Lamar, MO Obituaries
Beulah Marie Hemphill
May 9, 2020
Beulah Marie Hemphill passed away on Saturday May 9, 2020 at Truman Health and Rehab in Lamar, MO. She was born in Milo, MO on December 7, 1925 to Roy and Gladys (Harper) Slates. Beulah spent most of her life in Barton County. She married Emmett Hemphill on December 12, 1940. She worked for Barton County Memorial Hospital and...
Chester Keith Selvey
Apr 29, 2020
Keith Selvey, 101, of Lamar, MO passed away in Kerrville, TX on Wednesday April 29, 2020. Keith was born in 1919, in Barton County, MO to Roy and Essie (McManis) Selvey. Keith graduated from high school in Lamar, MO where he was captain of the football team and ran track. After high school, he worked putting in electrical lines...
Daniel Steven Peyla
Apr 27, 2020
Daniel S. Peyla, age 70, of Becker, MN passed away peacefully on April, 27, 2020. He was preceded in death by his father, John B. Peyla and his devoted wife of 40 years, LaVerne M. (Aumock) Peyla . Dan is survived by his mother Edith M. (Lundein) Peyla ; four children, Sissel, Hallie, Jessica and Tony; seven grandchildren, Fredrik,...
Rachel Renee Bench
Apr 25, 2020
Rachel Renee Bench left this world on Saturday, April 25, 2020 in Golden City, MO. Rachel was born on January 18,1977 in Nevada, MO to her mother, Janet Dunlap and father, Dennis Bench. Rachel is survived by her parents, two sisters, Brandy McCann and Tanya Denman, one brother, Jason Bench, one uncle, Jim Beck, eight nieces and one nephew....
Lonny Gail Bass
Apr 24, 2020
Lonny G. Bass of Lockwood, MO, passed away on Friday April 24, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. Lonny was born in Jerico Springs, MO on April 16, 1949 to Ora and Thelma (Moore) Bass. Lonny attended high school in Lockwood, MO. He worked many different jobs over the years. He worked as a butcher, drove a lime truck...
Michael Brandon Rapue
Apr 17, 2020
Michael Brandon Rapue of Lamar, MO was born April 1, 1989 to Evelyn Mae Rapue in Olatha KS. He lived his life making everyone he met smile and laugh. He was a funny man, making fun of himself to get others to brighten up if needed. He was a joker. Michael had a huge heart that most would call...
Martin Ray Collier
Apr 17, 2020
Martin (Marty) Ray Collier, 66 of Lamar, Missouri passed away peacefully on Friday, April 17, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family, after a 7 month battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer. Marty was born March 8, 1954 in Enid, Oklahoma to Weldon and Patsy (Alban) Collier. He graduated from Weatherford High School, Weatherford, Oklahoma in 1972. Marty joined...
Betty A Mize
Apr 16, 2020
Betty A. Mize, 76, of Lamar, MO passed away at Truman Health Center on Thursday April 16, 2020. She was born in St Francis, KS in 1943 to Charles and Lillie (Owens) Garner. Betty owned a Century 21 real estate office, was a hospital administrator and proudly achieved her MBA, later in her life. She is survived by her...
Jess Gilbert Searles
Apr 6, 2020
Jess Gilbert Searles, 92, passed away on Monday April 6, 2020 at the Cox Barton County Memorial Hospital surrounded by his family. Jess was born in Liberal, MO on June 13, 1927 to Harvey and Bessie (Adams) Searles. He was one of nine children. Jess graduated from Liberal High School in 1946. Right out of High School he joined...
Mary Louise Thomas
Apr 6, 2020
Mary Louise Thomas of Lamar, Missouri passed away on April 6, at St. Luke’s Nursing Home, Carthage, MO. She was 80 years and 2 days old. Mary was born on April 4, 1940 in Lamar, Missouri to Noel Otis and Mabel Lucille Winningham Thomas. She was the third child of seven children. She worked 45 years as a nurse’s...
