Donald Robert Spradling

Donald Robert Spradling, 78, of Mt. Vernon passed away  Monday, June 6, 2022, at his home. He was born April 25, 1944, in Monett the son of Joseph Allen and Pauline Margaret (Ruscha) Spradling.
He was a 1962 graduate of Mt. Vernon High School and attended Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield. He was a United States Army veteran serving in Korea with the second infantry division and in Viet Nam as an Army special services entertainer. He worked at Spradling Service Station in Mt. Vernon, taught Head Start in Springfield, drove a milk truck, was a custodian for the Pierce City Schools and operated the Walnuts Motel in Mt. Vernon and was a substitute teacher for several area schools. He was an entertainer playing TenTen the clown on KOLR channel 10 in Springfield for many years. At the age of 10, he and a friend were featured on Ozark Jubilee, then the most popular Saturday evening television show in America as “The Spider and The Fly”. Spradling is survived by three brothers; Joe Spradling (Bettie), and Bernie Spradling, all of Monett and Paul Spradling of Mt. Vernon; two nieces; several cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Pauline, and brother, Martin Spradling.
A visitation, under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon, was held from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the St. Susanne Catholic Church in Mt. Vernon, with a funeral mass that followed at 11 a.m. at the church. Burial followed at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Monett.
Memorial donations may be made payable to the St. Susanne Catholic Church, in care of the funeral home.
Online condolences may be shared at www.FossettMosherFuneralHome.com.