Obituaries
Floyd Miller
Mar 19, 2013
Floyd Marvin Miller, 77, Lake Tapawingo, MO passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Floyd was born March 21, 1935 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada the son of George and Olga (Sandry) Miller. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. Floyd retired from Bayer Industries as engineering purchasing manager in 1998. He served as city councilman for Lake Tapawingo and water safety...
Terrence "Terry" Brown
Mar 18, 2013
Terrence “Terry” Veryle Brown, 67, Independence, MO passed away Monday, March 18, 2013. Terry was born June 25, 1945 in Port Huron, MI the son of Veryle and Virginia (Pollock) Brown. He was a retired U.S. Army Veteran and served two tours in Vietnam. Terry later worked for the Community of Christ World Headquarters in maintenance and worked with the...
Virginia Gorker
Mar 17, 2013
Edith Virginia (Padget) Gorker, 85 of Blue Springs, MO passed away on March 17, 2013. She was at The Groves under loving hospice care in Independence, MO. Celebration of her life services will be held Monday, March 25, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the Colonial Hills Community of Christ on S. 7 Hwy., Blue Springs MO. Visitation will immediately follow...
Judith Walsh
Mar 17, 2013
Judith Ann Walsh, 71 of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 at her residence. The family will greet friends from 12 to 2:00 p.m., Saturday at the Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055 with cremation to follow. Donation may be made in her name to the North Kansas City Hospice House. Judith was born...
Katherine Baldus
Mar 17, 2013
Katherine Baldus, 92, of Buckner, MO, passed away Sunday, March 17th 2013. A visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 20th at Speaks Buckner Chapel; 300 Adams, Buckner, MO. A funeral service will be held 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 21st at the chapel. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Buckner, MO. Katherine was born September 16th 1920 in Jackson...
Edna Beckett
Mar 17, 2013
Edna L. Beckett, 92, of Independence, MO passed away March 17, 2013. A private family graveside service will be held at New Hope Cemetery in Liberty, MO. Edna was born July 22, 1920 in Clark County, MO to Carl and Mabel Hesse. She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Franklin Beckett. She is survived by her two children,...
Kyleigh Cantrell
Mar 16, 2013
Kyleigh Alyssa Cantrell, 23 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013. The family will greet friends from 5 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 60455 with cremation to follow. Kyleigh was born February 16, 1990 in Kansas City, MO to Shawn and Bedar (Howerton) Cantrell and...
Zelma Smith
Mar 15, 2013
Valdeene Smith, 85, of Independence, MO passed away March 15, 2013. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday at the chapel, with burial at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Contributions may be made to Center Place...
Virgil Hatfield
Mar 15, 2013
Virgil E. Hatfield, 75, Independence, MO passed away March 15, 2013. Services will be 10 am, Thursday, March 21 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to College Park Community of Christ, 1021 W. College...
Eleanor Shafer
Mar 14, 2013
Eleanor Jean Creason Shafer, 91, Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2013. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2013 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Salem Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the First Christian Church or...
Michael Saxton
Mar 14, 2013
Michael T. Saxton, 55, of Independence MO passed away Thursday, March 14th 2013. A visitation will be held from 1:00 -2:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19th at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18090 E 39th Street, Independence. A Graveside Service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens, Independence, MO. Michael was born May 7th 1957 to Melvin...
Dr. John Green
Mar 14, 2013
Dr. John Richard Green passed away on March 14, 2013, at his home in Independence, MO. He was born in Independence on May 28, 1917 to Dr. John Reuben Green and Laura Kelley Green. They preceded him in death, as did his four sisters, Louise Grenawalt, Virginia Rasse, Katherine Wright and Mary Taaffe. John was educated in Independence, graduating from...
Cecil Wood
Mar 14, 2013
Cecil Wood, 87, of Independence passed away Thursday, March 14th 2013. A private service will be held at a later time. Interment will be at Versailles Cemetery in Versailles, MO. Cecil was born November 25th 1925 in Johnson Co., AR to Virgil N. and Estel (Garrett) Wood. The family moved to Buckner, MO in 1942. He served in the U.S....
Virginia Allen
Mar 13, 2013
Virginia L. Allen, 84, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Centerpoint Medical Center. Virginia was born on November 7, 1928, to Darrell and Agnes McLees, and was a life-long resident of Independence, Missouri. As a member of the Liberty Street Community of Christ, Virginia served as a Deacon and a Sunday School Teacher. Virginia leaves behind her beloved husband...
Deloris Hawkins
Mar 12, 2013
Deloris Hawkins, 81, of Independence, MO passed March 12, 2013. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 18, at Oak Grove Cemetery. She is survived by her children, Wanda Chard, Mary Core and Darrell Fuller; nine grandchildren; twenty three great grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. She was a longtime member of the RLDS Church and...
Robert Burnup
Mar 12, 2013
Robert H. Burnup, 94, of Independence, MO passed away on March 12, 2013. He was born July 23, 1918 in Rosedale, KS to Robert and Pearl Burnup. He graduated from Raytown High School, then served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of Captain. He established Burnup Equipment Company in Independence, MO in 1952 and ran the business until his...
Claudine Summers
Mar 11, 2013
Claudine O. Summers, 90, Independence, MO passed way March 11, 2013 Services will be 10 am, Friday at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the chapel. Claudine was born Sept. 5, 1922 and grew up near Tarsney Lakes. She was working at the Lake...
William Vickery
Mar 11, 2013
Bill Vickery, 67, of Kansas City, passed away Monday, March 11th 2013. A visitation will be held from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 16th at Carson-Speaks Chapel; 1501 W. Lexington Ave Independence. Funeral Service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel. Burial will be at 56 Cemetery in Arkansas. Bill was born July 2nd 1945 in Fifty-Six Arkansas to Zeke...
Martha Jude
Mar 11, 2013
Martha Jude, 80, of Kansas City, passed away Monday, March 11th 2013. A visitation will be held from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 14th at Bible Fellowship Center; 2502 N. Liberty St. Independence, MO. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 15th at the church. Burial will be at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence. Martha was born November 2nd...
Kenneth Parker
Mar 11, 2013
Kenneth R. Parker passed away in Independence, MO on Monday, March 11, 2013 at the age of 58. The services will be held at First Mennonite Brethren Church, 8000 W. 21st, Wichita KS. on Monday, March 18, 2013 at 11:00 am. Kenneth is predeceased by his father, Robert Parker. Kenneth is survived by his mother Georgie Parker of Wichita KS.,...
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