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I Deaths W.F. COFPMAN BILLINGS Coffman, Billings, died at 6:10 p.m. Friday in Maranatha Manor, Springfield, after an eightmonth Mr. Coffman was a native of Thedford, and moved to Sparta in 1949 and to Nixa in 1960. He had lived in the home of Victor Horton, Route 2, Billings, for the past three years.

He was also a veteran of World War and was a charter member of the national organization of the American He is survived by a brother, A.J Coffman, of Hersey, Neb. Harris of Nixa will announce arrangements. MRS. VERNA SWANSON Services for Mrs. Verna Swanson, 79, Wentzville, will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Stoutland Baptist Church with the Rev. Ivan toyte officiating. Burial will be in Stouttand Cemetery. under direction of Colonial of Lebanon. The body will be in Colonial Chapel in Stoutland alter 3 p.m.

today. Mrs. Swanson died Thursday in St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Charles of natural causes according to a funeral home spokesman.

She is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Roberta L. Schultz, Wentzville, and three grandchildren. REV.

O.T. ALLRED MONETT Services for the Rev. O.T. Allred, 80, Monett, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in First Free Will Baptist Church here with the Revs.

Dale Smith and Fred Cunningham officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery southeast of Monett. The family will be in Lakin Funeral Home here from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today. Mr.

Alired died at 12:50 p.m. Thursday in St. Vincent's pital here where he had been a patient for two weeks. Contributions may be made in his name to the First Free Will Baptist Church. EVERETT D.

SNOWDEN HOLLISTER for Everett Dewayne Snowden, 51, Hollister, will be at 2 p.m. in the Cedar Valley Church south of here with the Revs. Mike Hardin and Raymond Lassiter officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under direction of Whelchel of Branson. Mr.

Snowden died at 7:20 p.m. Thursday in Cox Medical Center. Springfield, after a brief illness. He was an, employe of Foremost Foods, a member of the Cedar Valley Church, and a veteran of World War IT. Survivors include his wife, Claris; a daughter, Mrs.

Marilyn Ragar, Nixa; two sons, Max, of Fort Smith, and Mark, of Alexandria, his mother, Mrs. Alma Snowden, Hollister; two brothers. Kenton, of Hollister, and Dewey, of Brinkley, two sisters, Mrs. Judy. Melton, -Branson, and Mrs.

Betty Young, Harrison, and three grandchildren. ARTHUR E. HYDE MOUNTAIN GROVE Services will be today at 2 p.m. in Craig-Hurtt-Hutsell Chapel here for Arthur E. Hyde, a retired Wright County farmer.

The Rev. Lynn Wood will officiate and burial will be in Hillerest Cemetery here. Mr. Hydediedearly Fridayin Texas County Memorial Hospital, Houston, after a long illness. Survivors include a sister, Mrs.

Ada Williamson, Hastings, and several nieces and nephews. DENNIS M. BILLINGSLEY Dennis M. (Bill) Billingsley, 65, of 1336 East Downing, died early Friday in an -Independence hospital after long illness. Mr.

Billingsley, a retired salesman, was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church. He moved here in 1966 from -Shawnee Mission, Kan. His wife, Ruth died Aug. 10.

Ralph Thieme will announce arrangements. Services Sunday for Harry Hatcher NEOSHO Services will be Sunday for Harry E. Hatcher. 70, former member of the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives, who died at 5:20 a.m. Friday in Sale Memorial Hospital bere.

The Republican political leader became ill in his home here and died shortly after admittance to the hospital. He was a native of Granby. Hatcher was elected to the state Senate in 1954. He was elected again in 1962, and in 1966 and 1968 won elections for representative. He was a delegate to at least one national GOP convention and had served for many years as a member of the Newton County Republican Central Committee.

We was chairman of the committee at the time of his death. Hatcher was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 1960 and was the Republican Co-Chairman of the Missouri Senatorial Redistricting Commission in 1961. He was a past vice president of the Missouri Republican Veteran's League. A Mason and Shriner, Hatcher was instrumental in sending a number of crippled and burned children to Shriner's hospitais throughout the Other memberships include the Order of the Eastern Star, of which he was past patron; Granby Masonic Lodge No. 514: York Ritebodie; Abou Ben Adhem Shrine in Springfield; the Neosho and Joplin Shrine clubs: the Neosho Charter Commission: Neosho Rotary Club; and Neosho Senior Citizens Inc.

Hatcher- -was also past chairman of the Newton County chapter of the Red Cross, a life member of the Missouri Society of Registered Land Surveyors, and was a member of the national, state, and southwest chapters of Professional Engineers. He founded the Harry E. Hatcher Engineering Company here in 1942 and had retired after selling his business in 1971. Survivors include his wife, Mildred. and his daughter, Miss Wilma Hatcher, both of the home.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in. First Christian Church here with the Rev. Thomas Plumbley officiating. Burial will be in Granhy Memorial Cemetery under direc- Marjorie: four sons.

