OBITUARIES
Collin Bettis
Jul 28, 2015
Collin Andrew Bettis, 24, passed away on July 28, 2015 at this home in Springfield, Missouri. He was born in Springfield, on May 21, 1991 to Mark and Tiffany (Thomas) Bettis. Collin graduated from Nixa High School. Collin was employed for four years with Polar Tank & Trailer in Springfield. He was also a member of the Teamster's Union. Collin...
Phillip W. Leininger
Jul 26, 2015
Phillip W. Leininger, age 89 of Ozark, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2015. He was born June 26, 1926 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the son of George and Alda (Wiley) Leininger. Phillip served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Philippines Campaign. On December 6, 1947 Phillip married the love of his life, Dorothy Hall. Phillip...
Gerald (Gary) Leon Charles
Jul 26, 2015
Gerald "Gary" Charles, of Springfield passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at the age of 66, at Wilsons Creek Nursing & Rehab Health Care, after a long illness. He was born September 17, 1948 in Lockwood, to Leon and Roberta (Gillman) Charles. Gary graduated from Lockwood High School in 1966. After graduation, Gary attended Moler Barber College in Kansas...
Paul Alan Warden
Jul 24, 2015
Paul Alan Warden, age 69, of Billings passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 in his home. He was born May 5, 1946 to Pete and Ethel Warden in Squires. He graduated from Ava High School in 1963. Paul graduated From the University of Missouri, Columbia. He was a land surveyor until he retired in 2007. He was united in marriage...
Shayne Allen Maples
Jul 23, 2015
Shayne Allen Maples was born in Columbia, MO on December 19, 1994 by his loving mother Racheal Smith, and father Paul Maples. Shayne married ShayLynn Cartwright in November of 2014. They had a beautiful son in July, 2014. Shayne was an amazing father, and devoted all of his love to his wife and son, Clyde Lane Maples. Shayne was an...
William Larry Watkins
Jul 20, 2015
William Larry Watkins, age 67, of Nixa, passed away, Monday July 20, 2015, in West Yellowstone, Montana. He was born August 7, 1947 in Anderson, Indiana, the son of William Logan and Thelma (Roy) Watkins. Larry was raised in Albion, IL. On June 4, 1967, Larry was united in marriage to Shirley Jean Litherland, celebrating 48 years together. Larry loved...
Hunt J. Mager
Jul 17, 2015
Hunt Mager, age 68 of Ozark, passed away Friday, July 17, 2015. He was born November 4, 1946 in Mesa, Arizona, the son of Harold Joseph and Helen Jeanine (Thuring) Mager. On June 1, 1996, he was united in marriage to Diane Mager. Hunt was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Springfield. Survivors include:...
Rudolph Edwin "Rudy" Smutny
Jul 15, 2015
Rudolph Edwin "Rudy" Smutny, age 72, of Ozark, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015. He was born March 2, 1943 in Madison, Nebraska, the son of Edwin and Mary (Knapp) Smutny. When Rudy was 17 his father died. Rudy left school to maintain the family farm and help support his mother, brothers and sisters. During his working career Rudy...
Shirley Crouch
Jul 13, 2015
Shirley Crouch, born December 11, 1924 in West Branch, Iowa to Josiah and Pearl (Reid) Stepp, passed away on July 13, 2015. She married Jack Crouch in 1947 and they made their home in St. Louis, MO until they retired to Table Rock Lake in 1979. They had two daughters, Linda Crouch (Russ Scheidler) and Carol Scott (Steve). They had...
Donovan Dale "Don" White
Jul 13, 2015
Mr. Donovan Dale "Don" White, age 86, of Nixa, Missouri passed away July 13, 2015 in Ozark Riverview Manor. He was born August 10, 1928, in Westmoreland, Kansas, the son of Carroll and Faith (Roberts) White. Don served his country in the United States Army for two years. After leaving the Army, he worked for ADT Security Systems as a...
Floyd Robert Perkins
Jul 9, 2015
Floyd R. Perkins, age 88, passed away July 9, 2015. He was born April 15, 1927 in St. Louis to F. Virgil and Bessie (Kerr) Perkins. He married Shirley J. Hoffman on September 1, 1961. Floyd and Shirley started their family with a daughter, C. Kay Perkins Ernst, of Waterford, CA; and three sons, Bruce W. Hoffman (deceased) and John...
Julie Lynn Muilenburg
Jul 9, 2015
Julie Lynn Muilenburg, age 46, of Sparta, passed away in her home Thursday, July 9, 2015, following a battle with cancer. She was born June 30, 1969 in Springfield, the daughter of Ben and Judy (Tennis) Gardner of Sparta. On December 1, 2007, Julie married Stephen Muilenburg from Sparta. She last worked for O'Reilly Auto Parts in Springfield. Julie loved...
James Johnson
Jul 8, 2015
James "Jim" Edward Johnson Jr., 57, of Springfield, MO went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. He was born on March 3,1958 in Wichita, KS to James Edward Johnson Sr. and Linda Faye (Heard) Johnson. Jim was raised in Wichita and later moved to Missouri where he met Kathy. They returned to Wichita and were...
James R. "Jim" Allen
Jul 6, 2015
James R. "Jim" Allen, age 78, passed away at his home in Spokane, Missouri passed on July 6, 2015. He was born February 9, 1937 in Ozark to William Isaac "Bill" Allen and Golda Johnson. He was united in marriage to Arlene Huntington January 21, 1956. Jim was a bus driver for the public school system in Ozark and Spokane....
Mark Nanninga
Jul 3, 2015
Mark Nanninga, age 56, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2015. He was born on February 12, 1959 in Springfield. Mark was a loving husband and father. He was a very caring and talented person. If someone needed help he was always there to help in a blink of an eye. Mark enjoyed hunting and fishing. Mark is survived by...
Mary Mae Kramer
Jul 2, 2015
Mary Mae Kramer, age 95, of Nixa passed away Thursday, July 02, 2015. She was born September 11, 1919 in Chamois, to Sam and Lucinda (Mantle) Sieg. She was united in marriage to Harold C. Kramer in 1938. Mary was very talented. She worked in a laundry in Jefferson City, a maid for a doctor in Illinois, and owned three...
Carolyn Sue Crook
Jul 1, 2015
Carolyn Sue Crook, age 60, of Ozark passed away Wednesday, July 01, 2015. She was born April 30, 1955 in Poplar Bluff to David and Dorothy (Graham) Nichols. After graduating high school, she attended Three Rivers Community College as and LPN nurse. Carolyn worked in labor and delivery at Lucy-Lee Hospital. She then obtained her EMT and Paramedic certificates where...
Walter Donald "Don" Teaney
Jun 28, 2015
Walter Donald "Don" Teaney , 83, passed away peacefully in his sleep, Sunday, June 28th, at his home in Nixa, Missouri, surrounded by family, after a long illness. He was born September 5, 1931 in Quincy, Illinois to Walter "Walt" Loren Teaney and Jessie Laura (Randall) Teaney. He was united in marriage to Patricia Margaret Hill December 11, 1963 at...
Judith "Judy" Blake
Jun 26, 2015
Judith "Judy" Rose Buford Blake, age 77, of Nixa, passed away Friday, June 26, 2015. She was born November 23, 1937, in Ellington, MO. She married Clyde L Blake March 15, 1969. Judy was a high school English teacher for 20 years, teaching in Ellington and at Northwest High School in House Springs, MO. She lived a full and wonderful...
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