Recent Obituaries
Recent Obituaries in Seneca, Missouri
W. Wayne Mullin
Apr 9, 2024
Winfred Wayne "W" Mullin, 87, of Miami, OK, entered eternal rest at 11:30 p.m., April 9, 2024, at Seneca House Skilled Nursing in Seneca, MO.
Wayne was born on June 22, 1936, in Stella, MO, to Ted and Walsa (Long) Mullin. He graduated from Seneca High School and entered the U.S. Army at 18. After the service, he returned home...
Cody Shaver
Apr 1, 2024
Cody W. Shaver, 19, Joplin, MO, passed away April 1, 2024 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Cody W. Shaver was born May 2, 2004 in Joplin, MO the son of Jesse and Natalie (Rust) Shaver. Cody had lived in the area all his life and had attended Seneca Schools. He loved fast cars, racing, dirt bikes, fishing, rodeos and...
Donna Blankenship
Mar 31, 2024
Donna Carol Blankenship, 75, Seneca, MO passed into eternal rest March 31, 2024 at the Seneca House Nursing Home after a long illness.
Donna Carol Brown was born March 2, 1949 in Twin Falls, ID the daughter of Virgil (Shorty) and Mary Louella (Sharp) Brown. Donna had lived in the area most all of her life. She was a homemaker and...
Irene Rosiere
Mar 29, 2024
Irene Marie Rosiere, age 95, passed away peacefully surrounded by family after a sudden illness on March 29, 2024. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother whose family meant the world to her, and they are grateful for the many years they had together.
Born in Fairmont, West Virginia on June 9, 1928 to William and Nellie Arnett Garlow,...
Gary (Doc) Green
Mar 26, 2024
Gary (Doc) Green passed into eternal rest March 26, 2024 at Communities Of Wildwood.
Gary (Doc) Duemler Green was born February 7, 1936 in Seneca, MO the son of Arlie and Marjorie Green. He was a graduate of Seneca High School. Doc worked at a 7-11 store in Texas, hauled milk for the former Milnot Company, ran the Seneca Express and...
Donald Snow
Mar 14, 2024
Donald Ray Snow, 80, Wyandotte, OK passed away March 14, 2024 in Wyandotte, OK. Donald Ray Snow was born September 8, 1943 in Neosho, MO the son of Walter and Fern (Wilson) Snow. Donald was a welder in a ship yard in Portland, OR. He enjoyed fishing, playing golf, horseshoes and shooting pool. Donald retired from Pierce Pacific in...
Velva Kelley
Mar 9, 2024
Velva Jean Kelley, 74, Seneca, MO, passed into eternal rest March 9, 2024 at her home in Seneca surrounded by her family.
Velva Jean Captain was born June 12, 1949 in Tuba City, AZ the twin daughter of Charles Thomas and Sarah Bell (Thornbrough) Captain. Velva graduate from Wyandotte High School in 1967. She loved to travel, sewing, going to flea...
Ricky Gideon
Mar 8, 2024
Ricky Lee Gideon, age 57 of Wyandotte, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord March 8th, 2024 at his home in Wyandotte, OK.
Rick was born to Gary and Hope (Jimerson) Gideon on April 20, 1966 at Miami Baptist Hospital in Miami, Oklahoma.
Rick's life was one of engagement and enthusiasm. Whether he was tinkering in his garage, sharing Army stories with...
Nicholas Glover
Feb 27, 2024
Nicholas "Nick" Glover, 22, Joplin, MO passed away February 27, 2024 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
Nicholas Matthew Glover was born August 8, 2001 in Joplin, MO the son of Bill (Eddie) and Jennifer (Clogston) Glover. Nick was a lifelong area resident. He graduated from Seneca High School in 2020. Nick loved to ride his bike and...
Lenora Wyrick
Feb 25, 2024
Lenora Maye Wyrick, 82, Joplin, MO passed into eternal rest February 25, 2024 at Joplin Health Care after a long illness.
Lenora Maye Greninger was born September 8, 1941 in Joplin, MO the daughter of William (Bill) and Delce (Branham) Greninger. Lenora was a lifelong area resident. She went to Greenwood School and then to High School at Seneca. Lenora formerly...
Gary Wolfenbarger
Feb 24, 2024
Gary K Wolfenbarger
Oct 21 1956 - Feb 24 2024
Born in Claremore, OK to Kenneth C and Daisy Geraldine Scribner Wolfenbarger. He attended Turkey Ford and Grove schools. He graduated from Waynesville, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
Gary was proceeded in death by his father Kenneth Wolfenbarger. His step father's William Perryman and Jackie Keller. Brother Jerry Thomas Wolfenbarger, sister Geneva Fletcher.
He is...
O. Leo Altebaumer
Feb 21, 2024
Orville Leo Altebaumer, 78, a long time resident of Joplin, MO passed away Feb. 21, 2024 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Leo Altebaumer was born August 5, 1945 in Vinita, OK to William George "Bill" Altebaumer and Elnora "Belle" (Miller) Altebaumer of Centrailia, OK. The youngest of three boys, he grew up in Miami, OK, attended Sacred Heart...
Barbara Severson
Feb 21, 2024
Barbara Lee Severson, 57, Joplin, MO passed away suddenly February 21, 2024 at her home. Barbara Lee King was born October 15, 1966 in the state of Arkansas. She was was adopted by Daryl (Short) and Donna King in 1968. She grew up in Seneca and graduated from Seneca High School in 1985. Barbie as she was known by...
Desiree Bridges
Feb 20, 2024
Desiree Bridges, age 43, passed peacefully from this life, surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, in her home in Goodman, MO.
She was born October 3, 1980, in Belton, MO, to David Chanslor and Lynda Langland. Desiree was a 1999 graduate of Neosho High School, then furthered her education at Missouri Southern State University, graduating in 2003 with...
Shirley McMurry
Feb 19, 2024
Shirley Anne McMurry, 84, Carl Junction, MO, passed away February 19, 2024 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin after an illness.
Shirley Anne Ingle was born December 6, 1939 in Broken Arrow, OK the daughter of Cecil and Wilrose Ingle. Shirley was a homemaker and was of the Christian faith. She enjoyed reading, growing things, playing bingo and she loved her...
Cletus Sampson
Feb 10, 2024
Cletus Charles Sampson, 72, Seneca, MO, passed away February 10, 2024 at his home after an illness.
Cletus Charles Sampson was born June 23, 1951 in Truth Or Consequences, NM the son of Wilbur and Myrtle (Griffith) Sampson.
On a chilly and windy day, at the end of winter, God decided to bring home a special soul....
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...