Becky Blaser

Rebecca Sue “Becky” Blaser, age 56, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin.       Becky was born January 3, 1955 at Fort Scott, Kansas, to Buzz and Juanita (Davis) Sinn.  She graduated from Nevada High School in 1973 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Missouri Southern in 1986.  After substitute teaching at several area schools, Becky began a career with Lamar R-1 schools that spanned more than twenty years.  Her love of the outdoors was expressed through hunting, fishing, and gardening.  She was also a talented seamstress who enjoyed hand-work and crochet.  Becky’s greatest joy was her family, especially her grandchildren.  She was a member of Iantha United Methodist Church.       In January 1974, Becky married Kenneth Marti, and to this union two daughters, Kenya and Jennifer were born.  On September 29, 2001 at the Blaser family farm, Becky married Randy “Brillo” Blaser and he preceded her in death April 28, 2009.  She was also preceded in death by her father, Buzz Sinn.       Survivors include her mother, Juanita Sinn, Fort Scott, Kansas; two daughters, Kenya & Josh “Bubba” Addington, Oronogo, and Jennifer & Chris Dixon, Lamar; four step-daughters and their husbands, Jenny Cackley, Jackie & Kelly Duncan, Julie & Brad Forst, and Jessi Blaser all of Lamar; two brothers, David & Joleen Sinn, Berne, Indiana and Steven Sinn, Fort Scott; two sisters and their husbands, Linda & Gene Banwart, Liberal and Sondra & Terry Gann, Lake Lotawana, Missouri; 11 grandchildren, Kyran & Kyler Addington, Chrislyn, Jaxon & Kyson Dixon, Trey Cackley, Cody Hughes, Lane, & Wylee Duncan, Ayden & Rustin Forst; several nephews and nieces; a large extended family and a host of friends.      Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 23rd at Daniel Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m. Friday.  Burial will be in Brillo Hill Cemetery northeast of Lamar.      Contributions suggested to Houston Ground Angels, in care of Daniel Funeral Home.