Obituaries

John Frederick "Fred" Fisher

John Frederick "Fred" Fisher

Mar 22, 2004

John Frederick "Fred� Fisher, 60, of Independence, MO, went home to heaven on Monday, March 22, 2004 at the Medical Center of Independence. Services will be 10:00 am Friday March 26, 2004 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be 6-8:00 pm Thursday at the chapel. Burial will be in Lobb Cemetery. Fred was born July 18, 1943 in Independence, MO...

Brodie Mccree Jones

Brodie Mccree Jones

Mar 20, 2004

Brodie McCree Jones, 99, of Kimberling City, MO passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2004 at the Table Rock Retirement Center. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 23, at Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Brodie was born on March 10, 1905 in Henderson, Tennessee to David and Parlee Jones. Brodie was preceded in...

Barney Mcmillian

Barney Mcmillian

Mar 20, 2004

Barney C. "Chris� McMillian, 47 of Independence, MO passed away, Sat, Mar. 20, 2004 at Truman Medical Center West. Services will be 1:00 pm, Tues. Mar. 23, 2004 at Noland Road Baptist Church, 4505 S. Noland Road, Indep. MO. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time. Burial in Floral Hills East Cemetery. Chris was born on Sep....

Elsie L. Dinwiddie

Elsie L. Dinwiddie

Mar 19, 2004

Elsie L. (Doss) Dinwiddie, 80, of Independence, MO passed away Friday, March 19, 2004 at the Medical Center of Independence. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 22, at the Speaks Buckner Chapel. Contributions may be sent to the American Heart Association. Elsie was born on September 25, 1923 in Hardin, MO to James and...

Leona May Mcmurray

Leona May Mcmurray

Mar 18, 2004

Leona May McMurray, 75 of Independence, passed away Thur. Mar. 18, 2004 at the Medical Center of Independence. Mrs. McMurray was born on May 15, 1928 to Russell and Missouri Belle (Irwin) Highfill, in Kansas City, MO and was a life long area resident. She was a loving homemaker, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband,...

Grace Alice Maire Winfrey Winfrey

Grace Alice Maire Winfrey Winfrey

Mar 17, 2004

Grace "Alice� Marie Winfrey, 77, Kansas City, Mo. died March 17, 2004, at the Medical Center of Independence. Services will be 10 am, Friday, March 19, 2004 at George C. Carson & Sons Funeral Home; interment at Six Mile Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 - 10 am, Friday at the funeral home. Alice was born Jan. 3, 1927 and had...

Mary Ellen Shaw

Mary Ellen Shaw

Mar 15, 2004

Mary Ellen Shaw, 74, of Kansas City, MO passed away Saturday, March 13, 2004 at Jefferson Health Center. A memorial service will be 6 pm Wednesday, March 24th at George C. Carson & Son�s Funeral Home. Mary was born January 12, 1930 in Salem, NE to Tom and Myrtle Tiehan. Her husband Harold Shaw preceded her in death in 1999....

Billy Ray Lackey

Billy Ray Lackey

Mar 15, 2004

Billy Ray Lackey, 76, of Kansas City, MO passed away Monday, March 15, 2004 at his home, after a short, but hard fought battle with cancer. A visitation with Masonic Service will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel with a Independence, MO. A separate visitation will be held at Roller Funeral Home,...

Jay Dee Young

Jay Dee Young

Mar 13, 2004

Jay Dee Young, 80, of Independence, MO, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2004 at Independence Regional Health Center. Services will be 10:00 am Wednesday March 17, 2004 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be 6-8:00 pm Tuesday March 16, 2004 at the chapel. Burial will take place in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Jay was born March 25, 1923 in Richards, MO...

Maurice R. Palms

Maurice R. Palms

Mar 12, 2004

Maurice Roderick Palms, 79, Independence MO, passed away Friday, March 12, 2004, at Independence Regional Health Center in Independence MO. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at St. Mark�s Catholic Church; burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. There will be a rosary at 7:00 P.M., Monday evening at Speaks Suburban Chapel where the family will...

James E. Holsworth

James E. Holsworth

Mar 12, 2004

James E. "Jim� Holsworth, 73, of Independence, Mo. died March 12, 2004, at the Liberty Terrace Care Center. Services will be 2 pm, Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; interment at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be noon - 2 pm, Tuesday at the funeral home. Jim was born Sept. 23, 1930 in Independence and lived here all...

Billie Ann Cosentino

Billie Ann Cosentino

Mar 11, 2004

Billie A. Cosentino, 73, of Lee�s Summit, MO passed away Thursday, March 11, 2004 at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 13, at St. John LeLande Catholic Church, Blue Springs, MO, with the burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The visitation will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12,...

Emogene Worth

Emogene Worth

Mar 10, 2004

Emogene Worth, 85, Independence, Mo. died March 7, 2004. Emogene was born Jan. 29, 1919, in Kansas City, Ks. and worked as a secretary in the Independence School District for 16 years, retiring in 1975. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Worth in 1980, her parents, Eddie & Francis Williams, two sisters, and a brother. She is...

Norma Jean Hackett

Norma Jean Hackett

Mar 10, 2004

Norma "Jean� Hackett "We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love and then we return Home�. On March 10th at 7 am, in the early light of a splendid day, knowing Jesus Christ as her savior, Jean Hackett returned home. As she...

Leonard E. Dutton, Sr.

Leonard E. Dutton, Sr.

Mar 10, 2004

Leonard E. Dutton, Sr. 81, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2004 at the Medical Center of Independence. Services will be 3 pm Saturday, March 13th at George C. Carson & Sons Funeral Home; with interment in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation, with Masonic Rites, will be Friday from 7 to 8:30 pm at the funeral home. Leonard...

Edith Wright

Edith Wright

Mar 9, 2004

Edith N. Wright, 90, of Independence, MO passed away Monday, March 8, 2004 at Park Place Care Center. Services will be 2 pm Friday, March 12th at the 4th Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; with interment in Floral Hills Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 1 pm until service time at the Church. In lieu of...

Clarice Jensen

Clarice Jensen

Mar 9, 2004

Clarice Jensen, 90, a longtime resident of Independence, MO passed away Monday, March 8, 2004 at Sweet Life of Rosehill Nursing Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 9 am Thursday, March 11th at St. Mary�s Catholic Church; with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. A Rosary will be said at 6:30 pm Wednesday, with visitation following at George C. Carson...

Robert L. Baber, Sr.

Robert L. Baber, Sr.

Mar 8, 2004

Robert L. Baber, Sr., 69, of Independence, Mo, passed away, Monday, March 8, 2004 at Independence Regional Health Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 11, 2004 at the Rockwood Baptist Church in Independence. Burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 7 to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Robert was born...

Maralou Herrell

Maralou Herrell

Mar 8, 2004

Maralou Herrell, 86, Independence MO, passed away Monday, March 08, 2004, at Payton Place in Blue Springs, MO. Mrs. Herrell was born January 2, 1918, in Bedford, Indiana, to Charles and Ethel Haskett. She had lived in the Independence area since 1973. She was a volunteer at the Truman Library and belonged to the First United Methodist Church of Independence....

Rosena Sophia Johnson

Rosena Sophia Johnson

Mar 6, 2004

Rosena Sophia Johnson, 97 of Independence, MO passed away peacefully on Sat. Mar. 6, 2004 at her home. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Sat. Mar. 13, 2004 at Mount Washington Forever Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 - 8:30 pm, Friday at the George C. Carson & Sons Funeral Home 1501 W. Lexington, Independence. MO. Mrs. Johnson was...