Obituaries

Christopher Parvin

Christopher Parvin

Mar 4, 2015

Christopher Lee Parvin, 49, passed away on March 4, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at 2pm, at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Family will greet friends an hour prior to the service. He will be laid to rest following the funeral at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Chris worked at Sheltered...

Shirley Lenore Dillee (Woods)

Shirley Lenore Dillee (Woods)

Mar 2, 2015

Shirley Lenore Dillee, 83 of Independence, MO passed away Monday, March 2, 2015. Services will be 1:30 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2015 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Private burial will follow in Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 12:30 p.m., until service time Friday at the chapel. Donations may be...

Earl H. Pangburn Jr.

Earl H. Pangburn Jr.

Mar 2, 2015

Earl H. Pangburn, Jr., 56 of Liberty, MO passed away, Monday, March 2, 2015. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2015 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation from 1:00 p.m. until service time Saturday at the chapel. Earl is survived by his wife Sandy and daughter Brooke.

Robert L. Iles

Robert L. Iles

Mar 1, 2015

Robert “Bob” was born April 12, l921, in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life at the age of 93 on Sunday, March 1, 2015. A visitation will be held from 9:00-10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 5th at Speaks Suburban Chapel. A funeral service will follow at 10:00a.m. at the chapel. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Raytown, MO. Bob...

Howard D. Crain

Howard D. Crain

Mar 1, 2015

Howard D. Crain, 89, of Independence, MO passed away March 1, 2015. A visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. followed by an 11:00 a.m. service on Friday, March 6, at Immanuel Baptist Church, 112 W. 23rd St., Independence, MO. Burial will be held at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Howard was born July 25, 1925 in Graydon Springs, MO to...

Ernest Vincent Yates

Ernest Vincent Yates

Feb 28, 2015

Ernest Vincent Yates, 78, of Kansas City, MO passed away at his home February 28, 2015. Visitation will be held Friday, March 6, 2015 from 7:00-9:00 pm at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral Services will be Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 10:00 am at the Chapel. Burial will take place in Longview Memorial Gardens. Ernest was born on September 12, 1936...

Larry Ray  Walker

Larry Ray  Walker

Feb 28, 2015

Larry Ray Walker, 58, of Oak Grove, MO passed away February 28, 2015. A visitation will be held from 1:00-2:00p.m. Wednesday, March 4th at Speaks Suburban Chapel. A memorial service will follow at 2:00p.m. at the chapel. Inurnment will be held at Brooking Cemetery at a later time. Larry was born July 17, 1956 in Independence, MO as one of...

Dennis Lee Molzahn

Dennis Lee Molzahn

Feb 28, 2015

Dennis Lee Molzahn was born in Phillipsburg, Kansas on January 24, 1951 and died Feb. 28, 2015 after a valiant fight with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He attended schools in Norcatur, Kansas graduating in May 1970. While he was a junior in high school, he met Linda Harper and therein began a lifelong partnership. They went “steady” while they were juniors...

Mildred Fizer

Mildred Fizer

Feb 27, 2015

Mildred Ruth (Krahenbuhl) Fizer, 86, passed away on February 27, 2015, in Independence, MO. Family will greet friends on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, from 6-8pm, at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. A graveside service will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery on Thursday, March 5, at 10am. She is survived by her son, John Fizer and his wife,...

Todd Daniel Hogue

Todd Daniel Hogue

Feb 27, 2015

Todd Daniel Hogue, 48, of Independence, MO, left this world too soon on Feb. 27, 2015. He was born in Independence on August 7, 1966, the son of Don and Shirley Hogue, of Lees Summit, MO. He attended college in North Carolina and received his B.S. degree at NC State. Todd loved motorcycles and cars. He ran Blue Springs Auto...

