Obituaries
Glen E. Holmes
May 28, 2020
Glen Edward Holmes, named after his grandfather Glenn Holmes, passed away peaceably on May 28, 2020, aged 72, at Monterey Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Independence, MO after a morning filled with socializing and a good lunch. Glen was born April 1, 1948, to Mary and Ivan Holmes, at the Independence Sanitarium in Independence, Missouri. The family participated...
Peggy Joann Clayton
May 28, 2020
Peggy JoAnn Clayton, 82, Independence, died Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Maywood Terrace Living Center. Peggy was born in Wamego, KS and lived in Independence until 1961. She lived in Nevada, Colorado, and California before returning to Independence in 1995. She had been a member of the Church of the Nazarene Until her passing and had been a Pastor’s wife...
Helen Bernice Boyce
May 27, 2020
Helen Bernice Boyce, age 92, of Lone Jack, Missouri passed away at her home on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. She was born in Kellyville, Oklahoma to John W. Clark and Fay Helen (Poynter) Clark. Graveside service will be held in Lebanon, Missouri. Known as "Bernice" she was a kind, quiet, gentle woman who spoke little but when she did, everyone...
Lisa Manthe Peverill
May 27, 2020
Lisa Manthe Peverill, 54 of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at her home. Private services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 4, 2020 with livestreaming available through Speaks Chapel Facebook page. Cremation. Memorial contributions may be made to the “Drop In” program, First Christian Church, 125 S. Pleasant St., Independence, MO 64050. Lisa was born July 25,...
Marcella Lorraine Dixon (Irving)
May 27, 2020
Marcella Lorraine Dixon, 78 of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Cross Creek Baptist Church, 1050 SW 15th St., Oak Grove, MO 64075. Marcella was born January 17, 1942 in Kansas City, KS to David...
Eul Wesley "Wes" Darneal
May 27, 2020
Eul “Wes” Darneal, 74, of Independence, MO passed away May 27, 2020. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens, 18301 E. Salisbury Rd., Independence, MO. Wes was born April 7, 1946 in Williams, OK to Bennie Alfred and Edna Bell (Morgan) Darneal. He grew up in Panama, OK, and...
Carrol L. Eklund
May 26, 2020
Carrol L. Eklund, 93, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, died Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at home. She was born in Fertile, Minnesota on October 7, 1926, to August and Martha (Fetting) Eklund. She and her parents and three brothers, Bob, Alan, and Ordean, gathered to Independence, Missouri in 1944. She never married, but enjoyed interacting with young families at church and...
Mary Elizabeth Kerby-Crawford (Schuster)
May 26, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Kerby-Crawford, 91 of Kansas City, MO passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at her residence. Cremation is planned with a graveside inurnment service at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 1, 2020 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mary was born March 23, 1929 in Blackwater, MO to Elmer F. and Elizabeth Frances (Kincade) Schuster and has been a longtime area resident....
Robert Anthony Meints
May 26, 2020
Robert Anthony Meints, 63 of Raytown, MO passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at his residence. Mass of Christian will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 7049 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, MO 64133 with burial to follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 9:00 a.m., until service time...
Richard Wayne "Rick" Brock
May 26, 2020
Rick Brock of Lynchburg Virginia passed away May 26, 2020 at home in Lynchburg. Rick was born on October 1, 1955, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Charles Wayne Brock and Vera Ruth (nee’ Eckert) Brock. He was baptized in the tradition of the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) and was confirmed in his faith in May 1968 at Messiah Lutheran Church...
Robert Francis "Bob" Dessent
May 22, 2020
Robert Francis Dessent, 58, of Raytown, MO, entered his eternal resting place on Friday, May 22, 2020. A visitation will be held from 6-8pm, Thursday May 28th with a funeral service at 10:00am, limited to 50 people in attendance, Friday, May 29th. Both will take place at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W Lexington Ave; Independence, MO 64052. For those unable to...
Jeff Norman
May 22, 2020
Jeff Norman was granted his angel wings on May 22, 2020. The way he died is just as he lived, he wrote his own rules, and he paved his own way. His family knew him as a faithfully devoted husband of 40 years, loving dependable father, and an ornery doting PaPa. Jeff was able to take care of his mother...
Mary Jane Harves (Turner)
May 22, 2020
Mary Jane Harves (Turner), age 66, passed away on May 22, 2020. She was born December 2nd, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri to Robert “Bob” Turner and Bootsy Jane Turner (Bateman). Mary grew up in Independence Missouri with two brothers, Dennis and Roy. She attended Van Horn High School class of 1973. She had a daughter, Maggie, with Ralph Six....
Tyler Allen Michael
May 22, 2020
Tyler Allen Michael, 23 of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Cremation is planned with a gathering for family and friends to celebrate Tyler’s life from 4 to 7:00 p.m., Saturday evening, May 30, 2020 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. All services will be held under...
Mary Angela Brady (Montez)
May 21, 2020
Mary Angela “Angie” Brady, 75 of Duncanville, Texas was carried home by her heavenly angels on May 21, 2020. Angie was born in Kansas City, Kansas on October 13, 1944. She is preceded in death by her parents Tony and Felisa Montez, and husband Dudley F. Brady. She leaves to cherish her wonderful life and memories, her daughter Lisa Hill...
Rhoda Sue Russell (Schroeder)
May 21, 2020
Rhoda Sue Russell, 86, passed away peacefully on Thursday May 21st, 2020 at Bishop Spencer Place in Kansas City, MO. She leaves her husband of 65 years, Ed, and two children Suzan McFarland (Cale) and Steve Russell (Renee), 5 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and many close friends. After being a stay at home mother for 15...
Candice Anne "Candy" Bickford
May 20, 2020
Candice Anne Bickford, 71, beloved Mom, Nana, Sister, and Niece passed away peacefully May 20, 2020. She entered this world on March 10, 1949 in Maquoketa, IA, born to Darrell and Catherine Hute (Anthony). She married her love Richard Bickford on November 8th, 1968, and they spent almost 50 years as team "Dicko and Mert". Candy's favorite role in life...
Theodore Michael "Ted" Czesak
May 19, 2020
Theodore Michael Czesak, born August 5,1945, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. He is preceded in death by his father, John Paul Czesak, Passaic, NJ, his mother, Katie Kimak Czesak, Passaic, NJ, his brother John Gregory Czesak; and step-son, Staff Sergeant Arthur N. Paavola,Jr. (United States Air Force) Surviving is his wife Paula, of 37 years; his twin...
Kathleen Sarah Lee
May 19, 2020
Kathleen S. “Kathy” Lee, 73, of Somerville, Massachusetts, passed peacefully May 19, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. Kathy lived with her husband, Don, in Leawood Kansas at the time of her passing. Kathy was born December 28, 1946, into a large Boston Irish family. She was raised along with her two older sisters, Carol and Janet, by their maternal aunt...
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