Obituaries
Virginia Zahoran
Sep 30, 2011
Mary Zahoran, 92, of Independence, MO was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, September 30, 2011. Cremation no services scheduled. Mary was born August 12, 1919 in Union Station, WV to Dolph and Ortha (Jones) Hiley, one of nine children. Mrs. Zahoran was an active and faithful member of the Community of Christ....
Sybil Miller
Sep 29, 2011
Sybil May Miller, 95, Independence, MO passed away Sept. 27, 2011. Services will be at 10 am, Friday, Sept. 30 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th Street, Independence, MO 64055; interment at Green Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the chapel. Sybil was born Feb. 10, 1916 in Granby, MO. She was a member of the...
Danny Owen
Sep 28, 2011
Danny Wayne Owen, 66, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Monday, October 3, 2011 in the chapel. Burial in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Danny was born September 4, 1945 in Grandview, MO to Wayne...
Kyle Maxeiner
Sep 28, 2011
Kyle Eugene Maxeiner, 31, Blue Springs, MO passed away unexpectedly Sept. 28, 2011. Visitations will be held from 4-6 pm, Sat., Oct. 1 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th Street, Independence, MO 64055 and 4-8 pm, Monday, Oct. 3 at Gent Funeral Home, 2409 State Street Alton, IL 62002. Services will be at 10 am, Tuesday, Oct. 4 at...
Ira Downey
Sep 28, 2011
Ira V. “Bud” Downey, 86, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Carson Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Cremation. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Independence Lions Club, PO Box 49, Independence, MO 64050. Bud was born May 1, 1925...
Maxine Visnich
Sep 27, 2011
Maxine Irene (Onka) Visnich, 82 of Sugar Creek, MO passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at her home. She was born November 21, 1928 in Sugar Creek, MO the daughter of John and Bessie Onka. She attended Sugar Creek School and graduated from St. Mary’s High School in 1946. Maxine married Steve Visnich in 1946 and celebrated their 65th wedding...
Betty Nichols
Sep 27, 2011
Betty “Millie” Nichols, 83, was welcomed home by our Lord and Savior on September 27, 2011. Visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m., followed by a 2:00 p.m. service on Friday, September 30, 2011, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E 39th St, Independence, MO. Millie will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens on Salisbury Rd in Independence,...
Bishop Alan Johnstone
Sep 26, 2011
Bishop Alan C. Johnstone, 78, Independence, MO passed away Sept. 26, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 3 pm, Sunday, Oct. 2 at the Stone Church, 1012 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; cremation. A reception will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Outreach International, 129 W. Lexington Ave., 2nd Floor, Independence,...
Frankin Swanson
Sep 24, 2011
Franklin “Frank” Swanson, 69, Independence, MO passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 30, 2011 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church; 10113 Lexington Ave, Independence, MO. Burial to follow at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Friday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Ann’s...
Dorothy Lorts
Sep 24, 2011
Dorothy Jean Lorts, 84, moved to Heaven on September 24, 2011 from Kansas City, MO. Born on August 28, 1927, in Maryville, TN, to James and Ethel Coada, Dorothy Jean attended Maryville College before marrying James R. Whitehead in 1947. They moved to Independence, MO, and raised three sons and a daughter: Philip C. Whitehead, who died in 1981; Michael...
Thelma Cartmill
Sep 23, 2011
Thelma Mae Cartmill, 85 of Independence, MO passed away, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at Rosewood Health Center. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 at the Speaks Buckner Chapel. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday evening at the chapel. Donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s...
James Browne Ii
Sep 22, 2011
James Scott Browne II, 60, of Blue Springs, MO, passed peacefully from the arms of his family at home into the arms of the Lord Jesus in Heaven on Sept. 22, 2011. Jim was born Jan. 7, 1951, in Independence, MO, the third of Edwin and Joy Browne’s four children. He grew up in Lawrence, KS, and graduated from the...
Edward Goold
Sep 22, 2011
Edward Eugene Goold, 90, Independence, MO passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011. A visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 26, 2011, with a service to follow at 11:00 a.m. at The Groves Community Chapel; 1515 W. White Oak, Independence, MO. Burial will follow at Mound Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made...
James Mcconchie
Sep 21, 2011
James E. McConchie, M.D. F.A.C.R., 94, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2011. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, September 26, 2011, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1400 W. Sheley Rd, Independence, MO 64052. Family will greet friends prior to the service starting at 9:00 a.m. Visitation will be 2-4:00 p.m. Sunday, September 25, 2011 at Speaks Suburban Chapel,...
Alice Smith
Sep 20, 2011
Alice V. Smith, 86, of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, September 22, 2011. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service starting at 9:00. Entombment in Mound Grove Mausoleum. Alice was born March 26, 1925 in Independence, MO to...
Marijoe Cameron
Sep 20, 2011
The family of Marijoe Cameron sadly announces that Marijoe lost her battle with cancer on September 20, 2011. She handled her sudden diagnosis and subsequent treatment with a quiet grace and brave dignity, passing away peacefully at her home in Lee's Summit. Marijoe was born November 11, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Lloyd & Esther Cameron. She grew up...
Mary Keerns
Sep 20, 2011
Mary Keerns, 90, Del City, OK formerly of Independence was born in Moberly, MO, on December 8, 1920 to Joseph and Orra (Tomlinson) Offutt. Mary graduated from Excelsior Springs High School and Chilocothe Business College. She met Bob Keerns while working at Bauer and Black in Chicago, IL. They married on December 21, 1941. In 1945, after Bob returned from...
Shirley Yutzy
Sep 19, 2011
Shirley M. Yutzy, 64, Independence, MO passed away Monday, September 19, 2011. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 24, 2011 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church; 600 N. Liberty, Independence, MO. Burial to follow at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO....
Andy Maglich
Sep 19, 2011
Andy Edward Maglich, 100 of Independence, MO passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2011 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Sept 23, 2011 at St. Cyril’s Catholic Church. Visitation will be held from 9:30 until service time Friday at the Church. Burial will follow in Mound Grove Cemetery. In lieu...
Stevens Stewart
Sep 19, 2011
Stevens L. “Steve” Stewart, 57, Independence, MO died unexpectedly Sept. 19, 2011. Services will be 2 pm, Friday Sept. 23, at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave, Independence, MO 64052; interment with Full Military Honors will follow at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to...
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