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Patsy Curtis
Patsy Ruth Curtis, 72, 4187 Dolphin Ave., died at 1:38 p.m. Friday, January 23, 1998, at her home after a two-year illness.
Mrs. Curtis was born Nov. 15, 1925, at Sikeston. She moved to Diamond in 1978 and then to Joplin in 1994. She was a member of Diamond Baptist Church, the Sam Davis Eastern Star Lodge, Smyrna, Tenn., and the AirForce 55th Fighter Group Reunion.
She taught Sunday school and vacation Bible school at the church for many years.
She married
Rueben Flake Curtis on Jan. 21, 1942, at Piggot, Ark. He survives.
Additional survivors include a son, Gary S. Curtis, Joplin; a daughter, Leatha Ann Smith, Joplin, and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary. The Rev. Greg Snow will officiate. Burial will be in Diamond cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Bernie Beptasso, Dennis Smith, Scott Smith, Jace Ellis, Ben Bliler and David Yen.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Contributions may be made to the St. Johns Hospice program.
Jerry Diduch
Jerry Diduch, 67, Mobile, Ala., formerly of Joplin, died at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1998, at Providence Hospital, Mobile, after an illness.
Mr. Diduch was born April 16, 1930, at Chicago, Ill. He lived in Joplin for 8« years, later moving to Mobile.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria Diduch, Mobile; a son, Steven Diduch, Chicago; and three grandchildren.
Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. todaysat at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Mobile.
Arrangements are under the direction of Pine Crest Funeral Home, Mobile.
Louis Burrow
NEOSHO, Mo. - Louis Newton Burrow, 84, Neosho, died at 8:09 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 1998, at Freeman Neosho Hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Burrow was born July 12, 1913, in Newton County, and was a lifetime area resident. He worked at Wolfe Milling Company and Ratliff Feed before purchasing Burrow Trucking Company. He retired in 1987.
He was a member of Neosho First Lutheran Church, where he served as a trustee.
He married
Della G. Bolin on June 29, 1932. She died May 17, 1972. He married
Elaine Whittlesey on April 7, 1973. She survives.
Additional survivors include two daughters, Ladean Reed and Janice Pruitt, both of Neosho; a son, Bennie Burrow, Neosho; two stepsons, Brent Whittlesey, Gladstone, and Craig Whittlesey, Granby; a stepdaughter, Denise Strong, Weatherby; a brother, Leonard Burrow, Gladstone; a sister, Lucille Miller, Carthage; three grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Clark Funeral Home, Neosho, with the Rev. Merrill Kluhsman, the Rev. James Schnackenberg and the Rev. Terry Swagerty officiating. Burial will be in Neosho IOOF cemetery.
Grandsons Greg Reed, Kevin Pruitt, Lyndall Burrow, Michael Whittlesey, Bryan Whittlesey, James Whittlesey and Charles Anthony Strong will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may call after 9 a.m. todaysat and after noon Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Foundation or the American Heart Association, in care of the funeral home.
John Crawford
PIERCE CITY, Mo. - John Crawford, 90, Pierce City, died at 6:42 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 1998, at Cox Monett Hospital after an illness.
Mr. Crawford was born was March 17, 1907, in Newton County. He was a retired farmer.
He was a member of Clear Creek Baptist Church, near Pierce City.
Survivors include a brother, Frank Crawford, Pierce City; and a sister, Virginia Mae McKinny, Joplin.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City. Bill Harvill and Charles Canady, ministers, will officiate. Burial will be in Clear Creek cemetery, near Pierce City.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Contributions may be made to the Southern Baptist Children's Home at Mount Vernon.
Eula Eubanks
NEOSHO, Mo. - Eula Mae Eubanks, 82, Twin Falls, Idaho, a former Neosho-area resident, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 1998, at her home after a long illness.
