Obituaries

Frank Leivan, age 75, passed away December 24, 2021, at his home near Golden City, Missouri.   Frank was born May 28, 1946, at the family farm, Frog Holler, to Roscoe and Elva Lena (Mabee) Leivan. Frank graduated from Lamar High School in 1963, and then joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17. Frank served on aircraft carrier...

Lona "Lonnie" Mae Crain, age 95, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 22, 2021, at Truman Healthcare in Lamar, MO.   Lonnie was born September 1, 1926 in Lamar, MO to Rector (Rex) Lee White and Leona Belle (Hartley) White. On May 29, 1955, Lonnie married Carl Wendell Crain in Los Angeles, California.   Soon after Lonnie graduated from high...

Harold Edmond Rutledge, age 81, of Golden City, Missouri passed away from complications of Alzheimer's on December 22, 2021, at Good Shepherd Community Care in Lockwood, Missouri.   Harold was born June 4, 1940 in Jerico Springs, Missouri to Harold Elton Rutledge and Vola Beryl (Farmer) Rutledge. On April 14, 1970, Harold married Virginia Ann Blue in Lockwood, MO.  ...

Doris Jean McBee, age 89, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 22, 2021, at Oak Pointe Senior Living Community in Carthage, Missouri.   Doris was born May 28, 1932 in Swain, Arkansas to Earl Sandlin and Stella (Thomas) Sandlin. Doris was a graduate of Gravette High School in Gravette, AR. On May 26, 1951, Doris married Bobbie Dale McBee in...

Ryan Lee Jones, age 50, of Barling, Arkansas passed away December 12, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ryan was born May 23, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri to Danny Jones and Eula (Cook) Jones. He graduated from East High School in the class of 1990. On December 21, 1991, Ryan married Melanie Lynn Myers at Leeds Baptist Church...

Loren Wayne Duncan, age 81, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 9, 2021, at his home in Lamar, MO.   Wayne was born August 29, 1940 in Golden City, Missouri to Loren William Duncan and Francis Leotta Mae (Hurrell) Duncan. Wayne graduated from Golden City High School in the class of 1959. On November 19, 1965, Wayne married Linda Kay...

Jamie Elizabeth Renee Kirch, age 27, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 7, 2021, from injuries sustained in a car accident.      Jamie was born January 9, 1994 in Lamar, Missouri  to Billy Joe Kirch and Ruth Elaine (Wehrly) Kirch. Jamie was a graduate of Lamar High School.    Jamie worked as a In Home Aide for Advantage Home...

Rena Mae (Miller) Crisp, was born May 22nd, 1936 in Lamar, Missouri, the second child of Harold Eugene Miller and Myrtle (Kunkler) Miller. She was raised in Lamar (spending one year in Nebraska) and graduated from Lamar High School in 1954. She attended the University of Missouri in Columbia for two years before marrying and moving to Joliet, Illinois. During...

Nancy Ann Sorenson, age 80, of Liberal, Missouri passed away November 23, 2021, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas.   Nancy was born June 11, 1941 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Walter Leroy (Bud) Essex and Willie (Riley) Essex. On October 24, 1959, Nancy married Charles Clinton Sorenson in Liberal, Missouri.   Nancy was a housewife and lifelong resident of...

Charles "Charlie" Lynn Williams, age 71, of Webb City, Missouri passed away November 20, 2021, at Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.   Charlie was born September 18, 1950 in Elaine, Arkansas to Burl Williams and Ethyl Doris (Brown) Williams.  On April 28, 1978, Charlie married Maymie Arlena Hollingsworth in Miami, Oklahoma.   Charlie retired from Midway Lumber in Joplin, Missouri...

Virgil Alan Shaw, age 65, of Lamar, Missouri passed away November 23, 2021, at Truman Healthcare and Rehabilitation in Lamar, MO.   Virgil was born December 9, 1955 in Wichita, Kansas to Virgil Leroy Shaw and Norma Jean (Brasier) Shaw.  On June 1, 1998, Virgil married Myra Ann Carter in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.   Virgil worked as a police officer...

Mary Louise Kuhn, age 82, of Lamar, Missouri passed away November 13, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.        Mary was born June 18, 1939 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas to Willam Lavurn Fesperman and Martha Lavern (Stinnett) Fesperman. Mary graduated from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma with a Bachelor's Degree. On June 2, 1962, Mary married...

Norman Wayne Parker, age 89, of Golden City, Missouri passed away November 13, 2021, at   Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation in Lockwood, Missouri.   Norman was born July 10, 1932 in Jasper County, Missouri to Earl Calvin Parker and Ihlah Ruth (John) Parker. Norman graduated from Golden City High School in the class of 1951. On May 16, 1955,...

Kenneth Eugene Irwin Sr., 82 of Lamar, Missouri, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2021, in Lamar, Missouri.   Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at Daniel Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Newport Cemetery.   The family will receive friends 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at the funeral home.   The complete...

Jane Kay (McLeod) Dermott, 83, went to be with the Lord on November 6, 2021 surrounded by her family.   Jane was born on January 3, 1938 to Harve Tucker McLeod and Reba Bell (Schneider) McLeod in Iantha, Missouri. She married Charles E. Dermott on March 14, 1959. She was a homemaker and lifelong resident of Barton County.   She...

Dwight Lee Parks, age 90, of Lamar, Missouri passed away November 5, 2021, at his home in Lamar, MO.   Dwight was born December 20, 1930 in Clinton, Missouri to Clem Francis Parks and Mary (Schroth) Parks. He graduated from Lamar High School in the class of 1949. On March 5, 1955 he married Dorothy Faye Miller in Carthage, Missouri....

Everett "Sam" Lawrence Weaver, age 72, of Liberal, Missouri passed away November 2, 2021, at Carthage Health and Rehabilitation in Carthage, Missouri.   Sam was born October 7, 1949 in Hannon, Missouri to Everett Lee Weaver and Naomi Rose (Mallory) Weaver.    Sam spent most of his life viewing the country from coast to coast as a truck driver until...

Faye McKee, age 71, passed away peacefully at her home in Carthage, Missouri on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021, after her second battle with cancer. Faye was born on March 22, 1950, at a neighbor's house, en route to the hospital in Adrian, Missouri. Her parents, Walter and Beulah Hartsell, named her Naomi Faye, but from an early age, she was...

Frances Elizabeth (Rolando) Hill, age 65, of Lamar, Missouri passed away Friday, October 15, 2021, at  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.   Frances was born February 12, 1956 near Deerfield, Missouri, in the family car on the way to the Fort Scott Hospital.  She was ninth of the 12 children of Herchal and Maude (Sisseck) Rolando.   After...

Timothy Albert Timmons, age 69, of Lamar, Missouri passed away October 13, 2021, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri.   Tim was born November 12, 1951 in Lamar, MO., to Elmer Duffy Timmons and Frances "Billie" (Lean) Timmons. On November 25, 1978, Tim married Kay Lynn Phipps at Lamar Baptist Church in Lamar, MO.   Tim worked as a...