Obituaries
Vera Mae Bridge (Fields)
Mar 20, 2017
Vera Mae Bridge, 90, of Lee’s Summit, MO, went home to be with our Lord on Monday, March 20, 2017. A visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Monday, April 3 at the Carson Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence. 816-252-7900. Funeral services will follow at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 3, at the chapel. Burial will...
Elverose Piper
Mar 20, 2017
ELVEROSE JUNE PIPER June Piper, 95, of Independence, MO passed away Monday, March 20, 2017. A visitation will be held from 1-2pm on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO, 64055. A service will follow at 2pm. Interment will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery. June was born in Independence, MO to Paul and...
Norma Jean Haney (Keeler)
Mar 19, 2017
Norma Jean (Keeler) Haney, 84, of Independence, MO passed away March 19, 2017 at her home. A memorial visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Norma was born November 25, 1932 in...
Dorothy Dean Howerton (Welch)
Mar 19, 2017
Dorothy D. Howerton, 90 of Independence, MO passed away March 19, 2017 with her loving family by her side. Visitation will be from 9-10am Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 10am at the chapel. Burial will take place in Mound Grove Cemetery. Dorothy was born on May 8, 1926 in Independence, Mo to...
Carol Avis Johnson (Jones)
Mar 18, 2017
Carolyn Avis Johnson, 75 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Cremation is planned with a memorial gathering to be held from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Friday evening, March 24, 2017 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Inurnment will be held privately in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery...
Pamela Dee "Pam" Kiernan (Grimm)
Mar 18, 2017
Pam Kiernan, 72, of Independence, MO passed away March 18, 2017. A Celebration of Life will be held from 6-8pm, Thursday, March 23 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Pam was born on September 11, 1944 in Marion, Iowa to Charles and June (Cunningham) Grimm. She retired form Truman Medical Center Lakewood after 18 years of service. It was while employed that...
Brian Keith & Dustin Wayne Moyer
Mar 17, 2017
A celebration of life for Brian Keith Moyer, Jr., and his bother Dustin Wayne Moyer will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. The family is planning a reception to follow with the details to be announced at the services. Cremation is planned with a private family...
Jean Marie Treat (Hager)
Mar 17, 2017
Jean Marie Treat, 93, of Independence, MO. Jean was born in Oregon on April 26, 1923 to George P. and Grace Hager. She had three brothers and one sister; Nadine the oldest, George E., Jean Marie, Harold L. and John F., with Jean being the middle child. They lived in a fairly large house and her father was a Laundry...
Donald E. Busick
Mar 17, 2017
Donald E. Busick, 63 of Blue Springs, Mo passed away Friday, March 17, 2017 at his residence following a long illness. Cremation is planned with a memorial gathering from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 24, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Donald was born August 1, 1953 in Lone Jack, MO to Albert...
Kenneth F. Hayner
Mar 17, 2017
Kenneth Francis Hayner, 79 of Independence, MO passed away Friday, March 17, 2017 at St. Mary’s Manor in Blue Springs, MO. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 23, 2017 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 3736 S. Lee’s Summit Rd., Independence, MO 64055. Burial will follow in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 10:00...
Robert Stephens
Mar 16, 2017
Robert Stephens died March 16, 2017, at White Oak Living Center where he has resided for the last 4 1/2 years. On Halloween in 1917 Odell and Hattie (Emison) Stephens welcomed Robert Burette into their home in Fruitvale, Tennessee. He married Mary Pauline Logan on October 31, 1938. He lived and farmed in Tennessee for about 20 years then moved...
John Borne
Mar 14, 2017
John Arthur Borne, 43, passed away peacefully in the early morning of March 14 in the privacy of his home, with his mother by his side. John was preceded in death by his Grandmother, Genevieve Van Tassel; his Grandfather, Norman Van Tassel; and his dearest friend Natasha Crawford. He is survived by his mother, Marilyn Maggio, sister Monica Bollinger, and...
Donald Trayford
Mar 14, 2017
Donald E. Trayford, 90, of Blue Springs, MO passed away March 14, 2017. Visitation will be Tuesday from 7-9pm at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral services will be 1pm Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the chapel. Burial will take place in Forest Hill Cemetery. Donald was born on October 16, 1926 in Kansas City, MO to Ernest and Dorothy (Mattock) Trayford....
Matthew Thomas Warren
Mar 14, 2017
Matthew Thomas Warren, 46, of Kansas City, MO passed away March 14, 2017. A visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. Monday, March 20th at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Matt was born on July 2, 1970, in Sedalia, MO. With his talent for fixing cars and trucks, he made his living as a mechanic....
George William "Bill" Garrison
Mar 13, 2017
George William "Bill" Garrison, 65,of Blue Springs, Mo died Monday March 13,2017 at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. with a service at 3p.m. on Sat. Mar 18th at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Bill served in the Army National Guard. Bill was born Feb. 20, 1952 in...
Nancy Jo Carter (Zugaj)
Mar 13, 2017
Nancy Jo Zugaj Carter, 63, of Kansas City MO., passed away Monday, March 13, 2017. Visitation followed by a Memorial Service will be 10-11 a.m. Monday March 20, 2017 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO, 64055. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 20, 2017 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville,...
Phyllis A. Keever (Shoup)
Mar 12, 2017
Phyllis A. Shoup Keever, 72, Independence, MO, formerly of Shoshone, ID, passed away March 12, 2017. Services will be 11:00 am, Thursday, March 16 at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 603 N. Jennings Rd, Independence, MO 64056; cremation. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. In lieu of flowers, the...
Troy W. Schanuth Snodgrass
Mar 12, 2017
Troy William Schanuth Snodgrass, 38 of Cameron, MO passed away Sunday, March 12, 2017 at his residence. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 17, 2017 at the New Hope Baptist Church 18000 Lexington Rd., Independence, MO 64058 with cremation to follow. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m., until service time Friday at the church. Donations may be...
Richard Eugene Williams
Mar 12, 2017
Richard Williams, 69, of Independence, MO passed away March 12, 2017. Visitation will be from 5-7pm Thursday, March 23, 2017 at All Saints Lutheran Church in Blue Springs. Inurnment with full Military honors will take place 10am Friday, March 24, 2017 at Missouri State Veteran’s Cemetery. Richard was born on February 8, 1948 in Minden, LA to Calvin and Dorothy...
Cheryl Ann Smith
Mar 12, 2017
Cheryl Ann Smith, 58, of Independence, MO passed away March 12, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Cheryl was born May 23, 1958 in Independence, MO to Robert and Margaret Smith, both who preceded her in death. She is survived by one...
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