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Category: Lives Remembered

Lives Remembered is a section of special obituaries written by award-winning journalist Mike O’Brien. These are thoughtful profiles of the everyday people who make Springfield unique.

Posted inDeaths

Tywana June Noble

by Shannon Cay December 4, 2023December 5, 2023

81 of Springfield, passed peacefully on November 29, 2023.

Posted inLives Remembered

Carolyn Moncrief: ‘Just try to give as much as she did’

by Mike O'Brien June 16, 2023June 16, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

Kennedy Aurentz: ‘Her smile lit up every room she was in. She radiated positivity’

by Mike O'Brien June 2, 2023June 2, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

Wilma Eubanks, ‘She did it her way — she went how she wanted to go’

by Mike O'Brien May 19, 2023May 19, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

Loy Swanson: ‘She never sat still’

by Mike O'Brien May 5, 2023May 6, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

Beverly Wall: ‘She was a teacher whatever she was doing and wherever she went’

by Mike O'Brien April 21, 2023April 21, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

W.T. Palmer: ‘He couldn’t watch war movies about Vietnam because it would give him terrible flashbacks’

by Mike O'Brien April 7, 2023April 7, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

Nikki Petitt: ‘Her love of the natural world was shown throughout her daily life’

by Mike O'Brien March 24, 2023March 24, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

Anne Spence: ‘People knew that she cared deeply about the details of their lives’

by Mike O'Brien March 10, 2023March 12, 2023
Posted inLives Remembered

Tom Whitlock, ‘Top Gun’ hits lyricist and Springfield native, left legacy of music and laughter

by Mike O'Brien February 24, 2023February 27, 2023

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