Obituaries
Phillip Hamilton
Mar 29, 2012
Phillip “Phil” Hamilton, 58, passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012. A visitation to honor Phil will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, April 2, 2012 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, KS. Phil was born on June 21, 1953....
John Engle
Mar 28, 2012
John Engle, 65, Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Visitation will be from 2:00-4:00 Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Speaks Chapel; 18020 E. 39th Street. Funeral services will be at 2:00, Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Mt. Washington. Memorial contributions may be made to KC Hospice. John was born January 8, 1947 in Kansas...
Jatty Mullens
Mar 28, 2012
Jatty L. Mullens, 80, Iona, MO, died March 28, 2012. Visitation will be 3-5 pm, Sunday at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Committal service with Military Honors will be 11 am, Monday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery, Higginsville, MO. 11th Airborne Division American Army VFW The insignias listed here may be subject to copyright and...
John Engelke Jr
Mar 27, 2012
John Engelke, Jr., 94, Independence, MO passed away March 27, 2012. Services will be 10 am, Sat., March 31 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; interment with Military Honors at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday 6-8 pm at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the Salvation Army, 14700 E. Truman Rd., Independence,...
Melba Halsey
Mar 26, 2012
Melba Pearl Halsey, 92, Independence, MO passed away March 26, 2012. Services will be 10 am, Wed. April 4 at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, 727 N. Main, Independence, MO 64050, preceded by a visitation beginning at 9 am. Committal services will follow at 12:30 pm at Bethel Cemetery, Concordia, MO. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions...
Leo Gussman
Mar 26, 2012
Leo A. Gussman of Independence, MO passed away on March 26, 2012. He was born in West Branch, MI on August 22, 1939. Leo graduated from West Branch High School. He earned his Associate's Degree at Graceland College in Lamoni, IA. He went on to earn a Master's Degree in Choral Conducting and Church Music at Westminster Choir College in...
Michael Fryer
Mar 26, 2012
Michael Wayne Fryer, 55 of Grain Valley, MO was called to his eternal home on Monday March 26, 2012. Kindred Hospital in Kansas City, MO was where he took his final breath after a six week battle with pneumonia and complications of ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome). Services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Speaks Suburban...
Brenda Johnson
Mar 25, 2012
Brenda Kay Johnson, 67, Blue Springs, MO passed away Sunday, March 25, 2012 at her home. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Carson-Speaks Chapel; 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home. Burial to follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Brenda was born November 21,...
Kimberly Lawrence
Mar 25, 2012
Kimberly Sue Lawrence, 48 of Raytown, MO, passed away, Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Entombment will follow in Mt. Washington Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m., until service time Friday at...
Harold Shaw
Mar 24, 2012
Harold M. “Milton” Shaw, 88, of Independence, Missouri went home to the Lord on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Services will be 10 am, Wed. March 28 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 am before the service at the chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests...
Olen Karl
Mar 24, 2012
Olen William Karl, 83 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Carmel Hills Living Center in Independence, MO. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Burial will follow in St. John Cemetery near Emma, MO. The family will greet friends from 6 to...
Jerry Osborn
Mar 24, 2012
Jerry E. Osborn, 81, Independence, MO passed away Saturday, March 24, 2012. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Carson-Speaks Chapel; 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Burial to follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery with Military Honors. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with a Masonic service at 6:00...
Mildred Strodtman
Mar 23, 2012
Mildred M. Strodtman, 93, of Independence, MO passed away March 23, 2012. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. followed by a 2:00 p.m. service on Thursday, March 29, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1502 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO. Burial to follow at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Mildred was born August 24, 1918 in Florence, MO to Joseph and...
Edgar Kilgore
Mar 23, 2012
Edgar Edward Kilgore, 82, Independence, MO passed away Friday, March 23, 2012 at his home. Ed was born November 27, 1929 in Parthenon, AR, the son of Beecher and Jewel (Casey) Kilgore. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, and received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. Ed retired as a supervisor from General Mills in...
Berniece Noltensmeyer
Mar 22, 2012
Berniece B.J. Noltensmeyer, 88, of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012. A visitation for B.J. will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. A graveside service will be on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Lobb Cemetery, Independence, MO.
Phyllis Langdon
Mar 22, 2012
Phyllis Hendrickson Langdon of Kansas City, Missouri died Thursday, March 22nd. She was born in Greenwood, Missouri on December 23, 1932 to parents Claude W. and Irene P. Bates Hendrickson and was the twin sister to Lois Heath. After graduating from Northeast Sr. High School, she married H. George Eichenberger, Jr, with whom she had two daughters, Debbie and Cheryl....
William Wilkinson
Mar 22, 2012
William S. Wilkinson, 70, of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Centerpoint Medical Center. A visitation for Bill will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 26, 2012 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Services will be at 10:00 a.m., March 27, in the chapel with burial at Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence,...
Harold Hayes, Jr.
Mar 20, 2012
Harold E. Hayes, Jr., 48, of Independence, MO passed away March 20, 2012. A visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, at the chapel, with burial to follow at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Harold was...
Leland Scott
Mar 19, 2012
Leland Harbert Scott, 77, Independence, MO passed away Monday, March 19, 2012 at his home. Graveside services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2012 at Mound Grove Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Grain Valley Restoration Church; 32811 Truman Rd, Grain Valley, MO, 64029. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to...
Mary Kirby
Mar 18, 2012
Mary Ruth (Miller) Kirby, 86 of Independence, MO joined her Lord and Savior and her family on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the home of her daughter. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will greet friends from...
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