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News-Leader Thursday, July 2, 1998 Page edited by Randy Berger; call 836-1199 after 5 p.m. OZARKS Robert C. Boyd, 83 man-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. horse trainer, died at 7:35 p.m. Tues- Opal Eugenia Miller, 85 County.

DEATH NOTICES WALNUT GROVE Mr. Robert Visitation will be from 3 to 4 p.m. day in his home. CASSVILLE Mrs. Opal Eugenia Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

Richard C. Anderson C. Boyd, Walnut Grove, a retired today in the funeral home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Sat- Miller, Cassville, a homemaker, died today in the chapel.

Pauline C. Birkenbach manager, died at 1:51 a.m. Tuesday in urday in Colonial Funeral Chapel, at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday in South Barry St. John's Regional Health Center, Eva M.

Cruise, 100 Lebanon, with burial in Hufft Ceme- County Hospital. Howard 'Butch' Wallen, 50 Robert C. Boyd Darrell R. Brewer Springfield. Mrs.

Eva M. Cruise, Springfield, a tery, Laclede County. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday GREENFIELD Mr. Howard Edith Buck Services will be at 2 p.m.

today in retired secretary, died at 2:32 a.m. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. in Fohn Funeral Home with burial in "Butch" Wallen, Greenfield, a truck Roberta J. McJimsey Childs Wilson-Brim-Daniel Funeral Home, Monday in Springfield Healthcare Friday in the chapel. Oak Hill Cemetery, driver, died at 5:06 p.m.

Monday in Eva M. Cruise Walnut Grove, with burial in Greene Center. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, of compliMary Belle Curless Lawn Cemetery.

Graveside services will be at 10 Ivan Lee Johnson, 84 today in the funeral home. cations from liver surgery. Raymer Durnell a.m. today in Hazelwood Cemetery MARIONVILLE Mr. Ivan Lee Graveside services will be at 10 Charles Bernard "C.B." Hill Darrell R.

Brewer, 70 under direction of Gorman-Scharpf Johnson, Marionville, a retired truck Catherine Jean James Winston Hufft a.m. Friday in Greenfield Cemetery Ivan Lee Johnson OAKLAWN, Ill. Mr. Darrell R. Brentwood Chapel.

driver, died at 1 p.m. Monday in Cox Sherwood, 58 under direction of Greenfield FunerDoyle Jones Brewer, Oaklawn, formerly of Medical Center South, Springfield. NIXA Mrs. Catherine Jean al Chapel. Helen Louise Lorenz Springfield, a retired railroad ship- Mary Belle Curless, 93 Graveside services will be at 10:30 Sherwood, Nixa, a nurse service disMary "Katherine" Lurvey ping supervisor and World War II NEVADA Mrs.

Mary Belle Cur- a.m. today in Mount Olive Cemetery, patcher, died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mary Lee Webster, 72 Opal Eugenia Miller U.S. Navy veteran, died at 11:50 p.m. less, Nevada, a retired co-owner of a Marionville, under direction of St.

John's Regional Health Center, BOLIVAR Mrs. Mary Lee WebCatherine Jean Sherwood Sunday in his home. farm machinery franchise, died at 6 Williams Funeral Home. Springfield. ster, Bolivar, a homemaker, died at W.P.

"Sonny" Taylor Sr. Graveside services will be at 10 p.m. Tuesday in Balanced Care Neva- Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in 4:22 p.m. Tuesday in Cox Medical Wendell Dean Uder a.m.

today in Eastlawn Cemetery da. Doyle Jones, 63 Howard "Butch" Wallen Harris, a Heritage Funeral Home, Center South, Springfield. Mary Lee Webster under direction of Greenlawn Funer- Services will be at 2 p.m. today in MARIONVILLE Mr. Doyle Nixa, with burial in Rivermonte Services will be at 11 a.m.

Friday al Home South. Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar, with Jones, Marionville, a retired railroad Memorial Gardens, Springfield. in Pitts Chapel, Bolivar, with burial Notices contain service burial in Liberal Cemetery, Liberal. employee, died at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m.

in Greenwood Cemetery. and death information only. Edith Buck, 82 in his home. Friday in the funeral home. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

GOLDEN CITY Mrs. Edith Raymer Durnell, 81 Graveside services will be at 10 today in the chapel. Buck, Golden City, a homemaker, CABOOL Mr. Raymer Durnell, a.m. Friday in Blue Eye Cemetery, W.P.

