Recent Obituaries

Mar 2, 2022

Jackie Ray Hicks, son of the late Pete Hicks and Bea (Hicks) Trusty, was born October 5, 1954, in Hartville, Missouri, and departed this life March 2, 2022, at his home in Hartville, Missouri. He was 67 years, 4 months, and 28 days of age. Jack was raised in the Hartville area and attended Hartville school. He graduated from Hartville...

Mar 2, 2022

Lucy T. (Whited) Harms, daughter of the late Luther Whited and Julia (Carder) Longwell Whited, was born April 10, 1939, at Rayborn, Missouri. She went to be with the Lord on March 2, 2022, at 82 years and 10 months of age. Lucy married Richard Harms on February 28, 1958, and gained a son, Danny Harms. Lucy worked as a...

Mar 1, 2022

1st. Sgt. David Keith Straub, USMC (Retired) was born 06 April 1945, in Bellefontaine, OH, to Lois McPeck and Jack Straub. 1st Sgt. passed away 01 March 2022, at the age of 76 at his home in Mansfield, Missouri. He is survived by his wife Michelle “Shelly” (Sabin) Straub, his daughter Lisa Raffin, and son David Keith Straub II, 4...

Feb 28, 2022

Melba Frances Coday, daughter of Forrest Henderson and Anna Jane Young, was born August 24, 1941, in Hartville, Missouri, and departed this life February 28, 2022, at Maples Health and Rehab in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 80 years, 6 months, and 4 days. She was united in marriage to Robert “Bob” Coday in 1988, who preceded her in...

Feb 26, 2022

Virginia Caroline (Hedin) Noble, daughter of the late Arthur and Mildred (Fox) Hedin, was born November 16, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life February 26, 2022, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 85 years, 3 months, and 10 days of age. Virginia was raised and attended school in Chicago, Illinois. She was united...

Feb 26, 2022

Feb 24, 2022

Pamela “Pam” Gardner, daughter of the late Eddie and June Gardner, was born December 9, 1949, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and departed this life February 24, 2022, in Norwood, Missouri. She was 72 years, 2 months, and 15 days of age. Pamela is survived by her sons, David Lamborn and wife, Lauren, of Springfield, Missouri, Daniel Lamborn of Kansas City, Missouri...

Feb 24, 2022

Dorine (Thornhill) Peterson was born on a farm north of Mountain Grove, Missouri, on March 2, 1925, to Ada (Long) and George W. Thornhill. She departed this life February 24, 2022, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove at almost 97 years of age. Dorine graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1943. She married “P.J.” Pritchard Peterson on...

Feb 23, 2022

Shirley Kaye (Borden) Ratterree, daughter of the late Melvin Howard Borden and Mildred Alice (Crane) Borden-Coble, was born September 8, 1952, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life February 23, 2022, in Cabool, Missouri. She was 69 years, 5 months, and 15 days of age. Shirley grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated with the Mountain Grove High School...

Feb 22, 2022

Grayson Santos Distad, son of Gerald Distad and Emily Monat, was born February 21, 2022, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He departed this life on February 22, 2022. He is survived by his parents and other relatives.

Feb 18, 2022

Aniece Ann (Matney) Hemminger, daughter of William and Gladys (Hargis) Matney, was born April 22, 1949, in Seymour, Missouri, and departed this life February 18, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of seventy-two years, nine months, and sixteen days. She married Paul Nichols, and to this union two sons, Chad and Craig were born. Aniece later...

Feb 17, 2022

Joy Angelina Mayfield, daughter of the late Norman and Opal Smith Peterson, was born on September 12, 1930, in Tarkio, Missouri, and departed this life on February 17, 2022, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri, following an extended illness. She was 91 years of age. When she was very young, Joy moved with her family to Visalia, California....

Feb 17, 2022

Zelpha Eldora Boykin, daughter of the late Clyde and Ola (Tate) Wilson, was born February 27, 1932, in Graff, Missouri, and went to her heavenly home February 17, 2022, at her home in Dawson, Missouri. She was 89 years, 11 months, and 21 days of age. At Union Chapel, at age nine, Zelpha accepted Jesus as her savior and her...

Feb 17, 2022

Feb 16, 2022

Joyce Faye Edwards was born July 13, 1955, in Mansfield, Missouri, to Luther and Cleo Moore, the youngest of six children. She grew up in rural Missouri, and even though she would move away during parts of her life, rural Missouri was always home to her. She loved the area, and more importantly she loved her family who lived nearby....

Feb 14, 2022

Thomas Edward Baker, son of Loman and Rosalie Bane Baker, was born April 20, 1943, in Hagerstown, Maryland, and departed this life on February 14, 2022, at his home south of Seymour, Missouri, at the age of seventy-eight years, nine months, and twenty-four days. On March 12, 1964, he wed the love of his life, Kathleen Scofield, and to this...

Feb 12, 2022

Elwanda Marie (Boring Clouse) Rennaker was born on December 28, 1942, to Orville Boring and Lucille (Lockhart) Boring, in Dogwood, Missouri. She departed this life on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at the age of 79 years, 1 month and 15 days, at the Glenwood Healthcare Center in Seymour, Missouri. She graduated at the age of seventeen from Seymour High School....

Feb 11, 2022

Feb 11, 2022

Janet May Smith, 76, went home to be with our Lord on February 11, 2022. She was a lifelong resident of Fordland. She was preceded in death by her mother Gladys, husband, R.K. Smith, brother, Denney L. Conley, Sr., sister-in-law, Sherwina, and brothers-in-law, John McCullom and David Wilkerson. Janet is survived by a brother, Jim Conley of Thayer; sisters, Becky...

Feb 10, 2022