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Sharon Stewart

Sharon Stewart

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...

Howard Dale Orr

Howard Dale Orr

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,...

Diane Cooley-Bonnarens

Diane Cooley-Bonnarens

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...

Lz Brooke

Lz Brooke

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...

Robert Joe Linback

Robert Joe Linback

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...

Deloris June Owens

Deloris June Owens

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...

Greg Young

Greg Young

Sep 15, 2021

James Gregory Young was born November 24, 1962, in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life September 15, 2021, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, at the age of 58. He was the son of the late Marvin Dean Young and Dolores Jean ‘D.J.’ (Wilkerson-Young) Chastain. Greg, as he was known to most, lived all his years in southwest Missouri. He...

Stephen Whittenberg

Stephen Whittenberg

Sep 14, 2021

Stephen Whittenberg was born June 14, 1943, in West Plains, Missouri, to Graham J. Whittenberg and Norma (Williams) Whittenberg. He passed on September 14, 2021, at his residence in Seymour, Missouri. Stephen served several years in the U.S. Army as a military medic. He was a very smart man. He was a history buff and had a college degree in...

Elijah Ratterree

Elijah Ratterree

Sep 12, 2021

Elijah Ratterree (Hartville, MO) Elijah James Ratterree was born February 19, 2002, to Joe and Roxy Ratterree in Springfield, Missouri. He left this life Sunday, September 12, 2021, doing what he loved to do, being in the woods and logging with his dad. Eli was our quiet, sweet spirited young man that always had a quick smile and a helping...

Joan Rowe Fox

Joan Rowe Fox

Sep 12, 2021

Beloved mom, grandma, great-grandma, sister, aunt and friend, Joan Rowe Fox peacefully departed this life with family at her side in the twilight hours of September 12, 2021. She had been a much-loved resident at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour and was 84 years wise at the time of her passing. One of three children, she was born Joan Helen Johnson...

Karla Besson

Karla Besson

Sep 12, 2021

Karla Suzanne Besson was born August 28, 1968, in Gary, Indiana, to parents Kenneth Sr. and Phyllis Troy. She grew up in Cedar Lake, Indiana, with her friends and family whom she loved so dearly. Everyone who knew Karla knew she was always up to something. She enjoyed caring for her and her husband’s cattle and loved her dog and...

Louise Thornhill

Louise Thornhill

Sep 12, 2021

Doris Louise (Owens) Mings-Thornhill, daughter of the late Elmer and Ruby (Reaves) Owens was born January 1, 1931, in Wright County, near Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life on September 12, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri, at the Jacob’s Ladder End of Life Legacy Home. She was 90 years, 8 months and 11 days of age. Louise was united in marriage...

Betty Jane Swearengin

Betty Jane Swearengin

Sep 11, 2021

Betty Jane Swearengin, daughter of V.E. Heard and Betty Jane Haney Heard, was born May 6, 1930, north of Diggins, Missouri, in Webster County. She departed this life Saturday, September 11, 2021, at 12:55 AM, at the age of 91 years, 4 months, and 5 days, with her loving family by her side. On March 10, 1948, she was united...

Zane Daniel Hadden

Zane Daniel Hadden

Sep 10, 2021

Zane Daniel Hadden, son of Mark Allen Hadden and Tina Marie Perry Hadden, was born July 16, 2004, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and departed this life on September 10, 2021, in an automobile accident near Seymour, Missouri, at the age of 17 years, 1 month, and 24 days. He was born in Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Seymour in...

Ceola Jordan

Ceola Jordan

Sep 8, 2021

Ceola Mae (Burris) Jordan, daughter of the late Roy and Estlee (Snow) Burris, was born December 9, 1941, in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life September 8, 2021, at her home near Hartville, Missouri. She was 79 years, 8 months, and 30 days of age. Ceola grew up in the Hartville area and attended grades one through eight at...

Lyda Wheat

Lyda Wheat

Sep 4, 2021

Lyda Fay (Sloan) Wheat went to be with our Lord and Savior on September 4, 2021, at her home in Vanzant, Missouri, after a brief illness. She was 84 years old. Lyda was born on April 29, 1937, at Topaz, Missouri, to Ora and Rozella Sloan. On May 25, 1954, she married B.E. (Jack) Wheat, son of Noah and Ethel...

Toby Fletcher

Toby Fletcher

Sep 2, 2021

Tobias “Toby” David Fletcher, was born June 9, 1980, in Clarksville, Tennessee, and passed away September 2, 2021, in Houston, Missouri. He was 41 years, 2 months, and 24 days of age. Toby grew up a military kid and spent his childhood in many different places around the world. He moved to Plato, Missouri in the 8th grade and graduated...