Obituaries

Robert Carl Marble

Robert Carl Marble

Mar 2, 2020

Robert Marble, 60, of Independence, MO passed away March 2, 2020. Visitation will be 9-10am Monday, March 9, 2020 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church. Mass of Christian burial will follow at 10am. Burial will take place in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Robert was born on May 10, 1959 in Independence, MO to Francis and Carlene (McGuire) Marble. Robert enjoyed spending...

Rosemary Groves (Niemeyer)

Rosemary Groves (Niemeyer)

Mar 1, 2020

Rosemary Groves, 75, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away March 1, 2020. The family will be having a private Celebration of Life at her home. Rosemary was born November 22, 1944 in Kansas City, MO. She worked for the IRS, before her retirement. Other than Kansas City, she had also lived in Blue Springs, Higginsville, and finally Lee’s Summit. Rosemary...

Gerald Alexander "Jerry" Cox

Gerald Alexander "Jerry" Cox

Feb 28, 2020

Retired Detective Gerald Alexander “Jerry” Cox, 84, passed away on February 28, 2020, in Kansas City, MO. Visitation will be on Saturday, March 14, from 9-10am, with funeral service to follow at 10am, both at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. in Independence. He will be laid to rest in Blue Springs Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the...

Owen Lester Anthony

Owen Lester Anthony

Feb 28, 2020

Owen Lester Anthony, 94 of Independence, MO passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 at Truman Lakewood Care Center. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Burial with full military honors will follow in Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m., until service time...

Sylvia Ruth Crawford

Sylvia Ruth Crawford

Feb 27, 2020

Sylvia Ruth Crawford, 81, of Blue Springs, MO passed away on Thursday, February 27th, 2020. A memorial visitation will be held at 2:00pm, Sunday, March 8th in her home. Sylvia was born June 22, 1938 in Kansas City, MO to Albert and Genevieve Siewert. She worked as a programmer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of KC and retired from...

Mary Lou Woods

Mary Lou Woods

Feb 27, 2020

Mary Lou Woods, age 88, of Sugar Creek, MO, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 27, 2020. She was born February 7, 1932 in Kansas City, MO, to James E. Behee Sr and Vivian (Pool) Behee. She was the eldest of nine children born to James and Vivian. She met the love of her life, Charles R. Woods Jr or...

Merylene Joyce Irvine (Drake)

Merylene Joyce Irvine (Drake)

Feb 27, 2020

Merylene Irvine, 72, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed February 27, 2020. A visitation will be held from 9:30-11:00 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Presentation, Lee’s Summit, MO. Burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Merylene was born August 6, 1947 in Pittsburg, KS. She lived in Lee’s Summit MO. Merylene graduated from Van Horn High...

Betty J. Calfas Bollin

Betty J. Calfas Bollin

Feb 27, 2020

Betty J. Calfas Bollin, 95 years young, passed away on February 27, 2020, in Lee’s Summit, MO. Per her wishes, a private graveside service will be held in Mount Washington Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions are suggested to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Betty was born on August 3, 1924, in Independence, MO, the daughter of Elmer Scott and Wilma Williams...

Dorothy M. Clark

Dorothy M. Clark

Feb 26, 2020

Dorothy M. Clark, 87, a lifelong resident of Independence, MO, passed away on February 26, 2020. A visitation will be held on Sunday, March 1, from 4-6pm, with funeral service on Monday, March 2, at 10am, both at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. in Independence. She will be laid to rest in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. In lieu...

Lane Ward Harold

Lane Ward Harold

Feb 26, 2020

Lane Ward Harold, 91, of Blue Springs, MO, passed away on February 26, 2020. Lane was born February 5, 1929, in Russell, KS, the son of Ward L. Harold and Beulah E. (Roe) Harold. Education included Russell School District through the 10th grade. His family moved and he graduated from Beloit High School, where he was senior class President. At...

