News-Leader Wednesday, December 3, 1997 Page edited by Len LaCara; call 836-1199 after 5 p.m. Obituaries per The line Monday obituaries and through memoriams Saturday and listed $1.95 below per are line paid for Sunday. announcements. There is an The death additional notices charge are for published pictures. at no Obituaries charge.
may Obituary be called charges or faxed are to $1.75 the News-Leader Monday through Sunday from 2 to 5:30 p.m. You may call 417-836-1183 or 1-800-695-1972. UZARKS DEATH NOTICES Letha Chism Blair Vina C. Byram I erina Claudine Cargill Rebecca Lynn Cato Grace Isobel Coffman Lester Davis Sharon Davis Elsie Mae Earl Estel Elting Norbert Lorenz Endress Betty Ann Fuoco Frank Oscar Garland Bernice Gilmore Dorothy Grossberg Sallymae Hunter Bill H. "Bud" Kenyon Bernard Joseph Madore Melvin Chester Miller Mattie A.
Morris Clarence Potts L. Orneta Quinn Maude O. Read Serena L. Read Beulah A. Sturdefant Ruth J.
Swigert F. Yvonne Thut Clovis Tillman Ernie F. Willis Josephine Marie Winter Notices contain service and death information only. Letha Chism Blair, 88 'Graveside services for Letha Chism Blair, Springfield, will be at 1 p.m. today in Rose Hill Burial Park.
Tulsa, under direction of Klingner Mortuary. Mrs. Blair, a retired office manager, died Saturday in The Creekside at Elfindale. Vina C. Byram, 82 HUMANSVILLE Services for Vina C.
Byram, Humansville, will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Murray Funeral Home with burial in Humansville Cemetery, Mrs. Byram, a homemaker, died at 5:52 a.m. Monday in Big Spring Care Center. Lenna Claudine Cargill, 73 Services for Lenna Claudine Cargill, Springfield, will be at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday in Greenlawn Funeral Home South with burial at 2:30 p.m. in Howell County Memorial Park, Pomona. Mrs. Cargill, a retired day care provider, died at 9 a.m. Monday in ManorCare Health Services, Springfield.
In loving memory Mae Black February 21, 1909 December 3, 1996 It has been one long year since we looked into your beloved face, which seems like forever. But we know you walk those golden streets with a new body and mind, free from Alzheimer's forevermore. Your daughters, Teresa and Gloria Lucy Mae Graves Lucy Mae Graves, 86, passed away Sunday, Nov. 30, 1997, in Parkview Health Care Facility following a short illness. She was a lifelong resident of Morrisville and Polk County.
She was born Nov. 19, 1911, in Polk County to Charley E. and Louiza (Brown) Cossins. At age 11 she was saved and was a member of Turkey Creek Missionary Baptist Church. She was united in marriage Almon "Bud" Graves on Feb.
26, 1931, and Yes this union six children were born, Charles Dean, Ray Gene, Clarence Dee, Shirley Margaret, Joe Earl and Florence Lucille. She is survived by a daughter. Shirley Cotner, Springfield; two sons and daughters-inlaw, Clarence and Rosie Graves, and Joe Earl and Betty Graves, all of Morrisville; a daughter-in-law, Jean Graves; 14 grandchildren; 16 greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Fannie Erwin and Anna Evans; as well as a host of friends and relatives. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bud; two sons, Charles Dean and Ray Gene; a daughter, Florence. Lucille; a son-in-law, Howard Cotner; a sister; and these brothers.
1:30 Funeral services will be at p.m. Thursday, 1997. in Pitts Chapel, Bolivar, with Bro. Rick McCaslin and Bro. Lewis Estinger officiating.
to follow in Morrisville Cemetery. Music will be proby Ron Maberry, Debbie Moberry, Marilyn Charlton and Karen McCasiin. Pall bearers will be Mike Graves, Ray Graves, Todd Graves, Tommy Pierce, Randy Hale and Tim Thompson. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Rebecca Lynn Cato, infant ST. ROBERT Graveside services for Rebecca Lynn Cato, St. Robert, will be at 1 p.m. today in Crocker Cemetery under direction of Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home. Rebecca, the infant daughter of Lynch and William Cato, was stillborn Thursday in Phelps County Regional Medical Center, Rolla.
