Obituaries

Gaylene Franklin, age 53, of Lamar, MO passed Sunday June 15, 2014 after a short illness at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, MO. Gaylene was born July 1, 1960, at Lawrence, KS to Galen and Judith Horton.  She graduated from Ottawa High School and was retired from Thorco Industries in Lamar, MO.  She married LeRoy Franklin on May 12, 1986...

Maxine I Gibson, age 87, of rural Lamar, passed away at her home, surrounded by her family, Saturday June 14, 2014.      Maxine was born November 15, 1926 in Delaware, Oklahoma to William Ocie and Goldie Marie (Quick) Raper. She was a homemaker and from the Cherokee Nation.     Survivors include her brother and his wife, Jim and Mary Raper...

Mary E. Miller, age 104, of Lamar, passed away Friday, June 13, 2014 at Truman Healthcare Center where she had been a resident for the past five months.      Mary was born November 12, 1909, at Sugar Grove, Arkansas, the fourth of eleven children of Henry and Mattie (Merriman) Hooper.  On January 9, 1932, at Fairfax, Oklahoma, she married the...

Betty M. Fitzwater, age 80, of Lamar, passed away Thursday morning, June 12, 2014 at Truman Healthcare Center where she had been a resident for less than a month.      Betty was born June 24, 1933 at Kansas City, Missouri to Elvin L. and Edna (Wilson) Campbell.  She had lived in Kansas City, and Boonville, moving to Lamar to be...

Frances L. Southern, age 68, of Milford, MO died at her home, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Frances was born June 24, 1945 at Highland Park, MI to Russell S. Kelley and Alice B. (Camp) Kelley.  She graduated Lamar High School and later obtained a bachelor’s degree from MSSU.  She worked as a Probation & Parole Office before retirement.  Frances was...

Cody Wayne Scheetz, age 17, of rural Lamar, passed away Saturday, June 7, 2014 from injuries sustained in a vehicle-pedestrian accident.      Cody was born February 25, 1997, to Dale W. and Loretta (Curtis) Scheetz.  He was a student at Lamar High School and worked for Bill Griffitt Farms.  An avid outdoorsman with a zest for life, Cody was happy...

Charles Vernon Miller, age 78, died Thursday, May 29, 2014 at Spring River Christian Village, after a long illness.  He had previously been a resident at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon, MO. Charles was born January 16, 1936 in Lamar, MO to Charley Miller and Grace (Medlin) Miller.  He attended school in Lamar and on April 14,...

Robert Wayne Arnold, age 64, of Lamar, passed away Saturday evening, May 24, 2014 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin.      Bob was born January 14, 1950, at Lamar, to Clarence, Jr. “Yippie” and Grace (Martin) Arnold.  After graduating from Lamar High School in 1968, he earned a BS in business from SMS in Springfield.  Bob was the Human Resource...

Helen I. (Selvey) Carr, age 97, of Lamar, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2014 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Helen was born December 8, 1916, at Lamar, one of the eleven children of Roy and Essie (McManis) Selvey. On March 13, 1938 at the Selvey family home, Helen married Herbert Harold Carr who preceded her in death February 21,...

Helen Arleen Ewald, age 91, of Curtis, passed away Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte.     Helen was born August 15, 1922, in Frontier County, to Carl and Sigrid (Jepsen) Nelsen.  After graduating from UNSA in 1940, she earned a teaching certificate from Kearney Teachers College and taught in two rural county schools. ...

Terri J. Elswick, age 63, of Frederick, MD died at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD after a short illness.  Terri was born December 7, 1950 in Lamar, MO to Jimmie Combs and Dorothy A. (Plain) Combs. She graduated Lamar High School in 1969 and on May 30 the same year she married Lonnie R. Elswick of Lamar, MO...

Frances Bell (Pinkerton) McManus went to be with her dear Savior, Jesus at 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May14, 2014.  She was 83 years old.  Her residence for the past 11 months was Lamar, MO.      She passed away peacefully from complications of colon cancer, within the comfort of her own home, with her children surrounding her.      Frances was born...

Herbert Leroy “Herb” Clark, age 85, of rural Lamar, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at his home following a long illness.      Herb was born August 5, 1928 at Lamar to James and Josephine (Feezell) Clark.  He joined the U.S. Army in 1948, served in Korea, and was a member of Lamar VFW Post 3691.  On July 5, 1952,...

Frank H. Koehn, age 77, of Lamar, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Frank was born March 16, 1937 in Montezuma, Kansas, one of the six children of Pete and Hannah (Schmidt) Koehn.  He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Chester and Vernon Koehn.      On June 12, 1959, at...

Elwood Roberts, age 87, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin.       Elwood was born May 29, 1926 in Carthage, Missouri one of the three children of Ollie and Fay (Grim) Roberts.  Elwood’s excellent work ethic and deep commitment to family was obvious after the sudden death of his father when Elwood was fifteen. ...

Dorothy Marie Atkisson, age 84, of Lamar, MO passed Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Truman Healthcare Center. Dorothy was born March 24, 1930 at Swaine, AR to James Robert Brison and Elma (Hatcher) Brison. On June 27, 1953 she married Tevis James Atkisson and together they had three children.  She worked for Smith Brothers Manufacturing 1965 to 1978 and for...

Martha Bayne Stahl, age 89, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.      Martha was born June 7, 1924, at Lamar, one of the three children of Lester and Margaret (Moran) Pahlow.   She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, John Pahlow, and her sister, Margaret Lee (Pahlow)...

Dale Catherine Schuenemann, age 56, of Lamar, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014 at her home following a long illness.      Dale was born June 5, 1957, at Furstenfeldbruck Air Base to Eugene and Irene (Brooker) Rosan.  She moved with her family to Delaware, where she spent her childhood, and lived most of her life in Florida.  In addition to...

Emily Clements, age 74, of Lamar, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at her home, surrounded by her family.     Emily was born August 23, 1939 at Lamar, the third of six children of Carl and Orpha (Dixon) Jungmann.  After graduating from Lamar High School in 1957, Emily worked as a key punch operator for the Federal Reserve in Kansas...

James Muriel “Jim” McManus went to be with his Savior, Jesus at 12:00 midnight, Monday April 14, 2014. He was 84 years old. His residence for the past ten months was Lamar, Missouri.   He passed away from liver cancer at Truman Healthcare Center, peacefully in his sleep, with songs of the Lord playing in the background.   James was...