'Sonny' Taylor 78 Richard C. Anderson, 88 died at 10:23 p.m. Monday in Lake- Cabool, a retired merchant and Blue Eye, under direction of Peterson HERMITAGE Mr. W.P. Mr.

Richard C. Anderson, Spring- view Healthcare and Rehabilitation World War II U.S. Army veteran, died Funeral Chapel, Aurora. "Sonny" Taylor Hermitage, a field, a retired district manager, died Center, Lamar. at 11:55 a.m.

Tuesday in his home. retired truck driver, died at 2 a.m. Other Deaths Tuesday in his home. Graveside services will be at 3 Graveside services will be at 11 Helen Louise Lorenz, 78 Tuesday in his home. Listed below are notices of recent Private services are under direc- p.m.

Friday in Golden City 1.0.0.F. a.m. today in Cabool Cemetery under SEYMOUR Mrs. Helen Louise Graveside services will be at 3 deaths of present or former residents tion of Roller Funeral Home, Moun- Cemetery under direction of Pugh direction of Elliott-Gentry Funeral Lorenz, Seymour, a diary farmer, p.m. Friday in Crittenden Memorial of southwest Missouri.

More details tain Home, Ark. Funeral Home. Home. died at 5 p.m. Monday in her home.

Park, Marion, under direction will be published when information Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today of Murray Funeral Home, Humans- is available. Pauline C. Birkenbach, 82 today in the funeral home.

Charles Bernard in Holman-Howe Funeral Home with ville. MONETT Mrs. Pauline C. Hill, 74 burial in Seymour Masonic Ceme- Masonic services will be at 7 p.m. Mrs.

Florence L. Breier, 75, Birkenbach, Monett, a homemaker, Roberta J. McJimsey BOLIVAR Mr. Charles Bernard tery. today in the funeral home with visi- Springfield, died at a.m.

died at 1:45 a.m. Wednesday in Mon- Childs, 78 "C.B." Hill, Bolivar, a retired oil rig tation to follow. Wednesday in her home. Arrangeett Healthcare Center. HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark.

foreman, died at 2:36 a.m. Sunday in Mary 'Katherine' Lurvey, 82 ments will be announced by GreenFuneral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Mrs. Roberta J. McJimsey Childs, Citizens Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Mary "Katherine" Lurvey, Wendell Dean Uder, 63 lawn Funeral Home North. Friday in St. Lawrence Catholic Hot Springs Village, formerly of Services will be at 11 a.m. today in Springfield, a retired developer, died LEBANON Mr.

Wendell Dean Church with burial in Mount Cal- Springfield, a homemaker, died at Pitts Chapel with burial in New Monday in Columbia Hospital South. Uder, Lebanon, a livestock auction Mr. Herman Ralph Moore, 63, Bufvary Cemetery under direction of noon Sunday in St. Joseph Hospital, Bethel Cemetery, near Halfway. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m.

died at 10 a.m. Tues- falo, died at 3:23 a.m. Wednesday in Buchanan Funeral Home. Hot Springs, Ark. today in Redeemer Lutheran Church day in his home.

St. John's Regional Health Center, Rosary services will be at 7 p.m. Graveside services will be at 4 James Winston Hufft, 83 with burial in White Chapel Memori- Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday Springfield. Arrangements will be today in the funeral home with visi- p.m.

today in Hazelwood Cemetery, MARSHFIELD Mr. James Win- al Gardens under direction of Klingn- in Colonial Funeral Chapel with bur- announced by Walnut Lawn DeGraftation to follow. Springfield, under direction of Gor- ston Hufft, Marshfield, a retired er Mortuary. ial in Antioch Cemetery, Laclede fenreid-Wood Funeral Home. The obituaries and memoriams listed below are paid announcements.

