O. Leo Altebaumer

Feb 21, 2024

Orville Leo Altebaumer, 78, a long time resident of Joplin, MO passed away Feb. 21, 2024 at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Leo Altebaumer was born August 5, 1945 in Vinita, OK to William George "Bill" Altebaumer and Elnora "Belle" (Miller) Altebaumer of Centrailia, OK. The youngest of three boys, he grew up in Miami, OK, attended Sacred Heart...

Barbara Severson

Feb 21, 2024

  Barbara Lee Severson, 57, Joplin, MO passed away suddenly February 21, 2024 at her home.  Barbara Lee King was born October 15, 1966 in the state of Arkansas. She was was adopted by Daryl (Short) and Donna King in 1968. She grew up in Seneca and graduated from Seneca High School in 1985. Barbie as she was known by...

Desiree Bridges

Feb 20, 2024

Desiree Bridges, age 43, passed peacefully from this life, surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, in her home in Goodman, MO.

She was born October 3, 1980, in Belton, MO, to David Chanslor and Lynda Langland. Desiree was a 1999 graduate of Neosho High School, then furthered her education at Missouri Southern State University, graduating in 2003 with...

Shirley McMurry

Feb 19, 2024

Shirley Anne McMurry, 84, Carl Junction, MO, passed away February 19, 2024 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin after an illness.

Shirley Anne Ingle was born December 6, 1939 in Broken Arrow, OK the daughter of Cecil and Wilrose Ingle. Shirley was a homemaker and was of the Christian faith. She enjoyed reading, growing things, playing bingo and she loved her...

Cletus Sampson

Feb 10, 2024

Cletus Charles Sampson, 72, Seneca, MO, passed away February 10, 2024 at his home after an illness.

Cletus Charles Sampson was born June 23, 1951 in Truth Or Consequences, NM the son of Wilbur and Myrtle (Griffith) Sampson.

On a chilly and windy day, at the end of winter, God decided to bring home a special soul....

Morris Jones

Feb 10, 2024

  Morris Blake Jones, 60, Wyandotte, OK, passed away February 10, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin.  Morris Blake Jones was born March 27, 1963 in Tahlequah, OK the son of Clarence C. And Mary Alice (Sherer) Jones.  Morris formerly worked in the construction business where he operated a crane. He was a 1981 graduate of Parkwood High School in...

Ashley Gilstrap

Feb 10, 2024

  Ashley Nicole Gilstrap, 25, Neosho, MO passed into eternal rest February 10, 2024 after an illness.  Ashley Nicole Gilstrap was born March 2, 1998 in Joplin, MO the daughter of Rodney and Evelyn (Bates) Gilstrap. Ashley formerly attended Seneca High School and had lived in the area all her life. She enjoy crafting, crocheting, baking, watching movies and especially...

Arthur "Art" Huffman

Feb 9, 2024

Arthur "Art" L. Huffman, 79, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest February 9, 2024, in Seneca Missouri after a long illness.

Arthur L. Huffman was born November 21, 1944, in Seneca Missouri the son of Forrest and Lucille (Jaquay) Hoffman. Art was a lifelong resident of Seneca where he graduated from high school and went to work at the Milnot...

Galen Elbert

Feb 6, 2024

   Galen E. Elbert, 74, Grove, OK passed away February 6, 2024 at Concordia Health And Rehab in Bella Vista, AR after an illness.   Galen E. Elbert was born March 12, 1949 in Joplin, MO the son of David and Imogene (Testerman) Elbert. He was a graduate of Wyandotte High School 1967. He served his country in the US Army...

Darrell Testerman

Feb 5, 2024

   Darrell Testerman, 67, Joplin, MO passed away February 5, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO.   Darrell Testerman was born April 3, 1956 in Newton County, MO the son of Cecil and Eula Jo (Wilson) Testerman. He was a lifelong area resident. Darrell graduated from Seneca High School. He enjoyed woodworking, hunting, cooking, working on his tractor and spending...

