OBITUARIES
Carol A. Lersch
Dec 9, 2016
Carol Ann Lersch, age 72, went to be with our Lord Friday, December 9, 2016. She was surrounded by her loving family. Carol battled COPD for many years. She was born November 6, 1944 in St. Joseph, MI to Russ and Arlene (Mitchell) Hill. Carol married her best friend, Jim Lersch, in St. Joseph, MI February 23, 1980, celebrating 36...
Charles L. Grove
Dec 9, 2016
Charles Louis Grove, age 96, of Ozark, passed away Friday, December 9, 2016. He was born August 10, 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Charles and Gussie (Starbuck) Grove. Charles grew up in Oldfield. He served his country in the Army Air Corp during World War II. On November 4, 1944 he and Alice Sanborn were married. They...
Jill Morrison
Dec 8, 2016
Jill Dianne Morrison, 41, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2016, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Born in Springfield, Mo, on July 19, 1975, to Clyde and Robbie (Eoff) Heavin. Jill graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1993, and earned her Bachelor's degree in Textiles and Manufacturing from Southwest Missouri State University thereafter. Jill married Travis Morrison on April...
Ada Stevens Clark Dennis
Dec 6, 2016
Ada Stevens Clark Dennis, age 90, of Garrison, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016. She was born February 12, 1926 in Garrison, the daughter of Henry Burl and Mary Edna (Workman) Stevens. Ada attended State Teachers College (now MSU) in Springfield, and received a teaching degree. She taught school, and also worked for Lily Tulip and Hagale Garment Factory. Ada...
Richard Dale Frank
Dec 6, 2016
Richard Dale Frank, age 79, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016. He was born July 13, 1937 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Clarence Robert Frank and Frances Violet Knight Frank. He grew up in LaCygne Kansas and attended Brookyln Ridge School and LaCygne High School. He served in the US Army in the fifties, stationed in Turkey and...
David V. Manning
Dec 6, 2016
David V. Manning, age 67, of Sparta, died December 6, 2016. He was born December 27, 1948, in Greenville, Texas, to Bill and Aline Manning. On June 29, 1973 he was united in marriage to Carol Joyce McHaffie. To this union two daughters were born. David served his country in the U.S. Army. He had worked for the Assemblies of...
Joe C. Moore
Dec 6, 2016
Joe C. Moore, age 86, of Springfield passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2016. He was born in rural Christian County March 11, 1930 to Louis and Ida Belle (Holstine) Moore. Joe attended school until the eighth grade then his family moved to the State of Washington. Joe worked on the farm until he joined the Marines, serving in the Korean...
Hollie Jo Seymour
Dec 5, 2016
Hollie Jo Seymour, age 64, of Nixa, passed away Monday, December 5, 2016. She was born July 2, 1952 in Ashland, Ohio, the daughter of Paul Eugene and Carolyn Sue (Sloan) Baughman. Hollie was a 1970 graduate of Madison Senior High School, Mansfield, Ohio. She worked for James River Animal Hospital for nearly 30 years. Hollie loved spending time with...
Randy Wingender
Dec 4, 2016
Randy Wingender, age 54, of Ozark, went to be with his Lord, Sunday, December 4, 2016, after a long Struggle with cancer. Randy was a true renaissance man. His passion for learning was endless. He loved his job at Great River Engineering and the special people he worked with. He is survived by: His wife Lisa; a daughter Erica and...
Bobby Stephens
Dec 3, 2016
Bobby "Bob" J. Stephens, Ozark, Mo, passed Saturday, December 3rd, after a triumphant battle with cancer. Though he is gone in body, he will forever live on in our hearts. Bob was born November 6, 1959 in St. Louis, Mo, to J.T. and DormaLee Stephens. He wed Mona on October 14, 1989 and with this union he became the father...
Dude White
Dec 1, 2016
Confrey "Dude" Elmer White, age 95, of Clever passed away in his home Thursday December 1, 2016. He was born October 29, 1921 in northeast Stone County to Johnny and Lois (Cook) White. He was born near the mouth of where the Finley and the James Rivers joined. He lived his entire life close to where he was born. On...
Betty Jean Holbrook
Nov 30, 2016
Betty Jean Boyd Holbrook, lovingly referred to as "Oma" by family, age 83, of Republic, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2016. She was born February 3, 1933 in St. Louis. On February 23, 1950 she and Donald "Roy" Holbrook were united in marriage. Betty worked at Sears Catalog Department for many years. She loved to drive and jokingly told everyone...
Lois E. Bertermann
Nov 27, 2016
Lois E. Bertermann, age 96, of Nixa, Missouri, formerly of Bay City, MI, went quietly to Heaven November 27, 2016. She was born June 8, 1920 in Thief River Falls, MN, the daughter of George Harold Propp and Lina (Adolphs) Propp. She was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. In 1944 she and Martin Bertermann were married....
Virginia Ann Clay
Nov 25, 2016
Mrs. Virginia Ann Kornegay Clay of Spokane, MO, formerly of West Point, MS, went home to be with her heavenly Father on November 25, 2016. Mrs. Clay was born June 30, 1942 in Monroe County, MS to the late Noel and Virgie Kornegay. She is preceded in death by her husband Gerald Clay; one brother Carroll Kornegay; and one sister...
Paul Edward Rees
Nov 25, 2016
Paul Edward Rees of Nixa, Missouri, went home to be with his Lord Jesus on November 25, 2016 at the age of 90. He was born in Windsor, Illinois to Lowell Carroll Rees and Lillian Mae Reynolds on March 16, 1926. His early life included some interludes of living in the Nixa community where his father's family resided. He grew...
Icey Marie Anderson
Nov 22, 2016
Icey Marie Anderson, age 84, of Spokane passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2016. She was born February 11, 1932 in Ridgedale, MO to Elmer and Bessie (Sixx) Atchison. She married her sweetheart, Henry Blevins, in 1947 at age 15 and Henry was age 19. They were married 17 years until his passing at the age of 37. Together they had...
Joseph F. Meyer
Nov 21, 2016
Joseph F. Meyer, age 88 of Springfield, passed away November 21, 2016 in Springfield. Joe was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the son of Frank and Marie Meyer on June 10, 1928. He graduated from Marquette in 1947. He married the love of his life, Mildred Herda, on September 13, 1948 in St. Martins, Wisconsin. He worked as a self-entrepreneur and...
Robert Lancaster
Nov 16, 2016
Robert Allan Lancaster, age 78, of Nixa passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016. He was born December 26, 1937 in Maquoketa, IA to George and Helen (Turner) Lancaster. Robert joined the Navy in 1956, retiring as a chief radioman in 1975. He served aboard many submarines, diesel and nuclear powered. Robert married Kathryn Sobanski in 1960 in Newington, CT. Robert...
Rex Ray Cobb
Nov 13, 2016
Rex Ray Cobb, age 85 of Ozark, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2016. He was born April 9, 1931 in Ozark, the son of Charles and Emma (DeWitt) Cobb. Rex served his country in the U.S. Navy before retirement. After retirement from the U.S. Navy, Rex worked as a farmer on his own farm. Rex enjoyed working crossword puzzles and...
Sue Henry
Nov 10, 2016
Carolyn Sue Henry, age 76, of Nixa passed away Thursday, November 11, 2016. She was born October 12, 1940 in Hunter, KS to William and Elinor (Tague) Tuttle. She was raised in Forsyth after graduating from Forsyth High School; she worked in doctors' offices. Sue obtained her CNA in 1975 and started her career at St. John's Hospital, now Mercy....
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