Lamar, MO Obituaries
Helen Higgins
May 14, 2016
Helen Louise Higgins 91 of Lamar passed away May 14, 2016 at Truman Healthcare after a short illness. Helen was born September 25, 1924 in Rudd, IA to Arista Barker and Lusia Moeller Barker. She married Oren "Jody" Higgins Sept. 1, 1950. She and Jody owned and operated and lived at the grocery store in Newport. Later they made...
Gerald Voorhees
May 11, 2016
Gerald "Jerry" Dean Voorhees 88 of Lamar, MO passed away after an extended illness, Wednesday, May 11th 2016, at the Barton County Memorial Hospital. Jerry was born August 26, 1927 near Golden City, MO, to Frank and Myrtle May (Francis) Voorhees. He was the second youngest of 9 children in the family. After High School Jerry married Eva Fanning...
Lewis Bowman
May 1, 2016
Lewis Charles Bowman passed away on May 1, 2016. He was born on February 15, 1923 on a farm north of Iantha, MO. He attended rural schools and graduated from Liberal High School in 1940. He worked various jobs in Kansas City before being inducted in the US Army in 1943. He served in Europe during WWII and was...
Erik Musgrove
Apr 29, 2016
Erik Ryan Musgrove, age 41, passed away Friday April 29, at his home in Lamar. Erik was born in Oakland California, December 8 1974 to Shelly Ann (Strong) Ryan. He was a welder by trade and had worked locally for Thorco Industries. He is survived by his Children Zachary and Erika Musgrove and a grandson Mason all from Kansas,...
Garry Goodloe
Apr 6, 2016
Garry Lee Goodloe, age 68, passed away Wednesday April 6, 2016, at The Truman Healthcare center in Lamar, MO. Garry was born in Pratt, KS, March 29, 1948 to Harold "Wirt" and Betty Jo (Hurt) Goodloe. He grew up in Nowata, OK helping his dad farm and attended the Nowata public schools. He was in the U.S. Army serving...
Wayne Vacca
Feb 8, 2016
Wayne Emery Vacca 88, Horton, MO, formally of Liberal, Mo passed away Monday, February 8, 2016 at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Wayne was born November 23, 1927 near Verdella, MO to Emery and Agatha Cleffman Vacca. Wayne was a veteran, having served during World War II in the US Navy from1945-1946 and in Korea in the US Marines from...
Ricky Speak
Feb 6, 2016
Ricky Joe Speak 54 of Lamar, MO passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. He was born August 13, 1961 in Kansas City, MO to Wayburn Speak and Mary Ann Barger Speak. He moved to Lamar in the mid 1970's from Kansas City, Mo. Ricky was friendly, had a big heart and he loved animals and kids. He was a...
Virginia Hoover
Feb 2, 2016
Virginia Lee Hoover of Liberal, MO, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at age 91 on February 2, 2016, at the Girard Medical Center, Girard, KS. She was born Virginia Lee Rose on October 16, 1924 to Edward and Jessie Peterson Rose in Ontario, California. As the oldest of four children, she was a...
Ruth Browning
Jan 27, 2016
Ruth Marie "Nanny" Browning, 79, of Liberal, MO, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Mercy Hospital Ft. Scott, KS after a short illness. Ruth was born June 6, 1936 in Joplin, MO to Robert and Treasure Alberta Settles Dickerson. She married Richard "Dick" Browning February 25, 1956. She had lived in Liberal for the past 50 years. Ruth...
Helen Manning
Dec 31, 2015
Helen M. Manning passed away December 31, 2015, just 12 days before her 89th birth day. She was born in Lamar on January 11, 1927 to Frank and Lotte (Ward) Johnson. She grew up in Lamar and graduated from Lamar High School with the "Class of 44". She was baptized at age 14 at the Christian Church and considered...
Doris Mccall
Dec 20, 2015
Doris Louise Kentner McCall - March 10, 1918 - December 20, 2015 Our Mother was the daughter of Jacob Waters and Alda Shepler Kentner, born in Barton County on the family farm 5 ½ miles west of Golden City. Many times she told of recalling the day she was born, how a brother rode horseback to fetch the Doctor,...
Joan Vonstroh
Dec 8, 2015
Joan Louise (Viets) VonStroh, 89, of Lockwood, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home. On April 27, 1926, she was born to H.C. (Tommy) and Edna (Bartling) Viets in Lockwood, MO. She graduated from Golden City High School and Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. Joan married Laurence William VonStroh on September 3, 1949....
Max Mccuistion
Dec 5, 2015
Max Warren McCuistion 73 passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at his home in Iantha. Max was born August 30, 1942 in Fowler, CO to John and Pearl "Dickerson" McCuistion. He married Karen "Sue" Byrd November 8, 1964 in Denver, CO. They moved to Iantha in 1981. Together they had 2 sons: Lance McCuistion; Denver, CO, Jesse McCuistion (Tabby);...
Dean Brown
Dec 3, 2015
Eldridge "Dean" Brown, 47 passed away at his home Thursday December 3, 2015 after a sudden illness. Dean was born April 2, 1968 in Lamar to Harvey and Fern Brown. He was an avid outdoorsman, loved fishing and camping and "tinkering" on cars. He enjoyed time spent with family and friends. He could be seen riding his bicycle that...
Edith Mcadams
Nov 28, 2015
Edith Elizabeth McAdams, age 91 , passed away Saturday November 28, 2015 at the Barton County Memorial Hospital. Edith was born February 23, 1924 to Jasper Henry and Myrtle Beatrice (Shadwick) Fread, in Van, Arkansas. She attended grade school in a one room country school house and later graduated from St. Charles High School in St. Charles, AR. On...
Kenneth Puckett
Nov 20, 2015
Ken Puckett 65 Irwin, MO passed away, Friday, November 20, 2015 at Barton County Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. Ken was born January 1, 1950 in Columbus, KS to Johnnie and Elva Puckett. He was a 1968 graduate of Lamar High School. Ken was a Vietnam Army veteran and received a citation for his exceptional meritorious service. He...
Sharon Kaufman
Nov 12, 2015
Sharon Kay Kaufman 72 passed away Thursday November 12, 2015 at her home in Gladstone, MO., after a lengthy illness She was born September 15, 1943 in Lamar, MO to M.W. "Bunt" Clements and Edith Smith Clements. She married Joseph Edwin Kaufman September 23, 1961. Sharon was a homemaker caring for her husband and daughter. She was of the...
Marilyn Gepford
Nov 10, 2015
Marilyn K. Gepford Mindenmines, MO passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, KS after a lengthy illness. She was born December 1, 1953 in Sacramento, CA Marilyn was a housewife and mother to 6 children. She attended the Church of God, Mindenmines, Mo. She is survived by: sons Michael McCulloch, Russell, KS; Collin Gepford, Pittsburg,...
Arvilla Rhyne
Nov 9, 2015
Arvilla R. Coy was born on December 19, 1925 to Croal Winslow Coy and Mary Devine Coy in Crawford County KS. Croal and Mary could not decide on a name so the doctor who delivered the baby girl asked if they would mind naming her Arvilla after his mother. They agreed on Arvilla but did not have a middle...
Lowell Sturgell
Nov 8, 2015
Lowell A. Sturgell (Akie), 62, Liberal, Mo. passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Barton County Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born June 29, 1953 in Moorehead, KY. Until his ill health he was a tile setter. He is survived by his sons; Dr. Jeremy Sturgell and wife Mandy, Lamar, Mo., Michael Sturgell, Rogers, Ark., Kevin...
