Obituaries from April 2021

Thomas James (Tommy) Phillips, 55, departed this life to meet Jesus with his secret handshake on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Tommy, named after his father and Uncle Tom, was born to Romie James and Joan Loraine (Woolverton) Phillips in Nevada, Mo., Feb. ...

Gloria Marlene Murphy, 78, Sheldon, Mo., died on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at Medicalodges of Fort Scott, Kan. Marlene was born Aug. 24, 1942, in Independence, Kan., to Homer Hugh and Ruby Lee (Willis) Graves. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 3, at Bluff Cemetery in Barton County, Mo., with Steven Hopkins officiating. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada...

David Eugene Yoos, 64, passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Landmark Hospital, in Joplin, due to complications of heart failure and diabetes. Dave was born Oct. 21, 1956, in Pittsburg, Kan., to Ralph Eugene (Gene) Yoos and Norma (Pettibon) Yoos...

Christopher Gene Hale, 52, Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Chris was born June 27, 1968, in Wichita, Kan., to Ronald Gene and Glenda Mae (Durant) Hale. Memorials services will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, April 9, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Pastor Brent Bland officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home...

Anna Mae Jones, 79, Nevada, Mo., died on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Anna was born June 20, 1941, in Berryville, Ark., to Claude A. and Lucy M. (Mitchell) Boyd. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 9, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, at the funeral home...

Anna Mae Jones, 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Anna was born June 20, 1941, in Berryville, Ark., to Claude A. and Lucy M. (Mitchell) Boyd. She married Robert Virgil Jones on March 9, 1957, and he preceded her in death on Feb. 13, 2010...

Christopher Gene Hale, 52, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Chris was born June 27, 1968, in Wichita, Kan., to Ronald Gene and Glenda Mae Hale. Chris was raised in Wichita and later Grove, Okla., graduating from North High School in Wichita, Kan., in 1986. ...

George Arthur Hunt, age 83, born on July 26, 1937, died on April 3, 2021, in Lincoln, Neb. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Sheldon Funeral Home, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Family will receive friends and relatives from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2021, at Sheldon Funeral Home. Interment will be in El Dorado Springs City Cemetery...

Ted Landis passed peacefully from this life to the next surrounded by family at his home in Pearcy, Ark., at the age of 76 years on Feb. 27, 2021. He was born in Choteau, Okla., March 4, 1944, to Claude Otis and Mavis June (Sanders) Landis; the fourth of seven children...

On Dec. 16, 2020, Donna Flo Steward, loving wife and mother passed away at the age of 80. Donna was born on April 16, 1940, in El Dorado Springs to Florence and Levi Mitchell. On Dec. 29, 1957, she married Dwain Steward. Together the raised a daughter, Penny Steward Moore...

Ivan "Big Ivan" G. Folsom Sr. died April 2, 2021, at home. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m., April 10, at Maple Hill Funeral Home. A Masonic ceremony will be held. If anyone would like to share stories about Big Ivan, then Pastor Andy will do the religious ceremony...

Delores A. Johnson, 85, of Schell City, Mo., died on Monday. Funeral services for Delores Johnson will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 9, at the First Baptist Church, in Schell City, Mo. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at the church...

Wanda S. Kannady, 86, Sheldon, Mo., died on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, April 19, at First Baptist Church in Nevada. Memorials are suggested to the Choir/Music Department of First Baptist Church in care of Ferry Funeral Home...

Wanda S. Kannady, 86, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at Truman Healthcare in Lamar, Mo. Wanda was born Jan. 4, 1935, to Cecil K. and Clara M. (Holt) Lemons. She married William J. (Bill) Kannady on Oct. 21, 1954, in Bixby, Okla. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary before he preceded her in death on Nov. 13, 2014...

Eva Joan Diehn, 81, resided in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., at Brookdale Assisted Living and formally a resident of Wichita, Kan. She was born on Sept. 15, 1938, in Bronaugh, Mo., to Joe and Ethlyn Boatright. She was married to August Diehn in Kansas City, Kan...

David Raymond Bishop, 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, following a brief illness. David was born Jan. 29, 1942, in Nevada, to Durward Divine and Velma Addie (Tennison) Bishop. On May 3, 1968, he was united in marriage to Sue Mease in Lebanon, Mo., and she survives of the home...

This is the story of Cheryl Kaye (Graves) Carpenter. Cheryl was a wonderfully stubborn woman who enjoyed having the last word in an argument about as much as she enjoyed getting in a bidding war at an auction. She, of course, loved her family and friends too...

Lecil Fields, 82, of Horton, Mo., passed away on Saturday, April 24, 2021, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Mo. Lecil was born on Sept. 5, 1938, in Black Jack, Mo., to Freedia Chambers. In August 1963, Lecil married Carolyn and had two children. After 29 years of married, Carolyn preceded him in death in 1989. In November 1992, Lecil married Barbara and after 27 years of marriage she preceded him in death in 2019...

Troy Lee Bugg, 52, Jasper, Mo., passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Troy was born April 20, 1969, in Lebanon, Mo., to Donnie and Vickie Bugg. He married Martha A. Poe on Dec. 13, 1990, in Miami, Okla., and she survives of the home...

David Wayne Carpenter, 62, Deerfield, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., following a brief unexpected illness. David was born Aug. 8, 1958, in Nevada, Mo., to David Walter and Wilma Lou (Wyckoff) Carpenter...

Ruth Mische, 94, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday morning, April 27, 2021, at The Groves in Independence, Mo. She was born Nov. 20, 1926, in Vernon County, the daughter of the late Dan and May Emory Mische. Ruth was a member of Nevada Church of the Nazarene and spent countless hours working in and for the church. ...