EUGENE STUMP

LOCKWOOD- Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lamar First Baptist Church for Calvin “Eugene” Stump, 74, Lockwood, who died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Landmark Hospital in Joplin, as a result of COVID-19 side effects. He fought hard for 94 days to recover from COVID-19, but lost his battle. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.

Contributions are suggested and made payable to First Baptist Church Building Fund or American Cancer Society, in care of the funeral home.

The service will be live streamed at https://www.facebook.com/firstbaptistchurchoflamar.

Survivors include his wife Connie of 53 years of marriage; his daughter Tammy (Jon) Engle, Liberal; his son Darren Stump, Lockwood; nine grandchildren, Cody Wright, Jason, Cassie and Jackson Engle, Justin and Katelyn Stump and Hunter and Landon and Avery Stump; eight great grandchildren, Addie, Bentley, Lanie and Oliver Engle, Connor, Carter, Chase and Cason Gomez. In addition, he is survived by several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lee and Faye Stump; his sister, Juanita Rookstool and a brother, Robert Stump; a daughter, Kathy Stump and a son, Kevin Stump.

Mr. Stump was a draftsman at Horton Engineering and Finley Engineering, as well as McNally's in Pittsburg, Kan. In 1972 he went to work for Barton County Electric. He started farming full time in 1978 and farmed with his brother and father. He served on the Produce Exchange in Golden City for 20 years and was on the road board for Cedar Township for 19 years and served as the Dade County Western Commissioner for four years. He had a passion for row cropping and raising cattle and living the country life. He was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Lamar. If the church doors were open, he was usually there. He loved his Lord and Savior with his big heart.