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Herbert Vencil Jessee, 70, of Aurora passed away on Monday Dec. 30, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Aurora. He was born July 22, 1954, in Stella; the son of Max and Wilda (Hawk) Jessee.
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Gayle Norman Graves, 81, of Wheaton passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at Freeman Health System West in Joplin. He was born in Deming, N.M. on Saturday, Oct. 16, 1943; the son of Lloyd and Ilafay (Offutt) Graves.
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Gary Lawrence Gossett, 82, of Greenfield passed away on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. He was born in Aurora on June 29, 1942; the son of Lovel and Velma (Cartwright) Gossett.
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Linda Lorene Gaines, 74, of Monett passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, following a short illness. She was born in Granby on March 2, 1950; the daughter of Robert Earl Thompson and Dolores (Lautaret) Thompson.
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Gertrude Bert Fulbright, 91, of Mt. Vernon passed away at 11:48 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at Mt. Vernon Place Care. She was born March 23, 1933, in Springfield; the daughter of George Washington and Ethel Bell (Brown) Etheridge.
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Michael “Mike” Danley, 71, of Eagle Rock passed away on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. He was born in Bakersfield, Calif. on Feb. 10, 1953; the son of Charles and Gwendolyn (Armstrong) Danley.
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Laurita Neveve Cure, 95, of Mt. Vernon passed away on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. She was born in Burdett, Kan. on Jan. 29, 1929; the only daughter in a family of three brothers: Loyd, Dean and Jake, to Robert and Grace (Jones) Waterhouse.
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Michael Edward “Mike” Blank, 76, of Exeter passed away on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. He was born in Peoria, Ill. on Jan. 19, 1948; the son of Charles Edward and Hazel Drucilla (Brubaker) Blank.
On June 10, 1968, he married Sandra “Sandy” Sizemore in Edinburg, Texas.
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Stephen "Steve" Ray Bateman, 69, of Wheaton passed away on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at Roaring River Health and Rehab in Cassville. He was born in Stella on March 3, 1955; the son of J.D. and Lahaunta June (Saunders) Bateman.
