Obituaries

Jeffrey L. Cope

Jeffrey L. Cope

Jeffrey Lee Cope was born June 9, 1956, in Abilene, TX, to Don and Marcia (Mitts) Cope. He entered into rest on February 17, 2020, after a sudden heart attack at his home in Lockwood, MO at the age of 63. He spent the majority of his childhood in Neosho, MO, but graduated high school in Bisbee, AZ, in 1974....

Jerry Salzman

Jerry Salzman

Jerauld "Jerry" H. Salzman, age 80, of Golden City, Missouri passed away February 10, 2020, at Good Shepherd Community Care.    Jerry was born July 14, 1939 in Kankakee, IL to Harold E. Salzman and Evelyn (Jerauld) Salzman. Jerry attended school in Chebanse, IL and served in the United States Navy. On April 4, 1957, Jerry married Frances "Marlene" Webber...

Keith Dale Wooldridge

Keith Dale Wooldridge

Keith Dale Wooldridge, age 87, of Lamar, MO passed away unexpectedly, Sunday, January 26, 2020. Keith was born November 1,1932 in Sylvania, MO to Charles Victor Wooldridge and Oda Bernice (Neal) Wooldridge. Keith graduated from Golden City High School in the class of 1949. He served his country in the United States Army. On July 8, 1955, Keith married Elnora Darlene...

Virginia A. Botts

Virginia A. Botts

Virginia Angela Botts, age 69, of Lamar, Missouri, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020, at Cox Barton County Hospital.   Virginia was born October 5, 1950 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to Clarence Martin Springer and Maude Elizabeth (Syx) Springer.   Virginia had worked as a telephone operator at Apache Answering Service in Tyler, Texas, as a caregiver for Oxford Home Healthcare and in...

Dr. Dorothy F. Roberts

Dr. Dorothy F. Roberts

Dr. Dorothy F. Roberts, age 98, died at Truman Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Lamar, Missouri on January 14, 2020. The daughter of Ollie E. and Fay (Grim) Roberts, she was born January 16, 1921, in Jasper, MO. In 1932 the family moved to Lamar, MO, where she graduated from Lamar High School. She also attended and graduated from Park College,...

Linda Hines

Linda Hines

Linda Deanna Hines, age 78, of Lamar, MO passed away January 2, 2020, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, MO.    Linda was born January 27, 1941 in Vinita, OK to Robert Wholf and Dana (Smith) Wholf. Linda graduated from Vinita High School and on August 12, 1962, she married Monty Richard Hines in Vinita, OK. She graduated from Pittsburg State...

Velma Miller

Velma Miller

Velma Arlene (Long) Miller, age 97, of Lamar, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. She was born to Harley and Freda (Yount) Long on June 24, 1922 in Vernon County, Missouri.    Velma attended Bakers Grove Grade School before attending Liberal High School. On October 25, 1941 she married George Frederick Miller of Irwin, Missouri. They lived on...

Lois V. Baird

Lois V. Baird

Lois V. Baird, age 81, of Jasper, Missouri peacefully passed on to be with her heavenly Father surrounded by a multitude of family and friends on December 27, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Carthage, Missouri.   Lois was born July 23, 1938 in Carthage, MO. to LeRoy Etcheson and Mary Mae Engle. On June 21, 1959, Lois married Paul Allen...

Bradley McCulloch

Bradley McCulloch

Bradley McCulloch, age 84, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 26, 2019, at Cox Barton County Hospital. Bradley was born July 12, 1935 in Golden City, MO to Chester Edward "Nig" McCulloch and Mary (Johnson) McCulloch. Bradley graduated from Lamar High School in the class of 1953. On February 10, 1973, Bradley married Donita McCulloch at Lamar First Christian Church....

Dwyte Rea

Dwyte Rea

Dwyte Samuel Rea, 27, of Carthage, MO formerly of Lamar, MO passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at University Hospital of Columbia. He was born on November 27, 1992 in Phoenix, AZ the son of David Rea of Nowata, OK and Kimberly Hardy of Liberal, MO.  In addition to his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Keith Rea of...

