Stories from Thursday, January 21, 2016

Phyllis Stroder-Bloxsom Phyllis Bradley Stroder-Bloxsom, 81, died Nov. 22, 2015, at her apartment in Tucson, Ariz. Cremation was selected and a Celebration of Life was held in Tucson, Ariz. She will be interned at Union Cemetery in Stotts City. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Senior Citizens Center in Mt. Vernon...

Helen L. Stockton, 88 of Springfield, passed away Jan. 18, in Springfield. She was a member of the graduating class of 1945 Aurora High School. She worked for American Dairy, formerly O.E. Moore & Sons, as a bookkeeper in Aurora, prior to starting a family...

Yolande Annette (Anne) Neff, 74, Olathe, Kan., passed away Jan. 14, at her home, under the care of the Olathe Medical Center Hospice. She was born March 7, 1941, in Monett, the daughter of Ben and Dorothy Linebarger Gillette. She graduated from Monett High School in 1959. Anne moved to Prairie Village, Kan., in 1962, and lived in Houston, Texas, until three years ago. She owned a carpentry business in Houston...

Dale Eugene Privett, 70, of Wheaton, died at 8:36 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Burial will be in Muncie Chapel Cemetery in Wheaton. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton...

JoAnn Hood, 49, of Mt. Vernon, died at 1:47 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at Summit Baptist Church, northeast of Mt. Vernon, with burial to follow at the Summit Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Friday, prior to the service at the church...

Lorenzo "Frank" DeLamora, 77, of Exeter, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, at his home. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project and entrusted to the White Funeral Home and Crematory, P.O. 890, Cassville, MO 65625. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the White Funeral Home and Crematory in Cassville...