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Joplin tornado's death toll at 153, city says
The death toll from the tornado that devastated much of Joplin, Missouri, on May 22 has risen to 153, the city said Monday.
The count includes one person who died as a result of a rare fungal infection contracted after the person was injured by the tornado, Jasper County Coroner Rob Chappel said. Two other people who died also had the infection, but in those cases, injuries from the tornado were the primary causes of death, Chappel said Monday.
Also included in the toll is Riverside police Officer Jefferson Taylor, who was struck by lightning the day after the twister. Taylor, one of the many emergency personnel from outside Joplin who assisted the city, would not have been on duty there were it not for the tornado, Chappel said.
The previous death toll, reported last week, was 151.
The tornado cut a path of destruction nearly 14 miles long - nearly 7 miles of which were in city limits - and up to 1 mile wide. The southwest Missouri city has a population of about 50,000.
More than 9,200 residents of  Jasper and Newton counties have filed for federal assistance, the city said.
The following are the names of the 153 victims:
Jose Alveraz
Ma De Lourdes Alverez-Torres
Barbara Anderson
Sarah Anderson
William Anderson
Grace Aquino
Dale Arsenault
Cyrus Ash
Bruce Baillie
Robert M. Baker
Robert E. Bateson
Dorothy Bell
Regina Bloxham
Barbara Boyd
Lathe E. Bradford
Romona Bridgeford
Leo E. Brown
Hugh Odell Buttram
Tami Campbell
Moises N. Carmona
Arriyinnah Carmona
Shante Caton
Trenton Caton
Raymond Chew
Clyde Coleman
Carolane Collins
Lois A. Comfort
Keenan K. Conger
Vicki Cooper
Teddy Copher
Malisa Crosley
Adam Darnaby
Patricia Dawson
Michael Dennis
Nancy Douthitt
Ellen Doyle
Faith Dunn
Amanda Eastwood-Pryor
Richard Elmore
Randy Edward England
Mark L. Farmer
Ida Finley
Betty Joe Fisher
Robert Fitzgerald
Rick E. Fox
Marsha Frost
Sebastian Frost
Charles Gaudsmith
Billy Gideon
Robert Griffin
Stephen Haack-Stephens
Paul E. Haddock
Johnna Hale
Leola Hardin
Caley Lantz Hare
Dorthoy Hartman
Deann Hayward
Judy R. Head
Kenneth J. Henson
Glenn Holland
Lorie Holland
Charlotte Hopwood
Harli Howard
Hayze Howard
Russell T. Howard
Iona Hull
Wendy A. Istas
Jane Jaynes
Melissa Johnson
Cheryl L. Jones
Kathy Keling
James Kendrick
Abraham Khoury
Stanley Kirk
Geneva Koler
Tedra Kuhn
Donald Lansaw
Bruce Lievens
Billie Sue Little
Skyler Logson
Christopher Lucas
Patricia Mann
Rachel Markham
Nancy A. Martin
Jesse L. McKee
James McKeel
Mary McKeel
Ladonna S. McPurdy
Randall Mell
Angelina A. Menapace
Ronald D. Meyer
Lorna K. Miller
Ray Donald Miller
Suzanne M. Mock
Doris M. Montgomery
Edith L. Moore
Esterlita Moore
Sally Moulton
Georgia N. Mulkey
Edmund Mullaney
Sharyl Nelson
William Norton
Dennis Osborne
Charles Oster
Shirley Parker
Nicole Parrish
Mary Perry
James Benjamin John Peterson
Anna Pettek
John Petty
Hallie Piquard
Natalie Puebla
Shelly Ramsey
Lorretta L. Randell
Troy Raney
Cheryl Rantz
Darlene Ray
Virgil T. Reid
Johnny Richey
Vicki Robertson
Cayla Robinson
Keith Robinson
Margaret E. Rowe
Virginia Salmon
Thomas Sarino
Tanya Sawyer
Fracis Scates
Gladys Seay
Dan Shirley
Judy L. Smith
Luther Smith
Nicholas Smith
Shyrell Smith
Lois L. Sparks
Betty Stogsdill
Ralph Stover
Gregan Sweet
Jefferson (Jeff)Â Taylor
Kayleigh Teal
Heather Terry
John R. Jr. Thomas
Sandra Thomas
Zach Treadwell
Margaret A. Tutt
Michael E. Tyndall
Darian Vanderhoofen
Joshua D. Vanderhoofen
Miguel Vazquez-Castillo
Miles D. Wells
Tiera Whitley
Douglas Williams
Zach Williams
Charles Writer
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God bless the families of each person listed on this list. I pray for them to be stregthen to move on after all is said and done. May God keep them, and all of Joplin in His care.
May God Bless Joplin, Mo.
I wonder how the injured are doing.
May God bless the families of the people on this list and those hurt and suffering physically and emotionally. Have faith in Jesus . He will help you get through these tough times !
Billy's response speaks volumns about him as a person. What a shame!
Billy, I hope you never have to experience the horror of a tornado and the death and destruction that it brings but if you do, I assure you'll be in dire need of prayer and God's blessing. So how about closing your stupid pie hole and having some mercy upon the Joplin victims.....
Is this Billy ( not full last name ) Billy W??? Father was a well known Dr in Joplin in 1960-1975????
My thoughts and prayers are with all those who live In Joplin and with those who lost their lives. May God grant them peace and hold them close to His heart. May He give comfort to those that are left behind.
How many are still missing? When I was there the first week, they were saying over 700 were unaccounted for...
My condolences to all the families of those killed, especially to Keith Robinson. He and I were very close in college at MSSC. I just heard about his death, and I am so sad by it. I had nightmares last night. I was told that he was a hero from another friend who went to MSSC, and that he was trying to save two women who died with him and that his arms were found around one of them. Keith certainly was a nice guy in college, and even though we lost touch because I moved back home after I finished college, I am glad to hear that he was a well liked man and that everyone thought so highly of him. God bless you, Keith. He was always in my thoughts and I always talked about him with affection in my heart all these 30 years later. Rest in peach, Keith. Rest in peace all the rest of the victims.
We (brother & sister ) were born in Caterville, Mo ( JOPLIN ) Through the years we relocated to Moore, Ok. ( OKC, OK ) TO SEE IS TO BELIEVE !!!
Moore, Ok 1999 & 2001 Joplin 2011 There is and old saying 3rd times a charme. HOPE TO GOD THIS IS TRUE
Litttle sister ( Pam ) moved home in 2004 ( Grove, Ok ) Poj passed away of CANCER in 1999, but we shared the loss in Moore in 1999 before I lost my big brother. I know we both saw from different eyes the loss in 2001 ( OKC ) & the loss in Joplin 2011. THNAK GOD I have not seen any names of family & friends that we both had before we left. If any one reads this & the last name Ardrey means anything to you E-Mail barnys2009@hotmail.com. we might be childhood friends WHICH means you made it through POJ will know who didn't he is already there.
FYI I still have not gone to see Joplin I'll wait it will be home again. Just looking for FRIENDS from the past **Our family left in Joplin made it THANK GOD !!! BLESS THE ONES THAT LOST FAMILY !!!