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to the Toland Anderson Shirley Mae Toland Anderson, 61, Springfield, was born Aug. 23, 1936, to William Earl and Maude Marie Toland, and died at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, June. 28, 1998, in her home after, "She a short is survived illness. by a son, Terry Anderson; a sister, Sally Maxey; a nephew, Don Maxey.

and his wife, Betsie; a great-nephew, Joshua Don Maxey; a great-niece, MicueIla Maxey; an aunt and uncle, Opal and Lloyd Clevenger, all of Springfield, several cousins, friends and neighbors. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack C. Anderson, and her parents. Services will be at 10 a.m. today, July 2, 1998, in the Klingner Mortuary chapel with burial in Springfield National Cemetery.

Mae Mary Elizabeth Blood Mary Elizabeth Blood, 82, Springfield, died Tuesday morning, June 30, 1998, in her home. Mary was a homemaker and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marlin E. Blood, and a daughter, Sharon Kay Metcalf. Survivors include a daughter, Bonnie Hawkins; a son, Donald Nance; two granddaughters, Melanie Davis and Melissa Gargus, all of Springfield; two grandsons, Eugene and William Metcalf, both of Ava, two great-grandchildren, Devin Elizabeth Davis, and Ross Davis; a sister, Anna Lee- Blood, Springfield; and three brothers, Thomas Shaw, Springfield, Eugene Shaw, Shawnee, and Walter Shaw, Benton, Ark.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, 1998, in White Chapel Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Damon Thomas officiating under direction of Klingner Mortuary. -No visitation is planned. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Missouri Baptist Children's Home, 11300 St.

Charles Rock Road, Bridgeton, MO 63044. Robert C. Boyd WALNUT GROVE Robert C. Boyd, 83, Walnut Grove, passed away at 1:51 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, 1998, in St.

John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, Mo. He was born in Polk County and was a lifelong resident of the Cave Springs and Walnut Grove areas. He retired as manager of the Walnut Grove M.F.A. after 35 years of service. He was a farmer and stockman.

He was a 1935 graduate of Morrisville High School. He was a member of Valley View Baptist Church, and the O'Sullivan Masonic Lodge A.F. A.M. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Clinton, and infant Charles Luther Boyd; and a sister, Margurite Hall. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Wilma; a son and daughter-in-law, Jo Boyd, Walnut Grove; six grandchildren, Terry and Jana Hyden, Brock and Michele Thomazin, and Rodney and Tami Boyd; three great-grandchildren, Ty and Hunter Hyden, and Blake Thomazin; a sister brother-in-law, Anna Lee and Murrell Grant, Springfield, a brother-in-law, Robert Hall, Tulsa, and his extended family, the Boggs.

Services will be af 2 p.m. today, July 2, 1998, in WilsonBrim Funeral Home, Walnut Grove, with the Revs. David Garrison and Bob Perryman officiating. Interment will be in Greene Lawn Cemetery, Walnut Grove. Mildred Irene Butler BOLIVAR Mildred Irene Butler, 83, Bolivar, formerly of Rogersville, passed away af 9:55 p.m.

Tuesday, June 30, 1998, in Big Spring Nursing Home, Humansville. Mildred was Dec. 19, 1914, in Rogersville, to John and Molly Clines Minks. She was of the Baptist faith. She married Lloyd Butler on Feb.

17, 1931, in Ozark, and he preceded her in death Jan. 30, 1966. She was also preceded in death by six brothers, Harold, Alvie, Oren, Allen, John and Ed Minks. Surviving is a son and his wife, Ray and Evelyn Butler, Bolivar; a daughter and her husband, Pearl and Dennis Crumm, Fair Play, three sisters, Josephine Butler and Eunice Peck, both of Springfield, and Mary Butler, Chadwick; five grandchildren, Sharon LaFuze, Sandra Stidham, Rhonda Mendiola, Rick Butler and David Butler; 11 greatgrandchildren; six great-greatgrandchildren; a sister-in-law, Claira Minks, state of California; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Friday, July 3, 1998, in PrestonMarsh Funeral Home, Rogersville. Burial will be in Palmetto Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Curtis J.

