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EWS -L EADER 5A For details of services, ee obituaries or call the uneral home. For add resses and phone numbers of local funeral service providers, visit and click on SPRINGFIELD Allwardt Mr. Richard, 76, Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home oyle Patsy, 79, Adams Funeral Home, Ozark Emery Jerry Michael, 6 0, Adams Funeral Home, ixa I verson Peter 71, Greenlawn Funeral Home outh Jones Homer 90, Greenlawn Funeral Home South Maples Ernest Richard, 86, see obituary Simmons Sue, 70, see obituary Williams Nancy Sue, 75, see obituary Yandell Carolyn, 70, Preston-Marsh Funeral Home, Rogersville BRUNER Fink Betty, 71, Holden Cremation and Funeral Service CASSVILLE Groom Edna Alberta, 7 5, White Funeral Home and Crematory CLEVER Schupbach Wilbur, 86, eadors Funeral Home, epublic Chapel FORSYTH Will Patricia 80, napp-Bearden Funeral ome, Branson FREEBURG Baysinger Dave, 63, Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, Vienna HIGHLANDVILLE Meadows David Lynn, 69, Adams Funeral Home, Nixa HOUSTON Hinton Leroy 89, vans Funeral Home LEBANON Elam Lorene, 96, Holm an-Howe Funeral Home of Lebanon emes Clifford Walter, 85, Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Lebanon LICKING Harris Diane 49, Fox Funeral Home MARSHFIELD Day Ruth 90, Fraker Funeral Home Marshfield MONETT Cendroski Colten Martin, infant son of Cale and Jennifer Cendroski, Buc hanan Funeral Home MOUNTAIN GROVE Cheatham Jean, 66, A va Family Funeral Home, Ava MOUNTAIN VIEW Schulz Lisa Ann, 57, Yarber Mortuary NIXA Fleeman Patricia 7 3, Butler Funeral Home, Bolivar Fritz Dennis, 76, Adams Funeral Home OZARK Davis Lila 65, Barnes Family Funeral Home Edgerley Shirley, 80, Adams Funeral Home Fiedler Loretta Anne, 78, see obituary ew Leo, 94, Adams uneral Home REEDS SPRING Warren Riley Jasper, 7 2, Manlove-Stumpff Fun eral Home, Crane REPUBLIC Vandeventer Leota 88, Greenlawn Funeral Home South SEYMOUR Mackey Ellen 84, Midwest Cremation and Funeral Services SHELL KNOB Wilson Diana Elizab eth, 72, Fohn Funeral Home SUMMERSVILLE Vaughn Leroy 68, Bradford Funeral ome URBANA Johnson Gracie, 85, Cantlon Otterness Funeral Home of Urbana WILLOW SPRINGS Rader George, 75, Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home, Mountain Grove ErnestRichardMaples, dayOctober23.Hewas andVernaMaples.Mr. Maplesattendedschoolat heenlistedintheUSArmy. Heattainedtherankof Sergeantandservedin receivedaWWIIVictory MedalandtheArmyofOccupationJapanMedal.

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Herlastfewyearswere enjoyedatNorthParkVil- closetoherdaughterwhereshefoundgreatfriends. souri. maybesharedatwww.hhlohmeyer.com. LorettaAnne Fiedler Investigators took the stand Monday afternoon i the first day of a child abuse trial in which the defendant has been acc used of starving a 3- year-old girl and locking her in a cage. The girl is now in foster care, and her mother's live-in boyfriend Dustin Richard, 31, began his bench rial Monday in ront of udge Calvin Holden.

Richard waived his right a jury trial, so Holden will determine whether or not he should be found uilty when the trial concludes. Prosecutors showed recent pictures of the miling girl during the first day of the trial on Monday. Those pictures ere a stark contrast to the pictures police took of the girl covered in ruises and scrapes hen she was admitted to the hospital on Dec. 26, 2 013. ichard and the girl's mother, Kaylah Hill, were charged a few months after the hospital isit with two counts of child abuse and one count endangering the wel- are of a child.

Hill's trial is scheduled for next onth. Court documents say the 3-year-old girl was uffering from cellulitis and signs of a disease called Kwashiorkor, hich is caused by malnutrition, when her grandmother took her to the hospital the day after Christmas in 2013. The girl allegedly told investigators Richard had tied her to a chair and hrown her down the stairs. ourt documents say i nvestigators interviewed other children who were living with Richard and Hill and heard allegations the 3- year-old girl sometimes ent without food and was put in a cage in a place called "the hole." rpl. Annesha Umbarger with the Springfield Police Department took the stand Monday a nd described pictures she took while serving a search warrant in Febru- a ry 2014 at Richard's residence on the 1500 block of West Florida Street in pringfield.

