Services today for Cheryl Rantz, tax preparer

(The following obituary is taken from the Clark Funeral Home website.)

Cheryl E. Rantz, 62, Carl Junction, MO, died May 30, 2011 at Cox South in Springfield from complications of the May 22nd Joplin tornado. Cheryl was born Sept. 14, 1948 in Carthage, MO and was a lifelong area resident. She worked as a tax preparer for H and R Block and was a member of the Nazarene Church. She is survived by a daughter, Kimberly Phillips, Springfield, MO; two grandchildren, Steven McReynolds and Mabel Phillips; one brother, David Spruce, Carthage and two sisters, Judy Baugh, Carthage and Karen Gregory, Altus, OK. She is preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Dorothy Spruce; her husband, George Rantz and brother,Gary Spruce.

Memorial services are being held at 1 p.m. today at Neosho Memorial Park.