Yvonne L. Stanke
Apr 12, 2021
Yvonne Lynn Stanke, 68, was born September 30 th , 1952 and passed away peacefully Monday, April 12 th , 2021.
During her life-long career as a CRNA (certified nurse anesthetist), she spread joy and shared her knowledge both here and abroad. She was born and raised near Pleasant Hope, Missouri and graduated from the local high...
Kevin Calip
Apr 12, 2021
Kevin (2 Da K) Calip, 46, passed away at his home around 5:30pm on Monday, April 12, 2021 after his long and brave battle with congestive heart failure. He died surrounded by family, with his parting words: "I'm about to get my wings!!"
Kevin, originally from Clinton, Oklahoma was born September 21, 1974. The second youngest of...
Kathleen Ann (Katie) Walstrand
Apr 11, 2021
Kathleen Ann (Katie) Walstrand, a lifelong resident of Springfield, Missouri, passed away April 11, 2021. She was born October 20, 1933.
She is survived by four children: Susan (Tim) Richardson, Sarah (Robert) Zinn, John (Gwen) Walstrand and Eric (Susan) Walstrand. Also surviving, are seven grandchildren: Caroline, Katie, Bobby, Alicia, Thomas, Elizabeth, Reagan, and seven great-grandchildren. Katie was...
Jeanette Barger
Apr 10, 2021
Mrs. Mary Jeanette Barger, 92, of Marana, Arizona, formerly Springfield, Missouri, went to be with our Lord on April 10, 2021. Jeanette was born in Hamilton, Ohio on July 16, 1928 to Elijah and Glane Richardson. She married the love of her life, Chuck Barger, on November 2, 1946. Together they raised four children, Stephen, Sheila, Melody, and Eric....
Doris Fay Jorgensen
Apr 10, 2021
Doris Fay Jorgensen, age 91, passed away peacefully April 10, 2021 in her home in Springfield, MO.
She is survived by her sisters, Mary Pfieffer and Mildred Kilburn; her children Judi Axon and husband Scott, Jana Amsinger and Eric Jorgensen and wife Glendra. Also surviving are five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Doris was a devoted...
Gary Lee Summers
Apr 10, 2021
Gary Lee Summers, 69, passed away April 10, 2021 with family by his side.
Until recently, Gary enjoyed life to the fullest. He grew up in Gladstone, MO and enjoyed summers with his grandparents on their farm near Exeter, MO. He played football at Oak Park High School in North Kansas City and continued his football career...
Dorothy Neidy
Apr 9, 2021
Dorothy Mae Neidy, of Springfield, went to be with her Lord on the morning of Friday, April 9. A remarkable woman of strong, unyielding faith, Dorothy was 94. She will be remembered for putting concern for others above herself and a deep love for God's Word. Her family will smile as they remember her keen sense of humor and...
Lambert Maruame
Apr 9, 2021
Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, with visitation to follow until 3:00 PM.
Jay E. Gardner
Apr 8, 2021
Jay Gardner, 66, Long Lane, MO passed away on April 8, 2021. Jay was born in Philadelphia, PA and moved to Missouri as a young teenager. He was a gun smith by trade and could fix anything. He ran a no-kill animal shelter at his home for many years rescuing over 100 dogs and cats. He is preceded in...
Ronald Wayne Cooper
Apr 6, 2021
Our beloved Professor Pappy, Ronald Wayne Cooper, passed away on Tuesday, April 6th after succumbing to the last illness in his decades-long battle with complications from his exposure to Agent Orange while serving our country in Vietnam. He was a man of principle, and his last principled stand was that he would pass from this world in the home...
Rev. Dr. Harold L. Smith
Apr 5, 2021
The Rev. Dr. Harold L. Smith, 95, passed away peacefully at home on April 5, 2021. Harold was born on October 18, 1925 to Lloyd and Opal Lewis Smith in Jonesboro, Ill. At a young age, he learned the value of hard and competent work on the beautiful family farm in nearby Alto Pass.
Harold met Josephine...
Alan Harvey Arbeitman
Apr 1, 2021
Alan Arbeitman passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021. He was 81 years old.
Alan loved to tell a story. In fact, he'd say, "did I ever tell you the story about…?" Chances are you had heard it before, but he just had to tell you one more time. And you would nod and chuckle like it...
Gordon Calvin Campbell
Apr 1, 2021
July 26, 1929 – April 1, 2021 Gordon Calvin Campbell, 91, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister of Springfield, MO died at his home on Thursday, April 1, 2021 from heart failure. Interment will be held at Danforth Cemetery on Saturday, April 17, 2021 at 10:00 am and a Victory Worship Service will follow at 11:00 am at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church,...
David Leo Donelson
Mar 31, 2021
David Leo Donelson, 88, of Springfield, MO went home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. He was born October 16, 1932 in Plattsburg, MO to Leo and Agnes (Shepherd) Donelson. David grew up in rural northwestern Missouri with a love of fishing and hunting with his two brothers. After graduating high school in Savannah, MO...
Marge Stephens
Mar 31, 2021
Marjory Jean Stephens passed away on March 31, 2021. She was the first-born daughter of Alice and Ernest Cummins and was born in Marshall, Missouri. She graduated from Smith-Cotton High School in 1952, and she attended Central State Teachers College in Warrensburg, Missouri. She met her future husband, Lieutenant Gayle Stephens, on May 26, 1956 at a Wing picnic...
Saralene Earsom
Mar 29, 2021
Saralene Salton Fisher Earsom, age 92, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2021, in Bolivar, Missouri. She was born in Elkton, South Dakota, on May 26, 1928, to Echo Stephenson and Dale Miller Fisher. She married Reverend James Robert Earsom on February 4, 1949. She was a minister's wife and schoolteacher. She is preceded in death by her husband,...
William Robert Curtis
Mar 27, 2021
William Robert Curtis, born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on March 14, 1956, died in his sleep at Creekside at Elfindale on Saturday March 27, 2021. His parents, Wesley James Curtis and Irene Helen (Kinnaird) Curtis were devoted to their disabled, youngest child, who had been diagnosed with early onset schizophrenia at the age of 12. At that time the full...
