Cackley, Ronald E. 2 Feb 1961 - 14 Sep 1995   CCH-N 20 Sep 1995

[Note: Son of Joe & Edna (  ) Cackley; married Tina]

Ron Cackley, 34, of Nixa, died Thursday evening, Sept. 14, 1995, in his home.

Ron was a plumbing contractor and a veteran of the Persian Gulf War. Survivors include: his wife, Tina Cackley; two daughters, Lacey and Brandy; his mother Edna Cackley; three brothers, Galen, Kenny and Jamie Cackley; and a sister, Connie Brutus. He was preceded in death by: His father, Joe Cackley, Sr.: and a brother, Joe, Jr. Family and friends gathered Sunday in Adams Funeral Home, Ozark, for visitation.

 

Caffey, Christine (Baker) Kelley 1939 - 23 Jun 1986 OH 3 Jul 1986 p10

[Note: married ? Kelley; married Harrol Caffey; no SSDI record found]

Services for Christine Caffey, 47, Garland, Texas, formerly of Fordland, were held June 27 in Marsh Funeral Chapel, Rogersville with the Rev. Gary Phillips officiating. Burial was in Fordland Cemetery. Mrs. Caffey died of natural causes June 23 in her home. Survivors include her husband, Harrol; one son, Brett Kelley, Orange Park, Fla.; one step-son, Bobby Caffey; one step-daughter, Sharon Anderson; three brothers, Leon Baker, Guymon, Okla., Elton Baker and Jimmie Baker, both of Fordland; and two step-grandchildren.

 

Caffey, Verla A. (Rose) 15 Sep 1897 - 13 Sep 1979 OH 20 Sep 1979 p2

[Note: married Thomas W. Caffey  6 Dec 1887 - Aug 1969; buried Lonesome Hill Cemetery Laclede Co MO]

Services for Mrs. Verla Caffey, 81, Springfield, mother of Mrs. Edith Henry, Nixa and Mrs. Mary Meese, Chestnutridge, were held Saturday in Lebanon. Mrs. Caffey died last Thursday in St. John’s Regional Health Center.

 

Cafourek, Ronnie Mark 27 Mar 1963 - 26 Mar 2009 SN-L 2 Apr 2009

[Note: Son of Ron & Karen (Graves) Cafourek]

Ronnie Mark Cafourek, 45, Stanton, Calif., died at home Thursday, March 26, 2009. He was born March 27, 1963, Mtn View, Mo., son of Ron & Karen (Graves) Cafourek, graduated 1981 Nixa, Mo. Graveside service, 11 a.m., Saturday, April 4, 2009, Montier, Mo. Memorial Fund in lieu of flowers - Mark Cafourek, Haiti Orphanages, First Baptist Church, PO Box 1330, Mtn. View, MO, 65548.

 

Cage, George Harlin 8 Oct 1924 - 22 Jul 2006 SN-L 24 Jul 2006

[Note: Son of Rudy & Josie (Reish) Cage; married Juanita Walton]

George Harlin Cage, 81, of Nixa, died at home on July 22, from cancer. Harlin was born in Early, Iowa, on October 8, 1924, to Rudy and Josie (Reish) Cage. The family moved back home to Missouri when he was a small child. He graduated high school in West Plains, receiving his education in a one-room schoolhouse. Harlin was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Branson's Volunteer Fire Department for 17 years, most of those years serving as Secretary-Treasurer of the department. He served for many years as volunteer, vice president and president of the Taney County Cancer Society and later in life drove 16,000 miles transporting cancer patients for Ozark Mountain Hospice. He was "the downtown mailman" for the city of Branson for 34 years before retiring from the United States Postal Service. During his postal career, he received many commendations and awards for his loyal and caring service to his postal patrons. Harlin sang baritone for the Layman's Gospel Quartet, singing at many events throughout Missouri, including one engagement for President Harry Truman. Harlin and his wife Juanita were instrumental in starting the Branson Church of Christ in 1951. He was known for many years as "the song leader" of that church, but over the course of 40 years, also served as deacon, treasurer and elder. He also served as an elder at Southside Church of Christ in Ozark six years before attending Union Hill Church of Christ in Nixa. He is survived by his wife, Juanita (Walton) Cage, whom he married March 19, 1950; and three daughters: Pam Wagner and her husband, Richard, Susan Cage and Kathy Fridge and her husband, Rob; and beloved grandsons, Keith Harlin Wagner and Thomas Evan Fridge. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Preston. Family visitation will be Tuesday, July 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Adams Funeral Home, 109 N. Truman Blvd., in Nixa. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at the Southside Church of Christ, 802 W. South St. in Ozark. Interment will follow at Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery in Branson. Harlin requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be sent to his longtime favorite ministry, Fair Haven Children's Home. Memorials can be mailed to Fair Haven at 3132 N. Fair Haven Loop, Strafford, MO 65757.

 

Cage, Juanita Ruth (Walton) 19 Mar 1950 - 18 Mar 2011 SN-L 20 Mar 2011

[Note: Daughter of John & Lorene (Clark) Walton; married 19 Mar 1950 Harlin Cage]

Juanita Ruth Cage, age 79, of Nixa, passed away Friday, March 18, 2011. She was born August 7, 1931, in Ness City, Kansas. On March 19, 1950, she and Harlin Cage were united in marriage. Survivors include: three daughters, Pam Wagner and husband Richard, Ft. Wayne, Indiana; Susan Cage, Kansas City, Kan., and Kathy Fridge and husband, Rob, Nixa; two grandchildren, Keith Wagner, and Evan Fridge; a brother, John Walton and wife Donna, Thomasville, Mo., a sister, Linda Nelson and husband Charles, Sparta; nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Monday in Adams Funeral Home, Nixa. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, in the funeral home, with Steve Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Ozarks Memorial Park Cemetery, Branson.

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Cage, Juanita Ruth (Walton) 19 Mar 1950 - 18 Mar 2011 CCH-N 23 Mar 2011

Juanita Ruth Cage, 79, of Nixa, passed away March 18, 2011. She was born Aug. 7, 1931, in Ness City, Kan., the daughter of John and Lorene (Clark) Walton. On March 19, 1950, she and Harlin Cage were united in marriage. She lived for many years in Branson, and was a faithful member of Branson Church of Christ. Mrs. Cage became an LPN in her 40s and worked at Skaggs Hospital until retirement. She sent cards and letters to people she knew and perhaps just met. Her letters of encouragement and congratulations were appreciated by hundreds. She embroidered tea towels and made infant quilts for those in need. She was an avid reader and was able to enjoy books until just recently. Mrs. Cage attended Union Hill Church of Christ in Nixa. For the past year, she resided at The Essex in Ozark. She enjoyed her relationships at The Essex with staff and residents. Survivors include: Three daughters, Pam Wagner and husband Richard, Ft. Wayne, Ind., Susan Cage, Kansas City, Kan., and Kathy Fridge and husband, Rob, Nixa; two grandchildren, Keith Wagner and Evan Fridge; a brother, John Walton and wife Donna, Thomasville; a sister, Linda Nelson and husband Charles, Sparta; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Harlin, in 2006, and a sister, Margaret Luna.

