OBITUARIES
Gene Kruse
Oct 8, 2020
Gene Kruse, 87, of Omaha, NE passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at Omaha VA Medical Center. Services for Gene will be private under the direction of Adams Funeral Home of Nixa.
Jay Robertson
Oct 8, 2020
Jay Spencer Robertson, age 85 of Ozark, died October 8, 2020. He was born August 22, 1935, in Elkhart, Indiana, the son of Loren Hastewell and Mildred P. (Lundberg) Robertson. On June 8, 1963, Jay was united in marriage with Judy Johns. Jay served his country in the U.S. Army. Jay worked in business equipment sales after serving in the...
Thelma Faye Reese
Oct 8, 2020
Thelma Faye Reese, age 79, of Nixa, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2020. She was born February 9, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Woodrow Franklin Henderson and Linnie Velma Fogle. Survivors include: Her three children, Penny Frisbie, Tammy Parlett and Doug Frisbie; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Dorothy Woods, Mary Neel, Sarah Koenig, and Angela Ponder....
Vivian Ann Taylor
Oct 7, 2020
Vivian Ann Taylor, two weeks old, of Springfield, died October 7, 2020. She was born September 23, 2020 in Springfield, the daughter of Aaron and Amanda Taylor. Survivors include: her parents; her sisters, Phoenix Franz, Jorunn Taylor and Gweniviere Taylor; her grandparents, Joe and Debbie Taylor of Springfield, Gene Lenz, Jr. of Arkansas, great grandparents, Donald and Jorun Hansen of...
Suzanne Timberlake
Oct 5, 2020
Suzanne Margaret Timberlake, age 79, of Ozark passed away October 5, 2020 in her home. She was born March 3, 1941 in Redford, Michigan, the daughter of Robert Brian and Dorothy Honeyball. In 1966 she and Robert O. Timberlake were married. He preceded her in death in 2004, as well as her parents. As a minister's wife, Suzanne worked alongside...
Jacquie Chaves
Oct 5, 2020
Bonita Jacqulyn (Jacquie) Chaves, age 73 of Ozark, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 5, 2020. Jacquie had valiantly battled cancer for over five years, and passed peacefully surrounded by her children, in her home on the Chaves family farm. Jacquie was born on December 13, 1946, to Lemuel Frank and Nola Elaine (Steward) Hardaway, in Humansville,...
Tim Del Smith
Oct 5, 2020
Timmy Del Smith, age 61 of Ozark, died Monday, October 5, 2020. He was born September 25, 1959 in Berryville, Arkansas, the son of Delbert Joseph and Willie June (High) Smith. On October 30, 1981, Tim was united in marriage to Cheryl Jones. Tim was a Christian first and foremost, and a member of James River Church in Ozark. He...
Herbert Wayne Lien
Oct 4, 2020
Herbert "Herb" Lien, age 85, of Billings passed away Sunday October 4, 2020. He was born July 2, 1935 in Iowa City, Iowa to Oliver and Geraldine (Eden) Lien. He was married to Joanne Schwerin for over 60 years when he lost her to cancer. They had two daughters Debbie and Sheri. He spent his life being a much beloved...
Jason Smith
Oct 2, 2020
Jason Daniel Smith, age 43, of Springfield, passed away Friday, October 2, 2020. Jason was born March 28, 1977, in Springfield, the son of Stephen Francis Smith and Sherry Lynn (Garrison) Smith. Jason was a 1996 graduate of Pleasant Hope High School. Disabled from birth, Jason was loved by all who know him, and made everyone he met his friend....
Nicholas Kaden Applegate
Oct 2, 2020
Nicholas Kaden Applegate, age 34 of Raymondville, died October 2, 2020. He was born December 5, 1985 in Springfield, the son of Gary and Pansy (Miles) Applegate. Nick was a sergeant at South Central Correctional Center in Licking. He enjoyed body building, tree climbing, hunting, fishing and his pick up truck. Nick loved spending time with his children. Survivors include:...
