OBITUARIES
Clifford "CJ" Irwin Rutherford II
Aug 30, 2023
Clifford “CJ” Irwin Rutherford II, age 35 of Nixa, died August 30, 2023. He was born March 10, 1988 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Clifford Irwin and Ellen (McKee) Rutherford.
CJ graduated from Grandview High School in 2006. After high school he received his associates degree. He worked in maintenance for Nixa Schools. He enjoyed sports shooting, K.C....
Judith Ann Black
Aug 30, 2023
Judith Ann Black, age 75, of Nixa, Missouri, passed away on August 30, 2023. She was born on Saturday, May 22, 1948, in Detroit Michigan to Herb and Alta (McGrouder) McDougal.
Judy was married March 10 of 1984, to James Stephen Black in Springfield, Missouri. She loved gardening, her waterfall, animals, and redecorating the home.
Judy is survived by...
Henrietta Wallace
Aug 30, 2023
Henrietta Wallace, age 80 of Sparta, died August 30, 2023. She was born July 24, 1943 in Kansas City, the daughter of Kelley Brown and Hazel (Swearengin ) Dwyer.
Henrietta enjoyed gardening, quilting, music at the Oldfield Opry, collecting, making chocolate chip cookies and anything pink. She was a member of Sparta Church of Christ. Henrietta had been a member...
Clinton Tyler Vogel
Aug 28, 2023
Clinton Tyler Vogel, age 37 of Nixa, passed away August 28, 2023. He was born May 9, 1986 in Overland Park, Kansas, the son of Robert Michael and Joyce Ann (Ireland) Vogel.
Clinton graduated from Blue Valley N.W. High School in Overland Park, Kansas.
Clinton attended Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Missouri where he lived with Kady Njara and their...
Kathye Charlene Kennedy-Bowers
Aug 27, 2023
Kathye Charlene Kennedy-Bowers, age 71, of Crane, passed away Sunday, August 27, 2023. She was born December 31, 1951 in Alton, Missouri, the daughter of Herbert and Willa (Manes) Stepp. She received her GED in Poplar Bluff, and attended Three Rivers College and MSU, obtaining a Nursing Degree when she was 41 years old.
Kathye enjoyed her work and...
Sandra Lea Tomlin
Aug 25, 2023
Sandra Lea Tomlin, age 67, of Nixa, joined her husband in Heaven Friday, August 25, 2023. She was born May 16, 1956 in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Ed and Cleta (Meadows) Rantz. Sandy graduated from Nixa High School. On October 16, 1981 she and Dennis James Tomlin were united in marriage. Her parents preceded her in death as...
Martha Young
Aug 25, 2023
Martha Jean Young, age 86, of Ozark, passed away Friday, August 25, 2023. She was born August 10, 1937 in Lebanon, Missouri, the daughter of Onell and Lillian (Douglass) Carter. On September 4, 1955 she and Ronald Dean Young were married. High School sweethearts, they never dated another after they met when she was 16 and he was 18.
Martha...
Charlie B Turner
Aug 24, 2023
Charlie B. Turner, born on September 28, 1940, passed away in Springfield, Missouri at the age of 82, on August 24, 2023.
Charlie served in the Army from 1962 to 1964, as a member of the 101st Airborne Division as a Paratrooper and served as Military Police. After he was honorably discharged in 1964, Charlie served the Missouri State...
Joy V. Lloyd Taylor
Aug 20, 2023
Our sweet mother, Joy Vidalene Lloyd Taylor age 95 and long-time resident of Nixa Missouri passed away peacefully on August 20th 2023. Mom was born November 1, 1927 in Parsons Kansas and was the daughter of Amos Colby Munsell and Ida Mati (Streeter) Munsell. She was the youngest of 5 children all of her brothers and sisters proceeded her in...
David Douglas Brown
Aug 16, 2023
David D. Brown, 74, of Nixa, Missouri, died unexpectedly Wednesday, August 16, 2023. He was a car man’s car man with 40 plus years in car business in Southeast Kansas and Aurora, Missouri.