Cagle, Amanda Caroline (Ayres) 4 May 1877 - 4 Jun 1957     CCR 13 Jun 1957 p1

[Note: Daughter of Vinson Montgomery & Lucinda Jane (Ayres) Ayres]

Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda C. Cagle, 80, who died Tuesday, June 4 at her home in Billings were held Friday, June 7 at 2:00 p.m. in the Harris Funeral Chapel at Billings, with Rev. Clyde Barclay officiating. Burial was in Smart Cemetery under direction of Harris. She was a member of the Billings Baptist Church. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Lura Castoe of Billings; two brothers, Frank Ayres of Billings and Charles Ayres of Glendale, Calif., four grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren.

 

Cagle, Billy Joe 27 Jul 1936 - 4 Feb 1999  CCH-N 17 Feb 1999

[Note: Son of Charles & Mazie Lee (Clement) Cagle; married 27 Oct 1989 Shirley (Rybacki) Ratcliff ]

Billy Joe Cagle, 62, passed away February 4 in his home. Billy was born July 27, 1936 at Savannah, Tennessee to Charles and Mazie Lee Clement Cagle: He was married to Shirley Rybacki Ratcliff on Oct. 27,1989 in St. Louis. Survivors include his wife, Shirley of the home; four sons; Charles, Jefferson City; Michael, St. Louis; William, Jefferson City; and Christopher, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Stepchildren; Aulaire Berry, Highlandville; James Ratcliff and Ernest Ratcliff, Wentzville; Timothy Ratcliff, Troy, Missouri; and Alta Henry, Buffalo; one Brother, Hollis Cagle, Savannah, Tennessee; and five grandchildren. Graveside services was at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Glenn Cemetery, Nixa. There was no visitation. Burial was under the direction of Harris, a Heritage Funeral Home, Ozark.

 

Cagle, Melvin Gene 1938 - 31 Jul 1988 OH 4 Aug 1988

[Note: Son of ? & Johnie (?) Cagle]

Melvin Gene Cagle, 50, of Springfield, died Saturday in his home. Services for Mr. Cagle were held at 2 pm, Wednesday in the Greenlawn North Chapel. Burial was in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Cagle’s survivors include his mother, Johnie Cagle, Springfield; two sisters and their husbands, Mickey and Melvin Powell, Springfield and June and Morris Page, Rogersville; a son, Michael, Springfield; and several nieces and nephews.

 

Cain, Avril Sue (Gothard) 16 Sep 1938 - 26 Feb 2012 SN-L 28 Feb 2012

[Note: Daughter of Glynn & Dorothy (Williams) Gothard]

            Avril Sue Cain 73 of Nixa, MO passed away in Willard on Sunday, February 26, 2012. She was born on September 16, 1938 in Springfield to Glynn and Dorothy (Williams) Gothard. She was a very compassionate person and loved working with the elderly, belonged to the First Baptist Church of Nixa for over 20 years and was a member of the Eastern Star. Avril is survived by her son, Greg Cain and wife Cristie; six grandchildren; one great grandchild; one sister; two aunts; a dear friend Sue Young and a host of family and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, one daughter and one son. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm at the First Baptist Church in Nixa, 601 W Wasson Dr, Nixa, MO. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 pm in the church. Interment will be at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society , 3322 S. Campbell, Springfield, MO. Online condolences may be made to www.klingnerfuneralhome.com.

Cain, Fern Beady (Davis) 2 Dec 1922 - 15 Oct 2010 SN-L 16 Oct 2010

[Note: Daughter of Louis & Vida (Rogers) Davis; married 28 Jun 1941 John “Jack” Cain 8 Apr 1916 - 25 Aug 2006]

Fern B. Cain, 87, Nixa. Arrangements: Adams Funeral Home, Nixa.

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Cain, Fern Beady (Davis) 2 Dec 1922 - 15 Oct 2010 SN-L 17 Oct 2010 & CCH-N 20 Oct 2010

Fern Beady (Davis) Cain, age 87, of Nixa passed away peacefully on October 15, 2010, after a courageous battle with Congestive Heart Failure. She was born December 2, 1922 near Macomb, Wright County, Missouri. She is the last survivor of eight children of Louis and Vida (Rogers) Davis. Fern moved a lot in her younger years from Missouri to California. She graduated from Garden Grove Union High School, in California, with the class of 1941. While working at a Garden Grove drug store, she met John (Jack) Cain and married him shortly after graduating from high school on June 28, 1941. They owned and operated a Squab Ranch in Garden Grove; increasing in size, they moved the business to a location near Buena Park, California. As their family grew, they sold the Squab Ranch, and relocated to the Ozarks, near Ava, Missouri, in 1958. While in the Ozarks, they owned and operated a large farm until 1964. At this time the farm was sold and the family moved to California only to stay for a short time before finding their way back to the Ozarks for good. Jack and Fern relocated to many places in the Ozarks: Ava, Aurora, Caulfield, Kimberling City, and Nixa. After John's death in 2006, she resided in Ravenwood Assisted Living in Springfield, then moved to Ozark Nursing and Care Center, until her death. Survivors include a daughter, Polly Ann (Candy) Strader and her husband Jerry, of Springfield, Missouri; a daughter, Patricia F (Chi) Ray, of Verona, Missouri; a son, James Austin Cain and his wife Mary, of Valley Center, Kansas; a son, John Michael Cain and his wife Martha, of Fair Grove, Missouri; a daughter, Mary Anne Rayburn, of Republic, Missouri; a daughter, Marcella Marie Klinger, and her husband Jeffrey; a daughter, Margaret Irene Bachman, and her husband Scott, of St. Charles, Missouri; a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, John (Jack); infant son, Joseph; her parents and her siblings, Fay Dyer Merritt Collins, Lester Davis, Irene Anderson, Tina Wyatt Quall, Hazel Davis, Leonard Davis and Louise Musselman. Fern centered her life on her family and loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She loved to cook for family and friends; everyone looked forward to setting down at her table and enjoying one of her home cooked meals, especially her desserts. Fern was a devoted homemaker. Stewardship in the Catholic Church highlighted her family life. Jack and Fern had a fulfilling, prosperous and loving life together. Their devotion to Our Lord and the Blessed Mother through their Catholic faith brought them through times of difficulties and happiness in their lifetime. Their entire lives revolved around the church and making sure their children were taken care of. Fern was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and Aunt; and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and accomplishments and will cherish the many wonderful memories she created for her family and friends. We want to thank Seasons Hospice of Springfield for their outstanding palatitive care. We also wish to extend our extreme gratefulness to the Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark for working with us for the care of our mother. A Rosary Service will be held at 5 p.m., on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, in Adams Funeral Home in Ozark; with visitation following until 7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, October 20, 2010, in St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church on Hwy NN, Ozark, Missouri. Burial will follow in Weaver Cemetery, St. Joseph Section, Ozark. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to The Kitchen in Springfield or the charity of your choice. Officiating at the service will be Fr. Savior, Msgr. Raymond Orf, Fr. John Brath, and Fr. Bob Landewe.

