Morris Jones

Feb 10, 2024

  Morris Blake Jones, 60, Wyandotte, OK, passed away February 10, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin.  Morris Blake Jones was born March 27, 1963 in Tahlequah, OK the son of Clarence C. And Mary Alice (Sherer) Jones.  Morris formerly worked in the construction business where he operated a crane. He was a 1981 graduate of Parkwood High School in...

Ashley Gilstrap

Feb 10, 2024

  Ashley Nicole Gilstrap, 25, Neosho, MO passed into eternal rest February 10, 2024 after an illness.  Ashley Nicole Gilstrap was born March 2, 1998 in Joplin, MO the daughter of Rodney and Evelyn (Bates) Gilstrap. Ashley formerly attended Seneca High School and had lived in the area all her life. She enjoy crafting, crocheting, baking, watching movies and especially...

Arthur "Art" Huffman

Feb 9, 2024

Arthur "Art" L. Huffman, 79, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest February 9, 2024, in Seneca Missouri after a long illness.

Arthur L. Huffman was born November 21, 1944, in Seneca Missouri the son of Forrest and Lucille (Jaquay) Hoffman. Art was a lifelong resident of Seneca where he graduated from high school and went to work at the Milnot...

Galen Elbert

Feb 6, 2024

   Galen E. Elbert, 74, Grove, OK passed away February 6, 2024 at Concordia Health And Rehab in Bella Vista, AR after an illness.   Galen E. Elbert was born March 12, 1949 in Joplin, MO the son of David and Imogene (Testerman) Elbert. He was a graduate of Wyandotte High School 1967. He served his country in the US Army...

Darrell Testerman

Feb 5, 2024

   Darrell Testerman, 67, Joplin, MO passed away February 5, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO.   Darrell Testerman was born April 3, 1956 in Newton County, MO the son of Cecil and Eula Jo (Wilson) Testerman. He was a lifelong area resident. Darrell graduated from Seneca High School. He enjoyed woodworking, hunting, cooking, working on his tractor and spending...

Evelin Lucus

Feb 3, 2024

  Evelin Mae Lucus passed away February 3, 2024 at Communities of Wildwood after an illness . She was born June 24, 1939 in Garden City, KS the daughter of Jack and Louella (Dunsworth) Goodwin.  She married Melvin Ray Lucus on June 14, 1958 in Pueblo, CO. He preceded her in death November 26, 2000. She was also preceded in...

Sharon Bennett

Feb 2, 2024

  Sharon Kay Bennett, 62, of Billings, Missouri, passed into eternal rest with Jesus, February 2, 2024, after a five- and one-half-year battle with Glioblastoma brain cancer.  Sharon was born on June 15, 1962, in Lebanon, Missouri, the daughter of Wallace Dwight Jones and Glenda Lewis Jones. She was a 1980 graduate of Lebanon Highschool and later went on to...

Edward Mersman

Jan 27, 2024

Edward G. Mersman, 74, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest, January 27, 2024 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after an illness.  Edward Garold Mersman was born June 14, 1949 in Neosho, MO the son of Edward and Clorina Mersman. Edward was a lifelong area resident. He formerly worked for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma at the former Bordertown...

Roy Waters

Jan 24, 2024

  Roy David Waters, 56, passed away January 24, 2024.  Roy, known by family as Bubbo, was born January 5, 1968 in Pampa, TX, the son of Speck and Cheryl Waters. Roy grew up in Pampa where he enjoyed camping, fishing, motorcycle rides, and certainly loved giving directions. Roy loved going to Lake City and Lake McClellan where he rode...

Mary Shafer

Jan 24, 2024

Mary Lou (Brown) Shafer passed away on January 24, 2024. She was born on December 28, 1934 in Joplin, MO, and was the 3rd of 5 children born to Myrtle Elizabeth (Henderson) Brown and Walter Eugene Brown. She married Theodore "Ted" Shafer on October 11, 1953, in Yuma AZ. They lived in southern California following Ted's discharge from the Navy...

