Obituaries

Carmen Archer, of Pierce City, passed into the arms of Jesus on Thursday morning, Oct. 17, 2019 at her home. She was born at Berryville, Arkansas on Jan. 6, 1938 to Oleta and Ernest Summers of Grandview. She attended Berryville Schools and graduated as valedictorian of her class of 1955. Her college degrees were from the University of Arkansas and SMU-Springfield...

Mary Ethel Garoutte, 85, of Aurora, died Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Aurora Nursing Center. A funeral service was held Friday, Oct. 18, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora. Burial was at the Marionville IOOF Cemetery.

Joe N. McConnell, 77, of Monett, died on Oct. 10, 2019, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield surrounded by his family. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Leroy Pugh, 80, of Verona, died Monday, Oct. 14. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Mineral Springs Cemetery in Cassville. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. Saturday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Douglas Randall Watson, 48, of Aurora, died Monday, Oct. 14. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Arnhart Cemetery in Purdy.

Danny Gale Day, 73, of Purdy, died Saturday, Oct. 12. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Joseph Claud Cocannouer, 81, of Miller, died at 1:39 p.m. on Thursday. Oct. 10, at mercy Hospital in Aurora. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at Round Grove Baptist Church. Burial was at Round grove Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Erma Lea Gilreath, 83, of Monett died Monday, Oct. 14, at Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon. Graveside services are being held on Friday, Oct. 18, at 10 a.m. at the Pierce City Cemetery in Pierce City. Visitation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 6-8 p.m. at the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett...

Carolyn Sue Ray, 76, of Butterfield, died Sunday, Oct. 13. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Butterfield. Visitation will be held from 10-11:00 a.m. Saturday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Shelley Sparkman, 45, of Cassville, died Thursday, Oct. 10. A Celebration of Life will be held from 10 a.m. until Noon, Friday, Oct. 19, at First Baptist Church in Cassville. Arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Carole Trecker, 63, of Cassville, died Tuesday, Oct. 8. Graveside services were held Monday, Oct. 14, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Kenneth Allen, 81, of Cassville, died Thursday, Oct.10. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 14, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Arnhart Cemetery in Purdy. Visitation will be held from 3-6:00 p.m. Sunday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Lorn H. Kleiboeker passed away September 25, 2019. On November 16, 1924, he was born on the family farm in Lawrence County to August and Hulda (Rusch) Kleiboeker. His 94 years of life were spent on the same land his father purchased in 1916 and where Lorn and his nine siblings survived the challenges of the Great Depression and learned the value of hard work...

Christopher Douglas Chavis, 52, of Wheaton, died Saturday, Oct. 5. Cremation arrangements are under direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton.

Donald Boatright Coyne, 73, of Verona, died Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Aurora Nursing Center in Aurora. Visitation is being held on Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 6-8 p.m. at the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett. Funeral services are being held on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Chapel in Monett. Burial will be at the Calton Cemetery in Pleasant Ridge...

Eula Mae Irwin, 75, of Mt. Vernon, died Saturday, Oct. 5. A visitation will be held from 9-10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon with a funeral service to follow at 10 a.m. Burial will be at the Salem Cemetery...

Stanley “Stan” Kahre, 60, of Monett, died Oct. 5 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Aurora. Burial will be at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Aurora. Masonic services will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Lakin Funeral Home, followed by a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will follow from 7:30 to 9 p.m...

Tommy D. Potts, 59, of Exeter, died Sunday, Oct. 6. Services will be announced at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Kenneth Volney Sutherland, 72, of Verona, died Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Cox South Hospital in Springfield. A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora...

Kenny Whitmore, 68, of Aurora, died Wednesday, Oct. 2. A celebration of his life was held Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora.

Gary Carder-McNeal, 75, of Springfield, passed away on Monday, Sept. 30, at Jordan Creek Care Facility in Springfield. Gary was born Sept. 11, 1944. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, of the home; three step-sons; and three grandchildren. Also surviving are one brother, David Carder, of Springfield, and one sister, Janice Flehmer, of Pierce City...

