Obituaries from August 2025

Tommy "Tom" Ray Mooney II, age 54, of Lamar, Missouri, passed away on July 27, 2025, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. Tom was born on August 20, 1970, in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, to Tommy Ray Mooney Sr. and Opal Marie (Warner) Mooney. He graduated from Walker High School with the Class of 1988 and went on to earn his bachelor's degree from Missouri Southern State University in 1993. On January 13, 1996, he married Lizabeth Ellen Hardman in Lamar, Missouri...

Bob True Beisly, II, 70, Nevada, MO passed away on Monday, August 4, 2025 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, KS following a lengthy illness. Bob was born June 20, 1955 in Nevada to Bob T. and Betty Jo (Brock) Beisly. He married Dawn Woods on December 12, 2013 and she survives of the home...

Lexi Strickler, age 62, of Iola, Kansas, passed away August 8, 2025, at St. Luke's on the Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. Lexi Marlene Hastings was born to John D. and Mary Ann Stumfoll Hastings on August 23, 1962, in Wichita, Kansas. Lexi was raised with a strong faith in God, and was saved and baptized at the Grace Baptist Tabernacle. ...

Ilene Sharon Riggs Wallace, age 78, of Nevada, MO, passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at Freeman Hospital West, in Joplin, MO. Sharon was born on March 26, 1947, in Menden, NE to Ruben Earl and Doris Evelyn (Dixon) Neely.  She was a homemaker and had also worked at Thompson Floral, in Real Estate, and at Woods Pharmacy...

Dianna R. Phelps (80) of Nevada, MO, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, August 15, 2025, with nieces Sue and Lynerica by her side.   Dianna was born to Sherman R. Phelps and Helen L. Cheatum on June 24, 1945, in Salem, Illinois. Dianna grew up in Kansas City, MO, where she dropped out of school to help care for the home, later moving to Nevada with her parents to help care for them until their passing. ...

Warren Eleno Woolford, 64, Nevada, MO, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2025 at his home in Nevada. Warren was born February 21, 1961 in El Dorado Springs, MO to Elmo C. and Josefina (Hernandez) Woolford. Following his graduation from high school, Warren became a welder and worked as an iron worker throughout his life. He was known to be a mechanic at heart and had a passion for Dodge Chargers...

Audrey “Dean” McIntosh, age 87, was born May 22, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Audrey and Ruby (Gardner) Brown. After a long battle with cancer, he went home to be with his heavenly Father in the early hours of Saturday, August 16, 2025.    Dean was raised by his stepfather and mother, Don and Ruby McIntosh, and attended elementary school in the Milo area and graduated from Nevada, MO, High School with the class of 1957. ...

Linda Sue Schuster Spencer, 75, of Nevada, Missouri, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on August 19, 2025, at Kansas City Hospice House following a brief battle with cancer. Linda was born February 7, 1950, in Boonville, MO to Richard Schuster and Mary Imhoff Schuster. ...

Constance Kay Fenske, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and nurse, passed away on July 17, 2025, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 4, 1943, Constance lived a life full of color, compassion, and just the right amount of mischief...

Susan Ring, 78, El Dorado Springs, MO, passed into her Savior’s presence on Friday, August 22, 2025, surrounded by her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grand- child. Susan was born on June 18, 1947, in Joplin, MO to Clarence and Betty (Rosenberry) Jackson. ...

Deborah "Debbie" Walker, 67, Nevada, MO passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on August 25th, 2025. Debbie was born on June 27, 1958 in Appleton City, MO to Van and Ruth (Tandy) Waite. She married her childhood friend and high school sweetheart, Dean, on August 19, 1977. To this union three children were born, Adam, Emily and Ben...

Frances May (Drinkard) Loncarich of Walker, Missouri was born on September 7, 1921, in Trenton, Missouri to Richard Lee and Ruth (Fauver) Drinkard. She passed away at her home on August 25, 2025, at the age of 103. At the age of 10 she and her parents, younger brother, and sister moved to Neosho, MO where she met Lexie Albert Loncarich. They were united in marriage on July 2, 1940, in Yakima, Washington by Reverend John E Smith. He proceeded her in death October 13th, 1988...