Lisa Lawrence

Jan 19, 2024

Lisa Ann Lawrence, 57, Grove, OK passed away January 19, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin after an illness.

Lisa Ann Atchison was born October 11, 1966 in Joplin, MO the daughter of Leon and Emma Lou (Merriman) Atchison.

Lisa formely was a supervisor at the Dairy Queen in Seneca, MO. She loved spending time outdoors and fishing. Lisa had a green...

Alberta Morgan

Jan 16, 2024

Alberta Marie Morgan, 83, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday January 16, 2024 in Miami, OK.

Alberta was born on February 20, 1940 in Picher, OK the daughter of Albert and Pearl Reeder.

Alberta attended school in Miami Oklahoma. There she met the love of her life Jake Morgan in 1957. They were joined in marriage on...

Caroline Vaughn

Jan 14, 2024

Caroline Anita Vaughn was born July 14, 1938 in Stockton, CA the daughter of Sidney Glenn (William S) Kendall and Nadine Haynes. She had lived most her life between Stockton, CA and Salina OK. Caroline enjoyed family, working in her yard (park), her dog, solitaire and watching movies with her husband (Titanic her favorite).

Caroline was preceded in death by...

Carl Elbert

Jan 13, 2024

Carl Joseph Elbert, 71, Seneca, MO passed away January 13, 2024 at his home after an illness.

Carl Joseph Elbert was born July 12, 1952 in Joplin, MO the son of David Joseph and Imogene (Testerman) Elbert. He was a lifetime area resident. Carl was a 1971 graduate of Wyandotte High School following his graduation he entered the US...

Marvin Chester

Jan 9, 2024

Marvin Chester, 88, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest at Carthage Health and Rehab after a long illness.

Marvin Chester was born February 25, 1935 on the family farm south of Seneca the son of Arthur and Sarah (Sadie Rinehart) Chester. He was a lifelong area resident. Marvin served his country in the United States Army stationed in Germany. Marvin...

Valerie Coffey

Jan 4, 2024

Valerie Kay Coffey, 53, of Seneca, Missouri, passed into eternal rest on January 4, 2024, at the K.U. Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

She is survived by her father and mother, Jack and Donna Gilbert of Seneca, Missouri; her brother Vance Gilbert; her husband Bob Coffey of Seneca, Missouri; and her children Luke Coffey, Jacqueline Ford and husband Jake,...

Terri Lee

Jan 1, 2024

Terri Annette Lee, passed away January 1, 2024 at her home in Miami, OK. Terri was born September 11, 1965 in Welch, OK the daughter of Oscar Lewis and Opal Lewis - Carter. She attended school in Miami, OK. Terri later obtained her GED and then went on to Crowder College and then to Missouri Southern State University earning degrees...

Larry McElhany

Dec 27, 2023

Larry Ray McElhany, 79, Wyandotte, OK passed into eternal rest December 27, 2023 after a sudden illness.

Larry Ray McElhany was born December 29, 1943 to Kenneth and Retha McElhany. He was a lifelong area resident. Larry was proud to have gone to the Turkey Ford School, or as he called it (TFU) Turkey Ford University. He had worked for...

Eppel Taylor

Dec 25, 2023

Eppel B. Taylor went to be with the Lord in December 25, 2023. She grew up in a small town in Central Arkansas. She attended the Oklahoma State University. Eppel worked at the welfare office, raised a family and then taught Home Economics at Jay High School. After retirement, she enjoyed going to estates auctions and the Methodist Church. Eppel...

Nicholas Patton

Dec 23, 2023

Nicholas Ryan Patton, 39, Baxter Springs, KS, formerly of Seneca, MO passed away suddenly December 23, 2023.

Nicholas Ryan Patton was born July 10, 1984 in Joplin, MO the son of Thomas Patton and Lorie G. (Weldon) Patton. Nicholas has lived most of his life in the area. He attended Seneca High School. He was a general labor and enjoyed...