Obituaries

Richardson, Marian Marie (Helms) (Thorburn), 81, went to join her Lord and loved ones on Monday, December 23, 2013 after battling cancer for several years. The last years she stayed with her son Gene and his wife Jody. In her declining years, she was provided excellent care by loving and caring Hospice nurses and aides. She is the next to...

Colonel Joseph Ettor Cornacchione Conrace, Jr, age 80 of Lamar, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at Missouri Veterans Home in Mount Vernon following a long illness.      Joe was born July 8, 1933 at Richmond, Virginia, the only child of Joseph and Lillian (Litzenburger) Conrace.  On his quest to become a child psychiatrist, Joe graduated from New Mexico Military...

Lois Nadine "Shorty" VanLandingham, age 88 of Liberal, Missouri, passed away December 17, 2013 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma after a long illness.      Shorty was born June 2, 1925 in Liberal to Roy and Versie (Smith) Essex.  She attended Liberal High School and later married Myrl VanLandingham on October 21, 1944.  She moved from Liberal to Kansas City Kansas, and...

Betty Virginia (Neese) Parrack, 88, Lamar, passed away December 15, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Betty was born January 12, 1925, at Bois D’Arc MO, and was the oldest daughter of Russell Floyd and Lucy Fae (Hinshaw) Neese.  She graduated from Willard High School in 1943 and attended Draghon’s Business College.  She worked at Heers...

Larry Eugene Isaac, Jr. Age 51, died at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO Saturday, December 14, 2013. Larry was born December 27, 1961 at Iola, KS  to Larry Eugene Isaac, Sr. And Carolyn Lee (Womack) Isaac.  He graduated Shawnee Mission NW High School in 1980.  He has lived in Lamar since 2005, moving from Kansas City.  Larry was a self...

Johanna Mathilde Mixon, age 77, of Lamar, died Saturday, December 14, 2013 at her home after a long illness. Johanna was born March 15, 1936 at Esslingen, Germany to Carl Andes and Marie (Zeh) Andes.  She married Jimmy Watson in1956 in Germany and passed on January 25, 1990.  On October 21, 1991 she married Ron Mixon at Mason City, IA...

Robert “Bob” George Roth, age 64, of Lamar, died at his home Monday, December 10, 2013 after a long illness Bob was born February 3, 1949 at Roscoe, SD to George Vincent Roth and Lucy (Weron) Roth.  He attended school and graduated high school at Roscoe, SD.  On June 19, 1992, he married Wendy Ellen Norton at Aberdeen, SD and...

Beverley Anne Garringer, age 80, of Lamar, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Beverley was born July 27, 1933 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Ancil and Fern (Rumbaugh) Welch.  On June 11, 1951, at Aurora, Missouri, she married the love of her life, Junior Garringer and they have called Lamar home for the past 57...

James Ola Fanning, age 87, of Lamar, died at his home November 26, 2013, after a long illness. James was born March 15, 1926 at Lamar, MO to Joe and Eunice (Doyle) Fanning.  He attended school in Lamar and on November 20, 1948, he married Reba Lucille Morey and together they raised four children.  James was a member of Lamar...

Lloyd Warren McWilliams, age 87, a lifelong farmer of the rural Nashville/Asbury, Missouri area passed away November 22, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family.        Warren was born February 20, 1926 at Hannon, Missouri to Lloyd and Charlotte (Shedd) McWilliams.  He moved to Jasper County, Missouri with his parents and siblings in 1932 and attended Alba, Prairie...

Jackie Irene Morgan, age 64, of Lamar, entered eternal peace at her home, surrounded by her family and friends, Thursday, November 7, 2013. Jackie was born May 16, 1949 at Lamar to Jack & Zelda (Hosselton) Metsinger.  She attended school in Lamar and graduated in 1968. On June 28, 1968, she married Jim Morgan at Lamar.  They made their home...

Karen Kay Mallumian Arnold, age 67, of Lamar, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital. Karen was born August 31, 1946 at West Plains, MO to Winfred Calder and Irene Caroline (Hobart) Sharp.  She worked for the Barton County Ambulance District as an EMT from 1975 to 1980 and as a Paramedic from 1980 through 1985. After...

Emily Kay "Emi" Blanchard, age 36, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin due to the complications of child birth.      Emi was born January 21, 1977 at Manchester, Iowa to Paul and Nancy (Paschal) James.  Growing up on an Iowa farm, Emi enjoyed nature and fostered her God-given talent for growing any type of...

Larry Bryant Hagins, age 70, of Carthage, MO died Friday October 18, 2013 at Freeman Hospital West. Larry was born April 26, 1943 at Lockwood, MO to Linville Bryant and Mary Ethel (Robinson) Hagins.  He graduated Lockwood High School 1961 and moved to Kansas City where he lived and worked until he moved back to Lamar in the mid 1980's...

Robert “Bob” Preston McDonald, age 70, of Lamar, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Barton County Hospital after a sudden illness. Bob was born July 25, 1943 at Lockwood, MO to Preston Leonard and Ledora Marguerite (Dorsett) McDonald.  In 1961, he graduated from Lockwood High School.  The next year on April 20, 1962, he married Margaret Mae Harper, and together...

Gayle L. Garrett, age 82, of rural Lamar, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 9, 2013 at Truman Healthcare Center where he had been a resident for the past three weeks.      Gayle was born December 28, 1930 near Columbus, Kansas, the youngest of the three children of Charles and Addie Mae (Shearer) Garrett.  After graduating from Girard High School...

Bobby Rex McMillan, age 72, of Jasper, MO, died Monday October 7, 2013 at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, MO. Rex was born May 15, 1941 at Bentonville, AR to Raymond Horton and Martha Edith (Wilkerson) McMillan.  He graduated High School in Springfield 1959.  On December 22, 1982 at Miami, OK he married Donna Joan Bays and she survives of the...

Dr. Thomas Wilson Martin, age 89, of rural Lamar, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Thomas was born March 12, 1924 at Lamar, to Ralph and Lorene "Sis" (Wills) Martin.  He entered in the U.S. Army during WWII, was wounded by shrapnel while serving in Germany and was awarded a purple heart.   After...

Florence Darlene "Dee" Wheeler-Rockhill (Begley) age 68, of Joplin, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Joplin.      Dee was born July 3, 1945 at Bolivar, Missouri, one of the three daughters of Jasper and Cleo (Rockhill) Wheeler.  She moved with her family to Oregon where she attended nursing school and had worked in the state DHS office. ...

Arline Shaver, age 68, of Lamar, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Freeman Hospital West. Arline was born July 8, 1945 at Hannon, MO to Ocee Olen and Naomi Violet (Hoover) Williams.  On August 10, 1972, she married Gerald Lee Shaver Sr. at Lamar, MO.  In addition to being a homemaker, she had worked at Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut as well...