 

Cain, George W. 2 Jun 1865 - 3 Apr 1942 CCR 9 Apr 1942 p1

[Note: Chaffin Funeral Home Record: GEORGE W. CAIN 2 Jun 1865 - 3 Apr 1942 Widower ordered and bill to Polley, R. E. occupation Farmer Nazarene Chaffin 41-45 p068 Parsons, KS Cardiac vasular, Renal disease born IN Oklahoma City, OK Rosenberger, F. E.]

George W. Cain, 76, for many years a resident of the Dogwood community, passed away April 3, at the home of a daughter in Oklahoma City. Remains were brought here for burial in the Dogwood cemetery under direction of the Chaffin Funeral Home of Ozark.

 

Cain, Harry Frank 2 Jun 1907 - 9 Jan 1935 CCR 17 Jan 1935 p8

[Note: Son of G. W. & Eva (Davis) Cain; married 13 Oct 1931 Velma Maxey]

Cain was born June 9, 1907, at Hartford, Kansas, and died Jan. 9, 1935, at the Springfield Baptist hospital. He leaves to morn his departure the widow, Mrs. Velma Cain, and one son, Duane; his father, G.W. Cain, all of Dogwood; one brother, Roy Cain of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Mrs. Goldia Philpott of Trinidad, Colo., and Mrs. Nannie Polley of Oklahoma City and two nieces, Helen Polley and Betty Jean Philpott, together with a host of relatives and friends. His parents moved near Dogwood when he was two years old. He spent most of his life near that place. He was married to Miss Velma Maxey on Oct. 13, 1931. He made his confession when 24 years old. Funeral services were conducted on Jan. 10, 1935, at 3 p.m. in the Dogwood church with Rev. Ellis of Seymour in charge. Burial was made in the Dogwood cemetery under the direction of T.B. Chaffin of Ozark.

 

Cain, John "Jack" 8 Apr 1916 - 25 Aug 2006 SN-L 27 Aug 2006

[Note: Son of James L. & Jessica J. (Motley) Cain; married 28 Jun 1941 Fern Beady Davis]

John "Jack" Cain, age 90, of Nixa, passed away Friday, August 25, 2006, in James River Care Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a short illness. He was born April 8, 1916, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of James L. and Jessica J. (Motley) Cain. He graduated from Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, California, in 1934. On June 28, 1941, he and Fern Beady Davis were united in marriage in Anaheim, California, at St. Boniface Church. Mr. Cain raised pigeons/squabs in Garden Grove, California, until 1958 when he moved his family to the Ozarks near Ava, Missouri. He farmed and raised cattle until he became employed by the United States Postal Service, eventually becoming Postmaster for the Caulfield, Missouri area. He was an excellent carpenter, building several family homes during various moves. He remained active in the Catholic Church throughout his life, and was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Nixa. Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Fern; seven children, Polly Ann Strader and husband, Gerald, Patricia Fay "Chi? Ray, James Austin Cain and wife, Mary, John Michael Cain and wife, Martha, Mary Anne Rayburn, Marcella Marie Klinger and husband, Jeffrey, and Margaret Irene Bachman and husband, Scott; eighteen grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Joseph, a brother, James Leo Cain, Jr., and his parents. A Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, August 28, in St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Nixa, with Father Mark Boyer officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Joseph Section, Weaver Cemetery, Ozark. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight in Adams Funeral Home, Nixa, with a Rosary service at 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the building fund of St. Francis of Assisi, Nixa.

 

Cain, Michael E. “Tex” 16 Dec 1951 - 19 Oct 2007 SN-L 23 Oct 2007

[Note: Son of Frank & Mary (  ) Cain; married Mary-Alice]

Michael E."Tex"Cain, 55, formerly of Nixa, Missouri, died October 19, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas, as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was born December 16, 1951, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Michael is survived by his wife, Mary-Alice Cain; his children, Michelle, Chad, Jessi and Micah; four grandchildren; his mother Mary and step-father Fred Seward; his step-mother, Valentine Cain; sisters, Lisa and Diana; brothers Randy, Moses, and Mario; and numerous nieces and nephews. Michael was preceded in death by his father, Frank and brother, Steve. A service for Michael will be held on Friday, October 26, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. in Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2825 S. Dayton, Springfield, MO 65807. A motorcade led by Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) will escort Michael to Missouri Veterans Cemetery for burial with military honors. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Greenlawn Funeral Home South, 441 W. Battlefield, Springfield, MO 65807. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Springfield Lutheran School or Bikers Against Child Abuse. Michael will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He was always willing to lend a helping hand or friendly smile, especially to help a child.

 

Cascairo, Joseph Anthony 22 Sep 1932 - 12 Jul 2011 SN-L 17 Jul 2011

Joseph Anthony Cascairo, 78, Nixa, passed away at 11:22 p.m., Tuesday, July 12, 2011 in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in Fraker Funeral Home, Marshfield. Burial will be in the Marshfield Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday in the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Salvation Army or the Convoy of Hope.

 

Calame, Gladys Jewel (Maples) 4 Sep 1908 - 16 Jun 1982 OH 24 Jun 1982 p11

[Note: Daughter of Dorah E. & Lucy E. (Craig) Maples; married James A. Calame 21 Jan 1907 - 6 Jun 1987]

Services for Gladys Jewel Calame, 73, Springfield, were held June 19 in Clever First Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Wells officiating. Burial was in Wise Hill Cemetery under direction of Meadors of Clever. Mrs. Calame died June 16 in St. John’s Regional Heath Center after a short illness. A former Clever resident, she was a member of First Baptist Church of Fort Scott, Kan. Survivors include her husband, James A.; one son, Larry, Albuquerque, N. M.; one daughter, Mrs. Karen Thyer, Lee’s Summitt; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

 

Caldron, Edith A. (  ) 5 Sep 1893 - 20 Feb 1978 OH 23 Feb 1978 p11

CHADWICK - Mrs. Edith A. Caldron, 84 of the Oakwood community southeast of Chadwick, died Monday afternoon in St. John’s Medical Center, Joplin following an illness of several weeks. The native of Illinois had resided in Kansas City before moving to Oakwood in 1948. She was a member of Oakwood Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Donna Walker, Duenweg;  one son, James E., West Plains; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Arrangements were announced by Harris of Ozark.

