OBITUARIES
Josephine Howard
Dec 25, 2018
Sarah Josephine "Jo" Howard, age 93, of Nixa, passed away December 25, 2018. She was born June 7, 1925 in the Craig Hollow Community. She was saved at the age of 14 in Highlandville. She graduated from Highlandville High School May 15, 1946 and on August 15, 1946 married Huston Howard at Selmore. Jo and Huston were married 59 years...
Carolyn Miller
Dec 23, 2018
Carolyn Jeanette Miller, age 72, of Bolivar, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018. She was born July 6, 1946 to James and Zella Pope. Carolyn was a 1964 graduate of Willard High School. She loved Jesus Christ and spent most of her time studying his word. Carolyn was a wonderful wife, mother and even better Granny. She adored her faithful...
Bobby C. Pearson
Dec 23, 2018
Bobby C. Pearson, age 88, of Clever passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018. He was born in Springfield May 28, 1930. Bobby was raised in Springfield and attended Central Senior High School. Bobby married Mary Helen Shaffer July 12, 1952. Bobby joined the U. S. Army in 1949 and retired after 26 years. He was a mess sergeant and later...
Leetta McCoy
Dec 21, 2018
Leetta Jane (Cutbirth) McCoy, age 65, passed away to be with her almighty Father on Friday, December 21 at her home in Galena, MO. Leetta married Gary McCoy on November 26, 1971, and became a mother to two wonderful sons. She gained two daughters by marriage (her words) and was blessed with one awesome grandson (also her words). In addition...
Neil Rublee
Dec 19, 2018
Philip "Neil" Rublee is now with his first Love, his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His second love being his family; parents, wife, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends of his children who spent many hours at our home. Many of these speak of him as a father figure. Neil was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, October 30, 1938 to...
Jesse Howell
Dec 18, 2018
The family will hold a memorial service at 2:00 PM Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Nixa Church of the Nazarene at 306 Northview Nixa, Missouri
Thomas Dean Johannsen
Dec 15, 2018
Thomas Dean Johannsen, 72, lost a three-year struggle with cancer on Saturday, December 15, 2018. He was born August 3, 1946 in Springfield, MO and attended Central High School. At 18, he married Alice Plemmons, his wife for the next 54 years. Tom spent 30 years as a Foreman and Road Master with the Frisco and Burlington Northern railroads in...
Jackie Charles Gonder
Dec 15, 2018
Jackie "Jack" Charles Gonder at the age of 63 went home to be with his Lord and Savior at 5:48am on December 15, 2018. He fought a courageous battle with liver cancer. He was born October 6, 1955 in Chillicothe Missouri to Billie Clay Gonder and Virginia June Norris-Gonder. Jack graduated from J.C. Penney High School in Hamilton, Missouri in...
Diana Nelson
Dec 14, 2018
Diana Lynn Nelson, age 59, of Ozark, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018. She was born August 11, 1959 in Springfield, the daughter of William and Patricia (Blevins) Dickerson. She was a graduate of Ozark High School. On July 4, 1993 she and Bruce Nelson were married. They renewed their vows on July 4, 2015. Diana owned a cleaning business...
Evelyn Reed
Dec 13, 2018
Evelyn was born Evelyn Fern Carroll, October 30, 1930, in Appleton City, MO. She passed away Dec 13, 2018 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO after suffering a stroke. Evelyn is survived by a son, Gene Reasoner and his wife Viva of Ozark, MO, a daughter Alta and her husband Bob Courtney of Ozark, MO, a twin brother Elton Carroll...
David Smith
Dec 12, 2018
Charles "David" Smith was born March 21, 1964 in St. Joseph, MO. He graduated from Lafayette High School in 1982. He worked several years in St. Joseph at various businesses - Goodyear Tire, Ken Smith Autobody (where he learned to do autobody repair ), Nastrom Chevrolet Dealership and then he opened his own body shop in Savannah, MO. David met...
Fern Nelson
Dec 11, 2018
Bertha Fern Hursh Lawson Nelson departed this life on December 11, 2018 at Ozark Nursing and Care Center. She was united in marriage in May, 1944 to Lenny Lawson who preceded her in death in 1975. She later married Clyde Nelson. She is also preceded in death by her second husband Clyde Nelson, parents Bert and Callie Roberts Hursh, two...
Ramona Christie
Dec 10, 2018
Ramona W. Christie, age 88, of Springfield, MO passed away Monday, December 10, 2018. She was born December 6, 1930 in Pea Ridge, AR and graduated from Pea Ridge High School. She was a member of University Heights Baptist Church where her family worshiped. Ramona enjoyed cooking for her family, especially baking bread and cinnamon rolls. She loved reading her...
Rebecca Owens
Dec 4, 2018
Rebecca Sue (Jones) Owens, 71, of Springfield, MO, went to be with her Lord on December 4th, 2018 after battling with Leukemia. She graduated from Oak Grove High School and spent most of her life in Arkansas. After retiring from Parts Warehouse Inc., she moved to Springfield, MO. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends, shopping, watching TV and...
Mary Jean Noblett
Dec 3, 2018
Nixa, Missouri wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend Mary Jean Noblett's laughter and love did not end as she entered into paradise and into the arms of Jesus on December 3, 2018. We imagine a triumphant welcome as this was the home going of a precious angel whose life was marked by selflessness and love for all who knew...
Oren Goble
Dec 3, 2018
Oren Lee Goble, 80, died peacefully at his home in Nixa, Missouri, on December 3, 2018, after a brief illness. Oren was humorously known to his close friends as "Oren Lee Goble from Crane Missouri" and "BIG O" because he was always BIGGER THAN LIFE. He was born on December 30, 1937, in Wichita, Kansas, to parents Oren Claude Goble...
Louise Hunn
Dec 2, 2018
Louise Hunn, age 78, of Ava, passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018. She was born January 20, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of John and Nancy (Smith) Lumley. On June 1, 1957 she and Norbert Ray Hunn were united in marriage. He preceded her in death in 2012. Louise was a loving and hardworking wife, mother and grandmother....
Nancy Mix Yeomans
Dec 2, 2018
Nancy Mix Yeomans of Fair Grove, MO died Sunday, December 2, 2018 at home. She is survived by her mother, Stine Mix, and her husband of thirty-nine years Mike Yeomans, her son Jack and his wife Dania, her siblings Bart Mix and Holly Kennerly and their spouses, four nieces, four grandnieces and three grandnephews. She is also survived by her...
Mary Florence Hooten Black
Nov 29, 2018
Mary F. (Hooten) Black, age 94, formerly of Purdy and Monett, went to be with the Lord on November 29, 2018. She was a resident of Ozark Riverview Manor. Mary was born October 20, 1924 in Exeter, Missouri and attended school there. She married William E. (Gene) Black who preceded her in death in 1995. Mary worked as a postal...
Stephen John Dauw
Nov 28, 2018
Stephen John Dauw, age 70, of Ozark, passed away Wednesday November 28, 2018. He was born February 03, 1948 in Moline IL the son of Frank and Dorothy (Stromberg) Dauw. Steve was a graduate of Alleman High School in Rock Island. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Marquette University in 1970 and a Master of Arts...
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