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This from Mark Ingalsbe!
Well there isn't much way I can describe the Chinese New Year Celebration and do it justice. I can tell you in a way it's some like Thanksgiving and Christmas combined. Family gathers together and visit and EAT, EAT, EAT. There are all kinds of snacks, goodies, foods and drink everywhere. When you go to visit you must eat and drink. It's a insult not to accept! It seems 1/2 the country shut down for the main celebration! The capitol, Kuala Lumpur has a population of 1.7 million and combined with the surrounding area a population over 7 million, I am told the city is nearly deserted during Chinese New year. Everyone returns to their homes to be with family and friends. I was very fortunate to be taken in to the family setting in Johor. No tourist would ever see the HEART of Chinese New Year from the outside! Along with the food and drink gifts of money are exchanged between family members and close friends....maybe with everyone within one's social structure, I have taken lots of pictures and hopefully will be able to begin sending some soon. I even have a video of the Lion Dance preformed at my guests home. In Malaysia the government doesn't suport the Chinese schools so not only is the Lion Dance part of the New Year custom it also is used for raising funds for the Chinese children's education. There is so much more to tell then I have included in this short email.
Welcome Home Andy Ingalsbe
Love and condolences, John and Family
Our love and sympathy goes out to Ginger for the loss
of her father
Kloz Klozet Fashion Show - Oct 2009
Our love and
condolences go out to Melissa Dodds Schatzer
for the loss of her father
Baby Update from Donnie
This from Donnie Day
Here is a picture of
our daughter Carrie's graduation from
Kennesaw State University
Our sympathies to Cody
How cute is this?
Lou's new grandbaby!
Tatum Reese Holland
(daughter of Rodney and Amy Citro Holland)
(Pictures stolen from Lou's Facebook page)
Update on Karen's Mom
I just wanted to thank all of you for
your prayers, calls and thoughts as Mom went
thru her surgery. I brought her home yesterday and she is very happy and
has very
little pain. Of course, that's hard to measure as she is so tolerant with
pain. When her
hip pops out and she is laying there with her hand over her mouth and her leg
upside
down, she will tell them that her pain level is about a 4. Mine is about 12
just
watching her.
They suggested she go to a nursing home
for PT after leaving the hospital but,
as usual, she told them she was going home. We have PT and home health
coming as of today. I stayed with her until she was ready for bed last night,
and then she insisted I go home. While her body is so frail, her mind and
spirit
are still very strong. She is stubborn and strong-willed and sometimes that
doesn't
seem like such a good quality. If she were not so strong, she would have
never
survived most of what she's been through. I hope I have inherited a
little of her fortitude.
While I was getting ready to go to
Springfield and get her yesterday, I was very
tearful and worried about them sending her to a nursing home and how we
would deal with that or if she would get to come home and how we would
deal
with that. All of your prayers came through for me as I read Proverbs 3:5-6.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own
understanding;
think about HIm in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right
paths."
He knows, again and again, just what we need.
Anyway, I'm on my way to her house to do
whatever little things that need to be done
and mainly just sit and visit with her. She is SO happy to be home and is so
at
peace about 'if something happens, it just does'.
Please continue to pray for her strength to increase.
Thank-you,
Karen
Our sympathy to Roger Barnes for the loss of his mother
Our love and condolences go out to Cathy
Barrett Roberts after
the loss of her mother, Irene.
Volleyball Tournament Back To WP
(from the WPDQ online)
(from the WPDQ online, May 4, 2009)
(from the WPDQ online, April 28, 2009)
(Look who I found on Facebook!)
Hi Nancy,
Yes I am one of the fortunate few to be a member of the class of Senior 70.
I was forced to join facebook by my son and daughter-in-law but it has been fun.
I enjoy your Zizzer70 web site and check in periodically to see how everyone is
doing.
I recently moved to Tulsa area from South Carolina were I lived for the past 20
years in order to be a little closer to my family. I have two sons and six
grandkids all between the age
of three and eight.
I'm slowly getting used to central standard time again. One hour of jet lag is
rough
when you get old.
