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Joann Gray
Dec 11, 2022
JoAnn Westhafer Gray was born May 23, 1930, to Hiram and Mollie (Parrish) Westhafer in Iola, Kansas. JoAnn departed this life on December 11, 2022, in Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 92 years, 6 months, and 18 days with her daughter, Diana, by her side.
JoAnn grew up in Michigan City, Indiana, and later moved to Doniphan, Missouri,...
Joan Covey
Dec 11, 2022
Joan Covey, born Joan Kilmer, was born February 15, 1937. She departed this earthy life on Sunday, December 11, 2022, at the age of 85.
Joan was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Eula (Plaster) Kilmer, mother of the late Robert Murray and Bronc Shoulders, and sister of the late Carl Kilmer, Jack Kilmer, and Wanda Austin.
She is survived by...
Pauline Keith
Dec 11, 2022
Pauline Keith, daughter of Roy Climer and Vernie Mae Marah Climer, was born July 7, 1929, at Odin, Missouri, and departed this life December 11, 2022, at her home in Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 93 years, 5 months, and 4 days.
On July 8, 1950, she was united in marriage to Alonzo Keith, and to this union 4 children...
Norval Wallen, Jr
Dec 10, 2022
Norval Ingersoll Wallen, Jr. son of Norval Ingersoll Wallen, Sr. and Marie (Moody) Wallen, was born October 6, 1938, in Ava, Missouri, and departed this life on December 10, 2022, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the age of 84 years, 2 months, and 4 days.
In April of 1962, he was united in marriage to Myrana Lee Barnes and to this...
Dorothy Sue Hicks
Dec 9, 2022
Dorothy Sue Hicks was born on December 6, 1956, at Montpelier, Ohio, to the late William Isaac Bennett and Geneva Ilene (Wiyrick) Bennett, and passed from this life peacefully on December 9, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 66 years and 3 days of age.
Dorothy moved with her family to Wright County, Missouri, when she was...
Patsy Chapman
Dec 8, 2022
Patsy Chapman, 81, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove.
She was born April 17, 1941, to James and Lorraine (Day) Thompson.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Richard Michael Walker.
Survivors include her children, Holly Brown of Branson, Missouri, and Jayson Featherstone of Utah, her...
Lavelle Headley
Dec 8, 2022
Lavelle D. Headley, daughter of the late Arthur and Pearl (Moore) Dugger, was born February 16, 1927, in Hartville, Missouri, and passed away December 8, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 95 years, 9 months, and 22 days of age.
Lavelle grew up and attended school in Hartville, Missouri. After school, she moved to California to help out...
Lucille Francis Dobbs
Dec 7, 2022
Lucille Francis Dobbs, 78, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove Missouri. She was born April 28, 1944, in Davenport, Iowa, to Leroy and Dorothy (Schultze) Lagrange.
Lucille attended and graduated from Central High School. She married Ronnie Dobbs on January 11, 1990, in Ava Missouri, and they shared 32 years of love together. Prior...
Franklin Eugene Shipman, Jr.
Dec 5, 2022
Franklin Eugene Shipman, Jr. son of Franklin Eugene Shipman, Sr., and Lois Jeanie Burks, was born March 3, 1976, in Albany, Oregon, and departed this life December 5, 2022, in his home near Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 46 years, 9 months, and 2 days.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Franky is survived by 2 sisters, Kimberly Spell...
Mike Hyde
Dec 5, 2022
Michael Eugene Hyde, son of the late Billy and Nadine (Whetstine) Hyde, was born November 24, 1966, and departed this life December 5, 2022, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 56 years and 11 days old.
Mike went to school at Mountain Grove and graduated with the Mountain Grove High School class of 1985. Mike began driving a...
Loretta Cornelius
Dec 4, 2022
Loretta Marie Logan was born June 13, 1942, to Ralph and Ira Margaret (Shuemaker) Logan in Cleburne, Texas. Loretta “Flu” departed from this world on December 4, 2022, in her daughter’s home in rural Seymour after a long battle with heart trouble and dementia at the age of 80 years, 5 months, and 21 days.
Loretta was the oldest of four...
Melissa "Missy" Woods
Dec 4, 2022
Melissa “Missy” Fay Woods, daughter of Tom and Bonnie Woods, was born on April 2, 1967, and departed this life on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at 55 years, 4 months, 1 week and 6 days.
Missy was preceded in death by her father, Tom Woods Sr, her sister, Marsha Glenn, and her sister-in-law, Brenda Woods.
Missy is survived by her mother, Bonnie...
Walter Fuhrmann Jr
Nov 29, 2022
Walter Fuhrmann Jr., 83, of Columbia, Missouri, formerly of Clinton, Iowa, passed away on November 29, 2022, in his home surrounded by his family after bravely fighting a long illness. He was born December 31, 1938, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Walter and Doris Fuhrmann. He was raised and educated in Clinton, graduating from Clinton High School in 1957.
Walter...
Juanita Katheryn Mccormack
Nov 29, 2022
Juanita Katheryn McCormack, daughter of Ben and Orpha Yarger, was born March 5, 1929, in Wright County, Missouri, at her home. She departed this life Tuesday, November 29, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of ninety-three years, eight months, and twenty-four days.
On August 5, 1948, she was united in marriage to Lloyd Eldon McCormack, and to this union, one...
Jane Carter
Nov 29, 2022
Jane Marie Carter, daughter of the late Elmer and Ruth (Elliott) Dowsey, was born October 9, 1939, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life for her Heavenly home, surrounded by family, November 29, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 83 years, 1 month, and 21 days of age.
Jane graduated with the Mountain Grove High School...
Alice Luella Vessey
Nov 28, 2022
Alice Vessey, daughter of Jerome and Ruth Caswell, was born January 27th 1947, in Colorado Springs, Colorado She departed this life Monday, November 28, 2022, in Winnsboro, Texas, at the age of 75 years, 10 months, and 1day.
On September 14, 1965, she was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart Charles Erwin Vessey, and to this union, three sons...
Aaron Hancock
Nov 28, 2022
Aaron Leland Hancock died peacefully at the University of California-Davis Hospital in Sacramento, California, on Monday evening, November 28, 2022, following a massive stroke, surrounded by his wife, daughters, father, and a few other friends and family. He was 40 years old.
Aaron was born on August 26, 1982, to Timothy Coleman and Sherrie Lynn (Spencer) Hancock in Columbus, Ohio. He...
Shirley White
Nov 26, 2022
Shirley Lavone White, 82, passed away on November 26th, 2022, in Overland Park, Kansas, surrounded by loved ones.
Shirley was born on April 12th, 1940, to Avon and Voil Welton. She excelled at several different jobs throughout her life, including caring for young children in her home, being the head dietician at the senior center of Cabool and Branson, Missouri, and...
Butch Willis
Nov 24, 2022
James Dale “Butch” Willis, son of Dale and Goldie Willis, was born January 21, 1953, in Norfolk, Virginia and departed this life on November 24, 2022, at his home in Macomb, Missouri at the age of 69 years, 10 months, and 3 days.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers, Dan, and Jackie Willis.
Butch is survived by his...
James "Jd" Thompson
Nov 24, 2022
James "JD" Thompson, 86, of East Peoria, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Grand View Special Care Center in Peoria. He was born on June 24, 1936, in Birdtown, MO, to James O. and Thelma (Grisham) Thompson. He married his wife of 59 years, Pauline Pendergrass, on July 26, 1955; she preceded him in death on September 24,...
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