Vicky Jean Hill
Jul 21, 2020
Vicky Jean Hill, 68 passed away on July 21, 2020. One of her very favorite things to do was to sit on the screened in back porch with her daughters and watch thunderstorms come in. They would sing ‘Going to the Chapel’ and count the seconds between the lightning and the thunder to see how far from the eye of...
Inez Marie Welter (Schoppenhorst)
Jul 20, 2020
Inez Marie Welter, 89, of Sibley, MO passed away July 20, 2020. A visitation will be held from 9-10:00 a.m. followed by a 10:00 a.m. service on Saturday, July 25, 2020. The burial will follow at Ebenezer Church Cemetery. Inez was born October 13, 1930 in Wellington, MO to Louis and Anna (Behringer) Schoppenhorst. She graduated from Wellington HS in...
Anita Jean "Jeanie" Tobin
Jul 18, 2020
Anita Jean “Jeanie” Tobin, 61, passed away on July 18, 2020. Jeanie was born on November 28, 1958, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Robert Lane and Carole (Worsham) Lane. She graduated from Truman High School in the class of 1977, and married Brent Keith Tobin on June 25 of that same year. To this union were born three...
James Marion "Jim" Arnold
Jul 17, 2020
James Marion Arnold, 78, born in Harrisonville, Mo. to Charles and Mae Arnold on July 1, 1942 went to be with his Lord and Savior on July 17, 2020 at his home in Independence, Mo. Jim served our country in the United States Army from 1959 to 1962. During his enlistment, he married Janice (Deshazer). They went on to have...
Donna Jean Clark (Adams)
Jul 16, 2020
Donna Jean Clark, 65, of Independence, MO passed away July 16, 2020. A memorial visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Donna was born June 5, 1955 in Alton, IL. Donna worked as an accountant her entire working career, and the last 20 years at...
Wilma Vallette Allen
Jul 16, 2020
Wilma Vallette Allen, 90, passed away on July 16, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. Wilma was born on September 20, 1929 in Brookfield, MO, the daughter of Paul Prewitt and Emily Elizabeth Lewis. At an early age, Wilma showed a great interest and talent in sketching and drawing, and even won a Hallmark contest for her artistic ability. She...
Anna Lorene Bailey
Jul 16, 2020
Anna Lorene (Norman) Bailey, 96, a long-time resident of Independence, MO passed from this world to be with the Lord on July 16, 2020. Anna was born in Cedar County, MO to Otha and Violet (Dillsaver) Norman. She graduated from El Dorado Springs Highschool at 17 years of age, and shortly thereafter she traveled to the big city (Kansas City)...
Rose Marie Noland (Billings)
Jul 16, 2020
Rose Marie (Billings) Noland, 96, of Independence, Missouri, and most recently Thrive Memory Care on St. Simons Island, GA, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2020. Rosie was born in Downs, Kansas on June 1, 1924 in the family farmhouse. She endured the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. After graduating from Vermillion High School, she headed to Kansas City...
June Christine Holland
Jul 15, 2020
June Christine Holland, 86, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2020. June was born on June 1, 1934 in Weston Missouri, to Leroy and Gladys Craven. She graduated from Northeast High School in the class of 1952, then married Albert Holland and three children were born to this union: Vanessa, Mary and Jerry. They divorced in 1981. She later met...
Steve Peck
Jul 14, 2020
Steve Peck, son of Carolyn and Roy (R.G.) Peck, was born on August 3, 1951, in Berkeley, California. After an eleven-year battle with kidney cancer, Steve passed away at home peacefully on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. He was preceded in death by his father, Roy Peck, and is survived by his mother, Carolyn Andrews Peck, of Blue Springs, Missouri; wife,...
Leonard Alvin Gardner
Jul 14, 2020
Leonard Alvin Gardner, 85, of Blue Springs, MO passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. A visitation will be held from 10-11am, Friday July 17th with a Celebration of Life following at 11:00am both at East Side Baptist Church, 19901 MO-78, Independence, MO 64057. He will be laid to rest at Mt....
Mildred Alicia Sanders
Jul 13, 2020
Mildred Alicia Sanders, 89, of Independence, MO, passed away Monday, July 13th, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 10am, Saturday July 18th at Brooking Cemetery in Raytown.
Lane Carl Boger
Jul 13, 2020
Lane Carl Boger, 49, passed away July 13, 2020. Born January 7, 1971 to Lee and Eleanor Boger in Sacramento CA, youngest of four. Preceded in death by his Mother, Eleanor Boger. Survived by, Son; Jon Lee Boger, Daughter of the heart; Bobbi Jo Terry, Father: Lee Boger, Brother; Larry Boger, Sisters; Leann and Lisa Boger, Life Partner; Jennifer Duerr,...
Tina Marie Dominick-Alvaro
Jul 13, 2020
Tina Marie Dominick, 53, of Blue Springs, MO, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2020. A visitation will be held Sunday, July 19th from 5-7pm with a funeral service limited to 100 people on Monday, July 20th, both at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Interment will follow at New Salem Cemetery in Independence. Tina was...
Hellen Darling Weatherman Hines (Gillespie)
Jul 12, 2020
Hellen Darling Weatherman Hines, 88, of Grandview, MO died Sunday, July 12, 2020, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Hellen was born March 11, 1932 in Kansas City, MO and lived in Grandview before moving to John Knox Village in Lee’s Summit. She loved the staff and they loved her sweet personality. Hellen’s survivors include her sons, David Weatherman...
Delmar Roy Seger
Jul 11, 2020
Delmar Roy Seger, 81 years old born in Stony Hill, Missouri in 1939 at the home of his grandparents Henry and Helena Gast. He spent his early years in Stony Hill and throughout the United States traveling with his father while he worked for the railroad. He settled with his parents in Sugar Creek, Missouri and attended Gilpin School, a...
Robert Richard "Bob" Tyson
Jul 11, 2020
Robert Richard Tyson, age 88, of Independence, MO. died at his home on July 11, 2020. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the Suburban Chapel with burial to follow at Lee’s Summit Historical Cemetery....
Thomas J. Howard
Jul 10, 2020
Thomas J. Howard, 78, of Independence, MO passed away July 10, 2020. A memorial visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 1, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Tom was born September 22, 1941 in Kansas City, MO to Earl Tinsley and Mare Josephine (Rysavy) Howard. He worked 22 years at A&P until...
Betty Louise Beyer
Jul 10, 2020
Betty Louise Beyer, 85, passed away on July 10, 2020. Betty was born on August 23, 1934, in Higginsville, Missouri, the daughter of Robert Earl Winfrey and Mabel Leona (Brown) Winfrey. She graduated from Northeast High School and married shortly thereafter. She and William Wayne Chancellor were blessed with three children. Betty was a devoted stay-at-home mom and homemaker. She...
Betty Rose Martin
Jul 10, 2020
Betty Rose Martin, 93, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2020. Betty was born on January 26, 1927 in Columbia Missouri, to James and Dora Barnes. She graduated from Hickman High School in the class of 1944, then went on to marry Oran Martin on December 3, 1945 in San Francisco, California. Four children were born to this union: Theresa,...
