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Richard Mitchell
Jun 6, 2014
Richard Douglas Mitchell, 51 years, 11 months, and 29 days old, passed to Heaven on June 6, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO with his wife, Lisa and family by his side. Richard was born June 7, 1962 in Springfield, MO to Mac and Lue (Johnson) Mitchell. He graduated from Ava High School. Richard was a lifelong resident of...
Doris Douglas
Jun 6, 2014
DORIS DOUGLAS Celebration of Life services for Doris Bernice McGrath Douglas, 92, of Gainesville, MO will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at First Christian Church of Gainesville. Burial will be in the Gainesville Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday evening, June 10th from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville. Mrs. Douglas...
Eugene L. Creasey
Jun 2, 2014
Eugene L. Creasey Ava, MO Eugene L. Creasey, 72 years, 9 months, and 8 days old, passed to Heaven on June 2, 2014 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Eugene was born August 24, 1941 in Benton , AR , to Ruel and Dorothy (Lindsey) Creasey. Gene and Betty Lynn Crumbley were united in marriage on May 8, 1993...
Glen Waymond Mccollum
Jun 2, 2014
Glen W. McCollum Ava, MO Glen W. McCollum, 82 years, 4 months, and 26 days old, passed away on June 2, 2014 at his home with his wife by his side. Glen was born January 7, 1932 in Grantsville, MO to Kermin and Maree (Fanning) McCollum. On April 21, 1965 Glen and Coleen Bunyard were united in marriage in Rockford,...
Mildred Lorene Hannaford
Jun 1, 2014
Mildred Lorene Hannaford, 90 years, passed away on June 1, 2014 at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, MO. Mildred was born May 18, 1924 in Ava, MO near Arden to Joseph Harris Jordan and Nina (Jackson) Jordan. Mildred was a retired hairdresser. She had been living in Mansfield, MO and was a former resident of Ava, MO. She grew up in...
Wilda Faye Rowe
May 31, 2014
Wilda Faye Rowe Squires, MO Wilda Faye Rowe, 70 years, passed away on May 31, 2014 at her home. Wilda was born April 16, 1944 in Thornfield, MO to Everett Murrill and Marie (Turner) Murrill. Wilda was a resident of Squires, MO for many years moving from Thornfield community and the Kansas City area. She was retired from working as...
Geneva Owen
May 31, 2014
GENEVA PAULINE (MEFFORD) OWEN Geneva Pauline (Mefford) Owen, 90, went to her Heavenly home on May 31, 2014 after a short battle with cancer. She was born November 9, 1923, to Tom and Delphia (Terry) Mefford in Marion County, Arkansas, the older sister to Alvin, Jearline and John Bacil (deceased as a baby). Geneva attended Arkansas public schools at Price...
Anna Irene Welch
May 29, 2014
Anna Irene Welch Ava, MO Anna Irene Welch, 84 years, passed to Heaven on May 29, 2014 at her home with family by her side. Anna was born August 31, 1929 in Wasola, MO to Ira and Nellie (Walker) Harris. Anna and Marvin Welch were united in marriage on November 29, 1946 in Mtn. Home, AR and to this union...
Shirley Garrison
May 23, 2014
SHIRLEY U GARRISON Services for Shirley U Garrison, 76, of Theodosia MO will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 26, 2014 at the Lutie True Hope Church in Theodosia. Visitation will be Monday afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to service time at the church. Shirley died May 23, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield with her family by her side....
Phillip White
May 21, 2014
PHILLIP R. WHITE Phillip R. White, 79, of Gainesville, Missouri passed from this life on May 21, 2014 at the Gainesville Healthcare Center. He was born January 22, 1935 in Skiatook, Oklahoma to Jack White and Bradda White formerly of Farmington, Iowa. He is survived by his sons Christian White of Keokuk, Iowa, Joseph White of Plymouth, Wisconsin, Brian White...
