Obituaries
Thomas Simms
Dec 30, 2012
Thomas Lee Simms, 75, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2012. Tom was born November 9, 1937 in Mammoth Springs, AR the son of Richard L. and Betty (Foster) Simms. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. Tom had worked for Midwest Kenworth and later retired from Deuce Lear Foundation Company. After retirement Tom served as a marshal for Winterstone Golf Course....
Betty Forkner
Dec 30, 2012
Betty Susan Forkner, 62 of Independence, MO passed away, Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Heart of God Fellowship Church in Buckner. Burial will follow in Floral Hills East Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Friday evening at the church. Donations may...
David Pugh
Dec 30, 2012
David Alan Pugh, 63, Independence, MO passed away Sunday, December 30, 2012. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Friday, January 4, 2013 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rockwood Baptist...
Forrest Quinn
Dec 29, 2012
Forrest Russell Quinn, 80 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 at his residence. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Avenue, Independence, MO 64052. Burial will follow in Mt. Washington Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday evening at the chapel. Forrest was...
Dre Busch
Dec 29, 2012
Dre Nicholson Busch, 18, Independence, MO passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012. A celebration of Dre’s life will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Dre was born June 11, 1994 in Omaha, NE the son of Shawn Busch and Peggi Moats. He was a graduate of Centerplace...
Thomas Lukens Sr
Dec 29, 2012
Thomas L. Lukens, Sr., 60, Independence, MO passed away Dec. 29, 2012. Services will be 10 am, Thursday, Jan. 3, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th Street, Independence, MO 64055. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at the chapel. Graveside services will be at 2 pm, Friday at Boone Creek Baptist Cemetery in Licking, MO. Kindly omit flowers. The...
Ryan Beye
Dec 28, 2012
Ryan Nathaniel Beye of Kansas City, Missouri, died suddenly in his sleep on Friday, December 28, 2012. Ryan was born on November 11, 1981 in Independence, Missouri, the second child of Dawn and Kirk Beye. He grew up in Independence with his older brother, Travis. Ryan graduated from Truman High School in 2000 and studied studio art and graphic design...
Lawrence Fender
Dec 27, 2012
Lawrence Irwin Fender, 98, Independence, MO passed away Thursday, December 27, 2012. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Stone Church, 1012 W. Lexington Ave, Independence, MO 64050, with a memorial service at 2:00 p.m. Inunrment will be private at Mound Grove Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Stone Church...
Marguerite Payton
Dec 26, 2012
Marguerite Payton, 90, Independence, MO passed away Dec. 24, 2012. A memorial service will be at 2 pm, Sat., Dec. 29 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18022 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; cremation. Visitation will begin at 1 pm before the service at the chapel. Marguerite was born in Des Moines, IA May 1, 1922. She graduated from North High...
Doris Weir
Dec 26, 2012
Doris W. Weir, 93, Kansas City, MO passed away Dec. 26, 2012. Services will be 10 am, Monday, Dec. 31 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment at Floral Hills Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 am before the service at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to St. Paul’s United...
Zelene Beck
Dec 25, 2012
Zelene Beck, 65, of Buckner MO, passed away on Christmas. A visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00p.m. Sunday, December 30th 2012 at Speaks Buckner Chapel; 300 Adams, Buckner, MO. Funeral Service will be 10:00a.m. Monday December 31st at Heart of God Fellowship; 3720 North Buckner Tarsney Road, Buckner. Burial will be at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Zelene was born October 2nd,...
Lula Wright
Dec 25, 2012
Lula Mae Wright passed away peacefully on December 25, 2012, in Derby, Kansas, where she resided for the last 5 years. She was born in Eldridge, Missouri, on June 26, 1927. She married Clyde William Wright on October 20, 1945, and moved to Independence, Missouri, where they lived in the house he built until his death in 2001. Lula has...
Ernest Richards
Dec 24, 2012
Ernest Leonard Richards, 93, Independence, MO passed away Monday, December 24, 2012. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Friday, December 28, 2012 at Country Meadows Baptist Church; 4901 Lee’s Summit Rd. Kansas City, Mo 64136. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. at the church. Entombment will follow at Mt. Washington Mausoleum with Military Honors. In lieu of flowers, memorial...
Patty Hazelrigg
Dec 23, 2012
Patricia Ann Hazelrigg, 78, Blue Springs, MO passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Friday, December 28, 2012 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. A celebration of Patty’s life will be at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Memorial contributions may be...
Charmian A. "Charlotte" Ferro
Dec 23, 2012
Charmian Amanda “Charlotte” Ferro, 89 of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012 at her residence. Services were held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel in Independence, MO. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Raytown, MO. Visitation was from 10:00 a.m., until service time Friday at the chapel. Charlotte was born September...
Eleanor Wilcox-Moody
Dec 23, 2012
Eleanor Moody, 99, of Independence, MO, died Sunday, December 23rd, 2012. Visitation will be held from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. Friday, December 28th at Carson Speaks Chapel; 1501 W. Lexington Ave Independence MO. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday December 29th at the chapel. Burial will be at Bates City Cemetery. Eleanor was born April 2nd 1913 in Hamilton, MO....
Dorothy Degraffenreid
Dec 22, 2012
Dorothy DeGraffenreid, 96, of Buckner, passed away Saturday December 22nd, 2012. A Memorial Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. January 3rd, 2013 at Glendale Restoration Branch; 17803 Susquehannah Ridge, Independence, MO 64056. Burial will be in Buckner Hill Cemetery at a later time. Dorothy was born March 20th, 1916 in Linn Creek, MO, to Alexander Wilkes and Minnie (Hopkins)...
John Merrell
Dec 20, 2012
John H. Merrell, 83, Independence, MO passed away Dec. 20, 2012. Services will be at 10 am, Monday, Dec. 24 at New Hope Baptist Church, 18000 E. Lexington. Independence, MO 64058; interment with Full Military Honors will follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will begin before the service at 9 am. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to...
Gary Million
Dec 20, 2012
Gary Million, 59, Kansas City, MO passed away unexpectedly Dec. 20, 2012. Funeral services will be 3 pm, Friday, Dec. 28 at the Fillmore Chapel at Unity Village, 1901 N.W. Blue Pkwy, Unity Village, MO 64065. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence MO 64055. Services will take place in Cincinnati, OH...
Joseph Campbell
Dec 20, 2012
Joseph E. Campbell, 70, of Independence, MO passed away December 20, 2012. A visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. followed by a 3:00 p.m. service on Sunday, December 23, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Joseph was born October 6, 1942 in MO to Joseph F. and Lillian A. (Griswold) Campbell. Joseph was a...
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