Obituaries
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...
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....
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