Stories from Thursday, October 8, 2020

Helen “Rozanne” Sparks, 74, of Frontenac, passed away at 12:40 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Medicalodge of Frontenac. She was born April 13, 1946, at Springfield, Mo., the daughter of Horace W. and Helen M. (Hayward) Fite. She graduated from Dadeville High School, and then graduated from Southwest Missouri State University with her bachelor’s degree. She then received her Master’s degree from Pittsburg State University and her PhD from the University of Arkansas...

Paul Albert Burnham Jr., age 77, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sept. 30, 2020, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. He was born Jan 28, 1943, in Flora, Ill., to Paul Albert Burnham and Helen Ray (Ellis) Burnham. Paul was a U.S Navy veteran, had worked in construction for many years, and was a very dedicated pastor as well...