I'm traveling to West Plains this weekend to visit my mother and family. Maybe
I'll run into some of the gang while I'm there. If you talk to Bo tell him I
said hi. We went to school together for twelve years so he might remember me.
I will keep checking in on the latest news of Zizzer Class of 70.
It's good to hear from you and I will try to keep in touch better.
Regards
Randy (Underwood)
From the WP Daily Quill Online April 13, 2009
Hello George, and Happy Birthday Mr. Perkins!
We were in West Plains planning my Dad's 90th birthday party
and had a
guest. We had a great time seeing George's house progress. I wanted to
point out that this coming fall will be the 40th anniversary of the unbeaten
and state semi finalist football team. A team that has gone further than
any other team in the history of West Plains football.
Joanna and I are doing fine. Hilary has been accepted to study in Paris
next fall and Courtney just got back of a softball swing through Florida.
John R. Perkins
Our thoughts and prayers are with Karen Moss Rickard
for the loss of her mother:
Our love and condolences go out to Sue (Harbeston) Stanley
for the loss of her brother:
Donnie's Grandbabies
Nancy,
I just wanted to update you on the grandbabies. They are doing very well as this picture shows.
Thanks for the work you do on the site.
Donnie
(The webmaster thinks the one with the grin looks like Donnie!!!)
Congratulations to Rayetta Parks Beach!
(from the WPDQ online)
Florence James Earns Chamber Award
(from WPDQ online)
Our love and condolences go out to Linda Frazier and Brenda Stevens
for the loss of their sister Mary. Our thoughts and prayers are with the
family.
(copied from the West Plains Daily Quill online, January 7, 2009)
Donnie Day's Grandbabies
Nancy,
here is a picture of my new grandbabies with all of us at the hospital in Tulsa on the 29th of Nov. The babies are still in the hospital but are doing well with no complications.
Donnie
Ryan James/Jennifer Tuck Wedding
(Dec 6, 2008)
James C. (Jim) Peters
Funeral services for James C. (Jim) Peters, 84, West Plains, will be 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Peters passed away at 2:45 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1, 2008, at NHC HealthCare in West Plains, Mo.
He was born June 14, 1924, in Nevada, Mo., to James and Florence Peters. After losing his father at the age of 9, Jim and his family lived in several towns in Kansas and Arkansas, moving where his mother found opportunities to work. Later in life, this gave Jim the excuse to attend numerous class reunions, which he enjoyed greatly.
Jim served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, first as an aerial navigator and later in naval intelligence on the Island of Guam. After his discharge from the Navy in 1949, he enrolled at Drury College in Springfield, where he played basketball; among his teammates was West Plains native Bill Virdon. At Drury, Jim met the love of his life, fellow student Nell Curtis. The two were married in 1951, and the family was blessed with a son, Jim, and daughter, Sherry.
After graduation from Drury, Jim began the first of two successful careers. His first career was that of a high school educator and basketball coach, beginning at Halfway, Mo., then Mtn. Home, Ark., and finally at West Plains for nine wonderful years. Jim’s Zizzer basketball teams amassed a career record of 231-46, a winning percentage of over 80 percent. Highlights along the way included five straight state championship playoffs, a home winning streak of 72 straight games, winning 52 of 53 games between 1959-61, coaching seven All-State players (five from West Plains) and contributing 13 players to college programs. As a result, Jim was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2000.
Jim’s second career began in 1961, when he became the West Plains area’s first full-time State Farm Insurance Agent. It was a position he held for 40 years, until retiring in 2001. Through both his coaching and insurance careers, hundreds of long-lasing relationships were created and were a valued part of Jim’s life.
Community involvement included Jim’s appointment to the Southwest Missouri State University Board of Regents, as its first representative of the West Plains Residence Center, now known as Missouri State University-West Plains; he served the board as vice president. A long time member of the Kiwanis Club, Jim served as the District’s Lieutenant-Governor and spent many happy hours serving hamburgers, flipping pancakes and selling peanuts along with fellow members.
His hobbies included hunting, fishing and horses, all of which were pursued with passion. Jim genuinely enjoyed his membership and participation in the Pioneer Saddle Club. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in West Plains.
