Stories from Monday, June 29, 2015

Arthur D. Van Amber, 73, of Pierce City, died Saturday, June 27, at his home in Monett. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 2, at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett. Graveside services are being hellcat 11 a.m. Monday July 6, at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Springfield...

On a sunny day in Southern California, September 30th, 1944, the blonde, curly-headed spitfire who would later become my mother, Linda Ann Ross West, came into this world body and spirit. On a calm cloudy morning in southwest Missouri, June 27, 2015, with her family at her side, her spirit peacefully left this world...

Miguel Angel Martinez, 26, of Neosho, died June 19, in Jerecuaro, Guanajuato Mexico, following a sudden illness. He was born June 28, 1988, in Miochican, Mexico, the son of Magdaleno and Norma Martinez. Miguel was a graduate from Verona High School and served in the U.S. ...

A Verona man was injured and subsequently arrested following a wreck at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday morning on Route C, five miles east of Purdy. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Gabriel Gonzalez, 26, of Verona, was driving a 2002 GMC Envoy eastbound on Route C when his vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the right side of the roadway and struck several trees...

Doris M. Williams, 77, of Golden, died Sunday, June 28 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Services are currently pending and under the direction of White Funeral Home and Crematory in Cassville.

David R. Doennig, 66, of Joplin, died Thursday evening, June 25, while at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Services are pending at this time. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett.

Myrtle Emmaline Shockley Crawford Shelley, 94, of Washburn, died at 5:34 a.m. Friday, June 26. Graveside services were held Monday, June 29 at Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter. Arrangements were under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.

Robert Ed "Bob" Angle, 75, of Cassville, died at 7 a.m. Friday, June 26. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, at Cassville First Baptist Church under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial will be in Gunter Cemetery, Butterfield...

Beverly Maher, 77, of Shell Knob, died at 11:59 a.m. Friday, June 26. Funeral services were held Monday, at First Baptist Church, Shell Knob. Burial was held Tuesday, June 30, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery, Cherryvale, Kan. Arrangements were under the direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville...

Sue Ann Bunnell, 71, of Purdy, died Saturday, June 27, at Lacoba Homes in Monett. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 2, at White Funeral Home and Crematory in Cassville. Burial will follow at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Butterfield...