Lamar, MO Obituaries
John Berryhill
Dec 30, 2017
John Adam Berryhill, 54 of Lamar, Mo was born August 15, 1963 to Ronald Berryhill and Ardith (Waits) Berryhill. John passed away December 30, 2017. He was a 1981 graduate of Lamar High School. He excelled in baseball, he loved playing the game and watching others play. John was a welder by trade and was a specialist welder on...
Billy Wilkinson
Dec 29, 2017
Billy Ray “Red” Wilkinson, of Iantha, MO, age 72, passed away December 29, at Freeman Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born in Fredricktown, MO, August 24, 1945, to Lloyd Sylvester and Loretta Rose Mills Wilkinson. Red had many occupations but best known here in Barton County as the big strong ER nurse with the deep voice. He...
Randie Carnahan
Dec 27, 2017
Randie Dee Carnahan, age 62, of Lamar passed away Wed December 27, 2017 at the Freeman Hospital in Joplin. Randie and his twin brother Rickie were born August 15, 1955, in Auburn Indiana to Robert D. and Carol J. (Baker) Carnahan. Randie married Kimberly J. Clayton and together they made their home in California where Randie worked for the...
Sharron Middleton
Dec 23, 2017
Sharon Marie Middleton, of Lamar, a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away in her home on December 23, after an 8 year battle with cancer. Sharron was a home maker and a devoted wife and mother; she loved her family and was committed to providing a warm and caring home. She has lived and travelled...
Lloyd Spencer
Dec 19, 2017
Lloyd V. Spencer, age 88, passed away December 19, in Kansas City, surrounded by his family. He was born near Lamar March 10, 1929, to Paul and Maude (Stevenson) Spencer. After graduating from high school he served in the U.S. Army. He married Stella Mae Sorenson, daughter of Allen and Lucille Sorenson of Liberal, September 10, 1950, Lloyd was...
Mildred Bennett
Dec 13, 2017
Mildred Marie Bennett, 95 of Lamar, MO passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at her home. She was born June 8, 1922 in Pittsburg, KS to Frank and Anna (Wilbert) Mertz. She married Caleb “Cal” Bennett April 20, 1941 he passed away April 17, 2012. Cal and Mildred owned and operated several businesses including a drive-in restaurant in KS,...
Ann Courtney
Dec 10, 2017
Ann E. Courtney, age 91, of Lamar, passed away Sunday December 10, 2017 at the Barton County Memorial Hospital. Ann was born June 26, 1926 in Lee’s Summit, MO, to James Henry and Jeanettie Ann Clarkson. Ann was a long time resident of Lamar and a member of the First Christian Church. Ann Worked for J. C. Penny and...
Edward Savage
Nov 27, 2017
Miles “Edward” Savage, age 101, formerly of Liberal, MO passed away Monday November 27 at the Webb City Health and Rehab Center. Edward was born September 4, 1916, in Neosho, MO, to Miles Francis and Norma Olive Carnes Savage. He graduated from the Neosho High School with the class of 1934. He served in the U. S. Naval Reserve...
Viola Beck
Nov 25, 2017
Viola C. Beck, 86, passed away Saturday November 25th, 2017 at the Moore-Few Nursing Center in Nevada, MO. Viola was born December 3rd, 1930, to Adelard and Anna ( Rambur) Bouchard in Sidney Montana. She moved to Missouri as a young adult and settled in Lamar in the mid 1950's. She worked for 40 plus years at O'Sullivan's in...
Robert Morris Jr
Nov 13, 2017
Robert Elbert Morris, Jr 88 of Lamar, MO passed away Monday, November 13, 2017. He was born September 12, 1929 near Roland, Arkansas to Robert Morris and Sarah (Ellison) Morris. He joined the marines in 1954 as a gunnery drill sergeant and continued in the Marine Corp Reserves for 27 years until his retirement in 1976. Robert was a...
