DORRIS ELAINE WESTBAY

LAMAR- Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Lamar for Dorris Elaine Westbay, 79, Lamar, who died Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home.

Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the funeral home to assist with final expenses.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences send online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include her husband, Dean; daughters, Kristi Gordon and husband Scott, Lamar and Kathy Koehn and husband Mike, Lamar; grandchildren, Chelsie Bowling and husband Brandon, Republic, Marc Graves and wife Elizabeth, Pittsburg, Kan. and Charity Gardner and husband Cody, Zach Gordon and wife Cyrussia, Bethany Eaves and husband AJ, Kaitlyn Hurt and husband Stanley, Phajjia Gordon, Riddick Gordon, Dominick Gordon, Jycoby Gordon, Rylee Gordon, Sophie Gordon and Roman Gordon, all of Lamar; great-grandchildren, Jaden, Adi, Anna, Chase, Payton, Kodi, Addi, Lane, Gwyn, Grant, Saylor, Clayton, Madi, Preslee and Koe, who is expected to arrive Oct. 9, 2022 and a sister, Katherine Howrey, Carthage.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Jackie Morgan.

Mrs. Westbay was born April 4, 1943, in Lamar, to Jack and Zelda (Hosselton) Metsinger. She was a 1963 graduate of Lamar High School and moved to Joplin where she lived with her grandmother while attending Statts Beauty School. She returned to Lamar and worked for Jenny Hilton Beauty Shop on the square. She married Harold Dean Westbay in 1964. She had worked several places in her life. In addition to the beauty shop she worked for Lamar Drug for about 10 years, did ironing and cleaned houses for about 20 years before she retired. She was dedicated to her family, church and community.

Mrs. Westbay was a town girl who made a great hobby farm wife. She enjoyed raising Polled Hereford cows and hogs. She was a hard worker and would take her small daughters with her as she raked hay for her father-in-law, Harold Westbay. She supported her husband in his position of district governor of the Lion’s Club, where they attended conventions as far away as Philadelphia and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and she served as president of the Lion’s Club. She served as a Pink Lady at the hospital in Barton County for over 20 years.

She loved her church family and served where needed. Along with Lynn Ann Sandberg, she organized memorial meals for around 20 years at the First Baptist Church, where she became famous for her Coca Cola cake. She and husband Dean were active members of the Sheldon Square Dance Club in the 80’s. She was a talented lady who sewed clothes for her little girls and made square dance dresses and shirts as well. She was a great cook. Saturday mornings the cooking channel would come on first thing and stay on until noon. She also enjoyed her soap operas and her family knew to quiet down so she could watch them. She was a loving wife and mother who leaves behind a legacy in her family.