Obituaries

Velma Mae (Pat) Burns, 88, was born Aug. 18, 1932,   to William and Mary Ellifrits in Kansas City, Kansas and passed from this world May 18, 2021. Pat was very social, friendly and smiled all the time throughout her life. She loved her mother dearly but was truly a daddy’s girl. The Ellifrits family

Gerald D. Underwood, 83, passed away peacefully at Foxwood Springs Living Center on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. A memorial service will be held on a date yet to be determined at Powell Gardens, 1609 NW US Hwy. 50, Kingsvill. Gerald was born in DeWitt, AR, on Oct. 6, 1937, to Oku Underwood and Mary (Browning)

Blanch Mae Eslinger, 86, El Dorado Springs, was born Feb. 22, 1935, in Stockton, the daughter of Claude and Ethel Trent. She passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 from natural causes. Services for Blanch Eslinger were held Monday, May 24, at Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home followed by burial in Clintonville Cemetery under the direction of

Ronald Lawrence Hoffman, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, age 91, passed away while asleep on the evening ofWednesday, May 19, 2021. Ronald simply went to bed, pulled the covers up and went to sleep. Ronald, a resident of Alaska, was house sitting in Phoenix Arizona for his son and daughter in law. Ronald was born

Services for Bob Burris will begin at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 22, at Sheldon Funeral Chapel, El Dorado Springs with burial at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Parsons, KS.

Ellen Eslinger, 105, died peacefully on May 3, 2021 in Poway, CA. Ellen was born Dec. 4, 1915, the sixth child of George Anderson Bland and Mary Virginia (Roe) Bland, in the family farmhouse along Turkey Creek, near the community of Blackjack, in rural St. Clair County. The family later moved to a farm in

Wanda Mae McClimans, 75, was born June 13, 1945, to Harvey and Leona Preece Marcum in Pigeon Roost Branch, KY. She married Glen McClimans on Oct. 14, 1972. Wanda was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, James Russell McClimans; one brother, ”Bud” William Harvey Marcum; and two sisters, Cecil Salmons and Edith

Juanita Faye Belcher Gooden, 81, was born Dec. 24, 1939, in El Dorado Springs and passed away on Feb. 10, 2021 at Boone Hospital in Columbia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harrison and Estaline Belcher; her husband, Donald Gooden; three sisters – Melba Whitmer, Ruby Benner and Carolyn Pusch; three brothers –

Amy Elizabeth (Fast) Baker, 47, passed away April 27, 2021. She was born Jan. 5, 1974. Services were Monday, May 3, at Pitts Chapel, Bolivar. Pastor Jim Collins officiated with interment in Sentinel Cemetery.

Donna Hamilton, 60, passed away on Saturday, May 15. Services are pending.