LoVene Lucille Claypole Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved LoVene Lucille Claypole (Springfield, Missouri), who passed away at the age of 94, on May 4, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Hazel Kraus and Irvin Kraus; her husband Paul Lee Claypole; her sister MauDell Breeden; her niece Tarri Breeden; and her friends, Dale Dickmann, Ann, Bob Niemann, Mary Jane Horner, Kathy Davidson and Marylin Huffman.
She is survived by: her daughter Perri Lind Lampe; her granddaughter Duri Lucille Lampe Long (Patrick Fiorilli); her sister NaOma Levy; her extended family, Tammy Casperson (Mike), Wanda Lampe, Trent Breeden (Lynn), Kenneth Levy and Caroline Levy (Mark); and her friends, Marilyn Hornbrook, Angela Elliott, Deborah Botts, Sandy Corby, Ed Morton, Shirley Wadleigh and Ellen Koenemann. She is also survived by many other friends including former students, neighbors.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in honor of LoVene Claypole to the Ozarks Counseling Center (https://ozarkscounselingcenter.org), where LoVene was a member of the board of directors from 1995-2000 (614 South Avenue, Springfield, MO 65806) and/or Save the Elephants, a charity LoVene donated to regularly (Wildlife Conservation Network, 209 Mississippi Street, San Francisco, CA 94107; make checks payable to Wildlife Conservation Network).
