Author: Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary

Larry Duane Babb, Sr., 75, of Joplin, passed away Saturday, July 10, 2021 at his home

Barbara Katherine Grant, 78, of Joplin, Missouri passed away on July 7, 2021.

Dr. William Donald Anderson, Jr., 93, of Joplin, Missouri, formerly of Norman, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021 in the comfort of his home.

Our region lost an Art Wonder Woman on April 18, with the passing of Mary Jo Mueller.

Mrs. Judy Mae Gilbert, 71, of Jasper, Missouri, departed this life on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in the comfort of her home, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Janet Copley, 76, of Monett, MO, passed away at 6:06 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at her home following an illness.

Dr. Stephen T. LeMaster, 71, of Joplin, passed away February 24, 2021.

Paul Bruce Milgrim, 66, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, February 23rd, at Menorah Medical Center.

Dora Joanne Nowak, 76, of Humansville, Missouri, passed away February 17, 2021.

John C. Howell was born March 14, 1951 in St. Louis to John and Ruth (Wade) Howell.

Charles (Charlie) E. Miller, age 86, of Joplin, Missouri, passed away Monday morning, February 1, 2021 in the comfort of his home.

William Lane Stephens, Sr., age 62, of Joplin, passed away January 24, 2021.

Mr. James Gary “Jim” Wilcoxson, 75, of Joplin, Missouri, formerly of Battlefield, Missouri, departed this life on Sunday afternoon, January 17, 2021, in the comfort of his family home.

Julia T. “Judy” Hardy, 92, of Joplin, Missouri passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 17th, 2021, at the Communities of Wildwood Ranch after a recent decline in health.

Charles Fairbanks, 78, of Carl Junction, passed away January 6, 2021.

Maxine Milgrim, 84, of Joplin, Missouri, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2020.

Mr. Jackie Lee “Jack” Bradley, 80, of Galena, Kansas, a longtime educator with the Joplin R-8 School District, departed this life on Monday morning, December 14, 2020, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri, after a recent battle with cancer.

Lawrence “Larry” Kloeppel, 90, of Joplin, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2020, at Wildwood Senior Living. Larry was born on June 25, 1930 in Hitchcock, Oklahoma, to his parents, John I. Kloeppel and Hilda A. (Strack) Kloeppel.

Our Dad, Dale Holland, KIØL, tossed away his suits and neckties and never stepped foot in a barber shop again when he retired at the age of 55 from IBM.

Elizabeth Ruth Hatfield, 96, of Joplin, passed away November 16, 2020 in the comfort of her home.

Mary Margaret (Fitzsimmons) Jones, 89, of Joplin, Missouri, departed this life for her heavenly home on Monday, November 9th, after complications with COVID-19.

Mr. Robert Dean “Bob” Collett, 79, of Joplin, Missouri, departed this life on Saturday, November 7, 2020, while at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.

Irene Comer, 98, of Joplin, passed away Friday, November 6, 2020.

Glenn D. “Tom” Rhoads of Joplin passed away on Sunday, November 1.