1. Juanita (Chaney) Smith
2. Juanita (Chaney) Smith, 88, passed away at 7:30 a.m. on April 9, 2020, at Springfield Villa Nursing Home in Springfield, Missouri, from complications arising from Alzheimer’s disease.

The fourth child of Leonard and Hattie (Wilson) Chaney, she was born on June 10, 1931, in Gainesville, Missouri. She graduated from Gainesville High School in 1948 and attended Southwest Missouri State College (now Missouri State University) before teaching two years in the Pleasant Hill (Seed Tick) one-room school at Sycamore in Ozark County, Missouri. She married Theodore “Ted” Smith on December 24, 1950, in Gainesville, Missouri.

She became a Christian at the age of 25. She was a member of Boulevard Baptist Church before later joining National Heights Baptist Church. She was active in her church, having been involved with the Women’s Missionary Union, the nursery, Bible school, and teaching first and second grade for 25 years. She cared for 41 foster children over the years and ran a home day-care (caring for a total of 35 children up until 2014).

Juanita loved to be outdoors. She walked her neighborhood, and she enjoyed working in her flower beds and getting out her spring flower pots. She was an avid Lady Bears fan and attended games for years until her health declined. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

Juanita was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Ted; three sisters, Hattie Fay Chaney, Amy Clark, and Ruby Spurlock; two brothers, Willard Chaney and Stanley Chaney. She is survived by a sister-in-law, Barbara Chaney James; three children, Sandy Dasal, of Springfield; Susan Moore (Bill), of Springfield; and Doug Smith (Colleen), of Edmond, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, Josh Dasal, Ashley Dasal, and Jessica Ingram; Tim Moore, Bryan Moore, and Kimberly Moore; and Amber, Erica, and Brittni Smith; six great-grandchildren, Heather, Hannah, and Harmony Moore; Berkley and Lilly Ingram, and Felix Dasal, as well as several nieces and nephews.

A visitation will be held on Monday, April 13, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Greenlawn Funeral Home-North (with only 10 people allowed in the chapel at a time due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis). A private graveside service will be held at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens for immediate family only. The family would like to express their appreciation to Good Shepherd Hospice for their loving care of Juanita.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association—Greater Missouri Chapter, 3645 South Avenue, Springfield, MO 65807. Condolences may be made online at http://www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com.