Grace Isobel Coffman, 84 WALNUT GROVE Graveside services for Grace Isobel Coffman, Walnut Grove, will be at 11 a.m. today in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Aldrich, under direction of Wilson-BrimDaniel Funeral Home. Mrs. Coffman, a homemaker, died Friday in Dade County Nursing Home, Greenfield. Lester Davis, 66, and Sharon Davis, 54 MANSFIELD Services for Lester and Sharon Davis, Mansfield, will be at 1 p.m.
Friday in HolmanHowe Funeral Home with burial in Dyer Cemetery, south of Mansfield. Mr. Davis, a retired bus driver, and Mrs. Davis, a nursing home employee, died at 4:50 p.m. Monday near Macomb.
Friends may call at their convenience after 2 p.m. today in the funeral home. Elsie Mae Earl, 88 NIXA No services are planned for Elsie Mae Earl, Nixa. The body has been cremated under direction of Harris, a Heritage Funeral Home, Ozark. Mrs.
Earl, a homemaker, died at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday in Balanced Care Nixa. Estel Elting, 64 GAINESVILLE Graveside services for Estel Elting, Gainesville, will be at 1 p.m. today in Isabella Cemetery, Isabella, under direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home. Mrs.
Elting, a homemaker, died at 3 p.m. Monday in Ozarks Nursing Center, West Plains. Norbert Lorenz Endress, 69 HOMINY, Okla. Services for Norbert Lorenz Endress, Hominy, formerly of Stockton, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Brumback Funer- William P.
"Bill" Lyons Sr. William P. "Bill" Lyons 72, Springfield, passed away at 3:09 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, 1997, in St.
John's Regional Health Center. Bill was born Oct. 24, 1925, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to William James and Emma Dengler Lyons. He was an Environmental Supervisor at St. John's Regional Health Center until he retired.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Dorothy Cooper Lyons, of the home; three sons and their wives, Brad and Heidi Lyons, William Jr. and Marilyn Lyons, and Glen and Lisa Lyons; a daughter her husband, Dorothy L. and Robert Strick, all of Springfield; a daughter and her husband, Jill and Mike Sirotnak, Oklahoma City, and seven grandchildren, Karen, Chris, Kim, Lindsey, Kaley, Bonnie and Gus. a Funeral today, services Dec. 3, will be 1997, at in 2 Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel with The Rev.
Kendall Waller officiating. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 2055 South Fremont, Springfield, MO 65804. G. Karleen Davison Richner BOLIVAR G.
Karleen Davison Richner, 77, Bolivar, died at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997, in Parkview Health Care Facility, Bolivar. She was born in Halfway, on May 1, to Melvin M. and Eunice Standley Davison.
She was united in marriage to Ralph C. Richner on Dec. 25, 1941. She was a homemaker volunteered for the past and, years at Citizens Memorial Hospital. She was a member of First Baptist She Church, Bolivar.
was preceded in death by her parents, and a son-inlaw, Dennis H. Miller. She always expressed much love and pride for her family. She is survived by her husband, Ralph C. Richner, of the home; her "six" children, Robert C.
and Ann Richner, Warrensburg, Janice and John P. McGaughey, Springfield, and Patricia and Steve Larson, Breckinridge, al Home, Stockton, with burial in Alder Cemetery, Mr. Endress, a laborer, died Sunday in Hominy Nursing Home. Betty Ann Fuoco, 73 LAMAR No services are planned for Betty Ann Fuoco, Lamar. The body has been cremated under direction of Daniel Funeral Home.
Mrs. Fuoco, a retired secretary, died at 1:20 p.m. Monday in Lakeview Healthcare Center. Frank Oscar Garland, 76 No services are planned for Frank Oscar Garland, Springfield. The body has been cremated under direction of Walnut Lawn DeGraffenreid-Wood Funeral Home.
Mr. Garland, a retired Realtor, died at 5:35 p.m. Saturday in his home. Bernice Gilmore, 90 COLUMBIA Graveside services for Bernice Gilmore, Columbia, will be at 2 p.m. today in Lebanon Cemetery under direction of Colonial Funeral Chapel, Lebanon.
Mrs. Gilmore, a homemaker, died at 12:25 a.m. Monday in Lenoir Health Care Center. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until services begin today.
Dorothy Grossberg, 86 KIMBERLING CITY No services are planned for Dorothy Grossberg, Kimberling City. The body has been cremated under direction of Stumpff Funeral Home South. Mrs. Grossberg, a retired sales department manager, died at 9:03 p.m. Monday in Table Rock Retirement Village.
Sallymae Hunter, 60 BRANSON WEST Memorial services for Sallymae Hunter, Branson West, will be at 6 p.m. today in Stumpff Funeral Home South, Kimberling City. The body has been cremated. Mrs. Hunter, a waitress, died at 10:20 a.m.
