Recent Obituaries

Jul 31, 2018

Arrangements Pending Sylvia Noreen Alexander, daughter of the late Frank Fellers and Lois (Hill) Belt, was born May 5, 1965, in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life July 31, 2018, at Cox Health, Springfield, Missouri. She was 53 years, 2 months, and 26 days of age. Sylvia grew up in Fruitland, Idaho, and moved to the Mountain Grove area...

Jul 27, 2018

Katie Belle (Hill) Roberts, daughter of the late Bill and Blanche (Turner) Hill, was born June 11, 1932, in Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life July 27, 2018, at her home in Norwood, Missouri. She was 86 years, 1 month, and 16 days of age. Katie grew up in Norwood and graduated from Norwood High School in 1950. She married...

Jul 27, 2018

John David Pointer was born on July 1, 1955 in Wichita, Kansas and passed quietly from this life on Friday, July 27, 2018 at his home on the farm near Mountain Grove, Missouri, following an extended illness. He was 63 years and 27 days old. He was adopted as an infant by David and Lorraine Pointer of Great Bend, Kansas....

Jul 26, 2018

Arrangements Pending

Jul 25, 2018

Sammy Leroy Goldsmith, son of the late Roy Eldon and Estil Imagene (Hurt) Goldsmith, was born March 22, 1945, in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life July 25, 2018, in Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. He was 73 years, 4 months, and 3 days of age. Leroy grew up in Wright County and graduated from Plato High...

Jul 23, 2018

Buell Eugene Ramsey, son of the late Dewey Cleveland and Livla L. (Shaver) Ramsey, was born August 11, 1936, in Ingram, Arkansas, and departed this life July 23, 2018, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 81 years, 11 months, and 12 days of age. Buell grew up in Pocahontas, Arkansas, and graduated with the Pocahontas High School...

Jul 22, 2018

Troy Glen Doom, son of Robert Jr. and Tamela (Reeves) Doom, was born May 25, 1997, in Grove, Oklahoma, and departed this life July 22, 2018, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 21 years, 1 month, and 27 days of age. Troy was raised in Oklahoma until 2008, when his family moved to Mountain Grove,...

Jul 20, 2018

Delbert “Del” Paul Gariepy, 71, passed away at 7:14 a.m. on Friday, July 20, 2018, at his home near Mansfield, Missouri, after a nine-year battle with Leiomyosarcoma (LMS). Del was born on February 6, 1947, to Gilbert Normand Gariepy and Gertrude Elizabeth (Morris) Gariepy—on his mother’s 25th birthday—in Miami, Florida. When he was five, the family moved to Tiverton, Rhode...

Jul 20, 2018

Norma Lee (Plummer) Sanders was born February 13, 1930, in Shell Knob, Missouri, to John and Nila (Skinner) Plummer. She passed away, July 20, 2018, at her home in Douglas County, Missouri. She was 88 years, 5 months, and 7 days of age. Norma grew up working on the family farm. When she was thirteen, she packed her belongings in...

Jul 18, 2018

Glenn Palmer Kemper, son of the late Earl Carly and Pauline (Brott) Kemper was born August 14, 1937, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away July 18, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 80 years, 11 months, and 4 days of age. Glenn grew up in the Mountain Grove community and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1955. He...

Jul 16, 2018

Charles Ernest Hendershot was born on October 14, 1933, in Stringtown, Oklahoma, and departed this life on July 16, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 84 years, 9 months, and 2 days. He was the last of ten children born to James K. Polk Hendershot and Bessie (Beck) Hendershot. The story of Charles' life is quite remarkable. His...

Jul 13, 2018

The seventh of eight children, Clinton Lambert “Butch” Berry was born in a car on the Missouri River Bridge on the way to the closest hospital on August 11, 1953. Closest is relative when you grew up in the Missouri Ozarks on a farm that was almost thirty miles from the nearest town. After going to graduate school at Illinois...

Jul 12, 2018

John Clinton Mead, son of Betty Dean and the late Lester Carl Mead, was born June 3, 1972, in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life July 12, 2018, at his home near Mountain Grove, Missouri. John enjoyed spending time with friends and family. He also loved to fish and hunt for special rocks. John was preceded in death by...

Jul 11, 2018

No services planned.

Jul 10, 2018

James Ellis, son of the late Rollie Lee and Dorothy (Chase) Ellis, was born May 30, 1936, in Grand Junction, Colorado, and departed this life July 10, 2018, at his home north of Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 82 years, 1 month, and 10 days of age. James was raised in Hutchinson, Kansas. He served his country in the United...

Jul 5, 2018

Michael Maurice Casey, son of the late Wayne Benny and Wilma Faye (Todd) Casey, was born May 17, 1952, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away July 5, 2018, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 66 years, 1 month, and 18 days of age. Mike grew up in the Dawson community. He attended school at Dawson,...

Jul 2, 2018

Jul 1, 2018

Delpha Pauline Clark, daughter of the late Noel and Verba Helums, was born April 22, 1933, in Wright County, Missouri, and passed away July 1, 2018, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. She was 85 years, 2 months, 9 days of age. Pauline grew up in the Norwood community and went to school at Walker School until the 8th grade....

Jun 30, 2018

Crayton Earl Groat, son of the late Earl Chester Groat and Cordia Avis Rogers, was born June 12, 1934, in McPherson, Kansas, and departed this life June 30, 2018, in the Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, Missouri. He was 84 years and 18 days of age. Crayton grew up and attended school in Kansas. He enlisted in the United States...

Jun 29, 2018

Vicky Lee Sheppard was born November 26, 1957, in Davenport, Iowa to Kenneth Wayne and Connie Joan (Jones) Turner and passed away June 29, 2018, at her home in Vanzant, Missouri. She was 60 years, 7 months, and 3 days of age. Vicky’s mother later married Bill Grisham, who raised Vicky. She grew up in Buffalo, Iowa, and attended school...