Obituaries
Betty Kegerries
Feb 23, 2014
Betty June Kegerries, 73, of Kansas City, Missouri died at NorthCare Hospice and Palliative Care on Sunday, February 23, 2014, and now she will begin her eternal walk with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Betty was born June 10, 1940, in Kansas City, Missouri to Julius and Zelma (Romay) Bradford. As a young girl, Betty and her family gained...
Margaret Stevens
Feb 22, 2014
Margaret Alice “Peg” Stevens, 75, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014. Peg was born April 2, 1938 in Northville, SD; the daughter of Henry Guy and Dacotah (Brenckle) LeFevre. She received her Bachelor’s in nursing from South Dakota State University and had served as Assistant Director of Nursing at the Metropolitan Medical Center in Minneapolis. She retired...
Vivian Rotz
Feb 22, 2014
Vivian J. Rotz, 86 of Independence, MO passed away, Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Benton House in Lee’s Summit, MO. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday evening at the chapel. Graveside services will be at...
Virgil Driskell
Feb 22, 2014
Virgil G. Driskell, 84, a life time area resident died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at the Vitas Hospice Unit. Services will be 1:00 pm, Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Visitation will be from 6:00 - 8:00 pm Tuesday evening at the Chapel. Burial will take place in Mound Grove Cemetery. Virgil was born July 4, 1929 the...
Albert Kenneth Burton
Feb 21, 2014
Albert Kenneth Burton, 89, Blue Springs, MO passed away Friday February 21, 2014. Ken was born December 29, 1924 in Troy, MO the son of Allie and Alberta (Campbell) Burton. He was a graduate of William Chrisman High School and was a U.S. Navy Veteran, serving during WWII. He retired from Bendix after 38 years as a precision tool grinder....
Betty Grant
Feb 21, 2014
Betty Jo Grant, aged 87, died Friday, February 21, 2014, in Ottawa, Kansas. The former Independence resident had been ill following a heart attack in January. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Burial will follow in Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends from...
Glaude Graybill
Feb 21, 2014
Glaude Graybill, 62, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Feb 21, 2014 at his home. Services will be 10:00 am Saturday, March 1, 2014 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Visitation will be Friday, Feb 28, from 6-8 pm at the Chapel. Glaude was born Oct 19, 1951 to Byron and Lyda Graybill is St. Francis, KS. He grew up in northwest...
Ltc (Ret) John Edward Parker U.S. Army
Feb 21, 2014
John Edward Parker, 73, Steamboat Springs, CO passed away Friday, February 21, 2014. John was born December 17, 1940 in Detroit, MI the son of James Raymond and Bessie Pearl (Jones) Parker. He was a 1963 graduate of the United States Military Academy. John retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1984 from the U.S. Army as an Infantry Officer. He...
Frances Ballou
Feb 20, 2014
Frances Lavonne Rawlings Ballou was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on June 30, 1917. She moved with her family to Independence, MO, at age six and was baptized into the RLDS religion at the age of 8. She remained faithful to that religion all of her life. She married Robert Eugene Ballou at the Stone Church on December 21, 1939....
Christy Bowman
Feb 19, 2014
Christy L. Bowman, 60, of Independence, MO passed away February 19, 2014. Christy was born January 12, 1954 in Ottawa, KS to Clare and Javene (McGee) Creviston, who preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Michael Bowman; two children, Keli Guinn and husband Steve, Michael “Bo” Bowman and wife Wendy; six grandchildren; and two...
Dorothy Mae Motley (Dalton)
Feb 18, 2014
Dorothy Mae Motley, 84, Pleasant Valley, MO died Feb. 18, 2014. Visitation 9-10 am, funeral 10 am, Monday, Feb. 24 at Carson-Speaks Chapel interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. She is survived by husband Roy L. Motley; daughters Joyce Misasi and husband Tom; Jeannie Eiken and husband Harold; twenty-five grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Donald Henry Bahm
Feb 18, 2014
Donald Henry Bahm, 86, Grandview, MO passed away Tuesday, February, 18, 2014. Donald was born September 24, 1927 in Fremont, NE the son of Henry and Mildred M. Bahm. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran having served during WWII. Donald graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and later received his Masters...
Emma Holt
Feb 18, 2014
Emma Jean Tuck Holt, 83, formerly of Sallisaw, OK, was born October 31, 1930 in the New Hope Community and passed this life on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 in Independence, MO. She was the daughter of Beauford and Ida (Denny) Tuck. She married the love of her life, Roy D. Holt on November 1, 1946 in Van Buren, AR. Emma...
Cletis Grider
Feb 18, 2014
Clete Grider passed away February 18, 2014 following a brief illness, at age 87, in his home in Independence, MO. A private memorial service will be scheduled at a later time. He was born on July 22, 1926, near Greenfield, MO, to Nora McVey Grider and Leslie E. Grider and lived the early part of his life in Columbia and...
William Crick
Feb 17, 2014
Bill Crick, 84, of Independence, Mo passed away February 17, 2014. A Memorial Visitation will be held from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, March 1, 2014, at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Bill was born on August 10, 1929, in Independence, MO to William R. and Margaret F. (Koehler) Crick. Bill was an Army Veteran, serving in the Korean War, and attended...
Patricia G. Wilson (Farmer)
Feb 17, 2014
Patricia Gail “Pat” Wilson, 70, Independence, MO passed away Monday, February 17, 2014. Pat was born December 8, 1943 in Eugene, OR the daughter of Douglas Park and Annetta May (Scott) Farmer. She was a graduate of William Chrisman High School and received her Bachelors in Early Childhood Development from Central Missouri State. Pat owned and operated Quality Child Care...
Lois Leverson
Feb 16, 2014
Lois Rae (Anderson) Leverson was born in Lamoni, Iowa on July 5, 1927, the daughter of Earl E. and Florence (Elefson) Anderson. She passed from this life on February 16, 2014 in White Oak Living Center in Independence, MO after a brief illness. Rae spent her early years in Lamoni, IA and graduated from the Lamoni High School in 1944....
Betty Lynn Lloyd (Powers)
Feb 16, 2014
Betty Lynn (Powers) Lloyd, 83, Buckner, Mo passed away Feb. 16, 2014. Services will be 11 am, Friday, Feb. 21 at The First Christian Church of Buckner, 126 S. Hudson, Buckner, MO 64016; interment at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at Speaks Buckner Chapel, 300 Adams, Buckner, MO 64016. Memorial contributions may be sent to The...
Donald Cowart
Feb 14, 2014
Donald M. Cowart, 54, of Independence, MO passed away February 14, 2014 after fighting a long battle with HIV/Aids. Don was born March 29, 1959 to Fred and Sue Cowart. He graduated from Blue Springs High School in 1977, and attended the University of Kansas. He retired from the U.S. Treasury Dept.-IRS. His passions were the Kansas City Chiefs, KU...
Charles Wheatley
Feb 14, 2014
Charles LeRoy Wheatley, 65, of Independence, MO, passed away February 14, 2014 at home after a 5 year battle with prostate cancer. Charles was born on September 3, 1948 in Independence, MO to Warren D Wheatley and Betty Rose (Cook) Liedeke (deceased). He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Christine (Potter) Wheatley; his 3 children: Christopher Bauschka and...
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