Paige Renee Grunig
Paige Renee Grunig, age 24, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021 at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri.
Please come and celebrate the life of Paige. We know there will be tears but let’s celebrate her by sharing stories & memories of Paige, ways she touched our lives and hearts. Paige would want more laughter than tears as we remember her time here with us.
Survivors include her parents Angel and Ronald Turner of the home, 2 sisters Anissa Dodge and Leslie Clark 6 brothers; Issac Grunig, Neil Grunig, Quin Grunig, And Simeon Grunig, two step brothers Anthony and Kent Turner Home to Clinton, Missouri, grandparents Linda and Thomas Davies of Des Moines, Iowa, Joan Davies (deceased), Darold Turner live in Camdenton, Missouri and Kathy and Ronald Nepple Gerald (deceased) and Hellen fisher of Boone Iowa many uncles and aunts; Thomas and Rochelle Davies Ronda and Irl Robinson Jr and Amy Scranton, Bernard, Teresa Kaiser, Richard Turner along with a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and great friends.
A Celebration of Life was held December 2, 2021 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with Pastor Joey Conway officiating. Special music included “Smile, Amazing Grace and Memories.”
Services were under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
Frank L Golightly
Frank L. Golightly, age 82, passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at his home in Appleton City, Missouri.
Frank was born on April 17, 1939 in Henryetta, Oklahoma to Frank “Fate” and Martha Golightly. He served for a time in the Marines. He later worked for Peabody Coal and then drove a tour bus for Reids. He married Cleora Harbison in 1964 and together they raised 4 children, Jodi, Gary, Frankie and Mary.
Frank loved watching sports and the outdoors especially fishing. He had coached youth sports including football, baseball and softball. He later became a state certified referee and umpire in baseball, softball, volleyball and basketball.
Frank was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters; Betty and Shirley, 2 brothers; Bill and Rusty.
Frank is survived by his wife Cleora, his sister Mary, 4 children; Jodi, Gary, Frankie (Vina), Mary, 5 grandchildren; Brett (Christa), Derek, Frankie, Zakeri, Samantha, 2 great-grandchildren; Madison, and Adam along with several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services were held November 24, 2021 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with Rev. David Mills officiating.
Services were under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
wilma mary mckeaigg
Wilma Mary McKeaigg, age 99, passed away on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at Clinton Healthcare and Rehab Center in Clinton, Missouri.
Wilma was born on June 29, 1922 near Montrose, Missouri. The first child of Roy Edgar and Mary Edna Varner Briggs. She was united in marriage to James L. McKeaigg Jr. on February 8, 1941 and to this union three children were born.
Wilma worked several years for United Telephone Company and later worked for J.C. Penney Company retiring after 20 years of service.
She was a member of LaDue Christian Church, serving in various capacities over the years.
Wilma was preceded in death by her husband James, her parents, an infant brother, brothers; Uel Briggs and Lester Briggs, sons-in-law Robert Garrett and Paul Collins and two brothers-in-law and three sisters-in-law.
Survivors include her children, Carolyn Garrett of Clinton, Missouri, Larry McKeaigg (Pris) and Sue Collins both of Independence, Missouri. Two grandchildren; Mathew Collins (Lisa) and Deanna Collins Allison (Eric) all of Blue Springs, Missouri. Two great granddaughters; Kaitlin Allison Moore (Kelcey) of Kansas City, Missouri and Lauren Collins of Blue Springs, Missouri. One great-great granddaughter Lyla Rae Moore. Four brothers; Glen Briggs, Shelby Briggs (Marilyn), Clyde Briggs (Donna) all of Clinton, Missouri and James Briggs (Carol) of Deepwater, Missouri. Three sisters; Bonnie Winter and Esther Singer of Clinton, Missouri and Shirley Murphey (Joseph) of Joplin, Missouri. One sister-in-law Jackie Briggs of Clinton, Missouri. She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held November 27, 2021 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with Rev. David Mills officiating. Special music included “Beyond the Sunset and Precious Memories.” The casket bearers were Matthew Collins, Keith WInter, Joe Murphy, Eric Allison, Jerry Briggs and Jason Briggs. Interment followed in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri.
Services were under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
frank sheaffer
Frank Sheaffer, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at Clinton Healthcare and Rehab Center in Clinton, Missouri.
Frank Sheaffer was born on October 16th, 1929 in Lyndon, Kansas to William and Bunola Sheaffer. Frank loved spending time in the great outdoors. At the age of 10 he was helping out on the family farm. He loved fishing, hunting, boat rides and skiing. Frank was in the US Army, was a WW2 Veteran and spent some time in Germany. Frank worked as a welder on road construction and big trucks. He always loved coming home for some homemade bread.
He is preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers; Herbert Sheaffer, Emery Sheaffer, Albert Sheaffer, 3 sisters; Pearl Silverthorne, Novela Lambert, Stella Smith.
