Recent Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Seneca, Missouri

Donald Snow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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