Obituaries
Funeral services for Dale Walter Beardshear, 97, of Gainesville, were held March 15, 2018, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville with Brother Joby Steele officiating. Mr. Beardshear died March 12 in Mountain Home, Arkansas.He was born Nov. 26, 1920, in Homer, Nebraska, the son of Harvey...
Nancy Jane Fry, 79, of West Plains, formerly of Gainesville, died March 9, 2018, at the Brooke Haven Healthcare Center in West Plains. No local services are planned at this time.She was born April 4, 1938, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude Peters Parmale.She loved playing...
Funeral services for Jonnie Jo Bradshaw Skinner Braden, 82, of Kissee Mills, were scheduled for 10 a.m. today, March 14, 2018, at Whelchel Grace Funeral Home in Forsyth. Mrs. Braden died March 9 at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield.She was born Oct. 21, 1935, in Carroll County, the daughter...
Funeral services for Betty Louise Southards, 85, of Sycamore, were held March 10, 2018, at Needmore Church of God south of Dora. Mrs. Southards died March 5.She was born April 13, 1932, the youngest child of Norton and Christena Pease. Raised during the Depression on the family farm near Dora, she...
A graveside service for Chloe Etta Starkey, 91, of Liberty, formerly of Gainesville, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Mount Moriah Cemetery South, 10507 Holmes Road in Kansas City. Mrs. Starkey died March 3 at a nursing home in North Kansas City.She was born July 21, 1926, in...
A celebration of the life of Roger Villnow, 76, of Pontiac, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Pontiac Price Place Volunteer Fire Department station #1 on W Highway in Pontiac. Mr. Villnow died Feb. 23 at his home.In 2007, Mr. Villnow and his wife, Mary, moved from Omaha, Nebraska...
Funeral services for Cody Alan Thomas, 26, of Gassville, Arkansas, were held March 2, 2018, at the Gainesville Church of Christ with his grandfather, E. J. Hampton, officiating. Mr. Thomas died Feb. 27, 2018, near Harrison, Arkansas.He was born Jan. 9, 1992, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, the son of...
Graveside services for Bernice Turner, 79, of Bakersfield, were held Feb. 17, 2018, at Bakersfield Cemetery. Mrs. Turner died Feb. 15 at NHC Healthcare in West Plains.
She was born Jan. 28, 1939, in Fulton County, Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas Burlin and Nellie Mae Robins Sanders. She attended...
Mathew Charles “Chauli” Frunzi, 50, of Caulfield, died Feb. 15, 2018, in Caulfield. No local services are planned.
He was born Nov. 9, 1967, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Gerard and Dolores Kaiser Frunzi.
He grew up and attended school in Bakersfield, where he had lots of friends. He loved music,...
Memorial services for Mary Lou Scott, 78, of Birch Tree, were held Feb. 13, 2018, at Duncan Funeral Chapel in Birch Tree. Ms. Scott died Feb. 10, 2018, in Willow Springs.
She was born Feb. 14, 1939, in Delaware, Oklahoma, the daughter of Clarence Theodore and Ethel Viola Scott.
She worked in...