Obituaries
Tina Marie Dominick-Alvaro
Jul 13, 2020
Tina Marie Dominick, 53, of Blue Springs, MO, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2020. A visitation will be held Sunday, July 19th from 5-7pm with a funeral service limited to 100 people on Monday, July 20th, both at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Interment will follow at New Salem Cemetery in Independence. Tina was...
Hellen Darling Weatherman Hines (Gillespie)
Jul 12, 2020
Hellen Darling Weatherman Hines, 88, of Grandview, MO died Sunday, July 12, 2020, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Hellen was born March 11, 1932 in Kansas City, MO and lived in Grandview before moving to John Knox Village in Lee’s Summit. She loved the staff and they loved her sweet personality. Hellen’s survivors include her sons, David Weatherman...
Delmar Roy Seger
Jul 11, 2020
Delmar Roy Seger, 81 years old born in Stony Hill, Missouri in 1939 at the home of his grandparents Henry and Helena Gast. He spent his early years in Stony Hill and throughout the United States traveling with his father while he worked for the railroad. He settled with his parents in Sugar Creek, Missouri and attended Gilpin School, a...
Robert Richard "Bob" Tyson
Jul 11, 2020
Robert Richard Tyson, age 88, of Independence, MO. died at his home on July 11, 2020. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the Suburban Chapel with burial to follow at Lee’s Summit Historical Cemetery....
Thomas J. Howard
Jul 10, 2020
Thomas J. Howard, 78, of Independence, MO passed away July 10, 2020. A memorial visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 1, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Tom was born September 22, 1941 in Kansas City, MO to Earl Tinsley and Mare Josephine (Rysavy) Howard. He worked 22 years at A&P until...
Betty Louise Beyer
Jul 10, 2020
Betty Louise Beyer, 85, passed away on July 10, 2020. Betty was born on August 23, 1934, in Higginsville, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Earl Winfrey and Mabel Leona (Brown) Winfrey. She graduated from Northeast High School and married shortly thereafter. She and William Wayne Chancellor were blessed with three children. Betty was a devoted stay-at-home mom and homemaker. She...
Betty Rose Martin
Jul 10, 2020
Betty Rose Martin, 93, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2020. Betty was born on January 26, 1927 in Columbia Missouri, to James and Dora Barnes. She graduated from Hickman High School in the class of 1944, then went on to marry Oran Martin on December 3, 1945 in San Francisco, California. Four children were born to this union: Theresa,...
Patricia Sue "Patty" Bibler
Jul 10, 2020
PATRICIA SUE COCKRELL-BIBLER (June 15, 1945 – July 10, 2020) Patricia (Patty) was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Robert and Jean Cockrell on June 15, 1945. She was the second of seven children and the first of five girls. Patty married Fred Bibler in 1963 and celebrated 56 years of life together. Patty was the mother of three children, Michael, Brian...
Zula Faye Luke
Jul 8, 2020
Zula Faye Shaeffer Luke died Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at the home of her daughter, Belinda, in Columbia, MO, with whom she lived the last 3 ½ years. She was born April 2, 1925 along with her twin sister, Eula May Shaeffer, in Windsor, Henry County, MO. Faye attended Hughes Elementary and Windsor High Schools in Windsor, MO. She married...
Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Spicer
Jul 6, 2020
Kathleen Marie “Kathy” Spicer, 69, passed away on July 6, 2020 in Independence, MO. Kathy was born on July 15, 1950, in Kansas City, MO, the second daughter of Gerald Grace and Anna Plese Grace. She and her siblings were raised in the Catholic faith. She was a graduate of Northeast High School in the class of 1968, and she...
Jayne Marie Howell (Pemberton)
Jul 5, 2020
Jayne Howell, 84, of Sibley, MO passed away July 5, 2020 at her home. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, at the Speaks Buckner Chapel, 300 Adams, Buckner, MO. A service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 10, at the Buckner Chapel with burial to follow at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Jayne...
Nancy A. Volskay (Kelley)
Jul 5, 2020
Nancy Volskay, 81, of Independence, MO passed away July 5, 2020. A memorial service will be planned after the current restrictions are lifted. Nancy was born October 29, 1938 in Cape Cod, MA to Harold and Theda (Black) Kelley. She was an Elder in the Community of Christ Church, as well as a volunteer with the Community Service League. She...
Donna Jean Goetz
Jul 5, 2020
Donna Jean Goetz, 63 of Kansas City, MO passed away Sunday July 5, 2020 at her residence. Cremation with private family service is planned. Donna was born April 1, 1957 in Independence, MO to John Lee and Betty Lou (Norris) Goetz and has been a lifelong area resident, graduating from Van Horn High School in 1975. She had worked for...
Dorothy Pauline Smith
Jul 4, 2020
Dorothy Pauline Smith, 87, passed away on July 4, 2020, in Independence, MO. Dorothy was born on November 15, 1932, in Saline County, MO, the daughter of Jas Everett Hedger and Julia Lee Dennis Hedger. She met her future husband, Gordon Wilburn “Smitty” Smith at a dance in Fairmount, and they wed on July 3, 1949. To this union were...
Lola Alice Randall (Teal)
Jul 4, 2020
Alice Randall, 83, of Independence, MO passed away July 4, 2020. A visitation will be held from 10-11:00 a.m. followed by an 11:00 a.m. service on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Calvary Baptist Church, 1915 N. Liberty St., Independence, MO. She will be laid to rest at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery. In lieu...
Leslie S. Simmons
Jul 3, 2020
LESLIE S. SIMMONS Leslie S. Simmons, 95, passed away on July 3, 2020. Mr. Simmons was born May 18, 1925, in Buckner, MO, and was a life-long resident of the greater Kansas City area. He was a mechanical engineer, graduating from MU with a BSME in 1949. He was employed by Westinghouse Gas Turbine Division, and Bendix Atomic Energy Division,...
David Paul Springmeyer
Jun 30, 2020
David Paul Springmeyer, 56 of Blue Springs, MO passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at his home in Blue Springs, MO. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, July 6, 2020 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel with cremation to follow. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m., until service time Monday at the chapel. David was born...
Joseph Wayne Wolfe
Jun 30, 2020
Joseph W. Wolfe, Warrensburg, MO, was born Aug. 9, 1995 and went to his heavenly home on June 30, 2020. He is survived by his parents, Eddie and Lisa Wolfe, grandpa, many siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins. All services have been privately held for the family.
Kenneth Eugene Stobaugh
Jun 29, 2020
Kenneth Eugene Stobaugh, 96, of Blue Springs, died Monday, June 29 at Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, Mo. Mr. Stobaugh was born June 3, 1924, in Independence, Mo., to James William and Bernice McChristy Stobaugh. He received his A.A. degree from Graceland University in 1944 and completed his B.A degree from Graceland University in 1977. After World War II, Ken graduated...
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