Eugene, of West Plains, James, of 3072 East Sunset, Ronald, of 2026 South Delaware, and Michael. of the home, a brother, Martin, of Cincinnatti, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Baumgartner, Kansas City: and four grandchildren. Rosary services will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Herman H.

Lohmeyer Chapel with funeral mass at 10 a.m. Monday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Msgr. John' J. Rynish will officiate.

Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kansas City, RICHARD R. MILLER STOUTLAND Services for Richard R. Miller, 82, Stoutland, will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Christian Church here. Burial will be in Bapney Cemetery near here under direction of Colonial of Lebanon.

Mr. Miller died Thursday evening in St. James' Federal Soldier's Home of natural causes, according to a funeral home spokesman. He is survived by a brother. A.

A. Miller, Stouttand. MELVIN CHRISTIAN CROCKER Services for Melvin Christian, 54, Crocker, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Long Moss Williams Chapel here. Burial will be in Springfield National Cemetery.

The family will be at the chapel at 11:30 a.m. Monday. Mr. Christian died Thursday May 1, 1978 Satantay News and Leader LOCKWOOD Services for Roy A. Stout, 83, Lockwood.

will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church here with the Rev. Ken Roller officiating. Burial will be in Lockwood Cemetery under direction of Allison Russell: Masonic rites will be conducted. Mr.

Stout died at 4:25 a.m. Friday at the Missouri State Chest Hospital, Mt. Vernon. A Barton County native, he was a lifetime resident of the Lockwood area. Mr.

Stout was a retired truck driver and a 81 year member of Lockwood Masonic Lodge 521, AF AM. Survivors include his wife, Edna; two sons, Harry, of Lockwood, and Howard, of Seattle, a daughter, Mrs, Lauretta Page, Seattle; three step sons, Merle, Dareld and Eldon Maize, all of Loekwood; a step daughter, Mrs. Nadine Roberts, Sagus, two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Haberle, Golden City, and Mrs. Ethel Bishop, Twin Falls, Idaho; 10 grandchildren, 14 step grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.

ROY A. STOUT WILLIAM E. RIPPEE AVA Services for William E. Rippee, 82, Ava, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Clinkingbeard Chapel here with the Revs.

Tom Johnson and Carl Willis officiating. Graveside services will follow at Evans Cemetery east of here. Mr. Rippee died at 11 a.m. Thursday in Mansfield Hospital after a short illness.

Mr. Rippee was a veteran of World War L. Survivors include his wife, Lena; five sons, Clayton, Floyd, Boyd, all of Ava, Dale, of Denair, and Eugene, of Green Rock, three daughters, Mrs. Glenda McFail, Carbon Cliff, Mrs. Gladys Holman, Moline, and Mrs.

Helen Graham, Ava; two brothers, Ivy, of Ava, and Huey, of Augusta, and five sisters, Opal Singieton, Ava, Mrs. Ruth Edwards and Mrs. Edith Hopewell, both of Long Beach, Mrs. Dora Lakey, Dayton, and Mrs. Allie Deatherage, Exeter, 28 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

MRS. MARY E. WOOD. Mrs. Mary E.

Wood, 98, of 1520 East Broadmoor, died at 9 a.m. Friday in Cox Medical pital after a short illness. A native of Lebanon, Mrs. Wood had lived in Springfield for the past 16 years. She was the wife of the Rev.

Charles Wood, a Methodist minister in Laclede County, who died in '1960. Mrs. Wood was a member of Fairview Methodist Church 1 in Laclede County. Surviving are two sons, Joe, of San Antonio, and Ivan, of Lebanon; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Hamilton, 1520 East Broadmoor, Mrs.

-Naomi Minks, St. Louis, and Mrs. Mattie Elverd, Davenport, Iowa; 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Palmer Pickering Chapel in Lebanon.

Burial will be in Lebanon City Cemetery under direction of Greenlawn of Springfield. The family will be at Greenlawn Funeral Home from 1 7 to 9 p.m. today. Contributions may be made to the Heart Fund. RICK HATFIELD Services for Rick Hatfield, 26, of 921 West Lombard, will be at 10 a.m.

Monday in Greenlawn Funeral Home with Prentice Meador officlating. will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. Hatfield died at 1:35 p.m. Friday in Cox Medical Center following a brief Mi.

ness. A lifelong Springfield resident, Mr. Hatfield attended Parkview High School and Southwest Missouri State University. He was a former employe of Mid-America Dairymen, and was a member of the South National Church of Christ. Survivors include.

his. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Hatfield, of the home address; maternal grandparents, Mr. sand Mrs.

Rich Lucas, Mountain View; and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mildred Hatfield, Mountain View. MRS. ANNA SMITTLE GROVESPRING Services for Mrs. Anna Smittle, 80, Grovespring, will be at 11 a.m.

Monday in Colonial Chapel in Lebanon with the Rev. Jeff Bennett officiating. Burial will be in Cuba Cemetery in 1 Wright County. Mrs. Smittle died at 8:30 a.m.

