Recent Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Seneca, Missouri

James (Jim) Adams

James (Jim) Adams

Nov 18, 2020

___________________________________ James L. (Jim) Adams, 58, lifelong Seneca resident passed away November 18, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin after a sudden illness. James Leonard Adams was born August 18, 1962 in Fort Knox, KY the son of Loyd and Bernice (Hoff) Adams. Jim served his country in the Army of the United States. He graduated from Seneca High School....

Terry Testerman

Terry Testerman

Nov 18, 2020

_______________________________ Terry I. Testerman, 62, Joplin, MO, passed away November 18, 2020 at her home in rural Joplin after a long illness. Terry I. Mersman was born November 24, 1959 in Neosho, MO the daughter of Edward and Clornia (Bennett) Mersman. Terry enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, crafting, scrapbooking and shopping for her kids and grandkids. Terry was a...

Jan Cole

Jan Cole

Nov 17, 2020

___________________________ Jan Cole, 75, lifelong Seneca resident passed into eternal rest November 17, 2020 at her home in rural Seneca after a long illness. Jan was born February 19, 1945 in Tulsa, OK the daughter of Walter and Mary (Sargent). Jan was a graduate of Seneca High School and she took several classes at Crowder College and NEO. She loved...

Charles Hawes Jr.

Charles Hawes Jr.

Nov 14, 2020

_____________________________ Charles F. Hawes Jr. 57, Jasper, MO, passed into eternal rest November 14, 2020 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin after a sudden illness. Charles Franklin Hawes Jr. was born March 17, 1963 in Baltimore, MD the son of Charles Franklin Hawes Sr and Barbara Jean Oliveto Hawes. Charles was a graduate of Cherokee High School. He loved Southern...

Barbara Earline Barnes

Barbara Earline Barnes

Nov 12, 2020

______________________________________ Barbara Earline Barnes, 81, Seneca, MO passed into eternal rest November 12, 2020 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after an illness. Barbara Earline Lankford was born October 28, 1939 in Seneca, MO the daughter of Earl and Bernice (Lawhon) Lankford. Earline had lived in the area all her life. She was a homemaker and a member of the...

Vicky Jean Sikes

Vicky Jean Sikes

Nov 11, 2020

____________________________ Vicky Jean (Conley) Sikes, 63, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest at 9:44am, November 11, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO after an illness. Vicky Jean Conley was born June 11, 1957 in Butler, MO the daughter of Vernon Doyle and Mary Ellen (Moore) Conley. Vicky was a 1975 graduate of the Butler High School and also a...

Henry Leon Smith

Henry Leon Smith

Nov 11, 2020

____________________________ Henry Leon Smith, 86, rural Seneca, passed away November 11, 2020 at the Medical Lodges Of Neosho after a long illness. Henry Leon Smith was born August 2, 1934 in Tulsa, OK the son of Henry Lee and Helen Marie (Chase) Smith. Henry formerly worked as a welder on the pipeline. The body has been taken for cremation under...

Cheryl Irene Campbell

Cheryl Irene Campbell

Nov 10, 2020

___________________________ Cheryl Irene Campbell Born July 18, 1952 in Carthage, MO to Earl Eugene and Evelyn Lorraine (Dipper) Snyder, passed into eternal rest November 10, 2020 at Freeman West Hospital after an illness. She met the love of her life, Vernon Lee Campbell in 1995 they were united in marriage December 11, 2004. Cheryl was a member of the Seneca...

Jamie Leeann Foster

Jamie Leeann Foster

Nov 9, 2020

________________________________ Jamie Leeann Foster, 59, Neosho, MO, passed away November 9, 2020 at her home in rural Seneca after an illness. Jamie LeeAnn Davidson was born September 12, 1961 in Joplin, MO the daughter of James and Nettie Masie (Duncan) Davidson. Jamie had lived in the area since 2009 and was a homemaker. She loved being on her computer and...

Ramona Lee Margerum

Ramona Lee Margerum

Nov 9, 2020

________________________________________ Ramona Lee Margerum, age 62, passed into eternal rest November 9, 2020. Ramona was a beautiful soul and a loving mother and grandmother. Ramona was well-loved by many friends and family. She was a giving woman with a kind word and a listening ear for all who needed compassion. She loved God, her family, and an abundance of friends....

