Stories from Monday, March 16, 2015

Sister Seraphine Kostelnik, a Sister of Charity of Nazareth, Ken., passed into eternity on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the age of 95, and in the 72nd year of her religious life. Sister originally entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from St. Florian Parish in United, Penn. in 1943...

Kelvin Lee Garrison, 54, of Wheaton, died Saturday, March 14. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, at White Funeral Home and Crematory in Cassville. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at the funeral home...

John L. Berning, 92, of Exeter, died Sunday, March 15. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, at Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial, with military honors, will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville...

Wayne E. Ogle, 78, of Monett went to be with the Lord in Heaven on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. He was born on October 28, 1936, in Madisonville, Tenn., the son of the late Giles and Hettie (Reagan) Ogle. He was united in marriage on December 23, 1961, in Springdale, Ark., to Wanda Beckett, she survives...

Larry W. Haddock, 67, of Cassville, Mo., passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Larry, son of William "Bill" and Helen Aldena "Dean" (Snoddy) Haddock was born on February 2, 1948, in Verona, Mo. He was a 1965 graduate of Mount Vernon High School. ...

Thomas Miller McCallister, 86, of Shell Knob, died at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 2015. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob.

Pamela Ann Meyer, 65, of Aurora, died at 1:20 a.m. Thursday, March 12, at her home. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Aurora United Methodist Church. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Carrollton, Missouri. Arrangements are under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora...

EIGHTY YEARS AGO March 15-21, 1935 Dr. R.V. Campbell is the second dentist in Monett struck by gold thieves. His office was entered with a master key after attempts to jimmy the lock on the door failed. Dust storms stretched from New Mexico to the Black Hills, sending wheat prices strongly higher. ...