Mrs. Eubanks was born Sept. 12, 1915, at Fayetteville, Ark. She grew up in Newton County and lived in Alaska and California. She returned to Newton County and then moved to Twin Falls about 20 years ago.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
She married
Carlos Freeland Eubanks on May 2, 1940, at Neosho. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include three sons, Buck Eubanks, Smokey Eubanks and Jim Eubanks, all of the state of Alaska; two daughters, Wanda Skelton, Hansen, Idaho and Connie Vipperman, Twin Falls, a step-daughter Carol Hagen, Kennewick, Wash.; a brother, Paul Phillips, Duenweg; a sister, Christina Turner, Joplin, 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Services were Tuesday at White Mortuary, Twin Falls. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Park.
Contributions may be made to Friends of Hospice, North Twin Falls, Idaho.
Paul Lawson
NEOSHO, Mo. - Paul Victor Lawson, 68, Neosho, died at 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 1998, at his home after a 2« year illness.
Mr. Lawson was born Oct. 24, 1929, at Grinnell, Iowa. He moved to the Neosho area in 1972 from Colorado Springs, Colo. He was a building contractor and an antique dealer. He retired from the construction industry in 1989. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War, serving from 1951 to 1953.
He was a member of Calvary Holiness Church, Neosho, where he was a lay minister.
He married
Viola Bauer on Aug. 20, 1954, at Iowa City, Iowa. She survives.
Additional survivors include three daughters, Jeanette Rae Toeppe, Springhill, Fla., Paula Bele Sorensen, Runnells, Iowa, and Angela Joanne Medlock, Neosho; a son, Kenneth Paul Lawson, Neosho; a brother, William Lawson, Sioux City, Iowa; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Calvary Holiness Church, with the Rev. Bob Goodwin, the Rev. Gene Canter and the Rev. Steve Medlock officiating. Burial will be in Gibson cemetery, Neosho.
Pallbearers will be Darrell Rogers, Menno Miller, Bob Slusher, Glen Hawk, Larry Edwards and Eugene Franklin.
Friends may call after 9 a.m. todaysat and after noon Sunday at Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.
Contributions may be made to the Mission Fund of Calvary Holiness Church, in care of the funeral home.
Vergie Nash
GREENFIELD, Mo. - Vergie Arminta Patton Nash, 92, Arcola, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 1998, at a Dade County nursing home after an illness.
Mrs. Nash was born Feb. 13, 1905, at Arcola, and was a lifetime area resident. She was a retired school teacher and a member of Arcola First Baptist Church.
Her husband, Roy R. Nash, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a stepson, Robert Nash, Vinita, Okla.; and a sister, Esther Newman, Springfield.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Greenfield Funeral Chapel, Greenfield, with the Rev. Elton White officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove cemetery, near Greenfield.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel.
Contributions may be made to the Dade County Nursing Home, Greenfield.
Edward Rinck
NEVADA, Mo. - Edward C. Rinck, 94, Nevada, died Thursday morning, Jan. 22, 1998, at Nevada Regional Medical Center after a long illness.
Mr. Rinck was born April 27, 1903, at Altamont, Kan. He was raised in Kansas City, Mo., and received his doctorate of medicine from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1929. He received his training in psychiatry in Galveston, Texas, and served his internship at the U.S. Marine Hospital in New Orleans, La.
From 1929 to 1961, he served in the U.S. Public Health Service. From 1936 to 1939, he was with the U.S. Consular Service, stationed in Stuttgart, Germany, and Dublin, Ireland. He later served as medical director at both the USNE Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pa., and the Springfield (Mo.) Medical Center. He joined Nevada State Hospital in 1961 as clinical director, retiring in 1973.
He was a member of Nevada First Christian Church; the Masonic Osage Lodge No. 303 AF&AM; Royal Arch Masons, Nevada chapter No. 56; O'Sullivan Commandry No. 15, Nevada, and Carthage Council No. 41; and Rotary International, Nevada chapter.
He married
Alma Frances Doughty on June 19, 1929, at Kansas City. She survives.
Additional survivors include a son, William Edward Rinck, Independence, Mo.; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with the Rev. Keith Mackey officiating.
Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Forest Hill cemetery, Kansas City.
Masonic services will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with visitation to follow.
Contributions may be made to Nevada First Christian Church, in care of the funeral home.
