Lamar, MO Obituaries
Ella Marie Winans
Mar 24, 2022
Ella “Marie” Winans passed away on Thursday March 24, 2022. Marie was born February 12, 1930, in Chadwick, MO to Leona (Clevenger) and George Morgan. She graduated from Chadwick High School in 1950. In 1951, she married Elvin E. Winans and moved to Jasper, MO where they farmed and raised their family. Marie was a hardworking farm wife. She...
Phyllis Joan Oglesby
Mar 14, 2022
Phyllis Joan Oglesby, 80, Lamar, MO passed away in her home surrounded by family on March 14, 2022, following a recent diagnosis of lung cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Chris Oglesby. Survivors include sisters, Barbara Johnson of Broken Arrow, OK and Anna Puckett and husband Dave of Eldorado Springs, MO; brother, Ron...
Betty Jo Parker
Mar 12, 2022
Betty Jo Parker passed away on Saturday March 12, 2022. She was born on April 27, 1950 in Kansas City, MO to Jerome and Ethel (Waugh) Gilmore. Betty graduated from Vatterott College. She was a homemaker who loved her children and her grandchildren and was dedicated to her husband. She enjoyed her family, Walker Texas Ranger, and NCIS and...
Ethan Roger Giertz
Mar 10, 2022
Ethan Roger Giertz, age 47, passed away suddenly, from a blood clot, at his home on March 10, 2022. Ethan was born in Ft Scott, KS on August 16, 1974, to Bula White Giertz and Eldon R. Giertz. He grew up on the Prairie Center Farm south of Liberal and loved farming including raising his own cattle and planting...
Janice Laraine Luce
Mar 8, 2022
Janice “Jan” Laraine Luce Janice “Jan” Luce, 74, Lamar, Missouri, passed away at 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Jan was born July 26, 1947 in Lamar, Missouri to Elmer “Duffy” and Francis “Billie” (LeAn) Timmons. She was a graduate of Lamar High School and lifetime resident. She married Jackie E. Luce on...
Patricia Sue Mckay
Feb 23, 2022
Patricia Sue (Sechrist) McKay was born at Mt Carmel Hospital in Pittsburg, KS, January 14, 1933, to Gerald and Grace (Hodge) Sechrist of Liberal, MO. She grew up in Liberal and graduated from Liberal High School in 1950. She married Karl Fast, September 17, 1950 at her parents home in Liberal. They moved to a 40-acre farm in Liberal,...
Melvin Earl Poore
Feb 16, 2022
Melvin Earl Poore, born March 16, 1930, went to be with the LORD on February 16, 2022. He had many fond memories of his life growing up in rural Kansas. He loved to reminisce about riding his favorite pony (Carol) to school, running barefoot through the pastures of his home, and fishing in Turkey Creek. He was preceded in...
Donald Ray Taylor
Feb 11, 2022
Donald Taylor, 72, passed away on Friday February 11, 2022. He had been in bad health for several months. He was born on June 9, 1949, in Pineville, MO to James and Clara (Mitchel) Taylor. Soon after, Clara married Lee Helms who raised Don as his own. Don graduated from high school and joined the Army. Don served for...
John Frank White
Feb 8, 2022
John Frank White passed away on Tuesday February 8, 2022. He was born March 12, 1939, in Lockwood, MO to Cordis and Lucille (Voorhees) White. John joined the US Army in Ft Riley, KS and served his term mostly in Ft Hood, TX. He married Darlene Evans on July 24, 1964, in Lamar, MO. He was a truck driver...
Mary Lou White
Feb 1, 2022
Mary Lou (Voorhees) White, age 78, passed away on Tuesday February 1, 2022. She was born on May 26, 1943 in Lamar, MO to Roy and Marie (Hayward) Voorhees. She graduated from Lamar High School and went on to college. She worked a number of years in Iowa and Texas as a bookkeeper which she enjoyed greatly. When her...
Richard Bart Newsome
Jan 30, 2022
Richard Bart Newsome, “Jake”, passed away Sunday January 30, 2022, at Mercy Springfield Hospital surrounded by his family. Jake was born December 31, 1942, in Kansas City, MO to Anna Rosalie (Olivia) Newsome. He grew up in Kansas City, MO where he graduated from Westport High School in 1962. In 1964, Jake joined the Navy at the US Naval...
Robert W. Scott
Jan 29, 2022
Robert “Bob” Warren Scott Jr. (age 74) of Lamar, MO, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at his home after an unexpected and brief battle with cancer. Bob was born February 27, 1947 in Joplin, MO to Robert Warren Scott Sr. and Edwina June (Paschall) Scott. He spent most of his childhood in Hoisington, KS. He graduated from...
Ami Pierce
Jan 26, 2022
Ami (Oyamada) Pierce, 35 of Pittsburg, KS, was born on June 24, 1986 in Sakura, Chiba, Japan to Tadashi and Hitomi (Watanabe) Oyamada. She passed away, following a prolonged battle with cancer, on January 25, 2022 at 12:28 pm. She was cared for in the home of her “American family” in Liberal, MO and was surrounded by her husband,...
Calvin Lee Miller
Jan 24, 2022
Calvin Lee Miller, 78, went home to Glory the morning of January 24, 2022 at his farm in Iantha, MO. Calvin was born in Prior, Oklahoma on October 7,1943 to Theodore and Genetta (Tuell) Miller. The Miller family moved from Oklahoma to their dairy farm north of Iantha, MO in 1946. He more than likely began driving a tractor...
David J Sheat
Jan 22, 2022
David Junior Sheat, age 84, of Lamar Missouri passed away on January 22, 2022, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri surrounded by family. David was born on September 19, 1937, to D.W. and Bessie (Collins) Sheat in Lamar, Missouri. He grew up on the farm, and his lifelong love of sports and competition can be traced back to his high...
Sandra Jo Stufflebean
Jan 18, 2022
Sandra Jo (McKay) Stufflebean passed away on Tuesday January 18, 2022. She was born on March 30, 1954, in Pittsburg, KS to Maurice and Mary McKay. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1972 and completed the nursing program at Ft Scott, KS where she later worked as a nurse at Mercy Hospital for over 10 years. She was...
Dorothy Marie Penry
Jan 17, 2022
Dorothy Penry, 50, of Wichita, KS passed away on Monday January 17, 2022. She was born in Parsons, KS to Lucille (Penry) and Gary Marks. Dorothy went to school in Wichita, KS and then attended Job Corps. She enjoyed all types of music, arranging flowers, and dreamt of learning how to craft blown glass. She loved turtles, had a...
William Henry Percy
Jan 12, 2022
William Henry Percy passed away on Wednesday January 12, 2022. He was born December 30, 1931, in Iantha, MO to Freda (Morgan) and John Percy. He attended Liberal Schools and entered the US Air Force in 1952 where he served until 1962. He married Marilyn Jo Maupin on August 24, 1963. He worked for a short time for Lawn...
George Arthur Messner
Jan 9, 2022
George Messner, 95, of Lockwood, MO passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on January 9, at Cox Barton County Hospital in Lamar, MO. George was born in Williamstown, PA to George Anthony and Carrie Shomper Messner on February 2, 1926. He attended Williamstown area schools, graduating in 1943. He interrupted his senior year of high school to join the...
Ravin Nichole Pennell
Jan 6, 2022
Ravin Pennell of Lamar, MO passed away on Thursday January 6, 2022. She was born on February 19, 1984 in Gravette, AR to Renee (Higgins) and Carl Pennell. She grew up in, and went to school in Greenfield, MO until the family moved to Lamar, MO. She graduated from Lamar High School in 2002. While attending Lamar High School...