Survivors include his son Frank Sheaffer Jr., 4 daughters; Jessie Sheaffer of Oregon, Wilma Nix of Topeka, Kansas, Joyce Sallee of Oak Grove, Missouri and B.J. of Hawaii, Several grandchildren and great grandchildren, 3 nieces, 7 nephews along with great nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held December 2, 2021 in Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Missouri. Military honors were under the direction of VFW Post #1894.
Services were under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
james wolf
James Wolf, age 95, of Clinton, Missouri passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021 at Jefferson Gardens in Clinton, Missouri.
James was born January 20, 1926 in Pettis County, Missouri the son of James and Lillian (Manning) Wolf.
James worked as a sheet metal worker. He was a member of the Sedalia Masonic Lodge and was a US Navy Veteran.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Cardine, parents, 7 sisters; Mildred, Juanita, Gertrude, Vivian, Shirley, Barbara, Donna and 2 brothers, Clyde Eugene Wolf and Robert Wolf.
Graveside services were held December 1, 2021 in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri with Pastor Tom Waller officiating.
Military honors were under the direction of the VFW Post #1894 and the US Navy. Funeral services were under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
Frances Louise Barker Stephens Davis
Frances Louise Barker Stephens Davis, 87, was born March 14, 1934, in Clinton, Mo., to Robert Lowell and Bertha Belle (Bennett) Barker. Louise, as she was known to her friends, died Monday afternoon, Dec. 6, 2021, at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar.
She spent most of her childhood in the Bethlehem Community east of Clinton where she walked to Bethlehem School. She then attended Clinton High School, dropping out after a dispute with school officials over when she would be allowed to take classes in her chosen secretarial field.
Louise Barker and Charles Edward Stephens of Clinton were married Nov. 19, 1950, in Clinton. He preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 1984.
On April 12, 1997, she was married to neighbor John Joseph Davis, who preceded her in death on Feb. 5, 2002. After their marriage, they moved to a small cabin at the Lake of the Ozarks at Edwards. It was the only time in her 87 years that she lived outside Henry County.
Edward and Louise Stephens had three children: Helen Louise, Bessie Frances and James Edward (Eddie). The couple raised their family on the 80-acre family farm east of Clinton in the Star School community. Daughter Frances also preceded her in death on May 4, 1987, after a car accident on Highway 13 just outside of Clinton.
As a stay-at-home mom, Louise Stephens raised much of the family’s food on the farm, and by winter each year, the freezer and cellar were full of beef, chicken and vegetables of many kinds. She also was active in community activities and school activities involving her family. She was quick to show up with special treats at one-room Star School like rabbit-shaped cakes or homemade pies for the school auction. She made treks to Sedalia many years to enter her pies, cakes and breads in the Missouri State Fair.
And, in the days before 24-7 media, she called the school to alert the teacher, Mrs. Jessie Thompson, to turn on the school’s radio that President John F. Kennedy had been shot.
She served as an election judge for years and also was a Democrat committeewoman. She helped with American Heart Association and American Cancer Society fund drives, and, years ago, when someone in the neighborhood died, she made sure the community sent flowers as a group by collecting names and small amounts of money for the flowers.
When it was time to take a break, she loved playing canasta with now-departed friends Leta, Betty and Bonnie.
She also helped her husband, as needed, in his construction business. After Edward’s death, she moved into town and worked as a cook at the Henry County Senior Center before going to work as a Certified Nurse’s Aide at Westwood Nursing Home, later moving to Golden Valley Memorial Hospital as a CNA until her retirement. She was proud of having been an “Employee of the Month” while at the hospital.
Until her later years, she was a consistent blood donor to the American Red Cross.
In recent years, she spent much of her time enjoying reruns of Law and Order and its spin-off shows and talking on the phone with her friend and former neighbor, Pat.
She had spent the last three months of her life in the Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility in Bolivar, a stay that originally was planned as temporary due to back issues.
Survivors include her son Eddie Stephens and wife Debbie of Clinton; her daughter Helen Sosniecki and husband Gary of Lebanon; six grandchildren: Dustin Stephens and wife Jennifer of Lowry City, Ashley Davis of Overland Park, Kan.; Anna Tucker and husband Chris, Levi Keithley and wife Katrina, and Constance Keithley, all of Clinton; and Randy Ryles of Fristoe; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; her half-sister, Raylene Ritchie, of Clarendon, Texas; sisters, Georgia Mae Robinson and Lisetta Dean, both of Clinton; and brother Robert Barker of Clinton.
Per her request, no formal funeral service is planned. Friends of Louise Stephens Davis may say their goodbyes to her during an open viewing from noon to 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 10, at Bradley & Hadley Funeral Home in Clinton. No visitation with family is planned.
A private family burial service is planned at Englewood Cemetery.