Dottie Lee Young
Apr 6, 2020
Dorothy “Dottie” Lee Young was born on August 9, 1941 in Glendale, CA to Don and Viola Downey. Dottie departed this life on April 6, 2020 at Truman Healthcare. Dottie married Floyd Lee Young on September 19, 1959. He preceded her in death. To this union two children were born; James (Jim) Young and wife Hazel of Lamar, MO...
Marvin Smith
Feb 17, 2020
Marvin Ray Smith, 75, of Liberal, MO passed away on February 17, 2020, after an extended illness. He was born on a farm near Verdella, MO on July 18, 1944 to William F. Smith and Mabel E. (West) Smith. He graduated from Liberal High School and married Betty J. Sisseck on November 27, 1965. They lived in Nevada, MO...
Lorena Ball
Feb 2, 2020
Lorena Mae (Suschnick) Ball, 79, of Liberal, MO, passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at the Via Christi Village at 10:10pm. She was born on the family farm west of Liberal on June 28, 1940. Lorena graduated from Liberal High School in 1958 where she was Valedictorian of her graduating class. She also graduated with honors from Pittsburg...
Phyllis Wolfe Baronner
Feb 2, 2020
Phyllis W. Baronner, 73, of Daytona Beach, FL passed away on February 2, 2020. She was born July 23, 1946 in Savannah, GA to Geraldine (Brown) and Lillian “Earl” Wolfe. Phyllis grew up in Pembroke, GA. She served in the military in the WAC from 1966 to 1967. She lived in Germany, Japan and many states in the US,...
Doris Whitson
Jan 18, 2020
Doris D. (Johnson) Whitson, 93, of Liberal, Missouri, passed away Saturday January 18, 2020 at Medical Lodges in Ft. Scott, Kansas. Doris was born February 27, 1926, in Foss, Oklahoma to Willie Carl and Lonnie Ethel (Wesner) Johnson. She was one of 9 children. She attended school in Stafford and Durham, OK. On December 31, 1941, she married Charles...
Louise Jones
Jan 12, 2020
Louise Fern (Jensen) Jones, age 84, died on January 12, 2020 following a brief illness. She was born to William Christian Jensen and Olive Amanda Konkle on September 16, 1935 in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, as the eighth of nine children. Louise married James Jones Jr. on July 24, 1954 in Eagle Bend, Minnesota. For 22 years, they co-owned and...
Mary Rader
Jan 9, 2020
Beth (Mary Elizabeth) Smith Rader (AKA Grandma Beth), age 90, of Lamar Missouri passed away peacefully Thursday, January 9, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. Beth was born August 11, 1929 to Ralph and Verla Smith of Liberal, MO where she grew up and graduated from Liberal High School in 1947. Beth also attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg,...
Cora Dunford
Dec 24, 2019
Cora Marlene (McMackin) Dunford passed away on December 24, 2019. She was born on October 16, 1954 to Earl and Pearl McMackin in Kansas City, KS. Cora went to elementary school in Edgerton, MO and then graduated from Dearborn, MO in 1972. She had many different jobs, including housekeeping at Holiday Inn in Kansas City, MO and O’Sullivan Industry...
Connie Alexander
Dec 24, 2019
Connie Lou (Howard) Alexander passed away on December 24, 2019 at Kansas City Hospice House. She was born September 3, 1942 in Richmond, CA to George Thomas Howard and Leone Marie (Smith) Howard. When Connie was young, the family moved back to Lamar, MO. Connie graduated from high school in Lamar, MO and married Jim Alexander in June of...
Esther Lane
Dec 24, 2019
Esther Geraldine (Nichols) Lane, 90, of Liberal, MO passed away on Tuesday December 24, 2019, after a brief illness. She was born a coal miner’s daughter, in Yale, KS on July 8, 1929 to Jacob and Elizabeth (Harrison) Nichols. She married David Lane October 24, 1964 at the Pittsburg Church of Christ. They shared 45 years of marriage. Esther...
