Obituaries

Vicki L. Robinson

Vicki L. Robinson

Nov 29, 2019

Vicki L. Robinson, 81, passed away on Nov. 29, 2019. A private graveside will be held in Salem Cemetery. A celebration of her life will be at 5pm on Monday, Dec. 2, at Osage Hills Community of Christ, 27503 E. Blue Mills Rd., Sibley, MO. Contributions may be made to Community Services League in her honor. Vicki was born on...

David C. Grooms

David C. Grooms

Nov 28, 2019

David C. Grooms, 89, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Nov. 28, 2019. Services will be 2 pm, Sat., Nov. 30 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Salem Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 pm before the service at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the American Lung Association,...

Helen Louise Hurst (Goldt)

Helen Louise Hurst (Goldt)

Nov 28, 2019

Helen Hurst, 99, of Independence, MO passed away November 28, 2019. Visitation will be 6-8pm Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Funeral services will be 10 am Thursday, December 5, 2019 at the chapel. She will be laid to rest beside her husband in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Helen was born on January 22, 1920 in Atchison, KS to Peter...

Robert C Tignor

Robert C Tignor

Nov 28, 2019

Robert C Tignor, 65, of Independence, MO, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2019. Cremation is planned with private inurnment at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, MO. Robert was born on December 4, 1953 to Charles F. and Victoria (Cherry) Tignor in Independence, MO. Robert was graduated from William Chrisman High School before joining the Air Force, serving four years....

Donnel Eugene Etter

Donnel Eugene Etter

Nov 26, 2019

Donnel Eugene Etter, 83, passed away on Nov. 26, 2019. Donnel was born on June 7, 1936, in Independence, MO, the son of James Etter and Lanora E. Epperly Etter. He was a graduate of Van Horn High School in the school’s first graduating class of 1956 and served in the US Army Reserves for nine years. He took an...

Jurel E. Mccracken Sr.

Jurel E. Mccracken Sr.

Nov 26, 2019

Jurel McCracken Sr., 89, of Independence, MO passed away November 26, 2019. A visitation will be held from 9-10:00 a.m. followed by a 10:00 a.m. service on Monday, December 2, 2019 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Burial will be at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Jurel was born February 12, 1930 in Gassville, AR to...

Lorene L. Davis (Krantz)

Lorene L. Davis (Krantz)

Nov 25, 2019

Lorene L. Davis, 87, Independence, MO passed away Nov. 25, 2019. Services will be 10 am, Monday, Dec. 2 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 am before the service at the chapel. Lorene was born July 19, 1932 in Pocahontas, AR. She owned a janitorial service...

Dr. Walter N. Jones

Dr. Walter N. Jones

Nov 25, 2019

Dr. Walter N. Jones passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019. Beloved husband of Carole (Inglish) Jones for 67 years; loving father of Dr. Randy Jones and wife Cherie; Steven Jones and wife Kimberly and the late Thomas Jones; adoring granddad to Mason, Madison, Dalton (Meghan) and Dillon and Great-granddad to Emersyn. Walter was a businessman in the Florissant, MO...

Margaret Joyce "Peggy" Summa

Margaret Joyce "Peggy" Summa

Nov 24, 2019

Margaret Joyce (Peggy) Summa, 87, passed away November 24, 2019. Peggy was born on August 30, 1932 in Nebraska City, NE to Harry and Alice (O’Banion) Carstens. She was a graduate of Centerville, IA High School, and Northwest Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville, MO. She taught school in Leon, IA and physical education at Central Missouri State College in...

Doris Elaine Giltner (Bedwell)

Doris Elaine Giltner (Bedwell)

Nov 24, 2019

Doris Giltner, 87, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away November 24, 2019. A visitation will be held from 10-11:00 a.m. followed by an 11:00 a.m. memorial service on Saturday, December 7, at 39th St. Community of Christ Congregation. Doris was born on February 7, 1932 to Ellis and Elsie (Wooten) Bedwell. Since there was no hospital in their hometown of...

