Heather Lynn (Stiles) McGuirk, 43, of Verona passed away Dec. 2, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was born Sept. 20, 1976 in Joplin to Carey Stiles and Debbie (Lynch) Stiles. She delivered newspapers until her health would no longer let her.
John “Randy” Taylor, 64, of Mt. Vernon, passed away Dec. 26, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Arrangements are under the direction of Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Full obituary will follow.
Mary Emily Pierce Dyer, 91, of Purdy, passed away Dec. 12, 2019 in her home.
She was born Jan. 17, 1928 in Grand Island, Neb., to Earl and Emily (Lauritsen) Pierce. In 1946 she married Wayne Henry Dyer.
James William “Jim” LeCompte II, 68, of Cassville, passed away Dec. 15, 2019. He was born Dec. 1, 1951. He attended Cassville High School, graduating in 1969. He attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and received his undergraduate degree in political science in 1973.
David Lee Craft, 80, passed away Dec. 9, 2019, in Mt. Vernon, at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Dec. 7, 1939, in Brookfield, to Minnie Viola (Grant) and Charles David Craft. Craft married Ellen Gunter; she preceded him in death in 2013.
Iva Jean Roller, 81, of Purdy, passed away Dec. 24, 2019 while at Lacoba Homes in Monett. She was born Dec. 12, 1938 in Portales, N.M., to the late Alvah Lee and Lillian (Paxton) Erwin. She was a homemaker for her family.
Dylan Eggleston, 3, of Seligman, passed away Dec. 16, 2019, surrounded by his family at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was born in Monett, Dec. 30, 2015, to Johnny Eggleston and Ashley Adams. He Dylan attended preschool at Southwest School.
Evalina “Evelyn” DePreste, 90, of Miller, passed away Dec. 21, 2019, at the Joplin Health and Rehabilitation Center in Joplin. She was born March 23, 1929, to Charles Harry and Martha Lena (Dickerson) Hook.
Betty Walker Hopkins Taylor, 98, of Monett, passed away De. 23, 2019 while at Lacoba Homes in Monett. Taylor was born Nov. 16, 1921 in Pungoteague, Va., to the late Percy and Mary (Kellam) Walker.