Jim Peters is survived by his wife of 57 years, Nell Peters, son, Jim, and wife, Beth, of West Plains, and daughter, Sherry Underwood of Springfield. Also, surviving are three grandchildren, Andrew Peters of West Plains, Julie Gower and husband, Jeffrey of Springfield, and Courtney Jensen and husband, Tom of Kansas City; and three great-grandchildren, Ella Grace Gower, and Audrey and Hunter Jensen.
His parents, brother, sister and one grandchild precede him in death.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Jim and Nell Peters Endowed Scholarship at MSU-West Plains or to the West Plains R-7 Educational Foundation and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Donnie Day - Colorado 2008
Three of these was on the train from Durango to
Silverton.
The one of us was at the pass just north of Pagosa Springs.
Donnie
(November 5, 2008)
John Perkins forwarded this email he received
from Brenda Collins. We
wish Robert a speedy recovery.
Could you please put Robert Collins on the DOM prayer
chain? He was admitted to the hospital here in Warrensburg Monday afternoon.
He didn't have his gallbladder surgery two weeks ago, as they discovered he had
pneumonia, and they kept him overnight in the hospital. When he went for his
follow-up appointment yesterday, they took chest x-rays, which the doctor said
was ugly, and admitted him to the hospital. He has fluid build-up in his lungs,
and they are doing a test or two to see what is causing this problem. They gave
him more Lasix and he thought it was about eight or so pounds that he lost
overnight.
Brenda
I've heard from a couple of old friends in recent
weeks! It's so good to get pictures
to see what they look like in 2008, though both these young men haven't changed
a bit! I challenge all of you to send current photos!
Johnny Connor
Mark Ingalsbe
(on his recent trip to Malaysia)
Renee Denise Bates
Funeral services for Renee Denise Bates, 54, West Plains, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, at the Brandsville Church of God under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Bates died 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, at her home. She was born Sept. 28, 1954, in West Plains, Mo., to Remal and Ann Williams Jones.
On Sept. 20, 1992, she was married at Mammoth Spring, Ark., to Jack Bates.
Mrs. Bates was employed as a cook at the West Plains Senior Citizens Center and she, along with her husband, was active in 4-H work. She was a member of the Brandsville Church of God.
She is survived by her husband, Jack Bates, of the family home; eight children, Leslie Bench, husband, Kevin, West Plains, Tony Miller, Miami, Fla., Nataline Schopf, husband, Craig, St. Paul, Minn., Jackson Remal Bates, of the family home, Patricia Okonowski, husband, Mark, Utica, Mich., Jessica Moore, husband, Chris, Belleville, Ill., Jamie Bates and Kris Bates, West Plains; seven grandchildren, Katherine, Corey, Jacob, Kayce, Eric, Hunter and Trent; one brother, Leroy Jones, wife, Calva, West Plains; one sister, Judy Shrable, Mtn. Home, Ark.; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents and one brother, Harry David Jones, precede her in death.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Renee Bates Scholarship Fund and left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
The J.B. Snethern Family
October, 2008
Grandpa J.B. and Preston
Gene Richman
Memorial services for Gene Richman, 79, West Plains, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in the Rose Chapel, Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Richman died 10:38 p.m, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at his home. He was born Feb. 18, 1929, in Willow Springs, Mo., to Volney Bert and Mable Mitchell Richman.
He attended Southwest Missouri State where he played football, and on Sept. 18, 1949, was married at West Plains, Mo., to Alva Jean Mullins.
Before his retirement, Mr. Richman was owner and operator of Richman Oil Company and was a former president of Missouri Oil Jobbers Association. He was a 33rd Degree Mason, was a 50-year member of the Mt. Zion Lodge AF & AM No. 327, and was a member of the Abou Ben Adhem Shrine AAONMS, Springfield, Mo. Mr. Richman served on the West Plains R-7 School Board, served six years on the West Plains Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, helped organize and coach the American Legion Baseball Team for several years and helped organize and establish the South Central Rehabilitation Center in West Plains. He was a member of Gideon’s International and was a member of the First Christian Church of West Plains for over 60 years where he served as Deacon, Elder and Chairman of the Board.
