Obituaries
Carol Mae Fuimaono (Zimmer)
Jan 25, 2023
Carol Mae Fuimaono, 79, passed away on January 25, 2023. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 11:00 AM at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Independence Stake Center. A visitation will precede services from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM. A procession to Woodlawn Cemetery will follow the service. Carol was born...
Mary Hunsucker
Jan 24, 2023
Martha Mary Hunsucker, 95, January 24, 2023. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 10:00 AM at Carson-Speaks Chapel with burial to follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery. A visitation will take place from 5:00 – 7:00 PM on Monday, January 30, 2023, at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Martha Mary Hunsucker (Mary) was born on January 24, 1928,...
Connie Delene Smith (Fickle)
Jan 24, 2023
Connie Delene Smith, 71, of Independence, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. She was born to Harold and Lois Fickle on December 28, 1951 in Independence, Missouri. At the young age of 16, while attending Truman High School Connie met her best friend and the love of her life Kelley. A few short years later they were married...
Corrina Cook
Jan 24, 2023
Corrina Sue Cook, 61, of Independence, MO, passed away on January 24, 2022. Corrina was born on Saturday, September 2, 1961, to Melvin and Sandra Cook. She was their only daughter, one of two children, and truly a light in their lives. Corrina was a lover of knowledge, always out to discover new things. She obtained a degree from Park...
Bonnie Mae Reynolds (Kesner)
Jan 23, 2023
Bonnie Mae Reynolds, 92, of Independence, Missouri passed away peacefully on Monday, January 23, 2023. Bonnie was born to Kenneth and Virginia Kesner on August 10, 1930 in Tecumseh, Missouri. After graduating from Bakersfield high school, Bonnie married the love of her life Claude “Duncan” and they spent the next 58 years creating memories together. Bonnie was a passionate, kind...
Theresa Jane Cromwell
Jan 21, 2023
Theresa Jane Cromwell, 73, of Independence, MO, passed away surrounded by her family on Saturday January 21, 2023. She was born in Kansas City, MO on January 25, 1949, to Frank (Red) and Beatrice Maasen. To know Theresa was to love her and to be loved by her. And to say that she loved life is an understatement. She was...
Danny Lee Davis
Jan 20, 2023
Danny Lee Davis, 28, of Independence, MO passed away far too soon on Friday, January 20, 2023. A funeral service will take place on Wednesday, January 25th, 2023, at 2pm, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E 39th St.: Independence, MO 64055. Interment will follow at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens in Independence. Danny was born on January 3, 1995, in Blue...
Alana Lynn Admire
Jan 19, 2023
On the morning of Thursday, January 19, 2023, Alana Lynn Admire, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully at the age of 77. Alana was born on April 20, 1945, in Independence, Missouri to Robert Bozidar Petrovic and Betty Jean Strater. She was the second of three sisters and graduated from Northeast High School in Kansas City in 1964,...
Matthew Carl Fox
Jan 19, 2023
To most observers, Matt Fox was an unremarkable man who didn’t make a fortune, have articles printed about him nor were statues erected in his name, but to his daughters, Becky, Grace, Amy and Nancy he was something else. He was the dad who took us to work with him, who bathed us as babies, who made us breakfast and...
Rhonda L. Hografe
Jan 19, 2023
Rhonda L Hografe, of Independence, MO, passed peacefully from her earthly home to her heavenly home on Thursday, January 19th, 2023. Rhonda leaves behind her sister, Sandra Hografe; aunts, Elaine Lippincott of Hannibal, MO and Gerolene Hografe, of Dittmer, MO; many cousins, beloved friends and her fur baby, Baylee. She is preceded in death by her parents, Orvee and Mary,...
Elisa Elena Portz
Jan 18, 2023
Elisa Elena Portz, 55, of Independence, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. She was born in Denver, Colorado on July 17, 1967. Elisa and her family moved to Kansas City in the late seventies and from then on, made Missouri their home. On April 14, 1997, she married the love of her life, Scott Portz. In addition to...
Betty Sue Thompson
Jan 14, 2023
Betty Sue Thompson, age 80 of Oak Grove, Missouri, moved to her heavenly home 01/14/2023. Betty was born January 10, 1943 in Camp, Arkansas, the daughter of Charles Harold and Della Allen. Later the family would move north to a small farm near Buckner, Missouri. Betty took a liking to the next door neighbor, Charley Thompson, the two of which...
Victoria Austin Trantham
Jan 14, 2023
Vikki Austin Trantham Victoria Caroleen Austin Trantham took her last breath on earth and her first breath of heaven on January 14, 2023. Welcoming Vikki to heaven were her daughters Corey and Peyton, parents Eulalia and Victor Austin and brother Dave Austin. Vikki is survived by her husband Dr. David Trantham, son Dr. Austin Trantham, daughter in-law Stephanie and precious...
Shirley Clarice "Gigi" Logan
Jan 14, 2023
Shirley Clarice Logan, of Kansas City, Missouri, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 14, 2023. She was 80 years old. Shirley was born on July 22, 1942, in Seattle, Washington to Charles Hammons and Josephine Patterson. In high school Shirley met the love of her life, Lewis Logan. They married in 1958, and from their union came...
Judy Marie Stilwell (Beeman)
Jan 13, 2023
Judy Marie Stilwell, 79, beloved wife, mother and grandmother went home to be with the Lord on January 13, 2023. A funeral service will be held on Friday January 20, 2023, at 10:00 AM at Speaks Suburban Chapel. A visitation will precede the service at 9:00 AM. Committal to follow service at Swan Lake Memorial Park. Judy was born on...
Tina Louise Gonzalez
Jan 13, 2023
Tina Louise Gonzalez, 43, was called to the Lord on January 13, 2023. A Funeral Mass will take place on Friday, January 20, 2023, at 10:00 AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with burial to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. A Visitation will take place on Thursday, January 19, 2023, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, with a Rosary being offered...
William "Bill" Winkler
Jan 13, 2023
William "Bill" Winkler, of Phoenix, Maryland, went to be with the Lord on January 13, 2023. He was 73 years old. William “Bill” was born April 19, 1949 to Henry Alfred Winkler and Dolores Winkler in Kansas City, MO. He attended Rosedale High School in Kansas City, KS. Bill served in the Navy from 1969-1970 in the engine room aboard...
Patricia Ann Seufert (Champion)
Jan 12, 2023
Patricia Ann Seufert, of Independence, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2023. She was 87 years old. Patricia was born on October 11, 1935 to Harry and Mary Champion in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended and graduated from Cardinal Glennon High School of Kansas City. She went on to become a beautician and had the luxury of operating her...
Robert Dean Nellis
Jan 12, 2023
Robert Dean Nellis, 76 of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 21, 2023 at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Independence, MO with full military honors. Robert was born September 29, 1946 in Winfield, KS to Gilmer Keith and Peggy Pearl (Jones) Nellis. He had worked as...
Vickie L. Howard
Jan 11, 2023
Vickie Long Howard, age 68 of Gordon County, GA, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at her residence. Vickie was born on July 24, 1954 in Chillicothe, MO, daughter of the late Adrian Long and Madeline Anette Pittman. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Vickie is survived by: her husband, Orville D. Howard; four children, Joshua...
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