Graveside funeral services for Norma Jean Blisard, Age 89 of Mountain Grove, Missouri (and formerly of Gainesville, MO) will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2025 in the Sims Cemetery, Gainesville, MO. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: The Center in Gainesville; Ronald McDonald House; or St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville, MO.
Nova Jean Melton Loftis Blisard, 89, of Mtn Grove, MO, formerly of Gainesville, MO passed away November 18, 2025. She was born January 25, 1936 at Romance, MO, the daughter of Herman Ralph and Dalta Ophelia (Naugle) Melton.
She was married on September 5, 1953 to Lowell R. Loftis, who preceded her in death on December 12, 1988. She then married Norman D. Blisard on June 9, 1989, who preceded her in death on March 7, 2005.
Her survivors include her sister’s children: Jan Groenemann of St Charles, Robert Hawkins and wife Sandra of Mtn Grove, Newton R. “Bud” Hawkins and wife Pam of Bruner, Lisa Hawkins and husband Dennis of Noble, Layne Nance of Romance, and Loren Nance of Ava; and several other relatives.
She was preceded in death by her husbands Raymond Loftis and Norman Blisard; and sisters Norma Lee Hawkins and Nola Sue Nance.
She was a member of the Church of Christ, having been baptized at the age of seventeen. She was a real estate broker and owner of Old Mill Real Estate in Gainesville until retiring in October of 2011. She obtained a real estate broker’s license in 1965 and worked real estate part-time and worked at other jobs until 1989. She also worked at the Ozark County Times for thirteen years and the Ozark County ASC office for six years, prior to going back into real estate in 2000. She had owned and operated her own office since 2004, until retirement at age 75. She loved nature, traveling, photography, jig saw puzzles and flowers.
