Obituaries

Elise M. Buchman, who delighted audiences young and old as an actor, director, published poet, mimist, juggler and a clown - took her final curtain call on June 4, 2023, after a sudden and mercifully brief illness.

Robert Eugene Catron, 92, was born on May 26, 1931 in Washburn, Mo. and died on June 12, 2023 in Conroe, Texas.

Ralph “Gene” Eugene Anstaett, 80, passed away at his home in Cassville, Mo. on June 17, 2023.

Tommy Clifton Perry, 79, of Seligman, Mo. passed away Sunday, June 18, 2023, at his home.

Harold Dean Stipp, 70, of Fairview, Mo. passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at his home.

Txoojneng Lee, 58, of Rocky Comfort, Mo. passed away Friday, May 12, 2023.

Margaret Jane Martens, 78, of Carthage, passed away at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois on June 14, 2023.

Leo Isaac Myers, infant son of Caleb Myers and Morgan Periman of Rocky Comfort, Missouri passed away Monday, June 12, 2023 at Cox Monett Hospital in Monett, Missouri. He is survived by his parents, Caleb Myers and Morgan Periman of Rocky Comfort, Missouri; his maternal grandparents, Timothy and Louanna Branagh of Rocky Comfort, Missouri and his paternal grandparents, Matthew Myers of Anderson, Missouri and Candace Catlin of Rocky Comfort, Missouri.

Marilene Annette Hogue, 58 of Rocky Comfort, Mo., passed away Friday, June 2, 2023, at her home. She was born September 21, 1964, in Jacksonville, Fla., the daughter of Richard Norman and Phyllis Ann (Kitchen) Brandt, who preceded her in death.

William Everett Bunch, Jr., 56, passed away the morning of June 5, 2023, in Joplin, Mo.