Lamar, MO Obituaries

Mar 25, 2024

Robert Lee Bursby, 68, of Lamar, MO passed away on Monday March 25, 2024.

He was born in Kansas City, MO to Henry and Mary (Deeds) Bursby. He grew up

and went to school in Golden City, MO. As an adult he lived in Redwood, TX and

then Chilhowee, MO for about 20...

Mar 20, 2024

Opal Irene Young, 88, of Lamar, MO passed away at 6:02 PM on Wednesday March 20, 2024 at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Lockwood, MO after a lengthy illness.

Opal was born June 19, 1935, northeast of Milford, MO in the home of her parents, Tom and Katherine (Twaddell) Gardner. She went to Valley and...

Mar 18, 2024

Kendall Rene` Schlichting, 41, of Springfield, MO passed away at her home on Monday March 18, 2024, following a few years of declining health. Kendall was born in Joplin, MO to Robert Schlichting and Judy (Schlichting) Gastel. She graduated from Lamar High School in 2001 and attended MSU in Springfield, MO where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in...

Feb 29, 2024

Helen Arlene Bailey, 95, of Carthage, MO, formerly of Lamar, MO, passed away on Thursday February 29, 2024. Helen was born at home in an oil camp town called St. Louis near Gridley, Kansas. She was one of ten children born to Everett and Sophia (Sauder) Elrod. Her father worked in the oil fields until he was saved and...

Feb 27, 2024

Gregory Lee McDonald, 69, of Golden City, MO passed away on Tuesday February 27, 2024. He was born in Lamar, MO to Claude and Clarabell (Leivan) McDonald. Greg grew up in the Golden City area, graduating from Golden City High School in 1972. He married Renae Gilliam at Lamar Assembly of God on June 12, 1976.

Feb 6, 2024

Eulah "Maxine" Cox, 90, of Lamar, MO passed away on Tuesday February 6, 2024. Maxine was a great woman of Christian faith and was often looked to for compassion, comfort, and wisdom. She will be sorely missed. She was born in Milford, MO to William and Lillie (Dockery) Wilson. She attended Valley School in the Milford Area and then...

Feb 5, 2024

Eileen Rose Yannayon, 73, of Lamar, passed away on Monday February 5, 2024 at Cox Barton County Hospital.

She was born May 23, 1950, in Ethridge, TN to Bernard and Lina Mazelin. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Martha. She is survived by two sisters, Rosalyn Mazelin and Julia Mazelin and three...

Jan 19, 2024

Jerry McGill, 76, of Lamar, MO passed away on January 19, 2024. He was born in Mt Clemens, MI to Gerald and Ines McGill. He was raised by his grandfather in Mississippi and then moved to Clinton, MI as a teen before moving to Kansas City, MO.

On November 13, 1985, he married Nellie Eutsler...

Jan 7, 2024

Martha Lou Sparks, 86, of Lamar, MO passed away on Sunday January 7, 2024. She was born in El Dorado Springs, MO to Roy and Gladys (McCurdy) Thompson. She grew up in El Dorado Springs and married Stephen Sparks in Neveda, MO on May 9, 1953. Martha was an avid gardener and was proud of her vegetable garden and...

Jan 6, 2024

Janice Mae Sweet, 78, of Iantha, MO passed away on Saturday January 6, 2024. She was born in Jasper, MO to Walter and Iris (Howard) Sweet and graduated from Jasper High School in 1963. She was married to John Doubledee from 1978 to 1986. She worked in a few places in her life including Horton’s Dime store in Lamar,...

Dec 24, 2023

Anita Sue Lintner, 64, of Lamar, MO passed away on Sunday December 24, 2023. She was born on November 2, 1959 in Lamar, MO to Frank and Anna (Geisler) Waring. She grew up in Iantha, MO and lived her entire life in Barton County. She married Robert Lintner on March 2, 1990, in Miami, OK. Anita worked many years...

Dec 17, 2023

Richard “Rick” Otto Cook, 71, of Jasper, MO passed away on Sunday December 17, 2023. He was born in Rock Island, IL to Otto and Annabelle (Peak) Cook. The family moved and Rick grew up in Independence, MO where he graduated in 1970 from William Chrisman High School. He married Melody Vroman at Immanuel Baptist Church in 1971.

Dec 7, 2023

Robert “Bob” Forrest Witt, 86, of Lamar, MO passed away on Thursday December 7, 2023. He was born on September 25, 1937, in Windsor, MO to Forrest and Geneva (Sampson) Witt. Bob graduated from East High School in Kansas City, MO in 1955. He joined the Army in 1957. He had some college, and the military recognized his potential,...

Dec 6, 2023

Roy Malcolm Lehman, 95, of Lamar, MO passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. He was born on May 16, 1928, in Iantha, MO to Guy and Eunice (Hughes) Lehman. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1946 and he married Thelma Johnston on November 5, 1950.

He honorably served in the United States Army...

Dec 6, 2023

Theda Charlene Logan Savage passed away on December 6, 2023. She was born September 7, 1920, at Mulvane, KS, the daughter of James Cleo and Lucy Ellen Jeffries Logan. She weighed five pounds at birth.

At age six her parents moved the family to Noel, MO, and later to Neosho where she attended Jaybird School...

Nov 30, 2023

Marvin Funk, 85, of Bronaugh, MO passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2023. He was born at home in 1938 to Joy and Mabel (Hitchcock) Funk. He graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1956. Marvin worked most of his life repossessing automobiles around the country.

He is survived by four children and brother Robert (Mary)...

Nov 29, 2023

Beverly Maxine (VanKirk) Fleharty, 86, passed away at Via Christi Village in Pittsburg, KS on Wednesday November 29, 2023. She was born to Arthur McClellan and Marjorie Maxine VanKirk in Liberal, MO where she grew up. She was a 1955 graduate of Liberal High School and was the Annual Queen that year. After high school, Beverly traveled to California...

Nov 22, 2023

Loretta “Fontella” (Chapman) Gariss, 91, of Lamar, MO passed away from this temporary life on November 22, 2023, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Lockwood, MO.

Fontella was born on November 29, 1931, in Lamar, MO to Ellis and Esther (Willhoite) Chapman as the oldest of three children. Attending country grade schools in the Milford...

Nov 17, 2023

Penelope (Penny) Grace Porter Smith, age 72, of Liberal, MO passed away on Friday, November 17, 2023 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO. Penny was born in Pittsburg, KS on October 11, 1951 to Armond Monroe Porter and Cora May (Betty) Porter. She graduated from Liberal High School in Liberal, MO. She was a CNA and worked in Nursing...

Nov 14, 2023

Willis Strong passed away on November 14, 2023, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, KS. He had been receiving treatments the past three years for Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Willis was born September 29, 1938, to the late Don and Hope Strong west of Mitchell, SD. He lived there nine years before moving to Missouri...