Obituaries – Friday, April 21st, 2023

Funeral services for Beulah “June” Schafer of Salem, age 92, will be this morning at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial will be in the Green Forest Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Green Forest or Miner Cemeteries.

A celebration to honor the life of Elizabeth Barnitz of Lake Spring, age 86, will be Saturday morning at 11:00 at the Salem Chapel of James & Gahr Mortuary. Memorials are suggested in lieu of flowers to the Lake Spring Cemetery.

Funeral services for Vickie Kay Frits of Salem, age 58, will be Saturday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will also be Saturday morning from 11:00 until service time. Burial will be in the Family Cemetery.

Memorial services for William “Burnie” Burnice McLaurin, Jr., of Salem, age 80, will be held at 1:00 Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist Church of Salem. Visitation will be held from 11:00 Saturday morning until service time at the church. All the arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Mortuary of Salem.

A Celebration of Life service for Damian John Bryan of Steelville, age 36, will be held at 2:00 Saturday afternoon at the Rafting Company in Steelville on Highway 19 north. Visitation will be from 1:00 until 5:00 Saturday afternoon at the The Rafting Company. A private family inurnment will be in the Pinnell Cemetery in Steelville. Memorials may be given to the Ksenia and Damian Scholarship Fund at the Phelps County Bank in St. James. All arrangements are under the direction of the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville.