Barbara Lee Spilman, age 94, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, at the Mercy Hospital in Aurora, Missouri. She was born December 8, 1924, in Purdy, Missouri, the daughter of Ward and Opal (Wilson) Swearingen.
Rowena Kay Ricketts, 72, of Marionville, passed away Sept. 18, 2019. She was born in Vendor, Ark. on Monday, March 3, 1947, to Loyd M. and Violet M. (Alspach) Ricketts.
Donald Michael Ivaska, 87, of Monett, passed away Sept. 13, 2019 while staying at the Birch Pointe Nursing Center in Springfield. He was born in Mosinee, Wisc. Dec. 3, 1931; to the late John and Mary (Kubik) Ivaska.
Judy K. Weathermon, 75, of Marionville passed away Sept. 12, 2019 in Mercy Hospital in Aurora. She was born to Woodrow and Lula Galloway Carr Sept. 6, 1944 in Chesapeake.
Neoma M. Maples, 89, of Springdale, Ark., formerly of Shell Knob, passed away Sept. 10, 2019 in Springdale, Ark.
She was born Sept. 11, 1929, the daughter of Leonard E. and Lulu Floy (Hillhouse) McCullah. In 1947 in Marionville, she married Arnold Maples, who survives.
Charlene Hagebusch, 62, of Pierce City, passed away, Sept. 14, 2019 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield. She was born in Purdy Jan. 8, 1957, to Buck Brandt and Toby (Morris) Perkins. She married Harold Hagebusch March 15, 1975 in Sarcoxie. Hagebusch was a cook for Monett Schools.
Wendell Wayne Garner, 78, of Marionville, passed away Sept. 7, 2019, in Monett. He was born in Garfield, Ark., Oct. 4, 1940, to Roy and Marie Garner. He was married to Sandy Marks and they shared nearly 30 years together.
Matthew Ray Lee, 53, son of Gary and Judith (Crumley) Lee, was born Nov., 6, 1965, and passed away Sept. 11, 2019. Lee spent his formative years in Springfield, where he graduated from Glendale High School in 1983. He was married to Julie Marie Camenisch in 1994.
