Recent Obituaries

Sep 29, 2021

Rex Allen Moore, son of the late Eugene and Dorothy Moore, was born July 9, 1964, in Hartville, Missouri, and passed away September 29, 2021, at his home outside of Lebanon, Missouri, at 57 years of age. Rex was united in marriage to Edith Matney on October 14, 1983, and two children were born to this union, Jeffrey and Amber....

Sep 28, 2021

David Alan Nichols, age 72, of Sparta, Missouri, passed away September 28, 2021. David was born in Springfield, Missouri, July 7, 1949, to mother Wilma Sophia (Batey) Nichols and father Eual Acy Nichols. David grew up and graduated high school in Miami, Oklahoma. He went to vocational school and then joined the U.S. Navy. He married Donna Janelle Bailey on...

Sep 28, 2021

Joe Howard Quick, son of Al Quick and Barbara Bryan-Holt, was born May 26, 1964, in Springfield, Missouri and departed this life September 28, 2021, in Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 57 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Joe was born in Springfield and raised in Mansfield, where he graduated from Mansfield High School in the Class of 1983....

Sep 28, 2021

Vina Jane (Nelson) Bass, daughter of the late Ivan and Grace (Hightower) Kelsay, was born September 3, 1940, and passed away September 28, 2021, at 81 years of age. Momma was a member of and attended Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mountain Grove before moving back to Hartville in 2012. Momma loved where she lived at the Gasconade Neighbors. She always...

Sep 27, 2021

Velma May Borders, daughter of William and Bertha Sizemore Sears, was born November 18, 1933, in Warren County, Missouri, and departed this life on Monday, September 27, 2021, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri, with her family by her side, at the age of eighty-seven years, ten months, and nine days. She was united in marriage to...

Sep 27, 2021

Ruth Irene Slayton Edwards, daughter of the late Jake and Connie (Rhoades) Schudy, was born January 5, 1939, in Cold Springs, Missouri, and went to her heavenly home September 27, 2021, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 82 years, 8 months, and 17 days of age. Ruth attended school and graduated with the Ava High School class of 1957. She...

Sep 24, 2021

Elizabeth Ann Jones, daughter, of Norman Ceila Sawyers and Mavis Nadine Cook Sawyers, was born November 18, 1953 in Mansfield, Missouri and departed this life on September 24, 2021 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi at the age of 67 years, 10 months, and 6 days. On November 18, 1971, she was united in marriage to...

Sep 24, 2021

Joanna "Jo" (Durham) Wilkerson, age 65, of Seymour, Missouri, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2021. Joanna was born in Seymour, Missouri, October 23, 1955. Joanna was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert "Bob" Durham, her second husband, David Wilkerson, her parents, Raymon and Hollie Harvey, two brothers, Dean Harvey and Albert Harvey, and two sisters, Dorothy Herman...

Sep 24, 2021

Wayne Woodard, son of the late Charles and Maude L. (Land) Woodard, was born October 28, 1930, in Hamletsburg, Illinois, and passed away September 24, 2021, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 90 years of age. Wayne was raised in Illinois. He was a beef and dairy farmer for many years and was an avid outdoorsman. He loved...

Sep 24, 2021

Carmen Emilia Peña Meneses was called home to her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 24, 2021, in Willow Springs, Missouri. She was born on September 4, 1937, in New York, New York. Carmen was united in marriage and to this union four children were born: Celeste, Walter Michael, Cathy and Caryn, whom she adored and raised with love and...

Sep 23, 2021

Esther Marie (Talbot) Jones, daughter of the late Raymond and Alta (Thompson) Talbot, was born in Baxter Springs, Kansas, on July 26, 1929. She was the first born of six children. Esther departed this life at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, on September 23, 2021, at the age of 92 years, 1 month, and 28 days. At the age of...

Sep 22, 2021

Charlene Hope Waszczuk was born Charlene Hope Krug in Camden, New Jersey, on July 29, 1955. Charlene’s father passed away before her birth and her mother died when she was 8 years old, leaving her to be raised by her beloved older sisters—or “sissies,” as she called them—Blanche and Kassie, with Kassie’s house being the place she called home. Charlene...

Sep 21, 2021

Larry Dean Volner, son of Ulas Vern Volner and the late Geraldine (Carder) Volner, was born July 13, 1959, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life suddenly September 21, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 62 years, 2 months, and 8 days of age. Larry was united in marriage to Pamela Sue Miller on November 10,...

Sep 19, 2021

Sharon Vlay Stewart, daughter of John and Alma Booher, was born on April 10th, 1939, in Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania. She was reunited with her late husband in the kingdom of heaven on September 19th, 2021, at her daughter’s home near Kasilof, Alaska, at the age of eighty-two years and five months. Sharon was born and raised in Pennsylvania. After completing college...

Sep 18, 2021

Pamela Diane (Goodman) Cooley-Bonnarens, daughter of the late John Chalmer and Zelda Faye (Johnson) Goodman, was born July 2, 1949, at Norwood, Missouri, and passed away September 18, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 72 years, 2 months, and 16 days of age. Diane was born and raised in Norwood, Missouri, and attended Norwood Schools. She received...

Sep 18, 2021

Howard Dale Orr, son of late Howard Lyle Orr and Mary Lorraine (Allen) Orr, was born January 24, 1935, in Wapato, Washington, and passed away at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, on September 18, 2021. He was 86 years, 7 months, and 25 days of age. Howard was affectionately known as “Bud” by family and close friends. In 1953,...

Sep 17, 2021

LZ Wayne Brooke, son of Jesse James Brooke and Nellie Maye Cassida Brooke, was born and delivered at home by Rita Watterson on April 8, 1929, at Midway, Missouri, and departed this life on Friday, September 17, 2021, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of ninety-two years, five months, and nine days. He was united...

Sep 16, 2021

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 to thank them for the two heart valves they provided to Bob. Obituary: Robert “Bob” Linback, son of the late Virgil and Ione Linback-Myers was born September 15, 1953, in Rensselaer, Indiana, and passed away on...

Sep 16, 2021

Sep 16, 2021

Dearly loved matriarch and lifelong Seymour resident, Deloris June Owens, passed away September 16, 2021, in Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 83. One of four children, she was born at home in rural Seymour on December 19, 1937, to Otis and Faye Frances (Coots) Helms. Deloris graduated from Seymour High School in 1955. She wed...