Ruth Ellen Deckard
May 9, 2022
Ruth Ellen Deckard, 87, of Springfield, passed away May 9, 2022. She was born September 8, 1934 to Carl and Katherine (Weber) Dickensheet.
She grew up in eastern Greene County on a dairy farm. Her first job was a hosiery model for Heers Department Store. She married the love of her life, Gerald Deckard, on July 5,...
Barry Stephen Poindexter
May 9, 2022
Barry Poindexter passed away in his home recently.  He would have been 72 this next July.
He was preceded in death by his parents Elva Mae Steele Poindexter and Arl W. Poindexter, Jr.
He is survived by his sister, Janice McCaulley of Springfield; nephews Scott McCaulley (Karen) of Branson, Skipper McCaulley and his children Christian,...
Susan Kay Gillham
May 7, 2022
Susan Kay Gillham, 79, of Rogersville, MO passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022 in her home. She was born August 26, 1942 to Wilber and Nola Husted in Springfield.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her two sons, Dan and David Gillham.
She is survived by her husband, Jack Gillham; brother, James...
Al M. Williams
May 5, 2022
Almon Monroe Williams, Jr., 80, Springfield, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Cox South, with his family at his side. He was born July 8, 1941 in Aurora, MO, the son of Almon Monroe Williams and Maxine Holman Williams.
He attended the University of Missouri and earned a degree from the School of Agriculture and was...
Brenda Fuller
May 5, 2022
Brenda Ann Fuller passed away at home, while surrounded by her family on May 5, 2022 . She was born on December 29, 1949 in Springfield, MO to Dale and Vergie Sissel who, along with her brother Don Sissel, preceded her in death. She is survived by her three children: Jennifer Ann-Marie Burrell and husband Robert, Stephen Matthew Fuller and...
Barbara Jean Salley
May 5, 2022
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend Barbara Jean (Jackson) Salley passed away unexpectedly on May 5, 2022 at the age of 71.
Barbara was born on May 30, 1950 in Lubbock, TX to Robert and Mildred Jackson.
Barbara loved spending time with her family, especially her three grandsons, and also enjoyed...
Carolyn Jean Morey
May 3, 2022
Carolyn Jean Morey age 91 of Springfield, Missouri passed away at 10:36pm. May 3 rd at Quail Creek nursing facility.
She was born in Edmond, Oklahoma on September 7 th 1930. Carolyn was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri.
After her retirement from the French's Corporation...
Coach Bill Harding
May 2, 2022
"Coach" Bill Harding, age 89, passed away on May 2 in Springfield, Missouri. He was born the son of Fay and Frona Harding in Nixa, Missouri, January 4, 1933.
Bill's immediate family had actually been losing him for decades, however. They'd lose him on the way to a table at a restaurant, on the way...
Joyce Scillian
Apr 30, 2022
Joyce Dean Scillian, 92, of Springfield passed peacefully at Cox Medical Center South on the morning of April 30, 2022.
She was born February 21, 1930 in Quanah, TX to W.B. Ferguson and Stella Ann Treadaway. Joyce was united in marriage to S.E. Scillian in Quanah, TX on March 25, 1955. Joyce was preceded in death by husband,...
Iantha Edwards
Apr 29, 2022
Margaret Iantha Edwards passed away on Friday, April 29th in her home. Iantha was born in Leachville, AR on April 14, 1935, the daughter of Samuel Bennett Branum and Clyda May Simpkins. She grew up on a cotton farm in Hornersville, MO. After graduating high school she married Harold Wayne Edwards and spent 30 years traveling the world as an...
James H. Kidd
Apr 29, 2022
James Hearl Kidd, 89, Springfield, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 29, 2022, in his home after a short illness. He was born November 6, 1932, to Hearl and Eva Kidd. James graduated from Saint Agnes High School in 1951. After serving a short stint in the Navy when graduating high school, he began working for the Frisco...
Ronald E. Giedd
Apr 29, 2022
Dr. Ronald Elroy Giedd died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Springfield Missouri on April 29 th 2022 at the age of 86.
Ronald is survived by his wife,...
Peggy Sue Vickers
Apr 29, 2022
Peggy Sue Vickers, age 86, passed away peacefully April 29th, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
Peggy was born in Buena Vista, Mississippi on May 4th, 1935 to Lois Ray and Virgil Kemp. She was married on March 25th, 1965 to Vernon Wayne Vickers. Together, Peggy and Vernon had six children, including Mitch Gunby (Suzanne) of...
George Barankovich
Apr 27, 2022
George B. Barankovich age, 56 of Nixa, MO passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at his residence. He was born the son of George Joseph Barankovich and Anita Burt Barankovich in Pittsburgh, PA.
George was an amazing man of God, who studied God's word daily and looked forward to standing before the Lord...
Jane Drake Enloe
Apr 27, 2022
Jane Drake Enloe was called home to be with the Lord on the morning of April 27th, 2022, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, MO. With her daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren by her side, she took her last breath just as her family completed their daily prayer. Jane was born on August 31st, 1945, in Pittsfield, MA to...
Jesse L. "Jess" Abney
Apr 26, 2022
Jesse L. "Jess" Abney, 87, Willard, MO, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2022. He was born July 19, 1934, in Springfield to Charles and Irma Abney.
Jess was a lifelong resident of Greene County. He served proudly as a Sgt. Major with the US Marines and retired after 37 years.
In addition to his parents,...
Todd Andrew Gibson
Apr 26, 2022
Todd Andrew Gibson, 55, devoted husband, father and brother, passed away on April 26, 2022, with his wife by his side, after a short illness, in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Born on February 18, 1967 in Springfield, MO to Don and Judy Gibson, Todd grew up in Springfield, with his three younger brothers, and graduated from Kickapoo High...
Donald L. Teghtmyer
Apr 24, 2022
Donald Lee Teghtmyer (or more affectionately known as "Don," "Teck," "Dad," "Papa," and "Great Papa", passed away peacefully at the age of 91, on Sunday morning, April 24, 2022, at his home in Springfield, Missouri.
Born June 26, 1930 to Claude and Floy (Newby) Teghtmyer of Topeka, Kansas. Don, the only child, continued...
Marilyn J Quinn
Apr 24, 2022
Marilyn Jean Quinn (nee Foster)
September 01, 1941 – April 24, 2022
Marilyn is survived by Kenneth, the love of her life to whom she was married for 60 years; her sons: Jeffrey, Stephen (Kay), Bradley (Beverly) all from Springfield, Patrick (Aura) from St. Louis; her beloved grandchildren: Michael, Erin, Andrew (Emily), Brittany,...
Henry C. Krahn
Apr 23, 2022
On the 23 rd of April, 2022, Henry Cornelius Krahn peacefully passed away and went on to his reward in Heaven. Henry was surrounded by multiple generations of close family members at Cox Hospice unit prior to his passing. He was 88 years old
Henry was born on August 14, 1933 in Altona, a small Mennonite village...
