Obituaries

Zetta May Combs, age 96, of Lamar, died May 10, 2010, at her home after a  short illness.          Zetta was born January 29, 1914 at Mountain Grove, Missouri, and was the only child of John Benjamin and Zetta May (Fleming) Stickney. She graduated from High School in Republic, MO and on May 22, 1938 she graduated with a...

Hester Lee Pickle, age 90, of Pittsburg, formerly of Lamar, went to be with the Lord Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Golden Living Center in Pittsburg, Kansas.        Hester was born May 3, 1920, at Summerfield, Oklahoma, to Elzie and Rosetta (Earls) Pickle.  Hester served in the U.S. Army and was a World War II veteran.  He was a...

Robert Edwin Haile, age 84, of rural Lamar, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.        Robert was born November 12, 1925, in Barton County, the oldest of the four children of Cleo and Ruth (Winter) Haile.  After graduating from Lamar High School, Robert entered the U.S. Army, serving in Germany during World War II....

Gerald Dee Gruver, age 66 of Lamar, passed away Monday, May 3, 2010 at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin.        Gerald was born August 27, 1943, at the family home in Nashville, Missouri, to Albert and Veda (Eberting) Gruver.  On June 21, 1963, at Liberty, Missouri, he married Susan Kay Fleet and they have made their home...

Jewell Gardner loved her Lord Jesus, her husband, her children, her family, church family and her friends.  She gave of her life with priorities based on these loves.   Jewell Joyce was born on a small family farm near rural Boston, Missouri.  There she played with sisters Irma Lee, Jean, Annetta and brother, Floyd and made a home with mother...

Mary Sweeney, age 81, of rural Lamar, died peacefully at her home, Monday, April 26, 2010.  She was born October 18, 1928 at Dudenville to Charles Harrison and Grace Edith (Casteel) Tubaugh Sr.  She graduated from Golden City High School.  On March 22, 1958, she married Bruce Everett Sweeney, at Carthage, MO.  Together, they had three children.   Mary was...

Brent Alan Rush, age 39, of rural Lamar, passed away Saturday, April 24, 2010 at Mercy St. John’s Hospital in Cassville.        Brent was born August 17, 1970 at Carthage, Missouri, to Charles “Butch” and Vickie (Gastel) Rush.  He graduated from Lamar High School in 1988, earned an associate’s degree from NEO, and attended Oklahoma State University.  In addition...

Daniel A. Kuhn, age 65, of rural Lamar, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010 at his home.        Dan was born April 29, 1944, in Independence, Kansas, to Lloyd and Katherine (Dowell) Kuhn.  After graduating from Lamar High School in 1962, he earned an associates degree from Joplin Jr. College.  In addition to farming the family farm, Dan and...

Lucille Lenna Viers, 99, a long-time Barton County resident, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010 in the Hospice Compassionate Care Center in Richmond, Kentucky.        Lucille was born May 30, 1910, in Estancia, New Mexico, one of the eleven children of Samuel W. and Lenna Leota (Allen) Hodgson.  She graduated from Lamont High School and had attended college.  In...

Bobby L. Crockett, age 79, of Lamar, died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Freeman Hospital West after a short illness.   Bobby was born February 7, 1931 in Barton County to Barney and Hazel (Golden) Crockett.  He served his country as a soldier in the United States Army. On August 11, 1956, he married Velma Marie Loewe at Fair Play,...

Isabelle Lorraine “Belle” Gariss-Sherron was born January 10, 1926 to Arthur and Marie (Porter) Gariss.  She was reborn at the age of 15.  She went to be with her Lord on April 9, 2010.        Belle was a school teacher in many of the Rural Schools of Barton County, also in Golden City, Stockton, and Springfield.  She currently lived...

Dorothy Lee Breder, age 88, of Lamar, passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.        Dorothy was born February 9, 1922, at Bates City, Missouri, to Lee and Dora (Green) Graham.  On December 27, 1945, at Kansas City, Kansas, she married Oscar C. Breder and they lived in Denver, Colorado for several years before moving...

Katherine Virginia Shaw   Katherine Virginia Shaw, 85, of Normal, IL passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal.  Katherine was born October 7, 1924 in Laredo, MO, a daughter of Vern Truman Beckner, Sr., and Martha "Mattie" Annin Cross Beckner. She attended school in Laredo and graduated from Laredo High School in 1942, afterwhich she...

Betty L. Kentner, age 90, of Lamar, passed away Friday, March 26, 2010, at Barton County Memorial Hospital.        Betty was born January 28, 1920, in Eaton, Colorado, the third of the five daughters born to Hayden and Grace (Moore) Sheppard.  At the age of five, she moved with her family to Barton County, attending grade school in Kenoma...

Billy Lee Hackney, age 78, of Liberal, passed away Monday, March 15, 2010, at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood.        Bill was born July 22, 1931, in Moundville, Missouri, the third of the four sons of Zuber and Agnes (Dozer) Hackney.  A life-long area resident, Bill graduated from Liberal High School in 1949.  He was drafted into the...

Erma Lee Jordan, age 80, of Lamar, passed away Thursday, March 4, 2010, at her home.        Erma Lee was born July 29, 1929, to Willard Lee and Norena (Bowman) Coles. A lifelong Barton County resident, Erma attended grade school in the Boston community and graduated from Lamar High School in 1947.  She began her 27 year career at...

Audrey Marie Baker, age 78, of Asbury, Missouri, passed away Friday, February 26, 2010 at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin.        Audrey was born October 11, 1931, at Richmond, Michigan, to Walter and Wanda (Snapke) Juckno.  On May 27, 1972, at Joplin, Audrey married Jake W. Baker and they had celebrated 32 years together before his death...

Robert N. Zulian, 86, of Washington, passed away peacefully at 1:50 a.m., Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Snyder Village in Metamora. Bob was born on October 13, 1923 in Iantha, Missouri to Andrew and Mary Castalaz Zulian.  He married Bonnie L. Wimer in Lamar, Missouri on October 16, 1949, she survives. Also surviving is one brother, Frank (Lillian) Zulian of...

Jerome “Jerry” Kincaid, age 72, passed peacefully at his home, Monday, February 15, 2010.  He was born December 1, 1937 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the fourth of ten children born to Arthur Martin and Ruth Elizabeth (Basore) Kincaid.  He moved to Barton County in 1953 and was a 1956 graduate of Lamar High School.        Jerry enlisted in the...

Joe Patrick Bean, age 51, of Austin, Texas, formerly of Lamar, died December 24, 2009 at Brackinridge Hospital in Austin.  He died as a result of a severe head injury sustained in a fall in the parking garage where he worked, followed by a massive heart attack.        Joe was the son of Pat Bean and the late Sherrell...