Obituaries

Maxine Grube Earp, age 83, of Buncombe, NC, died Thursday, February 7, 2019 in Asheville, NC. She was a resident of Camden, Arkansas for 30 years. She was a retired school teacher and helped manage the Ruby Snyder Food Bank. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Camden, a member of the VFW, and the American...

Thelma Lenora Pope, age 102, of Lamar, Missouri passed away February 06, 2019, at Cox Barton County Hospital. Thelma was born September 07, 1916 in Jasper, Missouri to Fred W. Pugh and Lenora (Budd) Pugh. Thelma graduated from Jasper High School in the class of 1935. On September 3, 1938, Thelma married Gay Route Pope at the Jasper Methodist Church....

Amy LuAnn Onka, age 80, of Golden City, Missouri passed away February 05, 2019, at her home. Amy was born June 25, 1938 to Irvin Brundage and Polly (Sanderson) Brundage. Amy was a high school graduate and had worked as a Telephone Operator for AT&T for several years in Kansas City, Missouri. She was an Episcopalian and enjoyed crocheting and...

Louetta Marie Spurling, age 80 of Liberal, Missouri passed away Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. Louetta was born August 10, 1938 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Lewis Johnson and Vola (Denny) Johnson. She was a 1956 graduate of Pittsburg High School and a 1959 graduate of Mt. Carmel Nursing School. On December 22, 1958 she...

Clovis Roselea (Clymer) McClintock, 92, of Lamar, died January 29, 2019, in Lamar. Born on September 3, 1926, in Stella, she was the eldest child of Clovis Edward and Rhoda (Collings) Clymer. She spent one year as a child living at the tuberculosis sanitorium in Mt. Vernon. She graduated with the Class of 1945 at Carthage High School. She had...

Leo Don Leaming, age 84 of Jasper, Missouri passed away Friday, January 25, 2019 at his home. Don was born September 25, 1934 in LaRussell, Missouri to Lester Leaming and Lena (Rayl) Leaming. He was a 1953 graduate of Jasper High School. On June 19, 1953 he married his high school sweetheart Catherine Jane Anderson. Don was owner of Don...

Richard Levi Stump, age 87 of Golden City, Missouri died Sunday, January 20, 2019 at Good Shepherd Nursing Center, Lockwood, Missouri. Richard was born June 14, 1931 in Dudenville, Missouri to Levi Stump and Gladys (Harper) Stump. He was a 1951 graduate of Golden City High School and on February 5, 1953 he married Geraldine Fay Divine. Richard had worked...

Gary John Phipps, age 73, of Joplin, Missouri crossed over the far side of the Jordan, arm-in-arm with Jesus, January 16, 2019. He won the race. Gary was born November 16, 1945 in Lamar, Missouri to John Howard and Mary Ella Phipps (Harmon). On November 23, 1963, Gary married the love of his life, Lois Braker and together they had...

Genevieve Waltz, age 93, formerly of Jasper, Missouri died Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Good Shepherd Nursing Center, Lockwood, Missouri. Genevieve was born September 4, 1925 in Jasper County to Floyd Pennington and Lillian (Moore) Pennington. She was a Jasper High School graduate. On June 24, 1945 she married George Harrison Waltz and together they raised four children. She was...

Susan Dean David, age 60, of Lamar, Missouri died Thursday, January 3, 2019 in Crete, Nebraska, where she was visiting family for the holidays. Susan was born March 28, 1958 in Trenton, Missouri to Jerome Dean “Jerry” Bland and Carolyn (Butler) Bland.  Susan had worked as head cook and as a waitress at Judy’s in Jasper for over 18 years....

Billie Jean Bratton, 83, of Lamar, Mo., passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2019, in Missouri. She was a former nurses aid and of the Baptist faith. She was born October 7, 1935, in Mulberry, Ark., to the late James Roy and Minnie Elizabeth (Livingston) Willmon. Survivors include her husband, Robert Lee Bratton, of the home; daughters, Debbie Ivey, of...

Verna Jean “Jeanie” Werts, 92, a devout Christian, passed away in her home in Granger, Indiana, on January 11, 2019. She was born in Lander, Wyoming, on December 13, 1926. She was the daughter of Tom and Georgia Hulett. Jeanie lived most of her life in Dubois, Wyoming, and San Diego, California, where she raised her family. Preceding her in...

Alvin Laverne Collins, age 70, of Lamar, Missouri died Thursday, January 10, 2019 at his home after a battle with cancer.      Alvin was born November 29, 1948 in Lamar, Missouri to Chester Howard Collins and Ruth Naomi (Rackley) Collins. He was raised in the Newport area and had also lived in Irwin and Iantha. Alvin started working at O’Sullivan...

June Carol Hill, age 85, of Lamar, Missouri died Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at her home. June was born August 1, 1933 in Ault, Colorado to Harley Wilford “Jack” Hobbs and Vivian Alma (Wilkinson) Hobbs. She was of the Christian faith and enjoyed bowling, crocheting, reading, cooking, water aerobics and making Christmas goodies. The thing she enjoyed the most was...

Lynda Gayle Hardman, age 71, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 30, 2018, at Freeman Hospital West.      Lynda was born November 27, 1947 in Carthage, MO to George Edson Brinkerhoff and Dorothy Ellen (Divine) Brinkerhoff. Lynda graduated from Lamar High School  in the class of 1965. On March 20, 1966, Lynda married Larry James Hardman at First Christian Church...

Orville Duncan, age 97, of Golden City, Missouri, passed away December 31, 2018 at the Good Shepard Nursing Home in Lockwood, Missouri. Orville had been a resident of the home since August of 2016. While there he developed a mutual love with the care staff. Orville was born December 5, 1921 in Barton County Missouri to Charles W. and Mamie...

Bonnie Irene VanKirk, age 74, of Liberal, Missouri died Friday, December 28, 2018, at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kansas. Bonnie was born January 23, 1944, in Liberal, Missouri to Arthur McClellan VanKirk and Marjorie Maxine (Coffey) VanKirk. She attended school in Liberal and was a member of Liberal Christian Church. Bonnie enjoyed helping raise and spoiling her nieces and nephews....

Robert W. “Bob” Dorsett, age 83, of Sheldon, Missouri died at his home after an illness. Bob was born September 22, 1935 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Frank Bernard Dorsett and Clara May (Moore) Dorsett. On June 30, 1954 he married Audrey May Taylor, and together they raised four children. Bob started working as a Carman for Santa Fe Railroad...

Wilma Irene Long, age 92, went to be with The Lord. She was greeted by many loving family and friends greeted her when she arrived in heaven. She was born October 9, 1926 in Lamar, Missouri to Kelly and Reba Waits and passed in her home on December 22, 2018.      Wilma lived her life to serve others. She dedicated...

Helen Maxine Foster, age 93, of Lamar, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Carthage Health and Rehab Center.      Maxine was born February 18, 1925, in St. Joseph, Missouri to Richard Bland Glass and Fleta Gay (Kanatzar) Glass. She graduated from High School in Worland, Wyoming in 1943. On October 8, 1945, she married Jack William Foster and they...