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Fern Taylor

Fern Taylor

Sep 14, 2012

Fern Taylor, age 83, passed away Friday, September 14, 2012 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, MO. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton. Visitation will be held from 7-8:30 P.M. Monday, September 17, 2012 also at the Vansant-Mills Chapel. Interment will be in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. The family suggests memorial...

Howard G. Hale

Howard G. Hale

Sep 12, 2012

Howard G. Hale, age 84, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at Clinton Healthcare & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 15, 2012 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Clinton Memory Gardens, Clinton. The family suggests memorial contributions to the National Kidney Foundation and...

Floyd Harrison Poe

Floyd Harrison Poe

Sep 12, 2012

Floyd Harrison Poe, age 71, passed away Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at his home in Edwards, MO. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 17, 2012 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Bethel Campground Cemetery, Edwards, MO. The family suggests memorial contributions to Benton County Hospice and may...

Rodney Eugene Hicks

Rodney Eugene Hicks

Sep 11, 2012

Rodney Eugene Hicks, age 57, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at his home in Deepwater, MO. Funeral services will be held 4:00 P.M. Saturday, September 15, 2012 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M. Monday, September 17, 2012 in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS. Fond...

Carol Brooks Echelmeier

Carol Brooks Echelmeier

Sep 9, 2012

Carol Echelmeier, age 39, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2012 at her home in Montrose, MO. Private family services will be held at a later date. Fond memories and condolences may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com. Carol was born August 5, 1973 in Boulder, CO to William and Carmen Echelmeier. She was an accountant. Carol was a pet lover. She...

James W. Spradling

James W. Spradling

Aug 31, 2012

James Wiley Spradling died August 31, 2012. He was born September 6, 1923, in Liberal, Kansas, son of Otto and Blanche Spradling. He graduated from Pratt High School. Jim married Marilyn Hunt in 1948. He lived 40 years in Kansas, 21 years in Iowa and 27 years in Missouri. During World War II, he served three years in the Army...

Vernalee "B.B." Schneider

Vernalee "B.B." Schneider

Aug 30, 2012

Vernalee Schneider (known to most as "BB") was born December 2, 1936 in St. Clair County, Missouri to Charles and Verna Baxter. She graduated from Deepwater High School then went on to attend Business College in Kansas City. She married Gene Schneider in 1957. After their marriage they moved to Raytown, Missouri. She worked at Bell & Howell in Kansas...

Ronald Lee Enochs

Ronald Lee Enochs

Aug 26, 2012

Ronald L.(Ronnie) Enochs, age 50, of Warsaw and formerly of Harrisburg passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012 at his home. His wishes were to be cremated with no service. Condolences and fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com. Ronald was born in Columbia, Missouri to Wilfred and Maxine (Klott) Enochs, who preceded him in death. Ronnie previously worked as...

Winifred Glee Anderson

Winifred Glee Anderson

Aug 24, 2012

Winifred G. "Winnie" Anderson, age 80 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Friday, August 24, 2012 at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. Graveside Services will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. Memorial contributions can be made to Kansas City Hospice House or P.A.W.S. and may be left in care of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home,...

Roger Jon Ricketts

Roger Jon Ricketts

Aug 23, 2012

Roger J. Ricketts, age 71 of Clinton, Missouri passed away August 23, 2012 at his home. Funeral services will be held 3:00 P.M. Sunday, August 26, 2012 at the Clinton Christian Church, with a visitation held one hour prior to the service. Graveside services will be held 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 28, 2012 in Floral Hills East Cemetery, Lee's Summit,...

Dorothy Ilene Anspaugh

Dorothy Ilene Anspaugh

Aug 20, 2012

Dorothy Ilene Anspaugh, age 76 of Clinton, Missouri, passed away on August 20, 2012, at 12:30 P.M. at the Westwood Nursing Home. Dorothy fought a long battle against cancer for several years. Fond memories and condolences may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com. She was born August 8, 1936 in Marceline, Missouri to William Albert Hines and Fannie Irene Forbes. On...

Walter Thomas Maccarthy

Walter Thomas Maccarthy

Aug 20, 2012

Walter Thomas MacCarthy, age 90, formerly of Seattle, Washington, passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 at Villa Ventura Assisted Living in Kansas City, Missouri. Memorial Mass services will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, August 25, 2012 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri. Inurnment will be in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Seattle, Washington at a later date. Memorial...

Matthew Aaron Clark

Matthew Aaron Clark

Aug 20, 2012

Matthew Aaron Clark, age 31 of Bonney Lake, Washington passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 at his home. Memorial services will be 3:00 P.M., Saturday, September 1, 2012 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Family will receive friends one hour before the service on Saturday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the Caleb Hunter Clark Memorial Fund and may be...

Garland Lee Edwards

Garland Lee Edwards

Aug 18, 2012

Garland Edwards, age 78 of Deepwater, Missouri passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, August 24, 2012 at Vansant-Mills Funeral Chapel, Clinton, Missouri with interment in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Deepwater, Missouri. Visitation will be one hour prior to service also at Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made...

James Orville Houk

James Orville Houk

Aug 18, 2012

James O. Houk, age 79 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Missouri Veterans Home, Warrensburg, Missouri. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 23, 2012 at Vansant-Mills Funeral Chapel with interment in Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington, Missouri. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 22, 2012 7:00-8:00 P.M. also at the Chapel. Family suggests memorial contributions to the...

Charles Lee Motley

Charles Lee Motley

Aug 18, 2012

Charles L. Motley, age 77, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Golden Living Center - Westwood in Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Parks Chapel Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the...

Justen Leroy Baumgarden

Justen Leroy Baumgarden

Aug 15, 2012

Justen Leroy Baumgarden, age 27, passed away at his home in Cassville, Missouri Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Deepwater Cemetery, Deepwater, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to...

Cornelia Magdaline Fowler

Cornelia Magdaline Fowler

Aug 9, 2012

Cornelia Magdaline Fowler passed away Thursday, August 9, 2012 at Vitas Innovative Hospice, Kansas City, Missouri. She was 87 years old. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton. Visitation will be Monday, August 13, 2012 from 6:00-7:30 P.M., also at the Chapel. Interment will be in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. The family suggests memorial...

Merlene Delores Kraft

Merlene Delores Kraft

Aug 8, 2012

Merlene D. Kraft, age 71 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be 4:00 P.M., Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Victory Christian Center Church, Clinton. Burial will be in the Lake City Cemetery, Lake City, Iowa. Family suggests contributions to the Victory Christian Center Church or the Merlene D. Kraft Memorial...

James William Phillips

James William Phillips

Aug 2, 2012

James William Phillips, age 52, of Weston, MO passed away Thursday, August 2, 2012 at his parents home in Quincy, MO. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, August 6, 2012 at the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton with burial in the Norris Cemetery, Urich, MO. Memorial contributions can be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, in care of the funeral...

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