Rosalea M. Tuck
Rosalea Margurette Tuck, 76, Fair Play, passed away at 10:10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, 1999, in her home after a long battle with cancer. She was born to Richard Earl and Dovey Surface Sargent on Oct. 5, 1922, in Neck City. She was married to James Charles Tuck on Nov. 19, 1938, in Pineville. They had four children: Emma Lee, Rosebeth Ludora (Ludy), James Charles Tuck Jr. and Cletus Margurette. The moved to Arizona in 1946 and lived there for 42 years. They moved to Fair Play in 1989. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1957 and had a strong testimony of the gospel. She always said that joining the church was the smartest thing she ever did besides marrying Papa. She was a member of the Bolivar Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is survived by her husband, James, of the home; three daughters, Emma Lee Pearce and her husband, James, of Globe, Ariz., Rosebeth (Ludy) Vrondos and Cletus Vann, both of Fair Play; one son, James Tuck Jr. and his wife, JoAnne, of Mesa, Ariz.; nine grandsons, James Pearce and James Tuck, both of the state of Arizona; Jody Tuck Rose, state of Alabama; Lee Vann, Springfield; Jarrett Vann, state of Idaho; Joe Vann and his wife, Trisha, Columbia; James, Jason and Justin Vann, all of Fair Play; and four granddaughters, Tracy Sandoval and her husband, Chuck, state of Arizona; Jamie Vann, Joplin; Jency Vann and Lara Vann, both of Fair Play. Also surviving are one step-granddaughter, four step-grandsons, three great-grandchildren, 10 step-great-grandchildren and three step-great-great-grandchildren. She has three surviving brothers, Gene Sargent and his wife, Georgeann, and Ernest Sargent and his wife, Ailene, all of Mesa, Ariz., and Carroll Sargent and his wife, Martha, Columbia. She was greatly loved by her family and friends. She richly blessed the lives of all those she came in contact with and will be greatly missed. Services will be at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday) in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bolivar with Bishop Dale Sargent officiating. Burial will be in Lindley Prairie Cemetery under the direction of Butler Funeral Home. (1c)
Lucile E. Danielson
Lucile E. Danielson, 86, Bolivar, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 1999, at Citizens Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. The daughter of John and Mattie Kirksey, she was born Aug. 17, 1912, and grew up at Jerico Springs. After college she lived in Kansas City while employed by Sears Roebuck & Co. She married Kenneth Danielson of Lander, Wyo., and they lived there until their retirement, when they moved to Sun City, Ariz., in 1963. She was a retired music teacher. When her health failed in 1995, she moved to Bolivar, where she lived in the home of her nephew and his wife, Jerry and Barbara Kirksey. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenneth; and her brother and sister, Bernard Kirksey and Beulah Wooldridge. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Sandra Walker, of Lander, Wyo.; two grandsons, one granddaughter and one great-grandson. Also surviving are five nephews, two nieces, three cousins and many other relatives and friends. Graveside services were Sunday, Feb. 28, in the Stockton Cemetery with Elder Don Mick officiating. Burial was under the direction of Butler Funeral Home. Honorary casketbearers were nephews and nieces Jerry Kirksey, Floyd Wooldridge, Bernie Wooldridge, J.A. Wooldridge, Jimmy Wooldridge, Ellen Dean Ewing and Judy Turner.
Willene Ann Hudson
Willene Ann Hudson, 73, Humansville, died Friday, Feb. 26, 1999, at the Sac-Osage Hospital. She was born in the Bolivar area, the daughter of Claude and Susan Baldwin Ryan. She was a homemaker. She had been a resident of the Country Villa Care Center in Humansville for the past four years. Previously she had resided in Osceola. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Timothy in infancy and Gary Lee in Vietnam; and three brothers, Darrell, Ted and Bob Ryan, all of Bolivar. She is survived by two sons, Larry Hudson and his wife, Donna, Osceola, and Ricky Hudson, address unknown; one daughter, Debra Hamp, Clinton; seven grandchildren, Jim Hudson and his wife, Jean, of St. Louis, Mike and Michele Hudson Ijames and Jeff and Betty Hudson Ijames, all of Mountain Grove, Tony, Arlis and Amy Hamp of Clinton, Melissa Hudson of Springfield; two great-grandchildren, Tanner Elisabeth and Garren Kieth Ijames, Mountain Grove; two sisters, Claudine McCracken and her husband, Howard, Lee's Summit, and Betty Hartly and her husband, Max, Fair Play; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives. Graveside services were Saturday, March 6, in Salem Cemetery, Cliquot, with the Rev. Danny Fergerson officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Sheldon-Goodrich Funeral Home, Osceola.
