Obituaries from March 2011

Wanda Stephens (03/30/11)
Wanda Stephens, age 85, of Washburn, died on Tuesday, March 29. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, April1 at the White Funeral Home in Cassville with burial at the Washburn Prairie Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 31 at the funeral home...

Mark Barnett (03/30/11)
Mark Allen Barnett, age 49, of Butterfield, died on Sunday, March 27, at his home. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 1, at Sparks Cemetery in Butterfield, Mo. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett, Mo...

Lewis Rowland (03/30/11)
Lewis Glenn Rowland, age 84, formerly of Cassville, died on Sunday, March 27, at the Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 2 in Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial with military honors will be in Oak Hill Cemetery near Cassville...

Patricia Sether (03/28/11)
Patricia Marie Sether, age 64, of Warrensburg, died on March 23 at her home. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30 at First Baptist Church, Lindsborg, KS. Burial will be held at Elmwood Cemetery, Lindsborg. Arrangements are under the direction of Christians Funeral Home in Lindsborg, Kansas...

Mary Good (03/28/11)
Mary "Eloise" (Young) Beck Good, age 64, of Seligman, Mo. passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 28 at Liberty United Methodist Church in Monett under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Mark Barnett (03/28/11)
Mark Barnett, age 49, of Butterfield, died on Sunday, March 27. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 1, at Sparks Cemetery in Butterfield, Mo. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett, Mo...

Janice Grieb (03/28/11)
Janice Grieb, age 96, of Monett, died at 8:05 a.m. on Monday, March 28 at Cox Monett Hospital. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 31 at Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett with the funeral to follow. Arrangements are under the care of Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett...

Bernard Faraone (03/28/11)
Bernard Jerome "Bernie" Faraone, age 82, of Aurora, died at 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 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 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery...

Thomas Hemphill (03/25/11)
Thomas Lee "Tom" Hemphill, age 76, of Shell Knob, died at 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Shell Knob.

Eloise Beck (03/25/11)
Eloise Young Beck, age 64, of Seligman, formerly of Monett, died at 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 28 in Liberty United Methodist Church in Monett under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery near Monett...

Lonzo Henson (03/24/11)
Lonzo J. Henson, age 67, of Monett, MO, passed away at 8:24 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Graveside services with full military honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Monett. Rev. Jack Freeman will officiate...

Eva Anderson (03/24/11)
Eva Mae Anderson, 86, of Mt. Vernon, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon. No services are planned at this time. A memorial will be held at a later date in Cheyenne, Wyo. Arrangements are under the care of Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett...

Carolyn Sloan (03/24/11)
Carolyn Marie Sloan, age 74, of Monett, MO, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in her home following a lengthy illness. Funeral services for Mrs. Sloan will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 26th, 2011, at Buchanan Funeral Home with Pastor Doug Wilkerson officiating. Visitation will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday at Buchanan Funeral Home...

Vernon Weaver (03/23/11)
Vernon W. Weaver, age 91, of Cassville, died at 6:25 a.m. on Monday, March 21. Services will be held at a later date under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.

Lonzo Henson (03/23/11)
Lonzo J. Henson, age 67, of Monett, died on Tuesday, March 22, at his home Services are incomplete at this time. Arrangement under the personal care of Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett

Jude Williams (03/23/11)
Jude K. Williams, an infant girl of two months, of Purdy, Mo., left this life on Monday, March 21, 2011 at Cox Monett Hospital. She was born on Jan. 15, 2011 in Monett, Mo. to Aaron Nathaniel and Melissa Ann (Ramos) Williams. Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ...

Esther Harrison (03/23/11)
Esther L. Painter Harrison, of Exeter, died on Thursday, March 3 at her home. Services with Military honors will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, at the Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter. A "pot-luck" lunch and celebration of Esther's life will begin at 11 a.m. at the White Funeral Home community room in Cassville...

Carolyn Sloan (03/23/11)
Carolyn Marie Sloan, 74, of Monett, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 at Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 25 at the funeral home...

Carmen Berry (03/23/11)
Carmen Evelyn Berry, age 95, of Verona, died at 4:35 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, at her home. A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 25, at the Maple Park Cemetery with visitation from 2 to 3 p.m. in the funeral home chapel...

Beulah Garoutte (03/23/11)
Beulah Harris-Mackey Garoutte, of Monett, died at her home on March 20. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 26, at the White Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at the Arnhart Cemetery in East Purdy. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 25 at the funeral home...

Urban Tiemeyer (03/21/11)
Urban "T" Tiemeyer, age 86, of Shell Knob, died on Thursday, March 17. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, in Holy Family Catholic Church, in Shell Knob, under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home, in Shell Knob. Burial with military honors will be at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24 in St. Rose Cemetery in Mt. Vernon, Kan...