Friday in her home. Bill H. 'Bud' Kenyon, 74 AURORA Services for Bill H. "Bud" Kenyon, Aurora, will be at 2 p.m. today in Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home with burial in Maple Park Cemetery, Mr.
Kenyon, a retired power lineman, died at 7:25 a.m. Sunday in St. her grandchildren, David and Sheila Richner, Daniel and Debbie Richner, Beth Richner, Becky Richner and Doug Richner, all of Warrensburg, Alex Miller, LubKathleen McGaughey, Springfield, three great-grandchildren, Gabe, Ben and Adam Richner, all of Warrensburg, two sisters, Marcine and David Reed, Bolivar, and Mary V. Lodge, Muskogee, a brother, Jack Davison, New York, N.Y.; and many special cousins, nieces, nephews, and loving friends. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 4, 1997, in Butler Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Leininger officiating. Music will be provided by George and Susan Baker. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Bolivar.
Visitation on will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Madge J. Simmons INDEPENDENCE Madge J.
Simmons, 69, Independence, passed away early Sunday, Nov. 30, 1997, in Columbia Independence Regional Health Center, Independence. Mrs. Simmons was born Jan. 29, 1929, in Fairfax, Mo.
She graduated from Central High School in 1946. She had lived in Independence for nearly 40 years. She had worked several years as a hotel cashier prior to her retirement in 1980 and spent the last years of her life as a homemaker. Survivors include her husband of 51 years, Ben D. Simmons, of the home; two sons John's Regional Health Center, Springfield.
Bernard Joseph Madore 56 SPARTA Services for Bernard Joseph Madore Sparta, will be at 5 p.m. today in Adams Funeral Home, Ozark. The body will be cremated following the services. Mr. Madore, a retired general contractor, died Monday in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield.
Friends may call at their convenience in the funeral home. Melvin Chester Miller, 82 HOLLISTER Services for Melvin Chester Miller, Hollister, will be in Allnutt Funeral Service, Fort Collins, with burial in Grandview Cemetery. Local arrangements under direction of Whelchel Funeral Chapel, Branson. Mr. Miller, a retired construction carpenter, died at 2:40 a.m.
Sunday in Point Lookout Village Health Care Center. Mattie A. Morris, 80 WEBB CITY Services for Mattie A. Morris, Webb City, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City, with burial in Muncie Chapel Cemetery, near Wheaton.
Mrs. Morris, a homemaker, died at 7:35 p.m. Monday in Lacoba Nursing Home, Monett. Friends may call at their convenience after noon Thursday in the funeral home. Clarence Potts, 70 BRANSON Services for Clarence Potts, Branson, will be Thursday in Irwin Randall Funeral Home, Granite City, with burial in Lakeview Cemetery, Belleview, Ill.
Local arrangements under direction of Whelchel Funeral Chapel. Mr. Potts, a retired furnace tender, died at 7:05 a.m. Monday in Rolling Hills Estates Nursing Home. L.
Orneta Quinn, 83 BOLIVAR Services for L. Orneta Quinn, Bolivar, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Pitts Chapel with burial in Lehman Cemetery, near Elkton. Mrs. Quinn, a retired electric company employee, died at 3:30 a.m.
Monday in Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday in the and daughters- Ben D. Jr. Simmons, Blue Springs, M.
and Tracy 'Simmons, Lee's Summit, two daughters and a son-in-law, Gayla D. and Donald L. White, Independence, and Sonya L. Everett, Blue Springs, her father, William W. Bayless, Springfield, eight grandchildren; and two greatgrandsons.
She was greatly loved by her family and all knew her. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, 1997, in Blue Ridge RLDS Church, Independence. The body has been donated to the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to: Kansas City chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Bettie Jean Legan Sneed Bettie Jean Legan Sneed, 64, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997, in her home in Willard, Mo. The daughter of Burel and Florene Williams Legan, she was born May 18, 1933, in Halfway, Mo. She attended Springfield schools and graduate from Springfield High School in 1951.
She was an assistant to W.J. Marshall, M.D., from 1951 to 1956. She married Neil Sneed on Jan. 22, 1954, and resided in Willard, Mo. She was a faithful wife, mother, and friend who loved people.
She had been an active member of the Flint Hill Homemakers Club since December of 1956. She was preceded in death by her beloved parents, Burel and Florene Williams Legan, dedicated, loving NEWS- LEADER Home delivery saves time money! All the news for opposing views. chapel. Maude 0. Read, 90 BOLIVAR Services for Maude 0.
