Obituaries
Funeral services for Vetress Marie King, 78, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 8, at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. King passed away at 4:08 p.m., Sunday, July 2, 2023, at Cox South, Springfield, Missouri.
She was born August 30...
Ronald "Wayne" Cole of Cabool, MO passed away on June 28, 2023. He was 80. Wayne was born October 9, 1942 in Easton, MD and was the youngest son of Frank E. Cole and Bertha Jackson Cole.
Wayne was raised in Clayton, DE where he attended Clayton Elementary and was a graduate of John Bassett...
Karen Solis Mejia, 49, Moody, Missouri, passed away at 8:34 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at her home.
She was born February 13, 1974, at Libertyville, Illinois, to Joseph Hopkins and Marian Mankowski Hopkins. Karen enjoyed going to the river, where she spent a lot of her time.
She is...
Henry "Hank" Lambert Theisen, Jr., age 88 of Willow Springs, passed away at his home Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Born in Chicago, Illinois to Henry and Katherine (Kistinger) Theisen, he attended multiple schools, earning a Bachelor of Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master of...
Veva Dorene Rush, born January 24, 1940, left this earth and stepped into the arms of her Lord and Savior, on June 25, 2023, at her home.
Dorene was united in marriage to her husband, Eddie Rush, on September 25, 1958. To this union, five children were born.
Preceding her in death are her son...
Robert Lynn Cauldwell was born in Howell County on January 10, 1946 to Hershell “Bud” and Sophia Cauldwell. Lynn, the youngest of nine siblings, was raised in Willow Springs.
As a young man, Lynn served in the U.S. Army and represented his country in Vietnam. Upon returning to Willow Springs...
Gary (Gene) Winfree, 78, Udall, Missouri, passed away June 18, 2023, at his home.
He was born February 22, 1945, in Udall, the son of Claude W. and Fern A. (Carter) Winfree. On August 7, 1965, he was married to Shirley Elaine (Skinner). Gene graduated from Rock Island High School, Rock Island,...
Darcie Grace Coatney, a resident of Pomona, MO passed away at her home Monday, June 19, 2023. She was born May 7, 2016, in West Plains, MO and raised by her loving parents, Rex and Regina (Hershaw) Coatney and was 7 years old.
Darcie did not attend school but was on homebound services for 2...
William Augustus Limond, age 94, of Savanna, IL, passed away on June 17, 2023 at Big Meadows Nursing Home, in Savanna, IL. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 27 at 11 a.m. at Law Jones Funeral Home, in Savanna. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service. Burial of...
Funeral services for Gladys Naomi Shipley, 89, Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 20, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Shipley passed away at 7:30 p.m., Monday, June 12, 2023, at New Mark Care Center,...