Lamar, MO Obituaries
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...
Katherine Farmer
Dec 22, 2019
Katherine Irene (Turner) Farmer, 96, went to be with her Heavenly Father on December 22, 2019 at Via Christi Village, Pittsburg, KS. She had lived there for 5 years and spoke often of how she loved it there. She was born September 16, 1923 in Leroy, MO to Roy and Alma (Garrett) Turner. Katherine graduated from Liberal High School,...
Evelyn Barker
Dec 21, 2019
Evelyn June Prusia Barker was born on May 18, 1924 and passed away on December 21, 2019 at the age of 95. Evelyn was born in Burt County, Tekamah, Nebraska, the eldest of four children. Evelyn grew up in Nebraska and graduated from high school at Platte Valley Academy near Shelton, Nebraska. After she graduated from high school, she...
Kapsok Gardner
Dec 18, 2019
Kapsok “Ko” Gardner of Fairbanks Alaska passed away Dec 18, 2019. Ko was born in Jinju, South Korea on Jan 8, 1933. She lived in Fairbanks, AK for most of her life before moving to the Atlanta area with her late husband, Gene Gardner. After Gene’s passing, she remained there, living with Kent and Ginger Gardner who had welcomed...
Leona Wilson
Dec 6, 2019
Leona Carter Wilson Sweetser passed away December 6, 2019. She was born in Mindenmines, MO on August 6, 1934 to George Washington and Hazel Caroline (Wells) Carter. She grew up and went to school in Lamar, MO. Leona was a very caring person who took care of people as a CNA. She especially loved children and animals and was...
Betty Butler
Dec 4, 2019
Betty Jane Butler passed away, December 4, 2019 at Barton County Memorial Hospital. She was born February 22, 1931 on a farm near Sheldon, Missouri to Lee and Mae Norwood. Following her graduation from Lamar High School, Class of 1949, she married Clint Butler in 1950. While raising four active boys and a daughter with Down Syndrome, Betty became...
Donna Crutcher
Dec 4, 2019
Donna Gail Elvy Crutcher passed away on December 4, 2019 in Lamar Missouri. She was born in Springfield MO on December 4th, 1939, to Louis Vernon and Thelma Martin Elvy. She spent her early years in Peculiar, Tipton, and Eldon MO. While she was still in elementary school the family bought the Neola store and moved to Dade County...
Kevin Cowley
Dec 2, 2019
Kevin W Cowley passed away on December 2, 2019. He was born March 7, 1959 in Long Beach, CA to Harold and Mary (Percy) Cowley(Pritchard). He is survived by his two children Cathleen Gerwick, and Kevin Taylor, and 3 grandchildren November, Trinity, and Dameous. A memorial service will be held on at the Konantz Warden Funeral Home Friday January...