Alice Catherine Hamilton
Oct 1, 2020
Alice Catherine Hamilton, age 96 of Ozark, died October 1, 2020. She was born May 19, 1924 to Walter and Catherine Claxton. On November 20, 1942 Alice was united in marriage to Ernest F. Hamilton. Alice loved gardening, sewing, knitting and crocheting. Her Christmas cookies were the best. Survivors include: two children, Ernest F. Hamilton, Jr. and wife Barbara of...
Riley Adam Eisley
Sep 27, 2020
Riley Adam Eisley, age 24, of Nixa died Sunday, September 27th, 2020. He was born January 28th, 1996, in Springfield, Missouri. Though taken far too soon, Riley managed to touch the lives of each and every person with whom he came into contact. Humorous, charismatic, and always talkative, he held the attention of any room he entered. Riley was a...
Marcy Burk
Sep 26, 2020
Julie Marcell Burk, AKA Marcy, AKA Garky, was called home to heaven on September 26, 2020. Marcy was born in Abilene, Texas on April 14, 1964 to Doyle Davis and Carolyn Sexton. She and her younger sister, Kim, were raised in the foothills of Valley Springs, California. Her father Doyle, who preceded her in death, was waiting with open arms...
Jerry Lee Lawson
Sep 25, 2020
Jerry Lee Lawson, 79, of Sparta died on Saturday, September 25, 2020, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield. Jerry was born on June 23, 1941, the son of Arthur "Buck" Lawson and Flora Elene (Bilyeu) Lawson. Jerry served in the U.S. Navy and was awarded a good conduct medal and honorably discharged in May of 1965. He worked at...
James Halcomb
Sep 24, 2020
James A.B. Halcomb (94) of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, our father and grandfather, passed away and has gone home to his Heavenly Father on September 24, 2020, 2020 rejoining his dear wife Margaret and parents James Felix Halcomb and Vivian Thedosia Rowton. James was born in Kennett, Missouri on June 26, 1926. James enlisted in the Army's 31st Infantry Regiment on...
Patrick Edward Harp
Sep 24, 2020
On Thursday September 24, 2020 Captain Patrick Edward Harp went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He was born October 19, 1994 in Springfield to Keith and Pamela (Teaney) Harp. Patrick's firecracker of a personality couldn't be contained and lit up the lives of others, which made his job in the Army diffusing bombs as an E.O.D....
Tina Louise Ayers
Sep 23, 2020
Tina Louise Ayers, age 45 of Springfield, passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and attended school in Tulsa and Fayetteville, Arkansas. Tina loved to dance, enjoyed cleaning her home, and especially loved her family. She helped others and never met a stranger. She had a place in her heart for animals and enjoyed caring...
Marva June Hedgpeth
Sep 23, 2020
Marva June Hedgpeth, the daughter of Lois Wisner and Ted Hedgpeth, was born July 19, 1937, and was welcomed into her heavenly home on September 23, 2020. June was a lifelong resident of the Nixa area, where she lived with her mother and stepfather Warren ("Uncle Barney") Wisner. Early in her adult life she worked in a bank, and in...
Marvin Andrews
Sep 21, 2020
Marvin E. Andrews, 76, of Nixa passed away on Monday, September 21, 2020, just one day short of his 77th birthday. Marvin was born on September 22, 1943 in Gary, IN; the son of Perry and Helen (Ginder) Andrews. He served proudly in the US Navy from 1964-1970 and retired from Midwest Steel in Portage, IN in 2001 after 40...
Mary June Bonacker
Sep 21, 2020
Mary June Bonacker, age 89 of Rogersville, passed away September 21, 2020. She was born July 6, 1931 in Crane, the daughter of Pate and Beatrice (Puett) Bassett. Mary was a dedicated home economics teacher for 30 years for Nixa Public Schools. Prior to teaching she was an extension agent for Christian County and a dietician for St. John's hospital....
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