Obituaries

Jul 28, 2022

Virgle LaVern “Ernie” Taylor, 92, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully on July 28, 2022. Ernie was born June 22, 1930in rural Harrison County, MO; the fourth of seven children born to Virgle and Daisy (Chaney) Taylor. After graduating from Washington rural High School in 1947, he followed the summer wheat harvest through Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraskaand South Dakota. He served in the United States Air Force, stationed at five different bases and ending his...

Jul 28, 2022

John A. Showalter, 75, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022. He was born June 24, 1947, in Marshall, Missouri to the late John E. and Frances A. (Wagner) Showalter.

John graduated in 1965 from Paola High School and earned his bachelor's degree in 1969 and his Juris Doctorate in 1972, from Washburn...

Jul 28, 2022

Joyce Lavelle Weatherly, 97, of Smithville/Gladstone, Missouri passed away July 28, 2022, at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City, Missouri. Joyce was born on April 12, 1925, in Linn County, Missouri to the loving home of Linn and Lida Smith. She was united in marriage to John N. Weatherly, Sr. on May 29, 1942, in New Mexico. Joyce...

Jul 26, 2022

Pamela Sue Peschang, 64, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away peacefully at her home on July 26, 2022 after an extended illness.  She was born to Cecil and the late Sandy Peschang on July 17, 1958.  She spent her adult life in the financial services industry and retired from Ameriprise Financial Services. The love Pam showed her life long...

Jul 26, 2022

Donovan Norman Smith Jr., 88, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on July 26, 2022.

Donovan was born on October 31, 1933 in a farmhouse in La Porte County, Indiana to Donovan N. Smith Sr. and Edith Mildred (Bruce) Smith. In 1949, his family relocated to Oregon where he graduated from Triangle Lake High School in 1951....

Jul 23, 2022

Merle Tuller Cox of Kansas City, Missouri was born in Leon, Iowa on March 25, 1931 to Sidney Merle Tuller and Elsie Elizabeth Lentz Tuller, and peacefully passed at her daughter’s home in Gladstone, MO on July 23, 2022, at the age of 91.

Merle lived in Leon, IA in her early years. Her oldest sister was...

Jul 22, 2022

John Anthony Burke, 80, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on July 22, 2022.

John (known as Jack) was born in East Newark, New Jersey on December 16, 1940, to David and Isabel Burke. After high school he joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Olathe, Kansas from 1960-1962, as well as Norfolk, Virginia aboard the...

Jul 22, 2022

Genevieve A. Conn, 102 ,of Platte County passed away on July 22, 2022. A private service will be held at Terrace Park Cemetery.

Jul 20, 2022

Jacquetta Ann Myers, 91, of Kansas City, MO, peacefully entered the gates of Heaven with her daughter, Jenny, by her side on July 20, 2022. She was born to the late Wallace and Kathryn Quarles on September 17, 1930. She graduated high school from Northeast in Kansas City, MO, and married the most kind, gentle and handsome man, Kenneth...

Jul 18, 2022

Ralph E. Bishop, 80, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022.

Ralph was born on May 7, 1942 in Miami, Missouri. After graduating from Marshall High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving from 1960-1964. He worked for Stampers/ConAgra Foods upon discharge, then started with Ford Motor Company in 1965. He retired from Ford in...

Jul 18, 2022

Janet Sue Paskon, 76, of Gladstone, MO passed away peacefully on July 18, 2022. She was born to the late John (Bob) R. and Mildred M. Grate on October 11, 1945.

Janet was a teacher for over 30 years with several districts, and finished her teaching career for the Kansas City, MO school district at the Holliday Montessori...

Jul 8, 2022

Leila Mae Lotz, 88, of Liberty, Missouri, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 8, 2022, at home. She was born July 25, 1933, in Kansas City, Missouri to the late John and Esther Swearingin. Leila lived in Liberty since moving there in 1958 where she and her late husband Paul raised three children.

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Jul 5, 2022

Evelyn Melinda (Fazah) Grill, 94, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully on July 05, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Abraham and Bessie Fazah on February 16, 1928. She married the love of her life, John Grill, on December 30th 1950. Together they had five children.

Evelyn was employed as...

Jul 4, 2022

Frances “Fran” Marion Palmer, 90, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022. She was born November 3, 1931, in Possum Hollow, Arkansas to the late Jesse and Ruth (Estes) Wright.

She was an educator, teaching mostly High School English at Kansas City area Christian schools. She and her late husband, Eugene, were longtime...

Jun 30, 2022

Marilyn June (Miller) Willis, 94, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully on June 30, 2022. She was born to the late Ernest and Helen Miller on April 27, 1928. She became a loving wife to her husband, Charles Willis and was a homemaker and housewife to her family.

She was a woman of faith and belonged...

Jun 28, 2022

Marie Anne (Welch) Jenkins, 79, of Overland Park, KS entered the gates of Heaven on June 28, 2022. She was born to the late Nelson and Ruth Welch on October 17, 1942.

During her lifetime, Marie worked many jobs. She began her employment as a USO in Germany with her husband. She was a stewardess for TWA,...

Jun 25, 2022

Myrle Eugene “Gene” Kemerling, age 89, formerly of Riverside and Waverly, MO, died Saturday, June 25, 2022 at McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff.

Gene was born on Sep. 6, 1932 to Clay Myrle and Alice Lucille (Hill) Kemerling near Tarkio, MO. He married Grace Marie Ware on March 22, 1952 in Waverly, MO. The couple lived in Waverly...

Jun 21, 2022

Richard Wayne Jobe, 69, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on June 21, 2022, after a courageous battle against pancreatic metastatic cancer. He was surrounded by family, loved ones and prayer.

Wayne was born on November 29, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama to Robert and Eloise Jobe. He graduated W.A. Berry High School in 1970, something he proudly...

Jun 21, 2022

Roger Martin Kirchhoff, 79, of Mokena, Illinois passed away on June 21, 2022.

Roger was born on August 15, 1942 in Deshler, Nebraska to parents, Martin and Lola Kirchhoff. After high school, he continued his education at Hastings College where he received a Bachelor in Business. Soon after, Roger began his long 35-year career in Marketing working...

Jun 19, 2022

Phyllis J. Jennings, 89, of Kansas City, MO, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2022. She was born to the late Clarence and Ruby Goldsmith on December 06, 1932. She married the love of her life, Robert Jennings in June of 1954.

She was employed as an Executive Secretary for Farmland Industries for over 25 years and...