Lamar, MO Obituaries

Dec 6, 2023

Roy Malcolm Lehman, 95, of Lamar, MO passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. He was born on May 16, 1928, in Iantha, MO to Guy and Eunice (Hughes) Lehman. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1946 and he married Thelma Johnston on November 5, 1950.

He honorably served in the United States Army...

Dec 6, 2023

Theda Charlene Logan Savage passed away on December 6, 2023. She was born September 7, 1920, at Mulvane, KS, the daughter of James Cleo and Lucy Ellen Jeffries Logan. She weighed five pounds at birth.

At age six her parents moved the family to Noel, MO, and later to Neosho where she attended Jaybird School...

Nov 30, 2023

Marvin Funk, 85, of Bronaugh, MO passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2023. He was born at home in 1938 to Joy and Mabel (Hitchcock) Funk. He graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1956. Marvin worked most of his life repossessing automobiles around the country.

He is survived by four children and brother Robert (Mary)...

Nov 29, 2023

Beverly Maxine (VanKirk) Fleharty, 86, passed away at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, KS on Wednesday November 29, 2023. She was born to Arthur McClellan and Marjorie Maxine VanKirk in Liberal, MO where she grew up. She was a 1955 graduate of Liberal High School and was the Annual Queen that year. After high school, Beverly traveled to California...

Nov 22, 2023

Loretta “Fontella” (Chapman) Gariss, 91, of Lamar, MO passed away from this temporary life on November 22, 2023, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Lockwood, MO.

Fontella was born on November 29, 1931, in Lamar, MO to Ellis and Esther (Willhoite) Chapman as the oldest of three children. Attending country grade schools in the Milford...

Nov 17, 2023

Penelope (Penny) Grace Porter Smith, age 72, of Liberal, MO passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO. Penny was born in Pittsburg, KS on October 11, 1951 to Armond Monroe Porter and Cora May (Betty) Porter. She graduated from Liberal High School in Liberal, MO. She was a CNA and worked in Nursing...

Nov 14, 2023

Willis Strong passed away on November 14, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, KS. He had been receiving treatments the past three years for Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Willis was born September 29, 1938, to the late Don and Hope Strong west of Mitchell, SD. He lived there nine years before moving to Missouri...

Nov 8, 2023

HAPPY ANDERSON was born November 15, 1928. He departed this life at 94 years of age on November 8, 2023, at Springfield Villas, Springfield, Missouri.

Happy was quite the character. He enjoyed giving his nurses a hard time and liked the extra attention the hospice nurses would give him. However, he was a bit stubborn...

Nov 3, 2023

Edward Leroy Jones passed away on Friday November 3, 2023. He was born on August 19, 1942, in Lockwood, MO to Hiawatha "Juanita" (Smith) and Paul Jones. He grew up in Greenfield, MO and lived there until he moved to Joplin, MO in his early 20s. He worked for Joplin Auto Spring Company for 40 years until he retired....

Oct 28, 2023

Heaven gained another angel when Sharon Jean Foulk, 78, passed away peacefully in Frontenac, Kansas on October 28, 2023, with her sons and other members of her loving family by her side. Sharon was born in South Bend, Indiana on August 6, 1945. Her parents were Theron Virgil Brown and his wife Mildred Bernadine, who both preceded her in...

Oct 15, 2023

Faunt "Thomas" Dickerson, 84, of Liberal, MO passed away on Sunday October 15, 2023. He was born on December 19, 1938 in Sebert, Dade County, MO. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Vonzant and Treasure "Alberta" Dickerson, two sisters, Ruth Marie Browning and Clora Louise Teel. He leaves behind his three sons, Thomas Vanzent Dickerson of...

Oct 14, 2023

James Dewey Thomas, 79, passed away on Saturday October 14, 2023. He was born on November 23, 1943, in Stilwell, OK, to Willie “Doe” and Iona (Luck) Thomas. James grew up in Clifty, AR where he met and married Ona Hadley. From this union was born Arlene, Jeanette, and Dewey. The family moved to Eureka Springs, AR where James...

Sep 30, 2023

Floyd “Wayne” Seaton passed away on Saturday September 30, 2023. He was born in Webb City, MO on July 2, 1956 to Charles and Fern Seaton. Wayne enjoyed fishing and hunting and loved to cruise around town and in the countryside looking for deer. He also enjoyed sewing, making arrow heads and flint knapping. Wayne loved attending black powder...

Sep 19, 2023

Jerry Dean Taffner passed away on Tuesday September 19, 2023, at the age of 78. He was born in Lamar, MO on August 25, 1945, to Fern (Walker) and Carl Taffner from rural Jasper. He attended Dorris Valley Country School for grades 1-8 and attended Lamar High School, graduating in 1963. He worked for Leroy and Margaret Swartz on...

Sep 6, 2023

Charlotte Marie Cundiff, 89, of Nevada, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. She was born December 16, 1933, in Toledo, Ohio to W.D. and Helen (Norris) Hughes.

Charlotte moved to Carthage, Missouri with her family in 1945. She was selected to be FFA Barn Warming Queen in 1950 and graduated from Carthage High...

Sep 3, 2023

Margaret Louise Snow

Marg Snow 84, a Carthage retired beautician passed away peacefully at home on Sunday September 3, 2023.

Marg was born in Cozad, Nebraska to Glen and Georgia Hines on October 25, 1938.

Marg and her family moved to California where she worked at a machine shop....

Aug 30, 2023

Marlene Jean Davis passed away on Wednesday August 30, 2023. She was born on February 12, 1934, in Harrisonville, MO and graduated from Sheldon High School in 1952. On December 14, 1952, she married Billy “Jack” Davis. They were married for 53 years. Marlene enjoyed crocheting, knitting and always had a project going. She especially enjoyed going to garage...

Aug 12, 2023

Joyce Ann Leivan passed away on Saturday August 12, 2023. She was born on November 5, 1938, in Ainsworth, NE to Leslie (Child) and William Moritz. She graduated from Lamar High School in 1956. In her life, she was employed in several fields including working at AT&T and as a seamstress for Big Smith. She was the owner and...

Aug 11, 2023

H. “Lorene” Sprenkle passed away on Friday August 11, 2023. She was born May 24, 1941, to Theodore (T.O.) and Genetta Miller in Pryor, OK. She was the 4th child of 9 born to T.O. and Genetta. And as a result, she soon became the sub mother for the younger children. When Lorene was 4, the family moved to...

Jul 19, 2023

Rosemary M. Rice passed away on Wednesday July 19, 2023. She was born on December 16, 1941, to Helen (Cook) and Ray Murray. She grew up in Liberal, MO and graduated from Liberal High School. She worked in several places in her life including, as a CNA in Nevada, MO, a waitress at Babe’s Restaurant in Lamar, MO, and...