June Garver

June Garver

Ethel "June" (Rosenbaum) Garver passed away December 25, 2019 at Buffalo Prairie Care Center in Buffalo, MO. She was born to Fred Olin and Laura "Maude" (Martin) Rosenbaum on June 7, 1924 in Stockton, Cedar County, MO. June attended Excelsior Springs School and spent her early life in Cedar County.    June married Elton Turner on February 21, 1941. Two...

Lavern "Sleepy" Oeltjen

Lavern "Sleepy" Oeltjen

Lavern "Sleepy" Henry Oeltjen, age 83, of Lamar, Missouri passed away Saturday, December 14, 2019, at Truman Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Vern was born March 19,1936 in Grand Meadow, Minnesota to William Oeltjen and Anna (Pantze) Oeltjen. Vern was the 11th child out of 17 children. As a young man, Vern would retrieve water from a nearby well, where he met his...

Lois Mooney

Lois Mooney

Lois Mooney, age 99, of Liberal, MO passed away November 27, 2019, at Truman Healthcare Center, Lamar, MO.      Lois was born March 10, 1920 in Verdella, MO to Rolla B. Fast and Katie (Pomatto) Fast. She graduated from Liberal High School. On May 11, 1941, Lois married Neil Mayer Mooney in Liberal, MO.      Lois worked as...

Doris Fisher

Doris Fisher

Doris left this earth on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. She was born February 17, 1931, in La Monte, MO to the late Harry and Ethel Eichholz. Doris graduated from La Monte High School in 1949 and attended Sedalia Business College. She met the love of her life, Elwood Fisher, married him and proceeded to have four wonderful children, James, Daniel,...

Vee Carroll

Vee Carroll

Veda Merle Carroll passed peacefully on November 21, 2019 at Cox Barton County Hospital.   Vee Carroll  was born December 22, 1925 in Lamar, CO, the only child of Albert and Elva Freuler. Her family moved to Neosho, MO early in her life when her father became employed by Pet Milk Company.  As a teen, she worked in the dental...

Samuel Robert "Bob" Jeffries

Samuel Robert "Bob" Jeffries

Samuel Robert "Bob" Jeffries, age 92, of Lamar, MO passed away November 14, 2019, at Truman Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center after a short illness.    Bob was born August 26, 1927 in Lamar, MO to James N. Jeffries and Effie Carolyn Gordon. On February 14, 1949, Bob married Ramona Maxine Peterson at the Lamar First Christian Church.    Bob worked...

Lee Hagins

Lee Hagins

Lee Hagins, age 77, of Jerico Springs, Missouri passed away unexpectedly at his home, November 14, 2019.    Lee was born December 13, 1941 in Kansas City, MO to Linville Bryant Hagins and Mary Ethel (Robinson) Hagins. Lee graduated from Lockwood High School in the class of 1960.    Lee worked at O'Sullivan Industries for 20 years and was also...

Richard Decker Sr

Richard Decker Sr

Richard Wayne Decker Sr., age 75, of Lamar , MO passed away November 8, 2019, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, MO. Richard was born October 26, 1944 in St. Louis, MO to Louis Gary Decker and Vurble Moureen (Payton) Decker.  On June 12, 1966, Richard married Peggy Sue Bohannon in Matthews, MO, celebrating 53 years of marriage until the time of his...

Rhonda Edwards

Rhonda Edwards

Rhonda Sue Edwards, age 59, of Lamar, Missouri passed away November 2, 2019, at Cox Barton County Hospital. Rhonda was born February 29, 1960 in North Kansas City, MO to Hollis A. Jay and Alberta F. (Lyon) Jay. Rhonda attended Ruskin High School in Kansas City, MO and had worked as a school bus driver in Kansas City, MO before moving...

Kevin Davis

Kevin Davis

Kevin Edward Davis, age 52, of Liberal, Missouri passed away October 25, 2019, in an automobile accident. Kevin was born February 8, 1967 in Omaha, NE to Donald Roy Davis and Beverly Jean (Kreider) Davis. He loved to roller skate, play pool, and go fishing.  He was a happy go lucky kind of guy. Kevin worked in construction and was baptized...

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