Obituaries

Bobby J. Heitz

Bobby Joe Heitz, 84, of Joplin, passed away on May 16, 2018. Services were held on Saturday in Bland-Hackleman Chapel. Burial followed in Worsley Cemetery near Bronaugh. Memorial donations may be made to VFW 257 and left at the funeral home.

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Daniel W. Weaver

Daniel W. Weaver, 73, a farmer who resided in rural Liberal, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018. His service was Saturday, May 19, in Liberal United Methodist Church under direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar, with burial in Worsley Cemetery.

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Harold Julian

Harold W. Julian, 88, of El Dorado Springs, passed away May 21, 2018. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, in Bland-Hackleman Chapel with burial in White Hall Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the

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Ronald G. Elliott

Ronald G. Elliott, 81, Walker, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at his home in Walker following a brief illness. Ron was born Feb. 9, 1937 south of El Dorado Springs to William LeRoy and Virgie May (Elliott) Teague. On Christmas day in 1975, he married Barbara Ann Hallam in Walker and she survives

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Ronald David Hughes

Ronald David Hughes, 64, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, as a result of an automobile accident. Ron was born Oct. 28, 1953, in Nevada  to Raymond L. and Doris Jeanell (Heddinger) Hughes. He married Janet L. Bloesser on Dec. 10, 1983, in Walker and she survives of the home. Ron loved the

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Orville D. Taylor

Orville Donald Taylor, 90, of rural El Dorado Springs, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2018, in Community Springs Healthcare. He was born in a log house in El Dorado Springs on Oct. 4, 1927, to Lester and Edyth (Harvey) Taylor, one of five children. There were five acres on the “home” place in the

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Connie Sue Davis

Connie Sue Davis, 79, of Schell City, passed away May 7, 2018. She was born Sept., 2, 1938, the daughter of Mamie Marie Schroder and Theodore “Ted” Malee. In 1960 Connie married Paul W. Davis Jr. During this marriage, they raised four beautiful children – William Leroy, Betty Ann, Kenneth Walter and Sabetha Ann. From

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Zana E. Blankenship

Zana Ellen (Chambers) Blankenship, 83, of Walker, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2018. Zana was born Dec. 11, 1934, in Sedalia, to Thomas E. and Elsie M. (Rains) Chambers. She graduated from Warsaw High School in 1953 and married Max Blankenship on July 1, 1953. To their union five children were born. Zana retired from

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Cassandra R. Hocking

Cassandra Rachel Hocking, age 26, of El Dorado Springs, passed away tragically on May 9, 2018. Graveside services were held in Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Saturday, May 12, 2018, under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to help the family with expenses and left at the

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Virginia Evelyn Potter

Virginia Evelyn Potter, 86, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Virginia was born March 4, 1932, in Jackson County, MO to Olin E. and Iva Ruth (Kincaid) Reynolds. She married Norval L. Potter on April 13, 1951, in El Dorado Springs and he survives of the home.

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