Obituaries from June 2023

Mary Lou Ijams, 86, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Westgate at Wildwood Ranch in Joplin, Mo. Mary Lou was born June 20, 1936, in rural Vernon County near Sandstone, Mo., to Harry C. and Jennie A. (Swift) Householder. She married Tom Warner and from this marriage three daughters were born. She later married L. Earl Ijams and he preceded her in death in 2010...

Newton Orie Gish, 74, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at his home in Sheldon. Newt was born June 24, 1948, in Des Moines, Iowa, to James S. and Maxine E. (Schermerhorn) Gish. He married Linda Rae Garber on Aug. 7, 1971, in Des Moines, Iowa, and she survives of the home...

Oleta Kathrine (Blehm) Keightley, 89, Harwood, Mo., died on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Additional family information and funeral arrangements will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, at a later time. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Beverly Beatrice Denman, 95, Nevada, Mo., died on June 1, 2023, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Additional family and service information will be announced by Ferry Funeral Home at a later time. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Austin Glen Martinez, 32, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Austin was born June 14, 1990, in El Dorado Springs and came to Nevada at a young age. He graduated from Nevada High School in 2009 where he was actively involved in ROTC Drill Team for 4 years. This team became his second family. Following high school, he joined the United States Army and served four years stationed in Ft. Sill, Okla...

Oleta Kathrine (Blehm) Keightley, 89, Harwood, Mo., passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Oleta was born March 22, 1934, in Arnette, Okla., to Ezra G. and Lydia Belle (Becker) Blehm. She married Elvan Keightley on June 7, 1953, and he preceded her in death in 2001...

Edgar Michael “Mike” Rush passed away on June 8, 2023, at the age of 77 following a short illness. He was born Jan. 21, 1946, to Edgar M. and Margarite Rush in Salinas, Calif. He graduated Salinas High School in 1964. His first job was a water truck driver in the produce fields of Salinas, Calif. He then went on to make produce boxes and worked at Stone Container for 39 years. Mike met the love of his life, Lynda, and they were married in 1965. They had one daughter, Janie...

Kelly Dawn (Curtis) Chadd, 57, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at Cox South, Springfield, Mo. Kelly was born March 5, 1967, to Joseph W. “Bill” and Billie (Sherrell) Curtis. She was united in marriage to Ron Chadd on June 20, 2015, in Sheldon, Mo. He survives of the home...

Beverly “Susie” Baldwin, 52, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at her home in Nevada, Mo. Susie was born on June 30, 1970, in Kansas City, Mo., to Lawrence Ray and Bonnie Sue (Bousell) Tracy. Susie lived in Kansas City, Kansas and came to Nevada at a young age with her family. She graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1989. She worked as an aide for the Nevada Habilitation Center for a number of years...

Kirk William Hickey, 59, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at his home in Nevada, Mo. He was born on April 27, 1964, in Oxnard, Calif., to Jake Floyd and Norma Carolynn (Finn) Hickey. Kirk attended Salem High School in Salem, Mo. Survivors include his mother, Norma Finn, Sarasota, Fla.; one sister, Jacqueline Stuart and her husband, Neil Stuart, Salem; nephews, Marcus Seay and wife, Hope Wisdom Seau, Boss, Mo., Steven Morton, Kansas City, Mo., Jack Morton and fiance Stephanie McCulloch, Sullivan, Mo., and Gabriel Morton, Kansas City, Mo. ...

Shelby “Andy” Floyd Anderson, Sr. passed away June 7, 2023, at the age of 79. Andy was born in Nevada, Mo., July 11, 1943, to Marie M. (Simpson) Anderson and Shelby J. Anderson and was the eldest of two sons. He was known and loved by many in the community and earned his living doing what he loved for many years, mowing lawns...

Norma Kay Johnson, age 79, of rural Deerfield, Mo., passed away June 20, 2023, at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., after a brief illness. She was born March 3, 1944, at the doctor's office in Garland, Kan., the daughter of Charles Glen Linn and Wilma Heitz Linn. She graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1962...

Darrel Scott Claspill of Clinton, Mo., passed away peacefully at his home following a brief battle with cancer and Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease, on May 31, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 7, at the Vansant-Mills Chapel in Clinton, Mo., with a memorial visitation from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Living Church of God and can be left in care of the funeral home...

Daniel Ralph Houdeshell Jr., also known as Jake, 97, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, June 19, 2023. The funeral service with Masonic Rites will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, at Ferry Funeral Home with burial to follow in Sheldon Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home...

Douglas Marion Pryor, 61, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Doug was born on May 6, 1962, in Nevada, to James and Beverly (Crump) Pryor. Doug was raised in Nevada. He later moved to Kansas City where he married Mary Sanders. ...

Tina Louise Eisenbeiss, 51, Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. There are no services are planned at this time. View obituary and send condolences online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Lyle was born in a small white house off of South Washington Street, in Nevada, Mo., on Sept. 27, 1935. He passed away June 10, 2023, at Mercy Hospital, in Joplin, Mo., following a long illness. He was preceded in death by mother and father, Revilla and Fermon Rousseau Sr. ...

Jessie Willodean Plymell, 96, Hays, died Monday, June 26, 2023, at Via Christi Village of Hays. She was born April 4, 1927, in McFall, Mo., the daughter of Durward Basil and Frances Mildred (Duerson) Royston. On Dec. 23, 1944, she was united in marriage to Harold A. Plymell in Troy, Kan., and they celebrated their 78th Anniversary last year...

Albert Spencer, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on June 26, 2023 in Wichita, Kan. He was born on Jan. 21, 1941, in Nevada, Mo., to Roy and Beatrice Spencer. Albert lived a fulfilling life surrounded by his loved ones. He married Mary Ann Spencer and had three children: David, Edward and Jeffery. Albert later married Sue Ann Spencer and gained three more children: Jason, Zeda and Emily...