Stories from Monday, March 21, 2016

EIGHTY YEARS AGO March 20-26, 1936 By March 25, a total of 80 names had been suggested for the new Monett minor league baseball team. The leading contender is some version of the Monett Magnets, drawing on the Commercial Club's slogan of Monett as the Magnet City of the Southwest. One Magnet suggestion added, "We draw a crowd."...

Edward J. Kristek, 88, of Verona died Saturday, March 19, at Mercy Hospital in Aurora. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 23 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Verona under the care of Peterson Funeral Chapel in Aurora. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Verona...

Donna Lee Nestor, 76, of Mt. Vernon, died at 9:51 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at her home. Graveside services will be held at 12 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at Mt. Vernon City Cemetery in Mt. Vernon. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Arley "Floyd" Reed, 59, of Exeter, died at 6:10 p.m. Thursday, March 17. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...