Obituaries
Alice Owens
Sep 16, 2017
Alice Marie (Klipsch) Owens, 77 of Blue Springs, MO passed away Saturday, September 16, 2017 at Northcare Hospice House. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 22, 2017 at the St. John Lalande Catholic Church in Blue Springs, MO. Burial will follow in Blue Springs Cemetery. There will be a rosary recited at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, September...
Hope Marion Blakely (Williams)
Sep 15, 2017
Hope Marion (Williams) Blakely graduated to glory on Friday, September 15th at 12:05 PM at St. Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City. She and her husband, Larry A. Blakely lived in Independence, Missouri for 17 years after retiring from Phoenix, Arizona where they had lived for 52 years. She was born in Toledo, Ohio on August 29th, 1942 to Russell...
Suzanne Fellers (Speilbusch)
Sep 15, 2017
Suzanne Fellers, 56, of Blue Springs, passed away September 15, 2017. Suzy was born April 2, 1961 in Independence, Mo and was a lifelong area resident. She most recently worked in Member Services for OOIDA and assisted her husband in running their business. She is survived by her husband Donnie; son, Michael (Brianna) Fellers; and grandson, Gabriel, all of Blue...
Ricky Dunnahay
Sep 15, 2017
Ricky Dunnahay, 54, of Independence, MO passed away September 15, 2017 with his loved ones by his side. Visitation will be 6-9pm Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral services will be 10am Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at the chapel. Burial will take place in New Salem Cemetery. Ricky was born on April 27, 1963 in Nevada, MO...
Frederick Anton Treffer Ii
Sep 15, 2017
Frederick Anton Treffer II, 66, of Waverly, Missouri entered Heaven’s glory on September 15, 2017 after a brief battle with cancer. Visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 20, 2017 followed by a memorial service at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday at Tri City Baptist Church in Blue Springs, Missouri. Fred was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from...
Verlin Eugene Shinabargar
Sep 15, 2017
Verlin Eugene Shinabargar, 82, Lee's Summit MO passed away, Friday, 09/15/2017 at the Groves Nursing Facility, Independence, MO. Services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, evening 9/20/2017 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055 with visitation to follow until 9:00 p.m.. A graveside services with full military honors will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday,...
Joy Arlene Muir (Reid)
Sep 14, 2017
Joy Muir, 81, of Independence, MO passed away September 14, 2017. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Waldo Ave Restoration Branch, 819 West Waldo Ave Independence, MO. Joy was born on December 9, 1935 in Port Huron, Michigan to Beryl and Thelma (Burley) Reid. She loved to spend time in...
Betty Lou Bearce
Sep 14, 2017
Betty Lou Bearce, 90 of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, September 14, 2017 at the Gower Convalescent Center in Gower, MO. Services will be 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055 with a private burial to follow in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. The family will greet friends from 12:30...
Mary Claibourn
Sep 13, 2017
Mary Claibourn, 97, of Kansas City, MO passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017. A visitation will be held from 6-8pm on Friday, September 22, 2017 at Carson-Speaks Chapel 1501 W. Lexington Ave, Independence, MO, 64052. A graveside service will be at 1pm Saturday, September 23 at Mount Washington Cemetery. Mary was born on January 9, 1920 in Kansas City, MO...
Aleyah Lucas
Sep 13, 2017
Baby Aleyah Jade Lucas, infant daughter of James Lucas and Kayle Pilkenton, passed away on September 13, 2017. She was born on September 12, 2017 in Independence, MO. Survivors include her mom and dad, Kayle and James; siblings, Abigail Pilkenton and Brennan, Ivy, Summer, and Harmony Lucas; and grandparents, Denise Hotvedt, Willy Lucas (wife Eileen), and Charles Michael Pilkenton; and...
Deborah Locke Johnson
Sep 13, 2017
Deborah Locke Johnson, 58, passed away on September 13, 2017. A memorial service will be Sat., Sept. 16, at 4pm, at Community of Christ, 800 W. South St. in Harrisonville. Private inurnment in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens will take place at a later date. Contributions may be made to the family in lieu of flowers. Debby was born on May...
Rev. Doyle D. Ankrom
Sep 13, 2017
Rev. Doyle D. Ankrom, 77 of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday at the Northcare Hospice House. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 18, 2017 at the Full Gospel Assembly, 10537 E. 6th St. South, Independence, MO 64053. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. The family will greet friends from 3 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, September 17, 2017...
Arthur Louis "Art" Main
Sep 13, 2017
Art Main, 75, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away September 13, 2017 with his loving family by his side. A Celebration of Life will be held on September 16, 2017 beginning at 3pm at Colonial Hills Community of Christ in Blue Springs. Art was born on January 31, 1942 in Independence, MO to Louis and Helen (Thomas) Main. After graduating...
Maryle Yager (Tunks)
Sep 13, 2017
Maryle (Tunks) Yager, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Sept. 13, 2017. She was born to Clyde and Gladys Tunks on a farm in Northwest Missouri. She was married to Vernon Dale Yager of St. Joseph, Missouri, the love of her life. She is survived by two beautiful children, daughter Deanna Lynn Himelright and son Carl Eugene Yager of Anchorage, Alaska....
Amanda Nichols
Sep 12, 2017
Amanda “Paisley” Nichols, 25, of Kansas City, MO passed away on September 12, 2017. A visitation will be 6-8pm on September 18, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO, 64055. A service will be 10am on September 19 at the chapel. Amanda was born on April 5, 1992 in Kansas City, MO to Greg and Kelly...
Jacob Newsom
Sep 11, 2017
Jacob Otis Newsom, 91, of KCMO, passed away Mon., Sept. 11, 2017. He was born in Franklin, MO, on Oct. 3, to Tom and Mary Stangel Newsom. After graduating from New Franklin High School, he enlisted in U.S. Navy and served in WWII where he survived Kamikaze attack on board the USS Morris. He went on to earn an Electrical...
William Russel "Rusty" Darnel
Sep 11, 2017
William R. “Rusty” Darnel, 87, Independence, MO passed away Sept. 11, 2017. Service will be 10 am, Monday, Sept. 18 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Swan Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 – 6 pm Sunday at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to First Christian Church of...
Anna L. Large (Johnson)
Sep 11, 2017
Anna Large, 82, of Independence, MO passed away September 11, 2017. Visitation will be from 9-11 am Friday, September 15, 2017 at Carson Speaks Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 11am at the chapel. She will be laid to rest next to her husband and son in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Anna was born on November 8, 1934 in Kansas City,...
Marianne Wicker (Payne)
Sep 10, 2017
Marianne Wicker, 61, Independence, MO passed away Sept. 10, 2017. A cremation memorial visitation will be held from 6 – 8 pm, Sat., Sept. 23 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the Great Plains SPCA, 21001 MO-78, Independence, MO 64057. Marianne was born May 15, 1956...
Russell Sherman
Sep 10, 2017
Russell Jerome “Jerry” Sherman, 84, passed away on September 10, 2017, in the care of Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehab in Olathe, KS. Jerry was born on March 31, 1933, in Independence, MO, to Ronald and Rosamond (Filson) Sherman. He graduated from William Chrisman High School in the class of 1951. Later that year, he began his Bachelor’s degree at...
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