Sep 10, 2019

Jeff Tucker, 55, of Independence, MO passed away September 10, 2019. Visitation will be from 12-1:30pm Friday, September 13, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Graveside services will follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery where Jeff will be laid to rest next to his mother and brother. Jeff was born on December 9, 1963 in Kansas City, MO, one of 3 sons born...

Sep 9, 2019

Roger Lowell Clark, Jr., 52 passed away Monday, September 9, 2019. The family will greet with friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday evening at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Private services with burial in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens will be held later. Roger was born August 5, 1967 in Independence, MO to Roger...

Sep 9, 2019

Gary D. Zimmerman, 79, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away at John Knox Village Hospice House on Monday, September 9, 2019. Private family burial will be held on Saturday, September 14th at Mound Grove Cemetery at 9am. Visitation will be from 10:30-11:30am, followed by a Memorial Service at 12pm on Saturday September 14, 2019 at East 39th Street Community of...

Sep 9, 2019

Allan Baker, 91, of Independence, MO passed away at home on September 9, 2019. A visitation will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, at Christ United Methodist Church, 14506 E. 39th St. S., Independence, MO 64055. The service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 13, at Christ UMC, with burial to follow at Floral...

Sep 8, 2019

Edith Warren, 95, Independence, MO passed away Sept. 8, 2019. Services will be 10 am, Friday, Sept. 13 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO, 64052; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the chapel. Edith was born March 2, 1924 in rural Miller County near Eugene, MO. She was a professional seamstress...

Sep 6, 2019

Vernie (Sis) Louvena Ashmore, 71, of Independence, MO, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019. The visitation will be held from 6-8pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W Lexington, Independence, MO 64052. Service will be held Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 10AM at Carson-Speaks Chapel with burial at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Vernie was born on May...

Sep 5, 2019

Margaret Lucille Summers-Walker Margaret Walker, 93 of Kansas City, MO, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away at home from failing health on September 5, 2019 surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Speaks Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Burial will be in Brooking Cemetery. The family will...

Sep 5, 2019

Billy Joe Crismon, 82, of Independence, MO, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Cremation is planned. Billy was born on April 18, 1937 to Virgil and Polly Crismon in Evening Shade, MO. After graduating from Plato High School, in Missouri, he joined the Army and was a paratrooper, stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Once he returned from the military, Billy...

Sep 4, 2019

Bill Riddle, 71, of Independence, MO passed away September 4, 2019. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, at Susquehanna Baptist Church. Bill was born November 21, 1947 in Seminole, OK to Mirl and Madge (Winn) Riddle. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving during Vietnam. He then went...

Sep 4, 2019

Mary Carolyn (Blaylock) Varnell, 70, of Independence, MO passed away September 4, 2019. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. followed by a 2:00 p.m. memorial service on Saturday, September 21, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, Independence, MO. Mary was born to Hoyt and Virginia Blaylock (Carmouche) March 11th, 1949 in Wichita, KS. She graduated from Wichita Southeast High...

Sep 4, 2019

John C. Pendleton age 95 passed away on September 4, 2019 at Centerpoint Hospital. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII overseas in the European Theater of Operations. After retiring from the mail service, he worked as office manager 12 years for the Franklin Oil Company of Delivered papers for both the Independence Examiner and the (Old)...

Sep 3, 2019

Donald Marker, 93, of Independence, MO passed away September 3, 2019. Don was born on June 12, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa to Carl and Margaret (Lamb) Marker. He served in the US Marine Corps from August 1944 to March 1947. On April 10, 1948 he married Marianna Johnston. She preceded him in death after 69 years of marriage. He...

Sep 2, 2019

On Monday, September 2, 2019, Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Larsen, loving wife and mother of five children, passed away in peace at the age of 86, surrounded by family. Mary Lou was born on June 28, 1933 in Kansas City, MO to Vernon Arthur Malott and Margret Pearl Malott. On June 7, 1952 Mary Lou married Frederick N. Larsen, the...

Sep 2, 2019

J.B. Vickers, 77, of Independence, MO passed away September 2, 2019. Visitation will be 9-10:30 am Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 10:30 am at the chapel. J.B. will be laid to rest in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, MO. J.B. (John Benjamin) Vickers was born at home to Ralph D. and Ella Mitchell...

Aug 31, 2019

Barbara Jean Meier, 87 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday morning, August 31, 2019 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Cremation is planned with visitation at 10:00 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church, 100 N Pleasant St, Independence, MO 64050. Barbara was born December 20, 1931 in Greeley, CO...

Aug 30, 2019

Aug 30, 2019

Una Vivienne (Milton) Wheeler passed away on Friday, August 30th, 2019, at the age of 97. She was married for 31 years to Elmer Robert Wheeler. Throughout her career, she worked for Montgomery Ward, executive secretary at Katz drug company, office manager at Crouse Cartage Company, and finally retiring in 1987. She was a member of the First United Methodist...

Aug 29, 2019

Aug 27, 2019

John A. Bowers, 82, of Independence, MO, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00pm, Wednesday, September 4th at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. A graveside service with full military honors will take place at 11:00am, Thursday, September 5th at MO State Veteran’s Cemetery in Higginsville, MO. John was born...

Aug 26, 2019

Lamona “Mona” (Hoskins) Angel, 71, Independence, MO died Aug. 26, 2019. Visitation 6-8 pm, Friday, Aug. 30 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Mona was born March 1, 1948 in California, MO. Her family moved to Kansas City and she graduated from Northeast High School. She owned the Silver Fox Salons in Raytown and Independence and...