Recent Obituaries

Jan 18, 2020

Darell Edward Ellison Sr., son of the late James Edward Jr. and DeLois Ann (Britt) Ellison, was born July 3, 1963 in West Plains, Missouri, and departed this life January 18, 2020 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 56 years, 6 months, and 16 days of age. Darell was married to Pauline Novak on April 30, 1986, in Texas. Three...

Jan 18, 2020

Jennifer Lou Harker, daughter of the late Harold and Audrey (Middleton) Lawson, was born October 12, 1963, in Houston, Missouri, and passed away January 18, 2020, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 56 years, 3 months, and 6 days of age. Jenny was evergreen. Even in her final years, she had the playful heart of a teenager...

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Jan 4, 2020

Bertha Jane Bennett, daughter of the late George Columbus and Alma Elizabeth (Hyder) Napier, was born March 3, 1936, in Seymour, Missouri, and went to her Heavenly home January 4, 2020, at Autumn Oaks Rehabilitation Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 83 years, 10 months, and 1 day of age. Bertha was raised on a farm in Wright County....

Jan 1, 2020

Walter Presley “Pete” Mullens, son of the late John Robert and Lizzie Adeline (Hutchens) Mullens, was born October 1, 1927, in Goree, Texas, and passed away January 1, 2020, in Derby, Kansas, at the age of 92. Pete served in the United States Air Force from November 14, 1946, to November 30, 1949. He moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1951...

Dec 30, 2019

Carrie Dawn (Hoffarth) Schafer was born March 5, 1960, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Norman and Joan (Harris) Hoffarth, and passed away December 30, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. In 1965, their family moved to Vanzant, Missouri, where she attended grade school for eight years. They had very small classes and she had three classmates throughout school who...

Dec 25, 2019

Edward “Ed” Keys, son of the late Leonard and Bessie (Shields) Keys, was born September 14, 1937, in California, and passed away December 25, 2019, at his home in Mansfield, Missouri. He was 82 years, 3 months, and 11 days of age. Ed grew up and attended school at Norwood, Missouri. Ed worked for Tobin-Hamilton Shoe Factory for over 30...

Dec 22, 2019

Ronald Kent Lee, son of the late Harold Waltza and Doris A. (Barber) Lee, was born August 26, 1954, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life December 22, 2019, at his home in Drury, Missouri. He was 65 years, 3 months, and 27 days of age. Kent grew up in the Drury community. Growing up, he worked on several...

Dec 21, 2019

Nora Ivon Ault, daughter of the late James Howard and Cora Ellen (Weaver) Shannon, was born August 11, 1938, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life December 21, 2019, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 81 years, 4 months, and 10 days of age. Ivon grew up and attended school in Mountain Grove. She was united...

Dec 13, 2019

Lowell Thomas “Tommy” Sutherland, son of the late Ed and Minnie (Schuette) Sutherland, was born November 14, 1931, in Norwood Missouri. He passed away December 13, 2019, at his home in Branson Missouri. He was 88 years and 29 days of age. Tommy was raised near Denlow and attended school at Champion. As a young teenager, Tommy accepted Christ and...

Dec 13, 2019

Edith Dorine Frey, daughter of the late Glen and Clara (Compton) Brown, was born March 7, 1932, in Topeka, Kansas, and passed away at her home in Huggins, Missouri, on December 13, 2019. She was 87 years, 9 months, and 6 days of age. Edith married Raymond Albert Frey on September 14, 1951, in Hardy, Arkansas. Two daughters, Deborah and...

Dec 10, 2019

William Joseph Padilla was born December 9, 2019, at 2:42 AM and passed away December 10, 2019, at 5:02 PM. A very loved son to Robert and Candy Padilla, a brother to Izaya, Isis and EmmaLinda all from Mountain Grove. You came and went so fast, it’s still so hard to process. We love you forever our little angel. Kiss...

Dec 10, 2019

Janice Marie Crouch, daughter of the late William and Betty Geraldine (Sutton) Brown, was born December 28, 1959, in Cabool, Missouri, and passed away suddenly December 10, 2019, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 59 years, 11 months, and 13 days of age. Janice spent most of her early years in Nixa, Missouri, and graduated from Nixa High School in 1978....

Nov 29, 2019

Clifford Wayne Nickell, son of the late Delbert and Elizabeth (Bolling) Nickell, was born March 19, 1939 in Browning, Missouri and departed this life November 29, 2019 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 80 years, 8 months, and 10 days of age. While Clifford was born a native of northern Missouri, life took him down a different...

Nov 26, 2019

Bobby Henry McGowen, son of the late Orville and Florence (Ragsdale) McGowen, was born April 4, 1932, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away November 26, 2019, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. He was 87 years, 7 months, and 22 days of age. Bob graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1950. He married Barbara Sutton on November 11,...

Nov 19, 2019

William George Mares Jr., was born July 8, 1933, in the middle of the Great Depression, to William George and Elizabeth (Tourek) Mares in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and married the love of his life, Patricia Leonard. They had five children together and in 1967, the family relocated to their farm in Summersville, Missouri. Bill was an outstanding mechanic....

Nov 17, 2019

Norma Ellen (Pettypool) Dabbs, daughter of the late James Edgar and Lillie (Douglas) Pettypool, was born near Fisk, Missouri, July 30, 1931, and passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019, at her home in Norwood, Missouri, at 88 years of age. Norma attended school in Fisk, Missouri, and was united in marriage to Donald Dabbs on July 11, 1951. They made...

Nov 17, 2019

Lucille Marie Lathrom, daughter of the late John Preston and Sarah G. (Coffman) Prock, was born September 1, 1923, in Douglas County Missouri, and went home to be with the Lord on November 17, 2019, in West Plains, Missouri, after a short illness. She was 96 years, 2 months, and 16 days of age. Lucille grew up in the Mountain...

Nov 16, 2019

Jeff Jacob Ellis Carder, son of Bonnie Fern Freeman and the late Kenneth Lee Carder, was born November 5, 1971, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away November 16, 2019, at his farm in Douglas County, Missouri. He was 48 years and 11 days of age. Jeff grew up and attended school in Mountain Grove, and graduated with the Mountain Grove...