Ken E. Brown, 78, of Cassville, died Thursday, Oct. 3. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Katherine Eileen Dowell, 55, of Mt. Vernon, died Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Cox South Hospital in Springfield. A private family burial will be held at a later date at the Mt. Vernon City Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Larry Martin Evans, 73, of Alma, Colo., died Tuesday, Oct. 1. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Jesse D. Fortin, 70, of Wentworth, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, at Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City. Burial will follow at Pierce City Cemetery in Pierce City. No visitation is planned...

Richard “Brent” Neely, 65, of Mt. Vernon, died Monday, Sept. 30. Per Brent’s request no formal services are planned. A private graveside will be held at a later date at the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Joyce Spiva, 82, of Wheaton, died Monday, Sept. 30. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at King Cemetery in Seligman, under direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Burial will be at King Cemetery in Seligman. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton...

Lorn H. Kleiboeker passed away September 25, 2019. On November 16, 1924, he was born on the family farm in Lawrence County to August and Hulda (Rusch) Kleiboeker. His 94 years of life were spent on the same land his father purchased in 1916 and where Lorn and his nine siblings survived the challenges of the Great Depression and learned the value of hard work...

Lewis “Eugene” DeCocq, 92, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at Oak Pointe Assisted Living in Carthage, Mo. He was born Dec. 19, 1926, in Monett, Mo., to Seraphin and Violet Boyles-DeCocq. After graduating from Vesailles High School on May 30, 1945, he was inducted into the armed forces on June 3, 1945. ...

Patricia Ann “Pat” Mason 86, of Monett, Missouri, passed away, Thursday, September 26, 2019, in her home surrounded by her four children, her granddaughters and daughters-in-law. Pat was born October 2, 1932, in Springfield Missouri, the daughter of Harold and Madeline (Hughes) Testerman. ...

Shirley Jean Henson, 90, of Verona, died Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Mercy Hospital in Springfield. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, with a funeral service to follow at 2 p.m. Burial will follow at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora...

David “Allen” Keeling, 77, of Purdy, died Saturday, Sept. 28. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Butterfield. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Mary Ann Pettit, 75, of Republic, died Sunday, Sept 29, at her home. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the First Presbyterian Church of Aurora with a memorial service to follow at 11 a.m...

James “Pat” Freeman, 63, of Pierce City, died on Sept. 3, 2019. A celebration of life will be held 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Pierce City Senior Center, 104 N. Locust. Paid obituary

Frances Freeman Castle, 98, of Monett, died Monday, Sept. 23, at Lacoba Homes in Monett. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Pierce City. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Pierce City...

James Gilbert Comp-ton, 97, of Mt. Vernon, died on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon. A graveside service, under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Pennsboro Cemetery in Pennsboro...

Lorn H. Kleiboeker, 94, of Wentworth, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, at the Springfield Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield. Visitation will be held at Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett on Thursday, Oct. 10, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Freistatt on Friday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery following the service...

Hermila Nunez De Luna, 74, of Butterfield, died Wednesday, Sept. 25. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Rocky Comfort Cemetery...

Shirley Ann Montgomery, 82, of Olathe, Kan., formerly of Shell Knob, died Sept. 25. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Shell Knob, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Shell Knob. Burial will be at McGuire Cemetery in Viola...

Ronnie Lee Parker, 38, of Miller, died at 2:51 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, at his home. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller.

Jana L. Swaffar, 57, of Wentworth, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, following a long battle with cancer. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Arnhart Cemetery, East Purdy. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett...

David Leon Bozman, 73, of Mt. Vernon, died Friday, Sept. 20, at his home. A funeral service was held Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Williams Funeral Home, in Marionville. Burial was at the Maple Park Cemetery, in Aurora.

Deborah Ann Sears, 64, of Aurora, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, at her home. A memorial service was held Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Buck Prairie Baptist Church. Burial was at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora. Arrangements were under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora...