Marlisa Annette Moreland

Marlisa Annette Moreland was born to Gerald Robert Moreland and Betty Lou Moreland (Bowling) Dec. 11, 1962 in Aurora.
She was on drill team at Aurora High School. She went to school to become a surgical technician. After her oldest daughter was born, she began sales at the Springfield News-Leader and My Country radio station in Springfield.
Moreland helped build and manage a rodeo arena, 3 Bar C Ranch, in Billings with her then husband, Lynn Camerer. She began working at Greenlawn Cemetery in Springfield and this is where her 30-year career in the cemetery and funeral home industry began.
After having resided in Billings and Republic she and her kids relocated to Oklahoma. She moved to Sapulpa, Okla. and worked at Green Hill Cemetery. She then moved to Tulsa, Okla. where she worked and founded a nonprofit funeral home in north Tulsa for low-income families. She worked at various cemeteries and funeral homes in Tulsa. She received her bachelor’s degree in Funeral Science from the University of Central Oklahoma. After sending her oldest daughter away to college, she and her son moved to Wentzville for a short time before settling for almost eight years in Steelville. While in Steelville, she worked at St. Francois Memorial Park in Bonne Terre. Wanting to take a break from the funeral home and cemetery industry she listened to her heart and owned and operated T Bar Diamond Western Store in Steelville with her then husband, Tate Tellier. In 2014, she moved to Yonkers, N.Y. She began working at Woodlawn Cemetery, a national historic cemetery in Bronx, N.Y. While she began this job on the sales team, over the next eight years, she worked her way up the corporate ladder to the position of Vice President of Sales. Moreland resided in New City, N.Y, at her death.
Moreland, 59, passed away on July 4, 2022. She will be laid to rest next to her father and mother at Mars Hill Cemetery in Crane.
She is survived by her husband, Jay Donnelly of New City, N.Y., daughter Tory Keeter (Grant) of Duncan, Okla., son Laramie Camerer (Sara) Vale, Ore., stepson Caleb Camerer of Tulsa, Okla., stepson Andrew Donnelly and stepdaughter Kate Donnelly of Westwood, N.J., brother Mark Moreland (Lucy) of Crane, sister Marcia Moreland (Kelly Hedrick) of Crane; three grandchildren and countless nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends who became family.