Audrey Hutchison
Audrey V. Hutchison, 95, Bolivar, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, at Citizens Memorial Health Care Facility following a brief illness. She was born Feb. 14, 1903, near Bona, the daughter of Thomas and Jan Birch Akins. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Polk County. She was a member of Salem Missionary Baptist Church at the time of her death. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Norman and Betty Hutchison, Springfield; one granddaughter and her husband, Connie and Mike Henderson, Marshall, Ill.; two great-granddaughters, Rebecca Henderson, Marshall, Ill., and Michelle Mull and her husband, Steven, Fuquay-Varina, N.C.; a sister, Cloa Hopkins, state of Kansas, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Aaron Hutchison, in Aug. 1985; a great-granddaughter, Jodi Henderson-Suber; two brothers and four sisters. Services were Friday, Feb. 5, in Pitts Chapel with Elder Keith Frieze officiating. Music was provided by Freda Payne and Betty Lee; pianist was Mary Childress. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Robert W. Johnson
Robert Waits Johnson, 70, Bolivar, died at 2:20 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, 1999, in the Cox Walnut Lawn Recovery Center, Springfield, the result of a stroke. He was born Sept. 15, 1928, five miles southeast of Bolivar in the Mt. Gilead community. He was the fourth child of Luther J. and Annalee Graham Johnson, a pioneer Polk County family. Robert attended Leith Rural School and Bolivar High School. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in March 1951 during the Korean Conflict. He spent nine months near the front lines in Korea taking supplies to the fron lines, earning the rank of staff sergeant. Upon release from the army, he was employed at Erwin & Blue Funeral Home in Bolivar, later working at Borden's Dairy in Kansas City. On Feb. 12, 1955, he was married to Harlene Stewart. One daughter was born to this union. In 1956, he purchased a local dry cleaners and also introduced the community to the first coin-operated laundry, which he operated until his retirement. Robert loved to fish, and the day before he became ill, he had been trying his luck at the lake. He also enjoyed restoring antique tractors. He grew up attending the Bolivar First Christian Church and received several pins for yearly attendance. Robert had been a member of the Howard S. Keeling American Legion Post No. 138 since release from the service. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister and her husband, Dorothy Lee and Lloyd Nease; and a sister-in-law, Virginia Johnson. Surviving are his daughter and her husband, Roberta and Jim Doke, and their children, Jamie, Jennifer and Jay Robert Doke, all of Brighton; two brothers, Farrel Johnson and his wife, Elizabeth, and Charles E. Johnson, all of Bolivar; two nieces, Sharon Nease Black of Portland, Ore., and Cynthia Nease Goefft of San Francisco, Calif.; two great-nieces and two great-nephews; an aunt, Helen Phillips of Bolivar; and a close friend, Ann Gamble of Dunnegan. Robert was loved by his family, and he delighted in his grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. Services were Sunday, Feb. 28, in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Hendrickson officiating. Musical soloist was Cheryl Bowers with Wanda Short as pianist. Burial was in the Greenwood Cemetery. Casketbearers were Jerry Divine, Buck Armstrong, J.W. Ball, Johnny Gifford, Charles Robert Johnson and Bud Glendenning. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church Building Fund.
Russell M. Murdock Jr.
Russell Madison Murdock Jr. , 64, Weaubleau, died Feb. 10, 1999, at his home. He was born July 15, 1934, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Russell Murdock Sr. and Olivia Welch Murdock. He was married July 13, 1952, to Gladys Pauline Trowbridge. He was a career soldier in the U.S. Army. He entered the service in 1954 and retired in 1979 as a Sergeant First Class. He received many medals, and he was the most decorated soldier in the state of Kansas after the Vietnam War. After retirement from the Army, he worked as a prison guard at Lansing State Prison, Lansing, Kan. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert Geffs Murdock, in 1937. Survivors include his wife, Gladys, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Cheree Murdock of Humansville; twin daughters and their husbands, Jeannie and Wesley Jeter of Collins and Jannie and John Thompson of Leavenworth, Kan.; 11 grandchildren; a sister, Ruth Conrad of Weaubleau; a niece and two nephews, Kelly Conrad, Dan and Larry Randall, all of Weaubleau; and several nieces and nephews living out of state. Services were Saturday, Feb. 13, in Murray Chapel, Humansville, with David McQuown officiating. Cremation was under the direction of Murray Funeral Home.
