Obituaries

Betty Lee Thomas (Snider)

Betty Lee Thomas (Snider)

Oct 28, 2015

Betty L. Thomas, 80, of Indep., MO passed away Oct. 28, 2015 with her loving family by her side. Visitation will be from 6-8pm Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral Services will be at 10am Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. Burial will take place in Blue Springs Cemetery. Betty was born on Feb. 26, 1935 in Lowry City...

Bert Alexander Delong Jr.

Bert Alexander Delong Jr.

Oct 27, 2015

Bert A. DeLong, Jr. 91, Independence, MO passed away Oct. 27, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 10 am, Sat., Oct. 31 at South Crysler Community of Christ, 3100 South Crysler Ave., Independence, MO 64055; interment will be private. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the South Crysler Community of Christ Building Fund at the...

Thelma Fern Phillips (Shepherd)

Thelma Fern Phillips (Shepherd)

Oct 27, 2015

Thelma Fern Phillips, 65, of Independence Missouri, went home to be with her Savior Jesus Christ on October 27th, 2015. Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 1st, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, in Independence Missouri; and family and friends will be received from 3:00-5:00 pm. The graveside services will be held on Monday, November 2nd, at 10:00 am at the...

Donna Jenkins

Donna Jenkins

Oct 27, 2015

Donna R. Jenkins, 76, of Independence, MO passed away peacefully at her home of 59 years on October 27th, 2015. A visitation will be held from 9:00-10:00am Monday, November 2nd at Carson Speaks Chapel. A funeral service will follow at 10:00am at the chapel. Burial will be at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO. Donna was born April 8, 1939 in...

Jean Marie Hudgens

Jean Marie Hudgens

Oct 25, 2015

Jean Marie Hudgens, 88, passed away on October 25, 2015, in Warsaw, MO. Family will greet friends at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. in Independence on Thursday, October 29, 2015, from 1-2:00pm, with a funeral to follow at 2:00pm. She will be laid to rest in Green Lawn Cemetery. Jean was born on July 20, 1927, in Kansas...

Raymond Beebe Jr

Raymond Beebe Jr

Oct 25, 2015

Raymond C. Beebe, Jr., 85, passed away on October 25, 2015, at his home in Independence, MO. A funeral will be held on Friday, October 30, 2015, at 10:00am, at Speaks Suburban Chapel. 18020 E. 39th St. in Independence, MO. Family will greet friends from 9:00am-10:00am at the chapel. He will be laid to rest in Peninsula Cemetery in Blackwater,...

James M. Kobe

James M. Kobe

Oct 25, 2015

James M. Kobe, 44, Independence, MO passed away Oct. 25, 2015. Services will be 10 am, Friday, Oct. 30 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; interment at Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence. Visitation will begin at 9 am before the service at the chapel. James was born Feb. 4, 1971 in Kansas City, MO and graduated...

Robert R. "Bob" Golding Jr.

Robert R. "Bob" Golding Jr.

Oct 24, 2015

Robert R. “Bob” Golding, Jr. 58, Independence, MO passed way Oct. 24, 2015. Services will be 2 pm, Thursday, Oct. 29 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at the chapel. Bob was born Aug. 6, 1957 in Kansas City, MO and graduated from William Chrisman High...

James Lloyd "Jim" Henderson

James Lloyd "Jim" Henderson

Oct 23, 2015

Jim Henderson, 82, of Independence,, MO passed away October 23, 2015. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm Sunday October 25, 2015 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Services will be 10:00 am Monday, October 26, 2015 at the chapel. Burial will take place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery Kansas City, Missouri. Jim was born on March 6, 1933 in Kansas City, MO to Roxie...

Virginia Eileen Cordes (Bellew)

Virginia Eileen Cordes (Bellew)

Oct 22, 2015

Virginia Eileen Cordes, 91, of Independence, Mo passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015. A visitation will be held from 1:00-2:00pm Monday, October 26th at Carson Speaks Chapel. A funeral service will follow at 2:00pm. Burial will be at Salem Cemetery, Independence, MO. Eileen was born October 23, 1923 in Independence, MO as one of two children to Rex Asa and...

