Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Louis Addison Prince
Jul 12, 2007
Louis Addison Prince, the son of Charles and Orene Prince, was born May 3, 1931, in Malden, Mo., and departed this life July 6, 2007, at the age of 76.
Lou and Doris Lee were united in marriage on June 15, 1951, in St. Louis. They were blessed with three children.
Lou was preceded in death by his wife, Doris, and his parents, Charles and Orene Prince.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Joe and Becky Klineline, Ava, his son, Gary Prince, Columbia, and his daughter and son-in-law, Wes and Amy Barnum, Carl Junction. Lou was very proud of his five grandchildren, Chad Klineline, Springfield, Tyler Klineline, Springfield, Abbie Klineline, Ava, and Kyle and Megan Barnum, Carl Junction.
Lou is also survived by his two brothers and sisters-in-law, Jack and Fay Prince and Bob and Joann Prince, St. Louis; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Mary Kliment, St. Louis, Arch and Harriett Wayne and Jerry and Helen Dauve, St. Charles; and special friends, Bob and Delores Crain, as well as a host of nieces, nephews and many other relatives and friends.
Lou made his profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the United Methodist Church of Ava.
He was proud of his family and loved to watch his grandchildren in their sporting events. Lou was a very good basketball and baseball player in high school. After high school, he was signed by the New York Giants as a catcher. He then went on to work for Rawlings Sporting Goods for many years. Lou also worked for the Douglas County Sheltered Workshop.
Lou was in the United States Marine Corp during the Korean War.
Funeral services were held Monday, July 9, at the United Methodist Church of Ava at 11 a.m., with the Revs. Oren Alcorn and Marty Blakey officiating.
Burial followed in the Ava Cemetery.
Services were under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of America Foundation, Inc. Mtn. Grove, or the Ronald McDonald House in Springfield.
Robert Russell Broge, 73
Jul 12, 2007
Robert Russell (Russ) Broge was born May 7, 1934, in Monroe, Wisc., to Robert Leo and Helen Frances Hofmeister Broge.
He departed this life Friday, July 6, 2007, at his home near Ava.
On Dec. 5, 1964, Russ and Donna Haack were married in Monroe, Wisc.
Russ was a friendly person who was well=liked by all, wherever he went, from the coffee shop to the music parties.
He was always willing to give a helping hand to his friends and neighbors. He retired about 12 years ago as a truck driver which gave him more time to devote to improve his golf game and invent and create things. He was a master inventor whose challenge was to take several items and consolidate them to discover a totally different, but useful item. He moved to Missouri, about 13 years ago. He enjoyed playing cards with family and friends, and enjoyed being outdoors and working in his lawn.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Joel Robert Broge.
Russ is survived by his wife, Donna, of the home; two sons, Jeffery Broge and Jerry Broge and wife, Lynn; one daughter, Beth Ann Broge; three grandchildren, Rachel, Jacob and Sarah Broge; four brothers, Gary Broge, Virgil Broge, Byron Broge and William Broge; five sisters, Joyce Wahl, Carol Bayrhoffer, Bonnie Broge, Sharon Broge and Diane Jones; a host of relatives and friends; and his special cat, Cooter.
Memorial services were conducted Monday, July 9, at 6 p.m., in the Ava Family Funeral Home.
Elga Wilkinson, 78
Jul 12, 2007
Elga Wilkinson, 78, passed away July 9, 2007, at Hutchinson Hospital, Hutchinson, Kan.
He was born April 23, 1929, at Squires, the son of John and Emily Plum Wilkinson.
On Sept. 18, 1976, he was married at Great Bend, Kan., to Eleanor C. Churchill, who survives.
He was a heavy equipment operator for Stone Sand, Venture and later worked for E-pox-Poly retiring in 1994.
He was a resident of Great Bend, Kan., since 1953, moving from Squires. He was a talented singer and guitarist, and enjoyed writing poetry.
Survivors include his wife, Eleanor; four sons, Steve Wilkinson and wife, Sharon, Hoisington, Kan., Scott Wilkinson and wife, Maxine, Great Bend, Kan., John Wilkinson, Hutchinson, Kan., and Richard Wilkinson, Garden City, Kan.; one step-son, Jim Churchill and wife, Rojean, Woodward, Okla.; three daughters, Diane Ramos, Teresa Hannaford and husband, Dennis, and Kimberly Mendez and husband, Juan, all of Great Bend, Kan.; two stepdaughters, Linda Renfro and husband, Willard, and Cheryl Muth and husband, Jim, all of Great Bend, Kan.; three sisters, Retha Trent, Squires, Gladys Turner, Kansas City, and Myrtle Hanoch, Midland, Mich.; 19 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Grant Renfro.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today (Thursday, July 12), at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, Kan., with the Rev. Don Paden officiating.
Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Great Bend, Kan.
Thomas L. Roberts, 51
Jul 12, 2007
Thomas Luther Roberts was born Nov. 8, 1955, in Kremmling, Colo., to Carl and Charlene Kyger Roberts.
He departed this life Monday, July 2, 2007 at Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar.
On August 27, 1976, Tom and Jenny Hubbard were married in Springfield, and to this union, four children were born.
Tom was an automotive mechanic for most of his life, spending the last few years as a shop foreman at lnland Truck Parts.
Tom enjoyed country life where be could "tinker" with cars and lawnmowers in his own yard. He was passionate about history and particularly World War II shows on TV.
He was preceded in death by his father, Carl.
