Recent Obituaries
Wilma Jane Hegle
Aug 29, 2019
Wilma Jane Hegle, daughter of the late Charles Noel and Trilby Vivian (Estes) Alsup, was born May 15, 1933 in Ava, Missouri and departed this life August 29, 2019 in Springfield, Missouri. She was 86 years of age. After graduating from Mountain Grove High School in 1951, Jane attended Missouri State University and then she worked at the Pentagon as...
Vivian Rose Fitzenrider
Aug 28, 2019
Vivian Rose Fitzenrider was born August 8, 2016 in Houston, Missouri, and passed away August 28, 2019, near her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She had just celebrated her 3rd birthday. Vivian enjoyed being outside, whether she was at the park picking flowers, petting a neighbor’s dog, taking a walk with her family, or swimming. She was never ready to...
Christopher Lee Wells
Aug 25, 2019
Christopher Lee Wells, son of Ivan and Vicki (Caton) Wells, was born April 22, 1982, in Independence, Missouri, and passed away August 25, 2019, in Seymour, Missouri. He was 37 years, 4 months, and 3 days of age. Christopher graduated from Conway High School and was employed at Hentges Tree Service in Marshfield, Missouri. He married April Denise Wells in...
Andrew Ussery
Aug 25, 2019
Andrew Othel Ussery, son of Glen and Linda (Saladin) Ussery, was born September 19, 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life August 25, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was 53 years, 11 months, and 6 days of age. Andrew grew up in Norwood, Missouri, and was a graduate with the Norwood...
Phyllis M. Kennedy
Aug 22, 2019
Phyllis Marie (Peck) Kennedy, daughter of the late Gordon and Ruby (Hodgkins) Peck, was born November 6, 1949, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Sparta, Wisconsin, and departed this life August 22, 2019, at her home in Macomb, Missouri. She was 69 years, 9 months, and 16 days of age. Phyllis graduated from Sparta High School in Wisconsin. She married Wade...
Rosa Mae Mcgowan
Aug 21, 2019
Rosa Mae McGowan, daughter of the late Lavestie and Hortense (Bergeron) LeBlanc, was born March 13, 1934, in Orangefield, Texas, and passed away August 21, 2019, at Century Pines Assisted Living in Ozark, Missouri, at 85 years of age. Rosa married Roy Merle McGowan March 14, 1951, and enjoyed being a homemaker. Rosa and Roy had four children. Besides her...
Andrew "Scott" Calhoun
Aug 20, 2019
Andrew Scott Calhoun, son of Ervin Calhoun and the late Ellen (Keeling) Calhoun, was born December 11, 1968, in Mansfield, Missouri, and passed away suddenly August 20, 2019, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. He was 50 years, 8 months, and 9 days of age. Scott grew up in the Mansfield area and went to Mansfield Schools. He...
Alexis Hope Wilson
Aug 19, 2019
Alexis Hope Wilson, daughter of Teresa (Mitchell) Wilson and Gary Wilson, was born December 23, 1997, in Houston, Missouri, and passed away August 19, 2019, at 11:55 PM, near Versailles, Missouri. She was 21 years, 7 months, and 27 days of age. Alexis was a graduate of Mansfield High School, class of 2016. Following high school she worked at Copeland....
Kenneth Hoots
Aug 17, 2019
Kenneth Hoots, son of the late Marion Frank and Opal Ruby (Reed) Hoots, was born December 16, 1942, in Mount Ararat, Missouri, and passed away August 17, 2019, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. He was 76 years, 8 months, and 1 day of age. Kenneth went to school at Mount Ararat through the eighth grade and then went to...
Elizabeth "Betty" Kile
Aug 13, 2019
Elizabeth “Betty” J. (Volkmann) Kile, daughter of the late Maurice Volkmann and Georgia Mae (Brown) Volkmann, was born on November 27, 1930, in Elkhart, Indiana, and departed this life at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness on August 13, 2019. She was 88 years, 8 months and 17 days before arriving at Heaven’s Gate to be greeted...
Sue Ann Owens
Aug 8, 2019
Sue Ann Owens, daughter of the late Frank Owens and Leah Dean (Elliott) Owens Fielder, was born November 8, 1934, in Dawson, Missouri and departed this life August 8, 2019, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 84 years and 9 months of age. Sue grew up in the Dawson community and attended school at Dawson...
Herbert "Dock" Frazee
Aug 8, 2019
Herbert Lyle “Dock” Frazee, the first born child of Herbert “Bob” and Ruby Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Frazee, was born in Burnham in Howell County, Missouri, on April 7, 1930. He passed away August 8, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Dock was raised on a farm near Willow Springs. He attended Stoney Point, a rural school, then went to high...
Delia Fern Nesbit
Aug 6, 2019
Delia Fern Nesbit completed her journey home with peace and grace on August 6, 2019 with her family at her side. Delia was born in 1934 and was the oldest sibling of Steve and Bob Murr. She was raised in the Bendavis community and attended Dunnsmore School. As a young wife, she lived in several states before returning to Mountain...
Maxine Lavon Darter
Aug 1, 2019
On the first day of August, 2019, Maxine Lavon Darter of Cabool, Missouri, went to be with the Lord at the age of 68. Maxine was born January 20, 1951, to Paul and Helen (Gephardt) Darter in Cabool, Missouri. She graduated from Cabool High School where she lettered in golf. Her passion for the game was passed down to both...
Alpha June Fike
Jul 31, 2019
Alpha June Fike, daughter of the late Roy Herbert and Mary Louella (Davis) Fike, was born June 29, 1928, in Star, Idaho, and passed away July 31, 2019, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 91 years, 1 month, and 2 days of age. June’s family moved to a farm near Competition, Missouri, in 1933. They...
Joe Locke
Jul 30, 2019
Joe Locke, 84, of Norwood, Missouri, passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. He was born March 13, 1935, to Samuel and Iva Lillie (Raney) Locke in Norwood, Missouri. He grew up in Norwood and spent most of his life there with the exception of a couple of years around 1956 when he lived in Kansas...
Garry Dewayne Hall
Jul 29, 2019
Garry Dewayne Hall, son of Loretta (Caudle) Hall and the late Alva Howard “Jack” Hall, was born December 17, 1948, in Norwood, Missouri, and passed away after a long illness on July 29, 2019, at NHC Healthcare in West Plains, Missouri. He was 70 years, 7 months, and 13 days of age. Garry married Sherry Owens July 8, 1967, in...
Gary Dean Massey
Jul 22, 2019
Gary Dean Massey, son of the late Charles Edward and Bonnie Dean (Ming) Massey, was born August 30, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, and departed this life July 22, 2019, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 77 years, 10 days, and 23 days of age. Gary grew up and attended school in Downey, California. Following high school he began working...