Donna Pinkley

Donna Pinkley

Nov 8, 2020

_____________________________________ Donna Pinkley, 73, formerly of Miami, OK, passed away November 8, 2020 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after an illness. Donna Stults was born May 19, 1947 in Jasper County, MO the daughter of Richard and Opal (Robinson) Stults. Donna formerly worked as a Pharmacy Technician and was of the Baptist Faith. Donna was preceded in death by...

Donnie "Connie" Owen

Donnie "Connie" Owen

Nov 8, 2020

____________________________ Donnie (Connie) Sue Owen, 65, formerly of Anderson, MO, passed into eternal rest November 8, 2020 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after an illness. Donnie Sue Owen was born November 11, 1954 in Rockford, IL the daughter of Guy E and Bessie Wanda (Hicks) Goble. She was a homemaker. Donnie was preceded in death by her husband Floyd...

Norma Lee Helm

Norma Lee Helm

Nov 7, 2020

___________________________________ Norma Lee Watts Helm, 92, passed into eternal rest, November 7, 2020 at Seneca, MO after an illness. Norma was born July 27, 1928. She lived in the area her whole life. She retired from Milnot Company, in Seneca and was an active member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women's Group. Norma also enjoyed going to and...

Forrest Robinson Jr.

Forrest Robinson Jr.

Nov 5, 2020

___________________________________________________________ Funeral Services for Forrest Eugene “Gene” Robinson, Jr. of Seneca, MO will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Winfield, MO. Rev. Sammy Lorton, pastor of Whiteside Holiness Church in Whiteside, MO and, Rev. Ivan Hazelwood will officiate with burial in Bethany Cemetery near Foley, MO. Serving as pallbearers will be Brad...

Dawayne Garlington

Dawayne Garlington

Nov 3, 2020

________________________________________________ Dawayne Moore Garlington, 55, Neosho, MO passed into eternal rest November 3, 2020 in Alabama after a sudden illness. Dawayne Moore Garlington was born June 28, 1965 in Lancaster, CA. the son of Bill and Linda (Robinson) Garlington. In his preteen years they moved from California to Texas. He started his own business of shining shoes at the age...

Joy Hobbs

Joy Hobbs

Nov 2, 2020

____________________________________________________ Joy Ann Hobbs, 73, Seneca, MO passed away November 2, 2020 at her home in Seneca after a long illness. Joy Ann Johnston was born August 8, 1947 in Oakland, CA the daughter of John and Zola (Joy) Johnston. Joy graduated from Harrells High School in California in 1965. Joy Ann married Bobby Max Hobbs June 5, 1971 in...

Don Drake

Don Drake

Nov 1, 2020

__________________________________________________ Don Olen Drake, 65, went to heaven to be forever with his JESUS, his LORD, at 5:55am on November 1, 2020 from a sudden illness. Don was born on May 18, 1955 to Herbert Earnest and Reeta Marie (Christerson) Drake and had lived on his home place in rural Seneca all his life. He had attended Thompson Grove one...

Gwendollen B. Payne

Gwendollen B. Payne

Oct 28, 2020

_______________________________________________ Gwendollen B. (Beaty) Payne, 90, formerly of Bartlesville, OK, passed away October 28, 2020 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after an illness. Gwendollen Beaty was born December 30, 1929 in the State of Arkansas the daughter of Roy and Mary (Kemp) Beaty. Gwendollen was a was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma and the UMW (United Methodist...

Rhonda McDowell (Rosiere)

Rhonda McDowell (Rosiere)

Oct 24, 2020

_______________________________________________ Rhonda Jean McDowell, 54, of Branson MO, passed away on Saturday, October 24th, 2020. Visitation will be from 6pm to 7pm Thursday, October 29th at Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home in Seneca, MO. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 30th at 10am at the Modoc Gathering Building in Wyandotte OK, with Minister Joshua Frakes of Seneca Christian Church officiating....

Harry Bruns

Harry Bruns

Oct 22, 2020

__________________________________________________ Harry F. Bruns, 82, Neosho, MO, passed away October 22, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO after an illness. Harry Francis Bruns was born July 1, 1938 in Kansas City, KS the son of Harry and Nan (Francis) Bruns. Harry married Linda Lankford on 11/9/1962 in Kansas City, Kansas. With his wife of almost 58 years, he attended...