Lois Jean McAlister, 76, of Springfield, MO passed away on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 following a long illness. She was born on Sunday, August 3, 1941 in Everton, AR to Alma Juanita Cooper and Troy Fred Williams. Lois was a graduate of Valley Springs High School in Arkansas . She also took several college courses and studied American Sign Language....
Betty (Sides) Crow Wollard, 1932 - 2017 Betty Jean Wollard passed peacefully away on Sunday, December 3, 2017. She was born on May 17, 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, to Jesse Daniel Sides and Alma Louise Bennett Sides; she was the second of six children. Her mother passed away when Betty was young, and it was difficult...
Bernal Dean Stafford, 92, of Willard, MO passed away on Friday, December 1st, 2017 with family by his side. He was born on Monday, February 9th, 1925 in Northview, MO to May E. Nash and Elmer J. Stafford. Bernal served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII. He loved to fix clocks, go bargain hunting and enjoyed regular hunting...
Verna "Ma" Lorene Ledbetter 88, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2017. She was born on June 10, 1929 to Loranzla and Alma (Ponder) Vandiver in Doniphan, Missouri. Verna enjoyed sewing, crocheting, and tending to her flower garden. She spent many hours working on crossword puzzles and putting together her jigsaw puzzles. Verna dearly loved her family,...
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Rachel Pauline Kendall, passed at the age of 93 on Tursday, November 30th, 2017. Born to Vernon Truman Grooms and Rose Pauline Bateson, on Friday, February 1st, 1924, in Topeka, KS, she was the oldest of three children. In August 1944 she married her high school sweetheart, H. Wayne Kendall, and together they raised...