He is survived by his wife, Alva Jean Richman, of the family home; two daughters, Vicky Brown, West Plains, and Cathy Duggan, Osage Beach, Mo.; four grandchildren, Jennifer Henry Davis, Jason Richman Henry, Michael David Duggan and Mark Richman Duggan; one great-grandchild, Brina Jacen Davis; brother-in-law, H. R. “Bob” Mullins; and cousin, Dale Mitchell, wife, Thelma.
His parents; and son-in-law, Melvin “Butch” Brown, precede him in death.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church or Gideon’s Bible Society and left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
On My Recent Visit Home....
...I was able (thanks to Karen Whisenant!) to get together for
dinner and a nice visit with
a few "old" friends! I had decided at the last minute to spend a long
weekend with my sisters,
and Karen made some calls to organize a Tuesday night get-together on my last
night
in W.P. I so enjoy these rare times of visiting and catching up! We
(Sunie, Diane, Ginger,
Karen and Florence) met at Colton's for dinner, where we also ran into
Tara McDaniel
(Rick and Bonnie's daughter) with her husband, baby Ella and her mother-in-law.
Rick and
Bonnie would be so proud of their beautiful family!
Thanks a million to Karen for going to all the trouble of
making the calls for getting us
all together, and for sharing her beautiful home with us for a few hours of
gossip and laughs
after dinner. It was great to see all of you, and I look forward to the
next time!
Mrs. Renfrow left this life 11:25 a.m. Sunday, April 13, 2008, in Mercy Villa Nursing Home, Springfield, Mo. She was born Feb. 3, 1925, at West Plains to Edward and Verna Goodwin Seiberling.
On Aug. 25, 1945, she was married at West Plains to John Thomas (J.T.) Renfrow, who preceded her in death Feb. 6, 1996.
Mrs. Renfrow was a lifelong teacher, having taught first at Hickman High School, Columbia, Mo. She later taught Physical Education for the West Plains R-7 Schools and then taught fifth grade and kindergarten at Fair View School. After her retirement in 1990, she did volunteer work for West Plains Elementary School.
Mrs. Renfrow loved her gardens, reading and enjoyed her grandchildren. She was a lifelong member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
She had five children, Ginger Armstrong, West Plains, and her son, Mickey, Jefferson City, Mo.; Debbie Phillips, husband, Jim, St. Louis, Mo., their two children, Chris, wife, Christy, and their sons, Brandon and Blake, Liberty, Mo., and Kara Phillips, St. Louis, Mo.; Jackie Hutcherson, husband, Mike, Springfield, Mo., and their two children, Tyler, Columbia, Mo., and Kellie, of the family home; Mike Renfrow, West Plains, and his two children, Dusty, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Sammi, Springfield, Mo.; and Terre Redmon, husband, Mike, St. Joseph, Mo., and their three children, Kimberly, husband, Tyson Schank, and their daughter, Haley, St. Joseph, Mo., Stacy and Kevin, Springfield, Mo.
Her parents; husband; and one brother, Harry, preceded her in death.
A Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, followed by a visitation until 8 p.m. at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be at Oak Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in lieu of flowers to the West Plains Public Library for children’s books and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Butch Brown
Melvin D. “Butch” Brown, 60, Poplar Bluff, died Sept. 28,
2007, at the Elvis Presley Trauma Center in Memphis. Mr. Brown was born March
15, 1947, in Rector, Ark., to the late Neville Lynn and Marie (Meredith)
Brown.
He had retired this year as CEO and Regional Manager of U S Bank of Poplar
Bluff. Mr. Brown previously worked as Comptroller for the U.S. Treasury, and
before moving to Poplar Bluff he had been President of Boatman’s Bank in West
Plains, Mo.
Mr. Brown was a member of First Christian Church in Poplar Bluff and was an
Elder, Stewardship Chairman and sang in the choir. He was an Army veteran,
having served in the Vietnam War as a helicopter pilot instructor.
On Jan. 9, 1993, he married Vicky Lynn Richman Henry in West Plains and she
survives.
