Bonnie DeHaven
Services for Bonnie K. West DeHaven, 48, 201 N. Wall Ave., who died Tuesday, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Mason-Woodard Mortuary.
Charlie Walker, minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Joplin.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the mortuary.
Survivors include a daughter, Kellie Hooker, Carl Junction; and her mother, Gertrude Rodgers, Joplin.
Linda Hadley
Linda G. Hadley, 57, Joplin, died at 5:55 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1997, at a local nursing home after a long illness.
Mrs. Hadley was born July 3, 1939, at Chicago, Ill. She moved to Joplin in October 1996 from Wheaton, Ill. She owned and operated a beauty parlor in Wheaton.
Survivors include three daughters, Amy Hadley and Jennifer Hadley, both of Orlando, Fla., and Andrea Haidu, Naperville, Ill.; a brother, Gerald Purdy, Portland, Ore.; and a sister, Andrea Geisreiter, San Francisco, Calif.
The body will be cremated.
Memorial services are pending with Parker Mortuary.
Bunny Hunt
Bonita L. "Bunny" Hunt, 57, 7034 Spurgeon Road, south of Joplin, died at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1997, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, after a brief illness.
Mrs. Hunt was born Oct. 5, 1939, in Joplin. She had lived in the area her entire lifetime. She was graduated in 1957 from Joplin High School. For 23 years she was employed at Wonderbread. She retired as manager of the thrift store because of ill health in September.
She married Rex Hunt on Oct. 18, 1957, at Miami, Okla. He survives.
Other survivors include a son, Gary Hunt, Neosho; a daughter, Shelly Warden, Joplin; two brothers, Bill Plant, Joplin, and Al Plant, Wyandotte, Okla.; three sisters, Jeanne Isom, Bentonville, Ark., Betty Rogers, Dumas, Texas, and Gwen Hodge, El Paso, Texas; and five grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Oak Grove Baptist Church, south of Joplin. The Rev. Johnny Wilkins will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Burial will be in Hornet Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Karen Tosh, Mary Gregory, Marilyn Caldwell, Jan Bussey, Louise Marks and Dortha Gunlock.
Contributions may be made to Oak Grove Baptist Church, the Children's Miracle Network or the American Cancer Society.
Shang McWilliams
Shang L. McWilliams, 77, Joplin route 6, died at 5:50 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997, at a local nursing home after a long illness.
Mr. McWilliams was born May 24, 1919, at Hubbard, Texas. He had lived in Joplin for 12 years. He was a truck driver for Yellow Freight System for many years. He retired in December 1983. He had received a 34-year safe driver award from the National Safety Association. He served in the Army for eight years.
He married Delores Wren on June 20, 1967, in Joplin. She survives.
Additional survivors include four sons, Roger McWilliams, Wolfe City, Texas, Darrell McWilliams, Garland, Texas, Jerry McWilliams, Arlington, Texas, and Shane McWilliams, Joplin; two stepsons, Larry Hembree, Seneca, and Rick Hembree, Joplin; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The body will be cremated.
Memorial services are pending with Parker Mortuary.
Elmer Rossman
Graveside services for Elmer C. Rossman, 59, Joplin route 7, who died Monday, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Baxter Springs (Kan.) Cemetery.
Scott Cooper, minister, will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Mortuary.
Leon Schulte
Leon F. Schulte, 88, 4250 E. 13th St., died at 11:50 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 1997, at Freeman Hospital West after a long illness.
Mr. Schulte was born Jan. 5, 1909, in Joplin. He was a lifetime area resident. He had worked as a projectionist at local theaters. He was a veteran of the Army.
There are no immediate survivors.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Fairview Cemetery. Ed Hahn, minister, will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Mason-Woodard Mortuary.
Wallace Barrett
SARCOXIE, Mo. - Graveside services for Wallace C. Barrett, 85, Sarcoxie, who died Tuesday, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Sarcoxie Cemetery.
The Rev. Kenneth Holman will officiate.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Housh Funeral Home, Sarcoxie.
Elinor Carver
SARCOXIE, Mo. - Elinore Jean Carver, 71, Sarcoxie, died at 3:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997, at a Sarcoxie nursing home after a long illness.
Mrs. Carver was born May 13, 1925, at Detroit, Mich. She moved to Sarcoxie in 1973 from LaRussell. She was a homemaker and a member of Blake Baptist Church, rural LaRussell.
She married George Carver on Sept. 13, 1947, at Chicago, Ill. He died Jan. 8, 1995.
Survivors include four sons, Donald Carver, Carthage, John Carver, LaRussell, and Henry Carver and Kenneth Carver, both of Sarcoxie; two daughters, Anna Bittick, Sarcoxie, and Norma Smith, Joplin; a brother, Raymond Smith, Cape Coral, Fla.; 16 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Housh Funeral Home. Burial will be in Red Oak Cemetery, north of Sarcoxie.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
