Obituaries from October 2015

Larry Alan Sivils, 71, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, at his home. He was born Oct. 2, 1943, in Rich Hill. On Sept. 11, 1993, he was united in marriage to Kathryn Marie (Griffith) Sivils and she survives of the home...

Randy Thomas Boyd, 65, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada, after a lengthy illness. He was born July 27, 1950, in Nevada, the son of Murl Wilford and Lois Mae (Bryan) Boyd. On Jan. 28, 1978, he was united in marriage to Mickie Rae (Garwood) Boyd and she survives of the home...

Virginia Lucille Shumaker, 91, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, after a lengthy illness. Lucille was born on Dec. 14, 1923. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 16, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in Antioch Cemetery, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., prior to the service at the funeral home...

Virginia "Lucille" Shumaker, 91, died on Oct. 11, 2015, after a lengthy illness. Lucille was born on Dec. 14, 1923, to Leslie Emmett and Myrtle Isabelle (Humbert) Gowin, in Nevada, Mo. She married Harold Leon Shumaker on Jan. 1, 1941, in a double ceremony with her brother, Glenn Franklin Gowin and Mildred Shumaker, in Nevada, Mo. ...

John Wilber Smith, 75, of Nevada, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. He was born March 23, 1940, in Butler, Mo., the son of Everett Thomas Sr. and Fauneeta Ruth (Thomas) Smith. A graveside memorial service for John Wilber Smith will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Oak Hill Cemetery, in Butler, Mo. Friends may call now and until Saturday at 9 a.m., at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada...

Gladys Gertrude Dimartino, 83, Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, at Mercy Hospital, in Joplin, Mo., following a brief illness. Gladys was born Sept. 21, 1932, in Marion, N.C., to Leonard Hayes and Addie (Lee) Pearson. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. Friends may call from now and until the hour of service...

Mary Ann Leer, 77, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Arrangements are by Midland Cremation Society of Joplin.

Christina Marie Booth, 43, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Oct. 19, 2015, at her home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Christina was born on Nov. 14, 1971, in Kansas City, Mo., to Bobby L. and Joyce Lee (Page) Wilson. She was united in marriage to Randy K. Booth on Nov. 21, 2001, in St. Lucia, and he survives of the home...

Ralph Kenneth Cullison, 78, Bronaugh, Mo., died Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, in Butler, Mo. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Memorials are suggested to the Bronaugh Volunteer Fire Department or Pleasant View Cemetery in care of Ferry Funeral Home...

Barbara Jean Falls, 76, of Lamar, Mo., passed from this life on Oct. 25, 2015, at Mercy Hospital, in Joplin. She was born July 5, 1939, in Rayville, Mo., the daughter of George Lee and Dorothy Mildred (Raw) Phillips. She has spent the last 28 years with her companion and the love of her life, George Leroy Puckett, and he survives of the home...

Paul Ronald Scougal, 87, of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, at Medicalodge of Nevada. He was born on May 3, 1928, in Waverly, Iowa, to Albert William and Margaret Emma (Dempsey) Scougal. He married Phyllis Marie Stanley on June 6, 1948, in Des Moines, Iowa, and she preceded him in death on Jan. 28, 2010...

Larry J. Hale, 70, of Sheldon, Mo., passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, at Barton County Memorial Hospital. Larry was born March 11, 1945, in Nevada, Mo., the son of William J. and Anna Lee (Gunier) Hale. He graduated from Sheldon High School in 1963 and Southwest Missouri State University in 1967 with a degree in agriculture and a minor in science and history. ...

Denny Leon McClellan, 71, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at his home in Nevada. Denny was born on Nov. 21, 1943, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Melvin and Betty Jo (Whitworth) McClellan. He was united in marriage to Patricia Rawlings on Sept. 30, 2000, and she survives of the home...

Gregg Swisher Pennington, 76, of Flemington, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, at Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility.