Obituaries

Donald Dorin Fetterly, age 92, of Lamar, passed away Monday, April 2, 2012, at Barton County Memorial Hospital following a long illness.      Don was born March 27, 1920 at Mapleton, Kansas, to George and Mary (Nelson) Fetterly.  He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Earl Taylor.      After graduating from Fulton High School in Bourbon County,...

Dixie Bergman, age 70, of Iantha, MO went to be with her heavenly father April 1, 2012 after a lengthy illness and a recent fall. Dixie was born to George and Opal (Keltner) Sharp. She graduated Jasper High School in 1959 and  married her high school sweetheart, Ron Bergman on May 30, 1959. She was active in the Iantha Methodist...

Myron Neil McWilliams, age 92, of rural Asbury, Missouri, passed away Friday, March 16, 2012 at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, Kansas.       Myron was born May 22, 1919 at Hannon, Missouri to Lloyd and Charlotte McWilliams.  He moved to Jasper County, Missouri with his parents and siblings in 1932.  He lived in the Nashville/Asbury, Missouri area the rest of...

Nadine DeLissa, age 93, of Lamar, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Nadine was born October 12, 1918, at Liberal, Missouri, the first of the two daughters of  Len and Gertrude (Staley) DeLissa.  Nadine and her sister, Mabel were devoted caregivers of their father until his death in 1952 and their mother who died...

Reba Divine Crossley      Reba Divine Crossley, age 98, of Nevada, passed away Friday, March 9, 2012 at Truman Healthcare Center in Lamar.        Reba was born September 15, 1913, at Milford, Missouri, to Michael E. and Eva (Dighton) Divine.  She graduated from Lamar High School in 1931 and earned a teaching degree from Southwest Missouri State University in...

Albert Martin Miller, age 91, of Lamar died Friday March 2, 2012 at Truman Healthcare Center. Albert was born May 19, 1920 in Barton County to Martin Frank and Anna (Ramsbottom) Miller. On March 26, 1942 he began serving his county in the United States Army.  He was the last survivor of the 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion in the Third...

Marlene Evelyn Olson, age 74, of Lamar, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.       Marlene was born December 1, 1937, in London, Minnesota, one of the four children of John and Josephine (Morris) Loftaas.   On July 17, 1955, at Deer Creek, Minnesota, she married Alton Groven and this union was blessed by three sons, Stephen,...

Arlene Buck, age 65, of Lamar, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at Barton County Memorial Hospital following a short illness.       Arlene was born April 24, 1946, one of the three children of Amos and Margery (Pritchett) Miller.  A life-long Barton County resident, Arlene graduated from Lamar High School in 1964.  In addition to being a homemaker and caregiver,...

Harve Russell "Tuffy" West, age 84, of rural Liberal, Missouri, passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin.      Tuffy was born January 14, 1928, in Pittsburg, Kansas, to James and Mabel (VanKirk) West.  During World War II, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving in the Philippines and Hawaii, and was a longtime member of Liberal...

Anna Mae Morris Hill (1927-2012) went home to be with her Lord & Savior on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Lamar, Missouri.  She had been battling pancreatic cancer.  Anna was 85 years old.      She will be deeply and sorely missed by her family and friends, who will hold her memory fondly.  She was...

Rose Ellene Stephens, age 77, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Truman Healthcare Center.      Ellene was born October 23, 1934, in Barton County, Missouri, to Clayte and Lula Rose (Prine) Onstott.  She graduated from Jasper High School in 1952.  Ellene first worked at Chastain's Nursing Home, then in the physical therapy department at Barton County Memorial...

The sun rose on Kaiden Michael Parker Stevens, September 29, 2011 at Nevada, MO and the sun set for him February 20, 2012 at Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Kaiden leaves behind his parents, Randi Stevens and Kyle Whetzell; two sisters, Chloe Crockett and Brooklyn Whetzell; his maternal grandparents, Randall & Jane Stevens of Lamar;his paternal grandfather, Eric Whetzell...

Bruce E. Sweeney, age 92, of rural Lamar, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at his home.      Bruce was born August 19, 1919, in Chase County, Nebraska, one of the ten children of Hiram and Rosa (Daschofsky) Sweeney.  He served in the Army in World War II.  Bruce had lived in Eads, Colorado before moving to Barton County in...

Shawn O'Brien Ladd, age 37, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at his home.      Shawn was born September 18, 1974 in Joplin, Missouri, to Sam and Sandy (Pruett) Ladd.  He graduated from Lamar High School in 1992 and had worked as a carpenter for Crossland Construction.       In October of 2000, at Lamar, Shawn married Jeri Hagen...

Geneva Faye Davis, age 92, of Lamar, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Truman Healthcare Center where she had been a resident for the past four years.      Geneva was born April 17, 1919, at Harrison, Arkansas, to Jesse and Ella (Wilkins) Dollar.  On December 19, 1936, in Newton County, Arkansas, she married Glover Davis.  They moved to Lamar...

Martha Louise Gordon, age 88, of Lamar, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Truman Healthcare Center.      Martha was born May 22, 1923, near Sheldon, Missouri, one of the nine children of Marion and Minnie (Duggins) George.  She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers including a stillborn infant, Les, Ray and Sam George; and four sisters,...

Melody Monaco, age 50, of Thornton, Colorado, passed away Friday, February 10, 2012, at her daughter's home in Missouri following a courageous battle with cancer.      Melody was born July 14, 1961 at Laurel, Mississippi, the youngest of the eleven children of Fred and Stella (Ward) Ainsworth.  On April 18, 1990, in Indiana, she married Louis Monaco. In 2005 they...

Claude Wolfe, age 93, of Milford, passed away Friday, February 3, 2012 at his home.      Claude was born December 12, 1918, at Jerico Springs, Missouri, one of the six children of Ralph and Nettie Mae (McClendon) Wolfe.  He entered the U.S. Army in 1941, serving in the Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns during World War II.  Returning home, Claude...

On Sunday morning, January 15, Wesley William Lee joined his Lord, his wife Jeanne of 66 years, his infant daughter Martha, and perhaps his beloved Belgian Tervuren, Lobo, in heaven.       In his own words, Wes described his birth: "I was born in a typical Minnesota blizzard early in the morning of February 28, 1920 in a farm house five...

Mary Alta Moore, age 71, of Iantha died Friday January 13, 2012 at her home.  She was born April 14, 1940 at Bickel Hospital in Barton County, one of the thirteen children of Charlie and Georgia Mae (Guest) Butler.      On July 11, 1959, at Bethany Church of the Nazarene in Yakima, Washington, she married Donald Forrest Moore.  In 1972...