Lamar, MO Obituaries
Donald Ray Taylor
Feb 11, 2022
Donald Taylor, 72, passed away on Friday February 11, 2022. He had been in bad health for several months. He was born on June 9, 1949, in Pineville, MO to James and Clara (Mitchel) Taylor. Soon after, Clara married Lee Helms who raised Don as his own. Don graduated from high school and joined the Army. Don served for...
John Frank White
Feb 8, 2022
John Frank White passed away on Tuesday February 8, 2022. He was born March 12, 1939, in Lockwood, MO to Cordis and Lucille (Voorhees) White. John joined the US Army in Ft Riley, KS and served his term mostly in Ft Hood, TX. He married Darlene Evans on July 24, 1964, in Lamar, MO. He was a truck driver...
Mary Lou White
Feb 1, 2022
Mary Lou (Voorhees) White, age 78, passed away on Tuesday February 1, 2022. She was born on May 26, 1943 in Lamar, MO to Roy and Marie (Hayward) Voorhees. She graduated from Lamar High School and went on to college. She worked a number of years in Iowa and Texas as a bookkeeper which she enjoyed greatly. When her...
Richard Bart Newsome
Jan 30, 2022
Richard Bart Newsome, “Jake”, passed away Sunday January 30, 2022, at Mercy Springfield Hospital surrounded by his family. Jake was born December 31, 1942, in Kansas City, MO to Anna Rosalie (Olivia) Newsome. He grew up in Kansas City, MO where he graduated from Westport High School in 1962. In 1964, Jake joined the Navy at the US Naval...
Robert W. Scott
Jan 29, 2022
Robert “Bob” Warren Scott Jr. (age 74) of Lamar, MO, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at his home after an unexpected and brief battle with cancer. Bob was born February 27, 1947 in Joplin, MO to Robert Warren Scott Sr. and Edwina June (Paschall) Scott. He spent most of his childhood in Hoisington, KS. He graduated from...
Ami Pierce
Jan 26, 2022
Ami (Oyamada) Pierce, 35 of Pittsburg, KS, was born on June 24, 1986 in Sakura, Chiba, Japan to Tadashi and Hitomi (Watanabe) Oyamada. She passed away, following a prolonged battle with cancer, on January 25, 2022 at 12:28 pm. She was cared for in the home of her “American family” in Liberal, MO and was surrounded by her husband,...
Calvin Lee Miller
Jan 24, 2022
Calvin Lee Miller, 78, went home to Glory the morning of January 24, 2022 at his farm in Iantha, MO. Calvin was born in Prior, Oklahoma on October 7,1943 to Theodore and Genetta (Tuell) Miller. The Miller family moved from Oklahoma to their dairy farm north of Iantha, MO in 1946. He more than likely began driving a tractor...
David J Sheat
Jan 22, 2022
David Junior Sheat, age 84, of Lamar Missouri passed away on January 22, 2022, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri surrounded by family. David was born on September 19, 1937, to D.W. and Bessie (Collins) Sheat in Lamar, Missouri. He grew up on the farm, and his lifelong love of sports and competition can be traced back to his high...
Sandra Jo Stufflebean
Jan 18, 2022
Sandra Jo (McKay) Stufflebean passed away on Tuesday January 18, 2022. She was born on March 30, 1954, in Pittsburg, KS to Maurice and Mary McKay. She graduated from Liberal High School in 1972 and completed the nursing program at Ft Scott, KS where she later worked as a nurse at Mercy Hospital for over 10 years. She was...
Dorothy Marie Penry
Jan 17, 2022
Dorothy Penry, 50, of Wichita, KS passed away on Monday January 17, 2022. She was born in Parsons, KS to Lucille (Penry) and Gary Marks. Dorothy went to school in Wichita, KS and then attended Job Corps. She enjoyed all types of music, arranging flowers, and dreamt of learning how to craft blown glass. She loved turtles, had a...
