth "Betsy" Carol Wilcox

May 25, 2022

Elizabeth "Betsy" Carol Wilcox, 95, of Springfield, MO passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. She was born on May 31, 1926 in Chicago, IL and was adopted as an infant by Homer E. and Frances Ryan Anderson. Her mother remarried while she was still a child and was then lovingly adopted by Chester L. Jones.

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Norma Faye Knight

Norma Faye Knight

May 25, 2022

Norma Faye Knight, 92, passed away May 25, 2022, at Springfield Rehabilitation, after a very short illness.

The daughter of Henry and Maude Rader, Norma was born December 15, 1929, in Niangua, MO. After her mother died in 1937, Norma was raised by her beloved aunt and uncle, Dr. and Mrs. Jay H. Day.

Norma...

Nathan F. Goodwin

Nathan F. Goodwin

May 23, 2022

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 27, 2022 in Galloway Cemetery, under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.

Robert "King" Smith

Robert "King" Smith

May 21, 2022

Robert Kingston Smith, 61, of Willard, Missouri passed away May 21, 2022, from complications following surgery.

King was born June 1, 1960, to Robert Neil and Maizie Smith in Springfield, Missouri.  He developed a love of sports playing Kiwanis baseball as a boy and then basketball, track, and football for Parkview High School. ...

Rosemary Fiero

Rosemary Fiero

May 21, 2022

Rosemary (Fogo) Fiero was born November 13, 1933 in Jewel County, Kansas. She passed away peacefully on May 21, 2022 in Springfield, Missouri.

Her parents Frank and Lillian Fogo moved the family, to Tillamook, Oregon when Rosemary was two. When her father died in a logging accident six years later, Rosemary's mother moved her family...

Barbara J. Mccormick

Barbara J. Mccormick

May 20, 2022

Barbara J. McCormick, 76 of Springfield passed away, Friday, May 20, 2022 at Mercy Hospital.

She was born August 31, 1945 in Wichita, Kansas to Richard and C. Janice Peterson.

Barbara retired after 25 years of service from the City of Springfield.  In her younger years, she enjoyed bowling and golf.

She was...

Zach Thomas Young

Zach Thomas Young

May 20, 2022

On May 20, 2022, Zach left this earth and is now embarking on a new path, one of stellar wonderment.

Zachary Thomas Young, 46 years of age, was born October 14, 1975 in Springfield MO to Luci March and Thomas James (TJ) Young.

Zach had many talents but was...

Jonathan Grant Haden

Jonathan Grant Haden

May 18, 2022

Jonathan Grant Haden, beloved son, brother, grandson and friend left this earthly home to join his Heavenly Father on May 18, 2022 surrounded by family. He was deeply loved by many and will be greatly missed by all. Jon was born on June 29, 1983 to Grant and CeCe Haden. He attended Springfield Public Schools and later...

Betty Jo Rice

Betty Jo Rice

May 17, 2022

Betty Jo Rice was born to George and Allie (Day) Gann in Ozark, MO on March 22, 1933. She passed away on May 17, 2022, in Springfield, MO.

Born the youngest of nine children, she learned very early on how important family is. At the age of three, her mother passed away, leaving her older siblings to...

George Penn Jones

George Penn Jones

May 17, 2022

George Penn Jones, a Branson native residing in Walnut Shade, passed away May 17, 2022 at the age of 90. He was born August 29, 1931 in Springfield to William Penn Jones and Mable Lucille (Hayes) Jones.

He graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago, IL and completed graduate work at Kansas State University in Lawrence, KS, Drury...

Don Harvey Harris

Don Harvey Harris

May 16, 2022

Don Harris, 78, of Republic, MO, peacefully passed away on May 16, 2022 surrounded by loved ones at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.

Don was born on January 07, 1944 to Orvin and Mildred Harris in Harrison, Arkansas. Don attended Woodruff High School in Peoria and then enlisted in the Army. He served in Korea and received many...

Bettye Sue Lord

Bettye Sue Lord

May 14, 2022

Bettye Sue Ellis Lord, age 86, of Springfield, MO passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022, in her home, after a prolonged illness. Born in Springfield, TN on August 4, 1935, to Hershel Reeves Ellis and Alma Modene (Nichols) Ellis, Bettye lived in Tennessee until she flew to Germany to marry a soldier she met in church in Clarksville. Billy...

Ida Belle Myer

Ida Belle Myer

May 12, 2022

Ida Belle Hamilton Myer April 12, 1928 – May 12, 2022

Ida Belle Myer, age 94, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 2:15 AM.

Ida Belle was born in Iola, Kansas on April 12, 1928, to the late Cecil and...

Carol Lynn Hutcherson

Carol Lynn Hutcherson

May 12, 2022

Carol Lynn Hutcherson was born in Springfield, Missouri, on August 30, 1948, and completed her earthly life at Cox South Hospital, Springfield, Missouri on May 12, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Olive R. Smith and Frank H. Smith. Carol is survived by her significant other, Paul Obermann of Springfield, MO; her son, Keith...

Gary Warren Norman

Gary Warren Norman

May 12, 2022

Gary Warren Norman, age 81, died in his home in Nixa, Missouri on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Gary was born in Springfield, Missouri on September 26, 1940, to Charles Warren and Helen (Curtis) Norman, who preceded him in death as did a brother-in-law, Matt Ankrom and several close friends.

Gary is survived by...

James R. Farmer, Jr.

James R. Farmer, Jr.

May 11, 2022

No services are planned at this time.

Dorothy J. Sweaney

Dorothy J. Sweaney

May 10, 2022

Dorothy Jane (Anderson) Sweaney, 90, of Springfield, MO, passed away on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022.  She was sweet, loving, generous, funny, silly, and stubborn as a mule.  Mom always had a smile, loved to laugh, and had one of the most positive attitudes imaginable - "life is good!"  She was the best mom/mother-in-law/grandma/great-grandma, and we all knew that she...

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