Obituaries
Linda L Bailey
Sep 17, 2022
Linda Louise Bailey was born on September 18, 1948, to David Astor Bailey and Mary Jane Bailey (Dunivan). She was preceded in death by her father, mother, and one sister Judith Ann Kowalski. She is survived by her sister Marilyn Bailey-Menichetti, brother David W. Bailey and wife Frances, nieces Julie Dohring (Tom), Christina Ballinger (Kenny), Jennifer Hemlich (Brandon), Kimberly Edney...
Aaron Michael Denham
Sep 16, 2022
Aaron Michael Denham, 49 of Independence, MO passed away Friday, September 16, 2022 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 26, 2022 at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Cremation to follow services. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday evening at the chapel....
Emmett Lloyd "Bud" Fimple
Sep 16, 2022
Emmett “Bud” Fimple (94) passed away on September 16, 2022. Bud was born in Sedalia, Missouri to Frank and Lorena Fimple. He was raised by grandparents, Emmett and Bell Mabry. He graduated from Smith Cotton High School in 1947. Bud served in the US Marine Corp during the Korean conflict. He was awarded the National Defense Service Medal. On May...
Donald Wayne "Don" Hilton
Sep 15, 2022
Donald “Don” Hilton, 67, of Blue Springs, Missouri, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2022. He was born to Jack E. Hilton and Virginia “Marie” Hilton on January 1, 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri. Don married the love of his life Lori Antonucci on May 7, 1977. They went on to have three amazing children and raise numerous pets together as...
Jane Whetstone (Smith)
Sep 15, 2022
Jane Whetstone, of Independence, MO passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022. She was 100 years old. A gathering of friends and family will take place at 10am on Saturday, September 24th at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E 39th St.; Independence, MO 64055. Entombment will follow at Mound Grove Mausoleum in Independence; MO. Jane was born on March 19, 1922,...
Sandra Lorraine "Sandy" Jennings
Sep 14, 2022
Sandra “Sandy” Lorraine Jennings, 78, passed away on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. A celebration of life will be held from 1-3pm on Saturday, September 24th at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E 39th St; Independence, MO 64055. Sandy was born on June 14, 1944, in Kansas City, MO to Grover Strader and Nellie (Pierce) Strader. She adored being a wife, mother,...
Myrtle Bowerman
Sep 14, 2022
Myrtle Joyce Olive (Anholt) Bowerman died on September 14, 2022 in Independence, Missouri. Myrtle was born on March 19, 1930 to Kasper and Anna (Anderson) Anholt in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. They lived in Outlook, Saskatchewan. Born into a large and close Norwegian family, she loved all those traditions and customs. She was christened and baptized in the Lutheran Church and...
Winona Achsah Bennett
Sep 12, 2022
O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me...
Noeme Otadoy Garciano
Sep 12, 2022
Surrounded by family, Noeme Garciano passed away in her home on September 12, 2022, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Noeme was born and raised in Camotes Islands, Cebu, Philippines where she attended Poro Central School. Always the brightest in her class, Noeme was a student assistant for her handicapped teacher. Having to support her family, she continued to...
Georgia Lee Hill
Sep 10, 2022
Georgia Lee Hill (nee Charles) of Independence, Missouri passed away peacefully in Independence on September 10, 2022. Georgia was born in Kansas City, Missouri on January 30th, 1943, to Hazel Charles and Lester Charles. She was the younger sister of Gloria Maupin (nee Charles). She graduated from Van Horn High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1961. Georgia married George...
Dennis Ray Fellers Sr.
Sep 9, 2022
DENNIS RAY FELLERS, SR. The world has lost a strong, loving, husband, dad, son, grandpa, and great grandpa, Dennis Fellers. He was born September 21st, 1949, and passed away on September 9, 2022, with family at his side. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Betty Fellers and his brother, Joseph Fellers. He is survived by a...
Marvin Lynn Fitzgerel
Sep 8, 2022
Marvin Lynn Fitzgerel Marvin Lynn Fitzgerel, 70, of Independence, MO, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022. A visitation will be held from 5:30-7:30pm on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 2pm. Both will take place at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055. Marvin will be laid to rest...
Alan Dean Tyree
Sep 7, 2022
Alan Dean Tyree, 92, of Lee’s Summit, MO, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at John Knox Village in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. An on-line Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm Central Standard Time Sunday, October 16, 2022. Details will be shared when they become available. Alan was born December 14, 1929, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Clarence T....
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Byrne
Sep 7, 2022
Heaven gained an angel in Deborah Ann Byrne September 7, 2022. A loving sister, wife, mother, and grandmother. Debbie was born and raised in Wathena, KS where she spent the summers of her youth doing chores on her grandparent’s farm and working at Uncle Fred’s Fruit Market. Her beauty earned her a Homecoming Queen crown her senior year of High...
Marian Lillian Pauline Angotti
Sep 6, 2022
Marian Lillian Pauline Angotti, of Independence, Missouri, a mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away on Tuesday, September 6th, 2022. She was 83. Marian was born on June 19th, 1939, in North Kansas City where she lived throughout her youth. Marian was the 5th child of Herschel and Esther Courtier. Marian met the love of her life when she was...
Ronald Joseph Yager
Sep 6, 2022
On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Ronald Joseph Yager passed peacefully, surrounded by his loving wife and family, after a short struggle with advanced Leukemia. Ron was born July 16, 1934 to Joseph Henry Yager and E. Lillian (Perkins) Yager, in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. He lived with his missionary family in French Polynesia for 6 years, before moving with his...
Vonda Sam Dempsey
Sep 4, 2022
Vonda “Sam” Dempsey, 85 of Independence, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2022 while holding the hand of his devoted and loving wife, on the 34th anniversary of the death of their oldest son David who died in a car accident on Sunday, September 4, 1988. Sam was born on June 10, 1937 to Flora Julia Blackburn and Sam...
Rita Diane Shalton (Dickerson)
Sep 4, 2022
The world lost our beloved mother and friend Rita Dickerson Shalton of Independence, Missouri, on September 4, 2022. She was born on February 24, 1944, in Hayti, Missouri. Rita is survived by her two daughters, Wendy Shalton Dye (Jimi Dye) of Independence, Missouri, and Angela Shalton Bernard of Independence, Missouri. Four grandchildren, Jake Dye (Megan), Cassi Dye, Michael Bernard, and...
Bonnie L Anderson
Sep 1, 2022
Bonnie L. Anderson, 100, of Independence, Missouri passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Bonnie was born to Ernest and Osa Curnutt on July 28, 1922 in Independence, Missouri. Bonnie spent her whole life in Independence. After graduating from William Chrisman High School she married her best friend Samuel Anderson. To this union came four children. Bonnie loved her...
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