Recent Obituaries
Beverly Jean Hefner
Jan 19, 2017
Beverly Jean Hefner, daughter of the late William Caleb and Glessie Mae (Turner) Creason, was born on November 4, 1935 in Iola, Kansas, and departed this life on January 19, 2017 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 81 years, 2 months, and 15 days of age. Beverly was raised in Iola, Kansas, and graduated from Iola High School. She then...
Julia 'Judy' Rodery
Jan 16, 2017
Julia "Judy" Alice Rodery, daughter of the late Lionel Norman and Frances Anita (Paul) Mahar, was born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas on November 11, 1938 and departed this life in Springfield, Missouri on January 16, 2017. She was 78 years, 2 months, and 5 days of age. Julia graduated from Crawfordsville High School with the class of 1956. She was united...
Virginia Stepp
Jan 15, 2017
Virginia Lee Stepp, daughter of the late Lee Willard and Pauline (Mings) Coble, was born on June 27, 1942 and departed this life on January 15, 2017 at her home in Wynne, Arkansas. She was 74 years, 6 months, and 19 days of age. Virginia was born in Upton, Missouri and she grew up and attended school in the Fairview,...
John C. Hardin
Jan 15, 2017
John Clifford Hardin, son of the late Clifford Farley and Jessie (Greenlaw) Hardin, was born on October 24, 1930 in Indianola, Iowa, and departed this life on January 15, 2017 in Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. He was 86 years, 2 months, and 22 days of age. John was raised in Indianola and was a high school graduate...
Lewis 'Louie' Medley
Jan 14, 2017
Lewis Herbert Louie Medley, son of the late Herbert Medley Sr., Ruby Sullivan and Lawrence Sullivan, was born on September 29, 1959 at Travis Airforce Base, California, and departed this life on January 14, 2017 near St. Louis, Missouri. He was 57 years, 3 months, and 16 days of age. Louie grew up and attended school in Granite City, Illinois....
Ethel L. Shepherd
Jan 9, 2017
Ethel Loraine (Searcy) Shepherd, daughter of the late Harry and Myrtle Searcy, was born on October 21, 1928 in Wyoming and departed this life on January 9, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family. She was 88 years, 2 months, and 19 days of age. Around 1932, Ethels family moved to Missouri. She met Jimmie Shepherd and they were...
Mildred Holt
Jan 6, 2017
Mildred Holt, daughter of the late Ojciec Maciej and Matka Maryanna Slavinski, was born on August 18, 1925 in Mtn. Carmel, Pennsylvania, and departed this life on January 6, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 91 years, 4 months, and 21 days of age. Mildred grew up in Mount Carmel and graduated high school there. She was...
Dale Eugene Leighty
Jan 5, 2017
Dale Eugene Leighty, son of the late Oscar and Florence (Maxwell) Leighty, was born on December 27, 1932 in Huggins, Missouri. God called him home on January 5, 2017. He was 84 years and 9 days of age. Dale attended school in Houston, Missouri. Shortly after graduation, he traveled to Warrensburg, Missouri, for work. There he met and married the...
Edward Leon Kennedy
Jan 5, 2017
Edward Leon Kennedy, son of the late Edward H. and Esther L. (Alvey) Kennedy, was born on January 15, 1947 in Peoria, Illinois, and departed this life on January 5, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 69 years, 11 months, and 21 days of age. Edward and his first wife had two children together, Sherri and Sheila....
Ruby 'Darlene' Bartley
Jan 4, 2017
Ruby Darlene Bartley, daughter of the late Marshall and Elizabeth (Calhoun) Simons, was born April 17, 1934 in Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life January 4, 2017 at 82 years of age. Darlene was raised in the Norwood area and graduated from Norwood High School in 1952. She married Roland Bartley on December 20, 1951. One son, Ronnie, was born...
Rexie Dobbs
Jan 2, 2017
Rexie (Spradlin) Dobbs was born March 15, 1916, in Randolph County, Arkansas, to Edward and Mandy (Vaughn) Dobbs, and went home to be with the Lord January 2, 2017. She was just 2 months away from her 101st birthday. Nana passed peacefully in her sleep at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by loved ones. Rexie married Hershel Dobbs on February...
Barbara Delcour
Dec 29, 2016
Barbara Delcour, daughter of the late Thomas and Wilma (Davis) Connell, was born on May 15, 1945 in Vancouver, Washington, and departed this life on December 29, 2016 at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 71 years of age. Barbara moved to California and then to Missouri. She married James Dillard in 1963. Three children were born to this...
Dreama Woolard
Dec 25, 2016
Dreama G. Woolard, daughter of the late Robert and Runa (Backus) Tuck, was born on August 19, 1933 in Swiss, West Virginia, and departed this life on December 25, 2016 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri at 83 years of age. Besides her parents, Dreama was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond, James, and Jackie, and...
Mary Ann Besson
Dec 19, 2016
Mary Ann Besson, daughter of the late Wayne and Wilma (Todd) Casey, was born November 19, 1957 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on December 19, 2016 at Wilsons Creek Nursing and Rehab facility in Springfield, Missouri at 59 years of age. Mary was raised in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1976. She...
Paris Prock
Dec 19, 2016
Paris Ervin Prock, son of the late Hayden and Ruth (Dorris) Prock, was born on July 10, 1928 in Plato, Missouri and departed this life on December 19, 2016, in Springfield Missouri, at 88 years, 5 months, and 9 days. Paris grew up mostly in Missouri and some years in Washington state, where he met and married his life partner,...
Harold W. Lee
Dec 14, 2016
Harold Waltza Lee, son of the late Opha and Mabel (Proctor) Lee, was born September 26, 1927 in Drury, Missouri, and departed this life December 14, 2016 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 89 years, 2 months, and 18 days of age. Harold grew up in Douglas County. He left the area to work the...
James W. Hall, Jr.
Dec 12, 2016
James Worstall Hall, Jr., son of the late James Sr. and Laura (Blair) Hall, was born December 3, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and passed away at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, December 12, 2016. He was 76 years and 9 days of age. James grew up in Hope, Arkansas. He married Shirley on June 4, 1975, in Phoenix,...
Betty Nielsen
Dec 12, 2016
Betty Joan (Bass) Graham-Nielsen, daughter of the late Duey and Eva (Kearns) Bass, was born October 11, 1932 in Willow Springs, Missouri and passed away December 12, 2016 at the Willow Care Nursing Home, Willow Springs, Missouri, following a long illness. Betty lived in Mountain Grove, Missouri for a large part of her life. She was united in marriage to...
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