DENNIS K. STAGGS 51 OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. PASSED AWAY THURSDAY JUNE 26, 2003 AT THE ST. MARYS HOSPITAL OF BLUE SPRINGS. CREMATION MEMORIAL SERVICES TO BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. FAMILY SUGGESTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ALZHEIMER�S ASSOCIATION, 3846 W. 75TH STREET PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS. 66208 OR THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, PO BOX 1653 TOPEKA, KS. 66601. DENNIS WAS BORN IN KANSAS CITY, MO. ON APRIL 30, 1952 AND LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THIS AREA. HE WAS THE OWNER OF MISSOURI COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. DENNIS WAS AN ARMY VETERAN DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE N.R.A. AND COMMUNITY OF CHRIST CHURCH, EAST 39TH STREET CONGREGATION. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE RITA STAGGS OF THE HOME, HIS MOTHER MINNA "BOBBIE� STAGGS OF SMITHVILLE, MO., 2 BROTHERS RONNIE STAGGS OF PARIS, MO. AND CURT STAGGS OF LATHAM, MO., 2 SISTERS CAROL McABEE OF KANSAS CITY, MO. AND DEBBIE RINEHART OF HOLT, MO. AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.