Obituaries
Leona Keithly
Aug 25, 2007
Leona O. Keithly, 87, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 25, 2007. Services will be 10 am, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at the funeral home. The family requests contributions to Heartland Hospice. Leona was born Jan. 7, 1920 in Au Gres, MI. She was a seamstress...
Roshell Ewens
Aug 24, 2007
Roshell Lynae Ewens, 45, of Golden City, MO passed away Friday, August 24, 2007 at the University Hospital in Columbia, MO after complications following treatments for Leukemia. A service celebrating her life will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 1-2:00 pm. Burial in Mt. Washington Cemetery....
Bert Edington
Aug 24, 2007
Bert H. Edington, 89, of Independence, MO passed away Friday, August 24, 2007 at Rosewood Health Center. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Bert was born June 9, 1918 in Independence, MO to Homer and Gertrude (Hutton) Edington. Mr. Edington retired...
Mildred Hedberg
Aug 23, 2007
Mildred Hedberg, 85, of Independence, MO passed away on August 23, 2007. A rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 26, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, with the visitation to follow until 9:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 27, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church. Burial at Mount...
Esther Benedict
Aug 23, 2007
Esther Benedict, 96, of Independence, MO passed away on August 23, 2007 at the Oak Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Esther was born on April 19, 1911 in Moville, Iowa. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Betty Moss of Mt. Pleasant, SC and June Cooper of Independence, MO. Esther is survived by one son, James Davis of Harrisburg,...
Lyle Horne
Aug 23, 2007
Lyle W. Horne, 86, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 23, 2007. Graveside services will be 10 am, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Monday at Carson-Speaks Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the American Cancer Society. Lyle was born Oct. 10, 1920 in Parker’s Prairie, MN. He has lived...
Lawrence Taylor
Aug 22, 2007
Lawrence Lee “Larry” Taylor, 66, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2007 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel. Burial will be in Union Baptist Cemetery in Marshall, MO. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at the chapel....
Timothy Kimsey
Aug 22, 2007
Timothy Peter Kimsey, 64, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 22, 2007. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Independence; interment at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 3-5 pm, Sunday at Speaks Suburban Chapel. The family requests contributions to City Union Mission, Christ United Methodist...
Edna Barker
Aug 22, 2007
Edna Mary Barker, 93, of Kansas City, MO passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at North Kansas City Hospital. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Graveside services will be 12:00 noon in Woodlawn Cemetery. Edna was born November 29, 1913 in New York, NY to Andy and Jenney (Sherman) Pringle.
Danna Neville
Aug 20, 2007
Danna L. Neville, 76, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Aug. 20, 2007 at John Knox Care Center. Services will be 10 am, Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Wayside Waifs or the American Cancer...
Lenora Ellis
Aug 20, 2007
LeNora Edna Ellis, 91, of Independence, MO, passed away, Monday, August 20, 2007 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 23, 2007 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Burial will be in Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1 p.m., until service time Thursday at the chapel. LeNora was born December 19, 1915 in Kansas...
Leroy Evans
Aug 20, 2007
LeRoy E. Evans, 62, of Independence, MO, passed away, Monday, August 20, 2007 at his residence. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. The family will greet friends following the services in the chapel. Donations may be made in his name to the MS Society. LeRoy...
Kenneth Tweedie
Aug 18, 2007
Kenneth William Tweedie, 77 of Independence passed away on Wed. Aug. 15, 2007 at his home. Ken was born on Sep. 22, 1929 in Burma, India. He came to Independence by way of India, England, Canada, Egypt, Cyprus, Beirut, Malta and Toronto. He served with the British Army and then with the Canadian Army, serving in the Suez Canal Zone...
Susan Pryer
Aug 17, 2007
Susan J. Pryer, 55, of Blue Springs, MO passed away on Friday, August 17, 2007 at the University of Kansas Medical Center after a courageous battle with multiple myeloma. A memorial visitation will be held from 9:30-11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 22, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Independence, MO. The Memorial Mass will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the church....
Hipolito Jimenez
Aug 17, 2007
Hipolito Jimenez, 83, of Independence, MO passed away, Friday, August 17, 2007 at Research Medical Center. Memorial services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday, August 19, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be from 1-2:30 p.m. in the chapel. Cremation. Hipolito was born May 14, 1924 in Valentine, TX to Jose and Rosa (Carrasco) Jimenez. Mr. Jimenez is survived by...
Cynthia Bailey
Aug 15, 2007
Cynthia L. (Leighton) Bailey, 61, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at her home. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Monday at Carson-Speaks Chapel Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at New Salem Baptist Church. Burial in Salem Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Boy Scouts of America or Susan G. Komen Breast...
Larry Battles
Aug 15, 2007
Larry W. Battles, 74, passed away on August 15, 2007, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Blue Springs, Missouri. Larry was born to Lorene and Enoch Battles on December 14, 1932. He was a 1950 graduate of Halls Memorial High School in Buckner, Missouri, where he lived most of his life. At the age of 17, he joined the U.S. Marine...
Alice Peel
Aug 15, 2007
Alice M. Peel, 82 of Brunswick, MO formerly of Sugar Creek passed away Wed Aug 15, 2007. Graveside services will be 10:00 am Sat. Aug 18, 2007at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 �" 7:30 pm Friday at the Carson- Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Indep. MO. Mrs. Peel was born on Apr 6, 1925 to Arthur and...
Charles Franklin
Aug 14, 2007
Charles H. Franklin, 84 of Independence passed away, Tue. Aug 14, 2007 at Jefferson Health Care Center. A memorial service will be held 3:00 pm, Sat. Aug 18, 2007 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th st., Indep. MO. Mr. Franklin was born on Mar. 4, 1923 to Charles and Dona (Becker) Franklin in Charleston, WV. He had worked...
Helen Keairnes
Aug 14, 2007
Helen Marjorie (Hendrix) Keairnes, 95, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at the Groves in Independence, MO. A graveside service will be held Sat. Aug. 18th at Mound Grove Cemetery for the immediate family. A celebration of Helen’s life will be 3 p.m., Sun. Aug. 19, 2007 at Birchwood at the Groves. Memorial contributions may be made to the Groves...
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