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Carol Ann Lakey
Jun 25, 2024
Carol Ann Lakey
Ava, Missouri
Carol Ann Lakey, 84 years, 6 months, and 17 days old, passed peacefully to her home in Heaven on June 25, 2024.
Carol was born December 8, 1939, in Souix Fall, Iowa to Herman Emmett and Elsie Emily (Robertson) Rider. Â Carol was the last of nine children.
...William "Hutch" Harold Hutchison
Jun 25, 2024
William Harold Hutchison, 84 years, 10 months, and 20 days old, passed peacefully at home on June 25, 2024, after a long illness.
Harold was born August 5, 1939, in Shiloh, MO to Tan Harlin and Clema (Honeycutt) Hutchison.
Harold was born in Ozark County, and when he was two years old his family moved...
Alice Mckee
Jun 24, 2024
Alice McKee 91, Caulfield, MO, passed peacefully with her family by her side on June 24,2024. Â Alice McKee was born in Gilcrest, CO on 5-3-1933. Â She was the youngest of five children. Â A memorial service for Alice will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 28, 2024, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home Chapel, Gainesville, MO. Officiating will be Mike...
Theodore Lee Collins
Jun 24, 2024
Theodore Lee Collins
Dora, Missouri
Theodore Lee Collins, 71 years , 4 months, and 10 days old, passed away on  June 24, 2024, at his home with family by his side.
Theodore was born February 14, 1953, in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, to Harry Hubert and Anna Lue (Hurst) Collins.
Theodore was...
Robert "Bobby" Lee Bingham
Jun 23, 2024
Robert "Bobby" Bingham
Mansfield, Missouri
Robert "Bobby" Â Bingham, Â 59 years, 2 months, and 20 days old, passed away on , June 23, 2024 at his home in Mansfield, Missouri.
Bobby was born April 3, 1965 in Ava, Missouri to Harry Lee Bingham and Phyllis (Rist) Smith.
Bobby enjoyed hunting, fishing, and...
Trisha Lynne Sparnicht
Jun 22, 2024
Trisha Lynne Sparnicht
Springfield, Missouri
Trisha Lynne Sparnicht, Â 56 years, 4 months, 18 days old, met her Heavenly Father on June 22, 2024 at Cox South Medical Center, Springfield, MO with her family by her side.
Trisha was born February 4, 1968 in Smithtown, NY to Geoffrey Paul and Jan Allison (Pierce) Sparnicht....
Patsy Ann Holobaugh
Jun 22, 2024
Patricia Ann Holobaugh
Patricia Ann "Patsy" Holobaugh, of Ava, Missouri, formerly of Jonesboro, Arkansas, passed away June 22, 2024 after an extended illness.
Patsy was born on February 2, 1935 in Black Rock, Arkansas, daughter of Karr and Beulah Holobaugh, and was a graduate of Black Rock High School in 1952. She began working for...
Stephen Douglas Durham
Jun 13, 2024
Stephen Douglas Durham
Springfield, Missouri
Stephen Douglas Durham, 65 years and 10 days old, passed away peacefully on June 13, 2024 at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, MO with his family by his side.
Steve was born June 3, 1959 in Mansfield, MO to Bobby Lee and Iris Ann (Brown) Durham.
...Marian Edmiston
Jun 8, 2024
Marian Moss Edmiston
Thornfield, Missouri
Marian Moss Edmiston, 91 years,1 month, and 1 day old, passed away on June 8, 2024, at her home with family by her side.
Marian was born May 7, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri to Richard and Rose (Palmer) Menzel.
In 1954, Marian married Olan Moss...
Fern Kay Harger
Jun 7, 2024
Fern Kay Harger
Ozark, Missouri
Fern Kay Harger, 75 years, 1 month, and 9 days old, passed away on June 7, 2024, at Century Pines Assisted Living in Ozark, Missouri.
Fern was born April 29, 1949 in Michigan City, Indiana to Alva and Lorraine Marie (Melton) Harger. Fern was a loving sister and...
David Pierson
Jun 1, 2024
David Pierson
Mansfield, Missouri
David Pierson, age 69 years 1 month and 7 days old, passed away on June 1, 2024 in Mansfield, Missouri.
David was born April 24, 1955Â on the family farm in Douglas County, Missouri to Milford and Ivona (Deathrage) Pierson.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time...
Steven Friend
Jun 1, 2024
Steven Eugene Friend, 67, of Rogersville, MO passed away June 1, 2024 at his residence surrounded by family and friends. He was born February 6, 1957 in Kansas City, MO to Elija and Myrene (Harring) Friend.
Steven was a 1976 graduate of Gainesville High School. On July 20, 1990 he was united in marriage to Rhonda Swearengin...
Jean Van Meter
Jun 1, 2024
Jean Mardella (Nieman) Van Meter, 93, of Gainesville, MO passed away June 1, 2024 at Gainesville Healthcare Center in Gainesville. She was born April 30, 1931 in Rice Lake, WI to Herman and Helga (Johnson) Nieman.
Jean grew up in Wisconsin and in March of 1954 she married Ralph Pickett. The couple raised three children Peggy, Kenny...
Danny Robert Porter
Jun 1, 2024
Danny Robert Porter
September 6, 1953 — June 1, 2024
Sparta
Danny Robert Porter, aged 70, of Sparta, peacefully passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2024. He was born on September 6, 1953, to Herbert and Bernadine (Lister) Porter.
Danny was a dedicated individual who graduated from Ava High School in...
Ermon "Lew" Lewis Tyler
May 30, 2024
On Christmas Day, December 25th, 1940, Ermon Lewis Tyler, Jr., was born in the Arkansas Valley of Eastern Colorado to Ermon and Bonnie Tyler – the second oldest of five children. Growing up, he was affectionately known as "Butch" and attended school in Fowler, Colorado.
After graduating high school in 1958, he enlisted in the United States...
Jim Brown
May 24, 2024
Jim Brown
Squires, Missouri
Jim Brown, 76 years, 7 months, and 28 days old, peacefully passed away on May 24, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family.
Jim was born September 27, 1947 in Waukegan, Illinois to James Edward and Ruth (Kelly) Brown.
Jim was a member of the St....
Venita "Judy" June Robertson
May 23, 2024
"Judy" Robertson
Thornfield, Missouri
Venita June Robertson, 80 years, 4 months, 24 days old, passed away on  May 23, 2024, at her home with her family by her side.
Judy was born December 30, 1943, in Seattle, Washington to Coy and Christene (Wilson) Turner while working in the shipyards during WWII. Â They moved...
Jan Madden
May 23, 2024
Jan E. Madden, 77, of Gainesville, MO went to be with her Lord and savior Jesus Christ on May 23, 2024 with her loving husband by her side. She was born February 8, 1947 to Joan M. and Vernon T. Huffine in Bellflower, CA, where she later graduated from high school in 1965.
On February 3, 1967...
Linda Toole
May 22, 2024
Linda Lee Toole, 70, of Tecumseh, MO passed away May 22, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO. She was born June 11, 1953 in Mountain Home, AR to John and Irene (Spechals) Johnson.
Linda was a loving mother. She worked for many years at MarBax shirt factory. She also ran the VFW in Cotter, AR for...
Doyle Lee Turner
May 21, 2024
Doyle Turner, 81, of Thornfield, MO, was born to Lee Lemuel and Vivian LaVerne Turner on August 27, 1942, in Port Arthur, Texas.
He died peacefully at his home in Thornfield, Missouri of kidney failure, on May 21, 2024.
Doyle spent his early life and working years in California. It was in California that he...
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