![]() He taught communications at UMKC before joining the faculty at DeVry University. He later received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Missouri Southern State College and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He excelled in scouting and student leadership, earning his Eagle Scout Award and graduating at the top of his class from Parkwood High School in 1971. Joel was a proud native of Joplin, the son of the late James E. An unforgettable father, son, brother and friend, Joel Patterson recently passed away at his home in Leawood, Kan. ![]() Box 66, Neosho, MO 64850.Īrrangements are under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho. John's Church in care of Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Thursday evening at the funeral home.Ĭontributions in memory of Letha Lee may be made to the Altar Guild of St. and the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Interment will be in the Neosho IOOF Cemetery and family will serve as pallbearers.įriends may call at the Clark Funeral Home, Neosho, on Thursday from 9 a.m. John's Episcopal Church, Father Dan Erdman will officiate. Services will be Friday, May 4, at 2 p.m. In addition to her husband and parents, she is preceded in death by two sisters, Wilma Landreth and Mary Beth Jones and a niece, Joanna Balmas. She is survived by a niece, Marilee Griffin and husband, Darren, Stark City two great-nieces, Jennifer Sickenger, Springfield, and Della Cobb and husband, David, Stark City a great-nephew, Scott Mark, Monett and four great great nieces and nephews. She was a homemaker, an accomplished cook, was known for her quick wit, an active member of Neosho Area Widow to Widow and a member of St. She graduated from Newtonia High School and Business College and had worked in Wichita, Kan., Tulsa, Okla., Kansas City, Mo., and Springfield, Mo., before returning to the area in 1972. 9, 1910, in Stark City, Mo., the daughter of William H. Letha Lee Kritz NEOSHO, MO - Letha Lee Kritz, 101, of Neosho, died May 1, 2012, at Medicalodge in Neosho. As Lynn Hudson writes in the book “The Making of ‘Mammy Pleasant’: A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco,” Pleasant told Davis, “Before I pass away, I wish to clear the identity of the party who furnished John Brown with most of his money to start the fight at Harpers Ferry and who signed the letter found on him when he was arrested.” The sum she donated was $30,000 - almost $900,000 in today’s dollars.Joplin Globe Newspaper Obituaries found Wednesday, May 02, 2012 ![]() In 1901, an elderly Pleasant dictated her autobiography to the journalist Sam Davis. No one suspected that the note was written by a black woman named Mary Ellen Pleasant. When the first blow is struck, there will be more money to help.” Officials most likely believed it was written by a wealthy Northerner who had helped fund Brown’s attempt to incite, and arm, an enormous slave uprising by taking over an arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia. ![]() 2, 1859, for murder and treason, a note found in his pocket read, “The ax is laid at the foot of the tree. When the abolitionist John Brown was hanged on Dec. Read about the project’s first year, and use this form to nominate a candidate for future Overlooked obits. We hope you’ll spread the word about Overlooked - and tell us about others we’ve missed. But all were pioneers, shaping our world and making paths for future generations. Some managed to achieve success in their lifetimes, only to die penniless, buried in unmarked graves. Sometimes they made myth out of a painful history, misrepresenting their past to gain a better footing in their future. ![]() They often attempted to break the same barriers again and again. Many of them were a generation removed from slavery. Now, this special edition of Overlooked highlights a prominent group of black men and women whose lives we did not examine at the time of their deaths. JOPLIN GLOBE OBITS SERIESWe started the series last year by focusing on women like Sylvia Plath, the postwar poet Emma Gatewood, the hiking grandmother who captivated a nation and Ana Mendieta, the Cuban artist whose work was bold, raw and sometimes violent. Overlooked reveals the stories of some of those remarkable people. Since 1851, The New York Times has published thousands of obituaries, capturing the lives and legacies of people who have influenced the world in which we live.īut many important figures were left out. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |