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Jerry Sue Gose
(Obituary ~ 05/01/17)
Jerry Sue Gose, 81, Sheldon, died Monday, May 1, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, following a brief illness. Sue was born Jan. 21, 1936, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Walter Harvey and Gertrude Augusta (Ferrell) Williams. On July 17, 1954, she was united in marriage to Charles E. Gose in Cheyenne, Wyo., and he survives of the home...
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James Edward Armstrong
(Obituary ~ 05/02/17)
James Edward Armstrong, 78, Niangua, Mo., son of James Albert and Maxine Edith (Nelson) Armstrong, was born Sept. 1, 1938, and departed this life on April 17, after a short stay at Marshfield Care Center, Marshfield, Mo. James was united in marriage to Shirley L. Culver on May 22, 1963. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Shirley; one son, James E. Armstrong Jr.; one brother, Albert Armstrong; one sister, Frances Sisson; and two granddaughters, Anita Nichols and Brooke Nichols...
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Steve C. Fields
(Obituary ~ 05/02/17)
Steve C. Fields, 50, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, April 30, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Steve was born Feb. 4, 1967, in Mt. Carmel, Ill., to Forrest and Carol Fields. He was the oldest of three children, having a sister, Marva, and little brother, Michael. Steve married Jennifer Kohler on September 28, 2012, in Branson, Mo...
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Mary Ellen Carney
(Obituary ~ 05/02/17)
Mary Ellen Carney, 97, passed away on Friday, April 28, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs. She was born October 1, 1919 in Boncarbo, Colo., the fourth child of Charles and Sarah (Marsh) Wimmers. Mary Ellen attended school in Fulton, Kan., and graduated in 1936. ...
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Janet Marie Elmore-Lauderback
(Obituary ~ 05/02/17)
Janet Marie Elmore-Lauderback, 81, formerly of Nevada, died Saturday, April 27, in Newton, N.C. She was born in Nevada, on June 18, 1935, she was the second daughter of Mary Miles-Elmore and Andrew B. Elmore. The family will receive friends on Friday, May 5, from 5 - 7 p.m. at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Services will be held in the Ferry Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, May 6, at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada...
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Janet Marie Elmore-Lauderback
(Obituary ~ 05/02/17)
Janet Marie Elmore-Lauderback, 81, formerly of Nevada, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 27, in Newton, N.C. Born in Nevada, Missouri on June 18, 1935, she was the second daughter of Mary Miles-Elmore and Andrew B. Elmore. Janet graduated from Nevada High School and went to William Jewel College and received a Bachelor Degree in Music. ...
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Jerry Sue Gose
(Obituary ~ 05/02/17)
Jerry Sue Gose, 81, Sheldon, passed away on Monday, May 1, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin following a brief illness. Sue was born January 21, 1936, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Walter Harvey and Gertrude Augusta (Ferrell) Williams. On July 17, 1954, she was united in marriage to Charles E. Gose in Cheyenne, Wyo., and he survives of the home...
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Donna Sue Spencer
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
Donna Sue Spencer, 69, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, May 6, at her home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. Donna was born July 31, 1947, in Fort Scott, to Argle LaVerne and Neva Thedias (Watson) McReynolds. She was united in marriage to Vern E. Spencer on Feb. 5, 1965, in Lamar, and he survives of the home...
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Norma June Sayre
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
Norma June Sayre, was born March 2, 1928, to Quay and Dessie Phipps in El Dorado Springs, went to our Father in Heaven on May 4. Norma formerly resided in Stockton and later moved to Oak Grove, Mo. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marvin L. ...
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Leon Hester
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
Leon Hester, age 64, Hume, passed away on Monday, May 8, at his home. He was born on Jan. 26, 1953, at Fort Scott, the son of Herbert and Ellen Cummins Hester. He graduated from Pleasanton High School and Fort Scott Community College. Leon was an entrepreneur. He owned several different businesses during his career. The most recent were, Hill Street Recycling, Hester Roll Offs and Sisters and Friends Cafe...
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Linda Sue Bledsoe
(Obituary ~ 05/09/17)
Linda Sue Bledsoe, 54, Nevada, died Monday, May 8, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Linda was born Dec. 12, 1962, in Ottawa, Kan. No services are scheduled at this time.
