Bates County Obituaries

 

THOMAS, Leona Mae (?? - 2008)
Kansas City Star, 18 June 2008
Leona Mae Thomas 87 Butler, MO, died June 17, 2008. Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) Butler, MO. Visitation 6:30-7:30 p.m. Friday at the Chapel. Burial, Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. Contributions, Seth Thomas Memorial Scholarship. Survivors, son, Mitch Thomas (Shelly) of Butler, MO; daughter, Reta Eidson (Jimmie) of Urich, MO; 2 sisters-in-law; 2 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband Howard Thomas in 2005. Online condolences.

THOMAS, Murlin E. (1927 - 2005)
Adrian Journal, 16 November 2005
Murlin E. "Tunney" Thomas 1927-2005 - Murlin E. "Tunney" Thomas, age 78, of Belton, Missouri died Sunday, November 6, 2005 at Beautiful Savior Nursing Home in Belton. Funeral services were Thursday, November 10, 2005 at the Schowendgerdt Funeral Chapel in Butler, Missouri.

THOMAS, Sterling Eugene (1939 - 2006)
Nevada Daily Mail, Thursday, September 28, 2006
Sterling Eugene (Gene) Thomas, 67, Milo, Mo., passed away at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, following a short illness. He was born Sept. 17, 1939, in Nevada, Mo., to Sterling Lemon Thomas and Cleora Mae Belcher Thomas. He married Sandra M. Havens on April 26, 1959, in Nevada, and she survives of the home. Gene was a lifelong resident of Vernon County. He graduated from Nevada High School in 1958. Gene worked as a construction inspector for the Missouri State Highway Department for 39 years until his retirement in 2000. He also farmed and raised cattle. Gene was a member of the Pine Street Baptist Church, the Nevada Elks Lodge No. 564, the Missouri Cattleman's Association, and the Wednesday morning coffee bowling league. He enjoyed his grandchildren, and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Survivors in addition to his wife Sandy, include one daughter, Bonnie McConnaughy and her husband Daniel, Olathe, Kan.; one son, Odie Thomas and his wife Tami, Nevada; five grandchildren, Eric Hochstatter, Morgan Hochstatter, Heather Thomas, Taylor Thomas, and Colton Thomas; two stepgrandchildren, Melissa McConnaughy, and Amanda McConnaughy; his mother, Polly Thomas, Nevada; one sister, Judy Kimzey, Nevada; two nephews and nieces and one great-nephew. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with John Nichols officiating. Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery, Nevada.

THOMAS, William H. (?? - 2008)
Kansas City Star, 31 March 2008
William Thomas 89 of Butler, MO died March 28, 2008. Funeral services 11 am Tuesday, April 1, at First Christian Church Butler. Visitation 10-11 am at the church. Contributions to the church or Crossroads Hospice. Under direction of the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660- 679-6555) Butler.