Maurice J. Chappell
Maurice J. Chappell, 77, Morrisville, died Tuesday, June 29, 1999, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield after a short illness. He was born March 25, 1922, near Mt. Pleasant, Ark., to Thomas and Della Couch Chappell and grew up in the Mt. Pleasant area. He was united in marriage to Jean Crafton on May 28, 1943, in Mt. Pleasant. To this union were born four sons, Dennis K., Daryl Wayne, Stephen Lynn and Martin Clay, and two daughters, Vickie June and Marcia Ann. During World War II, he worked for the Army and Navy repairing aircraft damaged in the war. After the war, he moved his family to the Springfield area and lived there for most of his life, living the last 25 years in Morrisville. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Henry, Edward, Paul, James and Albert; and a sister, Mary. He is survived by one brother, King Chappell, and a sister, Oma Fullbright, both of the state of Arkansas; his wife, Jean, of the home; and four sons and their wives, Dennis and Carol Chappell of Springfield, Daryl and Jamie Chappell of Lansing, Mich., Stephen and Donna Chappell of Springfield and Marty and Judy Chappell of Morrisville; and two daughters, Vickie Clopp of Morrisville and Marcia and Doyle Mayfield of Half Way. He is also survived by 23 grandchildren,14 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Services were Thursday, July 1, in Pitts Chapel with Bro. Donald Lane officiating. Burial followed in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Music was provided by the Lindley Creek and Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church choirs.
Jewell M. Cooper
Jewell Marguerite Cooper, 81, Bolivar, died Wednesday, June 30, 1999, in Citizens Memorial Hospital. She was born June 25, 1918, to John and Neoma Stephenson Cooper. She was a victim of poliomyelitis at one year of age, which left her paralyzed. She acquired her education in a wheel chair, from a one-room country school to Southwest Baptist University. She was a custom seamstress and an activist for the disabled, and she was a member of the Flemington United Methodist Church. In later years she became a free-lance writer. Surviving are her sister, Minta Bays of Humansville, and two brothers, Robert E. Cooper of Flemington and Warren F. Cooper of McLoud, Okla. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Services were Saturday, July 3, in Murray Chapel with the Rev. Ray Leininger officiating. Music was by George and Susan Baker. Pallbearers were Jim Cooper, Monte Cooper, Jerry Cooper, Ival Adcock, Weldon Adcock, Irwin Adcock, Lyndon Bays and Jess Cooper. Interment was in Flemington Cemetery.
Clarence D. Currier
Clarence Daryl Currier, 81, Linn Creek, formerly of Polk County, died Wednesday, June 2, 1999, at the Lake of the Ozarks General Hospital, Osage Beach. He was born May 6, 1918, in Belleville, Kan., the son of Clarence and Goldie Beecher Currier. On June 12, 1938, in Goodson, he was united in marriage to Maxine J. Ardrey. She preceded him in death on Feb. 20, 1990. A lake area resident for the past 36 years, he owned and operated Currier Refrigeration in Camdenton prior to his retirement. In addition to his wife, he was also preceded in death by his parents and one sister. Survivors include three daughters, Kathy Stenberg of Dent, Minn., Betty Whitaker and Becky Currier, both of Linn Creek; four grandchildren; three sisters, Harriett Russell of Humansville, Thelma Morris and Barbara Payne, both of Springfield; and other relatives and friends. Graveside services were Friday, June 4, at the Payne Cemetery in Polk with Gomer T. Richards officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of the Allee-Reed Funeral Home, Camdenton. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dogwood Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 1136, Camdenton, MO 65020.
