June 2022

Roberta Louise Osterloh

Roberta Louise Osterloh, 82, of Lafayette, formerly of Monett, MO, passed away on June 9, 2022, at Westminster Village of West Lafayette. She was born December 17, 1939 in Joplin, Missouri. She was the daughter of Golda Wall Lamb and Curtis Edward Lamb. She graduated from Monett (Missouri) High School in 1957 and from Joplin Junior College in 1959. In 1961, she received a B.S. degree in Elementary Education from Southwest Missouri State College followed by a Master’s Degree in Elementary Administration from Missouri University in 1965. She did graduate work at several colleges and universities.
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Larry Stuart Grieb

Larry Stuart Grieb passed from this life to his heavenly home on June 11, 2022, while in the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia, Mo. Larry was born September 21, 1941, to Lloyd James Grieb and Janice Stuart Grieb.
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LaVeta Mae Balmas

LaVeta Mae (Haslip) Balmas, 91, of Monett, Mo., passed from this life to her heavenly home on Monday, June 20, 2022, while at her home. LaVeta was born on February 13, 1931, in a log cabin in rural Christopher, Newton County, Mo., daughter of the late Thomas V.
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Students of the Week named

Officials at Monett Elementary School have named Students of the Week for the week of April 18. Students, from left, are: Violet Costley, Ryder Jones, Wyatt Dalton, Daisy Rueda, Bayleigh Long, Dallas White and Izzabella Bueno. Not pictured is Benjamin Koth. Contributed photo
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