Published by education on Tue, 03/01/2022 - 1:59pm
Karen Ann Swinney was born in Kansas City April 26, 1940. She was the third oldest of five girls. The family lost the second oldest, Shirley, in a house fire when the girls were very young.
Catherine Geneva Beck, 93, of Mt. Vernon, passed away Feb. 26, 2022, at the Mt. Vernon Place Care Center. She was born July 13, 1928, in Aurora, the daughter of Ueal and Lorene (Brashers) Leath.
Randy Eldon Gold, 52, of Marionville, passed away Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. He was born Feb. 24, 1969, in Aurora, the son of Willis and Judy (Heatherly) Gold.
Gold was a 1987 graduate of Marionville High School and was a breeder manager for Select Genetics.
James Arthur Updike, 89, formerly of Nixa, passed away on Feb. 24, 2022. He was born on June 18, 1932, in Ashland, Ill., the son of Arthur and Virginia (Edwards) Updike.
George Lewis Wilson, 80, son of Herman Austin Wilson and Irene Beatrice Harper Wilson, was born Oct. 14, 1941, in Springfield. He departed this life on Feb. 19, 2022, in Springfield.
On Dec. 17, 1960, he was united in marriage to Marilyn Sue Hagerman.
Larry Glenn Clevenger passed away Dec. 1, 2021 at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond,Va. after a long illness. He was born Sept. 6, 1952 to Delmar and Edith Clevenger.
He is preceded in death by both parents and his wife of 40 years, four sisters, three brothers, and a daughter in law.
Timothy Joseph Michel, age 71, of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Aurora, Missouri, passed away at 6:44 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at his home after a courageous battle with lung cancer.
Wade Short, 46, passed away in Verona, on Feb. 18, 2022.
Short was born on Jan. 11, 1976, in Denison, Texas as the son of Phillip Roy Short and Linda J. Short.
Short was a prominent residential construction contractor. He graduated at Verona Public High School, 1994.
Max Eugene Lawmaster, 72, of Miller, passed away Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. He was born April 15, 1949, in Miller, the son of James Fredson and Ruth Frances (Whittenburg) Lawmaster.
Shirley Cain, 74, of Mt. Vernon passed away on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, at her home. No Services are planned at this time.
Full obituary will appear in next week’s paper.
