Pearl Mae Hendrickson
Pearl Mae Hendrickson, 80, Bolivar, died at 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, in Maranatha Manor, Springfield, following a long illness. She was born March 31, 1918, in Sedalia to W.M. and Clara A. Allen Hines. On Dec. 12, 1936, she was united in marriage to Forrest Hendrickson, who preceded her in death in March 1989. She had worked in a clothing store as a clerk and had been a member of Mt. Gilead Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Tim Scroggins, Springfield; a brother, Bill Hines, Mountain Home, Ark.; two grandchildren and their spouses, Dan and Alice Scroggins and Cindy and Kelly McCormack; three great-grandchildren, Jessica and Katie McCormack and Nick Scroggins. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Elmer Hines, Dale "Curly" Hines and Richard Hines; and a sister, Eveleen Hines. Services were Saturday, Oct. 24, in Pitts Chapel with the Rev. Harold Hendrickson officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. Music was provided by Allen Hines and Charlie Long. Pallbearers were Lucky Jenkins, Calvin Sisco, Keith Hines, Allen Hines, Charlie Long and Don Hendrickson.
Robert E. Hoskins
Robert Eugene Hoskins, 48, Humansville, died Monday, Oct. 12, 1998, in Cox Medican Center South. He was born Feb. 1, 1950, at Springfield. He served in the U.S. Army for five years, and he was employed for many years at the Ford Motor Co. assembly plant near Kansas City. He moved to Humansville in 1985 from Independence and was a member of the Fair Play Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, B.J., of the home; his parents, Robert and Aileen Hoskins, Humansville; three children, Katrina L. Koskins of Independence and Robert E. Hoskins II and Eric L. Hoskins, both of Fort Campbell, Ky.; a sister, Patricia Lee, Kansas City; a brother, Mark Hoskins, Humansville; and two granddaughters. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in Murray Chapel, Humansville, with the Rev. Obie Harrup and the Reb. Joe Campbell officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Cameron Melton and Les Melton. Pallbearers will be Aubry Maples, Bobby Hoskins, Eric Hoskins, Dennis Schrock, Chucky Mingus and Donald Allen Keithley. Military rites will be conducted at graveside by Amvets Post No. 114. Interment will be in Humansville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening (Wednesday) in the funeral home.
Henry M. McKinney Jr.
Henry Merle McKinney Jr., 73, Humansville, died Friday, Oct. 16, 1998, at his home west of Humansville. The son of Henry M. and Anna Rhodd McKinney, he was born in Mayetta, Kan., on July 6, 1925. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946 during World War II. He was a retired employee of the Lake City Munitions Plant near Kansas City. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Lowell and Sandy McKinney; and a sister, Bam McKinney. Survivors include his wife, Mary Anne, of the home; two stepsons, Randy Hartley, Humansville, and Donald Hartley, U.S. Army, stationed along the DMZ in South Korea; four brothers, Lucian McKinney, Mayetta, Kan.; Dwight McKinney, Horton, Kan.; Oran McKinney, state of Arkansas; and Donald McKinney, Leavenworth, Kan.; four sisters, Adelia Gutierrez, Jeanette Fowsher and Itis Milton, all of Horton, Kan., and Gwen Burns, Kansas City, Kan.; and five grandchildren. Services were Monday, Oct. 19, in the McKinney family home with the Rev. Gregory E.J. Zatina officiating. Military rites were conducted at graveside by Amvets Post No. 114 Honor Guard. Interment was in Tinker Cemetery, west of Humansville, under the direction of Murray Funeral Home.
Leo J. Leicht
Leo Jacob Liecht, 77, Fair Play, died at 7:42 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, 1998, in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. He was born May 26, 1921, in Dickinson, N.D., the son of John Leicht and Barbara Meier Leicht. He was a retired steam fitter and had lived in the Fair Play area for the past 20 years. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. Survivors include two sisters, Barbara Bush of Springhill, Fla., and Kathryn Heilich of St. Louis; two brothers, Andy Leicht of Los Angeles, Calif., and John Leicht of Las Vegas, Nev.; and one sister-in-law, Anna Lyon of Fair Play. Services were Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Butler Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Hendrickson officiating. Private family interment will be at a later date.
Helen V. McGinnis
Helen V. McGinnis, 79, Bolivar, died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1998, in her home following a short illness. She was born June 3, 1919, in Cane Hill to Tom and Pearl Yost Hayward. She moved to Bolivar in 1965 from the state of California and had been a seamstress. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Gelnda McGinnis, Macks Creek; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Ernest Hayward, Fair Play, and Herbert and Betty Hayward, Darlington; a sister, Melissa Dean, state of California; and one granddaughter. Burial will be in Lindley Prairie Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Pitts Chapel.
