Obituaries

Aug 25, 2022

Judy Ann Mathis , 79, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on August 25, 2022.

Judy was born on November 27, 1942 in Grundy County, Missouri to Gene and Betty Stout. Judy worked in various jobs, but her talent and creativity was best expressed through her job with Home Interiors. She loved her family dearly and spending...

Aug 21, 2022

Thomas M. McKown, 58, passed away on August 21, 2022.

Thomas was the son of the late James McKown Jr. and the late Nancy (Davis) McKown and is survived by his loving step mother Phyllis McKown.  He will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife; Carol K. McKown; son, Nicholas Dipaolo; brother, James McKown III and...

Aug 19, 2022

Savannah Rose Kackley, 21, of Kansas City, MO passed away on August 19, 2022. She was born on December 24, 2000.

Savannah graduated from Park Hill South High School and attended Maple Woods Community College where she was a member of the National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS).

Often, Savannah enjoyed spending her time...

Aug 17, 2022

Betty Jean Macken, 91, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on August 17, 2022. Betty was born February 23, 1931, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri to the late Delbert and Pauline McKown. She lived in the Kansas City Northland area her entire life. She graduated from North Kansas City High School in 1950. Betty met John Macken after his time...

Aug 14, 2022

Elio Oakley Tate Demaria was born on June 21, 2022, at 4:10 PM. He weighed 6 pounds and 11 ounces to his parents, Jordyn Demaria, and Maleah Butt. “Sometimes,” said Pooh, “The smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” Elio was preceded in death by his grandmother: Donyala Demaria, and his great grandfather: Donald Demaria. He...

Aug 12, 2022

John Joseph "JJ" Biswell, 69, of Kansas City, passed away on August 12, 2022 after a battle with ALS. He was preceded in death by his parents Warren and Rilma "Bessie" Biswell, his brother Tim Biswell, 3 nephews and a niece. He leaves behind a daughter Teresa Biswell, a son Danny Biswell, 5 grandchildren, an ex-wife Sharilyn Williams, his...

Aug 7, 2022

Helen Elizabeth Shawver passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 7, 2022. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 9 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Terrace Park, 801 NW 108th Street, Kansas City, MO 64155. Funeral services are private.

Helen was born on February 2, 1937, in Kansas City, MO to Arthur and Louise Wilson. She married Robert...

Aug 4, 2022

Doris Ann Fox, 90, passed away on August 4, 2022. Doris was born on March 3, 1932 in Truxton, Missouri to Albert and Anna Anson.  She grew up in Montgomery City , Missouri where she met Dale Eugene Fox. The two were married on September 21, 1951 and were blessed with two children.  They lived most of their married...

Aug 4, 2022

Carolyn Newburn (87) of Kansas City, Missouri passed away peacefully at St. Luke's North Hospital on August 4th, 2022.

Carolyn was born in Belleville, Illinois on November 28th,1934 to the late Jesse Laverne and Edgar Noble Sanford. She attended Boonville High School in Boonville, MO and Central Methodist College in Fayette, MO.

After college, she...

Aug 3, 2022

Lloyd Anderson, 93 of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2022. He was born to the late Zana Anderson on November 8, 1928 in Steele, Missouri. Lloyd grew up on a farm where he cared for his mother from the age of 15.

Lloyd was a Brick Mason by trade for 75 years. He...

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...