Obituaries

Barbara Ann Davis, age 84, of Sheldon, Missouri, died Friday, April 24, 2015 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Barbara was born November 21, 1930 to Claude and Elma (Patton) Green and attended Bakers Grove Country School.  On August 16, 1952, she married Jack A. Davis at Bentonville, Arkansas and together they raised their six children.  She had worked as...

Norman Charles “Norm” Frock, age 76, of Lamar, passed away Monday evening, April 20, 2015 at Mercy Hospital Joplin.      Norm was born January 20, 1939 in Green County, Arkansas to Albert and Bertha (Goedecke) Frock.  Moving to Lamar with his family, he graduated from Lamar High School in 1959 and began a 35 year career with Finley Engineering and...

Thomas "Tommy" Lee Rives, age 26, of Lamar, MO died Friday April 17, 2015 in an automobile accident.     Tommy was born July 27, 1988 at Kinsley, KS to Clark and Teraysa (Henderson) Rives.      Tommy graduated Harrison, AR High School in 2007 and worked as a diesel mechanic for KRD Trucking.  He loved hiking and fishing and enjoyed hunting...

James Curtis Allen, age 92, passed away on April 10, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO.  His loving wife of 68 years, Juanita, preceded him in death November 5, 2012. He was born June 7, 1922, in Winston, MO, the son of Minor and Carrie Belle Allen.  His father died when he was six years old, and Jim was...

Jessie Leon Taylor, age 59, of Lamar, passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 at his home.      Jessie was born March 3, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri to Jessie W. and Mary (Leister) Taylor.  He served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged as a Private E-1 October 20, 1981.  Jessie had worked for Sprouls Construction in Lamar, owned...

Don A. Compton, age 87, passed away Monday, April 6, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center where he had been a resident for the past week.      Don was born July 27, 1927 in Springfield, Missouri, the oldest of the four sons of Vernon and Elsie (Fuhr) Compton.  After graduating from Central High School in Springfield in 1945, he enlisted in...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...