Obituaries

Margaret Sarah Elizabeth Compton

Margaret Sarah Elizabeth Compton

Margaret was born April 21, 1938, in Altoona, Kansas. Margaret met Carl Compton on the school bus, and they became high school sweethearts. Margaret graduated from Lamar High School in 1955. On September 23, 1955, Margaret and Carl were married at Lamar United Methodist Church in Lamar, MO.   Margaret was very involved in the church and an active member...

Noraleen Alice (Williams) Trout

Noraleen Alice (Williams) Trout

Noraleen Alice (Williams) Trout, 90 of Oakdale, California, formerly of Lamar, Missouri passed away Sunday, May 29, 2022.   Funeral service will be held at  10:00 a.m., Friday, June 10, 2022, at Daniel Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Lake Cemetery in Lamar, MO.    The complete obituary will be updated soon.

Louise G. Hopkins

Louise G. Hopkins

Louise G Hopkins, age 73, of Liberal, Missouri passed away Friday, May 13, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas.   Louise was born August 14, 1948 in Hannon, Missouri to Everett Lee Weaver and Naomi Rose (Mallory) Weaver. Louise graduated from Liberal High School in the class of 1966.    Louise retired from Miller's Professional Imaging as a...

Denzil "Scotty" Moore

Denzil "Scotty" Moore

Denzil "Scotty" Marlyn Moore, age 85, of Golden City, Missouri passed away May 9, 2022, at Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation Center in Lockwood, Missouri.         Scotty was born February 2, 1937 in Dade County, Missouri to Leonard Newton Moore and Eula Marie (White) Moore. On January 20, 1961, Scotty married Carolyn "Sue" Weinstein in Grain Valley,...

Helen M. Wilson

Helen M. Wilson

Helen Marie Wilson, age 76, of Lamar, Missouri entered the gates of Heaven on May 9, 2022.   Helen was born November 27, 1945 in Lamar, Missouri to Preston Herman Beavers and Eunice Velma (Wilkins) Beavers. Helen graduated from Lamar High School in the class of 1963. On May 23, 1963, Helen married Lonnie Gene Wilson in Newport, Missouri.  ...

Caedi and Madaline Prock

Caedi and Madaline Prock

Caedi Lynn Prock and Madaline Jo Prock, twin daughters of Ethan and Lynzi (Taylor) Prock were born into the arms of Jesus on April 29, 2022, at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri. In addition to their parents, Caedi and Madaline are survived by grandparents, Dennis and Lisa Prock, Susan and Kenneth Landers, Casey Taylor, Lyman Taylor and Samantha Coy;...

Richard "Ed" Sprenkle

Richard "Ed" Sprenkle

Richard E. "Ed" Sprenkle, age 86, of Stockton, Missouri passed away April 28, 2022.   Ed was born February 6, 1936 in Neosho, Missouri to Robert Edward Sprenkle and Lillie Ellen (Murphy) Sprenkle. Ed graduated from Nevada High School in the class of 1954. On September 1, 1961, Ed married Bernice Francis Seltz in Abilene, Texas.   Ed served in...

Todd Joseph Beaudry Jr.

Todd Joseph Beaudry Jr.

Todd Joseph Beaudry Jr., age 29, of Lamar, Missouri passed away April 13, 2022.   Todd was born November 5, 1992 in Flint, Michigan to Todd Joseph Beaudry Sr. and Donna Jean Cantler. On April 29, 2021, Todd married Nicole Jennifer Mahoney in Lamar, MO.   Todd worked as a roller operator for Red Neck Blinds in Lamar, MO. He...

Floyd "Zeke" Moore

Floyd "Zeke" Moore

Floyd Dale "Zeke" Moore, age 93, of Lamar, Missouri passed away April 23, 2022.   Floyd was born May 10, 1928 in Riverton, Nebraska to Mallery David Moore and Chloa Emmaline (Banks) Moore. Floyd graduated from Miller High School. On November 11, 1950, Floyd married Velda Jean Voorhees in Granby, Missouri.   Floyd was a dairy farmer who also raised...

Donivan "Charlie" Combs

Donivan "Charlie" Combs

Donivan Allen "Charlie" Combs, age 67, of Lamar, Missouri passed away April 7, 2022.          Charlie was born August 15, 1954 in Lamar, MO, to Jimmie Dale Combs and Dorothy Alma (Plain) Combs. Charlie was a graduate of Lamar High School.    Charlie learned his work ethic working with his parents at Jim and Charlie's Market. Charlie...

