Obituaries
Trenton Wallace
Aug 29, 2007
Trenton Wallace, 3, of Independence, MO passed away on August 29, 2007. A visitation will be held from 9-10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 1, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel. The service will follow at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Trenton is survived by his parents, Judy and Eric Thompson; as well as many other loving family...
Rhonda Reyes
Aug 27, 2007
Rhonda Jane Reyes, 46, of Independence, MO passed on to her heavenly home, Monday, August 27, 2007 after a courageous struggle with diabetes and liver disease. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 31, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 30, 2007 in the chapel. Burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be...
Marguerite Dorrell
Aug 27, 2007
Marguerite E. Dorrell, 74, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 27, 2007. Services will be 10 am, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007 at Carson-Speaks Chapel; interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the American Cancer Society. Marguerite was born Jan. 31, 1933 in Kansas City, MO....
Reginald Gosling
Aug 27, 2007
Reginald Gosling, 89, of Independence, MO, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 27, just 18 days shy of his 90th birthday. He was born on Sept. 14, 1917 in N. Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada, one of seven children born to Percy and Annie (Greening) Gosling. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba as a young man, where he met...
Velma Bartlett
Aug 27, 2007
Velma Naomi (Middleton) Bartlett, 105, of Independence, MO, passed away, Monday, August 27, 2007 at Independence Manor Care Center. Velma was born August 21, 1902 in rural Kanorado, KS, the second born of nine children to Warren Elmer and Lillie May (Fender) Middleton. She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and a...
Daniel Konko
Aug 26, 2007
Daniel Joseph Konko, 74, of Blue Springs, MO passed away on August 26, 2007 at the Veterans Home in Warrensburg, MO. Cremation is planned with a Memorial Mass to be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at St. John Lalande Catholic Church in Blue Springs, MO. The family will greet friends prior to the service from 9:00...
Hugh Crosby
Aug 26, 2007
Hugh T. “Bing” Crosby Hugh T. Crosby of Independence, MO passed into the arms of our Lord on Aug 26, 2007 with his devoted daughters by his side. Services will be 2:00 pm Sun. Sep. 2, 2007 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Indep. MO, with the visitation being held from 1:00 pm until service time. Burial...
Leona Keithly
Aug 25, 2007
Leona O. Keithly, 87, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 25, 2007. Services will be 10 am, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Wed. at the funeral home. The family requests contributions to Heartland Hospice. Leona was born Jan. 7, 1920 in Au Gres, MI. She was a seamstress...
Roshell Ewens
Aug 24, 2007
Roshell Lynae Ewens, 45, of Golden City, MO passed away Friday, August 24, 2007 at the University Hospital in Columbia, MO after complications following treatments for Leukemia. A service celebrating her life will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 1-2:00 pm. Burial in Mt. Washington Cemetery....
Bert Edington
Aug 24, 2007
Bert H. Edington, 89, of Independence, MO passed away Friday, August 24, 2007 at Rosewood Health Center. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Bert was born June 9, 1918 in Independence, MO to Homer and Gertrude (Hutton) Edington. Mr. Edington retired...
Mildred Hedberg
Aug 23, 2007
Mildred Hedberg, 85, of Independence, MO passed away on August 23, 2007. A rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 26, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, with the visitation to follow until 9:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 27, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church. Burial at Mount...
Esther Benedict
Aug 23, 2007
Esther Benedict, 96, of Independence, MO passed away on August 23, 2007 at the Oak Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Esther was born on April 19, 1911 in Moville, Iowa. She was preceded in death by two daughters, Betty Moss of Mt. Pleasant, SC and June Cooper of Independence, MO. Esther is survived by one son, James Davis of Harrisburg,...
Lyle Horne
Aug 23, 2007
Lyle W. Horne, 86, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 23, 2007. Graveside services will be 10 am, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Monday at Carson-Speaks Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the American Cancer Society. Lyle was born Oct. 10, 1920 in Parker’s Prairie, MN. He has lived...
Lawrence Taylor
Aug 22, 2007
Lawrence Lee “Larry” Taylor, 66, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Services will be 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 25, 2007 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel. Burial will be in Union Baptist Cemetery in Marshall, MO. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at the chapel....
Timothy Kimsey
Aug 22, 2007
Timothy Peter Kimsey, 64, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 22, 2007. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Independence; interment at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 3-5 pm, Sunday at Speaks Suburban Chapel. The family requests contributions to City Union Mission, Christ United Methodist...
Edna Barker
Aug 22, 2007
Edna Mary Barker, 93, of Kansas City, MO passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at North Kansas City Hospital. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Graveside services will be 12:00 noon in Woodlawn Cemetery. Edna was born November 29, 1913 in New York, NY to Andy and Jenney (Sherman) Pringle.
Danna Neville
Aug 20, 2007
Danna L. Neville, 76, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Aug. 20, 2007 at John Knox Care Center. Services will be 10 am, Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Wayside Waifs or the American Cancer...
Lenora Ellis
Aug 20, 2007
LeNora Edna Ellis, 91, of Independence, MO, passed away, Monday, August 20, 2007 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 23, 2007 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Burial will be in Mound Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1 p.m., until service time Thursday at the chapel. LeNora was born December 19, 1915 in Kansas...
Leroy Evans
Aug 20, 2007
LeRoy E. Evans, 62, of Independence, MO, passed away, Monday, August 20, 2007 at his residence. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. The family will greet friends following the services in the chapel. Donations may be made in his name to the MS Society. LeRoy...
Kenneth Tweedie
Aug 18, 2007
Kenneth William Tweedie, 77 of Independence passed away on Wed. Aug. 15, 2007 at his home. Ken was born on Sep. 22, 1929 in Burma, India. He came to Independence by way of India, England, Canada, Egypt, Cyprus, Beirut, Malta and Toronto. He served with the British Army and then with the Canadian Army, serving in the Suez Canal Zone...
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