Obituaries
Charlene Kennedy - Oconnor
Mar 10, 2009
Charlene R. “Tessy” Kennedy-Oconner, 49, Higginsville, MO passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Lafayette Regional Health Care Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Saturday, March 14, 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. Independence, MO. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 pm Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the ASPCA �" American...
Anthony Sciolaro
Mar 9, 2009
Anthony “Tony” Sciolaro, 99, of Blue Springs, MO passed away Monday, March 9, 2009 at New Haven Nursing Home. A visitation will be from 10-11:00 AM Saturday, March 14 with services beginning at 11:00 AM at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence; burial at Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Tony was born March 14, 1909 in Kansas City,...
Maxine Petitt Johnstone
Mar 9, 2009
Maxine Dolores Petitt Johnstone, 91 of Independence, MO, passed away, Monday, March 9, 2009 at the Rosewood Health Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Burial will be in Mound Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Groves Hospice. Maxine was born December 13, 1917 in Butte, MT...
Faye Christopher
Mar 8, 2009
Faye Christopher, 96, of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Centerpoint Medical Center. A visitation will be from 10-11:00 AM Wednesday, March 11 with services beginning at 11:00 AM at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence; burial at Floral Hills Cemetery. Faye was preceded in death by her first husband Francis Butler; second husband Charley Christopher;...
Travis Bradshaw
Mar 8, 2009
Travis S. Bradshaw, 25, of Independence, MO passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Friday, March 13, 2009 in the chapel. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Travis was born June 20, 1983 in North Kansas City, MO, the son of Scott Bradshaw and Karen...
Mardella Morris
Mar 8, 2009
Mardella Margaret Book Morris, 80, of Kansas City, MO, passed away, Sunday, March 8, 2009. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 12, 2009 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Burial will be in Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m., until service time Thursday at the chapel. Mardella was born October 11, 1928 in Independence, MO, one...
Marie Bayless
Mar 8, 2009
Marie Santa Bayless, 84, of Blue Springs, MO passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at St. John Lalande Catholic Church. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel with the rosary being recited at 7:30 p.m. Burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Marie was...
Frances Roady
Mar 7, 2009
Frances Roady, 81, of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the John Knox Village Care Center after several months of illness. Frances was born Nov. 29, 1927 in Van Buren, AR. She taught for 38 years in elementary schools in the Kansas City School system. She enjoyed reading, sewing, decorating, and loved flowers. Frances will be missed...
Jessie Weldon
Mar 7, 2009
Jessie Bruch Weldon, 82, of Independence, peacefully returned home to God on Saturday, March 7, 2009. A Home Coming Celebration will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2009 at the Stone Church. Visitation is from 3-5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Cremation with inurnment in Mound Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Graceland University...
John Brittain
Mar 7, 2009
John M. Brittain, 76, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009. A visitation will be from 10-11:00 AM Thursday, March 12 with services beginning at 11:00 AM at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence; burial to follow at Mound Grove Cemetery. John was born June 18, 1932 in Kansas City, MO to John R. and...
Vernamae Smith
Mar 6, 2009
Vernamae Smith, 77, Independence, MO passed away March 6, 2009. Services will be 10 am, Friday, March 13 at Carson-Speaks Chapel; interment at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home. Vername was born Jan. 3, 1932 in Independence, MO. Vernamae was preceded in death by her husband George Smith in 1976. She is survived...
Michael O'Connor
Mar 5, 2009
Michael J. “Mike” O’Connor, 67, Independence, MO passed away March 5, 2009 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be 2 pm, Monday, March 9 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the American Heart Assoc. Mike was...
Shieanne Vogt
Mar 5, 2009
Shieanne Marie Vogt, 13, of Kansas City, MO received her angel wings on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 13, 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 2009 in the chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Children’s Mercy Hospital or the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Burial in Oak Ridge...
Hugh Burton, Jr.
Mar 3, 2009
Hugh M. Burton, Jr., 79, of Independence passed away Tuesday, March 3 in Independence; having had a rather rough go with Parkinson’s Disease. Services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, March 7 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Indep.; burial to follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery. A visitation will be from 6-8:00 PM Friday at the Chapel. The family...
Virginia Schrunk
Mar 3, 2009
Virginia Bean Schrunk, 90, Independence, MO passed away March 3, 2009. Services will be 10 am, Friday at Carson-Speaks Chapel with visitation beginning one hour prior to service time. A committal service will be at 2 pm, Friday at St. Joseph Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to The Groves, the Community of Christ Temple Endowment...
June Murphy
Mar 2, 2009
June Ann Murphy 77 passed away on Mar. 2, 2009. She was born on Sep. 2, 1931 in Kansas City, MO. She currently resided in Climax Springs, MO, but traveled to Weslaco, TX every winter. June is survived by her husband, William J. Murphy of the home; two sons, William J. Murphy Jr. and wife, Tina of Independence, MO and...
Clarence Resch, Jr.
Feb 28, 2009
Clarence A. “Bud” Resch, Jr., 84, Independence, MO passed away Feb. 28, 2009. Services will be 10 am, Friday, March 6, 2009 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Outreach International. Bud was born Sept. 14, 1924 in Independence,...
Frances Nottage
Feb 28, 2009
Frances Barbara Nottage, 87, of Sugar Creek, MO, died February 28, 2009 after several months of declining health. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 10113 E. Lexington Ave, Independence, MO, with graveside services to follow at Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm Tuesday at...
Rowena Burnett
Feb 27, 2009
Rowena Alice Burnett, 77, Overland Park, KS passed away Friday, February 27, 2009 at Kansas City Hospice House. Funeral services will be 7:00 PM Monday, March 2, 2009 at Central Freewill Baptist Church 3200 Blue Ridge Ext. Grandview, MO. Visitation will be from 6:00-7:00 pm Monday at the church. Burial will be in Lutie Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial...
Rex Schwein
Feb 27, 2009
Rex L. Schwein, 92, Blue Springs, MO passed Friday, February 27, 2009 at home. Rex was born August 15, 1916, on a farm near Sylvia, KS, the fourth of seven children of George and Ellen (Allison) Schwein. In 1930, the family moved to Ulysses, KS, where Rex graduated from Grant County Rural High School in 1934. He was the only...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
HeartLight offers a variety of support groups, education, resources, and special programming related to grief and loss.
