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Burgoon, Alonzo, 89 - Bolivar (March 6, 2010)

Fearing, Bryton, Infant - Camdenton (March 6, 2010)

Hyde, Bedia Elizabeth, 95 - Hartville (March 1, 2010)

Kissinger, Mearl, 95 - Lebanon (March 9, 2010)

Miller, Eddie, 71 - Seymour (March 9, 2010)

Moore, Don, Sr., 57 - Hartville (March 6, 2010)

Smith, Linda, 60 - Camdenton (March 7, 2010)

Spray, Vyonne, 81 - Lebanon (March 7, 2010)

Wantland, Genevieve, 87 - Lebanon (March 9, 2010)

Young, Esther, 79 - Hartville (March 5, 2010)

Burgoon, Alonzo, 89

Alonzo “Lonnie” Ellsworth Burgoon, age 89, of Lowry City, Missouri, formerly of Pittsburg and Bolivar, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Sac-Osage Hospital in Osceola, Missouri.
He was born November 6, 1920 in Rantoul, Kansas to William Alonzo Burgoon and Ada (Latson) Burgoon.

He was in Construction for many years and served in the United States Army during World War II. He was also a member of the American Legion.

Lonnie is survived by his two sons, Randell Burgoon of Independence, Missouri, Mike Burgoon of Kansas City, Missouri and a daughter, Janet Badenna of Oak Grove, Missouri. Numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A Graveside Service will be held at 1:00pm, Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at Crestview Memorial Gardens just East of Bolivar, Missouri with Chaplain James O. Friend officiating under the care and direction of the Butler Funeral Home of Bolivar, Missouri. Military Honors will be provided by the Fifth District Honor Guard of the American Veterans AMVETS Post #114 of Flemington, Missouri. A visitation will be from 11:30am-12:30pm on Wednesday at the Butler Funeral Home in Bolivar.

Friends and family may sign the guest book or send private condolences at www.butlerfuneralhome.com

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Fearing, Bryton, Infant

Bryton Leo Fearing, infant son of Jerry Lee Fearing and Jennifer Marie Archer, was born, January 29, 2010 in Osage Beach, Missouri. He departed this life, Saturday, March 6, 2010, in his home, California, Missouri at the age of one month and six days.
Survivors include his mother, Jennifer Archer of California, Missouri; his father, Jerry Fearing of St. Robert, Missouri; a sister, Rijlee Lynn Fearing of St. Robert, Missouri; his maternal grandparents, Norman and Teressa Archer of California, Missouri; his paternal grandparents, Jay and Virginia Kaufman of St. Robert, Missouri; his maternal great-grandparents, Leo Archer of Stoutland, Missouri, and Barbara and Gene Stockwell of Camdenton, Missouri; his paternal great-grandparents, Jay and Susan Kaufman of Warsaw, Ohio and many aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandparents, Mildred Archer and Bob Handley.
Although his life was brief, he touched many lives and his memory will live on in our hearts, forever.

Graveside services and burial will be at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday March 10, 2010 in the Honey Cemetery in Stoutland, Missouri under the direction of the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home Camdenton, Missouri.

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Hyde, Bedia Elizabeth, 95

Bedia Elizabeth Hyde, 95 of Hartville, Missouri passed away on Monday March 1, 2010 in Hartville Care Center.

Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday March 13, 2010 at the Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Hartville. Burial will be in the Steele Memorial Cemetery. Visitation ia at 12:30 p.m. until service time under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home Hartville, Missouri.

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Kissinger, Mearl, 95

Mearl Kissinger, 95 of Lebanon, Missouri passed away on Tuesday March 9,2010 in the Phelps County Regional Hospital in Rolla, Missouri.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday March 11, 2010 at the Holman-Howe Funeral Home Lebanon. Entombment will be in the Mt. Rose Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. until time of service under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home Lebanon, Missouri.

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Miller, Eddie, 71

Eddie Miller, 71 of Seymour, Missouri passed away on Tuesday March 9, 2010 in his home.

Services are incomplete and under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home Seymour, Missouri.

