Obituaries

Joseph E. Ellison, 78, West Plains, Missouri, passed away at 10:45 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Ozarks Healthcare. He was born March 26, 1943 at West Plains, Missouri, to Ed and Ruth Ellison. He enjoyed fishing, attending auctions, and just shooting the breeze. Mr. Ellison loved...
William Eugene Altis, age 88, passed away on February 23, 2022, at the Houston House in Houston, Missouri. He was born to Isreal and Mary (Sigman) Altis on June 23, 1933 in Elk Creek, Missouri. William is preceded in death by his parents, Isreal and Mary Altis; one daughter, Debra Altis; one...
Karen Dale (Daniels) Nelson, 83, Willow Springs, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2022. She was born October 5, 1938, to Walter Lewis and Josephine Hope (Ralls) Daniels in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Culver-Stockton College in 1960, and married the love of her life, David Nelson, on August...
Zachary Allen Sharr, age 18, was born on April 6, 2003, in Houston, Missouri, to Rhonda McClellan and Troy Sharr. He went home to be with the Lord on February 20, 2022, in Birch Tree, Missouri. Zack was preceded in death by his great-grandparents; two uncles, Ben McClellan and Bill Foster; and two...
Douglas Allen Gimpel, Sr., age 76, passed away on February 17, 2022 at his home in Mountain View, Missouri. He was born to Albert Edward, Sr. and Marian Ethel (Peasley) Gimpel in Mountain View, Missouri, on March 16, 1945. He was united in marriage to Jennifer Daly Cummings on May 10, 1968, at...
Graveside services for Martha Elizabeth Collins, 85, West Plains, Missouri, were held  February 22 at Gospel Hill Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Mrs. Collins passed away at 9:22 a.m., Thursday, February 17, 2022, at her home. She was born April 8, 1936, at West...
Dorothy Marlene Garcia, 76, of Morganton, NC passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022. She was born October 12, 1945 in Modesto, California to Nolan and Dorothy (Herzog) Murrell. At the age of two, Marlene was hospitalized with influenza spinal meningitis. The virus took her hearing, but as with...
Donald H. Ellis passed from this life at his home in Willow Springs, MO to Heaven's cattle range, on February 20, 2022, at the age of 81. Don was born in Shiprock, New Mexico, August 17, 1940, to the late Wilbur William and Aletha Bernice Ellis (Wynn). As a young boy, the family moved to...
William “Bill” Lovelace, son of the late Donald Ray Lovelace and Ruby Collins Lovelace Joice, was born February 23, 1950, at West Plains, Missouri. He entered into eternal rest February 17, 2022, at the age of seventy-one years. Bill graduated from West Plains High School with the class of 1968...
Ralph Edwin Story, age 97, passed away on February 10, 2022, at his home in Archie, Missouri. He was born to Fred Edwin and Dorothy Ann (Allen) Story in Howell County, Missouri on May 30, 1924.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Dorothy Story; one brother, Junior Walter Story;...

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