Rita Miller (03/21/11)
Rita Miller, age 52, of Monett, passed from this life on Thursday morning, March 17, 2011 at her home following a lengthy illness. The family will have a memorial service at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Saturday March 26, 2011 at 2 p.m. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett, MO...

Laqueta Reynolds (03/21/11)
Laqueta Jean Reynolds, age 64, of LaRussell, died at 12:50 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, at the home of her son. A graveside service, under the direction of Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller, will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, in the Red Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 21 in the funeral home chapel...

Jewel Roach (03/21/11)
Jewel G. Roach, age 87, of Mt. Vernon, died at 6:20 p.m. on Friday March 18, at her home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 22, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, with burial in the Campground Cemetery at Chesapeake. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., on Monday, March 21 in the funeral home chapel...

Edmund Abramovitz (03/21/11)
Edmund C. Abramovitz, age 90, of Pierce City, died at 1:55 p.m. on March 19 at Cox-Monett Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pierce City. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22 at the church and Rosary at 7 p.m...

Jo Ann Haynes (03/18/11)
Jo Ann Haynes, age 73, of Washburn, died at 5:20 a.m., on Thursday, March 17, at her home. No services are planned at this time. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Jack Nelson (03/18/11)
Jack Nelson, age 80, of Verona, died on Thursday, March 17 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 21 in the Peterson Funeral Chapel in Aurora. Burial will be in Spring River Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 20 at the funeral home...

Annette Miller (03/18/11)
Annette Marie Miller, age 79, of Joplin, MO, passed away peacefully after a long illness on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 while at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 18 at the Buchanan Funeral Home Chapel Visitation will be at 1:30 p.m. preceding the funeral. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Monett...

Rita Miller (03/17/11)
Rita Miller, age 52, of Monett, died on Thursday, March 17 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete under the personal care and direction of Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett.

Annette Miller (03/17/11)
Annette Marie Miller, age 79, of Joplin, died on Wednesday, March 16 AT St. John's Hospital in Joplin. Arrangements are incomplete under the personal care and direction of Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett.

Ruth Stephens (03/16/11)
Mary Ruth Stephens, age 87, of Cassville, formerly of Washburn, died at 4:42 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, at her home. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 17 in Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Larry Caviness (03/16/11)
Larry D. Caviness, age 50, of Joplin, died at 6:24 a.m. on Monday, March 14 at his home. He is the brother of Kenneth L. Caviness, former Monett resident. Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 17 at Mason-Woodard Chapel in Joplin. Visitation will follow the funeral service at the home of Kenneth Caviness...

Lisa Harmon (03/16/11)
Lisa Harmon, age 40, of Wheaton, died on March 12 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 17 at the Wheaton United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16 at the church...

Donald Brown (03/16/11)
Donald Ray "Donnie" Brown, age 64, of Wheaton, died at 7:15 a.m. on Monday, March 14. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 17 in Maplewood Cemetery, near Exeter, under the direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton...

Ruth Brattin (03/14/11)
Ruth Z. Brattin, age 89, of Carthage, died at 9:55 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 14 in Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Ronald Thomas (03/14/11)
Ronald D. "Ronnie" Thomas, age 53, of Monett, passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Cox South in Springfield, Mo. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. on Wednesday March 16, 2011 at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett, Mo. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Monett IOOF Cemetery in Monett, Mo...

Ferle Barker (03/14/11)
Ferle Pauline Parsons Barker, age 93, of Aurora, died at 10:10 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16 at Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora with burial at the Maple Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, at the funeral home chapel...

Eunice Myers (03/14/11)
Eunice Evelyn (Hollo-way) Myers, age 90, of Purdy, Mo. passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 at Lacboa Nursing Home...

Emmett Kinder (03/14/11)
GC Emmett Kinder, age 50, of Mt. Vernon, died at 8:10 p.m. on Thursday, March 10 at the Mt. Vernon Place Care Center. A private graveside service, under the direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon, was held on Monday, March 14 at the Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett, Mo...

Cornell Evans (03/14/11)
Joseph "Cornell" Evans, age 93, of Springfield, MO, formerly of Monett, MO, passed away at 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the St. John's Mercy Villa in Springfield...

Charlie Bickford (03/14/11)
Charlie Eugene Bickford, age 78, of Cassville, died on Saturday, March 12. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16 in Mineral Springs Cemetery under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15 in Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Christopher Stark (03/11/11)
Visitation for Christopher G. Stark, 22, of Monett, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. today. The family will meet with friends at Buchanan Funeral Home.

Marilyn Zimmerman (03/11/11)
Marilyn Zimmerman passed away on March 4, 2011 in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 74 years old. Marilyn was born on Aug. 18, 1936 in St. Joseph and was a long-time resident of Wilcox, Neb., Fort Scott, Kan., and Monett, Mo. Friends paid their respects at Benito and Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel, 91050 Cayuga St., in Santa Cruz, Calif. on Thursday, March 10 from 4 until 7 p.m. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 13, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Meierhoffer Funeral Home, in St. Joseph, Missouri...