he pictures show holes in the closets of the ome that lead back to an nfurnished area with insulation and exposed nails. Umbarger testified hat investigators found bottles, empty candy oxes and some chil- ren's clothing in those unfurnished areas be- ind the closets. Prosecutors also played an hour-long ideo of an interview Umbarger did in January 2014 with Richard and ill at police headquarters. In the interview, Richard explained the 3-year- old's scratches and bruises by saying the girl was "clumsy" and often fell. He also said the cell ulitis could have been caused by a bug bite that ot progressively worse.

ichard told police in the interview that he had his hands full with several children at dinner time and did not always monitor how much the 3-year- ld girl was eating. When asked how he disciplines the children, ichard told police he uses timeout as punishment and has never even spanked a child. rystal Mantiel, an investigator with the Children's Division, also took he stand Monday. Mantiel testified that she tried repeatedly to meet ith the 3-year-old girl in ecember 2013, but every time she went to the ome on Florida Street, he girl was not present. Mantiel also said Richard was not present during her visits at the home.

ichard's bench trial is scheduled to continue Tuesday. Trial begins for Springfield man accused of child abuse HARRISON KEEGAN NEWS-LEADER Dustin Richard MORRILTON, Ark. wners of a 466-head herd of cattle are suing a Morr ilton family who they believe stole the animals. The owners of the cattle want the Allison family pay them the more than $821,000 for the missing ivestock, plus damages. The lawsuit, filed in A pril in Conway County Circuit Court, has been stalled by related bankruptcy litigation that pre- ented the case from moving forward.

The plaintiff, ott Cattle Co. of Kansas, asked Judge David McCormick this month to revive the suit. The Allisons are calling for the suit to be thrown out due to a lack of proof. Whether the suit can ove forward is unclear because court filings submitted by the insurance company last week seek a declaration in ulaski county Circuit Court that the liability insurance equire insurers to pay for legal representation. In order for the litiga- ion to resume, a condition of the arrangement is that it must not produce new debt in the bankruptcy case.

Bott Cattle had been doing business with the Allisons for five years without i ncident, according to the lawsuit. etween July 2014 and ctober 2014, Bott purchased 466 head of cattle from Allison Cattle, and they were moved to Rebel Cattle Feeders for preconditioning. The suit states hat Bott had buyers lined up, waiting for the cattle to be conditioned. I the following March, Bott representatives went to Morrilton and met with Stanley Allison, who told hem that all of the cattle had died, according to the suit. he Botts said in the lawsuit that they found that explanation unbeliev- a ble, in part because Allis on said he was the only one who knew about it, and ecause never been old about any serious health problems with the cattle.

The attorney A ndy Turner did not return a call seeking comm ent Friday afternoon. Missing cattle spark awsuit Cattle owners accuse family of stealing herd ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS A half century ago, workers gingerly hoisted into place the final of 142 stainless steel sect ions of the 630-foot-tall Gateway Arch the shimmering tribute to President homas Jefferson and pioneers for whom St. Louis served as a gateway to the est. The tallest arch and St.

famously defining feature, along the Mississippi western bank, officially celebrates its 50th birthday on Wednesday. The National Park Service said the A rch drew roughly 2mil- lion visitors last year. he wicket-shaped land- ark, the tallest man-made monument and the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial grounds, cost less than $15million to uild after construction began in early 1963. Though efforts often were ithout safety wires or harnesses, none were killed during construction. The landmark, its visitor center a nd its clickety, cramped north-leg tram opened to visitors in mid-1967.

The Museum of Westward Expansion was ready nine years later, and the andscaping was finished in 1 981. By most accounts, the A rch has aged relatively racefully. A Chicago firm that last year sent climbers rappelling down the legs to take samples mysterious stains on the metal skin conclude in a report released in April that the discoloration was caused by the land- original construction, residue accumulation and, closer to the base, vandalism and graffiti. Although the National ark Service has said scrubbing the monument feasible, last eport concluded the Arch is structurally sound and in condition, ithout significant structural distress or Aceremony at 11a.m. Wednesday near the Arch will mark the moment its last, uppermost piece joined the landmark.

St. mayor and National Park Service officials will peak about the anniversa- and visitors can get a glimpse of the renovations. Up to 1,000 free cupcakes will be distributed, and rides to the top of the Arch will cost just the price of tram tickets from 50 years earlier. Riders will get lapel pins a nd Went to the certificates patterned after ones handed to the 1967 visitors. A the Missouri History Museum in the sprawling Forest Park, heet-metal and iron workers, electricians and engineers who helped erect the A rch a half century ago ather from 9:30 a.m.

to 11 a.m. to offer their recollect ions of the project. At noon, ational Park Service historian Bob Moore joins landscape architect Susan Saarinen daughter of the A late designer, Eero Saarinen for a panel disc ussion. Gateway Arch poised for its 50th birthday JIM SUHR ASSOCIATED PRESS Agriculture in the Ozarks David Burton discusses ural life and industry Sundays in Business. EWS EADER.