Her humble roots and hard times as she grew up following the Great Depression made her a hard-working, strong-willed individual with a big heart for others. While no flowers or memorials are requested, her children ask instead that her friends and relatives do a good deed for a senior citizen this month with her in mind -- call an elderly neighbor and chat, pay the tab for the elderly person sipping coffee alone at the diner, drop off a small gift at a local care center so someone with no family has a gift under the tree at Christmas, or maybe take a plate of cookies to an elderly relative you haven’t seen in ages.Death Notices
Marie C. Wilson, age 89 of Clinton, Missouri, passed away Friday, December 3rd, 2021 at her son’s home in Clinton, after a short illness.Funeral Service will be Thursday, December 9th, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri, with burial following in the Vansant Road Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. Family will receive friends Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the funeral home. Memorial contributions in Marie’s name can be made to the First Baptist Church of Clinton, and may be left in care of the funeral home.
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Terry Michael Wallace, 68, of Calhoun, Missouri passed away Monday, November 15, 2021 at his home. Memorial graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 17, 2021 at the Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Mo. Military services at the grave under the direction of the Missouri Funeral Honors and the Veteran of Foreign Wars, Post 1894, Clinton. Arrangements are under the direction of the Bradley & Hadley Funeral Home, Clinton. Condolences may be left online at www.bradleyhadley.com.
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Oreta Stayton, 83, of Clinton, Missouri, formerly of Windsor, Mo., died Monday, November 22, 2021, at Bothwell Regional Health Center, Sedalia, Mo.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, December 10, 2021, at the Hadley Funeral Home, Windsor, with Pastor DeWayne Dodd officiating. Burial will be in Sardis Cemetery in rural Henry County near Tebo. The family will receive friends before the service from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. The family suggests contributions for funeral expenses and condolences may be left online at www.hadleyfuneralhome.com.
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Walter Frank “Shorty” Acker, 86, of Windsor, Missouri, died Wednesday evening, December 1, 2021, at his home. Funeral services were held 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 6, 2021, at the Hadley Funeral Home, Windsor, with Pastor John Streit officiating and Masonic Funeral Services. Burial was in the Laurel Oak Cemetery, Windsor, with graveside Military Honors. The family received friends Sunday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. The family suggests contributions to the Windsor High School Master Scholarship Endowment Fund (WHS MSEF) for a mechanical scholarship in Shorty’s memory in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left online at www.hadleyfuneralhome.com.
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William Raymond Lincoln, age 71, of Clinton, Missouri passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021 at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare in Clinton, Missouri. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, December 13, 2021 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Memorial contributions can be made to Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Clinton and can be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral home in Clinton, Missouri.
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Billy "Bill" Elmer Burgess, age 94, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away Sunday December 5, 2021, at Saint Lukes East Hospital, in Lees Summit, Missouri, surrounded by his family.Services will be Saturday December 11, 2021, at the Clinton United Methodist Church, 601 S. 4TH Street, Clinton, Missouri. Visitation: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Funeral Service: 2:00 PM Burial: Englewood Cemetery, following the funeral service. Condolences may be left online at www.ConsalusFuneralHome.com.
Cynthia “Cy” Ann (Hardy) Hayes
Cynthia “Cy” Ann (Hardy) Hayes, completed her journey here on earth at Clearpoint
Medical Center in Independence, Mo. on Monday, November 29, 2021. Cynthia was
born on February 7, 1943 to Shelton and Ruby Hardy in Shreveport, La. She resided in
Clinton, Mo. for the last 21 years, but Cynthia grew up and lived in the Oklahoma
City/Midwest City area most of her life. While raising three (3) children, she worked as
an accountant and later owned and operated a gift store in Oklahoma City. She is well
remembered by all, for her beautiful smile, her warm caring personality and generosity.
In addition to being a wonderful artist, she loved to travel, enjoyed attending
community events, fishing and meeting people from all walks of life. She served as
Chairman of the American Heart Association of Southern Oklahoma and the Humanities
Council of Southern Oklahoma. She was a member of the United Methodist Church and
believed strongly in prayer.
She leaves her devoted husband of 34 years, Stanley “Bud” Hayes. She’ll be dearly
missed by her sisters Judi McGee of Houston, Tx.; Melissa Mathews and husband Bill of
Jackson, Tenn.; three children, Tamara Joyner of Waggoner, Okla.; Charles Joyner and
wife Sherien of Carrollton, Tx.; David Womack and wife Melissa of Allen, Tx. She also
leaves 7 grandchildren, Geoffrey Joyner, Chloe (Joyner) Caskey, Maddison Calaway,
Fallon Quintero, David and BJ Womack and Liam Joyner and a great grandson Joel
Caskey as well as her close cousins, Pat Millsap and Cherry Swartz of Rio Rancho, NM.
Cy wanted her remains donated to Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.
A Remembrance Gathering for family and her many friends will take place in the
Oklahoma City area sometime in January, 2022. “Good by my Cy, you will be forever in
our Hearts”
