Author: Knell Mortuary

Juanita Mae Kluender, 83, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Monday morning, March 1, 2021 at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri.

Mary “Luanne” (nee Peters) Wilson 1959-2021. Luanne passed away from a long illness on Wednesday, February 17 in Joplin, Missouri.

Wanda L. VanWey, 80, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 9, 2021 at UTMB Jennie Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas.

Kelly Ray Shephard, 52, Reeds, Missouri, passed away early Monday morning, January 25, 2021 at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri.

Hershel D. Williams, 84, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Monday evening, January 25, 2021 at Joplin Health and Rehab, Joplin, Missouri.

Robert William Ellis, age 74, Carthage, MO, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021 at his home.

Donald Lee Osmon "Big Bear", Jr., 60, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Thursday evening, January 21, 2021 at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri.

Samuel Pinkley, age 17, Carthage, Missouri, passed away on January 19, 2021 at his home.

Pamela “Pam” Jean Johnson (née Eliason), 74, Overland Park, KS, died on January 20, 2021 after a long illness.

Lola Jane Sloniker, 79, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Tuesday evening, January 19, 2021 at Carthage Health and Rehab, Carthage.

Josephine Maria (Vitale) Oliverio, 88, of Hamden, Connecticut passed away just after dawn Saturday, January 16, 2021 at her daughter's home in Carthage, Missouri.

Marjorie Lorene “Margie” Robertson, 95, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Friday afternoon, January 15, 2021 at Mercy Hospital, Carthage.

Charles E. Babb, 60, Carthage, Missouri, went to be with the Lord on January 15, 2021, after a courageous battle with kidney disease.

Richard Joe Sloan, 64, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Monday afternoon, January 11, 2021 at his home with family by his side.

Alonzo (Lon) Ware McKinney was called home on December 31, 2020.

Mary Ann Simrell, 92, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Saturday morning, January 2, 2021 at Maple Tree Terrace, Carthage.

Earl Edward Sneed, 74, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Saturday morning, December 19, 2020 at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, Missouri.

Elva “Maxine” Waggoner, 90, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Mercy Hospital, Carthage, Missouri.

Cara Lynn Pugh, 73, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Tuesday evening, December 15, 2020 at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri.

Ronald Eugene Wagner, 68, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Sunday evening, December 13, 2020 at his home.

Reverend Arthur Lee Hubert Cortez, 77 of Jeffersonville, Indiana was called from labor to reward on Friday, November 27, 2020 at Clark Memorial Hospital.

Raymond Lemoyne Pollard, 73, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Thursday morning, December 3, 2020 at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Missouri.

James Gilbert “Jim” Weatherly, 90, Jasper, Missouri, passed away Thursday evening, December 3, 2020 at his home.

Carl W. Taylor, 79, Reeds, Missouri, passed Saturday, November 28, 2020 at Mercy Hospital.