Obituaries
Frank "Jr" Valdivieso
Apr 6, 2020
Frank “Jr” Valdivieso, 88 of Leavenworth, KS passed away Monday, April 6, 2020 at the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, KS. The family will have private services at the Speaks Suburban Chapel and he will be laid to rest in Leavenworth National Cemetery. Frank was born on October 6, 1931 in Kansas City, MO to Frank Benito Valdivieso. Frank was...
Lonnie Frederick Garrett
Apr 5, 2020
Lonnie F. Garrett, 96, of Independence, MO passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020. A private graveside will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Lonnie was born May 14, 1923 to Lonnie and Clara Garrett. In May of 1944, Lonnie married Anna Teresa Leone. They spent 74 wonderful years together before her passing in December of 2018. Lonnie proudly served...
Kent Irving Palmer
Apr 5, 2020
Kent I. Palmer, 94, of Blue Springs, Mo passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2020. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date after the travel and other restrictions have been lifted. Kent was born on January 27, 1926 in Stronghurst, IL to Homer and Margret Palmer. He was inducted into the Army in the spring of 1944...
Frances Martha Worden (Weeks)
Apr 5, 2020
Frances Martha Worden, 96 of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020. Cremation is planned with private services at a later date. Frances was born in Grandview, MO on September 29, 1923 and graduated from West Port High School in Kansas City, MO. She was married to Morris E. Worden, Jr. on June 21, 1942; they were married 59...
Onia Marie Hamilton
Apr 5, 2020
Onia Marie Hamilton, 71, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away on April 5, 2020. She will be laid to rest in Mound Grove Cemetery. Onia was born on May 14, 1948, in Keokuk, IA, the daughter of Chester and Ruby (Hodge) Young. She graduated from Keokuk High School and then married William E. Hamilton on May 11, 1968. Together they...
Curtis Spencer Iii
Apr 4, 2020
Curtis Spencer III, 40, of Kansas City, MO passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Curtis was born on September 10, 1979 to Belinda Spencer and Curtis Spencer Jr in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Curtis moved to Kansas City, MO when he was 12 years old with his mother and sister. He...
Victoria Gamutan King
Apr 4, 2020
Victoria Gamutan King, 67, passed away on April 4, 2020, in Independence, MO. Victoria was born on November 2, 1952, in Laguna Rizal, Philippines, the daughter of and Fresco Gamutan and Julia Conservado. There, she worked as a seamstress and married her first husband - to this union were born five children. After his passing, she began corresponding with a...
Rafael L. Ortiz
Apr 4, 2020
Obituario de Rafael L. Ortiz _____________________________________________________ Rafael L. Ortiz, de 80 años, de Independence, Missouri, falleció pacíficamente el sábado 4 de Abril de 2020. Rafael nació de Leónidas y Aida el 14 de Junio de 1939 en Santiago, República Dominicana. Rafael tenía pasión por absorber conocimientos sobre automóviles y camiones. Mientras estaba en la escuela secundaria, se desempeñó como aprendiz...
Elizabeth Chaney Overbey
Apr 4, 2020
Elizabeth Chaney Overbey, 92, of Independence, MO, the youngest of seven children born to Dr. George William Chaney and Pearl G. (Shaffner) Chaney of Osceola, MO died April 4, 2020. She requested cremation and private services. Elizabeth’s family taught her to read while she was very young. At age five, her father paid twenty-five cents tuition to the Osceola Public...
James William "Jim" Mcvay
Apr 4, 2020
James William “Jim” McVay”. age 84, of Lee’s Summit, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2020. Private family services will be held with burial in Floral Hills East Cemetery. He was born September 25, 1935, in Kansas, son of Mary and James McVay. He served in the United States Airforce. He united in marriage on April 12, 1958 with Martha Hart....
Hazel Nadine White
Apr 3, 2020
Hazel Nadine White, 97, passed away the morning of April 3, 2020, in Independence, MO. Hazel was born in Lebanon, MO on January 21, 1923, to Everett and Lina (Smittle) Moore. She attended high school in Urich, MO, and then relocated to the Kansas City area. She worked as a nanny, as a factory worker making canteen covers for the...
Darrell William "Bill" Box
Apr 3, 2020
Dad is headed home with one last load. My father Darrell (Bill) Box spend 45 years driving trucks over the road and local routes. He was always on the road by 5:00a.m. To beat the traffic. Friday April 3rd was no different, about 4:30 he left with his load for Saint Peter and the big freight terminal in the sky....
Beulah Summers Skaggs (Wilkinson)
Apr 2, 2020
Beulah Summers Skaggs, 100, of Independence, MO passed away April 2, 2020. Beulah was a lifelong member of the Community of Christ Church. She was a volunteer at Independence Sanitarium for over 14 years and knitted 100’s of lap robes for family, friends and hospital patients. Beulah enjoyed traveling, participating in seniors acting groups, Pow Wows and beadwork. She was...
Betty Jo Kinnaman
Apr 1, 2020
Betty Jo Kinnaman, 93 ½ years old, passed away on April 1, 2020. Betty was born on August 4, 1926, in Brookport, IL, the daughter of Claude Sterling and Vida Neely Sterling. She attended William Chrisman and St. Mary’s Academy. As a teenager, she worked for an ice cream parlor on the Independence square, and it was there where she...
Fay Lenore Levitt
Apr 1, 2020
Fay Lenore Levitt, 92, passed away, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Independence, MO. She was born May 7, 1927, in Senlac, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Rudolph and Grace Cornish. Fay married her friend and love, William, June 15, 1945, and they enjoyed 66 years together. They gathered with their little daughter, Terry, to Missouri in 1954. Fay was a loving wife,...
William I. Fisher
Apr 1, 2020
William Irvine “Bill” Fisher, 74, of Independence, Missouri, died April 1, 2020, at Sunterra Springs Rehab Center. A graveside service will be held at a later date at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery, Higginsville, MO. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 22, 1945. On 11/18/1952, he, along with his family, immigrated from Portage La Prairie through Blaine, Washington to Independence,...
Charles Edward Cook
Apr 1, 2020
Charles Edward Cook, 85 years old, of Independence, Missouri died on April 1, 2020. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. followed by a 2:00 p.m. memorial service on Thursday, June 25, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Contributions may be made to either, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Crittenton Center, Community Blood Bank or Preferred...
Howard "Dean" Brown
Apr 1, 2020
Howard “Dean” Brown, 65, of Independence, MO, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 after his second battle with cancer. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Dean was born May 7, 1954 to Charles Howard and Mary Louise (Odom) Brown in Kansas City, MO. He worked for 40 years as a truck driver, most recently...
Justice "Ed" Edwin Knauff
Mar 31, 2020
Justice “Ed” Knauff, age 80, passed away March 31, 2020, at his home in Sibley, Missouri. Born July 4, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, he was the son of Justice H. Knauff and Frances Knauff. He graduated from Fort Osage High School. Ed worked at Ford Motor Company in Claycomo, MO, where he retired after 40+ years. He enjoyed going...
Ronald Duane "Ron" Yale
Mar 31, 2020
Ronald Duane “Ron” Yale, 84, of Independence, MO, passed away March 31, 2020, at Northcare Hospice House. Ron was born on February 25, 1936, the son of Leroy and Thelma Yale. Independence, MO was his home. He graduated from William Chrisman in the class of 1954. He received a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Missouri. Ron was...
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