Marilyn Selvey

Marilyn Selvey

Marilyn Sue (Cain) Selvey, age 73, of Lamar, Missouri passed away April 10, 2022, at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood, Missouri after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.        Marilyn was born January 26, 1949 in Springfield, Missouri to Dr. Alvin and Trula (Theel) Cain. She was a life-long resident of Lamar where she attended all her...

Lois Faye Nelson

Lois Faye Nelson

Lois Faye Fox Nelson, age 83, of Lamar, Missouri passed away Monday, March 28, 2022.   Lois was born June 8, 1938 in Jasper, Missouri to Hervey Alonzo Fox and Lois Jane (Scholl) Fox. On November 12, 1971, Lois married Jerry Nelson in Lamar, MO.   Lois was a homemaker, a 50 year member of the Eastern Star, a member...

Thelma Louise Williams

Thelma Louise Williams

Thelma Louise Williams, age 69, of Weir, Kansas passed away March 23, 2022, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas.   Thelma was born December 25, 1952 in Modesto, California to Damon Everett Stevens and Martha Jane (Bronson) Stevens.    Thelma worked as a certified nurse aide. She was a devoted mother, sister, aunt, cousin and grandma and a Christian....

William "Bill" Dotterer

William "Bill" Dotterer

William "Bill" Joseph Dotterer passed away Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, Kansas at the age of 78. He was born on December 20, 1943 to Joseph and LaVina (Hodel) Dotterer in Bluffton, Indiana.   Bill was raised in Bluffton, Indiana until his family moved to Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 14. He was baptized...

Virginia Hininger

Virginia Hininger

Virginia Abbie (Fry) Hininger, a life-long Barton County resident, age 90, passed from this world to her heavenly home on March 19, 2022 after a long illness and residence at Truman Health in Lamar, MO.   The second oldest of six children, she was born November 2, 1931 to Alfred and Clara (Stephens) Fry in a tenant farmhouse east of...

John Westmoreland

John Westmoreland

Beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, John Sterling Westmoreland, age 85, of Lamar, Missouri passed away March 17, 2022, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.   John was born November 25, 1936 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Jerry G. Westmoreland and Jennie Mae (Presley) Westmoreland. John served in the United States Army from February 1960 - April 1962, where he...

Ancil Johnson

Ancil Johnson

Ancil Austin Johnson, 78, died at Mercy Hospital Joplin, March 11, 2022 at 12:42 a.m., Ancil was born May 6, 1943 to Edward Austin and Virgie M. Weaver Johnson in Lake Springs Missouri. He attended and graduated high school in Rolla, Missouri and went on to college at SMS Springfield, where he completed a degree in Agriculture. Ancil married Karen...

Bobby Griffitt

Bobby Griffitt

Robert "Bobby" Eugene Griffitt, age 67, of Lockwood, Missouri passed away March 8, 2022, in Lamar, Missouri.        Bobby was born January 15, 1955 in Lamar, MO to William Aaron Griffitt Sr. and Marie Adell (Demeaux) Griffitt. Bobby graduated from Lamar High School in the class of 1974. On October 26, 1991, Bobby married Lorinda Jane Allen in...

Adley Ann Fitzsimmons

Adley Ann Fitzsimmons

Adley Ann Fitzsimmons, newborn daughter of Jeff and Aspyn (Schiltz) Fitzsimmons of Lamar, Missouri, passed away March 3, 2022, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.   Survivors include her parents, big sister Ava, grandparents; Jim and Wendy Schiltz, Robert and Pat Fitzsimmons, great-grandparents; Betty Schiltz and Bob and JoAnn Walster.   Adley was preceded in death by her great-grandfather,...

Emily Sue Jett

Emily Sue Jett

Emily Sue Jett, age 90, of Lamar, Missouri passed away March 4, 2022, at Good Shepherd Community Care in Lockwood, Missouri.   Emily was born March 19, 1931 in Dodge City, Kansas to Robert LeRoy Aton and Margaret Sue (Redman) Aton. Emily married Robert "Bob" Garrett on November 16, 1951, he preceded her in death on December 18, 1998, she...

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