CONRAD HARPER

LAMAR- Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Gary “Conrad” Harper, 64, Lamar, who died Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at Freeman Hospital in Joplin. A private burial will be held at a later date.

Donations may be made to the Lamar Lions Club, in care of the funeral home.

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

Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann, of the home; a son, Gary Harper, Sarcoxie; a daughter, Christina Horton, Gladstone; nine grandchildren, Cheyenne, Hailey, Emma, Eli, Ariel, Asia, Aliya, Aileen and Anastasia and one great-grandson, Bryston.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, L.D. Harper and an infant sister, Karen Harper.

Mr. Harper was born Nov. 14, 1952, in Lamar, to Lawrence Dewey and Ruth Francis (Eagles) Harper. He was a self-employed farmer until his health no longer would allow him to farm.

He was a member of Mount Olive Church near Greenfield and was very active in the Lamar Lions Club.

He married Jo Ann Costley on July 25, 1975, in Iantha.