HEATHER DUNAGAN

LAMAR-Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at Daniel Funeral Home for Heather Joleen Dunagan, 39, Lamar, who died Saturday morning, April 16, 2016, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin. Private burial will be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dunagan family, in care of Doyle Dunagan or the funeral home.

Condolences and memories may be shared at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include her parents, Doyle and Suzi Dunagan and her fiancee, Mike Trost, all of Lamar; her brother, Doyle Dunagan, Jr. and wife Jennie, Stockton; nephews, Ryder and Trace Dunagan; her step-grandmother, Mary Strong, Lamar; many cousins and a large extended family.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Dean and Mary Strong and Joyce Dunagan McEldowney; four uncles, Larry Strong, Vaughn, Lee and Robert Dunagan and several cousins.

Ms. Dunagan was born Sept. 3, 1976, in Humansville, to Doyle and Suzi (Strong) Dunagan. She was a 1994 graduate of Lamar High School and went on to earn a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Missouri Southern in 2012. She had worked for Watco in Pittsburg, Kan. and Tamko in Lamar. Most recently, she was a mental health specialist at Pathways in Nevada, Mo. She was an animal lover, who pampered her dogs and cats. She enjoyed traveling and well-planned cruises topped her list of favorite vacations. Naturally compassionate and generous with her time, her most gratifying roles were those of caregiver for her mom, enthusiastic farmhand for her dad and best friend to her fiancee.