Roger William Worley

Roger William Worley

Oct 22, 2015

Roger Worley, 66, of Independence, MO passed away October 22, 2015 at his home. A visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. followed by a 6:30 p.m. memorial service on Monday, October 26, at the Church of the Nazarene in Independence, MO. Contributions may be made in Roger’s memory to Crossroads Hospice. Roger was born August 31, 1949 in...

Evelyn M. Elvin (Johnson)

Evelyn M. Elvin (Johnson)

Oct 21, 2015

Evelyn M Elvin, 99, of Lees Summit, Mo. passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, surrounded by her family. A funeral service will be held at Christ United Methodist Church, 14506 E 39th St, Independence, MO on Tue. Oct. 27th at 2pm with visitation proceeding at 1pm. A graveside service will be held at noon on October 31st at...

Bobbie Jack "Bob" Elkins

Bobbie Jack "Bob" Elkins

Oct 21, 2015

Bob Elkins, 85, of Greenwood, MO passed away Oct. 21, 2015 with his loving family by his side. Visitation will be from 4-7pm Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 at Family Worship Center, 1210 N St. Rt. 7, Pleasant Hill, MO. Bob was born on Feb. 5, 1930 in Harrisonville, MO to Abraham and Iva (Maupin) Elkins. Bob was a truck driver...

Raymon R. Zion

Raymon R. Zion

Oct 20, 2015

Raymond R. Zion, 98, of Independence, MO passed away Tuesday, October 20th, 2015. A visitation will be held from 9:00-10:00am Saturday, October 24th at Carson Speaks Chapel. A funeral service will follow at 10:00am at the chapel. Burial will be at Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Raymond was born October 7th, 1917 in Vernon, CO as one of seven...

Judy Ann Bagby

Judy Ann Bagby

Oct 19, 2015

Judy Ann Bagby, 63, Odessa, MO passed away Oct. 19, 2015. Services will be 10 am, Thursday, Oct. 22 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; interment at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at the chapel. The family requests contributions to Kansas City Hospice House, 12000 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64145....

Richard Jack "Dick" King

Richard Jack "Dick" King

Oct 18, 2015

Richard Jack “Dick” King, 84, Independence, MO passed away Oct. 18, 2015. Visitation will be 9:30-10:30 am, Thursday, Oct. 22 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055, followed by a graveside service at 11:30 am with Full Military Honors at Terrace Park Memorial Gardens. The family requests contributions to the American Cancer Society, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave.,...

Marion G. Marshall (Glancy)

Marion G. Marshall (Glancy)

Oct 16, 2015

Marion G. Marshall, 98, of KC, MO, passed away October 16, 2015. Marion was born March 14, 1917 to Eugene and Evelyn (Crahan) Glancy. She was married to John Robert “Bob” Marshall who preceded her in death in 1969. Marion was very religious and had a strong Catholic faith. She loved to bowl and play bridge. She worked for UMKC...

Judith Jane "Judy" Johnson

Judith Jane "Judy" Johnson

Oct 15, 2015

Farewell, all of my beloved, I have been one of the luckiest people that ever lived. I had a wonderful father and mother (Martha Lou Elliott Johnson and Robert Victor Johnson). They named me Judith (which means beloved), but I lived with Judy JJ all of my life - sometimes happily and sometimes gritting my teeth. They bequeathed to me...

Geraldine Harrison

Geraldine Harrison

Oct 14, 2015

Geraldine Ann Harrison, 85, passed away on October 14, 2015 in Blue Springs, MO. A visitation will be held from 9-11am Saturday, October 24, with funeral service to follow at 11am, both at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th Street in Independence, MO. Geraldine was born on November 4, 1929, in Hopkins, Minnesota, to Roman and Florence (Jacques) Muehlberg. After...

John T. Tittle

John T. Tittle

Oct 14, 2015

John Thomas Tittle, 75, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00pm Saturday, October 24th at Speaks Suburban Chapel; followed by a memorial service with Military Honors at 2:00pm at the chapel. John was born October 31st 1939 in Independence as one of ten children to James Daniel and Annie Bessie (Cook)...