OBITUARIES

Alan Kent Shinebarger

Alan Kent Shinebarger

Aug 23, 2021

Alan Kent Shinebarger, 56, of Nixa passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021 at his home. If you knew Alan, you knew a truly wonderful man. He was a rare jewel in this world. First and foremost, he loved the lord with every fiber of his being. It was that deep love and passion for God that made him the...

Edna Mae Hardin

Edna Mae Hardin

Aug 20, 2021

Long time Nixa resident Edna Mae Hardin went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 20, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents Brack and Zanna Coomer, husband Frank, daughter Francine Dabbs, and brothers Ernie and Jack Coomer. She is survived by her son James Hardin, daughters Sharlene Osborne and Christine Nielsen, brother Howard Coomer, 9...

Vivian K. Watts

Vivian K. Watts

Aug 20, 2021

Vivian Kathleen Watts, age 91 of Springfield, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 20, 2021. Vivian was born on April 25, 1930 to Ruel and Geneva (Howerton) Rinker. Vivian attended Crane High School. She married Arnold Smith in 1946 and celebrated the birth of four children – Joyce Pering, Francis Smith, Ronald Smith and Gail Meadows....

Raymond Storie

Raymond Storie

Aug 20, 2021

Raymond Turner Storie passed into the loving arms of his Heavenly Father on August 20th, 2021 following a three week period of illness. Raymond touched the many lives of others through his kind and forgiving spirit, and his unfailing witness of his love of God. Raymond shared his testimony to others of being saved and born again through his baptism...

Kathleen Bolin Holland

Kathleen Bolin Holland

Aug 19, 2021

Kathleen Holland of Nixa went home to be with her Lord and Savior on August 19, 2021. Kathy was born on December 7, 1935 to Irving and Grace Bolin. She graduated from Nixa High School in 1953 where she was Barn Warming Queen and Annual Queen. She was also the editor of the Nixa Eagle Yearbook. She worked for Farmers...

Richard O. Jameson

Richard O. Jameson

Aug 19, 2021

Richard Oliver Jameson, age 77 of Chestnutridge, died August 19, 2021. He was born July 28, 1944 in Dorcester, Massachusetts, the son of Edward Oliver and Dorothy (Hallberg) Jameson. Richard moved to Missouri to attend Central Bible College. On November 28, 1970, he was united in marriage to Betty (Flemming). Richard served his country in the U.S. Navy, aboard the...

Pastor Earl Grigory

Pastor Earl Grigory

Aug 19, 2021

Earl Edward Grigory, age 81 of Nixa, passed away August 19, 2021. He was born January 21, 1940 in Caruthersville, Missouri, the son of Clint and Nellie (Waldrop) Grigory. On February 2, 1962, he was united in marriage to Patricia Lee Kelly. Earl served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He was currently serving as Pastor of New Beginnings...

Thelma Lorene Adams

Thelma Lorene Adams

Aug 19, 2021

Thelma’s Story With our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Thelma Adams reached her final destination of a life well lived through her faith in His Grace on Thursday, August 19, 2021, at the age of 97. Thelma Lorene Herd was born on her parents’ farm in Pleasant Grove, Missouri, four miles west of Gainesville, on a snowy March 16, 1924....

Duane Judson Olmsted

Duane Judson Olmsted

Aug 16, 2021

Duane Judson Olmsted, age 79 of Rockaway Beach, passed away August 16, 2021. He was born March 24, 1942 in Baldwinsville, New York, son of George Russell and Maude Arlene (Thomas) Olmsted. Duane served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He was retired from New York State Department of Transportation, where he worked as a Firefighter and E.M.T. Duane...

Lisa Williams Robbins

Lisa Williams Robbins

Aug 16, 2021

Lisa Williams Robbins passed away at Cox hospital in Springfield Missouri on August 16, 2021 with her daughter at her side. Lisa worked in radio sales in Springfield. She loved reading horseback riding. She loved all animals. She was a prankster and had a great sense of humor. She is survived by her mother June Williams of Nixa, her daughter...

Thomas King

Thomas King

Aug 16, 2021

Thomas Edward King, age 88 of Ozark, passed away in his home Monday, August 16, 2021. Tom was born in Pine Grove, West Virginia on January 25, 1933 to Lura and Charles King. He graduated from High school in 1950 and immediately joined the Air Force, serving some of his service stateside and 2 ½ years in England where he...

