Rolla Daily News

Jacqueline Ann Frintrup, age 81, of Manhattan, died Friday July 2, 2021 at the Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Manhattan. Jackie was born on April 7, 1940 in St. Louis City, Missouri, the daughter of Walter and Anne (Doyle) Spengler. She grew up in the area and graduated from Jennings High School with the class of 1958. She worked for many years for the Girl Scouts' Council as a Field Director in Kansas and Missouri. Jackie was known by her grandkids as "Mimi" and she loved that her family and her families' friends and people just knew her as Mimi. She enjoyed being with her family as often as she could. The holidays and family vacations together were always important to...

Alice Faye Van Asdale, 82 Alice Faye Van Asdale of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at Winter Haven Hospital. She was born January 24, 1938 in Canton, Ohio to the late Edgar and Mabel Capper; she moved to Lake Wales from Missouri in 2002. Alice was a retired Registered Nurse, she graduated from Lincoln High School in Canton, Ohio and King's Daughter Nursing School in Ashland, Kentucky. Alice was a member of the Church of God in Winter Haven and a former Board Member of (PEO) Philanthropic Educational Organization who supported Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri. She adored working with kids and was a former foster parent with her husband. Alice was preceded in death by...

Services for David Charles Woods, 55, of Athens, TX are scheduled for 10 am Thursday, October 29, 2020, at Eubank Funeral Home in Canton, TX with Bro. Al Hoops officiating. Interment will be in Zion Hill Cemetery in the Walton Community. Mr. Woods passed away Saturday, October 24, 2020 in Tyler, TX. He was born March 5, 1965 in Rolla, Missouri to Mike Woods III and Mary Frances Campbell Woods. David graduated Rolla High School and then served in the US Army Reserves. He was an veteran of the Iraq War and retired from the Army Reserves. David was a longtime member of the cattle industry. He loved working with cattle. He was also the owner of the Southwood Pilot Cars, LLC. Mr. ...

Geraldine Davis Lough, 97, of Madison, MS formerly of St. James MO, passed away September 22, 2020 surrounded by her family. Mrs. Lough, the daughter of Lawrence Davis and Sophia Schafer Davis of Salem MO (predeceased) was born July 20,1923 in Dent County MO. She was preceded in death by her husband Earl "Treat" Lough, son Rodney Earl Lough, 3 brothers Orin, Elba, and Everett Davis, and two sisters Lola Bryant and Maxine Armfield, and granddaughter Janell Lambert. Mrs. Lough is survived by daughter Dr. Melinda Rush and son-in -law Phillip Rush (Madison, MS) and daughter- in- law Donna Sue Lough (Rolla, MO), 7 grandchildren: Julia Arns (DJ) (Brandon, MS), Rebecca Mills-Anderson (Jason)...

Lt. Colonel Alan Lee Fitzwater, United States Air Force, Ret., age 81, of Atlanta, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2020. He is survived by his wife Jean Ann Lerza Fitzwater of Atlanta; his daughter Leanne Fitzwater Shaw (Chris) of Atlanta, GA; and two grandchildren: Holly Elizabeth Shaw of Washington, D.C. and Christopher Taylor Shaw, Jr. of Atlanta. He is also survived by his brother Roger Fitzwater (Andrea) of Springfield, Missouri, and sister Linda Fitzwater Coleman (Gerry) of Texas. He is predeceased by a brother, Kent Fitzwater. He is also survived by five nieces and three nephews. Alan was born on January 15, 1938 in Vienna, Missouri, the son of Bernice Eaton Fitzwater and...