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Obituaries

Foster, Lora L.

Lora Lee was born December 9, 1917, to Edmund Lewis and Lora Lelia (Thompson) Nance. She attended Shady Nook School in the Coon Creek area, and then attended Osceola High School, graduating in 1935. After attending Central Missouri State Teachers College, she accepted a teaching position at Wright’s Creek School in the community of Tally...
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Jordan, Thain C.

Thain C. Jordan was born July 7, 1931, on a farm in rural Stafford County near Stafford, Kansas, to Fred H. and Leona (Stark) Jordan. He became a Christian as a child. He attended grade school in a country school, Eagle School and graduated from St. John High School in 1949. Following graduation he was...
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Walter, Chester “Chet” A.

Chester Albert Walter was born May 8, 1916 two miles northeast of Harwood MO to Albert Edward and Ottillia Augusta (Yehle) Walter. He passed away May 12, 2012 at cedar County Memorial Hospital, El Dorado Springs, MO. Chester graduated from Harwood High School in 1933. He worked on the farm with his father and did...
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Fleishman, Walter N.

Walter N. Fleishman was born July 13, 1922 in Bakersfield, California. He passed away May 11, 2012 at the home of his son and daughter in-law, Raymond and Ardith Fleishman, El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Walter was a Pearl Harbor survivor and spent 50 years as a merchant seaman traveling all over the world. He is...
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Steidley, Rose A.

Rose A. Miller was born February 27, 1916 in Braymer, Missouti to Harry and Ethel (Jones) Ross. She passed away May 8, 2012 at Mt. Vernon Place Care Center in Mt. Vernon, Missouri On October 25, 1930 she was united in marriage to Roy Miller and to this union two sons were born Roy E....
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Gueltzau, Gene Lee

Gene Lee Gueltzau was born September 18, 1950 in Independence, Missouri to Clarence and Margaret Lewis Gueltzau. He passed away May 6, 2012 at his home near Osceola, Missouri. His early life was spent in the Independence area. Gene worked in the tobacco fields near Weston, Missouri until his health failed. He is survived by...
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Jenkins, Gary A.

Gary Allen Jenkins was born May 1, 1946 near Lowry City, Missouri to Percy and Della (Morris) Jenkins. He passed away May 3, 2012 at Cox South Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri. Gary was saved in his early 20’s and was a member of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church northwest of El Dorado Springs, Missouri. He...
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Venter, Donnis F.

Donnis Fay Venter, 82, was born October 3, 1929, in rural Cedar County near Blackjack, MO. She married Albert Venter on November 17, 1947, and lived with him on the family farm located on the Sac River for the remainder of her life. She was a member of Flatrock Holiness Church, and later, Riverview Bible...
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Gant, Norman L.

Norman Lee Gant was born June 14, 1934 in Enid, Oklahoma to Cleo and Edna (Jones) Gant. He passed away April 30, 2012 at his home. Norman proudly served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict from January 25, 1955 to January 24, 1958. At the age of ten, Norman was baptized at a...
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Fairchild, Shirley A.

Shirley Ann (Eason) Fairchild was born January 19, 1936 near El Dorado Springs, Missouri to Francis L. and Myrtle E (Lee) Eason. She passed away April 23, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. On September 3, 1954 she was united in marriage to Claude F. Fairchild. Claude and Shirley were married sixteen years when...
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