Read, Bolivar, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Butler Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Read, a retired teacher, died Monday in her home. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.
today in the funeral home. Serena I L. Read, 83 KIRBYVILLE Services for Serena L. Read, Kirbyville, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Snapp's Ozarks Memorial Park Funeral Home, Branson, with burial in Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery, Branson.
Mrs. Read, a retired housekeeper, died at 4:50 p.m. Monday in Point Lookout Village Care Center, Point Lookout. Friends may call at their convenience from 1 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home.
Beulah A. Sturdefant, 81 Services for Beulah A. Sturdefant, Springfield, will be at 10 a.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North with burial in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Mrs.
Sturdefant, a retired sales clerk, died at 1:30 a.m. Monday in St. John's Regional Health Center. Ruth J. Swigert, 76 MARSHALL Services for Ruth J.
Swigert, Marshall, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Montgomery-Viets Funeral Home, Buffalo, with burial in Benton Branch Cemetery, Long Lane. Mrs. Swigert, a retired food processor, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Marshall.
Friends may call at their convenience in the funeral home. F. Yvonne Thut, 62 Memorial services for F. Yvonne Thut, Springfield, will be at noon today in Greenlawn Funeral Home South. The body will be cremated.
Mrs. Thut, a telephone coordinator, died Sunday in her home. Clovis Tillman, 67 KIMBERLING CITY Graveside services for Clovis Tillman, Kimberling City, will be at 2 p.m. today in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North, husband, Neil Sneed, who died on Dec. 8, 1991.
Bettie Sneed is survived by a daughter, Sharon Jean and her husband, Mark Highfill, Springfield; two sons, Michael Neil and his wife, Julie, Springfield, and Dale Allen and his wife, Angie, Billings; two granddaughters, Christine Renee Highfill and Lindsey Nichole Sneed; a sister-in-law, Nilene Tennis and her husband, Johnnie, Buffalo; special longtime friends, Louise and Kenneth Hubbell, Texas; and a host of friends and relatives all of whom Bettie deeply loved. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 1997, in Greenlawn Funeral Home North with the Rev. John Veazey officiating.
Burial will be in Robberson Prairie Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, 1997, in the funeral home. Josephine Marie Winter REPUBLIC Josephine Marie Winter, 88, Republic, died at 7:30 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 30, Springfield. Mr. Tillman, a baker, died Sunday in his home. Ernie F.
Willis, 83 GRAIN VALLEY Services for Ernie F. Willis, Grain Valley, formerly of Macks Creek, will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Macks Creek, with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery under direction of Hedges Funeral Home, Macks Creek. Mr. Willis, a retired machinist and World War II U.S.
Army veteran, died Monday in his home. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Josephine Marie Winter, 88 REPUBLIC Services for Josephine Marie Winter, Republic, will be at 1 p.m. today in Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield.
Mrs. Winter, a retired assembly line worker, died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday in Lennox Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Friends may call at their convenience in the funeral home. Other Deaths Listed below are notices of recent deaths of present or former residents of southwest Missouri.
Additional details will be pub: lished when information becomes available. Harold L. Arehart, 54, Marshfield, died at 12:38 p.m. Tuesday in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield.
Arrangements will be announced by Fraker Funeral Home. E. Sue Brunson Casteel, 72, Springfield, died at 6:35 a.m. Tuesday in Mercy Villa. Arrangements will be announced by Walnut Lawn DeGraffenreidWood Funeral Home.
Georgia L. Ellington, 83, Mount Vernon, died at 11:42 a.m. Tuesday in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. Arrangements will be announced by Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, Mount Vernon.
Edward Lee "Ted" Hill, 50, Branson, formerly of Lebanon, died Monday in his home. Arrangements will be announced by Colonial Funeral Chapel, Lebanon. 1997, in Lennox Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Springfield, Mo. She was retired from Smith" in Lamar, where she and her husband lived for several years. She was Past Matron of Mount Hope Chapter of the Eastern Star while living in Lamar.
After retirement, they moved to Springfield where they were active in South Ha-' ven Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Ora Mae "Susie" and Leon Hagewood, Republic; a sister, Fern Gargus, Moline, three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Royal; her parents, Joe and Austa Stone; three sisters; and a giservices will be at 1 p.m. today, Dec. 3, 1997, in lawn Funeral Home North.Burial will be in Greenlawn.
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