Lamar, MO Obituaries

Jan 27, 2023

Joan Iola Craven Willis, 84, passed away on January 27, 2023. Joan was born in Sacramento, CA on June 27, 1938. Joan worked most of her life for the state of California in the Unemployment Division. She was the first in her family to receive a college degree when she went back to school in her late 50's. She...

Jan 27, 2023

Rosalee Potter, age 89, of Lamar, MO entered her heavenly home January 27, 2023, at Truman Health Care. Rosalee was born February 5, 1933, to Clarence “Dutch” Alexander and Mattie Mae (Stone) Gordon in Avola, MO. She was the sixth of seven children. She grew up on her parents’ farm, and after her father passed away, she helped her...

Jan 24, 2023

Ruth “Juanita” Schmitt, passed away Tuesday January 24, 2023. She was born June 11, 1926, in Blackwell, OK to Matthew and Fannie (Kern) Jernigan. She grew up in Blackwell, OK and Bigelow, AR.

She married Stanley Schmitt in 1946 at Winfield, KS, and a couple years later settled in Lamar, MO. Stanley and Juanita managed...

Jan 14, 2023

Ronald Loyd Rives, 89, passed away on Saturday January 14, 2023, at the home of his daughter. He was born near Iantha, MO on February 23, 1933, to Charles Nelson and Alice Adell (Costelow) Rives. On November 20, 1951, he married Ruby Lorene Voorhees in Huntsville, AR. They settled east of Jasper, MO and raised a family. Ronald owned...

Jan 7, 2023

Reba Louise Rouse, 93, of Liberal, MO passed away on Saturday January 7, 2023. She was born on July 11, 1929, in Hannon, MO to Iona (Ricketts) and Glenn Baker. She was a 1947 graduate of Liberal High School in Liberal, MO. Reba married Merle Rouse in Waldron, AR on October 22, 1947, and they remained married until his...

Jan 4, 2023

Lois Elaine Walters, 87, a longtime Jasper, MO resident and current resident at Truman Health and Rehab in Lamar, MO passed away on January 4, 2023, at 7:50 AM. She was born at home on September 30, 1935 in Cedar County, MO to Lois (Bridger) and Lawrence Barritt and was the oldest of five children. She graduated from Eldorado...

Jan 3, 2023

Paul Cameron Hurlburt passed away on January 3rd at the age of 93 after a long battle with kidney failure. He was born in Denver, CO on August 28, 1929, to Tracy Cameron and Naomi Morris Hurlburt. On October 26, 1950 he married Geneva Piearcy and together they had three children.

Paul served in the...

Dec 28, 2022

Mary Ada Louise Medlin "Kitty", went to be with the Lord on Wednesday December 28, 2022. She was born on May 13, 1929, in Eureka, KS to Perry and Louise Mitchell. Kitty married the love of her life, Claude Medlin on June 25, 1947, in Bentonville, AR. They enjoyed 50 years and 11 months of marriage before he went...

Dec 23, 2022

Aaron "Dean" Matthewson, 57, of Midwest City, OK passed away at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK on December 23, 2022. He was born on March 5, 1965, in Tulsa, OK to Lois (Russell) and Odis Matthewson. He graduated from Stillwater High School in 1984.

He worked as a pipeline inspector and often had...

Dec 19, 2022

Vickie Elaine Clark passed away on Monday December 19, 2022. She was born in Lamar, MO on July 30, 1959, to Fern (Mayes) and Harvey Brown. Vickie grew up in Lamar, MO and attended Lamar High School. She worked several places in her life including The Lamar Democrat and the radio station in Pittsburg, KS. She loved antiques and...

Dec 13, 2022

James Dale (JD) Kirby passed into eternal life Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at his home in rural Liberal, Missouri, surrounded by his loving family. He was born October 20, 1933, to James Thomas and Josie Ann (Dryer) Kirby. JD had fun stories of growing up on their farm, riding his ponies, and helping his parents in the fields and...

Dec 12, 2022

Phyllis J. Morris, 96, of Lamar, MO passed away on December 12, 2022. She was born on September 24, 1926, in Mt Vernon, MO to Mabel (Coffman) and Arthur Craven. She grew up in the Springfield area and graduated from Central High School in 1945. On June 9, 1946, she married Wayne G. Morris in Springfield, MO and they...

Dec 1, 2022

Carl Arthur Pennell, 63, of Lamar, MO passed away on Thursday December 1, 2022. He was born on January 8, 1959, in Lamar, MO to Betty (Sparks) and Loyd Pennell. He grew up in Lamar and Golden City, MO. He married the love of his life, Mary "Renee" Higgins at Newport Church on August 14, 1980.

Nov 25, 2022

On November 25, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., Ola Marie Best Textor, age 79, went home to her eternal reward. Ola was born September 6, 1943, the third of five children, to Floyd and Georgia (Brown) Best in Parin, Arkansas.

Ola was a faithful wife, loving mom, entertaining grandma, talented artist, horticulturist, compassionate pastor’s wife and...

Nov 19, 2022

Gary Wayne Fanning passed away on Saturday November 19, 2022. He was born on November 29, 1950, in Lamar, MO to Reba (Morey) and James Fanning. He grew up in Lamar and graduated from Lamar High School in 1968, where he played football and was nicknamed Choo Choo while in high school. There are some in town that still...

Nov 18, 2022

Bonnie Lou (Davis) Braker, age 85, of Liberal, MO went home to be with the Lord Friday November 18, 2022, at Cox Barton County Hospital in Lamar, MO surrounded by her family. Bonnie was born in Lamar, MO on August 23, 1937, to Thelma (Trout) and Clint Davis. She grew up in Barton County and attended school in Mindenmines,...

Nov 10, 2022

Lora Lee Miller passed away on Thursday November 10, 2022. She was born in Santa Rosa, CO on May 27, 1967 to Sandra (Morain) and Dennis Silva. She grew up in Colorado and then went to South Dakota to attended Job Corp and completed her Painters Trade. She married Eric Miller. They moved to Auburn, WA and had two...

Nov 10, 2022

Geneva Ida (Piearcy) Hurlburt passed away on November 10, 2022 at the age of 85. She was born April 11, 1937 in Canadian County, Oklahoma to William Thomas (Pete) & Donie (Golden) Piearcy. She grew up in Hinton, Oklahoma. On October 26, 1950 she married Paul Cameron Hurlburt and together they have three children Michael Bruce Hurlburt and Debora...

Nov 4, 2022

Roger Phillips, 90, of rural Liberal, entered the arms of Jesus, his Lord and Savior, on Friday November 4, 2022.

Roger was born on July 22, 1932 to Earl and Amanda (Ball) Phillips at their rural Iantha home. Roger was the youngest of 4 Phillips boys.

Roger attended elementary school at...

Nov 2, 2022

Ernest Allen “Ernie” Winslow, age 88, of rural Lamar, MO, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2022, after a short stay at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri.

Ernie was born February 8, 1934, near Milford, Iowa, to Ross and Elsie (Dodge) Winslow. As part of a high school graduation requirement, he wrote a paper about the United...