He was born July 25, 1949, in Tampa, Florida to Chester and Margaret Brown. He grew up mostly in the Parsons, Kansas area. He graduated from Labette...
Bill Lowther
Aug 14, 2023
In Loving Memory.
William (Bill) Elvin Lowther, 71, of Ozark, Missouri, took his own life on August 14th, 2023.
Bill was born on July 30, 1952 to Floyd Lowther and Grace Morton-Uber in Sonoma, California.
He was raised by Grace Morton-Uber and Albert Uber, after his father's death when Bill was five years old. After Bill graduated from Sonoma...
Howard Douglas Coomer
Aug 10, 2023
Major Howard D. "Lance" Coomer passed away peacefully and departed this life on Thursday, August 10th.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Brack and Zanna Coomer, his wife, Brenda Coomer, his sons, David Coomer and Dennis Coomer, his sister, Edna Hardin, his niece, Francine Dabbs, and brothers Ernie Coomer and Jack Coomer.
He is survived by his sons,...
Danny Sissel
Aug 10, 2023
Danny Lee Sissel, age 69 of Sparta, died Thursday, August 10, 2023. He was born July 29, 1954 in Joplin. On December 21, 1985 he and Karen Sue Key were united in marriage.
Danny was a Mason by trade. He loved riding his motorcycle and belonged to the Shadow Riders group. He enjoyed building model cars.
Survivors...
Mildred Rozelle Sharp
Aug 9, 2023
Mildred Rozelle Sharp, age 96, of The Baptist Home in Ozark, passed away Wednesday, August 9, 2023. She was born September 8, 1926, in Wylie, Texas, the daughter of Walter O. and Emma (Borchard) Allen. She was united in marriage to Thomas Louis Sharp.
Mildred is survived by her husband, Thomas, and loving staff and friends at The...
Wendell Maples
Aug 8, 2023
Wendell Lee Maples, age 74 of Highlandville, died August 8, 2023. He was born September 16, 1948 in Ozark, the son of Loren and Velvie (Moore) Maples.
Wendell was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church – Tory Creek, Highlandville.
He and Kathy were blessed for many years by a loving church family and numerous generous friends and neighbors who...
Debra Swearengin Essary
Aug 7, 2023
Debbie Swearengin Essary met Jesus face to face on August 7, 2023, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. She was born September 19, 1956. Debbie is survived by her daughters Kellie Storm and husband Shannon Storm of Rogers, AR, and Farrah Harlow and Matt Mills of Rogersville, her parents, Bill and Faye Swearengin of Ozark, and her siblings Cheryll...
Aaron Gammon
Aug 4, 2023
Aaron Christopher Gammon, age 34, of Nixa died August 4, 2023. He was born August 17, 1988 in Drexel, Missouri, the son of Alan and Andrea (Jenkins) Gammon.
Aaron was a teacher and a coach at Nixa Junior High School, but his family was his life. Aaron was smart and funny. His smile and his personality were contagious. He did...
Jean Ann Howard
Aug 3, 2023
Jean (Jeanie) Ann Howard, 70, of Nixa, Missouri, went to be with the Lord on August 3, 2023.
She was born to parents James Thacker and Bettie (Thacker) Wood, on November 8, 1952 in Jefferson City, Missouri. She was the oldest of four girls and is survived by her three sisters, Judy Thacker, Pam Wissman, and Sheila Riffel as well as their many children and grandchildren.
She married in 1969 and later divorced but was blessed with two children Stephanie (Howard) Sharick (husband Steve) and...
James Andreas "Jim" Kreider
Aug 1, 2023
James (Jim) Andreas Kreider was born in Nuremberg, Germany on June 24, 1955 to James D. and Kunigunda Kreider. He passed away peacefully on August 1, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer.
In 1976, Jim married Debbie (Neil) Kreider and had two daughters, Lacey Lukowski (Jason) and Neeley Kreider (Dillon). His greatest pride and joy were his four grandsons,...
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