Teddy Delashmet
Oct 28, 2017
Teddy Milton DeLashmet, passed away Saturday evening October 28, at his home in Lamar surrounded by his family after a long battle with Cancer. Teddy was born to Milton S. and Ethel Scallion DeLashmet July 18, 1952, in St. Louis, MO. After High School Teddy joined the U. S. Army and received many commendations including 2 bronze stars for...
John Waldbuesser
Oct 27, 2017
William “John” Waldbuesser, age 67, of Neosho, MO, formerly of Lamar, passed away Friday evening in his home in Neosho. John was born Feb 22, 1950, to William and Ella Waldbuesser in Carthage. He grew up on the family farm and helped his dad with the farm for many years after high school. While John lived in Lamar he...
Leann Campbell
Oct 5, 2017
LeAnn Campbell, 82 passed away peacefully on October 5, 2017 at her home in Lamar where she had been surrounded by her family for months. LeAnn was born in Burden, KS to William Clarence Foster and Mary Lucille Cunningham Foster on January 31, 1935. She attended college at Central Methodist College and it was her roommate and future sister-in-law...
Neil Mccaslin
Sep 17, 2017
Frankie Neil McCaslin passed away at his home Sunday, September 17, 2017. Neil was born February 25, 1935 to Melvin E. McCaslin and Olive Daugherty McCaslin, He went to country school at Bakers Grove and finished in Lamar. Neil married Wanda Eversoll in 1953, 2 children were born of this marriage: Roger McCaslin (Linda) and Suzie McCulley (Earl). This...
Eugene Gardner
Sep 14, 2017
Eugene Emerson Gardner of Fairbanks Alaska passed away September 14 2017. Gene was born in Sheldon, Barton County Missouri on July 26 1930 to Floyd Aaron and Zula Mae Beydler Gardner. Gene kept a home in Milford Missouri until 2014 so he could always come home to visit family and friends and remember his roots. Gene is survived by...
Waunita Brooks
Sep 7, 2017
Waunita Ione Brooks (nee Blake) was born to Lon Blake and Lena Trotter Blake on March 14, 1927 in the town of Liberal, MO. She was the youngest of 3 a brother Robert and a sister Lucille. Lon and Lena owned the cafe in Liberal and Waunita helped her parents run the cafe when she wasn't working on her...
Billy Watson
Aug 25, 2017
Billy Keith Watson 64 years old of Lockwood, Mo passed away on August 25, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer. Keith was born October 24, 1952 to Paul & Patsy (Daffron) Watson in Thayer, MO. Keith was a member of the Methodist Church in Lockwood, MO. Keith had several professions in his lifetime. He was a truck driver,...
Wanna Fox
Aug 13, 2017
In Memory of Wanna "Faye" Fox February 19, 1952 - August 13, 2017 Wanna "Faye" Fox, age 65, passed away at her home near Golden City and went to her Heavenly home to be with her Lord and Savior early Sunday Morning. Faye and her twin sister Kay were born on February 19, 1952 to Johnnie R. and Charlene...
Linda Hawthorne
Aug 12, 2017
In Memory of Linda Sue Hawthorne December 11, 1946 - August 12, 2017 Linda Sue Hawthorne, 70, of Lamar, passed away Saturday August 12, at the Truman Healthcare facility in Lamar. Linda was born in Missouri Valley, Iowa, on December 11, 1946 to Herman and Carrie (Huff) Cooper. Linda was a C N A at the Nevada State Hospital...
Shirley Deay
Jul 29, 2017
Shirley Mae Deay, 92, of Lamar, Mo, passed July 29, 2017 at Truman Healthcare in Lamar. She was born at home in rural Platte County, Nebraska, to Leo Peter and Gertrud Wilhelmina (Kuehnel) Mark, October 25, 1924. Shirley graduated from Platte Center High School in 1941. Her first Job was with a bank near her home but soon after...