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John Allen Taylor
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
John Allen Taylor, born May 9, 1943, passed away in the early morning hours of his 74th birthday on Tuesday, May 9, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. John was married to Sherrial (Sherry) Neas Taylor, and she survives of the home. He is also survived by his children; one son, Terry Taylor, Houston, Texas, one daughter, Kim Gryzwacz and Joe, Tallahassee, Fla., and their children, Josiah, Noah, Ethan and Monika; siblings, Dr. ...
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Isabel Bond
(Obituary ~ 05/12/17)
Isabel Bond, 77, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, May 11, at Kansas University Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kan. Isabel was born May 6, 1940, in Seneca, Mo., to William and Cora (Clark) Clemons. She was united in marriage to Willard Bond on Nov. 22, 1959, in Nevada, and together they raised six sons. Willard preceded her in death on March 7, 2017...
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Lowell William Yazel
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Lowell William Yazel, 80, of Nevada, passed away Friday, May 12, in Olathe, Kan. Lowell was born April 27, 1937, in Freeman, Mo., the son of George and Naomi (Wiggington) Yazel. He grew up in Freeman and moved to Nevada in his junior year of high school where he graduated with the Class 1955. ...
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Frank B. Slates
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Frank B. Slates, 93, Nevada, passed away on Monday, May 15, at his home in Nevada. Frank was born Jan. 28, 1924, in a community south of Lamar, to Carl and Mabel (Kunkler) Slates. He was united in marriage to Floris Current on April 23, 1946, in Fort Scott, and she survives of the home...
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Rebecca “Susan Rodick” Fanning
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Rebecca “Susan Rodick” Fanning, 47, Nevada, died Friday, May 12, at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 19, at the First Christian Church in Nevada with the Rev. Bill Platt officiating. Interment will follow at 1:30 p.m. in Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott...
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Gerald Ray Snead
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Gerald Ray Snead, 77 Nevada, died Saturday, May 13, at Mitchell House in Spruce Pine, N.C. He was born April 9, 1940, in Milo to William Clyde and Josephine (Clark) Snead. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 22, at Moore Cemetery in Nevada with Pastor David Rorabaugh officiating. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home...
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Ralph Thomas “Tom” Bloesser
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Ralph Thomas “Tom” Bloesser, 82, Walker, died Sunday, May 14, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 18, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday at Ferry Funeral Home...
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Gerald Ray Snead
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Gerald Ray Snead, 77 Nevada, passed away Saturday, May 13, at Mitchell House in Spruce Pine, N.C., after a long term illness. He was born April 9, 1940, in Milo to William Clyde and Josephine (Clark) Snead. He graduated from Nevada High School in May 1958. ...
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Ralph Thomas “Tom” Bloesser
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Ralph Thomas “Tom” Bloesser, 82, Walker, passed away on Sunday, May 14, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Tom was born Nov. 29, 1934, in Rushville, Ill., the son of Ralph and Irene (Johnson) Bloesser. On April 4, 1954, he was united in marriage to Leta Lucille (Dicks) Bloesser at Berea Christian Church in rural Vernon County and she survives of the home...
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Rebecca “Susan Rodick” Fanning
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Rebecca “Susan Rodick” Fanning, 47, Nevada, passed away on Friday, May 12, at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Susan was born Sept. 12, 1969, in Kansas City, Mo., to Edward and Barbara Lyn (Hardenbrook) Russum. She was united in marriage to James Wesley Fanning on October 18, 2014, and he survives of the home...
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Ethan Jordan Barnes
(Obituary ~ 05/16/17)
Ethan Jordan Barnes, 19, Nevada, died Monday, May 15, at his home in Nevada. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with Pastor David Rorabaugh officiating. You may view obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...
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Khara Rachelle (Allison) Julian
(Obituary ~ 05/19/17)
Khara Rachelle (Allison) Julian, age 34, of El Dorado Springs, went to be with her Lord on Saturday evening, May 13. Khara was born on April 19, 1983, in Nevada, to Greg and Cheri Allison. She was obedient to God’s word, putting Him on in baptism on April 16, 1995...
