----- Original Message ----- From: "Spauldings" <bnlspaulding@machlink.com> To: "Housden" <housden-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 6:19 PM Subject: Obit: Franklin D. Severs > Mr. Franklin "Frank" D. Severs, age 70, of Pineville, Mo. passed > away at 1:29 a.m. Wednesday, November 24, 2004 at his residence. > > He had lived in Pineville, Mo. since 1977 coming from Neosho, Mo. > He was born November 10, l934 in Neosho, MO. to the late Charles E. and > Nina D. (Housden) Severs. He served in the United States Air Force. He > was a welder/machinist for 30 years working for Teledyne in Neosho, Mo., > and Pratt & Whitney in Springdale, Ark. He enjoyed hunting, golf, > baseball and basketball. He was very proud to be the Torch Bearer for the > 2004 McDonald County American Cancer Society Relay For Life Rally and was > a member of the Purple Hearts Team. > > He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother and a sister > in infancy. > > Survivors include his partner and friend Martha "Janie" Williams of > Pineville, MO.; two sisters, Barbara and Leroy Spaulding of Muscatine, > Iowa and Carla and Virgil Sprenkle of Abilene, Kan., his children, Jeff > and Jan Overton, Jerry and Donna Overton, Julie and Rick Bussey all of > Neosho, Mo.. Tracey and Susan Williams of Bella Vista, Ark., Wendy and > Michael Deaton of Noel, Mo.; several grandchildren and several neices and > nephews. > > Arrangements are under the personal care > of: > Walker-Dowd Funeral Home, of Anderson, Mo. > > > > The following information is not included in the obituary. > > "FRANKLIN D. SEVERS" WILL BE ENGRAVED ON A TABLET > > AND PLACED AT THE "BELLA VISTA, (ARK.) VETERANS WALL OF HONOR" > > DEDICATED IN HIS LOVING MEMORY > > BY MARTHA JANE WILLIAMS > > > Barbara > > > >