Robert James "Bob" Dennis
May 16, 2021
Robert (Bob) Dennis was born 10-6-1946 and passed away May 16, 2021. Bob lived the majority of his life in the greater Kansas City area but home to him was always Independence, which was his most recent place of residence. Bob was loving, giving, intelligent and was a true artistic talent, both musically and with art. His career included a...
Jonna Sue Patterson (Holmes)
May 15, 2021
Jonna Sue Patterson, 69, of Independence Missouri passed on to her heavenly reward on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Jonna was born in Aledo Illinois, to Mark and Ruth Holmes. Jonna was the second in the Line of four daughters, though she always referred to herself as the middle child and claiming all of the mischievousness that is associated with that...
Gladys Gray Binger
May 15, 2021
Gladys Binger, 101, of Independence, was taken home by her dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to be in eternal peace on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Gladys was born on January 20, 1920 to Ralph and Anna Smith in Bowen, Missouri. She was the second of four children. She was married to David V. Binger after losing her first husband...
Robin Dian Baze (Davis)
May 15, 2021
Robin Dian Baze, 57 of Gardner, KS passed away Saturday, May 15, 2021 at her residence. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 22, 2021 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055, with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Friday...
Ross Lee Yohn
May 14, 2021
Ross Lee Yohn, 83, of Lee’s Summit, MO, passed away Friday, May 14th, 2021. A visitation will be held from 2-3pm followed by a funeral service at 3pm, Wednesday, May 19th at Lee’s Summit Christian Church, 800 NE Tudor Rd, Lee's Summit, MO 64086. Interment will follow at Lee’s Summit Historical Cemetery. Ross was born on November 16, 1937, the...
Lillie Mae King
May 13, 2021
Lillie Mae (Billie) King, of Independence, MO was born April 11, 1928 in Bardwell, KY and on Thursday, May 13, 2021, went to be with our Heavenly Father and many passed loved ones, including a great-granddaughter. She is survived by her grandson, Jim King; granddaughters, Kristina (Nathan) Porter and Teri (Greg) Wilmes; daughter-in-law, Linda King; stepson, Thomas (Jeanie) Friesner; step-grandson,...
Richard Anson "Rick" White
May 13, 2021
Richard (Rick) Anson White, at the age of 80, Independence, MO passed away after long battle with Alzheimers on May 13th at Wilshire Lakewood Care Center Rick was a hard worker and started as a young man earning the prestigious award of the Boy Scouts of America's highest rank Eagle Scout. He graduated from Van Horn High school in 1958,...
Nancy L. Kwak (Yale)
May 13, 2021
On May 13, 2021, Nancy L. Kwak (Yale) passed away at the age of 75 at the Kansas University Medical Center. Nancy was born on June 18, 1945, in Dallas, TX. She studied nursing at Graceland College and post-graduate pharmacology at the Jennie Lund School of Practical Nursing. She worked as an LPN in Wisconsin and Missouri. In 1972 she...
Lois Gertrude Fickel
May 12, 2021
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Lois Gertrude Carlile Fickel went home to be with her Lord. Lois was born July 5,1926 in Logan, Iowa, to Velma Gertrude Towne Carlile and Wallace Carlile. She was one of three children. Lois was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1935, in Woodbine, Iowa. She began...
Norma Glenn Bascio (Devore)
May 10, 2021
Norma Glenn Bascio, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 10, 2021 in Columbia, Missouri. She was 87. Norma was born to Glenn and Ida DeVore on March 15, 1934 in Independence, Missouri. After graduating from Van Horn High School, Norma started working at City National Bank, currently United Missouri Bank of Kansas City. She worked there for 49 years before...
Howard "Leslie" Bone
May 10, 2021
Howard "Leslie" Bone, 81 of Independence, MO passed away peacefully on May 10th at the Kansas City Hospice House. A visitation will be held from 6-8pm on Friday, May 14th at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E 39th St; Independence. A funeral service will be held at 10am on Saturday, May 15th at First Presbyterian Church of Lee's Summit; 1625 NW...
Penny Ann Cross
May 9, 2021
Penny Ann Cross 62, of Jackson County passed away peacefully on May 9, 2021, surrounded by many longtime friends. She was born on December 25, 1958, in Jackson County, MO to Patrica Ann Cross. Penny loved music and to take car rides. She also enjoyed the camaraderie of two friends that were her housemates for many years. She will be...
Jane Miles-Smith
May 9, 2021
Jane Miles-Smith, 66, of Kansas City, MO, formerly of the Clinton and Warsaw area, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2021 in the comfort of her home. Born May 16, 1954 in Clinton, MO, Jane spent her early life growing up between Warsaw, MO, Chevy Chase, MD, Atchison, KS and Clinton, MO. She graduated from Clinton Sr. High School in 1972...
Jay Arthur Dixon
May 5, 2021
Jay A. Dixon, 95, passed away on May 5, 2021. He was devoted husband of Emma (deceased), father of Kathy (John) Burmaster of Haddonfield, NJ, Diane (Jack) Knapp of Lee's Summit, MO, Duane of Tucson, AZ, and Jon (Julie) of Venetia, PA, with 11 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. The youngest of five children, raised on a dairy farm in...
Robert H. "Bob" Hippensteel
May 5, 2021
Robert H. “Bob” Hippensteel, a “Prince of a guy,” who was kind and always had a positive outlook on life, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Oak Grove, MO. He was 84 years old. Bob was born February 20, 1937 in Silver Creek Township, Michigan to Gage and Alice Hippensteel and was the...
Barbara Ann Henze (Struemph)
May 4, 2021
Barbara Ann Henze (Struemph), 83, passed away May 4, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents and one grandchild. Barbara is survived by her husband of 60 years, Robert J Henze, and their children Michelle (Jeff), Jeanette (Joe), and Michael, and siblings Marion, Georgia, Daniel (Suzanne), and Robert (Mary Katherine). She was the proud grandmother of Joshua, Meredith,...
Sharin Fae Ankrom
May 4, 2021
Sharin Fae Ankrom (Osborn), 81 years old died from complications of COVID on Tuesday, May 4th, 2021. Sharin is survived by her Son, Tryce Ankrom, her Daughter-in-law Elizabeth, her four grandchildren Alexis, Hunter, Isaac, Grace, her great-granddaughter Adilynn, Sister Janice, Niece Robin, Nephew Gary, her best friend Harlena, her beloved puppy Yogi, as well as lots of nieces and nephews,...
Janet Mary Gerken (Rieger)
May 4, 2021
Janet Mary Gerken, 83 of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at St. Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, MO. She was born January 30, 1938 in Oradell, NJ to Herbert and Ethyl (Gorman) Rieger. She is survived by her husband Eric Gerken married in 1959; 4 children; Valerie Stutz, MO (Bill), Sandra Wells, NJ (Kerry), Stacie...
Jerry Alan Williams
May 3, 2021
Jerry Alan Williams, of Independence, MO, a quiet and reserved man, who was a devoted Catholic, passed away on May 3, 2021. He was 73 years old. Jerry was born on September 9, 1947 in Savannah, Missouri to Lee and Francis Williams and was the youngest of 3 children. He graduated from Truman High School in the class of 1967,...