Evelin Lucus

Feb 3, 2024

  Evelin Mae Lucus passed away February 3, 2024 at Communities of Wildwood after an illness . She was born June 24, 1939 in Garden City, KS the daughter of Jack and Louella (Dunsworth) Goodwin.  She married Melvin Ray Lucus on June 14, 1958 in Pueblo, CO. He preceded her in death November 26, 2000. She was also preceded in...

Sharon Bennett

Feb 2, 2024

  Sharon Kay Bennett, 62, of Billings, Missouri, passed into eternal rest with Jesus, February 2, 2024, after a five- and one-half-year battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer.  Sharon was born on June 15, 1962, in Lebanon, Missouri, the daughter of Wallace Dwight Jones and Glenda Lewis Jones. She was a 1980 graduate of Lebanon Highschool and later went on to...

Edward Mersman

Jan 27, 2024

Edward G. Mersman, 74, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest, January 27, 2024 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after an illness.  Edward Garold Mersman was born June 14, 1949 in Neosho, MO the son of Edward and Clorina Mersman. Edward was a lifelong area resident. He formerly worked for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma at the former Bordertown...

Roy Waters

Jan 24, 2024

  Roy David Waters, 56, passed away January 24, 2024.  Roy, known by family as Bubbo, was born January 5, 1968 in Pampa, TX, the son of Speck and Cheryl Waters. Roy grew up in Pampa where he enjoyed camping, fishing, motorcycle rides, and certainly loved giving directions. Roy loved going to Lake City and Lake McClellan where he rode...

Mary Shafer

Jan 24, 2024

Mary Lou (Brown) Shafer passed away on January 24, 2024. She was born on December 28, 1934 in Joplin, MO, and was the 3rd of 5 children born to Myrtle Elizabeth (Henderson) Brown and Walter Eugene Brown. She married Theodore "Ted" Shafer on October 11, 1953, in Yuma AZ. They lived in southern California following Ted's discharge from the Navy...

Lisa Lawrence

Jan 19, 2024

Lisa Ann Lawrence, 57, Grove, OK passed away January 19, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin after an illness.

Lisa Ann Atchison was born October 11, 1966 in Joplin, MO the daughter of Leon and Emma Lou (Merriman) Atchison.

Lisa formely was a supervisor at the Dairy Queen in Seneca, MO. She loved spending time outdoors and fishing. Lisa had a green...

Alberta Morgan

Jan 16, 2024

Alberta Marie Morgan, 83, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday January 16, 2024 in Miami, OK.

Alberta was born on February 20, 1940 in Picher, OK the daughter of Albert and Pearl Reeder.

Alberta attended school in Miami Oklahoma. There she met the love of her life Jake Morgan in 1957. They were joined in marriage on...

Caroline Vaughn

Jan 14, 2024

Caroline Anita Vaughn was born July 14, 1938 in Stockton, CA the daughter of Sidney Glenn (William S) Kendall and Nadine Haynes. She had lived most her life between Stockton, CA and Salina OK. Caroline enjoyed family, working in her yard (park), her dog, solitaire and watching movies with her husband (Titanic her favorite).

Caroline was preceded in death by...

Carl Elbert

Jan 13, 2024

Carl Joseph Elbert, 71, Seneca, MO passed away January 13, 2024 at his home after an illness.

Carl Joseph Elbert was born July 12, 1952 in Joplin, MO the son of David Joseph and Imogene (Testerman) Elbert. He was a lifetime area resident. Carl was a 1971 graduate of Wyandotte High School following his graduation he entered the US...

Marvin Chester

Jan 9, 2024

Marvin Chester, 88, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest at Carthage Health and Rehab after a long illness.

Marvin Chester was born February 25, 1935 on the family farm south of Seneca the son of Arthur and Sarah (Sadie Rinehart) Chester. He was a lifelong area resident. Marvin served his country in the United States Army stationed in Germany. Marvin...