Obituaries
James Carl "Jim" Lichtenfeld
Dec 3, 2019
James “Jim” Carl Lichtenfeld, 85, of Independence, MO, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2019. A visitation will be held from 6-8pm Tuesday, December 10, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E 39th St, Independence, MO 64055. Graveside will be at 10am on Wednesday, December 11 at Mound Grove Cemetery, 1818 N River Blvd, Independence, MO 64050. Jim was born on January...
Betty Jean Taylor
Dec 3, 2019
Betty Jean Taylor, 96, of Kansas City, MO, passed away on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019. A visitation will be held Sunday, December 8th from 6-8pm, with a memorial service on Monday, December 9th at 2:00pm, both at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Betty was born on February 14, 1923 to Albert and Alice (Perry) Brown in...
Dorothy Ruth Vader (Snow)
Dec 1, 2019
Dorothy Ruth (Snow) Vader, 92, of Independence, MO, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019, following a hip fracture, from which she did not recover. Dorothy is once again with her beloved husband, mom and dad, sisters, and brother: people who meant so much to her, and whom she missed terribly. A visitation will be held from 6-8pm on Monday,...
Robert Earl Sauls
Nov 30, 2019
Robert Sauls, 94, of Independence, passed away November 30, 2019. Visitation will be 6-8pm Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral service will be 10 am Friday, December 6, 2019 at the chapel. Burial with full Military Honors will follow at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Robert was born on March 11, 1925 1 of four children born to Robert...
Vicki L. Robinson
Nov 29, 2019
Vicki L. Robinson, 81, passed away on Nov. 29, 2019. A private graveside will be held in Salem Cemetery. A celebration of her life will be at 5pm on Monday, Dec. 2, at Osage Hills Community of Christ, 27503 E. Blue Mills Rd., Sibley, MO. Contributions may be made to Community Services League in her honor. Vicki was born on...
David C. Grooms
Nov 28, 2019
David C. Grooms, 89, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Nov. 28, 2019. Services will be 2 pm, Sat., Nov. 30 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Salem Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 pm before the service at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the American Lung Association,...
Helen Louise Hurst (Goldt)
Nov 28, 2019
Helen Hurst, 99, of Independence, MO passed away November 28, 2019. Visitation will be 6-8pm Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Funeral services will be 10 am Thursday, December 5, 2019 at the chapel. She will be laid to rest beside her husband in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Helen was born on January 22, 1920 in Atchison, KS to Peter...
Robert C Tignor
Nov 28, 2019
Robert C Tignor, 65, of Independence, MO, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2019. Cremation is planned with private inurnment at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, MO. Robert was born on December 4, 1953 to Charles F. and Victoria (Cherry) Tignor in Independence, MO. Robert was graduated from William Chrisman High School before joining the Air Force, serving four years....
Donnel Eugene Etter
Nov 26, 2019
Donnel Eugene Etter, 83, passed away on Nov. 26, 2019. Donnel was born on June 7, 1936, in Independence, MO, the son of James Etter and Lanora E. Epperly Etter. He was a graduate of Van Horn High School in the school’s first graduating class of 1956 and served in the US Army Reserves for nine years. He took an...
Jurel E. Mccracken Sr.
Nov 26, 2019
Jurel McCracken Sr., 89, of Independence, MO passed away November 26, 2019. A visitation will be held from 9-10:00 a.m. followed by a 10:00 a.m. service on Monday, December 2, 2019 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Burial will be at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Jurel was born February 12, 1930 in Gassville, AR to...
Lorene L. Davis (Krantz)
Nov 25, 2019
Lorene L. Davis, 87, Independence, MO passed away Nov. 25, 2019. Services will be 10 am, Monday, Dec. 2 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 am before the service at the chapel. Lorene was born July 19, 1932 in Pocahontas, AR. She owned a janitorial service...
Dr. Walter N. Jones
Nov 25, 2019
Dr. Walter N. Jones passed away on Monday, November 25, 2019. Beloved husband of Carole (Inglish) Jones for 67 years; loving father of Dr. Randy Jones and wife Cherie; Steven Jones and wife Kimberly and the late Thomas Jones; adoring granddad to Mason, Madison, Dalton (Meghan) and Dillon and Great-granddad to Emersyn. Walter was a businessman in the Florissant, MO...
Margaret Joyce "Peggy" Summa
Nov 24, 2019
Margaret Joyce (Peggy) Summa, 87, passed away November 24, 2019. Peggy was born on August 30, 1932 in Nebraska City, NE to Harry and Alice (O’Banion) Carstens. She was a graduate of Centerville, IA High School, and Northwest Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville, MO. She taught school in Leon, IA and physical education at Central Missouri State College in...
Doris Elaine Giltner (Bedwell)
Nov 24, 2019
Doris Giltner, 87, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away November 24, 2019. A visitation will be held from 10-11:00 a.m. followed by an 11:00 a.m. memorial service on Saturday, December 7, at 39th St. Community of Christ Congregation. Doris was born on February 7, 1932 to Ellis and Elsie (Wooten) Bedwell. Since there was no hospital in their hometown of...
Dale Wayne Kankey
Nov 22, 2019
Dale Wayne Kankey, 80 of Independence, MO passed away Friday, November 22, 2019 at St. Mary’s Village in Blue Springs, MO. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055 with burial to follow in Lobb Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m.,...
Mildred Louise Fields
Nov 21, 2019
Mildred L. Fields passed away on November 21, 2019, just two and a half weeks before her 100th birthday. Mildred was born on Dec. 8, 1919, in Braymer, MO, the only daughter of William Ernest Lukens and Allie Catherine (Pence) Lukens. She was raised on a farm, where her family grew crops and later raised cattle. She was always proud...
Jewell Blanche Monson (Raker)
Nov 21, 2019
Jewell was born in 1920 in rural Magnolia, Missouri, and passed away November 21, 2019 in Raymore, Missouri. After working at North American Aviation during World War II, Jewell was a homemaker and avid gardener. A long-time Grandview resident and a lifelong Baptist, Jewell was honored by the First Baptist Church of Grandview in 2009 for over fifty years of...
Joyce R. Thompson (Manley)
Nov 20, 2019
Joyce Ruth Thompson, of Oak Grove, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, November, 20, 2019. Joyce was born on March 23, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. Across the span of her lifetime, she enjoyed road trips and traveling with her friends and family to many places. An avid letter writer, writing many letters to friends and family over the years. She painted...
Ronald Floyd "Ron" Gann
Nov 20, 2019
Ronald Floyd Gann, also known as “Ron” or “Ronnie”, was born on January 17, 1947, in Williford, Arkansas to Earnest Floyd Gann and Ina Mae Knight Gann. Ron left this life on November 20, 2019, after a long illness. Ron served his country in the United States Navy as an electrician on the USS Naval Destroyer Leader USS Norfolk. He...
Mary Kathryn Seller
Nov 19, 2019
Mary Kathryn (Campbell) Seller, 85, passed away on November 19, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri. Mary Kathryn was born on October 31, 1934, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of William Joseph Campbell and Maxene Agnes (Cummings) Campbell. She graduated from Lillis High School in the class of 1952. On May 7, 1955, she married Donald E. Seller in Kansas...
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