FORT SCOTT, KS — Tonja Lee "Toni" Sawyer, age 41, a resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, as a result of the Joplin, Mo., tornado. She was born Dec. 17, 1969, in Olympia, Wash., the daughter of Larry Goldsby and Sandra Gamache Goldsby. Toni married Chad Sawyer on Jan. 3, 2011. She was currently employed by Taco Bell in Fort Scott. She enjoyed painting, collecting antiques and writing poems and short stories, as well as listening to the rain and sitting around a bonfire. Toni loved animals and often took in strays. She attended the Apostolic Pentecostal Church. Survivors include her husband, Chad Sawyer, Fort Scott; her children, Dashedin Goldsby, Fort Scott, Jarred Goldsby, Shelton, Wash., Makyah Goldsby and Samara Hernandez, both of Fort Scott. Also surviving is her father, Larry Goldsby, Shelton; two brothers, Ron Larson, Matlock, Wash., and Gerald Goldsby, Olympia; two sisters, Julie Goldsby and Dottie Goldsby, both of Shelton; and a granddaughter, Icysis Goldsby. She was preceded in death by her mother; and infant son, Jed Goldsby; and a sister, Crissy Goldsby.
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Dorothy M. Johnston
Dorothy M. Johnston, age 91 of Joplin, passed away at 1:50 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at St. Luke’s Nursing Center in Carthage, from injuries sustained in the Joplin tornado.
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Gregan Douglas Sweet
Gregan Douglas Sweet, age 59, of Joplin, passed away from injuries sustained in the tornado on May 22, 2011.
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J.T. Strickland
J.T. Strickland, 85, a motel manager, passed away Friday, July 8, 2011.
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Charles K. Gaudsmith
Charles Kenneth Gaudsmith, 21, Carthage, Mo., passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011, from injuries sustained in the Joplin tornado.
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Billie Jo Gideon
Billie Jo Gideon, age 77, of Joplin, Mo., went to be with the Lord early
Monday, May 23, 2011, at Freeman Hospital from injuries suffered during the
devastating tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011.
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Donald Wayne Lansaw
Mr. Donald Wayne Lansaw Jr., 31, of Joplin, Mo., departed this life suddenly on Sunday evening, May 22, 2011, at his home from injuries sustained in the devastating Joplin tornado.
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Martha Jane Webb
Martha Jane Webb, 76, Nevada, Mo., formerly of Carthage, Mo., passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011, in the Nevada Regional Medical Center, Nevada, Mo., from injuries sustained in the May 22, Joplin tornado.
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Burnice Bresee
Burnice M. Bresee, age 91, of Joplin, Mo., passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at McCune Brooks Hospital from complications with her health following the Joplin tornado.
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Grace Marie Sanders
Grace Marie Sanders passed from this life at 3:08 p.m. Monday, June 20, 2011, at St. John’s Intensive Care Unit in Springfield, Mo., from complications following surgery.
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Alice L. Cope
Alice L. Hudson Cope, 79, passed away Sunday, June 19, 2011.
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