John Eugene Koch
John Eugene Koch, 63, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on April 30, 2026. He was born on November 23, 1962 in Warrensburg, Missouri. John was a truck driver for 35 years. Working for Dirty Trucking in Springfield, Missouri for the last two. He was a Christian, and never knew a stranger. He never knew the...
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Karen Susan Burns
Karen Burns, 64, of Collins, Missouri, passed away peacefully on April 22, 2026, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Karen was born on March 9, 1962, in Fort Benning, Georgia, to Robert and Maribelle Morris. She graduated from Osceola High School and went on to dedicate more than 20 years of her career as...
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Harold Gilbert Scott
Harold Gilbert Scott was born September 21, 1942, at General Hospital in Clinton, Missouri. He was the sixth of seven children born to Robbie Orval and Hazel Ruth Boomershine Scott and the first of the family to be born at a hospital. The Scott family had moved from the County Line Bridge area just a...
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John Phillip Drake
John Drake, 76, of Osceola, Missouri, passed away on April 23, 2026, after a long and brave battle with cancer. John was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, whose life was rooted in hard work, simple pleasures, and deep love for his family. He spent many years working as a mechanic, a trade he...
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Mabel June Shryer
Mabel June Shryer, 100 years and 10 months of Richmond, Missouri died at 8:30 PM, Monday, April 20, 2026 at John Knox Village East, Higginsville, Missouri. Mrs. Shryer was born June 3, 1925, near Weaubleau, Missouri to Fred W. and Mary E. (Chaney) Deafenbaugh. She married William Gentry Shryer of Collins on June 3, 1942....
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Edgar Paul Sweet III
Edgar Paul Sweet III (Eddie, Ed) was born on September 21, 1958 at Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and died on April 19, 2026 at home in Osceola, Missouri. He is preceded in death by his parents Beverly Jean Burkett Sweet and Edgar Paul Sweet Junior, and is survived by his wife of...
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