Cleary Curtis J. Cleary, 18, Springfield, died at 8:25 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 1998, in Columbia, Mo. He was a cook at Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's, and was a member of Springhill Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother, Susan Applegate; two brothers, Jason and Steven, both of Springfield; his father, Robert Cleary, state of Georgia; his maternal grandmother, Doris Kopcho, state of New Jersey; and many friends.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, July 3, 1998, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Earl Junior House Earl Junior House, 73, Springfield, died at 7:12 p.m.

Monday, June 29, 1998, in his home. He was born May 4, 1925, in Brookline, and raised in Monett, Mo. He was a retired for International Harvester, retiring after 40 years of service. He was a World War Il U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

He is survived by a daughter and her husband, Judy and Andy Jones, Springfield; a granddaughter and her husand Ross Sherman, St. Louis; a grandson, Brian Jones and his fiancee, Kelly Clark, Kansas City, and a Kenedi Sherman, St. Louis. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Rachel "Dutch" House; his parents; and a brother, Jim House, Billings, Mo. Graveside services will be at 11 Friday, July 3, 1998, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home North.

No visitation 1 is planned. Dorothy Evelyn Lane Dorothy Evelyn Lane, 83, Springfield, passed away May 7, 1998, in her home after a short illness. Mrs. Lane was a longtime resident of Springfield, having lived here most of her life. She is survived by her son, Dan Lane, Springfield; a daughter, Glenda Jennings, Spring Hill, a sister, Barbara Juiliano, Kansas City; eight grandchildren; and nine greatgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, C.M. Lane, in 1984, and a grandson, Justin Lane, in 1991. No services were held in accordance with her wishes. Arlene Milford Arlene Milford, 70, Springfield, died at 7:40 p.m. June 30, 1998, in St.

John's Regional Health Center. The daughter of Arthur and Tina Atkeson, she was born July 7, 1927, in Barry County, Mo. Prior to her retirement, she had been an executive secretary for NASA in Washington, D.C., where she made her home for several years before returning to Springfield in 1989. She was a member of Sunset Church of Christ, and NARFE. She is survived by her husband, Paul a daughter, Yvonne Owens and her husband, Al, Springfield, two brothers, Glenn Atkeson, Chesapeake, and John B.

Atkeson, Aurora, a sister, Willoween Kasten, Mosinee, and two great-grandchildren." Services will be at a.m. Friday, July 3, 1998, in Greenlawn Funeral Home with John Alley and Joe Bright officiating. Burial will be in Maple Park Cemetery, Aurora. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to Fair Haven Children's Home, Strafford. Arlene was a gracious wife, mother, and grandmother, and was deeply loved by her family. She will be greatly missed by family and friends. A.T. Mitchell A.T.

Mitchell, 83, Springfield, died at 5:37 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, 1998, in St. John's Regional Health Center. He was born April 23, 1915, in Odin, to the late John Lee and Frances Logusta Plaster Mitchell. A.T.

worked as a furniture upholsterer until he retired. A.T. and his wife, Vineta, attended Second Baptist Church, and divided their time between Springfield and Tavares, spending winters in Florida and summers in Springfield. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Sharon Elaine; a brother, Johnny Dean; and four sisters, Eula Branstetter, Lena Cameron, Lavon Whittaker, and Flora Bell Mitchell. He is survived by his wife, Vineta Gladys, of the home; a daughter and her husband, Jeanette and Ed Doggett, Tavares, a brother and his wife, LeRoy and Mary Mitchell, Springfield, nine sisters, Beula Branstetter, and Alma Todd, both of Marshfield, Pauline Reed, Lincoln, Nadine Terrill, Topeka, Maxine Carter, Hermitage, Imogene Simmons, Ava, Margaret Layne, and Dorotha Dickson, both of Springfield, and Glora Brandenburg, Republic; and a grandchild, Shonda Elaine Doggett, Tavares, Fla.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, July 3, 1998, in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel with Dr. Edgar H. Burks officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery, near Marshfield, Mo.

Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the funeral home, however, friends may call after 1. p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Mount Zion Baptist Church, Charley Nichols, R1.3 Box 101, Marshfield, MO 65706. Nina Maurine Myers Nina Maurine Myers, 89, Springfield, passed away at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 30, 1998, in St. John's Regional Health Center after a brief illness. She was a native on Bond County, where she graduated from Mulberry Grove High School in 1927, and later taught school. She was a homemaker in St. Louis County, for 59 years.