Patricia C. Morgan
Patricia C. Morgan, 60, formerly of Polk, died Oct. 23, 1998. She had resided in Lowell, Ind., with her daughter, son-in-law and three grandsons for the past five years. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie A. James Vinson; three grandsons, Wesley, Lee and Kent Vinson; one sister, Peggy Kiegert and her husband, Mike, of Loathe, Kan.; one foster sister, Patty Hurd and her husband, Ed. of Alsip, Ill; two brothers, Edward French and his wife, Carol, and Fred French and his wife, Jackie, all of Varna, Ill.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur E. Morgan; her mother and father, Evelyn and George French; and her foster father, Lloyd Niggle. A small memorial service will be held at Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, with the Rev. Donnie Lightfoot officiating.
Juanita Neill
Juanita McDowell Neill, 68, Independence, formerly of Bolivar, died Monday, Oct. 12, 1998, in Independence Regional Hospital. She was born Sept. 21, 1930, in Osage Beach, the daughter of Clyde and Frances Keeran McDowell. She was a member of the Bolivar First Christian Church. Survivors include a son, Blane Neill and his wife, Terry, Bolivar; two daughters, Gloria Neill, Kansas City, and Brenda Hadlock and her husband Merle, Grandview; a brother, Clyde Eli McDowell and his wife, Juanita, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; a sister, Betty Holt, Independence; and three grandchildren, Jacob, Jesse and Amanda. She was preceded in death by her parents. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, in Buckner Hill Cemetery under the direction of Brown Funeral Home, Buckner. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Orlen William "Bill" Neuhart
Orlen William "Bill" Neuhart, 79, Houston, Texas, died at 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, 1998, in Columbia Spring Branch Hospital, Houston. Bill was born Dec. 8, 1918, in Taft, Calif., the son of E.D. Neuhart and Pearl Standley Neuhart. The family returned to Bolivar soon after his birth. He attended North Ward and South Ward Elementary Schools and Bolivar High School. He graduated from Southwest Baptist College and then attended Southwest Missouri State University and graduated summa cum laude, receiving a bachelor of education degree in mathematics and science. Bill joined the military service July 1942, and served in the European, African and Middle Eastern Theatres of Operation. He was awarded two Bronze Stars and a Silver Star. After discharge from active duty in May of 1946, he remained in the Army Reserve until April of 1967 when he retired as a Major. Upon Bill's return to civilian life, he pursued an accounting career in Los Angeles, becoming a licensed public accountant, retiring at age 62 from Monolith Portland Cement Company as head accountant. Wile in the military service, Bill met Dorothy Darrock in Los Angeles, they were married in Santa Barbara on June 23, 1943, and were together for 55 years. They lived in the Los Angeles area until moving to Houston in September of 1996. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Orlen Neuhart Jr; and a sister-in-law, Jeanette Neuhart. Bill is survived by his wife, Dorothy of Houston, Texas; one sone, George Neuhart and wife Phyllis of Pembroke Pines, Fla.; two daughters, Donna Neuhart Jamison and husband Jerry of Houston, Texas, and Gracia Neuhart Madrigal and husband Victor of Aspen, Colo.; two brothers, Don Neuhart and wife Beula of Springfield, and Charles Neuhart of Bolivar; and a sister, Eleanor Larvie and husband Douglas of Rialto, Calif. Also surviving are threee grandchildren, Brian Neuhart and wife Lisa of state of New Jersey; Shonna Neuhart of Coral Springs, Fla. and Kristen Neuhart Ford and husband Richard of San Francisco, state of California; two great-grandchildren, Eric Deal, son of Shonna Neuhart and Tyler Neuhart, son of Brian and Lisa Neuhart. Funeral servcies were held Saturday, Nov. 7 in Butler Funeral Home Chapel with the REv. Danny Neuhart with Betty Warren, pianist. Burial was in Mt. Olive Cemetry, northeast of Bolivar. Military honors were conducted by Howard S. Keeling American Legion Post No. 138 of Bolivar and AMVETS Post No. 114 Honor Guard of Galmey. Casketbearers were Brian Neuhart, Jerry Jameson, Ralph Richner, Eddie Neuhart and Victor Madrigal. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
James R. Phillips
James R. Phillips, 84, Bolivar, died at 3:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 1998, in his home following a long illness. He was born July 23, 1914, in Centerville, Iowa to Daniel B. and Fanney Klum Phillips. He was retired from the U.S. Navy. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, John R. and Mary Phillips of White, Penn.; a brother, Daniel B. Phillips of Temple, Texas; a sister, Mary Charles, state of Missouri; as well as one grandchild and one great-grandchild. Graveside services were Sunday, Oct. 18, in Greenwood Cemetery with the Rev. Harold Hendrickson officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Pitts Chapel.
Eleanor Schultz
Eleanor Schultz, 84, Bolivar, died at 11:33 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998, in Parkview Health Care Facility following a lingering illness. She was born June 13, 1914, in Baltimore, Md., the daughter of Frank B. and Mary Winiecka Schultz. She was a retired nurse and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Survivors include two sisters, Josephine Barczak and Agnes Hennel, both of Baltimore, Md.; dear friends John and Betty Vandeveer, Bolivar; and several nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, Oct. 23, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church with the Rev. Gregory E.J. Zatina, Celebrant. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery under the direction of Butler Funeral Home.
