1st Lt. Wm. Wyatt Patton Jr.
U.S. Army Air Force World War II Pilot
Wm. W. Patton Jr. was born January 10, 1918 in Stella, Mo., the son of the late Wm. Wyatt Patton Sr. and Rhoda Francis (Gold) Patton.
He was the older brother of Wendell Patton, Keith Patton and Billie Joan Patton Taylor, who precede him in death.
He is also preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Pauline Patton.
Phyllis G. Moreira
Phyllis G. Moreira, 87, of Joplin, died at 9:15 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2001 at a local care center.
Bruce E. Clark
Bruce E. Clark Sr., age 73, of Joplin, passed away at 11:00 p.m. Monday, October 1, 2001 at Missouri Rehabilitation Center, Mt. Vernon, after a brief illness.
Gerald Lee Jarvis
In loving memory of my father Gerald Lee Jarvis who passed from this earth on September 28, 2001 in Roseville, Calif.
Harold Carlisle
Harold R. Carlisle, age 85, Joplin, passed away at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, October 2, 2001 at a local nursing home after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.
Claude Ernest "Dutch" Douthitt
Claude Ernest "Dutch" Douthitt, age 86, Joplin, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2001 after a lengthy illness.
Lester H. Branham
Lester H. "Curly" Branham, age 90, of Neosho, died at 5:50 p.m. Monday, October 1, 2001 at Freeman Neosho Hospital after a a short illness.
He was born March 13, 1911 in a farmhouse in Elm Springs, Mo. to Etta Rowena Schumaker and Eli Fish Branham.
Both parents preceded him in death.
Kathe E. Morse
Kathe E. Morse, of Joplin, passed away at 4:00 p.m. Friday, September 28, 2001 at Freeman Hospital after a short illness.
Robert E. Ruscha
Robert E. "Bob" Ruscha, 68, of Verona, Mo. passed away peacefully at his home September 29, 2001 following a courageous battle with cancer.
Richard M. "Holly" Hollingsworth
Richard "Holly" Hollingsworth, age 78, Webb City, Mo. passed away at 1:10 p.m. Saturday, September 29, 2001 at Freeman West Hospital after a lengthy illness.
Doris Kline
Doris Kline, age 81, of Joplin, passed away at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 29, 2001 at National Health Care Center after an illness.