Diana Marie Coombs
May 21, 2014
Diana Marie Coombs, 69 years, 10 months, and 11 days old, passed away on May 21, 2014 at Washington Mercy Hospital in Washington, MO with her family by her side. Diana was born July 10, 1944 in Orange, New Jersey to William and Shirley Jane (Brinkerhoff) Marckfeld. Diana was a resident of the Ava community for over 30 years. On...
Alice June Johnson
May 18, 2014
Alice June Johnson, 88 years, passed to Heaven on May 18, 2014 at Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare, Ava, MO. Alice was born August 2, 1925 in Wilson, Kansas to Paul and Georgia (Chaffee) Miller. Alice was employed by Riverways Health Care and as a caregiver at the Ava schools after school program . Alice June and William F. Johnson...
Myra Arlene Sarson
May 14, 2014
Myra F. Sarson, 78 Myra F. Sarson, of Ava, formerly of State College, Pa., passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014. She was born in Altoona, Pa., Sept. 9, 1935. Preceeding her in death were her parents, Byron Vincent Freeman and Mildred Arlene Freeman. She was also preceeded in death by her husband, Gene E. Sarson. They were married Aug. 16,...
Richard "Pete" Mclaren
May 12, 2014
RICHARD PETER MCLAREN Richard "Pete" Peter McLaren, 70, Theodosia, MO finished with his earthly duties, went to heaven on Monday, May 12, 2014. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville, MO with Father Paul Wightman officiating. Interment follows at Lutie Cemetery in Theodosia, MO. Visitation will be Thursday morning from...
Carl Russell Clements
May 9, 2014
Carl R. Clements Ava, MO Carl Russell Clements, 90 years, entered into eternal peace on May 9, 2014 at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, MO. Carl was born August 28, 1923 in Douglas County on the family farm at Jackson Mill near Ava, Mo to John and Oma (Phillips) Clements. Carl lived on his farm near Smallett before moving to North...
Lela M. Rowe
May 7, 2014
Lela Mae Rowe Ava, MO Lela Mae Rowe, 72 years, passed away on May 7, 2014 at her home with Zane by her side. Lela was born May 22, 1941 in Ava, MO to Aaron Troy and Ruth (Scott) Miller. Lela was retired from working at Emerson Electric in Ava for over 15 years. She was a resident of the...
Ulen "Buddy" Gussie Boudreaux Jr.
May 5, 2014
"Buddy" Ulen Gussie Boudreaux Jr.
Hartville, MO
Buddy was born Feb. 19, 1946, New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Doris C. (Monier) and Ulen Gussie Boudreaux Sr. He left this world to go meet his Lord on May 5, 2014, 8:25 a.m. at his home in Wright County, MO.
Buddy was a truck...
William "W.R." Rich
May 1, 2014
WILLIAM "W.R." RICH
William Rodney Rich, 72, of Gainesville, MO, known to some as Rodney, W.R. or Pa, was born in Stuttgart, AR on March 4, 1942 the son of Walter and Eunice (Hart) Rich. He left this world on May 1, 2014 at 12:15 a.m. at the NHC Healthcare Center in West Plains, MO.
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Dorothea Valeika
Apr 30, 2014
Dorothea R Valeika
Dorothea Valeika, 94 years, passed to Heaven on April 30, 2014 at NHC Healthcare Center, West Plains, MO.
Dorothea was born November 25, 1919 in White Cloud, Michigan to Clark and Kitty (Branch) Anible.
Dorothea and Albert Valeika were united in marriage in 1957 at Council Bluffs, Iowa .
...Doris Annabell Barber
Apr 28, 2014
Doris Annabell (Driskell) Barber
Nixa, MO
Doris Annabell Barber, 82 years, 0 months, and 6 days old, passed to heaven on April 28, 2014 at Ozark, MO.
Doris was born April 22, 1932 in Drury, MO to Thomas "T.J." and Cora (Bell) Driskell. She graduated from Dora High School.
Doris was...
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