 

Caldwell, Harry A. 17 Dec 1887 - 10 Feb 1962 CCR 15 Feb 1962 p3

Funeral services for Harry A. Caldwell, 74, of Highlandville, who died Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Veterans Hospital at Fayetteville, Ark. after an illness of several years, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at graveside at National Cemetery, Springfield. The Rev. Charles W. Crelbaum officiated. Burial was under direction of Jewell Windle. He was a veteran of World War I and a member of Highlandville Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Marshall of Highlandville and Kenneth A., Eureka Springs, Ark.; one daughter, Mona Chaney of Cassville; a brother, Bob, of the state of Kansas; 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

 

Caldwell, Hazel (Johnson) 20 Sep 1907 - 24 Apr 1980 OH 1 May 1980 p9

[Note: Daughter of Leroy M. & Maude (Park) Johnson; married Charles Henry Caldwell]

Services for Mrs. Hazel Johnson Caldwell, 72, San Diego, Calif, formerly of Highlandville, were held last Friday. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego. Mrs. Caldwell died last Thursday in Mercy Hospital, San Diego. A native of Christian County and a former Highlandville resident, she was a retired practical nurse. Survivors include her husband, Charles Henry; two daughters, Mrs. Thelma Fenton, Lakeside, Calif. and Mrs. Betty Havens, Nixa; a sister, Mrs. Clara Belle Bowman, Oklahoma City, Okla.; a brother, Frank Johnson, Salt Lake City, Utah; four grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

 

Caldwell, James Alphonzo 5 May 1857 - 29 Jan 1948 CCR 5 Feb 1948

[Note: Son of James & Matilda (Callison) Caldwell; married 9 May 1883 Josephine “Josie F.“ Fondren 27 Apr 1863 - 10 Jun 1943]

James A. Caldwell was born May 7, 1857, and departed this life January 29, 1948, at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 22 days. In 1883 he was married to Josephine Fondren, who preceded him in death in 1943. To this union were born four daughters, one of whom, Mrs. Bessie Tong, preceded him in death in 1941. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Clara Deeds of Sparta, Mo., in whose home he spent his declining days, Mrs. Alice Thomas of Milk River, Canada, and Mrs. Gladys Foster of Springfield, Mo.; 16 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the Chaffin Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, Feb. 3, conducted by Rev. Floyd Hanks. Burial was in Danforth cemetery, east of Springfield, under direction of Chaffin.

 

Caldwell, Joe Leslie 1947 - 4 Sep 1962 CCR 6 Sep 1962 p1

[Note: Son of Marshall & ? (Dowler) Caldwell; No legible tombstone]

Funeral services for Joe Leslie Caldwell, 15, Highlandville, who suffocated in a refrigerator at his home, Friday, were at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Adams-Monger Chapel here with the Rev. Paul Ballinger officiating. Burial was in Highlandville Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Caldwell; three brothers, Robert Caldwell, Oak Grove, Kenneth E. Caldwell, Highlandville, and Gary Leslie Nichols, of the home; and four sisters, Anna Faye Nichols, Carolyn Sue Nichols and Shirley Jean Caldwell, all of the home and Mrs. James Dancer, Lakeworth, Fla. Also surviving are his grandmothers, Mrs. Bamie Dowler, Fair Grove and Mrs. Mary Emmert, Reeds Spring; and his grandfather Charles H. Dowler, Fair Grove.

 

Caldwell, Josephine “Josie F.”  (Fondren) 27 Apr 1863 - 10 Jun 1943 CCR 17 Jun 1943 p1

[Note: Daughter of Ambrose & Nancy (Yeary) Fondren; married 9 May 1883 CCM James Alfonzo Caldwell 7 May 1857 - 29 Jan 1948]

Funeral services for Mrs. James Caldwell of Strafford, mother of Mrs. Ed Deeds of McCracken, who died Thursday at her home, will be held at Strafford Sunday afternoon.

 

Calhoun, Harold Andy 20 Jan 1907 - 8 Jun 1989 NN-E 15 Jun 1989

[Note: married Denisha]

Harold Andy Calhoun, 82, of Mountain Grove, died June 8 at Mercy. Hospital, Mansfield, after a long illness. Services for Mr. Calhoun were held June 12 in the First General Baptist Church, Mountain Grove, with the Rev. R.E, Helsley officiating and the Rev. Ronald Turner assisting. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery under the direction of Craig-Huru-Bradley Funeral Home. A retired farmer, Mr. Calhoun was a member of Happy Ridge Church. Surviving are his wife, Denisha, of the home; seven sons, Joe, Mountain Grove, Paul, Willard, John, Forsyth, Ivan, Norwood, Lonnie, Springfield, Glen, Miami Beach, Florida, and Terry, Springfield; four daughters, Doris Richardson, Norwood, Fern Smith, Mansfield, Becky Cantara, Tucson, Arizona, and Faye Pearman, Rogersville; a niece, Dottie Rowland, Springfield; two sisters, Grace Skinner, Hartville, and Elizabeth Simmon, Norwood; 11 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

 

Calhoun, Ralph N. 11 Dec 1911 - 12 Oct 1985 OH 17 Oct 1985 p9

[Note: Son of  Andrew Jackson & Sarah E. ( ) Calhoun; married Georgia; wife may be SSDI record 28 Oct 1910 - 28 May 1990 (494-14-0411 OR 20 Mar 1912 - Dec 1990  500-36-8510 ]

Services for Ralph N. Calhoun, 74, Hartville, were held Oct. 15 in Wood Funeral Chapel with the Revs. R. E. Helsley and Floyd Arnold officiating. Burial was in Steele Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Calhoun died Oct. 12 in Mercy Hospital-Tri County, Mansfield, after a short illness. A lifelong Wright County resident, he was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife, Georgia; four sons, Smith and Jerry, both of Springfield, Albert, Highlandville, and Ronnie, Rolls; three daughters, Bonnie Gray and Shirley Lawler, both of Springfield and Lois Jones, Stockton; five stepsons; five stepdaughters; a brother, Harold, Mountain Grove; two sisters, Grace Skinner, Hartville, and Elizabeth Simmons, Norwood; 19 grandchildren; 21 step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren.