Clifford Henry Wright

Clifford Henry Wright

Aug 15, 2021

Clifford Henry Wright, 81, of Taneyville passed away on August 15, 2021at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Clifford was born on February 11, 1940 in Waukesha, WI; the son of Harold Dean and Irene Elizabeth (Grabow) Wright. On August 8, 1955, he married the love of his life, Lorine Loughead. On their 66th wedding anniversary, Lorine went to prepare a place...

Terry Wayne "Tiny" Willey

Terry Wayne "Tiny" Willey

Aug 15, 2021

Terry Wayne “Tiny” Willey, age 60 of Ozark, passed away August 15, 2021. He was born August 12, 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Howard and Vickie (Baker) Willey. Survivors include: his wife, Gail (Ferguson) Willey of Ozark; children, Ashley Willey of Springfield and Cyle Sanzone of Philadelphia, PA; his father, Howard Willey; grandchildren, Keegan Brooke of Springfield, Ethan...

Nancy Lee Wright

Nancy Lee Wright

Aug 15, 2021

Nancy Lee Wright age 62 of Taneyville, passed away August 15, 2021. She was born July 15, 1959 in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Clifford and Lorine (Loughead) Wright. Survivors include: her daughter, Teresa Wright of Taneyville and grandson Terry Wright of Taneyville; her brothers, Greg Wright and wife Kelly of Knoxville, Iowa;, Larry Wright and wife Pam of Florida...

Robert Francis Steffke

Robert Francis Steffke

Aug 12, 2021

Robert Francis Steffke, age 95 of Springfield, Missouri passed away in his home on August 12, 2021. Robert was born in Tacoma, Washington on January 7, 1926. Robert served his country in World War II in the United States Army Infantry in Okinawa, Japan. After the war Bob moved to South California where he met Jacqueline Audrey Young. They married...

Michael Matthew Jewell

Michael Matthew Jewell

Aug 11, 2021

Michael (Mike) Matthew Jewell passed away August 11, 2021. Mike loved fishing, camping and visiting with family and friends. Mike is survived by his wife; Ronda, mother; Roberta Nipp, three children; Tiffany, Dawna, and Scottie Jewell, three sisters; Cathy Hummel, Linda Zajac, and Jackie Bennett, two brothers; Ronald Jewell and David Nipp, eight grandchildren and many friends and cousins. He...

Lorine H. Wright

Lorine H. Wright

Aug 9, 2021

Lorine Helen Wright, 82, of Tanyeville passed away on August 8, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Lorine was born on March 11, 1939 in Sullivan County, Missouri; the daughter of Julius Gidney and Mary Elizabeth (Myers) Loughead. On August 8, 1955, she married Clifford Henry Wright. On their 66th wedding anniversary, Lorine went to prepare a place for her...

Mary Frances Wilson

Mary Frances Wilson

Aug 6, 2021

Mary Frances Wilson, age 82 of Billings, passed away August 6, 2021. She was born January 16, 1939 in Ozark, the daughter of William and Lillie (Macomb) Hale. On March 30, 1958, Mary was united in marriage to Kenneth Wilson. Mary loved flowers, gardening and feeding the birds outdoors. She enjoyed cooking and had retired from working as a school...

Joseph “Joe” Stine

Joseph “Joe” Stine

Aug 5, 2021

Joseph Glenn “Joe” Stine, age 91 of Ozark, graduated to his heavenly home on August 5, 2021.  He was born September 19, 1929 in Springfield, the son of George Oliver and Laura Belle (Jones) Stine.             Joe married Norma Fielder on September 18, 1955. He worked as a farmer before having building and development companies - Fielder Stine Homes and...

Ervin Hillgamyer

Ervin Hillgamyer

Aug 5, 2021

Ervin Ray Hillgamyer, 84, of Ozark went to be with the Lord on August 5, 2021 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Ervin lived a long, colorful life. He was born December 2, 1936 in east St. Louis, Missouri to Charles and Dorothy (Linebaugh) Hillgamyer. Ervin was never afraid of hard work. He was working in the...