Obituaries
A memorial service for Raymond Peter, 83, of Gainesville, was held March 21, 2023, at St. Williams Catholic Church in Gainesville. Ray was laid to rest with military service honors at a private family service in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Springfield the following day.
Ray died March...
Funeral services for Dick Coatney, 92, of Pontiac will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 17, 2023, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville. Burial will be in the Pontiac Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be Friday from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.
He died March 11,...
Funeral services for Larence Elden Strong, 92, of Springfield, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 13, 2023, at Cherry Street Baptist Church in Springfield. Visitation is from 10 a.m. to service time. Burial will be at Pontiac Cemetery.
He died at 2:20 p.m. March 7, after a long illness in...
A memorial service for Matt Smith, 53, of Gainesville, will be held at 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, March 15, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville.
He died March 10, 2023, at his home surrounded by his loved ones.
He was born Feb. 15, 1970, in San Bernardino, California, the son of Shirley...
Confident Passage: on Feb 22, 2023, Sean Sweeney of Wasola was face to face with his Lord and Savior.
Sean was born in July 1958 and lived an adventurous childhood, learning about the farm from his mother and learning aviation and engineering from his father.
Relocating to the West, Sean met his...
Walter J. Dudek Jr., 76, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, died Saturday Feb. 18, 2023.
He was born Jan. 23, 1947 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, to the late Walter J. Dudek Sr. and Grace Dudek.
He married his wife Lynda on Dec. 8, 1970, at First Christian Church of Chicago Heights, Illinois.
He...
Funeral services for Laura Lee Rohlfs, 76, of Gainesville, were held Feb. 25, 2023, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville. Burial was at the Howards Ridge Cemetery.
Laura died Feb. 22, 2023, at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born July 26, 1946, in Chicago,...
Funeral services for Sonya Lou (Owen) Mitchell, 80, of Springfield, were held Feb. 15, at Greenlawn Funeral Home East in Springfield.
She died Feb. 7, 2023, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield.
Born on July 9, 1942, in Dora, Sonya was the daughter of the late Edward Owen and Laina (Howard...
Funeral services for Michael “Mike” James High, 62, of Camdenton were held Feb. 27, 2023, at Hedges-Scott Funeral Home in Camdenton. Interment was at Loftis Cemetery in Willhoit.
Mike died Feb. 23 at University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia.
He was born May 7, 1960, in Kansas City, the son...
Oma Bernice Cunningham, 90, of Bentonville, Arkansas, died Feb. 5, 2023. She was born July 3, 1932, in Ozark County.
Oma will be missed by many friends and family.
She was a teacher and principal in Ozark and Douglas Counties.
Per her request, no services are planned, and she will be buried on the...