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Mary Ellen Price

Mary Ellen Price

Sep 8, 2021

Mary Ellen Price

Ava,Missouri

Mary Ellen Price, 74 years, 5 months, 21 days old, passed away on , September 8, 2021 at her home in Mansfield, Missouri .

Mary was born March 17, 1947 in Thornfield, Missouri to Leonard and Bonnie Lawson.

Mary was a Christian and attended Coldcreek Cowboy Church....

Thomas Alfred Bower

Thomas Alfred Bower

Sep 7, 2021

Thomas Alfred Bower

Ava, Missouri

Thomas Alfred Bower, 67 years, 3 months, and 6 days old, passed away on, September 7, 2021 at his home in Ava with family by his side.

Thomas was born May 31, 1954 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania to James Claire and Ida (Richenderfer) Bower.

Thomas was a...

Wesley Owen Hampel

Wesley Owen Hampel

Sep 6, 2021

Wesley Owen Hampel

of Ava, Missouri

Wesley Owen Hampel, 59 years and 12 days old, went home to be with the Lord, September 6, 2021 at Lutheran Hospital in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

Wesley was born August 25, 1962 in Caro, Michigan to John and Janet (Proctor) Hampel.

Wesley was a Christian...

Barbara Cowart

Barbara Cowart

Sep 5, 2021

Barbara J Cowart, 86, of Gainesville, died Sept. 5, 2021, at the Gainesville Health Care Center. A private family service will be held at a later date. She was born April 10, 1935, at Squires, the daughter of Etcyl and Mildred Turner.  She graduated from Ava High School and worked for the Division of Family Services and Aging in...

Jerry Arnold Miller Ii

Jerry Arnold Miller Ii

Sep 5, 2021

Jerry Arnold Miller II

Ava, Missouri

Jerry Arnold Miller II, 36 years, 0 months, 9 days old, passed away on  September 5, 2021 at his home in Ava.

Jerry was born August 26, 1985 in Springfield, Missouri to Terry Arnold and Sherry ( Cline ) Miller.

He attended Ava High School....

Dorothy June Cleghorn

Dorothy June Cleghorn

Sep 4, 2021

Dorothy Cleghorn

Drury, Missouri

Dorothy June Cleghorn, 90 years, 6 months, 11 days old, passed to Heaven on September 4, 2021 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

Dorothy was born February 23, 1931 in Almira, Arkansas to Frederick and Martha W. (Hoyer) Hoskyn, where her mother was a one room school...

Travis Clifton Nelson

Travis Clifton Nelson

Sep 3, 2021

Travis Clifton Nelson

Oldfield, Missouri

Travis Clifton Nelson, 37 years, 8 months, and 27 days old, passed away on, September 3, 2021 at his home with family by his side.

Travis was born December 6, 1983 in Springfield, Missouri to Douglas and Nancy Ann (Hull) Nelson.

Travis was a Christian and...

Tamara Lenae Hinrichs

Tamara Lenae Hinrichs

Aug 26, 2021

Tamara "Tammy" Hinrichs

Ava, Missouri

Tamara Lenae Hinrichs (Shelton) departed life on the morning of 26 August 2021 at the age of 60 years.

Tammy married Danny Kay Hinrichs in June 1980. Their marriage gave Tammy the thing she was most proud of in life -- her children. Tammy adored being a mother,...

Carolyn Jean Wallace

Carolyn Jean Wallace

Aug 24, 2021

Carolyn Wallace

Ava, Missouri

Carolyn Coffey Wallace, loving wife, mother, sister, friend & talented artist, died, August 24 th 2021.  Born to Oliver Franklin Coffey and George Ann Ray Coffey on April 15, 1954 of Platte City Missouri. Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents and baby sister Margaret Louise.  She is survived by...

Thomas Grisham

Thomas Grisham

Aug 22, 2021

Thomas 'Tom' Henry Grisham, 88

A graveside services for Thomas "Tom" Henry Grisham, 88, of Gainesville, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, at Gainesville Cemetery. Mr. Grisham died peacefully on Aug. 22.

