Obituaries

Connie Louise Riddle, 72, of Mt. Vernon, died at 9:05 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon. A private family burial will take place at a later date at the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon...

Bill Land, 90, of Monett, Mo., passed from this life peacefully on Friday, May 17, 2019, while at his residence. Bill was born on March 8, 1929 in Phoenix, Ariz., son of the late Alfred and Ruth (Shewmake) Land. Bill served his country honorably in the United States Army. ...

Dorothea Eunice Cox, 93, of Cassville, died at Thursday, May 16. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 23, at Horner Cemetery in Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Ruth Hailey, 73, of Mt. Vernon, died at 9:47 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. A celebration of life will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 9, at the American Legion Hall in Mt. Vernon. A private family burial will be held at a later date at the Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery...

Billy Ray McCoy, 76, of Mt. Vernon, died at 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon.

Patricia Florence Norman, 71, of Shell Knob, died Friday, May 17. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, at First Christian Church in Shell Knob, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Shell Knob. Burial will be at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield...

Steven Carl Thomas, 57, of Cape Fair, died Sunday, May 12. Graveside services were held May 17 at I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Monett, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Billy James Schmidt, 94, of Mt. Vernon, died at 6:05 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Linda Sue Rogers, 70, of Shell Knob, died Wednesday, May 15. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Shell Knob.

Jamie Hobbs-Schoelzel, 50, of Butterfield, died Tuesday, May 14. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. Sunday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Richard Lee Pyle, 64, of Purdy, died Friday, May 17. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, at Summit Cemetery in Mt Vernon, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Carolyn “Sue” Craft, 74, of Cassville, died Tuesday, May 14. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be at Corinth Cemetery in Cassville. Visitation will be held from 12:30-2:00 p.m. Saturday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville...

Forrest Dean Pittsenbarger, of Springfield, Mo., passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 13, 2019, at the age of 84. Forrest was born May 22, 1934, in Guilford, Mo., to Artie B. and Agnes E. (Handley) Pittsenbarger. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jerene; his parents; brothers, James and Billy; and son, James...

Melissa Christine Barke, 52, of Marionville, died Saturday, May 11, at her home. A visitation will be held from 10-11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Williams Funeral Home, in Marionville with a graveside service to follow at 11:30 a.m. at the Marionville IOOF Cemetery...

Lorrain Kate Birchfield, 94, of Aurora, died Thursday, May 9, at the Aurora Nursing Center in Aurora. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield. Bishop Edward Numbers will be officiating. Visitation was held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett...

Ramona Lou “Monie” Carl, 90, of Aurora, passed died Friday, May 10, at the Aurora Nursing Center. A visitation will be held from 11:00-1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home, in Aurora with a graveside service to follow at 1:30 p.m. at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora...

Thomas Dale Dochstader, 81, of Marionville, died Tuesday, May 7, at home. A graveside service, under the direction of the Williams Funeral Home in Marionville, was held at Tuesday, May 14, at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville.

Dorothy Belle Garrett, 74, of Marionville, passed died Monday, May 6, at her home. A graveside service under the direction of the Williams Funeral Home in Marionville was held Tuesday, May 14, at the Marionville IOOF Cemetery.

Mary “Lorain” Pilant, 89, of Salem, Ore., died Wednesday, May 8. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Pilant Cemetery in Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Brenda Faye Hill, 61, of Miller, died Monday, May 6. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home in Miller.

Mary Frances Rose, 89, of Grove, Okla., formerly of Washburn, died Thursday, May 9. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 14, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial was at King Cemetery in Seligman.

Harold Lee Umberger, 82, of Mt. Vernon, died May 12, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Burial will be at the Mt. Vernon City Cemetery...

Lorrain Kate Birchfield, 94, of Aurora, died Thursday, May 9, at the Aurora Nursing Center in Aurora. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield. Bishop Edward Numbers will be officiating. Visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett...

Lois Marie (Brown) Zent, 91, of Mt. Vernon, died Monday, May 6, in Republic. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 13, at Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield...

Charles Robert “Bob” Jones, 77, of Miller, died at 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, May 5, at the Mt. Vernon Place Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 10, at Miller Christian Church. Burial will follow at Sycamore Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, at the f Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home chapel...

Yia Yang, 55, of Stella, died Friday, May 3. Funeral services will be held from Saturday, June 1, until Monday, June 3, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Burial will be at Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter.

Donald Jack Owens, 84, of Monett, died Monday, April 29. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Pu Reh, 23, of Monett, died Saturday, May 4, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Buchanan Funeral Home. The family invites friends for a visitation at the funeral home from 6-8:00 p.m. on Friday evening. Interment will be in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Monett...

Rick T. Miller, 75, of Pierce City, died Sunday, May 5, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 9, at Purdy Cemetery with Pastor Tim McMillian officiating. Visitation will be from 6:30–7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the funeral home...