Dale Wayne Kankey

Dale Wayne Kankey

Nov 22, 2019

Dale Wayne Kankey, 80 of Independence, MO passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at St. Mary’s Village in Blue Springs, MO. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055 with burial to follow in Lobb Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m.,...

Mildred Louise Fields

Mildred Louise Fields

Nov 21, 2019

Mildred L. Fields passed away on November 21, 2019, just two and a half weeks before her 100th birthday. Mildred was born on Dec. 8, 1919, in Braymer, MO, the only daughter of William Ernest Lukens and Allie Catherine (Pence) Lukens. She was raised on a farm, where her family grew crops and later raised cattle. She was always proud...

Jewell Blanche Monson (Raker)

Jewell Blanche Monson (Raker)

Nov 21, 2019

Jewell was born in 1920 in rural Magnolia, Missouri, and passed away November 21, 2019 in Raymore, Missouri. After working at North American Aviation during World War II, Jewell was a homemaker and avid gardener. A long-time Grandview resident and a lifelong Baptist, Jewell was honored by the First Baptist Church of Grandview in 2009 for over fifty years of...

Joyce R. Thompson (Manley)

Joyce R. Thompson (Manley)

Nov 20, 2019

Joyce Ruth Thompson, of Oak Grove, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, November, 20, 2019. Joyce was born on March 23, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. Across the span of her lifetime, she enjoyed road trips and traveling with her friends and family to many places. An avid letter writer, writing many letters to friends and family over the years. She painted...

Ronald Floyd "Ron" Gann

Ronald Floyd "Ron" Gann

Nov 20, 2019

Ronald Floyd Gann, also known as “Ron” or “Ronnie”, was born on January 17, 1947, in Williford, Arkansas to Earnest Floyd Gann and Ina Mae Knight Gann. Ron left this life on November 20, 2019, after a long illness. Ron served his country in the United States Navy as an electrician on the USS Naval Destroyer Leader USS Norfolk. He...

Mary Kathryn Seller

Mary Kathryn Seller

Nov 19, 2019

Mary Kathryn (Campbell) Seller, 85, passed away on November 19, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri. Mary Kathryn was born on October 31, 1934, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of William Joseph Campbell and Maxene Agnes (Cummings) Campbell. She graduated from Lillis High School in the class of 1952. On May 7, 1955, she married Donald E. Seller in Kansas...

Sandra Kay Sproat

Sandra Kay Sproat

Nov 18, 2019

Sandra Kay Sproat, 73, of Orrick, MO passed away November 18, 2019. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 22, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, with burial to follow at Floral Hills Cemetery. Contributions may be made to St....

Lois Marie Spellman

Lois Marie Spellman

Nov 18, 2019

Lois Marie Spellman, 82, of Blue Springs, MO, passed away on Monday, November 18th, 2019. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00pm Wednesday, November 20th at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. A funeral service will take place at 10:00am on Thursday, November 21st, also at the chapel. Interment will follow Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence....

Teresa Anne Atwood (Yates)

Teresa Anne Atwood (Yates)

Nov 18, 2019

Teresa Anne “Terri” Atwood, 65, of Independence, MO passed away November 18, 2019. Memorial services will be 11am Saturday November 23, 2019 at the Church of Jesus Christ Belton Restoration Branch in Belton, MO. Terri was born on February 8, 1954 in Pittsburg, CA. She was a graduate of East High School. For many years Terri worked in the accounting...

Marilyn Hermine Kettlewell (Wismer)

Marilyn Hermine Kettlewell (Wismer)

Nov 17, 2019

Marilyn Hermine Wismer Kettlewell was born on February 18th 1932, at home, in Amherstburg, Essex County, Ontario, Canada, to Theodore Darwin Wismer and Annie Alethea Mills Wismer. She was a third generation member of the Community of Christ Church. She was a life-long member of the church, and was ordained an Elder in 2003. From an early age, Marilyn was...

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