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Tasa Sata Tosima, 51, of Butterfield passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. She was born in Chuuk, Micronesia on Jan. 19, 1974; the daughter of Sata Tosima and Ponifasia Ewinin.
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Jeffrey Eugene Thach, 64, of Aurora on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was born in Aurora on Aug. 10, 1960; the son of Earnest Jack and Mary Lou (Underwood) Thach.
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Jasmine Sky Taylor, 23, of Joplin passed away on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, surrounded by family at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. She was born in Joplin on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001; the daughter of Charles Taylor and Donna (Eaton) Taylor.
She was a graduate of Rogers High School.
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Gabriel Joseph Shoemaker, 76, of Mt. Vernon passed away on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was born in Louisiana on Monday, Dec. 13, 1948; the son of Gabriel and Thelma (Weisgerber) Shoemaker.
He was married to Sharron Bingham.
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Betty Lee Pepper, 91, of Boynton Beach, formerly of Purdy and Joplin, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, under hospice care in Boynton Beach, Fla. She was born in Purdy on Sept. 1, 1933; the daughter of Cecil and Lela Belle (Conway) Cagle.
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Gerald “Jerry” Dean Morgan, 65, of Freistatt passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. He was born in Emporia, Kan. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1959; the son of Doris (Melcher) and Robert Dean Morgan, Sr.
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Barbara Jean Langley, 89, of Aurora passed away on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at the Township Senior Living in Springfield. She was born in Kansas City on Dec. 8, 1935; the daughter of Lavone and Helen (Burk) Faeth.
She was a 1953 graduate of Blue Springs High School.
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Don Lee Donald, II, 75, of Cassville passed away on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at Cox Monett Hospital in Monett. He was born in Wichita, Kan. on Feb. 7, 1950; the son of Don Lee Donald and Elizabeth Ann (Bock) Donald.
On May 9, 1976, he married Arletta Blosser in Maize, Kan.
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Carol Ann Coffey, 66, of Sarcoxie passed away on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. She was born in Brush, Colo. on Nov. 24, 1958; the daughter of Estelle Spikes.
She married Jimmie Lee Coffey, in Denver, Colo. and they remained together until he passed away on on Dec. 28, 2019.
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Carleen Holly Butterworth, 55, of Cassville passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. She was born in Kansas City on June 7, 1969; the daughter of Curtis Hay, Sr. and Sharon (Yancey) Hay. She attended school in Diamond graduating from Diamond High School.
