Name of Deceased: Louisa "Lulu" Ann (Edens) Lewis
Newspaper: The Joplin Globe
Submitters Name: Jody Eggensperger
Obit: LEWIS
Funeral services for Mrs. Lou Lewis, 28 years old, who died yesterday afternoon at the Jasper County Tuberculosis Hospital, will be held at the chapel of the
Anderson Undertaking company at 1 o'clock this afternoon, with the Rev. F. C. Savage, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Burial will be in
Spring Valley Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis had spent her entire life in Joplin and vicinity. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. O. C. Doke of Joplin and one
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Name of Deceased: Roy Frank Lincoln
Newspaper: The Joplin Globe
Submitters Name: Jody Eggensperger - 2009
Obit: Roy Frank Lincoln, 73, Webb City, passed away at 10:45 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2008. Roy was born in Bedford, Iowa, Aug. 17, 1934, to Orlo Sydney
Lincoln and Flossie Bonnie (Neal) Lincoln. He was a resident of the Joplin area for over 30 years and was a member of College Heights Christian Church, where he
had served as an elder and Sunday school teacher. Roy married Patricia Mae Kempf, of Fayette, Mo., on Dec. 6, 1952. He and Pat were owners of Lincoln Motor
Company, Centralia, Mo., from 1968 to 1973. They sold the dealership so they could move to Joplin, and Roy became the president of Goodman Church Builders.
In 1979, the Lincolns purchased Church Funding Corporation, a securities bond company, assisting churches, colleges and retirement centers in raising capital funds.
Roy was licensed in 27 states. He "retired" in 1994. He accepted the chairmanship of the Joplin Airfest committee. He was a former member of the Lion's Club, Fayette,
president of the Rotary Club in Centralia, and an active member of Kiwanis in Joplin for many years. Roy and Pat were instrumental in establishing Spring
River Christian Village. He served on the board of directors for Central Christian College of the Bible, Moberly, Mo., for 34 years. He served on the
Jasper County Zoning and Planning Commission for two years. Roy was honored as Business Associate of the Year by the Ozark Gateway Chapter of American Business
Women's Association in 2006. He was a long standing member of the Missouri Pilots' Association, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots' Association, the Flying
Farmers and the Texas Longhorn Association. The American Legion, Post 13, honored Roy in 2005, for the special attention given to veterans during Airfest.
Roy was an up-front, straight-forward, bottom line thinker; he was an enthusiastic, sincere communicator with a simple, two-part philosophy that says,
"If it's doubtful, it's dirty ...and if it's right, then do it yesterday." Roy loved people, fishing, flying and real whipped cream. He was a man of integrity, loyalty and great dignity. Roy is survived by his wife of 55 years, Patricia Lincoln; two daughters, Susan Warden and husband, C.K., and Sylvia Klor and husband, Russell.
Brother and sisters include Opel Gee, Louisville, Ky., Doris Dancy, Emden, Ill., Lois Benjamin, Alexandria, Va., Helen Osborn, Durango, Colo., and Jim Lincoln,
Novelty, Mo.; and seven grandchildren include, Luke Graham and his wife, Christina, Arlington, Texas, Katie Murray, Dallas, Texas, Megan Graham, Bedford,
Texas, Wesley Klor and his wife, Missy, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Benjamin Klor and his wife, Kelley, San Angelo, Texas, Aaron Klor, Springfield, Mo., and Isaac
Klor and his wife, Krisalyn, Carterville, Mo. There are three great-grandchildren, Laci, Zachary and Jack. The body will lie in state at Mason-Woodard Mortuary and
Chapel, Joplin, from 12 noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 6. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 7, at College Heights Christian Church Chapel
in Webb City, Mo. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until service time at the church chapel. Arrangements
are under the direction of Konantz-Warden Funeral Home, Lamar, Mo., with Mason-Woodard Mortuary, assisting.
AIRPORT LEADER, FEST ORGANIZER DIES AT AGE 73
Longtime Joplin Regional Airport supporter Roy Lincoln was never happier than when he was in the air, but aviation is only part of the legacy the local
community leader and Webb City resident will leave behind.
Lincoln died at 10:45 p.m. Thursday at the age of 73. It was the end of a one-year battle with cancer.
"He had a genuine passion for aviation, and spent a great part of his life pursuing that," said Steve Stockam, Joplin Regional Airport manager, of Lincoln.
"But he was so civic-minded. He wanted to see the airport and the rest of Joplin succeed and grow."
Lincoln was a pilot, and his plane, a Twin Baron, is still at the Joplin airport. He was serving on the airport's board of directors at the time of his
death, and was chairman of the Joplin Airfest committee.
Lincoln moved to Joplin in 1973, after he and his wife, Pat, sold their car dealership, Lincoln Motor Co., in Centralia, Mo. Lincoln went on to become the
president of Goodman Church Buildings, and bought a securities bonding company called Church Funding Corp. in 1979. For the next 15 years, he helped churches,
colleges and retirement centers raise capital funds.
He "retired" in 1994, but seemed busier than ever. He became more involved in the Joplin airport, helped establish Spring River Christian Village in Joplin,
and served as an elder and Sunday school teacher at College Heights Christian Church in Joplin.
Stockam said Lincoln had his fingers in just about every community or civic-oriented pie, and was active and involved in Kiwanis, the Lions Club and Rotary.
He served on the board of directors for Central College of the Bible in Moberly, Mo., for 34 years and was a longtime member of the Missouri Pilots' Association,
the Aircraft Owners' and Pilots' Association, the Flying Farmers and the Texas Longhorn Association.
Nita Aquino, manager of Dixie Printing in Joplin and a member of the Joplin Airfest committee, said Lincoln became a friend over the years they worked
together on airport projects. She described him as a big man with an even bigger heart.
"Roy was a sweetheart," Aquino said. "He was like a burly big brother, just a good friend and a great person. He was always concerned about everybody else and
what he could do for everyone else."
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