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Dub Lane
Oct 30, 2021
Delbert (Dub) Lane, 74, passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2021 at Mercy Hospital. He had been a patient there since October 3 rd .
Dub was born April 26, 1947 in Diggins, Missouri to Lee and Marguarite Lane. He attended Gentry Grade School and graduated from Seymour High School in 1965. He came to Springfield for...
Shirley J. Neu
Oct 28, 2021
Shirley Neu (Roethemeier) passed away October 28, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri. Shirley was a devoted wife, loving and cherished mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend.
Shirley was born on March 9,1936 to Harry and Margaret Roethemeier in Stotts City, Missouri. After graduating from Mt. Vernon High School in 1954, she attended Southwest Missouri State where...
Richard Clark "Tree" Lewis
Oct 28, 2021
Richard Clark Lewis "Tree" passed away suddenly on Thursday, October 28, 2021. He entered this world September 30, 1966, in Springfield, MO, the son of Richard Clark Richardson and Marvin Jean Richardson, both now deceased. Richard was also preceded in death by his brother Michael J. Lewis and his aunt Greta Fay Lewis.
Richard is survived by...
Irene Mary Jane Beck
Oct 27, 2021
Irene Mary Jane Beck, 88, of Springfield passed away on October 27, 2021. She was born June 26, 1933 to Henry and Opal Forester in Barry County, MO.
Irene was united in marriage to Donald "Don" Beck on September 22, 1950 in Cassville, MO. They were together 71 years, 1 month and 5 days. She worked for...
Linda Bailey
Oct 27, 2021
Linda Mae Bailey passed away October 27, 2021, at the age of 74. She is survived by her husband Howard W. Bailey, son Matthew Bailey and his wife Stacey, daughter Angela Blevins and her husband Tom, grandson Zachary Bailey, brothers Leon and Barney Henderson and her sisters Dina Andrews, Brenda Williams and Sherry Davis.
Linda and Howard...
Dan L. Barnes
Oct 27, 2021
Dan L. Barnes passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at his home in Springfield, MO on Wednesday, October 27 th , 2021.
Dan was born in Webb City, MO to Betty and Ralph Barnes on November 28 th , 1950. He was preceded in death by his parents and parents-in-law, Jim and Mary Ward, as well...
Joseph Anthony Guccione
Oct 27, 2021
A civic leader and devoted family man who spent his lengthy lifetime livening up parties and living by his own rules, the gregarious Joseph "Joe" Anthony Guccione passed away on October 27, 2021, at the age of 93.
Born June 6, 1928, in St. Louis, MO, to Vincenza (Signorello) Guccione and Nicolo Guccione, Joe's family was an...
Joyce L. Hampton
Oct 25, 2021
Joyce Leota Hampton, 84, of Springfield, passed away Monday evening, October 25, 2021 at her home. She was born on December 5, 1936 in Lutie, MO to Hobert and Maxine (Hogan) Ledbetter. Arnold Hampton and Joyce Ledbetter were united in marriage at Gainesville, MO on December 5, 1954.
She was a member of First General Baptist Church....
Betty Jo Gamble
Oct 25, 2021
Betty, age 64, of Fair Play, Missouri passed away at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri with family by her side.
She was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of David and Maxine Visintainer.
Betty is survived by her two brothers, David Visintainer and his family of St. Louis, and Alan Visintainer and his family of...
Billie "Joanne" Greene
Oct 23, 2021
Joanne Greene, 88, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021. She was the second of five daughters born to William and Olive Burdette. She grew up in Springfield and graduated from Springfield Senior High School (now Central) in 1951. Upon graduation, she attended SMSU (now MSU) where she met Joe, fell in love, and married. To...
Patricia Ann Graham
Oct 22, 2021
Patricia Ann Graham, known as Pat to all her friends, passed away peacefully on October 22, 2021, after a prolonged battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Pat was born February 23, 1938, in New York City to Patrick and Johanna Mitchell. The oldest of four children, Pat helped raise her siblings as her mother's health began to fail when...
James Dean "Buffalo" Ridinger
Oct 21, 2021
James Dean Ridinger, known to his friends as Buffalo, left his earthly pain behind to soar with the Angels on Thursday, October 21, 2021.
Jim was born December 9, 1951, to Vaughn Floyd Ridinger and Ailene Rose Mitchell Ridinger. He graduated Parkview High School in 1969. Jim was wise in business and a great leader. He spent...
Wilma May Osterloh
Oct 20, 2021
Wilma May (Creek) Osterloh passed away October 20, 2021 at the age of 94. Wilma and her identical twin, Thelma, were born to Roy and Esther Louise Marie (Ahrent) Creek on December 13, 1926 in Corning, AR. She graduated from Corning High School. Upon graduation, Wilma and Thelma both moved to St. Louis and were employed by Bell Telephone...
Charlotte Jane (Pritchard) Wilson
Oct 20, 2021
Charlotte Jane (Pritchard) Wilson, beloved mother, grandma, and nurse passed away peacefully on October 20, 2021. Charlotte was born on January 28, 1949, in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of June and Warren Pritchard. Charlotte grew up in Springfield and attended Parkview High School where she was involved in cheerleading, student government, and journalism. Charlotte graduated from high school and...
Julieann Tummons
Oct 18, 2021
Julieann Tummons, age 81, of Springfield, Missouri passed away at 9:30 p.m. Monday, October 18, 2021 at her home in Springfield. She was a homemaker and graduated from Parkview High School in Springfield. She attended High Street Baptist Church in Springfield.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Glen and Thelma Agee.
She is...
Marie E. Smith
Oct 18, 2021
Marie E. Smith, 74, was born on Valentine's Day, in Oklahoma, to Lester & Helen Willis, and was surrounded by family when she passed away in Springfield, MO, on October 18, 2021.
When she was a young girl, her family moved to Missouri where Marie attended St. Joseph Catholic School, Hillcrest High School, and had fun growing...
Sydny Stewart
Oct 17, 2021
Sydny L. "Syd" (Lawrence) Stewart was born on July 7. 1948 in Marshfield, Missouri to Frank A. and Doris E. (Steffens) Lawrence. Syd lost her lengthy battle with cancer on October 17, 2021.
Having grown up in Marshfield, she graduated in 1966. She married James W. "Jeb" Stewart in 1971. Moving from post to post as a...
Bradley Ray Boyce
Oct 17, 2021
Bradley Ray Boyce, age 59, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on October 17th, 2021, at Mercy Hospital Springfield from a sudden heart attack. He was born December 3, 1961, in Cabool, Missouri, the son of Lloyd and Hazel Boyce. Brad and his twin sister Brenda were the youngest of six siblings. Brenda likes to brag that she is the...
Robert G. Leseman
Oct 16, 2021
Robert "Bob" Leseman of Nixa, Missouri, died on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at the age of 81, after a short illness with his family at his side.
He is survived by his wife, Diane (Kuettner) Leseman, his daughters, Linda Leseman and Karen (Leseman) Kershaw, son-in-law, Mark Kershaw, grandchildren, Faith and Will Kershaw, his siblings Mark (Judie) Leseman...
Wilma C. Romero
Oct 16, 2021
Wilma C. Romero (Wise) age 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 16th 2021. Born in April 1930 she was cherished sister of Neoma Nadine Arnold and Norma Jean Mill; beloved daughter of Charles Oren and Olive Jane Wise.
Wilma graduated from Strafford High and attended Southern Missouri State majoring in English and Art. Married 57 years, she...Subscribe
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