Obituaries
Robert L. "Bob" Horn
Sep 14, 2019
Robert L. Horn, 82, Blue Springs, MO passed away Sept. 14, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 7 pm, Thursday Sept. 19 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; cremation. Visitation will begin at 6 pm before the service at the chapel. Bob was born Jan. 9, 1937 in Gardner, KS and graduated from...
Velda June Hauser (Elliott)
Sep 13, 2019
Velda June Hauser passed away peacefully on September 13, 2019 at the John Knox Village Hospice House. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055 with burial to follow in Floral Hills Cemetery. The family will greet friends from noon until service time Wednesday at...
John Joseph Boyd
Sep 12, 2019
John Joseph Boyd, 82 of Blue Springs, MO passed away September 12, 2019 after a short illness. A visitation will be held from 6pm to 8pm on September 17, 2019 at Speaks Funeral Home in Independence, MO. Burial and graveside service will be held at 11am on September 18, 2019 at Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall, MO. The family requests...
Mary Frances Lamanno (Saathoff)
Sep 10, 2019
Mary Frances Lamanno, age 101, of Independence, MO, passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 10, 2019. Visitation will be at 10 a.m., Monday, September 16 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 3736 S. Lee’s Summit Road, Independence, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., with interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mary was born in Kansas City, MO, January 2,...
Deborah "Debbie" Miller (Gregg)
Sep 10, 2019
Deborah “Debbie” Miller, 57, of Independence, MO passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 after a brave battle with chronic respiratory illness. A Celebration of Life will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E 39th St S, Independence, MO 64055. Debbie was born on December 30, 1961 in North Kansas City,...
Jeffrey Lee "Jeff" Tucker
Sep 10, 2019
Jeff Tucker, 55, of Independence, MO passed away September 10, 2019. Visitation will be from 12-1:30pm Friday, September 13, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Graveside services will follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery where Jeff will be laid to rest next to his mother and brother. Jeff was born on December 9, 1963 in Kansas City, MO, one of 3 sons born...
Roger Lowell Clark Jr.
Sep 9, 2019
Roger Lowell Clark, Jr., 52 passed away Monday, September 9, 2019. The family will greet with friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday evening at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Private services with burial in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens will be held later. Roger was born August 5, 1967 in Independence, MO to Roger...
Gary Dale Zimmerman
Sep 9, 2019
Gary D. Zimmerman, 79, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away at John Knox Village Hospice House on Monday, September 9, 2019. Private family burial will be held on Saturday, September 14th at Mound Grove Cemetery at 9am. Visitation will be from 10:30-11:30am, followed by a Memorial Service at 12pm on Saturday September 14, 2019 at East 39th Street Community of...
Allan P. Baker
Sep 9, 2019
Allan Baker, 91, of Independence, MO passed away at home on September 9, 2019. A visitation will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, at Christ United Methodist Church, 14506 E. 39th St. S., Independence, MO 64055. The service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 13, at Christ UMC, with burial to follow at Floral...
Edith Warren (Gosney)
Sep 8, 2019
Edith Warren, 95, Independence, MO passed away Sept. 8, 2019. Services will be 10 am, Friday, Sept. 13 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO, 64052; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the chapel. Edith was born March 2, 1924 in rural Miller County near Eugene, MO. She was a professional seamstress...
Vernie Louvena "Sis" Ashmore
Sep 6, 2019
Vernie (Sis) Louvena Ashmore, 71, of Independence, MO, passed away on Friday, September 6, 2019. The visitation will be held from 6-8pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W Lexington, Independence, MO 64052. Service will be held Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 10AM at Carson-Speaks Chapel with burial at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Vernie was born on May...
Margaret Lucille Walker (Summers)
Sep 5, 2019
Margaret Lucille Summers-Walker Margaret Walker, 93 of Kansas City, MO, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away at home from failing health on September 5, 2019 surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Speaks Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Burial will be in Brooking Cemetery. The family will...
Billy Joe Crismon
Sep 5, 2019
Billy Joe Crismon, 82, of Independence, MO, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019. Cremation is planned. Billy was born on April 18, 1937 to Virgil and Polly Crismon in Evening Shade, MO. After graduating from Plato High School, in Missouri, he joined the Army and was a paratrooper, stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Once he returned from the military, Billy...
Arthur "Bill" Riddle
Sep 4, 2019
Bill Riddle, 71, of Independence, MO passed away September 4, 2019. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, at Susquehanna Baptist Church. Bill was born November 21, 1947 in Seminole, OK to Mirl and Madge (Winn) Riddle. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving during Vietnam. He then went...
Mary Carolyn Varnell (Blaylock)
Sep 4, 2019
Mary Carolyn (Blaylock) Varnell, 70, of Independence, MO passed away September 4, 2019. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. followed by a 2:00 p.m. memorial service on Saturday, September 21, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, Independence, MO. Mary was born to Hoyt and Virginia Blaylock (Carmouche) March 11th, 1949 in Wichita, KS. She graduated from Wichita Southeast High...
John C. Pendleton
Sep 4, 2019
John C. Pendleton age 95 passed away on September 4, 2019 at Centerpoint Hospital. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII overseas in the European Theater of Operations. After retiring from the mail service, he worked as office manager 12 years for the Franklin Oil Company of Delivered papers for both the Independence Examiner and the (Old)...
Donald Lewis Marker
Sep 3, 2019
Donald Marker, 93, of Independence, MO passed away September 3, 2019. Don was born on June 12, 1926 in Des Moines, Iowa to Carl and Margaret (Lamb) Marker. He served in the US Marine Corps from August 1944 to March 1947. On April 10, 1948 he married Marianna Johnston. She preceded him in death after 69 years of marriage. He...
Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Larsen (Malott)
Sep 2, 2019
On Monday, September 2, 2019, Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Larsen, loving wife and mother of five children, passed away in peace at the age of 86, surrounded by family. Mary Lou was born on June 28, 1933 in Kansas City, MO to Vernon Arthur Malott and Margret Pearl Malott. On June 7, 1952 Mary Lou married Frederick N. Larsen, the...
John Benjamin "J.B." Vickers
Sep 2, 2019
J.B. Vickers, 77, of Independence, MO passed away September 2, 2019. Visitation will be 9-10:30 am Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 10:30 am at the chapel. J.B. will be laid to rest in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, MO. J.B. (John Benjamin) Vickers was born at home to Ralph D. and Ella Mitchell...
Barbara Jean Meier (Saunders)
Aug 31, 2019
Barbara Jean Meier, 87 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday morning, August 31, 2019 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Cremation is planned with visitation at 10:00 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church, 100 N Pleasant St, Independence, MO 64050. Barbara was born December 20, 1931 in Greeley, CO...
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