V.A. "Sonny" Julian

V.A. "Sonny" Julian

Feb 27, 2015

Virgil Alexander (Sonny) Julian, Jr. of Independence, MO died at the age of 86 at John Knox Village, Lee’s Summit, MO on Friday, February 27, 2015. Born on May 17, 1928 as the eldest son of Virgil Alexander Julian, Sr. and Alice May Crane Ek, Sonny lived his life in the town of his birth - Independence. He shared his...

Ellis Loren Keesee

Ellis Loren Keesee

Feb 27, 2015

Ellis Loren Keesee, 79, of Independence, MO, passed away Friday, February 27, 2015. A private memorial celebration will be held by the family at a later time. Inurnment will be in Urbana, MO. Loren was born September 21, 1935 in Urbana, MO as one of five children to Alfred and Bessie E. (Hodges) Keesee. He attended Walkter Elementary and after...

Stephen  H.  Mayhew

Stephen  H.  Mayhew

Feb 27, 2015

Stephen H. Mayhew, 41, Kansas City, MO passed away unexpectedly Feb. 27, 2015. A memorial service will begin at 1 pm, Sat., March 7 at the First United Methodist Church of Independence, 400 West Maple Avenue, Independence, MO 64050 followed by a Celebration of Life Party in the Fellowship Hall of the church. In lieu of flowers the family requests...

Loretta  Ann Fluty (Green)

Loretta  Ann Fluty (Green)

Feb 26, 2015

Loretta Ann Fluty, 83, of Liberty, MO passed away Thursday February 26th, 2015. A visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00pm Monday March 2nd at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, March 3rd at the chapel. Burial will be at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO. Loretta was born February 21st, 1932 in Lawson, MO...

Charles  Joseph "Chuck" Bridges

Charles  Joseph "Chuck" Bridges

Feb 26, 2015

Charles Joseph Bridges, 56, of Independence, MO, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015. The family will host a private gather at their home for relatives and close friends to celebrate Chuck’s life. Chuck was born December 16, 1958 in Kansas City, MO as one of three children to Joseph and Dorothy (Eckman) Bridges. He graduated from Van Horn High School....

Josephine F. "Jo" Hooton

Josephine F. "Jo" Hooton

Feb 25, 2015

Josephine Frances (“Jo”) Hooton, 90, passed away February 25, 2015. Jo was born March 5, 1924, in Sugar Creek, Missouri, to Andrew and Mary Kluska. Until two years ago, she resided in Sugar Creek in the house that she and her cherished husband of 48 years, Jim, built together. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim, her parents,...

Pam R. West (Vandolah)

Pam R. West (Vandolah)

Feb 25, 2015

Pam West, 60, of Grain Valley, MO passed away February 25, 2015 after an eleven year battle with cancer. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 2, at the Suburban Chapel, with burial to...

Raymond Gunn

Raymond Gunn

Feb 25, 2015

Raymond Lawrence Gunn, 89, of Independence, MO, returned home to God Wednesday, February 25, 2015. He was born September 11, 1925, in Ft. Madison, Iowa, to William H. and Cloda M. Gunn. He is preceded in death by his parents; brother, Charles; and sisters, Wilma Tucker and Thelma Francis. Ray served in the United States Navy Seabees from November 11,...

Rue Anna Stark (Firkins)

Rue Anna Stark (Firkins)

Feb 24, 2015

Rue Anna Stark, 87, Independence, MO passed away Feb. 24, 2015. Services will be 10 am, Monday, March 2 at Fairmount Christian Church, 641 South Ash Avenue, Independence, MO 64053; interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-5 pm, Sunday at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Rue Anna was born June 17, 1927 in Kansas City,...

Ching Kut "Jimmy" Hung

Ching Kut "Jimmy" Hung

Feb 23, 2015

Ching Kut “Jimmy” Hung, 69, of Independence, MO died Monday, February 23, 2015. A visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 25th at Speaks Suburban Chapel. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 26th at the chapel. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Independence, MO. Jimmy was born on February 24th, 1945...