A Neodesha native dies in a plane crash in Missouri.

Jen Sharp was one of twelve people who died in the crash on Sunday in Butler, Missouri. Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson says the crash happened shortly after the plane took off from a local airport around 11:30am, and some of the occupants’ family members witnessed the crash.

Sharp was the Director of Technology at the United States Parchute Association. Friends say she was conducting a coach evaluation jump and was an expert skydiver and parachutist.