Winona Mae Kilpatrick
Winona Mae Kilpatrick, 95, went to be with the Lord at 1:10 a.m. on Feb. 3, 1999, at Maranatha Manor. She had made her home in Springfield since 1958 and before that lived in Bolivar. Nona was born on May 19, 1903, near Spencer, Ind., to James and Caroline Davis. The family moved to western Oklahoma, where she grew up. She attended Goodwell Normal School and then taught in a country school for three years before she married Barney Kilpatrick on June 24, 1924. Survivors include a daughter, Venita Bridger, Springfield, and her four children and spouses, 13 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren; daughter Norma Lou Allen and her husband, Arthur, of Belton, their three children and spouses, and eight grandchildren; daughter Carolyn Roberts and her husband, Bill, of Bolivar, their six children, five spouses, and 10 grandchildren; and daughter Shirley Borgstadt and her husband, Gareld, of Springfield, their six children, five spouses, and 10 grandchildren. Also surviving are sister, Marjorie Williams, of Tulsa, Okla., and a brother, Lawrence Davis, 101 years of age, Beaver, Okla. She was preceded in death by her husband, Barney; a son, Kenneth Allen, who died as a child; three sisters, Bura Shepherd, Myra Kilpatrick, and Esther Jenkins; a brother, Jess Davis; and her parents, James and Caroline Davis. Being raised in a Christian home, Nona was a faithful member of the Church of Christ all of her life. Many benefited from her loving, giving nature and saw the love of God expressed through her life. Services were Saturday, Feb. 6, in Murray Chapel with Dennis Smith and Gary Brock officiating. Music was by Von and Barbara Morgan. Pallbearers were her 10 grandsons, Patrick, Michael and Gregory Bridger, Kent Allen, Bill, Matt and Mark Roberts, Dan, Ted and Josh Borgstadt. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Fair Haven Children's Home, 3132 N. Fair Haven Loop, Strafford M0 65757.(2c)
Shelly May Lightfoot
Shelly May Lightfoot, 30, Columbus, Ga., formerly of Polk, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 1999, in Columbus Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was born Aug. 9, 1968, in Springfield to O.E. "Gene" and Carolyn Kimberling Lightfoot. She had served in the U.S. Army and was employed by Wal-Mart. She was a member of Mountain View Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include her parents, Gene and Carolyn Lightfoot, Polk; her fiance, Carl Boyd, Columbus, Ga.; a son, Carl J. Boyd; two daughters, Candace N. Lightfoot and Colleen Boyd, all of Columbus, Ga.; two brothers, Carl A. Wilken, Urbana, and Oral E. Lightfoot Jr., Polk; a sister, Sheila Shaff, Harker Heights, Texas; a grandmother, Stella Lightfoot, Polk; and several uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, in Pitts Chapel with Bro. Donnie Lightfoot and Bro. Jerry Crain officiating. Burial will be in Payne Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home.
John M. Mead
John Monroe Mead, 86, went to be with the Lord at 1:50 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, 1999, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. John was born Dec. 28, 1912, near Fair Play, the oldest child of James Conway Mead and Bertie Susan Manuel Mead. He was educated in the schools of Polk County, and after the death of his father on Oct. 25, 1936, he took over the duties of the farm with his mother and younger sister. He was inducted into the armed services Nov. 2, 1942, and joined the 96th infantry division at Camp Adair, Ore. He saw service in the South Pacific and was decorated three times. He was wounded in the fierce battle for Chocolate Drop Hill on the island of Okinawa. He returned from the service to a position with the Bear Creek Lime Quarry, where he served as plant superintendent for five years. He moved to Stockton, where he worked for Hammons Products Co. in the industrial electronics department as chief sorting machine operator for 15 years. Then, due to his mother's ill health, he retired and bought a home and dedicated his time to caring for his aging mother. It was then that he met his bride-to-be and on June 5, 1982, he and Etha Marie Sayre were married. This was a very close relationship, and her death was felt very deeply. John was a lover of nature and the outdoors. One of his favorite pastimes was hunting for Indian artifacts, and much of his spare time was given to this hobby. He was an avid coon hunter and was known throughout the area as a trainer and handler of fine coonhounds. At the time of his death he was a member of the Bismont Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie Mead, his parents and one sister, Fern Pickering of Tulare, Calif. Survivors include four stepdaughters and their husbands, Beverly Sellers of Fair Play, Linda Furwalt of Lee's Summit, Jeanie and Gene Lovewell of Osceola and Elaine and Ed Cler of Gifford, Ill.; and one sister, Helen Copeland of Lindsay, Calif. Also surviving are 12 step-grandchildren, 18 step-great-grandchildren, a host of nephews and nieces and many friends. Services were Sunday, Feb. 28, in Pitts Chapel with the Rev. Joe Rouse officiating. Music was provided by Erin Mashburn and Laverne Mashburn, accompanied by Lucinda Crouch. Burial followed in Humansville Cemetery. Pallbearers were Gary Sellers, Mike Murphy, Scott Dobson, Jody Garretson, Kevin Lovewell and Trent Lovewell.
Octavian Molin
Octavian Molin, 57, Bolivar, died Monday, Feb. 15, 1999, in Citizens Memorial Hospital. The son of Molin and Ghizela Petru, he was born Oct. 18, 1941, in Cacova, Romania. A retired machinist for General Eelctric Co., he had been a resident of the Bolivar area for the past three months, coming here from Dallas, Texas. He was a member of Eben-Ezer Romanian Pentecostal Church in Springfield. Surviving is his wife, Lidia, of the home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in Murray Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Joseph Frinck officiating. Interment will be in Slagle Cemetery. Prayer service and visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.
