Obituaries

Carl Elden Phipps was born on May 8, 1939, to Dick and Cora Phipps of Mountain View, Missouri. He departed this life on January 14, 2023, in Mountain View, Missouri. Throughout his life, Carl always worked hard. He canned oil in Kansas City, was an accomplished body and paint man working for...
William "Bill" Floyd Gould was born on August 10, 1946, to John R. and Dorothy M. (Weaver) Gould in Mountain View, Missouri. Bill went peacefully to meet his Lord and Savior on January 10, 2023, surrounded by his family and loved ones at NHC Nursing Center in West Plains, Missouri. Bill...
Ava Mae (Plaster) Briscoe, daughter of the late Otto and Della (Parsons) Briscoe, was born November 15, 1941, in Brixey, Missouri, and departed this life December 28, 2022, at Mercy St. Francis Hospital in Mountain View, Missouri. She was 81 years, 1 month, and 13 days of age. Ava grew up in...
A memorial service for Amel Augustus Allen, Jr., 79, Pomona, Missouri, were held January 2, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Mr. Allen passed away at 9:23 a.m., Friday, December 23, 2022. He was born October 5, 1943, at Birch Tree, Missouri, to Amel Augustus Allen, Sr. and...
Tommy Darrel Schulz, 86, died December 26, 2022, on his farm in Birch Tree, Missouri. Tommy was born in Collins, Iowa, on June 29, 1936, to George Earl Schulz and Cleffie Pauline (Moody) Schulz. He moved from Iowa to Arkansas and then to Missouri, where he met and married Henrietta (Cafourek)...
Sonja Sue Wheat, a resident of Willow Springs, passed away at Phelps Health Medical Group in Rolla, Missouri on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. She was born October 4, 1942, in Willow Springs, Missouri to James and Zella (Cooper) Collins and was 80 years old. Sonja attended Flat Rock School until...
Funeral services for Nell Catherine (Curtis) Peters, 91, West Plains, Missouri, were held  January 4, First United Methodist Church of West Plains, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Rick Rutledge, pastor of First Christian Church in West Plains, will officiate. Mrs. Peters...
Scottie Allen Thompson, the son of Robert and Alice Thompson, was born in Newark, Ohio, on October 27, 1938. On December 25, 2022, his life and soul found its way to Heaven. Scottie proudly served a distinguished 21.5 years in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Constellation. He was a veteran with...
Ina Fike was born Ina Ditmars on November 1, 1927, and was raised with eleven siblings on a farm near Washington, Kansas. She met Elmer Fike at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas, and they married in 1954. As a newly married couple, they lived in Brigham City, Utah, and Albuquerque, New...
On Thursday, December 29, 2022, Deborah "Debbie" DeMeritt, loving mother of Jessica and Corinne, passed away at the age of 68.  Debbie was born on July 12, 1954 in Champaign, Illinois to Robert and Susan DeMeritt. She had a passion for all animals. She enjoyed training horses and was a...

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