Lamar, MO Obituaries
Mary Juanita Potter
Jun 3, 2022
Mary Juanita Potter passed away on Friday June 3, 2022. She was born in Lamar, MO on February 25, 1944 to Elmer and Ruth (Hamilton) Green. Mary grew up and went to school in Lamar, MO. She worked at Big Smith and then she got her CNA and worked for 13 years at Barton County Hospital and 4 years...
Cora Alma Nesbitt
May 20, 2022
Cora “Corky” Alma Nesbitt passed away on Thursday May 19, 2022. Corky was born on October 23, 1930, in Garnett, KS to Naomi (Ashburn) and Clothe Rogers. As a child, she moved to Lamar, MO where she lived until she was a young adult. She moved around in her adult life, living in a variety of places including Erie,...
Samuel Lorren Crabtree
May 8, 2022
Samuel Lorren “Sam” Crabtree, age 80, of Liberal, MO passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022, at 12:16 PM after a short stay at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO. Sam was born on December 21, 1941, in Lamar, MO, to Lorren O. and Marie (Washburn) Crabtree. He graduated Liberal High School in the class of 1960. While in high school...
Randle Lane Leeper
Apr 30, 2022
Randy Lane Leeper passed away on Saturday April 30, 2022. He was born July 12, 1950, in the small town of Hemet, CA to parents Dortha (Ash) Leeper and William Leeper. He graduated from Hemet High School 1968 where he fell madly in love to his soul mate and wife of 53 years, Judith Leeper. They were married May...
Kenneth Scott Day
Apr 19, 2022
Kenneth “Scott” Day passed away on Tuesday April 19, 2022. He was born in Dalles Oregon on January 9, 1963, to Clara (Malory) and Kenneth Day. As a child he lived in Washington and on weekends his family would travel the Pacific Northwest in their RV. He loved to fish and he taught himself how to fly fish and...
Margaret Ann Pahlow
Apr 13, 2022
Margaret (Margee) Ann Pahlow, age 72, passed from this life on April 13, 2022 after a brief illness. She was born on September 19, 1949 to John and Irene (Mallory) Pahlow in Lamar, Missouri. Margee graduated from Lamar High School in 1967. Upon graduation, she attended Southwest Missouri State University (Missouri State University) in Springfield, MO. She was a...
Brenda May Fitzpatrick
Apr 4, 2022
Brenda Fitzpatrick passed away on Monday April 4, 2022. The family will have a private ceremony.
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,...