 

Calhoun, Winfred W. “Woody” 6 Sep 1932 - 17 Oct 1999  CCH-N 20 Oct 1999

[Note: Son of ? & Virgie Mae (  ) Calhoun; stepson of Claude Jones; married Ann]

Winfred W. "Woody" Calhoun, age 67, of Nixa, passed away Sunday, October 17, 1999 in Cox Medical Center South, Springfield. He was born September 6, 1932 in Cape Fair. He served his country in the U.S. Army as a military policeman during the Korean Conflict and was awarded several medals. On December 15, 1956 he and Ann Barnhart were married and to this union were born three children. He was employed by Caterpillar and Royal McBee prior to being a manager for Western Auto, where he retired. Mr. Calhoun was saved and attended Calvary Bible Church. He was a member of Ozark Friend Lodge #352 A.F & A.M. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and loved spending time with his family and he especially enjoyed following the Nixa basketball program. Survivors include: His wife, Ann; his mother, Virgie Mae Jones, Cape Fair; three children, Gary Calhoun, Nixa and his friend Teresa Chasteen, Springfield, Janet Martin and her husband Kevin, Nixa, and Connie Peebles and her husband Quintin, Clever; five grandchildren, Nicole, Drew, Brianae, Garrett, and Marrissa; brothers and sisters, Rosie Hilton, CapeFair, Billy Gene Jones, Cassville, Maxine Childress, Aurora, Pauline Moudy, Cape Fair and Patricia Bagley, Aurora; a stepsister, Roberta Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colorado; many other loving relatives and friends. His stepfather, Claude Jones preceded him in death. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 20, in Adams Funeral Home, Nixa, with Rev. Joseph Fahl officiating. A masonic service will preceded burial in Galena Cemetery. Visitation was Tuesday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

 

Calkin, Evelyn Pauline (Barnett) 11 Jul 1922 - 7 Oct 2004  SN-L 10 Oct 2004

[Note: married Ruel Calkin]

Evelyn Pauline Calkin, age 82, died at 7:02 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004, at The Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark, Mo. "My beloved husband Ruel has called me home and together we will meet the great God, Jehovah." Pauline or the (Punk) as she was known to her husband, wrote these words. After losing him last winter, Mom could no longer bear to be parted from her beloved. She was born Pauline Barnett in a rural area at the Lake of the Ozarks on July 11, 1922. At the age of 17, she married Ruel Calkin and they moved to Springfield. Together they raised three children and had 64 wonderful years of marriage. Pauline was a member of the Grant Avenue Baptist Church, where one of her greatest joys was teaching Sunday school. She spent hours making projects for her "kids" whom she loved dearly. Pauline was preceded in death by her husband, Ruel Calkin, and daughter Merilee Eslinger. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Barry and Mary Beth Calkin; daughter Cherie; grandchildren, Lisa, Haley, and Taylor Johnson, Christopher Eaton, and Elizabeth and Ian Calkin; great-grandchildren J.R. Zachary and Jake Haley, and Amanda, Brandy and Christopher Eaton. Our mother spent many of her last hours preparing us for her passing, and although we grieve her absence, we celebrate her joy as she leaves this world and enters a kingdom where there is no more suffering. Although the loss of our mother will leave a great vacancy in our hearts, there are many warm and wonderful memories. Mom loved animals and we grew up in a house where there was a menagerie of animals, ranging from robins to guinea pigs, and always, of course, a dog. Mom was always famous for her homemade yeast rolls, a favorite of any family or neighborhood gathering. Funeral services will be Monday, Oct. 11, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. graveside at the New Hope Cemetery in Kaiser, Mo. Visitation will be today from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Greenlawn Funeral Home South. Memorial contributions are suggested to the National Alzheimer's Association.

 

Calkin, Leslie Richard "Dick" 16 Mar 1917 - 22 Dec 1987   OH 31 Dec 1987

[Note: married Dorothy]

Leslie Richard "Dick" Calkin, 70, Brownington, died Dec. 22 in his home. Services for Mr. Calkin were held Saturday in Consalus Chapel, Clinton. Burial was in Mr. Zion Cemetery, south of Clinton. His survivors include his wife, Dorothy, of the home; a son, Larry Calkin, Lebanon; two daughters; Rhonda Boose, LeCompton, Kansas; and Carolyn Garbee, Billings; two sisters, Della Blackburn and Eunice Hurt, both of Lebanon; seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.

 

Call, Earl 20 Jun 1915 - 27 Jun 1984 OH 5 Jul 1984 p8

[Note: Son of George W. & Tinza (Cummings) Call]

Graveside services for Earl Call, 69, Spokane, were held June 30 in the Spokane Cemetery with the Rev. Danny Call officiating. Burial was under the direction of Harris of Ozark, The casket was closed at the service. Mr. Call died June 27 in St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield following a short illness. A retired farmer, Mr. Call was a lifelong resident of the Spokane area before moving to Mount Vernon Park Center two years ago. Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Cochran, Mesa, Ariz., Mrs. Ruth Tennis, Lamar, and Mrs. Rose O’Connell, Springfield; and two brothers, Jeff, Reeds Spring and Fred, Hardin, Mont.

 

Call, George W. 17 Dec 1889 - 13 Dec 1950 CCR 21 Dec 1950

[Note: Son of Ed & ? (?) Call; married Tinza Cummins 15 Sep 1892 - 25 Nov 1967]

Funeral services for George W. Call, 61, a retired farmer living near Spokane, were conducted Friday afternoon in the Spokane church by the Rev. Keithley. Mr. Call was born Dec. 17, 1889 in North Dakota and died Dec. 13, 1950 at his home. He was a member of the Pentecostal church. In 1912 Mr. Call was united in marriage to Miss Tinza Cummins. To this union were born eight children; Mrs. Earl Pryor of Ozark, Mrs. Loyal Bilyeu of Ash Grove, Mrs. Don Elliot of Buffalo, Mrs. John D. Cockhron of Phoenix, AZ, Haskell and Jess Call of Spokane, and Freddie and Earl of the home. Nineteen grandchildren survive. Other survivors include one sister, Mrs. Callie Nash of Day, and two brothers, Oscar Call of Rockaway Beach and Clarence Call of Detroit. Burial was in Spokane Cemetery under direction of Chaffin Funeral Home.

 

Call, Harriet “Tuffy“ (Kenyon) 7 Oct 1921 - 6 Apr 1994  OH 4 Oct 1984 p1& p12

[Note: married Brig. Gen Lance Call 18 May 1909 - 9 Dec 1981]

Harriet Call Remembers Adventures With WASPs, By Linda Todd

The smallest group to serve in World War II were the women pilots who ferried planes for the Army Air Force. These were the WASPs - the elite Women’s Air Force Service Pilots, numbering just over a thousand whose daring exploits received belated recognition years after the war ended. From  June 1943 until December 1944 these crack pilots clocked sixty millions miles for the Army Air Force ferrying all kinds of planes under all types of conditions. Because the War Department considered their work and experiment and kept their activities quiet, their feats in flying were relatively unknown.