Max Raymond McBride, 88, of Marionville, died Friday, May 3, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, at the Williams Funeral Home in Marionville, with burial to follow at the Marionville IOOF Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, in the funeral home chapel...

Millie Ann Kennedy, 57, of Malvern, Ark., died Saturday, May 4, while staying in Mt. Vernon. No formal services are planned at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett.

Janet Ruth Livingston, 68, of Mt. Vernon, died at 6:09 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, at her home. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at First United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon...

Kenneth Wayne Cook, 72, of Stark City, died Saturday, May 4. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 9, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton. Burial with military honors will be at Dice Cemetery in Fairview. Visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton...

Donnie L. “Don” McDonald, 70, Wentworth, Missouri, died Wednesday, April 25, 2019, at his home in Wentworth. He was born April 20, 1949, in Gobler, Mo., the son of Paul and Lena (Franklin) McDonald. He attended Coolidge, Ariz., schools. He was in the United State Marine Corps from 1969 to 1971, and achieved the rank of Lance Corporal on his discharge. On April 18, 198 6, he was united in marriage to Agnes Gabel. They celebrated 33 years of marriage...

Catherine Marie McTeer, 76, of Montgomery City, Mo., formerly of Dallas, Texas, died on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at SSM Audrain in Mexico, Mo. Catherine Marie McTeer was born Oct. 8, 1942, in Purdy, Mo., to Ted R. McTeer and Alene A. Todd McTeer. She graduated from Purdy High School in 1960, and then graduated from Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Mo. ...

Tina Louise Daniels, 56, of Cassville, died Friday, April 26, 2019. A visitation was held Sunday, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Mary Alicia Chapin, Mt. Vernon, died at 4:30 p.m., Dec. 22, 2018. A memorial graveside will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 3, at the Missouri Veteran’s Cemetery in Springfield. Visitation will be held from 10 to11 a.m. on Saturday, May 4, at Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon followed by a celebration of life service at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel...

Susan Elaine Neely, 63, of Monett, died Wednesday, April 24. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Carl Thomas Wolff, 69, of Golden, died Friday, April 26. Private graveside services were held at Viney Creek Cemetery in Golden under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Shell Knob.

Donnie L. “Don” McDonald, 70, Wentworth, Missouri, died Wednesday, April 25, 2019, at his home in Wentworth. He was born April 20, 1949, in Gobler, Missouri, the son of Paul and Lena (Franklin) McDonald. He attended Coolidge, Ariz., schools. He was in the United State Marine Corps from 1969 to 1971, and achieved the rank of Lance Corporal on his discharge. On April 18, 1986, he was united in marriage to Agnes Gabel. They celebrated 33 years of marriage...

Susan Elaine Neely, 63, went to meet her husband in heaven on April 24, 2019. She was the daughter of Dale and Bernice Waggoner. She is survived by her brother Kent and Bambi Waggoner; her children Katie Neely, Alan Neely, Audrey and Brandon Wormington, Brett and Sarah Neely; and seven grandchildren...

Justin Allen Good, 42, of Monett, died Tuesday, April 23, at his residence in Monett following a sudden illness. Justin’s wishes were to be cremated with services to be held by the family. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of Buchanan Funeral Home, Monett, Mo...

Willis Ray Herndon, 87, of Marionville, died Monday, April 22, in his home. A funeral service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, was held Thursday, April 25, at the Marionville First Baptist Church with interment at the Marionville IOOF Cemetery...

Wayne Eldon Robbins, 73, of Marionville, died Monday, April 22, at his home. A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at the Osa Cemetery.

William Madison Skidmore, 54, of Seligman, died Monday, April 22, 2019. The family received friends from 5-7:00 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Karen Sue Wessell, 67, of Pierce City, died Thursday, April 18, at Cox Monett Hospital in Monett. Memorial visitation for Karen is being held on Tuesday, April 30, from 6-8:00 p.m. at the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett. Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett...

Alvin Wesley “Buck’ Adams, 92, of South Greenfield, died at 4:45 a.m. on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Mercy Hospital in Aurora. He was born Feb. 7, 1927, in Perry, Kansas, the son of Loren Adolfus and Laverne (Fassnacht) Adams. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at Round Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow at the Round Grove Cemetery...

Jewell Katherine Dowdy, 96, of Mt. Vernon, died at 2:40 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, at Birch Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield. She was born January 23, 1923, in Halltown, the daughter of Doss and Mellie (Morris) Carter. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, at Rock Prairie Cemetery in Halltown...

Stephen D. Finch, 61, of Cassville, died Friday, April 19. Graveside services were held Monday, April 22, at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Garfield, Ark., under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Joe Richard “Dick” Granger, 89, of Stella, died Thursday, April 18. Graveside services were held Tuesday, April 23, at Macedonia Cemetery in Stella, under direction of McQueen Funeral Home in Wheaton.