Also surviving are five children, Jason D. Brown and friend, Doug Heath,
Lakeland, Fla., Justin D. Brown and wife, Kacie, Hayti, Angela D. Bradford and
husband, John, Poplar Bluff, Jennifer H. Davis and friend, Mike Welter, Cape
Girardeau, and Jason R. Henry, Poplar Bluff; 13 grandchildren, Jessica Davis,
Rachel Brown, Catelyn Chism, Curry Sellers, Andrew Sellers, Christa Blank,
Michael Snapko, Ashley Snapko, Jonathan Soska, Kaitlyn Bradford, Kaylee
Bradford, Logan Bradford and Brina Davis; one brother, Neville Lynn “Sonny”
Brown Jr. and wife, Sandy, Rector, Ark.; three sisters, Sandi Rudi and
husband, Karl, Paragould, Ark., Joanne Mathis and husband, Louis, VanCleave,
Miss., and Mary Lawrence, Rector, Ark.; one sister-in-law, Willow Dean
Wheeler, Paragould, Ark.; one brother-in-law, Howard Winberry, Malden; and
many nieces and nephews.
Precededing Mr. Brown in death were his parents; a brother, J.E. Wheeler; a
sister, Marlis Winberry; and a brother-in-law, James Lawrence.
The family requests memorials may be made to UCAN (United Cancer Assistance
Network), 1419 Maud St., Poplar Bluff, MO 63901; or St. Jude Children’s
Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cotrellfuneralservice.com.
Edwin "Etto" Bassham
L. Edwin “Etto” Bassham, West Plains, Mo., son of the late Jay
Felix and Mary Elizabeth (Holloway) Bassham was born Aug. 14, 1921, at Moko,
Ark., the fifth of nine children. He departed this life July 4, 2007, at his
home at the age of 85 years, 10 months and 20 days.
Etto was united in marriage to Tommy Jean Lemmons on June 2, 1951, at Sturkie,
Ark., and celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary earlier this year. He was a
loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
He served as sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Force from Sept. 15, 1942, to Dec.
25, 1945, in the European Theater of Operations during WWII. He was a member of
the Moko Church of Christ and the VFW Post No. 9777 at Salem, Ark. Etto enjoyed
spending time with his family and friends. His farewell wish was always to come
back soon. His favorite pastimes were baseball (coaching and playing), fishing
and his work as a carpenter. He only had to look at a house plan, then he could
build it.
He leaves to mourn his passing, wife, Tommy Jean Bassham, West Plains; two sons,
Bruce E. Bassham (Beckie), Nixa, Mo., and Guy Verne Bassham, West Plains;
brother, Tom Bassham (Vera), Salem, Ark.; sister, Ruthie Lee Harris, Salem,
Ark.; two grandchildren, Dawn Clark (Jeff), Reeds Spring, Mo., and Jay Bassham
(Shelly), Morrisville, Mo.; four great-grandchildren, Kylie Bassham, Nathan
Clark, Trinity Bassham and Tye Bassham; and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Jim, Odell, Talmadge,
Roy and Archie Bassham; and sister, Mae Bassham.
Memorial services will be 7 p.m. today, Friday, July 6, 2007, at Barker Funeral
Home Chapel in Salem, Ark., under the direction of Barker Funeral Home.
Visitation will be 6 to 7 p.m., prior to the services.
Memorials preferred to the Paragould Children’s Home or the Stateline Cemetery
Association.
(from the Quill - July 6, 2007)
Courtney Perkins of Jefferson City High School has signed a letter of intent to
play softball at William Jewell College.
Perkins was a
first-team all-district pick and a member of the Class 4 state second place Lady
Jays softball team. She was a three year letter winner at Jefferson City.
Perkins plans to major in pre-dentistry at William Jewell.
Attending a recent signing ceremony with Perkins were her mother, Patricia
Perkins, her father and stepmother John and Joanna Perkins. Also attending were
William Jewell coach Dustin Combs and Jefferson City softball coaches Lisa Dey
and Tony Grosso.
PHOTO CAPTION: l-r front: Joanna and John Perkins, Courtney Perkins, Patricia
Perkins. L-r back William Jewell coach Dustin Combs, Lady Jays softball coaches
Tony Grosso and Lisa Dey.
J.B.'s daughter's wedding in October
