Barbara Paxson, Baxter Springs

Barbara Paxson, 57 of Baxter Springs, died at 12:20 p.m. Sunday, November 20, 2022, at Freeman West Hospital of Joplin, Mo. Born May 26, 1965, in Baxter Springs. Barbara was the daughter of Eddie Ray Price and Beatrice Faye Price. She lived in Quapaw, Okla. and Baxter Springs all of her life.

Jimmie Kelsey, 93, Chetopa

Jimmie L. Kelsey, 93, of Chetopa, died at 2:25 p.m., Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at his home. Born May 25, 1929, in Chetopa, Jimmie Louis Kelsey was the son of Carl Albert and Mariam (Frye) Kelsey. They preceded him in death. Jimmie was also preceded in death by an infant brother.

Charles William “Chuck” Minor

Charles William “Chuck” Minor, 67, of Oswego, Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Ascension Via Christi Hospital, in Pittsburg. Born November 6, 1955, in Parsons, Chuck was the son of Wanda Mae Wheat Minor and Billy Glen Minor. His father preceded him in death.

Rae Ann Sramek

Rae Ann Sramek, 88, of Oswego, died Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at the Morning Star Care Home of Neodesha. Born in Oswego, July 13, 1934, Ann was the daughter of Jay Merritt Canfield and Anna Elizabeth Strickland Canfield. They preceded her in death.

Edna Mae Feurt

Edna Mae Feurt, 73, of Galena, at 2:53 a.m. Monday, November 14, 2022 at Mercy Hospital, in Joplin, Mo. Born November 25, 1948 in Julesburg, Colorado, Edna was the daughter of Harold and Bessie (Richtner) Allen. She had lived in Galena the past 22 years, moving from Denver Colorado.

John Leroy Sullivan

John Leroy Sullivan, 64, of Scammon, died Saturday, November 12, 2022 at Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. Born May 23, 1958, in Joplin, Mo., John was the son of John Aaron and Josephine Jane (Golden) Sullivan. John was preceded in death by his father.

Walter “Walt” F. Wofford

Walter “Walt” F. Wofford, 90, of Topeka, died Sunday, November 13, 2022, after a long battle of Parkinson’s disease. Born April 28, 1932, in Hallowell, Walt was the son of Ermil and Eva (Smith) Wofford. They preceded him in death.

Raymond Charles Glaser

Raymond Charles Glaser 94, of Pittsburg, died 10:35 a.m. Saturday November 12, 2022 in Pittsburg following an illness. Born September 22, 1928, in Pittsburg, Raymond was the son of Raymond Carl and Vivian Ann (Marvin) Glaser. He was a lifelong resident of the area and attended area schools.

Douglas McArthur Baysinger

Douglas McArthur Baysinger, 78, of Baxter Springs, died Monday, November 14, 2022, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo. Born August 21, 1944 in Elmtree, Doug was the son of Clifford and Lona (Sweeten) Baysinger. They preceded him in death.

Norma Jean Culver Gardner

Norma Jean Culver Gardner, 85, of Grove, Okla., died at 3:55 a.m. November 12, 2022. She was born February 24, 1937 in her family’s farmhouse in Baxter Springs. Although she was 85, she didn’t look a day over 70. She credited this mostly to Ivory Soap. In her own words, she is “29 and holding.