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Melinda "Mindy" R. Ryles
Mar 24, 2007
Melinda "Mindy" R. Ryles Clinton, MO Melinda "Mindy" R. Ryles, 18, of Clinton, Missouri, died Saturday March 24, 2007 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was born July 1, 1988 in Kansas City, Missouri to Frank L. Williams and Vicki L. Riley Williams. Mindy was a senior at Clinton High School where she played on the soccer...
Lewis Martin Baird
Mar 24, 2007
Lewis Martin Baird Ava, MO Lewis Martin Baird was born the son of Raymond and Francis Jodean Cunningham Baird in Yakima, Washington on March 17, 1960 and departed this life on March 24, 2007 at the age of 47 Years and 7 Days. Lewis was raised in the McClurg community along with his many brothers and sisters, he graduated Bradleyville...
Neil O. Mcfarlin
Mar 18, 2007
Neil McFarlin Ava, MO Neil Otis McFarlin, son of Henry C. McFarlin and Mertie (Davis) McFarlin was born on March 17, 1915 in Ava, MO and departed this life on March 18, 2007 in Doctor's Hospital, Springfield, MO at the age of 92 years and 1 day. Neil was a lifelong resident of the Ava community. He was a farmer...
John Paul Witt
Mar 11, 2007
John Paul Witt, 75, of Ava passed away peacefully Sunday, March 11 with his family surrounding him. He was 75 years old and had experienced a short illness with lung cancer. Visitation services will be Thursday, March 15, 2007 from 7 to 9 pm at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, 407 N.E. 5th Street, Ava, Mo. The Funeral Mass will be at...
Mary M. Frye
Mar 11, 2007
Mary M. (Brown) Frye Gainesville, Missouri Mary M. Frye, daughter of Russell Brown and Beatrice Bishop Brown was born on October 20, 1922 in Garden City, KS and departed this life on March 11, 2007 in Gainesville, MO at the age of 84 years, 4 months and 21 days. Mary was a resident of Gainesville Health Care for the past...
Susie Ann Miller
Mar 10, 2007
Susie Miller Mansfield, MO Susie Miller was born Susie Ann Beason the daughter of Harvey and Roxie (Norris) Beason in Douglas County, MO (Girdner community) on March 14, 1936 and departed this life on March 10, 2007 in Strafford, MO at the age of 70 years, 11 Months and 26 Days. Susie graduated from Ava High and on May 15,...
Helen Clarie Beard
Mar 9, 2007
HELEN CLAIRE BEARD Helen Claire Beard passed away Friday, March 9, 2007 at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas. at the age of 67 years. Helen was born on December 16, 1939 in Granite City, Illinois to Dr. Vladimir K. Geroff and Dorothy (Michel) Geroff. A graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, Helen then went on to receive...
Thelma Piland
Mar 8, 2007
Thelma Piland Ava, MO Thelma Piland the daughter of Floyd Garner and Radie (James) Garner was born March 25, 1922 in Ozark County, Missouri and departed this life March 8, 2007 at the age of 84 years 11 months and 13 days. Thelma was a life long resident of the Ava area. Thelma was a homemaker and a member of...
Gaylord Woodrow Colle
Mar 4, 2007
Gaylord W. "Red" Colle Ava, Missouri Gaylord W. Colle the son of John Clouse Colle and Blanche (Trott) Colle was born December 11, 1914 in Little River, Kansas and passed away March 4, 2007 at the age of 92 years 2 months and 23 days. Gaylord W. "Red" Colle, "By Golly" began his Red Cross career in 1936 as a...
Mary Louise Wade
Mar 2, 2007
Mary Louise Wade Springfield, MO Mary Louise Wade, daughter of Evan Prock and Lalla Gardner Prock, was born on Aug. 24, 1935 in Wasola, MO and passed away on March 2, 2007 in Springfield, MO at the age of 71 years, 6 months and 8 days. Mary was a resident of Springfield for the past 10 years moving from Texas....
