Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home

If you want to watch the Memorial Mass online, you can do so Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10:30 AM at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish Springfield Missouri Facebook page. Full obituary can be read at gormanscharpf.com

Gary James Arturo, 66, passed away unexpectedly in his home in Springfield, Missouri on Wednesday December 4th, 2019. Gary was born in Pittsburgh, PA on April 8, 1953 and lived throughout the country including Aspinwall, Pennsylvania (20 years), Anchorage, Alaska (10 years), and Springfield, Missouri (33 years). Springfield is where he met his best friend and soulmate, Ronda (Webb). They were married on June 27, 1997 and they shared the next 22 years of marriage filled with love, laughter and family memories. Gary's love of food led him to a life-long career in the restaurant industry, with 25 years at Ryan's Family Steakhouse in Springfield, Missouri as General Manager and Senior Operating...

Shirley Ritter Carle died in Springfield, Missouri, with loved ones at her bedside on March 23, 2019. She was 78. Shirley was born in Many, Louisiana, on May 22, 1940, and was the second of five children of James Carlyle and Katherine Steele Ritter. She graduated from Many High School and received her B.A. in history with a minor in English from The University of Texas at Austin. While at The University of Texas, Shirley met and married Thomas G. Sharpe, Jr. They moved to Brownsville, Texas, following his graduation from law school, where she taught at Cummings Middle School until they began their family. Together they had three sons, John Carlyle Sharpe, Thomas Steele Sharpe, and James...