Willard High Missouri Alumni Obituaries

Douglas Lynn "Doug" Scott of Ash Grove Missouri passed away on Thursday January 22 2026 at the age of 83. Doug was born on July 31 1942 in Imperial Nebraska. With a father who liked to move around Doug spent his childhood in Madrid Nebraska Marionville Logan Missouri and later returned to Madrid. Wh...

Gerald was born July 6 1940 to the late Austie Wilson Bayless and Lillie Mae nee Brower on a dairy farm in rural Springfield Mo. He professed his faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized in the fall of 1952. He was a 1958 graduate of Willard High School. On August 17 1963 he was united in marriage to ...

Cecil Eugene Gene Hoppy Weaver 90 of Walnut Grove Missouri the son of Porter and Elizabeth Willard Weaver was born June 14 1935 in Galloway Missouri. Gene was a member of Guys Chapel Willard. He was employed by Cloud Furniture and Vermillions in Springfield MO. He retired from Willard High School as...

Willard Joe Luttrell 88 passed away peacefully on January 13th 2023 in Damariscotta Maine after a period of declining health. Joe was born on June 15th 1934 in Amoret Missouri to Willard Isom and Zona Irene Elmore Luttrell. He was the fourth child and only boy in his family. His parents divorced whe...

Our beloved Mom and Mema Kathy Coon Rae Brown a lifelong resident of Trenton and Galt passed away peacefully on January 7th at her home with her lifelong dog Hank her companion. She was the heart and soul of our family. Kathy was born January 26th 1958 in Milan Missouri to Willard and Kathryn Carver...

Linda L. Willard 76 of Monroe City Missouri passed away Monday December 222025 at the Hannibal Regional Hospital Hannibal Missouri. She was born August 141949 in Marion County Missouri the daughter of Delbert and Elna Cleone Thomas Young. Linda was a 1968 graduate of Monroe City High School Monroe C...

Alta Jewel Osborne age 90 of Licking Missouri passed away peacefully on January 22 2026 in Licking Missouri. Alta was born on September 9 1935 in Shirley Arkansas to Roy Davidson and Stella Elizabeth Gibbons. She graduated from Fremont High School in Fremont Missouri in 1953. Shortly thereafter on S...

Nancy Molz Cherry 88 of Willard Ohio went home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Sunday February 8 2026 passing peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Nancy lived a life marked by steadfast faith joyful service and deep devotion to her family. She was ...

James Jim Allen Cravens 82 of Rogersville Missouri went to Heaven on Dec. 27 2025. He was born on Oct. 2 1943 to Wilbur and Thelma Cravens in Mansfield Missouri. Jim graduated from Mansfield High School in 1961 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Southwest Missouri State Univer...

William Eugene "Bill" White departed this life on Tuesday January 13 2026 at his home in Winona Missouri in the arms of his loving wife surrounded by loved ones. William attained the age of 78. William was born on September 14 1947 to Luther T. White and Viola H. Willard White at home in Low Wassie ...

Lois was born on August 17 1936 in Milan Missouri. A 1954 graduate of Humphreys High School she married Charles Callahan in 1956 in Trenton. They shared a beautiful life together until his passing in 1988. Lois was a dedicated employee of Wright Memorial Hospital for many years. She spent much of th...

Kathryn Lorraine Millam Hills age 95 of Raytown Missouri passed away on December 18th 2025. Funeral services will be held at 1100 AM on Tuesday December 23 2025 at the VansantMills Chapel in Clinton. Visitation will be from 10001100 AM prior to the service. Burial to follow in the Deepwater Cemetery...

Caroline Jean Moyers Puckett was born August 3 1943 in Leadington Missouri. She went home to be with the Lord on December 17 2025 in her home with her family. She is preceded in death by her high school sweetheart and husband of over 50 years Joe Edward Puckett son Joe Edward Puckett Jr. her parents...

Location update Due to inclement weather a memorial service will be held at Burkhart Church of Christ at 100pm Monday January 26 2026. Burial will be held at Burkhart Cemetery at a later date. Larry Clifford Scott of Joplin Missouri passed away on January 17 2026 at Solace House. He was 77 years old...

She was born Shirley Anne Smith on November 27 1934 and was raised in Taney County on her grandfathers farm in Ozark Beach which later became part of Forsyth. She graduated from Forsyth High School in 1952. Shirley accepted the Lord as her Savior at an early age and is a member of the Hillside Bapti...

-Lovingly written by the family-Sidney Charles Surgi passed away on January 29, 2026 at age 93. He was born in Neck City, Missouri, on July 16, 1932 to Hulda Evelyn (Fredrickson) Surgi and Sidney Edward Surgi. They preceded him in death as well as a sister, Maria Surgi Rainey, and his loving wife, C...

Harry Elder was born in Hays Kansas in 1942 to Willard and Lennie Doris Kirkman Elder. While his father worked as an administrator and his mother a teacher he attended elementary school in many districts surrounding the Smith Center Kansas area. By junior high he knew the only thing he wanted to do ...

Margaret Peg Larson McKinnon 83 of Lake City Minnesota entered the Church Triumphant on Tuesday morning December 2 2025 from her home at Elysian Senior Living in Lake City. Peg was born on March 15 1942 in Fargo North Dakota to Willard and Margaret Saunders Larson. She attended elementary school and...

Charles Edwin Hogan 72 of St. Joseph Missouri passed away Thursday January 29 2026 in St Joseph MO. He was born March 2 1953 in St. Joseph MO. He graduated from Lafayette High School and worked at Polsky Motors and Hogans Alley in car Sales. He was preceded in death by parents Violett Hyder and Char...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Leanna Kaye Schilling Jackson, 72, of Lee’s Summit, MO. She passed away on November 30, 2025 after a long illness.Born in Springfield, MO on August 8, 1953, Leanna was the eldest of three children and devoted daughter to the late Elroy and Joe...

Deborah Kay Lowe 74 passed away on Tuesday December 16 2025 at Windsor Healthcare and Rehab Center in Windsor Missouri. Deborahs wishes were to be cremated. Services will be in the spring with burial in Vansant Road Cemetery Clinton Missouri. Deboarah was born and raised in the Kansas City area. She...

Belsher Mary Jane of Chesterfield Missouri passed away Tuesday December 16 2025 at Friendship Village Sunset Hills. Mary Jane was born April 8 1933 to Jacob A. and Lyla P. Henderson in Minier IL. After high school she attended and graduated from Illinois Commercial College ChampaignUrbana IL in 1951...

Joyce Elaine Moppin left this world on December 20 2025 at her home in Neosho Missouri at the age of 86. Joyce was born on July 15 1939 in Rome City Indiana to Willard and Martha Fetter Refner. She was a graduate from Auburn High School in Auburn. She later served her country as a member of the Unit...