OBITUARIES
Elizabeth Johnston
Jun 20, 2011
Elizabeth Johnston 94 of Nixa, Missouri passed away Monday evening in the Nixa Christian Health Care .She was born on July 28, 1916 in Abesville, Missouri, the daughter of Ernest and Minnie Pritchard Eutsler. A life long native of the area, Elizabeth was united in marriage in 1932 To Ernest Johnston. The Johnston and Holt Grocery Store was established in...
Janet Faye "Hannah" Whipple
Jun 19, 2011
Janet Faye "Hannah"� Whipple, 71, of Nixa, Missouri, passed away June 19, 2011, in St. John"�s Hospital, Springfield, Missouri. She was born October 5, 1939, the daughter of Bonnie and Mildred (Bellis) Hannah. She graduated from Nixa High School in 1957. On March 29, 1959 she was united in marriage to J.L. "Jim"� Whipple. She was a member of the...
Helen Diane Rooney
Jun 16, 2011
Helen Diane Rooney, 68, of Spokane, MO., passed away June 16 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, MO. Diane was born in San Bernardino, CA. in 1943, and was married to Boniface Rooney in 1961. They had two sons, James and Thomas. Diane was a loving and generous mother whose heart was broken by the untimely passing of her eldest...
Fred Davis
Jun 15, 2011
Fred Davis, age 87, of Walnut Shade, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2011. He was born February 9, 1924 in Cedar valley, Missouri, the son of Charles W. and Myrtie (Thompson) Davis. He was a builder in the residential and commercial construction industry for 50 years. He retired back to Missouri in1985, a former resident in California. Fred and his...
Sidney G. Porter
Jun 12, 2011
Sidney G. Porter, 71, of Nixa, died Sunday, June 12, 2011 at St. John"�s Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was born October 15, 1939, in Edgerton, Missouri, the son of Clifton and Helen (Denney) Porter. He was united in marriage to Wanda Ernst on December 28, 1963, St. Louis, Missouri. Sidney was a graduate of the University of Missouri with...
Geraldine Holt
Jun 11, 2011
Geraldine Genevieve Applegate Holt, Chadwick, Missouri, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2011, in the home of her son, Lionel. Geraldine was born February 12, 1924, in Keltner, Missouri, to O. A. Applegate and Myrtle Marie Hughes. Geraldine grew up playing in the hills of Christian County on the banks of Swan Creek. She loved the Missouri Ozarks where she spent...
Faye L. Maggard
Jun 9, 2011
Faye L. Maggard, 90, Sparta, Missouri passed away June 9, 2011 in Springfield, Missouri. She was born March 30, 1921 in Iowa, the daughter of George and Laura (Pruiett) Thompson. On September 25, 1939 Faye (Thompson) and Ira Maggard were united in marriage. She was a charter member of the Union Hill Baptist Church. Faye was a Homemaker, Mother, Grandmother,...
Herman Glossip
Jun 4, 2011
Herman Glossip, 89, Brookline, Missouri passed away June 4, 2011 in Sonshine Manor, Republic. He was born September 15, 1921, in Ponce De Leon, Missouri, the son of Joda and Mildred Glossip. He served his country in the US Army from 1942-1945, in the South Pacific Islands. In 1946 he married Imogene Moore and to that union two sons were...
Chauncey William Pyle
May 24, 2011
Chauncey William Pyle Chauncey William Pyle, age 59 of Springfield, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Chauncey was born December 20, 1951 in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was the third of eleven children born to Francis and Edith Pyle. He graduated from Evangel in Springfield, and received his Engineering Degree from the University of Missouri,...
Betty Louise Herndon
May 24, 2011
Betty Herndon Betty Louise Herndon, age 78, of Nixa, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2011. She was united in marriage to Russell Herndon who preceded her in death in 1998. Her sons, David Keesee and Mark Herndon also preceded her in death. Betty was a member of Riverdale Baptist Church. She was an avid vegetable and flower gardener, and enjoyed...