Elizabeth Lois Schull (Blankenship)

Elizabeth Lois Schull (Blankenship)

Feb 24, 2020

Elizabeth Schull, 65, of LaTour, MO passed away February 24, 2020. Graveside services will be 1pm, Monday, March 9,2020 at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens in Independence. Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com (Arrangements: Speaks Suburban Chapel 816-373-3600)

Carolyn Ann Malott-Harbaugh (Weston)

Carolyn Ann Malott-Harbaugh (Weston)

Feb 24, 2020

Carolyn Ann Harbaugh, 87, of Independence, MO passed away February 24, 2020. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. followed by a 2:00 p.m. service on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation https://carcinoid.kindful.com/ or FOXG1...

Edward Rex "Ed" Chadwick

Edward Rex "Ed" Chadwick

Feb 24, 2020

Edward Rex “Ed” Chadwick, 70, passed Feb. 24, 2020. Visitation Thurs., Feb. 27, from 1-2pm, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., followed by a 2:30pm graveside in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Ed was born on September 12, 1949, at Lakeside Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Edward R. Chadwick Sr. and Mary Louise Odom Chadwick. He graduated...

Helen Phung (Hua)

Helen Phung (Hua)

Feb 23, 2020

Helen Phung, 61 of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, February 23, 2020 at her residence. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 29, 2020 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055 with burial in Longview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6 to 9:00 p.m., Friday evening at the chapel. Helen was born February 7, 1959...

Larry Gean "Kricket" Loun

Larry Gean "Kricket" Loun

Feb 23, 2020

Larry Gean “Kricket” Loun, 78, of Independence, MO took his final journey home to Heaven on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020. He was born in Kansas City, KS on October 30th, 1941. Larry, or Kricket as his classmates knew him, graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1961. After working 30 years for Teamster’s Local 41, he retired from Waggoner Industries in...

George William "Bill" Pittman

George William "Bill" Pittman

Feb 23, 2020

Bill Pittman, 72, KCMO, passed away Feb. 23, 2020. Visitation will be held Thursday March 5th from 6-8pm at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. A graveside is 10am Friday, March 6th at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens in Independence. He is preceded in death by his wife, Deana; survived by his daughter, Erin and her husband,...

Imogene Catherine Wiederkehr (Primm)

Imogene Catherine Wiederkehr (Primm)

Feb 22, 2020

Imogene Catherine Wiederkehr, age 95, passed away peacefully February 22, 2020 at her home surrounded by her loving family and husband of 73 years Joseph Anthony Wiederkehr. She was born April 6, 1924 in Alix, Arkansas to Jim and Maggie Primm. Imogene attended Ozark High School in Ozark, Arkansas. She married the love of her life, Joe, on November 20,...

Jack P. Emmite Sr.

Jack P. Emmite Sr.

Feb 22, 2020

Jack P. Emmite, Sr, 93, Independence, MO passed away February 22, 2020 at 8:45 pm. Graveside services will be at 11:00 am, Friday, Feb. 28 with Full Military Honors at Antioch Cemetery, Hannibal, MO. . The family requests contributions to the Antioch Cemetery Association, 59621 Antioch Lane, Hannibal, MO 63401. Jack was born July 24, 1926 in Dickinson, TX to...

Lowell Howard "Robbie" Robertson

Lowell Howard "Robbie" Robertson

Feb 21, 2020

Lowell “Robbie” Robertson, 70 of Blue Springs, MO passed away at his home on February 21, 2020. Robbie was born on February 18, 1950 in San Diego, CA to Boyd and Margaret (Gardner) Robertson. Robbie was proud veteran of the United States Marine Corp and serving during the Vietnam Era. Robbie spent the last 25 years with the love of...

Patty Mae Roach

Patty Mae Roach

Feb 21, 2020

Patty Mae Roach, 72, passed away on February 21, 2020, in Independence, MO, at home surrounded by her family. Patty was born on July 18, 1947, on the family farm in Galt, MO, the daughter of Joseph Roach and Eula Fern Taylor Roach. She graduated from Galt High School in the class of 1965. Patty moved to the Kansas City...

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