HAROLD MILLS

Harold Mills, 88, passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at James River Nursing Home. Mills was born July 30, 1934, to Wayne & Edith Mills of Everton.

After graduating, he went to work at Boeing Aircraft, Wichita, Kan. until its closing. He then came back to Springfield and went to work at French’s Mustard Plant (now Reckitt-Benckiser), where he retired.

Mills met and married Helen Sparks and had 51 years of marriage when she passed away in 2013. Mills moved to assisted living at Creekside in 2014 and then moved to James River Nursing Home in 2021 to skilled care.

Mills was preceded in death by wife Helen, parents Wayne and Edith Mills.

Mills is survived by stepson Junior Estell, Wichita, Kan.; sisters Vola Davison-Prince of Grapevine, Texas, and Carol Tuck of Nixa; and several other relatives and friends.

Graveside services will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at Shiloh Cemetery, Everton. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to American Heart Association.
Services under direction of Wilson-Griffin Funeral Home of Ash Grove.