Mar 18, 2023

Clarence H. Boyts, Jr went to join his parents in heaven on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at age 87. He was surrounded by family at Cox South following complications from a fall. He was born on Wednesday, March 20, 1935 in Springfield, MO, the son of Clarence Hobart and Thelma Jane Chastain Boyts, sibling to Elizabeth Shoemaker and John...

Mar 17, 2023

We lost an angel.

On March 17th 2023, Miss Ellie Florang was sung home to heaven after a short battle of Uterine Cancer.

Services will be held at Klinger Cope Funeral Home at White Chapel in Springfield, MO on Wednesday March 29th, 2023. Visitation is at 1:00 PM with services at 2:00 PM. No fancy...

Mar 16, 2023

Elizabeth Anne (Francka) Kressig loving wife, mother and grandmother passed from this life on March 16, 2023 at the age of 87 years.

Elizabeth was born on Feb. 15, 1936 to Ben and Mary Ann Francka of Bolivar, Missouri.  Elizabeth graduated from Southwest Missouri State College after attending Bolivar High School with a teaching degree. She later...

Mar 16, 2023

Robert Donald Grooms, 82 years young, of Springfield, MO passed away at his home on Thursday, March 16, 2023. He was born on Tuesday, December 17, 1940 in Wilmington, OH to Noah and Ruth Grooms. Bob was a Vietnam Veteran and a proud Navy man. He has gone to join his wife Darlene (Kohtanen) Grooms, both of his parents...

Mar 10, 2023

No obituary will be posted.

Services for Shirley Girens are private

Mar 9, 2023

Gerald "Jerry" Richard Tirres, 83, of Springfield, MO Passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023. He was born on Tuesday, January 30. 1940 in San Bernardino, CA to Richard and Jackie Tirres.

Jerry worked as a cab driver for 30 years before he retired. He enjoyed gardening, building models, going to Silver Dollar City, listening to music,...

Mar 8, 2023

Ila Mae Gibbons, 94, of Springfield, MO passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. She was born on Monday, April 2, 1928 in Lyman, NE to Morris and Leota McQueen.

Ila lived a life full of love and happiness enjoyed with her numerous friends and family. She grew up in Grandview, WA before marrying her husband, Raymond...

Mar 7, 2023

Rosalind "Rose" Elizabeth Waterman, 82, of Springfield, MO passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. She was born on Friday, May 2, 1941 in Seligman, AZ to Everett and Kathryn Ross.

Rose graduated from Concordia Junior Senior High School. She married in 1961 and had her sons Michael and William Waterman. Rose loved God with all her...

Mar 4, 2023

Marcella May (Brixey) Perry was born on March 11, 1930 to John and Sarah Pryor. She left this world for heaven on March 4, 2023.

Marcella is survived by her four children that she loved with all of your heart. They are Bob Littlebear, Carolyn Cox and husband Jerry, Mary Jane Johns and husband Darrel and David...

Mar 2, 2023

Evelyn Joanne Saffeels was born December 23, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to Aubrey and Edith VanHook. At age 5 months she went to live with her aunt and uncle in Lafayette, Indiana after her mother passed away. She moved to Russellville, Indiana where she graduated and married. She moved to Springfield in 1951 where she lived until her death....