Lamar, MO Obituaries
Lola Venable
Jul 7, 2011
Lola Grace Venable, 99, formerly of Liberal, Mo., passed from this life on Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Stockton Nursing Home, Stockton, Mo. Grace was born July 7, 1912, in Liberal, Mo., to Herman and Pearl (Metsinger) Leatherman. She married Clarence Edwin Venable on December 24, 1935 at Girard, Ks. He preceded her in death on June 5, 1989....
Dale Felty
Jun 6, 2011
Dale Scott Felty, 89, formerly of Liberal, Mo., passed away Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Mt. Vernon Veterans Home, Mt. Vernon, Mo. Dale was born May 28, 1922, to Floyd and Pearl (Bray) Felty in Barton County, Mo. He was in the Army and served during WWII and the Korean War. Dale was a lifelong resident of Liberal,...
Curtis Peterson
Jun 1, 2011
Curtis was born June 1, 1926. His parents were John and Hazel (Wilson) Peterson. He married Mary Goodin in 1948 in Bowling Green, Mo. He later married Betty Arft in 1988 in Springfield, Mo. Curtis was a veteran of the Air Force. He worked as a communications engineer for the telephone company until retiring. Survivors include his wife, Betty,...
Thelma Ihm
May 30, 2011
After a short illness, Thelma Ihm passed away on May 30, 2011. Thelma Maxine Mead Ihm was born on June 10, 1926 to Harley and Georgia Mead. Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, her twin brother and sister Bonnie and Earl Mead, who passed away in early childhood, and her sister Dorothy Cackley of Oronogo, Missouri. Thelma...
Irvin Blanchard
May 28, 2011
Irvin Levi Blanchard, 80, Sheldon, Missouri, passed away on May 28, 2011 at Barton County Memorial Hospital, after a short illness. Irvin was born November 3, 1930 to Ezra and Isabell (Spoon) Blanchard at Oakton, Mo. He moved from the Blue School area to the Sheldon area in 1948. He graduated from Sheldon High School. He was a Korean...
Donald Gerths
May 23, 2011
Donald Lee Gerths, Sr., 70, Lamar, Missouri, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011 at his residence. Donald was born October 29, 1940 to August Jurgen and Myrtle Marie (Kackmeister) Gerths. He was married to Margaret Louise Epple until she passed away in 1976. He married Carolyn Watts on February 2, 1984 at Miami, Okla. Donald worked as a printer...
Vida Morrison
Apr 14, 2011
Vida Viola Morrison, 93, Nevada, Mo., passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Moore Few Care Center, Nevada, Mo. Vida was born August 14, 1917, in Cedar County, to Thomas Bertrand and Gertrude (Farmer) McArthur. Vida attended Banner Grade School until the eighth grade. At the age of 16, she married Oren E. Morrison on July 25, 1934. They...
Henry Ford
Apr 3, 2011
Henry Dean Ford, 85, Golden City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 3, 2011 at Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar, Mo. Dean was born December 22, 1925 to George Henry and Sylvia Ida (Hoover) Ford in Sheldon, Missouri. Survivors include a brother, Walter Ford and wife Mary, Sheldon, Mo; and sisters Wilma Sullivan, Hume, Mo., and Luella Driskel, Lamar, Mo....
Oma Shaw
Mar 23, 2011
Oma Marie Shaw, 90, Mt Vernon, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at the Lawrence County Manor in Mt Vernon . Oma was born February 26, 1921 in Dade County, Missouri to John Ridenour and Grace (Brown) Ridenour. She attended rural elementary school in Dade County. She had resided in Mt. Vernon since 1995. She was a...
Helen Martin
Mar 18, 2011
Helen A. Martin, 88, Pittsburg, Kansas, (formerly of Mindenmines, Mo.) passed away Friday, March 18, 2011 at Via Christi Hospital, Pittsburg, Kansas. Helen was born September 8, 1922 to Nathaniel and Gertrude (Maples) Alcorn in Lesterville, Mo. She worked as a certified nursing assistant and as a homemaker. Helen was a member of the Mindenmines Christian Church; a member...
Paula Faubion
Mar 17, 2011
Paula Elaine Faubion, 59, went to her heavenly home on March 17, 2011. Paula was born to Doyle Granville and Willie (Billie) Alice (Williams) Faubion during a blizzard on November 6, 1951 and weighed just three pounds one ounce. At a very early age she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. She lived her entire life in Barton County with...
Eldon Dewitt
Mar 13, 2011
Eldon Dean DeWitt, 79, Lamar, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Mo. Eldon was born July 17, 1931 in Guthrie County, Iowa to Charles and Hazel (Duke) DeWitt. He attended school at a country school in Guthrie County, Iowa. Eldon married Gladys Pearl Sloss on April 28, 1951 at Greenfield, Iowa. He was...
Opal Walker
Mar 11, 2011
Maxine Walker, 84, Lamar, Missouri passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 at St John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO. Maxine was born April 3, 1926 in Sharpsburg, Kentucky to Ollie and Rosie (Welch) Reed. She attended school at Bald Eagle, Kentucky. Maxine married Johnnie M. Henderson, Sr. and became a housewife and mother. To this union was...
Glenn Lamberson
Feb 19, 2011
Glenn Eugene Lamberson, 52, Iantha, Missouri passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the home of his sister in Lamar. Glenn was born December 19, 1958 to Claude and Esther (Hall) Lamberson in Barton County, Missouri. He was a graduate of Liberal High School in Liberal, Missouri. He began working at the Iantha Seed Company while still in school...
Vida Henson
Feb 12, 2011
Vida Viola Morrison, 93, Nevada, Mo., passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Moore Few Care Center, Nevada, Mo. Vida was born August 14, 1917, in Cedar County, to Thomas Bertrand and Gertrude (Farmer) McArthur. Vida attended Banner Grade School until the eighth grade. At the age of 16, she married Oren E. Morrison on July 25, 1934. They...
Mary Holder
Feb 5, 2011
Mary Maxine Holder, 68, of Liberal, Missouri, passed from this life to her heavenly home on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri after a lengthy illness. Maxine was born January 29, 1943 to Frank and Mayme (Webb) Wolf in Liberal, Missouri. She was a graduate of Liberal High School. Maxine had resided in Liberal, Missouri...