Tom is survived by his wife, Jenny, of the home; one son, Ronnie; and three daughters, Amanda Kay Collier and husband Keith, Mindy Marie Roberts, and Nicole Dawn Roberts; and one grandchild, Tommy Lee Roberts.
He is also survived by his mother, Charlene Roberts; two brothers, Frank Roberts and wife, Patsy, and Leroy Roberts and wife, Maggie; one sister, Kathy Roberts; and a host of relatives and friends.
Graveside services were conducted Thursday, July 5, at 2 p.m., in the Bethel Cemetery, Brownbranch, with burial following.
Arrangements were under the direction of Ava Family Funeral Home.
Dallas C. Gunter, 63
Jul 5, 2007
Dallas Cleo Gunter, Sr., son of Cleo Thomas and Louella Mae Clark Gunter, was born March 26, 1944, near Gainesville.
He departed this life Sunday, June 24, 2007, in Christian Health Care North, in Lebanon, at the age of 63.
His parents, and a daughter, Lisa Marie Gunter, preceded him in death.
Dallas is survived by his children, Donna Fulcher, and her husband, Mike, of Batesville, Ark., Louella Quackenbush, and her husband, Russ, of Indianapolis, Ind., Tom Gunter and his wife, Tammy, and Darrell Gunter and his wife, Tammy, all of Ava, Dallas Gunter Jr. and his wife, Chastity, of Lebanon, and Wesley Barnum and his wife, Amy, of Joplin; two step-children, Julie Brown, of Lebanon, and Jamie Osborn and his wife, Amy, of Springfield; 30 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Tommy Gunter, of Ava; three sisters, Geraldine Holman, of Ava, Donna Riggs and Carrie Ann Berry, both of Mountain Grove; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
He was born and raised in the Gainesville and Ava area.
Throughout his life, he worked as a mechanic and a carpenter. He liked working on old cars and building decks and various other things.
Dallas had made his profession of faith in Christ and was a member of Breeden Free Will Baptist Church, near Ava.
His work was also his hobby and he enjoyed repairing cars and doing woodworking projects. His family was very important to him and he especially enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 28, in the Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Mansfield.
Burial was in the Ava Cemetery.
Visitation was held Wednesday evening, June 27, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. in the funeral home in Mansfield.
Services were under the direction of Holman-Howe Funeral Homes of Lebanon and Mansfield.
Memorials to the Mental Health Foundation may be made through either funeral home.
Evelyn Pauline Sanders, 84
Jul 5, 2007
Evelyn Pauline Sanders, 84, of Pittsburg, Mo., died June 28, 2007, at her home.
She was born July 20, 1922, in Rapid City, S.D., to Richard Paul and Gladys Evelyn Mytinger Langdale.
She moved to California at an early age and in 1948, in Las Vegas, Nev., was married to Virgil Franklin Sanders, of Ava.
They made their home in Ontario, Calif.
Virgil preceded her in death in 1982. She and her son, Richard and family, moved to the Pittsburg area in 1994.
Survivors include her son, Richard, of Pittsburg; four grandsons, Scott, of Bolivar, Jason, of Springfield, Andrew, of Pittsburg, and Joshua, of Stockton; and seven great-grandchildren.
Evelyn was a member of Prairie Chapel United Methodist Church, Urbana, to which memorial donations may be made.
Arrangements are under the direction of Pitts Chapel, Bolivar.
Rose Marie (Phillips) Jones, 49
Jul 5, 2007
Rose Marie Jones, daughter of George Howard Phillips Sr. and Florence C. Binner Phillips, was born on Oct. 22, 1957, in Silver Creek, N.Y., and passed away on July 1, 2007, in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield, at the age of 49.
Rose was a resident of Mansfield. She was a Christian.
She enjoyed camping, doing Bible studies on television and being together with Rick and her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bobby Joe Jones; a sister, Mary; and a child.
She is survived by her seven children; her companion, Rick Eckles, Mansfield; four brothers, George Phillips Jr., Ava, Larry Phillips, Mtn. Grove, Donald Phillips, Ava, and Wallace McCarthy, Laughton, Okla.; two sisters, Charolette Schifferle, East Pembroke, N.Y., and Tessie Miller, Oklahoma City, Okla.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Graveside service was held Tuesday, July 3, at 3 p.m., at the Murray Cemetery, with the Rev. Oren Alcorn officiating.
Services were conducted by Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava.
John Atteberry, 77
Jul 5, 2007
John Francis Atteberry was born in Ava on Aug. 2, 1929, the son of Oral A. and Katherine Buck Atteberry.
He died in St. John's Hospital in Springfield, on June 21, 2007, after a lengthy illness.
He attended Ava schools, graduating from Ava High School with the class of 1947, and began work at Kraft Foods in Ava. He joined the U.S. Air Force, serving as a TAC staff sergeant with the 8th Communication Group at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.
He married Modeane Sartin on July 11, 1950 and to this union, two daughters were born.
The family moved to Springfield, where John worked as a purchasing agent for Kraft Foods for 44 years. After retiring in 1993, John and Modeane moved to Hollister and enjoyed living at the lake, where John indulged his passion for fishing.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Edward Atteberry; a daughter, Cathy Foster; and his stepmother, Zelia Kester Atteberry Renegar.
He is survived by his wife, Modeane, of the home; a daughter, Cindy Monaghan and granddaughters Sarah and Jessica Monaghan, of Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Anne Atteberry Rutledge and niece Kellie Ouzts and her family of Winder, Ga.; and cousins Gary Kester and Marilyn Alms, of Ava.
Services were held Tuesday, June 26, at Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson with burial at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Springfield.