Friday in Cora Anderson Home in Lebanon. Survivors include a brother. Frank Walker, Lebanon. LOCKWOOD Services for Harold E. Farmer, 54, of Lockwood, will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in Allison Russell Funeral Home here, with the, Rev. Jack Gamble officiating. Burial will be in Lockwood Cemetery. Graveside military services will be conducted by the Lockwood American Legion. Mr.

Farmer died at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Columbia after a long illness. Born in Lockwood, he moved from here as a young man and became a career serviceman in the Army and Air Force. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Nadine Penley, Oklahoma City, Mrs.

Inabelle Miessner and Mrs. Olevia Diefenderfer, both. of Jerico Springs, and Mrs. Rose Lee Buchanan, Metairie, and a brother, Tommy, South Bend, HAROLD E. FARMER JOHN EUGENE MARTIN Services, for of 2707 John East Eugene Vincent, will be at 10 to-' day in Raiph Thieme Chapel with the Rev.

Albert Hanusch officiating. Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery. Mr. Martin died at 7:33 p.m. Wednesday in S.

John's Hospital after a one-day illness. Fred J. Johnson, 83. Wishart. Men was dead on arrival at Cox Medical Center about 8 p.m.

Thursday after suffering an apparent heart attack at a friend's residence here. Mr. Johnson had lived in Wishart about six months after moving there from Wyoming. He was a retired rancher and a member of the Church of God. Surviving are his wife, Gladys; a son, Grover, of Strafford; and four half-sisters, Mrs.

Undine Morgan, Mrs. Myrtle Hollister and Mrs. Velda Morehouse, all of Fort Collins, and Mrs. Viola Marsh, state of California. Ayre-Goodwin will announce arrangements.

ALTUS E. IBACH FRED J. JOHNSON STOCKTON Services for Altus. 64. Stockton, will be at 2.

p.m. Sunday. in Brumback Chapel here with the Rev. Ralph 'Marcum officiating. Burial will be in Stockton Cemetery.

Mr. Ibach died at 7:40 a.m. Friday in Ash Grove Nursing Home after a long illness. Survivors include a brother, Orel, of. Stockton: a sister, Mrs.

Averil Ward, Springfield; and several nephews. RAY E. FRANKENFIELD OSCEOLA Services for Ray E. Frankenfield, 65, Roscoe, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Goodrich Chapel here with burial in Roscoe Cemetery.

The family will be it the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Frankenfield died at 9:20 a.m. Thursday in the Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, after surgery.

A retired pipefitter and former resident of Kansas City, he had lived in Roscoe for about five years. Surviving are his wife, Irene; two sons, Donald of Kansas City, and Leland Guy, with the U.S. Air Force, stationed in England: a daughter, Mrs. Shirley Stone, Kansas City, three brothers, Rex, of Glendale, W. of Kansas City, and W.

of Kansas City; and six grandchildren. RALPH A. NELSON Ralph A. Nelson, 55, of 1453 East Broadmoor, died at 3:25. a.m.

today in Cox Medical Center after an apparent heart attack. Mr. Nelson was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, in General Leonard Wood Hospital on Fort Wood of natural causes, according to a funeral bore spokesman. Mr.

Christian was a member of the VFW. the 100F, and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife. Edna; two daughters, Joann Marie, Laura Jean, both the home: three brothers, Horace, of Branson. Leonard, of Crocker, and Roy, of Versailles; and five sisters, Mrs.

Opal Collins, of the state of California, Mrs. Louise McClure, Reeds, Mrs. Lois Hill, Granby, Mrs. Clarice Gregg, of the state of Washing. ton, and Miss Dorothy Christian, Carthage.

836-1150 THE WANT AD NUMBER DIAL DIRECT To place your ad in the News, Leader Press Classified Advertising Section. SAFEWAY tion of Freund Thompson Chapel here. -Masonic graveside services will be conducted by the Granby Lodge No. 514. The body will be in the funerai home from 9 a.m.

today until noon Sunday when it will be taken to the church and will remain frome1 to 2 p.m. Sunday. Harry Hatcher Burton pays $3000 fine, begins term Former manager. of the Springfield-Greene County Employes Credit' Union, David, Burton, Friday paid $3000 in fines and began serving consecutive jail sentences. totaling a year under the workrelease program.

Burton, 41, of 505 Edgewood, who was found guilty of five counts of grand stealing by a jury March 24, was accused of unauthorized payment of $10,500 of credit unien money between Dec. 23, 1974, and Feb. 25, 1975, to and Investments as personal investment. Assistant Prosecutor Richard Bender asked the judge to order the three-month jail terms assessed on four counts by the jury to run consecutively. The jury set punishment at $1000 on the first count and at $500 fines and three months in jail on each of the other four counts.

Before the trial the state had dismissed another count that accused him of purchasing a lawn mower for personal use with credit union funds. SAFEWAY WILL CLOSE AT 07 P.M. TONITE FOR OPERATION WE'RE REDUCING PRICES ALL OVER THE STORE! OPEN TOMORROW! AT 1 P.M. COME COME SAVE!.