These women provided services that freed men for combat duty. Many WASP missions were extraordinarily  dangerous. They ferried new fighter planes from factories to points of embarkation for the battlefield, flew as practice targets for searchlight crews, served as instrument flight instructors for combat, were called upon to fly planes with targets  as student fighter pilots and their gunners could practice shooting at them, and performed as military transport for staff pilots for administrative flights.

Harriet “Tuffy” Call of Ozark served with this gallant group who more than once have been referred to as unsung, behind the scenes heroines of World War II.

Harriet resides in a beautiful home on the Finley River. She and her husband, Lance, who is now deceased, have lived many places from Tokyo, Japan to Long Valley, New Jersey and eventually the Ozarks. “I was married to him over thirty years, and there weren’t too many dull moments”, she said.

She is planning a trip to New York to the near future to visit her two children. Her daughter, BeeBee, is married to Captain Keith Bilyeu. a former graduate of Ozark and is presently living in Plattsburg. They have two children, Her son, Glenn, lives in Rochester.

Harriet is a many faceted person, She recently took lessons for classical guitar, but finds that most people like country-western tunes, She also plays the piano, paints and occasionally still flies.

“I think that everyone who moves to the Ozarks is so struck with the beauty that it inspires them to be creative,” Harriet said. “One day, I just called Larry Waggoner and said ‘I have to be busy. I want to paint.”

She says she gives away most of her painting and she is presently working on a beautiful painting of an elk for Marge and Jim Bilyeu.

Harriet admits that flying is so regulated now that it isn’t as exciting as when she could take a plane up and land on the spur of a moment in a field or beside a stream. “Back then in the open cockpits when you did “you aerobatics”, you knew you weren’t only boring holes in the sky, you were having a very thrilling experience,” she said as she recalled memories from her past.

Her mother wanted her to be an account or school teacher, but Harriet knew that such traditional roles would be too boring for her, “I had pretty firm ideas about what I was going to do,” she said, “And I wasn’t going to be an accountant.”

She graduated from junior college at Van Wert, Ohio, and was attending a business college in Columbus when she took a job as secretary for the U. S. House of Representatives.

Sessions in the House usually begin on Monday evenings, The Representatives worked Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and went home on Thursdays, which left Harriet free of her clerical duties until the following Monday. She wondered what she was going to do with all her free time, until one of the senators who was instrumental in introducing a civil aeronautics program suggested she try flying.

Harriet followed his suggestions and was so enthralled with flying that she pursued it with fervor, and much of her earnings went toward her lessons. “When I received my paycheck, I would pay the rest for my room and buy only half enough food to eat and buy no clothes whatsoever.” she laughingly admits, “I had to depend upon dates for the rest of my meals/”

“My first trainer was a very fine instructor. He was a man who was the first male pilot in the state of Ohio,” she said. She flew a plane over small farming communities and collected mailbags from various pickup sites with a hook that was attached to a long, dangling rope.

Before Harriet could make her solo flight, she had to obtain her parents consent. She said she knew they would never give their permission. “So, I soloed on my 21st birthday.”

She was so impressed with what Great Britain was achieving with their ferry pilots that she began writing dozens of letters to admirals of the army, to the president, and to anyone she could think of in an effort to convince them to utilize the skills of women flyers. “”If I didn’t get  a reply soon enough, I’d write another,” she said.

Finally, she received a telegram from Nancy Lore saying if she was interested in women’s service pilots to meet with her hotel in Cincinnati. Between six and eight weeks after the meeting, Harriet received another telegram telling her to have a physical and report for duty.

The WASPs  were trained at Avenger Field, for the Army Air Force’s training base in Sweetwater, Texas, and this is where Harriet reported for duty in August of 1943.

Although they were not officially part of the military, the WASPs were trained by the Army, subject to the uniform and drilled on the field same as the men. It was so hot that the first time Harriet was sent onto the training field, she passed out from the heat and had to spend the rest of the day in the infirmary, “That was one of life’s most embarrassing moments,” she confided,” I wanted so much to prove myself, but probably the combination of heat and tension were just too much.”

But when it came to the flight training, the women got their chance. They didn’t start with the easy stuff. Right from the beginning, they were executing inverted snap rolls and other fancy maneuvers.

After six and a half months at Sweetwater, the women graduated from training. One hundred and one women began in Harriet’s class, and only 49 graduated.

One of the places Harriet was stationed was Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas. She was assigned as a staff pilot, and it was her duty to fly the non-flying officers on their inspection tours.

Kelly Field became a base for storing B-17s, B-20’s and other planes that needed repairs. Harriet recalls that these planes were a great source of temptation and the fact that many of them had bullet holes didn’t deter these women from seeking an opportunity to fly them. “If one came with gas in it,: she said, “we would take it up.”

Although the WASPs were disbanded, Harriet became an aircraft accident analyst at the training command headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Her job was to analyze airplane accidents, sturdy trends and make changes in training programs and inspection regulations. He job also included writing a booklet each month analyzing the monthly accidents.

“At that time, the U. S. was training a lot of pilots for our allied countries,” Harriet said. And while working on one of her trend analysis reports, Harriet discovered there was a horrendous fatality rate among the Chinese stationed at Luke Field, Arizona. In fact, they had the highest fatality rate.

Harriet immediately began firing letters to the commander in charge of the base. Although the letters were signed by her commander, Harriet said she was responsible for composing them.

She became rather a harassment to the commander at Luke Field, who retaliated by flying down to Fort Worth to find out who was responsible for all the trouble.

After going through all the channels, he finally found the real source of the harassment and when he strode into her office, she was in middle of composing still another of the letters. All he said was, “Oh, come on Tuffy, let’s have a cup of coffee.”

Harriet said that was how she got her name “Tuffy”. The commander was Lance Call who later became Harriet’s husband.

Finally, in 1978, after an intense campaign by the women themselves and their supporters,
the women were granted veteran’s status and the first honorable discharge was issued to a WASP.

By the time the government finally saw fit to change WASPs deactivation to honorable discharges, most of the veterans’ benefits had expired, but Harriet is very proud of her honorable discharge certificate and displays it on a wall above her desk with other momentos of her time as a WASP.

In May of this year, Harriet received from the Department of the Air Force the Honorable Service Lapel Pins two medals - the World War II Victory Medal an the American Campaign medal.

All WASPs were pilots before they applied for the program. A total of twenty-five thousand women applied to the WASPs, and 1,830 were accepted. Of that number, 1,074 graduated. Thirty-eight were either killed in service while training or after graduation.