William Henry Percy
Jan 12, 2022
William Henry Percy passed away on Wednesday January 12, 2022. He was born December 30, 1931, in Iantha, MO to Freda (Morgan) and John Percy. He attended Liberal Schools and entered the US Air Force in 1952 where he served until 1962. He married Marilyn Jo Maupin on August 24, 1963. He worked for a short time for Lawn...
George Arthur Messner
Jan 9, 2022
George Messner, 95, of Lockwood, MO passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on January 9, at Cox Barton County Hospital in Lamar, MO. George was born in Williamstown, PA to George Anthony and Carrie Shomper Messner on February 2, 1926. He attended Williamstown area schools, graduating in 1943. He interrupted his senior year of high school to join the...
Ravin Nichole Pennell
Jan 6, 2022
Ravin Pennell of Lamar, MO passed away on Thursday January 6, 2022. She was born on February 19, 1984 in Gravette, AR to Renee (Higgins) and Carl Pennell. She grew up in, and went to school in Greenfield, MO until the family moved to Lamar, MO. She graduated from Lamar High School in 2002. While attending Lamar High School...
Ellen Laverne Sprouls
Jan 3, 2022
Ellen LaVerne Sprouls was born in Adair, Oklahoma on February 17, 1934, to Theodore and Genetta (Tuell) Miller. She was the oldest of nine children. The Miller family moved from Oklahoma to Iantha, Missouri in 1946, where LaVerne attended Bryan Country School and graduated from Liberal High School in 1951. After graduation she attended Southwest Baptist College and graduated...
Tracy Fasken Turner
Dec 23, 2021
Tracy Ann Fasken Turner, age 59, of Plano, Texas, passed away on December 23, 2021 at UT Southwestern Clements Hospital. Tracy, daughter of the late Lawrence Ray and Patricia Ann (Hargis) Fasken, was born on April 22, 1962 in Carthage, Missouri. She was a graduate of Jasper High School, where she was active in cheerleading, 4H, music, and many...
Dwayne Marion Sprouls
Dec 14, 2021
Dwayne Marion Sprouls , 66, passed away on December 14, 2021 at his home in Liberal, MO. Dwayne was born in Lamar, MO to Laverne (Miller) and Marion Sprouls on October 24, 1955. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1974. He worked as a mechanic while in school. Dwayne worked several jobs including 5 years for Younger Construction,...
Ronald David Moser
Dec 13, 2021
Ronald David Moser passed away on Monday December 13, 2021. He was born on January 13, 1949 in Lamar, MO to William and Mary (Baston) Moser. Ron graduated from Liberal High School and was drafted into the US Army where he served in Vietnam. Once he completed his military service, he returned to Barton County and on August 15,...
Andrew Mast
Dec 8, 2021
Andrew Mast, age 93 of Summersville, Missouri, departed this life on December 8, 2021. He was born on June 21, 1928 at Burton, Ohio to the late Eli and Amanda (Yoder) Mast. On December 11, 1947 he married Malinda J. Mast who preceded him in death on December 11, 2003. To this union 6 children were born. He is...
Rhonda Maxine Enochs
Nov 26, 2021
Rhonda Maxine Enochs passed away on Friday November 26, 2021. She was born on September 15, 1961, in Lockwood, MO to Billy and May (Ridenhauer) Burton. Rhonda grew up in Lockwood, MO and attended Lockwood and Golden City Schools. She married Robert Enochs on December 16, 1983. They stayed in the area and raised their children. Rhonda stayed active...
Shirley Mae Cheek
Nov 22, 2021
Shirley Mae Cheek passed away on Monday November 22, 2021 at her home. She was born on January 20, 1943 in Jerico Springs, MO to Lawrence and Fernita (Evans) Berry. She went to Sylvania School and then Lockwood High School. She started work at the Sunset Cafe and worked there until she met and married Bill Cheek and moved...
