Obituaries from May 2024

Dennis Lee Keith, age 76, passed away on May 1, 2024, doing what brought him joy, roaming around his farm in his Kabota. Dennis was born in Cedar County to parents Raymond and Geniveve Chambers Keith. He embraced responsibility from a young age, leaving school to work full-time on the family farm...

Lynn D. Evans, aged 71 of Fallbrook, CA and Jerico Springs, MO, died unexpectedly on April 27, 2024, in Vega, Texas. His sudden death has left his family deeply saddened. Born on April 2,1953 in Nevada, Missouri to parents J.B. Evans and Juanita Beadles, Lynn was also the beloved nephew of Bill and Joy Evans, of Nevada, MO...

Perry James Morris, age 87, Nevada, Missouri passed away Sunday night, May 5, 2024 at Nathan Richards Health Care Center in Nevada. He was born October 24, 1936 to James Morris and Alice Bogh Morris. He was united in marriage to Dianne Dahmer on August 29, 1957 in Springfield, Missouri...

Nancy Marie McGlochien, age 86, formerly of Nevada, MO, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at Strake House in Conroe, Texas. Nancy was born December 10, 1937 in Joplin, Missouri, daughter of the late Randall Cooley and Ruth (Ferguson) Cooley. She grew up in Joplin and graduated from Joplin High School in the class of 1955. She married her high school sweetheart, Ronald McGlochien, on September 30, 1955. They were married for 66 years. Ronald preceded her in death in 2021...

David “Dave” Douglas Killmer, 86, Nevada, MO passed away peacefully at Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Dave was born November 7, 1937 in St. Louis, MO to Hugh Douglas and Royal Mae (Sedgwick) Killmer. He married Alene Nadine...

Mary Darlene Foster, 81, passed away from Alzheimer’s on Sunday, May 19, 2024 in Lenoir City, Tennessee.  The daughter of Walter and Mildred Moore, she was born Dec. 1st, 1943 in Nevada, Missouri.  She grew up and attended school in Nevada.  In 1960, she met Glen Foster at a dance and they soon fell in love.  They were married in 1961.  ...

Mary Darlene Foster, 81, passed away from Alzheimer’s on Sunday, May 19, 2024 in Lenoir City, Tennessee.  The daughter of Walter and Mildred Moore, she was born Dec. 1st, 1943 in Nevada, Missouri.  She grew up and attended school in Nevada.  In 1960, she met Glen Foster at a dance and they soon fell in love.  They were married in 1961.  ...

Donis Gayle (Cubbage) Dasent, 54, Nevada, MO, peacefully transitioned from this life to her eternal heavenly abode on Saturday, May 25, 2024, after valiantly battling cancer. Born on May 12, 1970, to Donald & Vernille (Balk) Cubbage in Ft. Scott, KS, Donis embarked on a journey filled with love, resilience, and cherished moments...

Patricia Ann Headrick, 70, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at her home in Nevada, MO following a lengthy illness.  Pat was born on May 31, 1953, in Nevada to William E. and Ida Belle (Simpson) Smith.  She married Gary L. Headrick on April 7, 1978, at the First Christian Church in Nevada and he survives of the home...

Dorothy Louise (Wallace) (Mitchell) Kenimer was born on a farm outside Milford, Missouri on November 15, 1921, the first of 7 children born to Rial and Marjorie Wallace. Dorothy passed away at the age of 102 on Thursday, May 23, 2024.     Dorothy attended high school in Jerico Springs and graduated as Valedictorian in 1940.  She worked in Nevada, Missouri until 1941 when she married Billie Mitchell and moved back to Jerico Springs.  They had their first child, Larry, in 1942. ...

Joanna Woody, age 96, a former resident of rural Bronaugh, Missouri and more recently of the Presbyterian Village in Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Friday, May 24, 2024, in Ft. Scott. She was born February 29, 1928, in Vernon County, Missouri near what was Swartz, Missouri, the daughter of Willard Earl Foster and Pearlie Wilma Hawkins Foster. ...