Marjorie Ann Tinker
May 23, 2011
Marjorie Ann Tinker Marjorie Ann Tinker, age 54 of Ozark, passed away May 23, 2011 in her home. She was born May 12, 1957 in La Monte, Missouri, the daughter of Ora and Mildred (Carrico) Casdorph. On February 26, 1983 Marjorie married Dennis Allen Tinker. Marjorie enjoyed the outdoors. She also loved taking care of her children and grandchildren. Survivors...
Howard Edman McCallister
May 23, 2011
Howard Edman McCallister Howard Edman McCallister, age 78 of Springfield, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011. He was born March 5, 1933 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, the son of John and Ethel (McCraw) McCallister. On March 23, 1953 he married Jo Ella Locke. Howard served his country in the U.S. Army from 1953 "� 1955. Survivors include: his wife, Jo...
Kenneth Billey McBride
May 22, 2011
Kenneth Billey McBride Kenneth Billey McBride, age 72 of Ozark, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011. He was born January 10, 1939 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, the son of Roy and Donie (Harlan) McBride. Kenneth was a retired U.S. Army Veteran who served his country for 23 years. On September 16, 1955 he married Marianne Pabst in Reno, Nevada. Kenneth...
Gordon LaVerne Hecker
May 18, 2011
Gordon LaVerne Hecker, age 76, of Nixa, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2011. He was born June 2, 1934, in Corning, Missouri, the son of Edward Otis Hecker and Beatrice (Burris) Hecker. On June 19, 1953 he and Margie Mae Hines were united in marriage. Mr. Hecker retired from Hogan Construction Company in Papillion, Nebraska. He and Margie moved...
Robert David Frey,
May 18, 2011
Robert David Frey, Sr. Robert David Frey, Sr., age 84 of Nixa, passed away May 18, 2011. He was born October 16, 1926 in Vincennes, Indiana, the son of Leo Thomas and Lena (Mousin) Frey. Survivors include: his wife, Joann Frey, Nixa; five children, David Frey and wife Sue, Georgia, Sue Beres and husband Mike, California, Katherine Kosanke, California, Rebecca...
Iris Virginia Hawkins
May 15, 2011
Born Iris Virginia Otterman in Monett, Missouri on May 21, 1919 to Dorothy Christine Otterman and Mearl Turpin, Virginia graduated high school and attended college in Springfield, Missouri where she studied art. During World War II she worked in the administrative office of O"�Reily Hospital in Springfield before moving to Wichita, Kansas where she did office work for Beech Aircraft....
Tommy Bilyeu
May 13, 2011
Pastor Tommy Bilyeu, age 71, of Ozark, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011 in his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born May 1, 1940 in Spokane, the son of Earl and Ruby (Maples) Bilyeu. On March 27, 1959 he and Joan Mabe were united in marriage. Tommy served in the ministry for 51 years, and was pastor...
David Earl Weter
May 13, 2011
David Earl Weter, age 41, of Ozark, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011. He had courageously fought brain cancer for the past nine years. David was born December 16, 1969, in Belton, Missouri, the son of Bob and Connie (Rogers) Weter. He graduated from Ozark High School and worked in construction before his illness. David enjoyed hunting and fishing. Survivors...
Helen W. Hawkins
May 12, 2011
Helen W. Hawkins, 92, of Nixa, passed away in her home on Thursday, May 12, 2011. She was born September 18, 1918, the daughter of Frank and Bess Ward, and enjoyed growing up in Eminence, MO. She made Nixa her home for the last 59 years. Preceding her in death were her parents, husband Kirk Hawkins, brothers Frank Bennett Ward...
Max Emmanuel Novik
May 10, 2011
Max Emmanuel Novik Max Emmanuel Novik, infant, passed away May 10, 2011. He was born May 9, 2011, in Springfield, Missouri, the son of Mark and Melinda (Griffin) Novik. Survivors include: his parents of Ozark; his twin sister, Sam Elana Novik, Ozark; paternal grandparents; Stephen and Mardi Novik, Maryland; his maternal grandparents Darrell and Norma Griffin, Kansas; 19 cousins; and...
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