He was born June 25, 1933, in Gainesville, the son of Hervil and Margorie Grisham. He moved to Los...

Donald "Don" Lee Freeman

Donald "Don" Lee Freeman

Aug 22, 2021

Donald "Don" Freeman

Squires, Missouri

Donald Lee Freeman, 86 years, 8 months, 17 days old, passed peacefully on August 22, 2021 at his home with all his family by his side.

Don was born December 5, 1934 in Circleville, KS to James Edward and Mary Lucinda (Ketchercide) Freeman.

Don was a...

John Elmer Goss, Sr.

John Elmer Goss, Sr.

Aug 21, 2021

John Elmer Goss Sr.

Ava, Missouri

John Elmer Goss Sr., 91 years, 8 months, 2 days old, passed to Heaven on August 21, 2021 in his home.

John was born December 19, 1929 in Ava, Missouri to Theodore Thomas and Marian (Moore) Goss.

John was a retired Mechanic and owned his...

Patty Jane Kraft

Patty Jane Kraft

Aug 21, 2021

Patty Kraft

Ava, Missouri

Patty Jane Kraft, 83 years, 8 months, 2 days old, passed on to Heaven on August 21, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in E.R. in Springfield, MO from an accident with her family by her side.

Patty was born December 19, 1937 in Goodhope, MO to Rex and Thelma Angeline...

Lisa Renee Taber

Lisa Renee Taber

Aug 20, 2021

Lisa Applequist Taber

Ava, Missouri

Lisa Renee Taber, 57 years, 11 months, 13 days old, passed peacefully to Heaven on August 20, 2021 at Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare in Ava with her family by her side.

Lisa was born September 7, 1963 at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico to...

Elizabeth Cruz

Elizabeth Cruz

Aug 19, 2021

Elizabeth Cruz

Squires, Missouri

Elizabeth Cruz, 75 years, 3 months, 28 days old, passed away on August 19, 2021, at Cox South Hospital, Springfield, MO.

Elizabeth, born April 22, 1946, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, was one of three children born to Salvador and Laura (Robles) Cruz.

Elizabeth's early years were spent...

Martha Dean

Martha Dean

Aug 19, 2021

Martha Sue Shanks Dean, 85

Funeral services for Martha Sue Shanks Dean, 85, of Gainesville, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville. Mrs. Dean died Aug. 19 at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains.

She was born Nov. 19, 1935, in West Plains, the daughter of Hardy...

Laura Cruz

Laura Cruz

Aug 17, 2021

Laura Cruz

Squires, Missouri

Laura Cruz, 92 years, 6 months, 11 days old, passed away on August 17, 2021, at Heart of the Ozarks.

Laura was born February 6, 1929, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico to Adolfo and Isabel (Rosario) Robles.

On January 24,1945, Laura and Salvador Cruz were united in marriage...

Jonas Smith

Jonas Smith

Aug 17, 2021

Jonas Robert Smith, 89, of Price Place, AR passed away peacefully at his home on August 17, 2021. He was born in Rattan, OK to Jake and Emily (Marshall) Smith on December 25, 1931. After relocating to California with his parents he attended school, worked, and joined the Army. He was honorably discharged in 1951.

Jonas married...

William "Buddy" Garner

William "Buddy" Garner

Aug 17, 2021

William "Buddy" Garner

Ava, Missouri

William Floyd Garner, 67 years, 4 months, 28 days old, passed away on August 17, 2021 at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, MO with his family by his side.

Buddy was born March 19, 1954 in Kansas City, MO to John Russell and Mildred (Simpson) Garner.

...

Irma Fern Bishop

Irma Fern Bishop

Aug 14, 2021

Fern Bishop

Ava, Missouri

Irma Fern Bishop, 92 years, 9 months, passed to Heaven on August 14, 2021 at Heart of the Ozarks Healthcare, Ava, MO with her family by her side.

Fern was born November 14, 1928 in Douglas County, MO to Ernest Jackson and Sarah Virginia (Trotter) Anderson.

Fern...

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