Doug K. Wilson
Aug 21, 2021
Doug Wilson of Ozark, MO passed away on Saturday August 21, 2021, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born July 5, 1954, in Granite City, IL to Walter and Jeanette Wilson. He has three surviving brothers: Mike, Kevin, and Brian Wilson. Born into a sports-loving family Doug excelled as an athlete becoming a high school All-American...
Mathew Allen Morlen
Aug 19, 2021
Mathew "Mat" Allen Morlen, 35, of Springfield, MO passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at Cox South Hospital. He was born on March 3, 1986 in Springfield to Jeffrey and Tina Morlen.
Mat was a 2004 graduate of Buffalo High School and worked jobs as a welder, landscaper and fence builder. In the summer of 2010,...
Ethelyn Jean Fox Short
Aug 19, 2021
Ethelyn Jean Fox Short, 84, of Ozark, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at The Manor at Elfindale with her family by her side.
Jean was born in Ponce de Leon, Missouri, on January 22, 1937, to George and Sarah Fox. She graduated from Galena High School.
Jean will be lovingly remembered by...
Tina Renee Morlen
Aug 19, 2021
Tina Renee Morlen, daughter of the late Janice Scrivener and late Bud Drake, was born April 15, 1963, in Springfield, MO and passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, August 19 th at her home. She was 58 years old.
Tina was born and raised in Springfield, MO and graduated from Central High School. She...
Benny Edward Kimbrough
Aug 18, 2021
Benny Edward Kimbrough, 85 of Branson West, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021 in Blue Springs, Missouri.
After graduating high school, he served in the Armed Forces. Benny was a registered nurse in Texarkana, Texas. In retirement, Benny was a storage unit manager in Branson, Missouri for about 10 years.
Benny was the youngest of...
Sharon Payne
Aug 17, 2021
Sharon went to her heavenly home August 17, 2021, following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was born on February 26, 1938, in Springfield, Missouri to Loretta Pauline and Walter Patton Cotton. Sharon united in marriage with Bill Payne on March 8, 1959. She graduated from Central High School, Springfield in 1956, and the Burge School of Nursing...
Corey Jamel Holland
Aug 15, 2021
Visitation will be held Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 1:00-2:00 PM in King's Church at Elfindale followed by funeral service at 2:00 PM.
Graveside Service will be Monday, August 30 at 1:00 PM at Eastlawn Cemetery.
Ruth Mary Francka (Fuerst)
Aug 14, 2021
Ruth Mary Francka (Fuerst)
Springfield, MO – Ruth died August 14, 2021 at the age of 94. She was born in St. Louis, MO on February 18, 1927, to Louis Henry Fuerst and Frances Johanna Fuerst (Kraus). She was the fifth of eight children.
She is preceded in death by her...
Janis June Melton
Aug 13, 2021
Janis J. Melton departed this life peacefully at Jacob's Ladder End of Life Legacy Home on August 13, 2021, after a short illness. She was born in Chagrin Falls, OH, on June 1, 1934, the daughter of Cecil E. "Gene" and Grace C. (Shields) Griffin. She was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Robin E. Melton. ...
Barbara Lee
Aug 13, 2021
Barbara Lee (nee Lauderdale) passed away on August 13, 2021 at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 65 years, Robert O Lee. She was a long time member of First Baptist Church, Springfield, MO. She also was a seventy year member of the PEO sisterhood, Chapter FU. She loved playing the...
Eugenia Pon
Aug 10, 2021
Eugenia Ling Pon (Lin You Cheng), the family matriarch, died on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at the Neighborhoods at Quail Creek in Springfield, Missouri.
In her time, Eugenia was one of those great, tempestuous beauties (think Vivian Leigh's Scarlet O'Hara), and always her own unique, opinionated and feisty self. By her own account...
Betty Pearcy
Aug 9, 2021
Betty Pearcy 1944 - 2021
Betty fought a courageous battle with cancer, and passed away at home on August 9, 2021, surrounded by the love of her family and friends. Betty was born to Horace and Helen (Pearcy) Lorance on November 12, 1944, in Marshall, MO. She accepted Christ as her Lord and...
Nancy Ann Hampton
Aug 8, 2021
Nancy Ann Hampton, born April 22, 1948, in Springfield, MO, died August 8, 2021. Nancy received a BS in Education from Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) in 1971. After graduation, she moved first to Houston, TX and then in 1980 to Dallas, TX where she began her banking career at First National Bank, now Bank of...
Marie Thompson
Aug 8, 2021
Louella Marie Thompson, age 84, of Springfield, MO passed away at 9:05 a.m. on August 8, 2021. Marie was a member of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, MO.
She was born November 6, 1936, in Stone County, MO. Marie grew up in the Galena/Reeds Spring area. She went to Abesville Elementary and graduated from Reeds Spring High...
Joann Louise Spurgeon
Aug 7, 2021
Joann Louise Spurgeon, age 90, of Ozark, Missouri, was sung into heaven by her family on August 7, 2021.
Joann was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 12, 1930. She graduated from Southwest High School in St. Louis, Missouri, and received a BA in Religious Education from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri.
Joann spent...
Bruce Erb
Aug 6, 2021
Graveside Service with Full Military Honors will be held Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 12:00 PM at Missouri Veterans Cemetery.
Mona Lynn Oller Brake
Aug 6, 2021
Mona Lynn Oller Brake, a New Year's Day baby born in New Orleans, LA, was welcomed into heaven on the wings of angels on Friday, August 6, 2021. She was 56 years old when her courageous battle with cancer ended. Mona's loved ones will continue to honor her legacy by living life to the fullest. Her family was blessed...
Linda Lou Vaughan
Aug 5, 2021
Linda Vaughan, 80, of Springfield passed away after a long illness on August 5, 2021. Linda lived in Springfield her entire life, graduating from Springfield (now Central) High School. She retired from Mercy as a medical transcriptionist after 40 years of service.
Linda was preceded in death by her father and mother, Burnie and Eva Sheppard; a...
Michael Joseph Coleman
Aug 3, 2021
Michael Joseph Coleman, age 68, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021.
He was born August 8, 1952, in Memphis, TN. The Coleman's moved to Springfield, MO in 1959 where he and his four siblings attended Immaculate Conception and St. Agnes High School where he met his wife, Theresa, and her five siblings. In his youth, Mike was...