She was active in church work and was a Sunday school teacher for over 50 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Springfield, at the time of her death. Mrs. Myers was preceded in death by her parents, William Herbert and Amy, Watson Griggs; her husband, William Kent Myers; and two brothers, Herbert and Forrest. She is survived by two sons and their wives, Norman K.

and Pat Myers, Springfield, and Donald W. and Vivian Myers, St. Louis, three grandsons, Jon Jay, Michael and Matthew W. Myers; two granddaughters, Julie J. and Meghan M.

Myers; and a great-grandson, Jon Jacob. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. today, July 2, 1998, in Gorman Brentwood Chapel with the Rev. Scotty L. Killingsworth and Dr.

Edgar Burks officiating. Burial will be at 5 p.m. in Liberty Baptist Cemetery, Bond County, Ill. Visitation was 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, 1998, in the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Ozark Technical Community College Foundation Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 5958, Springfield, 'MO 65801. Delores Faye Zollie Small Delores Faye Zollie Small, 62, Springfield, passed away 2:45 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 1998, in Cox Medical Center South. Delores Faye Small was born March 11, 1936, the daughter of Zollie and Myrtle Washburn Cage.

Delores, a homemaker, lived her life for her children, Donna, Vernon, and Phillip Taylor, and Robert Small, her step-children, and her granddaughters whom she loved dearly. She leaves behind to mourn her loss, a brother, Ray Cage; a sister, Maria Schultz; many sisters-in-law; her granddaughters, Amanda, Brittany, and Tiffany Small; her beloved best friends, Linda and Mark Bretenstein, Lucky Watkins, Diane Watters, and Bill Petersen; and many other family and friends who loved her dearly. The body has been cremated under direction of Thieme, a Heritage Funeral Home. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Joanne C.

Turner Joanne Turner, 78, Springfield, died Tuesday afternoon, June 30, 1998, in Woodland Manor. Joanne was born April 1, 1920, in Marionville, Mo. She attended school in Springfield, Mo. She lived in the St. Louis area for several years and upon her retirement made her home in Houston, Mo.

She moved back to Springfield in 1990. She had been an active volunteer at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, and the Boys and Girls Town of Springfield, Mo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Luke Turner; her parents, Loren and Gertrude Logan; and a brother, John Logan. She is survived by a son and his wife, Michael and Mimi Serfas, St. Louis; two grandsons, Sean and Jonathan Serfas, San Diego, two sisters, Mary Siegrist, Harrison, and Susie Weber, Palm Beach Gardens, six brothers, Bill Modesto, Loren Logan, Lincoln, James Logan, Moline, Paul Logan, Grandview, David Logan, Greenwich, and Bob Logan, Springfield, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Graveside services following cremation will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 4, 1998, in Marionville 1.0.0.F. Cemetery, Marionville, with Joe Bright officiating under direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home South, Springfield. Sarah Margaret "Peg" VonStrohe LOCKWOOD Sarah Margaret "Peg" VonStrohe, 83, Lockwood, departed this life Wednesday, July 1, 1998, in Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Lockwood, Mo. She was born Feb.

21, 1915, in Carthage, to Joseph E. and Florence Powers Davis. She graduated from Carthage High School and attended Teachers College in Springfield. She married Harry VonStrohe on July 15, 1949, in Carthage, Mo. She was a bookkeeper for Dade County Hospital, Lockwood.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lockwood. Survivors include her husband, Harry, Lockwood; a son his wife, Dennis and Sue VonStrohe; a daughter and her husband, Susan and Nolan Carrier, all of Springfield; a sister, Josephine Ferguson, Carthage; and four grandchildren, Heather Carrier, Dana Carrier, Kari VonStrohe, and Megan VonStrohe, all of Springfield. A sister, Elizabeth Davis, preceded her in death. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, 1998, in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Lockwood, with Pastor Gary Griffin officiating.

Burial will follow in Lockwood Lutheran Cemetery under direction of Lockwood Funeral Chapel. No formal visitation is planned. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today in the chapel. Donations may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church, or Good Shepherd Nursing Home..