Appoline A. Blair is sometimes credited as playing a philanthropic role in the founding of St John's.

[6] In the immediate aftermath of the tornado, the Missouri National Guard established a field hospital at Joplin Memorial Hall.

[7] Mere hours after one of the deadliest recorded tornadoes in U.S. history hit Joplin, the Missouri Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) started working to create a plan to help the survivors.

[8] This temporary hospital is now the home of the Kansas City University-Joplin College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Mercy has rebuilt the hospital at Interstate 44 and Hearnes Boulevard; it opened in 2015, replacing the facility destroyed by the tornado.