Obituaries
Doris Weir
Dec 26, 2012
Doris W. Weir, 93, Kansas City, MO passed away Dec. 26, 2012. Services will be 10 am, Monday, Dec. 31 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Floral Hills Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 am before the service at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to St. Paul’s United...
Zelene Beck
Dec 25, 2012
Zelene Beck, 65, of Buckner MO, passed away on Christmas. A visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00p.m. Sunday, December 30th 2012 at Speaks Buckner Chapel; 300 Adams, Buckner, MO. Funeral Service will be 10:00a.m. Monday December 31st at Heart of God Fellowship; 3720 North Buckner Tarsney Road, Buckner. Burial will be at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Zelene was born October 2nd,...
Lula Wright
Dec 25, 2012
Lula Mae Wright passed away peacefully on December 25, 2012, in Derby, Kansas, where she resided for the last 5 years. She was born in Eldridge, Missouri, on June 26, 1927. She married Clyde William Wright on October 20, 1945, and moved to Independence, Missouri, where they lived in the house he built until his death in 2001. Lula has...
Ernest Richards
Dec 24, 2012
Ernest Leonard Richards, 93, Independence, MO passed away Monday, December 24, 2012. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Friday, December 28, 2012 at Country Meadows Baptist Church; 4901 Lee’s Summit Rd. Kansas City, Mo 64136. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. at the church. Entombment will follow at Mt. Washington Mausoleum with Military Honors. In lieu of flowers, memorial...
Patty Hazelrigg
Dec 23, 2012
Patricia Ann Hazelrigg, 78, Blue Springs, MO passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Friday, December 28, 2012 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. A celebration of Patty’s life will be at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Memorial contributions may be...
Charmian A. "Charlotte" Ferro
Dec 23, 2012
Charmian Amanda “Charlotte” Ferro, 89 of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012 at her residence. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel in Independence, MO. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Raytown, MO. Visitation was from 10:00 a.m., until service time Friday at the chapel. Charlotte was born September...
Eleanor Wilcox-Moody
Dec 23, 2012
Eleanor Moody, 99, of Independence, MO, died Sunday, December 23rd, 2012. Visitation will be held from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. Friday, December 28th at Carson Speaks Chapel; 1501 W. Lexington Ave Independence MO. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday December 29th at the chapel. Burial will be at Bates City Cemetery. Eleanor was born April 2nd 1913 in Hamilton, MO....
Dorothy Degraffenreid
Dec 22, 2012
Dorothy DeGraffenreid, 96, of Buckner, passed away Saturday December 22nd, 2012. A Memorial Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. January 3rd, 2013 at Glendale Restoration Branch; 17803 Susquehannah Ridge, Independence, MO 64056. Burial will be in Buckner Hill Cemetery at a later time. Dorothy was born March 20th, 1916 in Linn Creek, MO, to Alexander Wilkes and Minnie (Hopkins)...
John Merrell
Dec 20, 2012
John H. Merrell, 83, Independence, MO passed away Dec. 20, 2012. Services will be at 10 am, Monday, Dec. 24 at New Hope Baptist Church, 18000 E. Lexington. Independence, MO 64058; interment with Full Military Honors will follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will begin before the service at 9 am. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to...
Gary Million
Dec 20, 2012
Gary Million, 59, Kansas City, MO passed away unexpectedly Dec. 20, 2012. Funeral services will be 3 pm, Friday, Dec. 28 at the Fillmore Chapel at Unity Village, 1901 N.W. Blue Pkwy, Unity Village, MO 64065. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence MO 64055. Services will take place in Cincinnati, OH...
Joseph Campbell
Dec 20, 2012
Joseph E. Campbell, 70, of Independence, MO passed away December 20, 2012. A visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. followed by a 3:00 p.m. service on Sunday, December 23, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Joseph was born October 6, 1942 in MO to Joseph F. and Lillian A. (Griswold) Campbell. Joseph was a...
Ray Leamon
Dec 19, 2012
Ray Leamon, 84, of Independence, passed away Wednesday, December 19th 2012. Visitation will be held from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Saturday December 22nd at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E 39th Street Independence, MO. Funeral Services will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel. Burial will be held at Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Ray was born March 27, 1928...
Theople Andrews
Dec 18, 2012
Theople Jane Andrews 83 of Kansas City, passed away Tues. Dec. 18, 2012 at the Blue River Care Center. Memorial Services will be 3:00 p.m., Sun. Dec 23. 2012 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. Indep. MO 64055. Mrs. Andrews was born on Nov. 14, 1929 to Henry and Pauline (Wells) in Kansas City, Kansas. Theople was...
Elmer Fye
Dec 18, 2012
Elmer Earl Fye, age 88, of Independence, MO passed away Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 at The Groves. Elmer was extraordinarily generous both in life and in death. He donated his body to research at the KU Medical Center. A Memorial service will be held 3:00 p.m., Saturday, January 5th, 2013 at Mission Woods Congregation, Community of Christ, 2800 NW Duncan...
Bonita Bishop
Dec 18, 2012
Bonita J. Bishop, 78, Independence, MO, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 18, 2012. Cremation. Services will be private. The family requests contributions to the American Heart Assoc., Greater Kansas City Chapter, 6800 W. 93rd Street, Overland Park, KS 66212. Bonita was born Jan. 31, 1934 in Booneville, MS. She had lived in Independence, MO for fifty-four years. She was a Sprint...
Mable Irwin
Dec 18, 2012
Mable Irwin, 87, of Independence MO, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Visitation will be from 6:00- 8:00 p.m. Thursday December 20, 2012 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E 39th Street Independence. Funeral Service will be 10:00 a.m. Friday December 21, 2012 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Burial will be at Mound Grove Cemetery. Mable was born December 2nd, 1925 near...
Grace Doss
Dec 18, 2012
Grace Darlene (Allender) Doss, 79, Independence, MO passed away Dec. 18, 2012. Services will be 11 am, Sat., Dec. 22 at the Salvation Army Independence Corps, 14700 E. Truman Rd., Independence, MO 64050, preceded by visitation beginning at 10 am. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 pm at Higginsville City Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Salvation Army Independence...
Martha Williams
Dec 17, 2012
Martha Ann Williams, 70, of Independence, Mo, only child to John and Isabelle McDonald, passed away in her sleep due to long term medical complications on December 17th, 2012 She was born in Independence, Missouri on November 10th, 1942. She was married to her college sweetheart, Jim Williams and had one son, Brady Williams. As a young adult, Martha enjoyed...
Melvin Stoecklein
Dec 17, 2012
Melvin J. Stoecklein, 80, of Independence, MO, passed away Monday, December 17th, 2012. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday December 20, 2012 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday 10:00 a.m. at St. Ann’s Catholic Church 10113 W Lexington Ave. in Independence. Melvin was born February 25, 1932 on a farm in Bazine, KS to Martin...
Fabian Butkovich
Dec 16, 2012
FABIAN S. BUTKOVICH Fabian S. Butkovich, 88, Richmond, MO, formerly of Sugar Creek, MO passed away Dec. 16, 2012. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 am, Sat., Dec. 22 at St. Cyril’s Catholic Church, 11231 Chicago St., Sugar Creek, MO 64054; interment with Full Military Honors will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Friday at...
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