Catherine 'Cathy' Denise Plaster
Mar 1, 2007
Cathy Denise Plaster Wasola, MO Cathy Plaster, 47, daughter of Dewey R. Cook and Audra Kastning Cook was born May 18, 1959 in Gainesville, Mo. and went to be with her Lord Thursday March 1, 2007 in Mtn. Home, Arkansas. Cathy was a member of the Souder Church of Christ. She was a rock to her family and church family...
Leslie Robert Lunoe
Feb 25, 2007
Leslie Robert "Bob" Lunoe Ava, MO Bob Lunoe, was born the son of Leslie Robert Lunoe and Hazel Nelson Lunoe in the Chicago Illinois area on June 26, 1923, and departed this life in Marshfield, Mo. on February 25, 2007 at the age of 83 Years 7 Months and 29 Days. In World War II, Bob served his country with...
Elma Meda Lawrence
Feb 24, 2007
Elma Meda Lawrence Ava, MO Daughter of Roy Hall and Rosa Adams was born April 25, 1918 in Douglas County Missouri and passed away February 24, 2007 at the age of 88 years, 9 months, and 29 days. Elma was an in home healthcare worker and on August 25, 1939 Elma and Everett Lawrence were united in marriage and to...
Clyde D. Haynes
Feb 23, 2007
Clyde D. Haynes Clyde D. Haynes the son of Roscoe Haynes and Wilma (Swearengin) Haynes was born Aug. 9, 1930 in Tigris, Missouri and departed this life Feb. 23, 2007 at the age of 76 years 4 months and 14 days. Clyde was a resident of Strafford, MO and a former resident of Ava, MO. He served his country during...
Ola Kirkpatrick
Feb 21, 2007
IOLA FAY PITCHFORD KIRKPATRICK Iola Fay Kirkpatrick passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2007, in Gainesville, MO. She was born September 15, 1914, at her parents' home in the Luna community, northeast of Gainesville, in Ozark County, to James and Jaretta Luna Pitchford, descendants of early pioneers to the Ozarks. Ola grew up surrounded by a close-knit group of grandparents,...
Wanda June Hair
Feb 19, 2007
Wanda June (Snelson) Hair Springfield, MO Wanda June (Snelson) Hair the daughter of Oral Snelson and Olga (Gilliland) Snelson was born March 16, 1933 in Wasola, Missouri and departed this life Feb. 19, 2007 at the age of 73 years 11 months and 3 days. Wanda June was a resident of Springfield, MO for the past 10 years moving there...
Murnice K. Hamilton
Feb 19, 2007
Murnice K. Hamilton Ava, Missouri Murnice K. Hamilton, daughter of Merwin Keith Warner and Mary K. Dendurent Warner was born on May 16, 1933 in Goodland, KS and passed away on February 19, 2007 in her home in Ava, MO at the age of 73 years, 9 months and 3 days. Murnice was a resident of the Ava community living...
Ruth Loraine Vinson
Feb 18, 2007
Ruth Loraine Vinson West Plains, MO Ruth Vinson was born March 19, 1928 one of 5 children born to Loren and Mina Thompson Jackson in the Sleeper Community near Lebanon, Missouri. And departed this life in West Plains, MO. at the age of 78 Years 10 Months and 29 Days Ruth and Otto Vinson were married in Mountain Home, Arkansas...
Anthony Ellison
Feb 16, 2007
Anthony (Tony) Ellison Ava, MO Anthony (Tony) Ellison, age 77, passed away on February 16, 2007 in his home. He was born March 15, 1929 in Douglas County, Missouri, to Homer Ellison and Dollie (Phillips) Ellison. Tony served his country during the Korean Conflict with the U.S. Army. On Oct. 24, 1959 Tony and Wanda Thomas were united in marriage...
David Willey Hunt
Feb 16, 2007
David Willey Hunt, Jr. Springfield, MO David Willey Hunt, Jr., son of David Willey Hunt, Sr. and Dulcie Ann Huffman Hunt was born on Feb. 26, 1926 in Sparta, MO and passed away on Feb. 16, 2007 in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, MO at the age of 80 years, 11 months and 20 days. David was a retired Chef. He...
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