Sandra Koepp (03/11/11)
Sandra "Sandy" Sue Koepp, age 66, of Shell Knob, died at 5:56 a.m. on Thursday, March 10. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 14, in Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob. Burial will be in Lake Park Memorial Gardens, Shell Knob. Visitation will be held from 4 until 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 13 in Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob...

Donald Maupin (03/11/11)
Donald Robert Maupin, 71, died on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 2:35 a.m. in the Lawrence County Manor after a long illness. A Masonic funeral and visitation will be held on Friday, March 11, in Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, beginning at 6 p.m. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, in St. Susanne's Catholic Church in Mt. Vernon, followed by burial in Rock Prairie Cemetery, Halltown...

Samuel Parker (03/10/11)
Samuel David Parker, age 86, of Mt. Vernon, died at 7:56 p.m. on Monday, March 7 at the Ozark Community Hospital in Springfield. The Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora had conducted local arrangements. No services are planned at this time.

Judy Stoll (03/10/11)
Judy Jane Stoll, age 63, of Aurora, died on Tuesday, March 8. The Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora has conducted all of the local arrangements. Her family will hold a celebration of Judy's life, privately on her birthday on April 8.

Carl Davidson (03/10/11)
Carl Loy Davidson, age 88, of Wheaton, died at 6:55 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 11 in Wheaton First Baptist Church, under direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Burial will be in Rocky Comfort Cemetery...

Salena Goodin (03/07/11)
Salena Marie Goodin, age 29, of Mt. Vernon, died at 10:10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 5 at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Burial will follow at a later date at the Ruckman Cemetery...

Paul Mann (03/07/11)
Paul A. Mann, age 89, of Independence, MO, formerly of Monett, MO, passed away on March 3, 2011. Services will be at 2 pm, on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th Street, Independence, MO 64055; interment with Full Military Honors at Blue Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Arrangements Speaks Suburban Chapel, 816-373-3600. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.speakschapel.com...

Esther Harrison (03/07/11)
Esther L. Painter Harrison, age 77, of Exeter, died on Thursday, March 3 at her home. Services with military honors will be held at a later date at the Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter. Arrangements are under the direction of the White Funeral Home and Crematory in Cassville...

Dianna Bean (03/07/11)
Dianna Bean, age 77, formerly of Pierce City, died at 9:05 a.m. on Sunday, March 6 at Christian Healthcare Center West in Springfield. She was cremated by her request under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home in Pierce City. Burial will be at a later date...

David Garris (03/07/11)
Graveside services for David "Tex" Leon Garris, age 52, of Sherman, Texas, were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2011 at the West Hill Cemetery in Sherman. He passed away on March 3, 2011 at Texoma Healthcare Center in Sherman, Texas. Arrangements are under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman, Texas. The online register book may be signed at www.waldofuneralhome.com...

Crystal Patrick (03/07/11)
Crystal Rene� Patrick, age 22, of Cassville, died at 10:22 a.m. on Thursday, March 3. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 8, in Emmanuel Baptist Church, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville...

Anthony Chambers (03/07/11)
Anthony Paul Chambers, age 37, of Purdy, died on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at the Duncan Regional Hospital in Duncan, OK. Arrangements are pending at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett, MO.

Ronald Whitely (03/03/11)
Ronald Ray Whitely, age 54, of Purdy, died at 7:25 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Sydney Denney (03/02/11)
Sydney Elizabeth Denney, infant daughter of Jeremy Denney, formerly of Monett and Chylea Lynn, of Webb City, passed away at 10:30 p.m. at birth on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Graveside services were held on March 3 at Ozark Memorial park in Joplin. Arrangements were under the direction of Mason Woodard Mortuary in Joplin...

Steve Walker (03/02/11)
James Stephen "Steve" Walker, age 51, of Cassville, died at 1:31 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. Memorial services with full military honors were held on Tuesday, March 1 in Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Pooch Isbell (03/02/11)
James L. "Pooch" Isbell, 47, of Monett, passed away suddenly on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at Cox Monett Hospital. Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2011 with Derek Isbell officiating. Burial will follow at Monett IOOF...

Mary Lung (03/02/11)
Mary Ellen (Agnew) Lung, of Miller, died at 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 2 at the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller. Burial will be at the IOOF Cemetery at Custer City, Okla. at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 3...

Kenneth Boyd (03/02/11)
Kenneth "Farmer" Boyd, age 61, of LaRussell, died at 10:40 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, March 1 at Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon with burial in the Summit Cemetery...

Connie Blackledge (03/02/11)
Connie Jo Blackledge, age 54, of Aurora, died on Feb. 27. A funeral service, under the direction of Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora, will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 3 at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Pritchett Cemetery...

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