Willow Grace Whited was born on February 24, 2025, in Springfield, Missouri, to Kaitlyn Montgomery and Paul Whited, joining her siblings Ian, Wyatt, Dannika and Sawyer. Willow passed away in the embrace of her mom and dad at 10:20 PM on March 10, 2025.
Despite Willow’s short time on earth, she was deeply loved and greatly impacted the lives of those around her. We will greatly cherish the two weeks that we had with her. Willow Grace was such a special girl and will be forever remembered and loved by her many relatives and friends.
Willow was preceded in death by her brother, Caden Sean, a week before his tenth birthday in heaven, her maternal grandfather, Sean Montgomery, and paternal grandfather, David Whited.
Willow is survived by her mother, Kaitlyn; her father, Paul; four siblings, Ian, Wyatt, Dannika and Sawyer Whited, all of Norwood Missouri.
The family has requested that memorial donations be made to the family instead of flowers to help with expenses c/o Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home.
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315 N. Main St., Mountain Grove, MO 65711

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