Obituaries
Nazanin Soltan Balarashti (Nematolahi)
Mar 28, 2017
Nazanin Balarashti, 98, of Independence, MO passed away March 28, 2017. Visitation will be from 6-7pm Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 7pm at the chapel. Burial will take place at Lobb Cemetery on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Nazanin was born on January 26, 1919 in Abadan, Iran to Jafar and Habibeh Nematolahi....
Brett Wayne Crocker
Mar 27, 2017
Brett Wayne Crocker, 58 of Independence, MO passed away, Monday, March 27, 2017 at Research Medical Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Burial will follow in New Salem Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 30, 2017 at...
Skyler Jacques
Mar 26, 2017
Skyler Michael Jacques, age 25, lost his battle to addiction on Sunday March 26, 2017. Addiction was the illness that took him, but was never the essence of who he was. Skyler was born on August 8, 1991 at St Joseph hospital in Kansas City, MO. Skyler was an amazingly caring, giving person. He entertained us all with his sense...
Dora Mae Beachner (Burnham)
Mar 26, 2017
Dora Mae Beachner, 82 of Independence, MO passed away, Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Private burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday evening at the chapel....
Tanya K. Finger (Bolingbroke)
Mar 26, 2017
Tanya Finger, 49, of Independence, MO passed away March 26, 2017. A visitation will be held from 9-10:00 a.m. followed by a 10:00 a.m. memorial service on Saturday, April 1, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Tanya was born February 11, 1968 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Gerald and Patricia (Klamm) Bolingbroke. She was...
Lillian Kirby
Mar 25, 2017
Lillian May (Henderson) Kirby, 87, of Blue Springs, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 25, 2017, at The Groves, in Independence, Missouri, with her loving family by her side. Lillian was born on October 22, 1929, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of the late Melvin and Lillian (Wilkinson) Henderson. She was predeceased by her infant sister, Diane Henderson and...
Martha Sowers
Mar 25, 2017
Martha Sowers 1917-2017 Mrs. Martha Sowers passed away peacefully on Saturday evening March 25, 2017 in Huntersville, North Carolina. She was 99 years old. Born and raised in Mayview, Missouri on December 22, 1917, Martha was a daughter of the late Elbert E. and Esther E. Jennings. She and her late husband, James Kelley Sowers were longtime members of the...
John Walter Weisbrod
Mar 24, 2017
John Weisbrod, 94, of Independence, MO, passed away on March 24, 2017. Visitation will be from 6-7 pm Sunday, March 26, 2017, at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Graveside services with military honors will be 10 am Monday, March 27, at Floral Hills Cemetery. John was born on December 6, 1922, in North Little Rock, AR to Lewis and Mattie (Walker) Weisbrod....
Robert Brashear
Mar 24, 2017
ROBERT LOUIS BRASHEAR Robert “Bob” Brashear, 73, of Independence, MO, was called to his eternal resting place on March 24, 2017. A visitation will be held from 2-3pm on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO, 64055. A memorial service will follow at 3pm at the chapel. Bob entered this world on May...
William "Bill" Marvin Allee Jr.
Mar 24, 2017
William “Bill” M. Allee, Jr, 61, Independence, MO died March 24, 2017. A private Celebration of Bill’s Life will be scheduled at a later date; cremation.
Albert Joseph Siniawski
Mar 24, 2017
Albert J. Siniawski Jr., 61, Independence, MO passed away March 24 2017. Memorial services will be at 11 am, Wed., March 29 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 3736 S Lee's Summit Rd, Independence, MO 64055; cremation with inurnment at Green Lawn Cemetery, Plattsburg, MO at a later date. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Tuesday at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E....
Darlene Webber
Mar 24, 2017
Darlene Webber, 92, passed away on March 24, 2017. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Mar. 30, at 2:00 p.m., with visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m., both at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. in Independence. Contributions may be made to Ivanhoe United Church of Christ in her honor. Darlene was born on Dec. 29, 1924, in Mulberry,...
Shirley Anderson
Mar 23, 2017
SHIRLEY J. ANDERSON Shirley J. Anderson, 85, passed away surrounded by family on March 23, 2017. Shirley was born November 4, 1931, in Glendale California to Helen and Robert Morrison who both were immigrants from Scotland. She always worked in banking at Commerce Bank, Christman Sawyer Bank and retired from UMB Bank after 27 years. She was an avid reader,...
Dennis "Andy" Skeen
Mar 23, 2017
Dennis Andrew “Andy” Skeen, 40, passed away on March 23, 2017 at his home in Blue Springs. Cremation is planned with a memorial visitation on Sunday, July 2, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. in Independence, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Andy was born on September 4, 1976, in Atchison, KS, to Donald Gerald Skeen and Dorothy Jean...
Robert Bruce "B. Bob" Draeger
Mar 23, 2017
Robert B. “B. Bob” Draeger, 69 of Grain Valley, MO passed away, Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Heart of God Fellowship in Sibley, MO. The family will greet friends from 10:00 a.m., until service time at the church. The...
Dorothy Jean Williams (Merriott)
Mar 22, 2017
Dorothy Jean Williams, 91, Independence, MO passed away March 22, 2017. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Tuesday, March 28 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64055. Graveside services will be 1:30 pm, Wed. at Mound Grove Cemetery. The family requests contributions to Great Plains SPCA, 21001 MO-78, Independence, MO 64057. Dorothy was born March 10, 1926 to...
C.E. Nichol Jr.
Mar 21, 2017
C.E. NICHOL, JR. C.E. Nichol, 81, of Independence, MO, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017. A visitation will be held from 4-6pm on Sunday, March 26 at Carson-Speaks Chapel 1501 W. Lexington Ave, Independence, MO, 64052. A service will be held at 10am on Monday, March 27 at the chapel. Interment will follow at Mount Washington Forever Cemetery. C.E. was...
Chester Mullinix Jr
Mar 21, 2017
Chester “Sonny” Earl Mullinix, Jr., 77, passed away on March 21, 2017. Cremation is planned and a private memorial service will take place at a later date. Sonny was born in Independence, MO on Valentine’s Day, 1940, to Chester and Ruby (Newberry) Mullinix. He attended William Chrisman High School and worked for the City of Independence in the Parks Department...
Jeanne Keck (Clark)
Mar 21, 2017
Jeanne Keck, 88, of Independence, MO, passed away March 21, 2017. A visitation will be held from 12-2:00 p.m. at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO, followed by a graveside service at 2:30 p.m. at Oakland Cemetery (Truman Road) on Friday, March 24, 2017. All are invited to a reception that will follow the graveside service,...
Bryan Dean
Mar 20, 2017
Bryan M. Dean, 58, passed away at home on the Lake of the Ozarks, after an extended battle with cancer. He was raised in the K.C. area and graduated from St. Mary's High School. Bryan was a talented carpenter who enjoyed remodeling. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting, fishing, and boating at his lake home with family and...
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