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Margaret Evelyn Todd
Aug 5, 2020
Margaret Evelyn (Foster) Todd, 89, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Westwood Nursing Center, Clinton, Missouri.   A private family graveside service will be held at Parks Chapel Cemetery in Tightwad, MO on Friday, August 14, 2020.  The family suggests memorial contributions to the Clinton Senior Center and may be left in care of the funeral home.  Fond memories...
Roscoe Walker Jr.
Aug 3, 2020
Roscoe Walker Jr., 95, passed away Monday, August 3, 2020 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital. A private family service will be held at First Baptist Church of Deepwater Thursday, August 6, 2020. Interment will follow at Maplewood Cemetery. Services will be live streamed on the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home Facebook page. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Henry County...
Joseph Byron Lynn Waggoner
Aug 2, 2020
Joseph Waggoner, 74 of Windsor, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020 at his home. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.
Joseph Byron Lynn Waggoner was born August 11, 1945 in Falls City, Nebraska to Marilee (Lollman) and Herbert Waggoner. After graduating from Bellevue High School he joined his father working for the local 464...
Lawrence Ray Littlejohn
Jul 30, 2020
Lawrence "Larry" Ray Littlejohn, age 53 of Clinton, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. A Celebration of Life will he held August 30 with a talent show at Allen Street Baptist Church. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Lawrence Littlejohn Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the...
John Edward Newell
Jul 30, 2020
John E. Newell, age 85, Chilhowee, Missouri, passed away Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Warrensburg Manor, Warrensburg, Missouri. Visitation will be held Monday, August 10, 2020 from 6-8PM. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 11AM at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home with interment following at Englewood Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to Quarles Baptist Church or...
Denise Julia Reese
Jul 28, 2020
Denise J. (Wilson) Reese, age 81, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at CenterPoint Hospital in Independence, Missouri. Denise's wishes were to be cremated. A private family graveside service will be held October 23, 2020 at Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .
Denise J. (Wilson) Reese was born October 24,...
Cynthia Diane Bock
Jul 27, 2020
Cynthia Bock, 66, of Shell Knob and Kansas City, Mo passed away July 27, 2020 at KU hospital. Services will be held Friday, July 31, 2020 at 11AM with visitation one hour prior at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington, MO. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society and may be left...
Velma Lee Allen-Fletcher
Jul 26, 2020
Velma Lee (Elsea) Allen-Fletcher, age 80 of Calhoun, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Graveside services will be held Thursday, July 30, 2020 at Vansant Road Cemetery at 11AM. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Velma Fletcher Memorial Fund and may be left in care of...
Jimmie Dean Page Ii
Jul 26, 2020
Jimmie Dean Page II, age 41, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 2PM with visitation one hour prior at Vansant-Mills Chapel. Interment will follow at Norris Cemetery, Urich. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Jimmie Page memorial fund and may be left in care of the funeral home....
Freda Mae Moree
Jul 24, 2020
Freda Mae Moreland Moree, age 96 years, 6 months and 20 days, passed away July 24, 2020 at Ellett Memorial Hospital, Appleton City, Missouri.  Graveside service will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to Maplewood Cemetery or Heartland Hospice and may be left in care of funeral home.  ...
Mary Katherine Castek
Jul 23, 2020
Mary Katherine Castek, age 93, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Kansas City, MO. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at St. Paul Catholic Church in Olathe, KS at 10AM. Funeral services will be live streamed on the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home Facebook page. Graveside services will be Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 1PM at Anderson...
Donald Grant Simon
Jul 22, 2020
Donald G. Simon, age 88, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at his home in Deepwater. Memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 10:30AM at Vansant-Mills Chapel. Services will be live streamed on the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home Facebook page. The family suggests memorial American Cancer Society or the National Brain Tumor Society and may be left...
Patricia Ann Nuhn
Jul 17, 2020
Patricia Ann Nuhn, age 82, of Clinton, Missouri passed away Friday, July 17th, 2020 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri. A Celebration of Life service for Patricia will be held Tuesday, July21st, 2020 at 10:30 AM at the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri. A private family graveside service will be held Friday, September 18, 2020 at Englewood Cemetery....
William Leroy Brown
Jul 15, 2020
William Leroy Brown, age 81, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at Westwood Living Center in Clinton. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Englewood Cemetery at 1PM. The family suggest memorial contributions to American Legion Post #14. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .
William Leroy Brown was born October...
Barbara Jean Whitt
Jul 13, 2020
Barbara Whitt, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away Monday, July 13th, 2020 at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Memorial Services will be held Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Vansant-Mills Chapel at 11AM with visitation one hour prior. The family suggests memorial contributions to the First Baptist Church of Clinton and may be left in care of the funeral home....
Gloria Jean Crowder
Jul 11, 2020
Gloria Jean (Goans) Crowder age 62, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away, Saturday, July 11, 2020 at her home. A Celebration of Life visitation will be held from 6-8pm Friday, July 17, 2020 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, MO. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Truman Lake Cancer Relief Fund and may be left in care of the funeral...
Shirley A. Neuenschwander
Jul 4, 2020
Shirley A. Neuenschwander age 82, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away, Saturday, July 4th, 2020 at the Westwood Care Center, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 11AM at Valley Center United Church of Christ in Deepwater, MO with visitation one hour prior. Interment will follow at Valley Center Cemetery, Deepwater. Fond memories and condolences...
Mary Ann Mellen
Jul 3, 2020
Mary Ann Mellen, of Clinton, MO, passed away Friday, July 3rd 2020 at the St. Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, MO as a result of injuries sustained from a fall. Her body will lie in state, Tuesday, July 7, 2020 from 1:00-5:00PM at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri. A private family graveside service will be held Wednesday, July 8,...
Paul Scott Carr
Jul 1, 2020
Paul Carr, age 50, passed away at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 at 2 PM at Vansant-Mills Chapel with visitation one hour prior. A private family burial will follow at a later date. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Paul Carr Memorial Fund and may be...
Margaret Rae Thole
Jul 1, 2020
Margaret Thole, age 66, Clinton, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .
Margaret enjoyed sewing, doing needle point, gardening, camping, and her grandchildren.
Margaret Thole is survived by her husband Bill of the home, a son Matthew Evans of Minnesota, a daughter Heidi Evans of Minnesota,...
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