The really ironic thing is that it took until 1973 for the major airlines to hire their first woman pilot and not until this year - 40 years later - did Frontier Airlines put the first all-woman crew in commercial aviation history into the cockpit of one of their planes.

It rook a while, but as that old commercial slogan says, “We’ve come a long bay, baby.”

[Special Note: “Silver Wings, Santiago Blue “ is the title of a new book by Janet Dailey, one of America’s topselling authors. The primary focus of the book is the Women’s Air Force Services Pilots of World War II. In her book, Ms Dailey has acknowledged, “a special thanks to former WASP Harriet “Tuffy” Kenyon Call, for her memories and momentos of these years.”]

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Call, Harriett (Tuffy) Kenyon 7 Oct 1921 - 6 Apr 1994 OH 13 Apr 1994

Harriett Kenyon Call, 72, died April 6, 1994 in Walter-Reed Hospital, Washington, DC. She was born Oct. 7, 1921 at Van West, Ohio. After serving as a pilot in the WASPS during World War II, she and her husband moved to Ozark where they operated Air Park South. She was a former member of Ladies Literary Club of Ozark and also was a member of the VFW Auxiliary of Lyon Mountain, N.Y. She was preceded in death by her husband, Brigadier General Lance Call. She is survived by one daughter, Katherine M. Bilyeu, and husband, Keith F. Bilyeu, Burke, Va.; one son, Glenn K. Call, Rochester, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Chris and Mike Bilyeu, Burke, Va.; and one sister, Barbara Lewis, Frederick, Md. Memorial services were Saturday, April 9, in the United Methodist Church, Lyon Mountain, N.Y., with full military honors. Internment will be at a later date in National Cemetery, Springfield, under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.

 

Call, Haskell P. 27 Feb 1918 - 8 Jun 1974  OH 20 Jun 1974 p7

[Note: Son of George W. & Tinza (Cummings) Call; married 11 Sep 1939 Dorris M. Roberts 18 Feb 1923 - 13 May 2002]

OZARK - Graveside services were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday for a former Christian County man, Haskell Call, 56. The service will be at the Spokane Cemetery with Rev. Gary Phipps officiating and burial under direction of Harris of Ozark. Mr. Call died about 8 p.m. Saturday at his home at Fairfield, Calif. after an apparent heart attack.

 

Call, Ida L. 1858 - 13 Nov 1930 CCR 20 Nov 1930 p5

[Note: no MODC found]

Ida L. Call, aged 72 years, died at her home near Chadwick on Nov. 13, 1930. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.P. Richardson at the residence and the body was shipped to Chicago for burial. The Klepper Undertaking Company was in charge.

 

Call, Janet Carol (Arndt) 15 Nov 1946 - 13 Dec 2010 SN-L 15 Dec 2010 & SN-L 16 Dec 2010 & CCH-N 22 Dec 2010

[Note: Daughter of Curtis F. & Dorothy (Walker) Arndt; married 18 Dec 1964 Danny Call]

Janet Carol Call went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on December 13, 2010 surrounded by her loving husband and children. Janet was born November 15, 1946 in Nixa, Missouri, the daughter of Curtis F. & Dorothy (Walker) Arndt. She was a graduate of Nixa High School. She married Danny Call on December 18, 1964 in Nixa at the Nixa Assembly of God. They were blessed with seven children. She was preceded in death by her parents Curtis & Dorothy Arndt; one brother Joseph and six sisters, Lou Anna, Patty, Elizabeth Ann, Lois, Karen and Doris. Janet is survived by her husband, Danny Call of Reeds Spring; three sons, Douglas Call and wife Karen of Highlandville; Phillip Call and wife Tamara of Ozark; and Donald Call of Highlandville; her four daughters, Christina Call of Reeds Spring; Tamara Sellers of Highlandville; Pamela Scobee and husband Daniel of Galena; Janetta Brockelbank and husband Adam of Strafford, MO; two brothers Curtis Arndt and wife Cynthia of Indianapolis, IN and Carl Arndt and wife Carol of St. Petersburg, FL; two sisters, Jackie Nelson of Manitowoc, WI and Joyce Williams of Nixa, MO and ten grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday, December 16 beginning at 9:00 A.M. at The Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, Reeds Spring with friends and family meeting from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Celebration of her life will be Friday, December 17 at 1:00 P.M. in The Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ with Rev. Danny Call officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home, Branson. Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10

 

Call, Jess Lonnie 26 Feb 1917 - 17 Mar 1998  CCH-N 25 Mar 1998

[Note: Son of George W. & Tinza (Cummings) Call; married 27 Mar 1941 Opal Lucille Ward]

Jess Lonnie Call, age 81, of Reeds Spring died Tuesday, March 17, 1998 in his home. He was born February 26, 1917 at Day, and was the son of George and Tinza (Cummings) Call. On March 27, 1941 he married Opal Lucille Ward. Mr. Call was a carpenter and a farmer. He loved his family and enjoyed time spent with them. He was saved 51 years ago and attended the Apostolic Church in Reeds Spring. Survivors include: his wife, Opal; four children and their spouses, Leta Jean and Clifford Bradford, Rogersville; Danny and Janet Call, Reeds Spring, Marcella and David Huffman, Spokane and Larry and Loretta Call, Spokane; 14 grandchildren, Patricia Bradford, Douglas Call, and his wife, Trinity, Janetta Call, Melissa Huffman, Katrina Call, Angeletta Call, Jesse Call, Samuel Call and Caleb Call; a brother, Fred Call, Phoenix, Ariz.; and three sisters, Pearl Cochran, Phoenix, Rose O'Connell, Springfield, and Ruth Blanchard, Lamar. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Haskell, Earl, and Berl Call, and a sister, Merle Pryer. Funeral services were Friday, March 20, in Adams Funeral home, Ozark, with Rev. Danny Call officiating. Burial was in Eisenhour Cemetery, Spokane. A man solely dedicated to God and his family and without a doubt a man sent from God to fill our lives with joy, happiness, and godly love which will live in our hearts and minds forever.

 

Call, Lance, Brig. Gen. 18 May 1909 - 9 Dec 1981 OH 19 Feb 1981 p1 & 2

[Note: married Harriet “Tuffy” Kenyon 7 Oct 1921 - 6 Apr 1994]

The Lance Call Story - Ozark’s ‘Improbable’ War Hero

Photo Caption - Ozark’s only general, Lance Call of Rt. 2, has been an aviator in the Navy, Marines, Army and Air Force. His wife, Harriet (Tuffy) Call, served in the WASPS, air auxiliary in World War II , A fully licensed pilot, she has flown planes up to B177, biggest U S Aircraft at that time[More pictures on page 2]

Photo captions on page 2 - Harriet (Tuffy) Call, photographed with actor Edward Everett Horton about 20 years ago in Pittsburg, Pa. Horton autograph gave the date as Aug. 9, 1961. The Calls operated a flying service at the time and Horton was a regular passenger. Other man was a pilot employed by the Calls.