Harold L. Derossett
Harold L. Derossett, 84, Bolivar, died Friday, June 25, 1999, at Citizens Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. He was born April 13, 1915, near Morrsiville to William Leonard and Alice Grant Derossett. He attended school at Morrisville, and three years after graduation he married a high school classmate, Lois Maxine Bond. To this union was born a son, Wayne. Harold spent his entire life in the Polk County area engaged in farming. During the 1950s he went to work as a night watchman for a wholesale grocery in Springfield. Soon after that he left the grocery and went to work for Milk Haulers Service Company as a welder and hydraulic repairman. He retired after 23 years with them. Health problems caused him to leave the farm, and he moved to Bolivar, where he loved to raise beautiful flowers and work in his yard and garden. He was baptized at an early age and was a member of the Morrisville Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, John Wilbur and Leon; a sister, Ruth; and his wife, Maxine. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and Norma Derossett, Bolivar; two grandsons, Brent Derossett and his wife, Debbie, Leawood, Kan., and Eric Derossett and his wife, Denise, Bolivar; a sister and brother-in-law, Athylene and Edgar Phillips, Bolivar; four great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Services were Monday, June 28, at the Bolivar First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ray Leininger officiating. Music was by Ron and Marta Ramey, accompanied by Susan Baker. Pallbearers were Len Derossett, Gary Nall, Richard Brown, Bob Harralson, Larry Grant and Bill Harralson. Burial was in Slagle Cemetery south of Bolivar. Arrangements were under the direction of Murray Funeral Home.
Ray O. Edmondson
Ray Olen Edmondson, 77, Eureka, Kan., died Saturday, June 26, 1999, at Medicalodge of Eureka. He was born Feb. 3, 1922, at Adonis, the son of Harry and Wanda Fellows Edmonson. The family moved to Nebraska when Ray was a young child, and he attended schools in Platt Mouth, Neb. Following high school, he returned to Bolivar. On Aug. 26, 1941, he was united in marriage to Harriet N. Riedesel at Buffalo. They resided in the Bolivar and Buffalo area until moving to Wichita, Kan., in 1949, where they remained until 1964 when they moved to Eureka, Kan. He was a heavy equipment operator in refinery construction and operation and was a member of the Engineers Local No. 101 of Wichita. He retired in 1980. He is survived by his wife, Harriet, of the home; a son, Garry, of Eureka, Kan.; two daughters, Sue Phares and Margery Ramsey, both of Wichita, Kan.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Darlene House of Springfield, Audry Reynolds of Bolivar and Della Stennett of Ozark. He was preceded in death by his parents. Graveside services were Tuesday, June 29, at the Greenwood Cemetery in Eureka, Kan., with Hospice Chaplain Ron Keith officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice Inc. of Wichita, Kan., in care of Campbell-Kelley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka KS 67045-0595.
James O. Elliott
James Omar Elliott, 74, Springfield, died Friday, June 4, 1999, in his home following a lingering illness. He was born May 20, 1925, to Miller H. and Nadine Elliott. He was united in marriage to Mary King on December 21, 1947, in Rolla. He served in WWII with the 733rd Engineer's Depot Company, was a graduate of Missouri School of Mines, and he was retired from the BN (Frisco) Railway. He was a member of Rolla Masonic Lodge No. 213 A.F. & A.M. J.O. is survived by his wife, Mary, of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Kent Emmele, of Azle, Texas; two sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Cindy Elliott of Bolivar and Bill and Judy Elliott of Springfield; seven grandchildren, Scott Herndon, Laura Herndon, James and John Emmele, all of Texas, Braden and Dalton Elliott of Bolivar and Amanda Elliott of Orlando, Fla.; a step-grandson, Kevin Lomneck, and a step-great-grandson, Charlie Lomneck; together with numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Dennis Edward Elliott. Cremation of the body will be under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home in Springfield. Friends and family are invited to a memorial potluck picnic from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 13, at Phelps Grove Park, west of the Springfield Art Museum. Memorial contributions man be made to the Ozarks Genealogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 3945, Springfield, MO 65808.
Frances Mae Greenberg
Frances Mae Greenberg, 95, Port St. Lucie, Fla., died at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, June 15, 1999, in her granddaughter's home in Bolivar. She was born Oct. 1, 1903, in Mankato, Kan., the daughter of Johns Kelley and Ruth Connato Kelley. On June 29, 1927, she married Clarence Earl Greenberg. She had recently been living with her daughter in the state of Florida. She is survived by two daughters, Donna Boyd of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Virginia Walters of Englewood, Colo.; and two sons, Howard Greenberg of El Cajon, Calif., and Rex Greenberg of Los Angeles, Calif. Also surviving are nine grandchildren. Graveside services were Saturday, June 19, at Jewell Cemetery, Jewell, Kan., with William Boyd officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Butler Funeral Home.
