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Facts
  Born: July 24, 1934
  Death: February 27, 2010
  Place of Death: Home
  Occupation: Journeyman Roofer
  Hobbies: Fox hunting and fishing
  Organizations: Lone Elm Pentecostal Church, Lifetime member of Missouri Fox and Wolf Hunters Association

Survived By
  Mary Avalina Lovell, Spouse
  Wynne Etta Mitchell, Daughter
  Russell Ray Mitchell, Son
  Michael Fay Mitchell, Son
  Susan Avalina Lewis, Daughter
  Lucinda Gay Reed, Daughter
  11, Grandchildren
  13, Great-grandchildren
  Rex Roy Mitchell, Brother
  Jimmy Dale Mitchell, Brother

Preceded in Death By
  Ruic Ottmar Mitchell, Father
  Dovie Lutisha Bishop-Mitchell, Mother
  Frankie Cooper, Sister
  Freda Jenkins, Sister
  Edsel E. Mitchell, Brother
  Freddy Ruic Mitchell, Brother
  Bert Lewis Mitchell, Brother
  Jim Hale, Foster Brother
 
Ottmar F. Mitchell
July 24, 1934 - February 27, 2010
Ottmar Fay Mitchell, age 75, of Joplin, MO went home to be with the Lord at 2:40 pm, February 27, 2010, at his home.

Ott was born July 24, 1934 to Ruic Ottmar Mitchell and Dovie Lutisha Bishop-Mitchell in Joplin, MO. On January 15, 1954 he married Mary Avalina Lovell, who survives him. He and Mary had five children; Wynne Etta Mitchell of Joplin, Russell Ray Mitchell and wife, of Asbury, MO, Michael Fay Mitchell, Susan Avalina Lewis and husband, both of Asbury, MO, and Lucinda Gay Reed and husband of Cadiz, KY, all survive him.

He has eleven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren, as well as, a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Ott was a member of the Lone Elm Penacostal Church where he attended with his wife.

Preceding him in death, his parents, two sisters, Frankie Cooper, and Freda Jenkins, three brothers Edsel E. Mitchell, Freddy Ruic Mitchell, and Bert Lewis Mithcell, and one foster brother Jim Hale.

Ott is also survived by two brothers; Rex Roy Mitchell and Jimmy Dale Mitchell.

Ott was a journeyman roofer and worked for most of the major roofing company’s in Joplin, MO. He was an avid fox hunter and fisherman, and a lifetime member of the Missouri Fox and Wolf Hunters Association. He was a loving husband, a devoted father and the name most precisious was what his grandchildren called him “Poppy”.

Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 am Tuesday, at the Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary with Reverend J.C. Walker officiating, bural will follow at the Hornet Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm Monday at the mortuary. Online condolences can be sent to the family at www.thornhilldillon.com care of the mortuary.


Services

Funeral Services

Tuesday March 2, 2010, 11:00 am at Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary
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Burial will follow at the Hornet Cemetery.

Visitation

Monday March 1, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary
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