Obituaries
Paul Kelly Casady
Nov 24, 2020
Paul Kelly Casady, a boisterous die-hard sports fanatic, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. He was born on March 4, 1969 to his loving parents Pat and Donna Casady in Kansas City, Missouri. Paul was a very genuine, authentic person. His laugh was contagious, and he was well known for his big smile and giant personality....
Ralph Eugene Beeler
Nov 24, 2020
Ralph Eugene Beeler, of Independence, MO, a man who loved to travel, took his final trip on November 24, 2020. He was 88 years old. Ralph was born on February 7, 1932 in Glasgow, Missouri, to Osborne and Ethel Beeler. He attended Northeast High School, then went on to marry Shirley Darling on February 14, 1951. Three sons were born...
Alec James Heatwole
Nov 24, 2020
On January 17, 2003, a wintery day in Independence, Missouri, a son was born to Larry and Debra Heatwole. To honor both sets of his grandparents, he was given the name Alec James Heatwole. As his two older brothers Lance and Christian and other extended family gathered closely to greet him, everyone could sense that Alec was a gift unto...
Raymond Weldon Noffsinger
Nov 23, 2020
Raymond Weldon Noffsinger, 61 of Sibley, MO, formerly of Lincoln, NE, passed away Monday, November 23, 2020, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, MO. Cremation is planned with private services later. Raymond was born August 25, 1959, in Oklahoma City, OK, to Thomas and Linda (Shotwell) Noffsinger. He moved to Omaha, NE, at a young age and graduated from Technical...
Ember Blake Green Huey
Nov 21, 2020
Ember Blake Green Huey passed away on Saturday November 21st, 2020. Though stricken with obstacles from conception, Ember's quiet determination to fight for life against the struggles that ever seemed to come at her was inspiring. She was here for too short a time, yet she lit many lives with rays of love. She enjoyed music and loved to hear...
Joseph Peter "Joe" Sabella
Nov 20, 2020
Who was Joseph Peter Sabella? He was among 6 siblings of Anna and Frank Sabella. He always reminisced about his childhood, playing his Trumpet, helping his father build fireplaces for a living. He had an appetite for those huge garlic pickles he would buy from the small neighborhood store in Long Island. “They were the best Dill Pickles!” he would...
Richard Marvin Bertke
Nov 20, 2020
Richard M. Bertke, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, and friend to many, passed away on November 20, 2020, St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born October 10, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Arnold and Martha Bertke. He and his wife (Betty Dunscomb) were married June 18, 1960. Shortly after Richard...
Marlene Mary Otis
Nov 19, 2020
Marlene Mary Otis, 88, passed away in Kansas City, Missouri on November 19, 2020. Marlene was born on June 26, 1932 in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Allix and Margaret Louise Hutchinson Allix. She attended the local schools and played with her older sister Corrine and a neighbor boy named Gordon. Gordon and Marlene were inseparable from the get-go,...
Winona Alvina Brownfield
Nov 19, 2020
Winona Alvina Brownfield, beloved mom, grandma, and friend, passed away on November 19, 2020, one week after celebrating her 90th birthday. Winona was born on November 12, 1930 in rural Ludell, Kansas, to Frank and Edith (Moore) Reiter. Ten years later, her family relocated to the Sedalia area, where she was hired on to work for Lamy’s Manufacturing Company. On...
Dorothy Mae Young (Purdy)
Nov 18, 2020
Age 89 passed away November 18th 2020. She was born Dorothy Mae Purdy October 15, 1931 in Lincoln Missouri. At the age of 20 she landed in Kansas City, and in 1955 she met her husband to be Cormielee Weaver Young who preceded her in death in 1999. They were married in June of 1956 and were blessed with 6...
Shirley A. Holder (Hardin)
Nov 18, 2020
Shirley A. Holder, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to all, passed away on November 18, 2020, in Independence, Missouri. She was born December 5, 1930 in Clyde, Kansas. As a young girl, she delivered newspapers from her bicycle, sewed clothes, styled hair and cleaned home, sometimes earning 10 cents an hour for her efforts! She graduated from Kansas State...
Geraldine Rose "Jeri" Diecidue
Nov 17, 2020
Geraldine Rose “Jeri” Diecidue born February 3, 1934, died of natural causes on November 17, 2020 at The Groves in Independence. Jeri was born on Witte Place in Kansas City, Missouri, where she lived with her father and mother, Nado and Mary Diecidue and her three brothers, Sam, Frank and Ross Diecidue. She was employed as a Confidential Secretary at...
Audrey Gail Cupp
Nov 16, 2020
Audrey Gail Cupp, 31 of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Monday, November 19 at her residence. Audrey was born to James Gail (Jim) Cupp and Debra Kay (Debbie) Cupp (Schmidt) on August 24, 1989. She was preceded in death by her mother, Debbie. She is survived by her father, Jim Cupp of Greenwood, MO and brother David Cupp, of Lee’s...
Raymond Acie Fleming
Nov 14, 2020
Raymond Acie Fleming passed into God’s arms on November 14, 2020, having lived a long and wonderful 101 years. Ray was married to Marion Fleming for 75 years and survived her passing in January, 2019. He was a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Independence and 50+ year member of the VFW Post #1000, American Legion and the...
Dora Emily Walsh
Nov 13, 2020
Dora Walsh was born in England, into a world in turmoil. 1933 was the year Hitler became leader of his Nazi party, the year of the bank closures and crash. It was a year when Europe was becoming torn apart. Dora was the youngest of 6 children. She was born in Enfield England close to the Enfield rifle plant which...
Jack Edward Beal
Nov 13, 2020
Jack Edward Beal, age 87, of Lee’s Summit, MO (formerly of Sugar Creek, MO), passed away on November 13, 2020, on what would have been his 66th wedding anniversary. Due to COVID-19 there will be a private funeral service for the immediate family at St. Cyril’s Catholic Church in Sugar Creek, MO. A public graveside service will be held on...
David Richard "Dave" Juergens
Nov 13, 2020
Friday, November 13, 2020, David Richard Juergens, 61, loving husband and beloved father of three children, passed away. David was born on November 29, 1958 in Independence, Missouri to Richard Juergens and Sylvia (Seat) Datweiler. He was a retired tradesman and a jack of all trades. He spent his remaining years with the love of his life, Kim Lea Fine-Juergens....
Carolyn Anne Carmichael
Nov 12, 2020
On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 11:40 am Carolyn Anne Carmichael beloved mother, friend gained eternal life at the age of 74. Carolyn was born October 31, 1946 to Arthur and Daisy Swank in Syracuse, NY. She was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her sister Marie Halloway. Carolyn graduated from St. Francis Academy in Nevada, MO in 1964. She married...
Gayle West (Dampier)
Nov 12, 2020
Gayle departed this life November 12, 2020 with her loving husband, Jerry by her side holding her hand. Gayle was born on a spring day to Roy and Bernice Dampier in Lebanon, Missouri. There she would spend her childhood and graduate high school from Lebanon High. She attended Tabernacle Baptist Church and at a young age accepted Lord Jesus Christ...
Charles Edward Westbrooks
Nov 12, 2020
Charles Edward Westbrooks, 80, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date at his church, Christ United Methodist in Independence. Charles was born January 9, 1940 in Woodstock, GA to Grady and Louise (Simms) Westbrooks. He worked for 28 years for the federal prison service, first...
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