Sally Ann Haver
Sally Ann Haver, 65, Urbana, died at 2:37 p.m. Friday, June 25, 1999, at the Hawthorne Care Center in Urbana after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 7, 1934, in Omaha, Neb., the daughter of Richard Frederick and Anna Frances Mohr Haver. She had been a resident of Urbana for the past 11 years. Surviving are one sister, Nola L. Mildred of Bolivar, and two brothers, Richard M. Haver of Minnetonka, Minn., and Herman H. Haver of Omaha, Neb. Graveside services will be today (Wednesday) in the Holly Hills Memorial Park Cemetery at Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Local arrangements are under the direction of Butler Funeral Home.
Terry L. Helton
Terry Lloyd Helton, 54, Bolivar, died at 5:43 p.m. Sunday, June 20, 1999, in Citizens Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 15, 1945, in Kansas City, the son of Lloyd Lamont Helton and Ruby Geraldine Clark. He attended high school at Iberia and Tuscumbia and graduated from Blue Eye High School in Blue Eye in 1963. He attended college at Missouri Southern in Joplin and graduated in 1969 after four years there. Terry was the inaugural senior class president. During his college years he was united in marriage to the most beautiful girl in college, Donna Drake, on Jan. 21, 1967. To this union one son was born. Terry joined the United States Air Force in 1969 and was commissioned as an officer and took his flight training at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Ga. He then went overseas during the Vietnam war and flew C-7 Caribou, also giving flight instruction to the South Vietnamese army. After the war, Terry and his family lived in Evansdale, Iowa, where he worked as a flight instructor, then owned his own screen printing business. He later moved to Vinton, Iowa, where he became the city administrator. He stayed in that profession, serving as city administrator at Hermann from 1990 to 1997, then coming to Bolivar as city administrator in August 1997. Surviving are his wife, Donna, and son, Jacob, of the home; his parents, Lloyd and Jerry Helton of Ulman; one brother, Steve Helton of Rolla; five sisters, Janice Smith, Lake of the Ozarks, Sharon Abbott and Judy Ahart, both of Ulman, Charlotte Brumley of Tuscumbia and Melissa Barnhart of Eldon; also a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and many friends. Services will be at 7 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Butler Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Michael A. Coleman officiating. Honorary casketbearers will be Mayor Charley Ealy and Bolivar Board of Aldermen members Charles Hendrickson, Clayton Troyer, Becky Tummons, John Strunk, Robert Beaman, Steve Whisler, Bill Little and John Credille. A second service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, June 25, in the Rekus Funeral Home, Iberia, with Dr. Michael A. Coleman and the Rev. Charley Worstell officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery north of Iberia. (21c)
Laura Hillenburg
Laura Hazel Hillenburg, 85, Pleasant Hope, died at 11 p.m. June 18, 1999, in Colonial Springs Nursing Home, Buffalo. She was born June 24, 1913, in Greene County to Henry and Natlie Funkhouser. She owned and operated Hillenburg Service Station along with her husband, Ross, until her retirement. She was a member of Pleasant Hope United Methodist Church. She is survived by a son and his wife, Mickey and Theresa Hillenburg; a daughter and her husband, Nancy and Jim Warner, all of Pleasant Hope; six grandchildren, Kevin Jones, Keith Jones and his wife, Bandi, H.P. Warner, Michael Hillenburg, Laura Birk and her husband, Matthew, and Micki Warner; a great-grandchild, Kelsey Jones; two sisters, Ruth McMillan and Elsie Funkhouser; and a brother, Kenneth "Casey" Funkhouser. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ross Hillenburg, and a brother, Robert Funkhouser. Services were Tuesday, June 22, in Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield. Burial was in Pleasant Hope Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant Hope United Methodist Church.
