Obituaries

Alfred Laroy Winkler, age 79, of Jerico Springs, Missouri passed away February 10, 2021, at his home after a long illness.   Laroy was born January 14, 1942, in Lamar, MO to Alfred Henry Rudolf and Wanda Lee (Farmer) Winkler. He graduated from Lockwood High School in the class of 1960. On December 15, 1963, Laroy married Mary Ann Bass...

Leonard Lee Buzzard, age 85, of Lamar, MO passed away February 9, 2021, at Cox Barton County Hospital surrounded by loved ones.   Lee was born October 12, 1935 in Lamar, MO to Roy Richard and Ethel Milton (White) Buzzard. On October 27, 1957, Lee married Marguerite Marie (Rawllings) Buzzard in Liberal, MO, and together they had four children.  He...

Guy Melvin Richey, age 93, passed away February 5, 2021, at Cox Barton County Hospital in Lamar, Missouri.    .   Guy was born November 11, 1927 in White Cloud, Kansas to Phillip Edward Richey and Zula Mae (Steeley) Richey.  On June 14, 1949, Guy married Irma Jane Nuzum in Troy, Kansas.   Guy worked as a sales representative for...

Carol Laepple Melton, 78 of Lamar, MO, went to be with the Lord February 1, 2021, at KU Medical Center following a brief illness after recovering from Covid. Carol was born December 11, 1942, in Oklahoma City, OK to Edward & Jean Hampton Laepple. She graduated from Lamar class of 1960. She was a faithful member of the First Baptist...

Berne Eugene Jones, age 81, of Lamar, MO passed away January 26, 2021, at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, MO. Berne was born July 3, 1939 in Rural Cherokee County, KS to Franklin Howard Jones and Minnie E. (Aughenbauch) Jones. He graduated from Pittsburg High School in the class of 1957. On November 20, 1959, Berne married Helen Ruth Linville in...

Charles Richard Hinkle, age 92, of Sheldon, Missouri passed away January 23, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, Missouri.      Charles was born June 16, 1928 in Lamar, MO to Ralph Hamilton Hinkle and Elva Sue (Harbison) Hinkle. On November 30, 1952, Charles married Joyce Katharan Tiedt in Lamar, MO.   Charles served in the United States...

Donna “Joan” McMillan, age 77, of Carthage, Missouri passed away January 20, 2021, at Maple Tree Terrace, in Carthage, MO. Joan was born October 26, 1943 in Lamar, MO to George Washington Bays and Lela M. (Wright) Bays. She attended Lamar High School and went on to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. in 1961 she married Robert “Bill” Watson, and...

Josiah Jax McCurdy, was stillborn, January 7, 2021 at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, MO. A private service will be held.

Carl Eugene Jungmann Sr., age 78, of Carthage, Missouri passed away January 10, 2021, at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, MO.   Carl was born March 22, 1942 in Lamar, MO to Carl and Orpha (Dixon) Jungmann. He graduated from Lamar High School in the class of 1960 and served his country in the United States Army. Carl married Sandra Zaman-Nance...

Zelma Orene (Cross) Hooper passed away January 5, 2021, at Truman Healthcare in Lamar, Missouri. Zelma was born July 6, 1926, in Dade County, Missouri to Ora and Nadine (Bratton) Cross. She graduated from Golden City High School in the Class of 1945, as Salutatorian and went on to college at Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar receiving an associate degree...

Calvin "Eugene" Stump, age 74, of Lockwood, Missouri died December 30, 2020, at Landmark Hospital in Joplin, MO as a result of COVID 19 side effects.  He fought hard for 94 days to recover from COVID 19, but lost his battle.   He is survived by his wife Connie of 53 years; his daughter Tammy (Jon) Engle of Liberal, MO; his...

Click the link below to live stream the service  at 11:00 am on Monday https://www.facebook.com/lamarmethodist Ernest Alvin Thieman died at the age of 94, on December 30, 2020 at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Mt. Vernon, MO.  He was born December 21, 1926 in Lockwood, MO to Otto Henry John William Lewis Thieman and Mary Oma (Robertson) Thieman.  He graduated...

Samuel Lee Walker, age 82, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 26, 2020, at his home after a short illness.      Sam was born December 9, 1938 in Golden City, MO to Wilfred Walker and Anna Pearl (Ukena) Walker. Sam graduated from Golden City High School in the class of 1955. On June 6, 1958, Sam married Norma Jean...

Live Stream the service at 11:00 am Thursday https://www.facebook.com/firstbaptistchurchoflamar George Edward Sheat, age 84, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 28, 2020 with his family by his side.       George was born April 19, 1936 in Lamar, MO to David William "DW" Sheat and Bessie Mae (Collins) Sheat. He graduated from Lamar High School in the class of 1954. On July...

Jimmy Gene Sealey, age 84, of Lamar, Missouri passed away December 12, 2020.       .   Jim was born September 5th,1936 in King City, Missouri to Wayne and Mary Sealey. He graduated from King City High School in 1953. Jim enlisted in the Army in 1955 for a two-year tour of duty. He married Mildred Marie Bailey on December...

Juanita Faye Pennell, age 75, of Lamar, passed away December 9, 2020, at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, MO. Juanita was born November 22, 1945 in Eldorado Springs, MO to Lloyd Conklin and Ethel Lucille (Teague) Tolle. She graduated from Eldorado Springs High School in the class of 1963, and on May 11, 1963, Juanita married Lonnie Alvin Pennell at the...

Leroy William Hatfield, age 75, of Pittsburg, Kansas passed away December 2, 2020, at Landmark Hospital in Joplin, MO.   Leroy was born April 11, 1945 at home in Rural Barton County to Harley William and Clara Edna (McKee) Hatfield. He graduated from Liberal High School in the class of 1963, then served in the National Guard. On May 26,...

Donald Raymond Null, age 86, of Lamar, Missouri passed away November 30, 2020, at Truman Healthcare Center.      Donald was born December 2, 1933 in Kansas City, KS to Theodore Calvin and Edna May (Butters) Null. He graduated from Holden, MO High School in the class of 1952 where the football team was inducted into the Missouri Hall Of Fame...

Ralph Raymond Shiflett, age 86, passed away November 26, 2020.   Ralph was born September 7,1934 to John and Zelma (Burch) Shiflett in Kenoma, Missouri, later moving to Boston, MO. at the age of three where he was raised with his sister Florence. Ralph attended and graduated from Boston schools.     After 8th grade Ralph worked for the Garner family...

Ivan Lynn Long, age 87, of Lamar, MO passed away November 21, 2020, at his home, with his family by his side. Ivan was born April 8, 1933 in Ottawa, KS to Russell Clifford and Bertha "Faye" (Lovitt) Long. Ivan graduated from Ottawa High School. He served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955 in the Korean...