Obituaries
Thomas Richard "Tom" Place Jr.
Aug 28, 2017
Thomas “Tom” R. Place, Jr., 77, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 28, 2017. No services will be scheduled. Private burial will be at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Tom was born Sept. 28, 1939 in Kansas City, MO and graduated from Lee’s Summit High School. Following graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He worked for AT & T for twenty-seven years...
Robert Russell "Bob" Jones
Aug 28, 2017
Robert Russell (Bob) Jones passed away peacefully at home in Independence, MO surrounded by Patsy, his wife of 64 years, and his beloved family and friends on August 28, 2017. Bob was born on September 12, 1933 to Raymond J. & Nannie Lou (Taylor) Jones in Nameoki, IL. He was the 4th of 5 children. Bob lost his parents at...
Cleo Mae Beale (Siemens)
Aug 27, 2017
Cleo Beale, 85, of Independence, MO passed away August 27, 2017. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel. A visitation and service will also be held on Thursday, at United Church of New Cambria, New Cambria, MO. Burial at New Cambria Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made...
David Beebe
Aug 27, 2017
David Russell Beebe, 98, passed away peacefully on August 27, 2017, surrounded by his children and holding the hand of Muriel, his beloved wife of 76 years. Russell was born on August 3, 1919, in Holden, Missouri, to Jane and George W. Beebe. Although his birth certificate lists August 2 as his official birth date, his six older brothers and...
David Mccarty
Aug 26, 2017
David Alan McCarty, 74, passed away on August 26, 2017. A visitation will be held from 1-2pm, with funeral service at 2pm, both Wednesday, Aug. 30, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. Burial to follow at Floral Hills Cemetery. David was born on November 3, 1942, in Independence, MO, to Everett and Alice (nee Westwood) McCarty. He attended...
Robert Clark "Bob" Elser
Aug 26, 2017
Robert “Bob” C. Elser, 62, Leawood, KS passed away Aug. 26, 2017. Memorial services will be at 10 am, Thursday, Aug. 31 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO 64055; cremation. Visitation will begin at 9 am before the service at the chapel. Bob was born Oct. 5, 1954 in Kansas City, KS. He graduated from Truman...
Robert Seutter
Aug 25, 2017
Robert E. “Bob” Seutter, PharmD. 86, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2017. A private service was held at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, Missouri. Robert was born on Christmas Eve, 1930, in Kansas City, KS, to Emil and Matilda (Herpts) Seutter. He graduated from Wyandotte High School in the class of 1948. As a young boy, he had...
Charles Robert "Chuck" Rotz
Aug 25, 2017
Charles Robert Rotz, age 89, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Friday August 25, 2017 at Addington Place Assisted Living. Visitation will be from 6-8pm Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Carson-Speaks Chapel 1501 West Lexington, Independence, MO 64052. Graveside services will be 1:30 pm Monday, August 28, 2017 in Hiawatha Cemetery. Charles was born on September 8, 1927 at Leona, Kansas,...
Timmy C. "Tim" Mcmichael
Aug 24, 2017
Timmy C. “Tim” McMichael, 55 of Oak Grove, MO passed away Thursday, August 24, 2017 at the Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 31, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Oak Grove, 400 SE 14th St, Oak Grove MO 64075. Burial with full military honors will follow in Shore Cemetery near Oak Grove, MO. The...
Gayle Williams
Aug 24, 2017
Gayle Eliza Williams, 91, passed away on August 24, 2017. A private inurnment will take place in Mound Grove Cemetery. Gayle was born on April 7, 1926, in Alberta, Canada, to John Jacob Hilstob and Ruth (Cripe) Hilstob. She attended high school in Canada, then moved to Lamoni, Iowa at the age of 17. It was here that she met...
William Rodekopf Jr
Aug 22, 2017
Bill Rodekopf, 94, of Independence, MO passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2017. A visitation will be held from 6-8pm on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO, 64055. A service will be held at 10am on Monday, August 28, 2017 at the chapel. Interment will take place at Memorial Park Cemetery. Bill was...
Irene Swaggerty
Aug 22, 2017
Irene Josephine Swaggerty, 86, passed away on August 22, 2017, at Northcare Hospice House. Private services will be held at a later date. Irene was born on Christmas Eve, 1930, in Peoria, Kansas, as one of eight children to Robert and Labertha Hager. She married Marine veteran Denzel C. Swaggerty, and to this union were born three sons. She was...
Steven Provance
Aug 22, 2017
Steven “Metro” Provance, 67, of Kansas City, MO passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2017. A visitation will be held from 1-3pm on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO, 64055. Steve was born on April 11, 1950 in Kansas City, MO to James and Laveta (Gaines) Provance. He worked 33 years driving a...
Jacqueline A. "Jacqui" Thomas
Aug 21, 2017
Jacqueline A. (Heafley) Thomas, 66, passed away peacefully August 21, 2017 with her family at her bedside. She was born October 26, 1950 in Durand, Wisconsin to Jack Lee and Loraine Elanore Heafley. Jacqui graduated from Park Hill High School. She was employed by the Kansas City Chiefs, then served as a flight attendant for TWA for 14 years and...
Donna Jean Frisbey (Lobb)
Aug 20, 2017
Donna Frisbey, 67, of Clinton, MO, formerly of Independence, MO, passed away August 20, 2017. Donna was not just a grandmother, mother, wife, sister, and friend. She was a force of nature. She was vibrant and loving, strong and determined. She loved her family fiercely. Her grandchildren were such a bright spot in her life. She was a friend to...
Joanna Lee Mcnaul (Mcminn)
Aug 20, 2017
Joanna Lee McNaul, 87, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away August 20, 2017 at Lutheran Good Shepherd Home in Concordia. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 24, at the Speaks Buckner Chapel, 300 Adams, Buckner, MO. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday at the chapel, with burial to follow at Buckner Hill...
Steven Hendrickson
Aug 20, 2017
Steven Dale “Steve” Hendrickson, 64, resident of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017. Steve was a loving husband, father, son and brother and his family loved him dearly. Steve was born on July 23, 1953, to his mother Patricia Lee Lamendola and father, the late Russell Dale Hendrickson. He was raised in Independence, graduating from Van Horn...
Bernard J. "Bubber" Mcdermott Jr.
Aug 20, 2017
Bernard J. “Bubber” McDermott, Jr. 56 of Higginsville, MO passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017 at Lafayette Regional Hospital. He will be laid to rest beside his parents in Mt. Olivet Cemetery at a private family service. There will be a memorial service held at 1:30 p.m., Monday, August 28, 2017 at the Higginsville Habilitation Center, 100 W. 1st St.,...
Ellery E. Griffith
Aug 20, 2017
Ellery E. Griffith, age 87, of Independence, Missouri passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017. Ellery was born June 25, 1930 at home on a farm in the mountains of West Virginia. He was the youngest of three sons born to Lemuel and Fannie Griffith. He attended school at Griffithsville High School in Griffithsville, West Virginia.Ellery enlisted in the U.S. Army...
Icel Maxine Choplin (Weibers)
Aug 19, 2017
Icel Maxine (Weibers) Choplin, 85 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, August 19, 2017 at the St. Luke’s Hospice House. Cremation is planned with a private graveside inurment to be held in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Donations may be made in her name to Lifepoint Services P.O. Box 495 Independence, MO 64051 or to St. Luke’s Hospice House, 3516 S....
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