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Dr. Charles C. Nash
(Obituary ~ 05/20/17)
Dr. Charles C. Nash (a.k.a. “Chuck”, “Dr. Chuckie”, “Buzz” and “Dad”), teacher, writer, avid bibliophile and lover of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, had a wonderful, funny sense of humor and an often quirky way of seeing the world. He loved teaching his students at Cottey College, practical jokes, reading The New Yorker magazine cover to cover, afternoons spent voraciously reading Cheever and Updike, egg foo yung, deviled eggs, Necco wafers, binge watching episodes of Law and Order, singing in the Methodist Church and Nevada Community choirs, blasting classical music and Hootie and the Blowfish at full volume in his study and renovating fixer-upper houses in his adopted town of Nevada.. ...
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Ethan Jordan Barnes
(Obituary ~ 05/20/17)
Ethan Jordan Barnes, 19, Nevada, passed away on Monday, May 15, at his home in Nevada. Ethan was born Oct. 22, 1997, in Nevada, to Thomas Cody Barnes and Stacey Marie Bonine Wolf. Ethan grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School in 2016. ...
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Melvin Higgins
(Obituary ~ 05/23/17)
Melvin Higgins, age 88, a resident of Richards, died Friday, May 19, at the Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. He was born March 2, 1929, in Richards, the son of Charley and Jennie Tucker Higgins. He graduated from Richards High School with the class of 1948. ...
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Lois Darlene Houston
(Obituary ~ 05/23/17)
Lois Darlene Houston, age 86, a resident of rural Richards, passed away Saturday, May 20, at the St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. She was born Dec. 14, 1930, in Enid, Okla., the daughter of William Burton “Burt” Cooper and Ruth Rudd Cooper. ...
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Roy A. Slates
(Obituary ~ 05/23/17)
Roy A. Slates, 63, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, May 20, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. Roy was born March 19, 1954, in Carthage, to Glen “Gilbert” and Wilma G. (Dickerson) Slates. Roy was raised in the Sheldon area and graduated from Sheldon High School with the Class of 1972. ...
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Glen Harvey Foster
(Obituary ~ 05/24/17)
Glen Harvey Foster, a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, passed away on May 20. He was born on Oct. 31, 1938, in Montrose, Colo., and graduated from Russell High School in Russell, Kan. In 1960, he met Mary Darlene Moore at a dance in Nevada, and they were married in 1961. They were blessed with four sons...
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Ray Maynard Barnes
(Obituary ~ 05/24/17)
Ray Maynard Barnes, 91, Nevada, passed away peacefully on May 22, at Morningside Assisted Living in Nevada. He was born in Ottawa, Kan., to Leslie and Amelia Barnes on Feb. 2, 1926. He married Melba Adams on Oct. 28, 1972, in Nevada. Ray enlisted in the Army at 18 years of age and served for approximately five years, including a stint in Germany during World War II. ...
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Georgia E. Russell
(Obituary ~ 05/25/17)
Georgia E. Russell, 78, Joplin, passed away on Tuesday, May 23, at Communities of Wildwood Ranch in Joplin. Georgia was born on July 15, 1938, in Nevada, to Joe Henry and Lucy Anna (Smith) May. On Dec. 31, 1968, she was united in marriage to Donald B. Russell and they celebrated 45 years of marriage before his passing on Feb 19, 2013...
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James Allen Glass
(Obituary ~ 05/26/17)
James Allen Glass, 49, Nevada, passed away on Monday, May 22, in Nevada. Jim was born Sept. 24, 1967, in Landstul, Germany, to Rex Leon and Karen Meta (Morsch) Glass. Jim grew up in Nevada where he was a lifelong resident. He attended Nevada High School...
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Daniel Bay Pilcher
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
Daniel Bay Pilcher, 81, Milo, passed away on Monday, May 29, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Danny was born Nov. 20, 1935, in Milo, to Clarence Monroe and Clara Viola (Glover) Pilcher. On Sept. 9, 1954, he was united in marriage to Shirley Jean Shipp and she preceded him in death in 2004. He later married Peggy Mullen on May 14, 2005, and she also preceded him in death in 2014...
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