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Moore, Don, Sr., 57

Don Eugene Moore, Sr., the son of Waldo Eugene and Dottie Jean (Davis) Moore, was born September 15, 1952, near Grovespring, Missouri. He departed this life Saturday, March 6, 2010, in his home, near Grovespring, Missouri, at the age of fifty-seven years, five months and twenty-one days.
Don is survived by his three sons, Don Moore, Jr. and his wife, Courtney, of Blue Springs, Missouri, Shawn Moore and his wife, Shannon, of Grovespring, Missouri, and Brian Moore, of Grovespring, Missouri; his three daughters, Teresa Staples and her husband, Jack, Tammy Moore and Susie Wallace, all of Marshfield, Missouri; seven grandchildren, Siera, Caleb, Colton, Katlyn, Destiny, Mason and Meleah; his parents, Waldo and Dottie Moore, of Grovespring, Missouri; a brother, Ronnie Moore and his wife, Regina, of Cabool, Missouri; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Barbara and Eldon Prock, of Grovespring, Missouri, Brenda and Ronnie Rust, of Marshfield, Missouri, and Sandra and Cody Banks, of Gladstone, Missouri; a number of nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
Born and raised in the Grovespring area, he attended the Grovespring School. After entering the work force he became a welding fabricator throughout his life.
He loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He enjoyed the outdoors and liked to go fishing and hunting. He enjoyed having a beer, and found great pleasure and took pride in his cars, especially fast ones. In the evenings he liked watching wrestling on television with his father and mother.
Don was a devoted father, loving son, cherished grandfather, treasured brother and friend. We celebrate his life and accomplishments, and will forever hold dear the memories he created for his family and many friends. He will be greatly missed but will live on in our hearts forever.

Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday March 8, 2010 at the Holman-Howe Funeral Home Hartville. Burial will be in the O'Dell Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m. until time of service under the direction of the Holman- Howe Funeral Home Hartville, Missouri.

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Smith, Linda, 60

Linda Smith, 60 of Camdenton, Missouri passed away on Sunday March 7, 2010 in Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri.

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday March 13, 2010 at the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home under the direction of the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home Camdenton, Missouri.

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Spray, Vyonne, 81

Vyonne Spray, 81 of Lebanon, Missouri passed away on Sunday March 7, 2010 in St. John's Hospital Lebanon, Missouri.

Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday MArch 12, 2010 at the Holman-Howe Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mt. Rose Memorial Park. Visitation is Thursday evening 6-7:30 p.m. under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Lebanon, Missouri.

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Wantland, Genevieve, 87

Genevieve Wantland, 87 of Lebanon, Missouri passed away on Tuesday March 9, 2010 in her son's home in Rolla, Missouri.

Services are incomplete and under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home Lebanon, Missouri.

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Young, Esther, 79

Esther Carrol Young, daughter of Loman Basil and Nora Velma (Wood) Ferriel, was born June 8, 1930, near Hartville, Missouri. She went home to be with the Lord, Friday, March 5, 2010, in Ozarks Medical Center, in West Plains, Missouri, at the age of seventy-nine years, nine months and twenty-seven days.
On June 12, 1948, she was united in marriage to Richard “Dick” Young, and they shared thirty-nine plus years, until his passing on May 4, 1988. She was also preceded in death by her father in 1971; and a son, Philip Mark, in 1981.
Esther is survived by a son, Rick Young and his wife, Carolyn, of Fordland, Missouri; three daughters, Donna Frey and her husband, Bob, of West Plains, Missouri, Lea Ann Young, of Springfield, Missouri, and Diana Wilkerson and her husband, Lyle, of Mountain Home, Arkansas; two grandsons, Ryan Young and his wife, Angela, of Ava, Missouri, and Trey Wilkerson, of Mountain Home, Arkansas; a great-grandson, Riley Young; her mother, Velma Ferriel, of Lebanon, Missouri; two sisters, Joyce Butts and her husband, John, of Springfield, Missouri, and Wilda Ferriel, of Lebanon, Missouri; a number of nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
She worked for the Superintendent at Hartville School as secretary/bookkeeper until 1953 when she resigned to start her family. Esther was a devoted homemaker. Her family was a very important part of her life. In 1957 she and her family left the farm and moved to Batesville, Arkansas, where Dick was employed as a Poultry Inspector with the Department of Agriculture. After five years, Dick was transferred to Cabool, Missouri. In 1971 she and Dick bought his family’s farm and in 1975 they moved back home. She enjoyed working on the farm with her husband. After his death in 1988, she took care of the cattle with her son’s help until 1995.
Esther professed her faith in the Lord at the age of thirteen years. She was baptized and joined the Green Valley Baptist Church, later moving her membership to the Hartville First Baptist Church. After she and Dick married, she joined the Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. She also served as church clerk from 1977 thru 2009 and church secretary-treasurer from 1993 thru 2009.
In her spare time she enjoyed sewing, quilting, crafts, working in her yard and garden, and going to basketball games.
Esther was a devoted wife and mother, a cherished grandmother and great-grandmother; a beloved daughter and sister; a loving aunt and caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and her accomplishments and will treasure the memories she created. She will be fondly remembered and greatly missed and will forever live in our hearts.

Services will be held at 11:00 a.m on Wednesday March 10, 2010 in the Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Hartville.Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation os Tuesday evening 6-8:00 p.m. under the direction of the Holman-Howe Funeral Home Hartville, Missouri.

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