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Osborne Memorial Cemetery, Joplin, MO
Osborne Memorial Cemetery
Glenda Sue Berndt
b. Mar. 28, 1966 - d. Nov. 13, 1997
Glenda Sue is my niece
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Glenda Sue Berndt
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Osborne Memorial Cemetery is locted in Joplin, Missouri, a city that has the distinction of being located in two counties -- southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in Southwestern Missouri. It is just north of Highway I-44 and Historical U. S. Route 66 passes through it. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County with an estimated population of 49,100 in 2007. Joplin is named for the founder of the area's first Methodist congregation, Rev. Harris Joplin.
Although lead was discovered in the Joplin Creek Valley before the Civil War it wasn't until after the war that real development occurred. John C. Cox, a resident of the valley filed plans for a city on the east side of the valley and named it Joplin City. Patrick Murphy, a Carthage resident filed a plan for a city on the opposite side of the valley naming it Murphysburg. A merger of the two cities into Union City was found illegal. Patrick Murphy then suggested the town be named Joplin and this merger on March 23, 1873 became permanent.
The mining of lead put Joplin on the map but it was zinc, referred to as "jack" that built the town and the simple mining town became a more complete mining town that built smelters, dynamite and other mining necessities. Joplin has many open pit mines and mine shafts and the main part of Joplin itself is nearly 75% undermined with mine shafts well over 100 ft. deep.
Bonnie and Clyde spent several weeks in Joplin in 1933 and robbed several local businesses. Joplin police attempted to apprehend them but Bonnie and Clye escaped, killing Newton County Constable, John Wesley Harryman, and Joplin police Detective, Harry McGinnis. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joplin,_Missouri
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Osborne Memorial Cemetery is located at 1200 S. Maiden Lane, Joplin, MO. in West Joplin, Newton County. map