Verlaine Thorne Ladd was born in Oakland, Calif. in 1948 to Burr and Verla Thorne. She lived her early life in Auburn, Calif., with her parents and sister, Lorraine.
Betty Jean Sprinkles, 84, of Aurora, passed away April 6, 2020 at the Aurora Nursing Center. Sprinkles was born to Finis and Leona Means Tunnell on May 23, 1935 in Clay Hill.
Michael LeMay Beeson, 43, of Cassville, passed away April 5, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Beeson was born Feb. 27, 1977 in Fayetteville, Ark., to David and Pamela (Ulmer) Beeson.
Lucy Gold, Aurora, 83, daughter of James Noah and Zyta Alice (Brown) Wilson, was born on March 9, 1937 in Shell Knob, and passed away April 2, 2020. She worked as the lye soap granny at Silver Dollar City.
Theresa Sue Dresher, 62, passed away March 25, 2020 at Labette Health in Parsons, Kan. from complications of lung cancer.
She was born June 25, 1957 in Parsons, Kan. to George E. and Lillie B. (DeWitt) Dresher of Chetopa, Kan.
