Obituaries

Cathey Lou Stanley, age 54, of Pittsburg, KS died unexpectedly at her home, Saturday, October 24, 2015.      Cathey was born October 12, 1961 at Pittsburg, KS to James and Roxan (Harvey) Atha.  She attended school in Pittsburg and had worked at Able Body Plastics in Pittsburg and had also worked as an aid at a nursing home.  Cathey enjoyed...

Blanch Stevens, age 72, of Lamar, passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at her home surrounded by family.      Blanch was born November 26, 1942, in Barton County, Missouri, to James and Cora (Hayward) McCulley.  She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Bob McCulley and an infant brother; sisters, Flossie Tuck, Pearl McMackin, Barbara McCulley and an infant...

Betty M. Boles, age 93, of Joplin, formerly of Lamar, Missouri, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Freeman West Hospital.      Betty was born July 28, 1922, in Irwin, Missouri, the youngest of the four children of Barney and Myrtle (Garrett) Crockett.  On June 16, 1940, at Neosho, Missouri, she married Paul Boles and they owned and operated Boles...

Jerry Eugene Campbell, age 79, of Lamar, Missouri died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center of Lamar after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.       Jerry was born January 2, 1936 at Joplin, Missouri to Alan Mitchell and Marguerite Fontella (Davis) Campbell.  He graduated Joplin High School and served his country in the United States Air Force.  After...

Marvin Duane Cross, age 84, of rural Lamar, passed away, Monday October 19, 2015 at his residence after a short illness.    Duane was born, December 14, 1930 to Ora and Nadine (Bratton) Cross in Dade County.  Duane attended Rockdale, a country grade school in Dade County, and later graduated from Golden City High School in 1949.  After High School,...

Jimmie Leroy Day, age 87, of Golden City, Missouri passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Jimmie was born September 26, 1928 in Nevada, Iowa, one of the six children of James and Mildred (Robertson) Day.  He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Raymond; four sisters, Juanita, Ilo, Leona, and Laurene; and...

Allen Dean Gordon, age 55, formerly of Lamar, Missouri died at his home in Carthage, Missouri early Monday, October 12, 2015 after a battle with cancer.    Allen was born May 5, 1960 at Chanute, Kansas to David Paul Gordon and Frances Esther (Perry) Gordon.  He was a 1979 graduate of Lamar High School and graduated 1998 from School of...

Robert Lu-Gene “Boo” Jones, age 42, of Lamar, Missouri, died Friday, October 2, 2015 at Freeman Hospital West.  He was born March 14, 1973, to Walter Lu-Gene Jones and Elizabeth Ann (Raynor) Jones at Weableau, Missouri. Boo attended school at Golden City, Missouri and had worked as a cook at Lodge of the Four Seasons at Lake of the Ozarks....

Howard D. Crouch, age 97, of Washington, MO and formerly of Neosho, MO, died Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Cedar Crest Manor, Washington, MO. Howard was born November 30, 1917 at Nashville, MO to Meredith Crouch and Veda (Sample) Crouch.  He attended Jasper High school and was a graduate of Minden High School.  After graduation, he married his sweetheart, Mary...

Carolyn Sue Gover Greener Steele, 66, Mulberry, Kan., passed away Sept. 23, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan. She was born Feb. 21, 1949 in Kansas City, Mo. to Everett Scott and Mildred Mae Oglesby Gover. She graduated from Lee's Summit High School in Lee's Summit, Mo. in 1967 and received her Associate Degree from Central Missouri State...

Paula Jo Dixon, age 63, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday afternoon, September 23, 2015 at her home surrounded by family.      Paula was born October 10, 1951 in Mason City, Iowa, the first of the six children of Jim and Pauline "Babe" (Blanchard) Rogers.  She was a 1969 graduate of Lamar High School and had attended MSSU in Joplin.     ...

Ina Mae Brooks, age 80, of Lamar, passed away Tuesday morning, September 22, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center where she had been a resident for the past month.      Ina Mae was born November 17, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, the third of the four children of Russell and Alice (Camp) Kelley.   At the age of eight, Ina Mae was afflicted...

Wilma Lathrop, age 82, of Sheldon, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center after a brief illness.     She was born July 15, 1933, in Spruce, MO, to the late Lola Evans Dickerson and Paul Vermillion Dickerson.     She attended school in Butler, MO. She married Glen Gilbert Slates in 1950 and to this union, three...

Earl Ezra Frayer, age 79, of Mindenmines, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly Friday evening, September 11, 2015 at his home.      Earl and his identical twin brother, Ernie were born August 22, 1936 in Evergreen, Wisconsin, the first of the 11 children of Ernest and Marie (West) Frayer.  On January 9, 1989, at Mindenmines, Earl married Mary Lou Main and she...

Robert Dale Hastings, age 71, of Carthage, Missouri, formerly of Bronaugh, Missouri, died Friday, September 11, 2015 at Barton County Memorial Hospital after a short battle with cancer.       Robert was born, July 17, 1944 at Nevada, Missouri to John Raymond Hastings and Dora Beatrice (Fry) Hastings and graduated high school in Bronaugh, Missouri.      On July 3, 1978, Robert...

Mildred Louise Smith, age 73, of Lamar, passed away early Saturday morning, August 29, 2015 at Truman Healthcare Center.      Louise was born September 7, 1941, at Warrior, Alabama, one of the six daughters of Lindsey and Mary (Doss) Crane.  She was preceded in death by her parents and three sisters.      On January 18, 1964, at Kansas City, Missouri,...

Anna Marie Morris, age 53, of Liberal, Missouri, died Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kansas after a battle with cancer.       Anna was born, March 23, 1962 at Carthage, Missouri to Jackie Gene Rea and Patricia Sue (Riley) Rea.  She attended schools in Liberal and had worked 10 years at Bank of Mindenmines, as an Assistant...

Linda Jean Lackey, age 69, of Lamar, passed away unexpectedly Monday, August 10, 2015 at her home.      Linda was born April 5, 1946, in Chanute, Kansas, the only child of Eldon and Alberta (Pinkston) Mathew.  When Linda was five years old, her mother died in an automobile accident and she was raised by her great-grandmother, May Schooler and great-aunts,...

Kenneth Max Lilly, age 82, of Lamar, passed away late Saturday evening, August 8, 2015.      Max was born July 13, 1933 on a farm northwest of Jasper, Missouri, the youngest child of William Jewel and Reva (Ingles) Lilly.  He moved with his family to Lamar in 1948 and graduated from Lamar High School in 1951.  While in school, Max...

Deana Renee Dockery, age 58, of Lamar, died Friday, August 7, 2015 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident north of Lusk, Wyoming.      Deana was born January 21, 1957, in Lamar to Lee and Julia (Crosson) Dockery.  After graduating from Lamar High School in 1976, she earned a certificate in cosmetology and had worked as a hairdresser for nearly...