Obituaries

Sandra K. Wimer, age 69, of Lamar, MO died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at her son’s home in Joplin, MO. Sandra was born May 16, 1945 at Long Beach, CA to Frank Henry and Lilly Rose (Larsen) Harvey.  She graduated Long Beach Poly Technic High School and attended Long Beach City College.  On February 15, 1964, she married Larry LeRoy...

Loretta “Sue” Jones, age 75, of Lamar, MO passed at her home, Sunday, April 5, 2015. Sue was born March 16, 1940 at Greenfield, MO to Samuel Marion and Lula Marie (Frye) Wilkinson. On August 8, 1981 she married Clarence Jones at Mt. Vernon, MO.  He preceded her in death. She was a homemaker and attended Lamar Family Ministries Center....

David Harold Tuvell, age 72, of Lamar, passed away Thursday evening, April 2, 2015 at his home.      Dave was born January 11, 1943 in Fort Dodge, Iowa to Harold and Retha (Doyle) Tuvell.  He graduated from Lake City High School and enjoyed a long career as a telephone maintenance technician.  Dave had worked for Iowa Telecom and GTE for...

Donna Lee Reed, age 85, of Lamar, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood.      Donna was born May 4, 1929, the oldest of the three children of Floyd and Alice (Parker) Schell.  After graduating from Golden City High School, she married James Anthony Reed on June 30, 1947 at Tacoma, Washington where Jim...

Donald Eugene Keeney, age 83, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday evening, March 18, 2015 at his home with his family at his side.      Don was born January 21, 1932, at Weyauwega, Wisconsin to Clyde and Frieda (Bauer) Keeney.  After graduating from Manawa High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951, earning the Korean Service Medal with three...

Willard Lee Ison, age 63, of Lamar, MO died Monday, March 16, 2015 at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, MO.  Willie was born July 26, 1951 to Willard E. and Lavona (Bishop) Ison.  He graduated Liberal High School 1969.  On August 14, 1990 he married Diann (Stebler) Gardner.  Willie was a farmer and had also worked for O’Sullivan Industries, Thorco Industries...

Ronald Lee Aman, age 70 of Lamar, Missouri died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Barton County Memorial Hospital. Ron was the only child of Leland Wesley and Ursula (Webels) Aman, born, August 6, 1944 at Jersey City, NJ.  He graduated Lamar High School 1962 and went on to receive a degree in Water/Waste Water Management where he had worked in...

Kathryn Louise Smith, age 82, of Stockton, MO died unexpectedly at her home, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Kathryn was born May 14, 1932 at Lamar, MO to Frank and Opal (Washburn) Greiner and attended schools in Lamar.  After school, she married Donald Ray “Duke” Smith at Lamar.  She had worked as a bank teller in the different places they lived...

Betty (Atterberry) Ryan, age 75, of Lamar, MO died Thursday March 5, 2015 at Freeman Hospital of a sudden illness.  Betty was born on March 19, 1939 in Laclede County, Missouri to Donald and Margie (Devore) Atterberry.  After graduating from Stoutland Missouri High School, she worked in Springfield, Missouri where she met and married Richard Ryan on January 1961.  They...

Marie Young, age 93, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center.      Marie was born August 4, 1921, at Stoutland, Missouri, to John H. and Nola (Moore) Miller.  At the death of her mother, she was raised in the home of her father’s twin sister, Victoria (Tody) and Harry Monday.  After graduating from Stoutland High...

Karen Joyce Hurt, age 54, of Lamar, MO passed unexpectedly at her home, Sunday, March 1, 2015. Karen was born July 30, 1960 at Kansas City, KS to Jack and Clara (Huffman) Cates and attended schools in Kansas City.  She worked as a CNA in home health care.  The love of her life was her two children, but was also...

Fern (Livick) Bratton, 91, a life-long resident of Lamar, passed away peacefully at the home of her niece in Liberty, Missouri, Saturday, February 28, 2015.      Fern was born to Seldon and Nola (Hagins) Livick in Newport (Barton County) on September 12, 1923 and remained in this area her entire life.      She worked at Nevada State Hospital and then...

Dorothy Craven, age 86, of Lamar, passed away Friday evening, February 27, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center.        A complete obituary and service details will be added soon.

Viola M. Thrasher, age 89, of Lamar, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center where she had been a resident for a few weeks.      Viola was born June 13, 1925, in Dade County, Missouri, to Olin and Ethel (Polston) Higgins.  She attended Sunshine Elementary School in Dade County, graduated from Golden City High School in 1943...

Michael Raymond Harris, age 36, of Liberal, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at his home.      Michael was born August 12, 1978, at Harrisonville, Missouri to Terry and Helen (Clemans) Harris.  After graduating from Raymore High School, he furthered his education by completing college computer courses.  Michael had worked as a telemarketer for a Branson resort before becoming...

Janice Eliene Faubion, age 76, of Jasper, Missouri passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015, at Landmark Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.       Jan was born January 8, 1939, in Oakland Illinois, to Morris and Beatrice (Cox) Coon.  After High School, she served her country in the United States Air Force 1959 until 1961 and then the Army National Guard 1977 until...

Bertha Louise Barnes, age 77, of Lamar, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.     Bertha was born October 20, 1937 in Jasper County, Missouri, the ninth of the ten children of Chesley and Ina Marie (Rosebrough) Cook.  She was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers, Hal, J.C., George, and Carl...

Lisa Louise Reinert-Medley, age 37, of Lamar, MO passed away suddenly Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in Lockwood, Missouri.    Lisa was born September 24, 1977 in Bellflower, CA to Kenneth Roger Reinert and Gayle Florence (Sedlacek) Reinert.    She was a 1995 Graduate of Greenfield, MO High School and was currently working on her Bachelors Degree in Child Development. She...

Forest Gene Onstott, age 79, of Lamar, Missouri passed away unexpectedly Sunday, February 8, 2015, at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Gene was born January 27, 1936 in Jasper, Missouri, to William and Ruby (Griffitt) Onstott.  He graduated from Jasper High School in 1953 and studied auto mechanics at Pittsburg State College.  Gene worked as a machinist at King Press...

Gerald E. Winningham, age 80, of Golden City, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Freeman West Hospital.      Gerald was born December 6, 1934 at his family’s home in Dade County, Missouri, to Frank and Ella (Evans) Winningham.  On March 25, 1954, Gerald married Darline Anderson.  They made their home and raised their three sons, Wayne, John and Mark,...