SPANGLER OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== SPANGLER, Billie M. TILLMAN SCHILLING 1921 - 1999 Kansas City Star, Dec 1 1999 - Billie M. Spangler, age 78, Clinton, MO, died Tuesday, November 30, 1999, at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital. She was born in Henry County, MO, May 2, 1921, daughter of Earl and Aldah Langerhans Tillman. She married J. S. "Deedy" Spangler on September 22, 1958, in Ozark, MO. A son, James Earl Schilling, and a sister, Esther Berry, preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband of the home; daughter, Jane E. Schilling, Clinton; stepsons, Jay Spangler, St. Louis, Klein Spangler, Clinton, and Danny Spangler, Springfield; sister, Maxine Quiggle, Clinton; grandchildren, Doug Schilling, Erica Schilling, and Janice Schilling, Clinton; and eight step grandchildren.The family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. Thursday, December 2, at Consalus Funeral Home, Clinton. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 3, at the funeral home; burial in Englewood Cemetery. SPANGLER, Henry Grady 1894 - 1970 Grady Spangler, son of James M. and Alice Houston Spangler, was born October 15, 1894 on the old Spangler farm north of Clinton, and passed away on September 5, 1970, in St. Louis at the age of 75. He was united in marriage to Frances Marsailles who preceded him in death on April 29, 1952. One child, a daughter, Alice Beverly, was born to this union. She died at the age of 1 week. Having lost his health and his family, he retired from farming April 1, 1965 and went to live at the Masonic Home in St. Louis where he remained until his death. Funeral services were held Sep 8, 1970 at Vansant Funeral Home. Burial was in Englewood Cemetery. SPANGLER, James Savage 1890 - 1943 The Missourian, June 24, 1943 from The Clinton Eye - James S. Spangler Dies at Clinton - End Came Saturday to Extensive Farmer at Clinton Who Was Well Known Here - James S Spangler, large scale Henry County farmer and stock feeder, whose familiar figure among stockmen and all mid-western markets, commanded respect, had a quick finis written to his dynamic energetic life at 4:30 Saturday, June 5, 1943, when the light was lifted from his inert hand and he stepped unfaltering into the shadows that shroud Eternity. Following surgery about 2 o'clock the shock was too much for the overtaxed heart to withstand. James Savage Spangler, was born February 13, 1890, on the large farm of his parents, Gus and Frances Houston Spangle, five miles north of Clinton on Highway 13. He attended Curtis school and Drake's Chapel where the family went for church services. Years later he joined the Franklin Street Methodist church under the pastorate of Rev. W. B. Selah. Born to the land and with an inherited interest in livestock, his life's work lay in the pattern his Illinois forefathers and cut and which was followed by his father and uncles who came to Henry County. April 17, 1913, Miss Ruby Lindsay, only daughter of those equally prominent Henry Countians, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindsay, became his wife and they made their home on the Lindsay farm. There, as years went by, five children gladdened the hearts of the parents and grandparents alike. Mr. Spangler was a man of unlimited energy and a fine capacity for application, which coupled with progressive thought and planning made him able to apply new ideas and undertake big projects and see them through to successful fruition. Three years ago the family moved to Clinton and he and his son, James, made the daily trips to the farm to oversee the changes that had been made recently. He was proud of his family and he was a genuine pleasure in his four sons and lovely daughter and his wife who shared his ambitions and responsibilities; and Mrs. Lindsay who's grace and poise lent further dignity to the home. He was also proud of his church and political alignments, which were strongly Democratic. In 1940, he was appointed by Henry Wallace as State Chairman of the National Committee for agriculture in Missouri. Felled in his prime, as the great oak is rested from its rootage in the storm, so Jim Spangler lies, gone before his three-score years were passed, yet with more accomplished to his credit than many a man of lesser strength and vigor. Knowing best his virtues and feeling deepest his loss are those who survive: his wife, Ruby Lindsay Spangler; children, Mrs. L. J. Schofield of Norwalk, O.; R. T. Spangler, USNR, Cambridge, Mass; James S. Spangler, Jr., Clinton; Bobby and Billy and mother-in-law, Mrs. R. T. Lindsay of the home; one grandson, Jimmy Schofield; a sister and brother, Mrs. Fred Olson and Frank Spangler of Clinton; and a brother, Dr. Harve Spangler of Salt Lake City, Utah. Among his relatives in Cass County are Mrs. Mary Mills, Miss Hattie Mills, David Mills, Mrs. Dora Spangler, all of Archie; Mrs. Ruth Potts of Harrisonville. The deceased often visited his uncle, the late Dave Spangler in Cass County. He was a cousin of Miss Kathryn Spangler, former superintendent of the Henry County schools. His relatives from here attended the funeral which was conducted by the Rev. Linus Eaker at the Clinton Methodist church June 8. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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