Staff Sgt. Glenn Call, son of Gen. and Mrs. Lance Call of Rt. 2, Ozark is a member of the Marine Band which played in the Inauguration Day parade Jan. 20.

This photo of Harriet (Kinyon) Call was made in Asheville, N. C. at the controls of a B34 bomber which she flew in a weather group as a member of the Army Air Corps WASPS, as the auxiliary was called.

Gen. Lance Call of Ozark prepares for flight in Korean War in a P51 Mustang fighter plane. The picture was taken at Kimpo AFB in Seoul, South Korea.

His life story suggests a scenarios for a John Wayne movie. But Wayne would have rejected the script as too improbable. Even the name Lance Call sounds like it was invented for an actor except that it now has General in front of it. Lance Call has not only been in every U. S. Armed Service as an aviator but also served 28 months in the Royal Air Force just before the U. S. got into World War II. For the British, piloting a Sunderland, then the biggest troop transport, he evacuated the staff of Sir John Dill from Narvik, Norway. His plane was attacked by German fighters - Messerschmitts - during the loading. He still flew the craft safely to Bristol, England although his co-pilot died of wounds from the attack. His American squadron, the 365th - flew P47s on D-Day to give cover to invading infantry attacking Omaha Beach. In the Korean War, his outfit flew P51s to guide jet bombers to enemy targets such as truck convoys. As a University of Oklahoma-graduated petroleum engineer, he was attached to Gen. McArthur’s staff in Tokyo after the war. He also surveyed a pipeline from Subic Bay to Clark Field, the Philippines and a bodyguard of fierce pygmies to protect him from Philippine insurrectionists, the Hukbalahaps. He was one of World War II’s most decorated, winning every U. S. Medal except the Congressional and two British medals, Order of the British Empire and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Flying a P47 over Omaha Beach on June 7 in the Normandy Invasion, he was hit in the ankle and had to ditch  in the English Channel. He started his military career with the Navy in 1924 at age 13. Big for his age, he lied about it to a recruiting sergeant who was too eager to check it out. As an enlisted pilot with the Marines, he flew with a squadron of exhibition flyers at air shows around the country. It was the forerunner of the famous Blue Angels. In 1930, he was “surveyed out” with a disability discharge which he thought was the end of his dream of a military career, But fate has a way of disregarding the rules. Lance Call enrolled at the University of Oklahoma where he earned his engineering degree. He set up an oil field trucking business and joined the 11th Observation Squadron of the Texas National Guard and soon became a pilot again, with a Guard commission. His outfit was called to active duty as the situation in Europe loomed darkly on the U. S. horizon. This was in 1940 when National Guard units all over the country were being activated into federal duty. But induction fingerprints gave him away - his disability discharge record caught up with him. The RAF was recruiting heavily in the U. S. and Call was accepted. On Dec. 7, 1941, he landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on rest and recuperation leave from the RAF. He flew to Washington to visit military friends and was invited to join the U. S. forces. He told them about his disability discharge. It didn’t matter, In 18 months, he had been promoted to Colonel and was the commanding officer of the 365th. After the war ended, he became a commander of Luke Field, Phoenix, Ariz, a training base. And, it was about that time that he met his wife-to-be, Harriet (Tuffy) Kinyon of Van Wert, Ohio. She was a WASP - as the women’s air force auxiliary was called - serving at Kelly Field, Ft. Worth in the accident analysis division. Her job was to write letters to higher commands explaining how Chinese pilots kept killing themselves in training plane crashes. At Kelly Field on official business, Col. Call wanted to know who was writing such “well written” analyses. “It was this pigeon.” he said, pointing to his wife. During his in-and-out military flying career - 17 years out of 40 - he and his wife operated air services, including the World Aircraft in a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa., where one of their planes flew movie actor Edward Everett Horton, at age 84, every day 600 miles between Pittsburg and Jackson, Mich,, where Horton was performing in a stage play. The flights were for cancer treatments. Mrs. Call also is a pilot and has flown military planes up to B17 bombers but not on military flights, This was at Kingman, Ariz, AFB where “war wearies” were dumped for eventual destruction. The B17, she recalls, “drove like trucks”. Her favorite was the B34. “They wouldn’t let us fly in combat, but by golly, we were willing to! We’d have won the war!” The last commercial aviation project and the one which lured them to Ozark was Air Park South, which they were connected with for three years, eventually selling it. Gen. Call isn’t a retiree from the service. He quit about 12 years ago, so does not draw a pension. They have two children. Their son, Glenn K. Call, plays in the Marine Band. If you watched the recent Inauguration Parade  and heard the Marines Band, you were listening to Glenn. “He’s the best euphonium player in he world,” Gen. Call says modestly. Their daughter is married to Keith Bilyeu, son of Maxine Bilyeu of Ozark. He once had a footlocker full of souvenirs, but it was stolen in Fort Worth. However, he still has photographs and military documents to attest to a record that John Wayne probably wouldn’t have touches. Errol Flynn, maybe, but not John Wayne.

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Call, Lance 18 May 1909 - 9 Dec 1981 OH 17 Dec 1981 p8

Lance Call 72, Ozark, died Dec. 9 at St. John’s Regional Health Center after a long illness. One of World War II’s most decorated commanders, her began his career in 1924 by enlisting in the Army,  and resigned from services as a Brigadier General in 1962. He also services with the Royal Air Force in England before the U. S. Entered World War II during which he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for heroism in evacuating Sir John Dill in a Sunderland aircraft while under attack by German Messerschmitts. His work in civil aviation included being vice president of Chase Aircraft Company, President of Taylorcraft, Inc., Airport Manager of Connellsville Airport, Connellsville, Pa., overseas aviation consultant to Koppers of Turkey, Westinghouse International and Flying Doctors of Zambia. After retiring to the Ozark area, he operated Airpark South and set up the systems for obtaining FAA approved Flying School, Air Taxi and  repair Station for that airport. Survivors include his wife, Harriett, his mother, Mrs. Martha Call, Gainesville, Texas; two sons, Lance, Jr., Buna, Texas and Glenn, Rochester, New York; one daughter, Mrs. Katherine Bilyeu of Shrevesport, Louisiana; two brothers, Gus, Gainesville, Texas and Brian, Pensacola, Florida and two grandchildren. Services were held Dec. 11 in Adams Funeral Home,. Ozark, with Rev. Richard J. Cerretti officiating. Burial was in Springfield National Cemetery and Military Honors from Whiteman Air Force Base. Contributions may be made to the United Presbyterian Church Building Fund, where he was a member.