Obituaries

Feb 2, 2018

Patrick “Pat” James Connelly, 72, of Platte Woods, Missouri, died at NorthCare Hospice house on Friday, February 2, 2018. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to the late Forrest and Eileen (Kling) Connelly.

Pat was an avid collector of unique coins and pocket watches. He enjoyed working crossword puzzles, watching television, and monitoring the stock market. He...

Feb 1, 2018

Margie Riddle, 96, of Kansas City, MO died on, Thursday, February 1, 2018. She was born September 4, 1921, in North Salem, Missouri to the late Harvey and Nettie Celesta (Clark) McCollum.

Margie was a lifelong homemaker devoted to her family. She was a member of the Park Hill Christian Church. Margie never missed a family reunion...

Feb 1, 2018

Gene Alan Naylor, 83, of Gladstone, MO, died at home on Thursday, February 1, 2018, after a long battle with Parkinson’s.  He was born January 20, 1935, to the late Arthur Lee and Margaret Marie (Snow) Naylor.

Gene was a quiet man, who loved spending time with his family. He retired from Hallmark Cards after 37 years...

Jan 31, 2018

Bertha Lenora Ade, 89, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away at home, Wednesday January 31, 2018. Bertha was born March 19, 1928 to Jesse and Sophie (Bessenbaucher) Wagner, in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up in Kansas City. She married her childhood friend, Bobby Joe Ade on January 1, 1948. For a short time she worked for National Carton...

Jan 31, 2018

Anabel Park, 93, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at NorthCare Hospice House. She was born September 29, 1924, in Smithville, MO to the late James M. and Lina Mae (Bullock) Kuykendall.

Family was number one for Anabel, she loved fishing, camping and traveling in their Airstream and working in her vegetable and...

Jan 27, 2018

Peggy Lois Blackwell, 89, of Holiday Island, Arkansas passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at North Care Hospice. Peggy was born July 4, 1928 to Easter and Lois (Ewing) Ragland, in Joplin, Missouri. She graduated from South East High School, Kansas City, MO. On July 10, 1951 she married Roger Blackwell. She was an active member of the Holiday...

Jan 23, 2018

Freda L. Dick, 85, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at New Mark Care Center. She was born March 21, 1932, in Ponca, Arkansas to the late Samuel D and Flora (Villines) Clark.

She was a faithful member of Northland Cathedral, she had a green thumb in her flower and vegetable garden. She...

Jan 20, 2018

Dorothy June Bauer, 85, of Kansas City, Missouri journeyed to Heaven on January 20, 2018.

June was born at the height of the depression, in a farmhouse to Henry and Grace Miller on August 7, 1932 in the rolling hills of Amazonia, Missouri (God’s country as she would say!). She spoke frequently of her early years where...

Jan 18, 2018

Nina Alice Howard, 91, of Kansas City, MO; formerly of Junction City, KS; passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 18, 2018.  She was born March 25, 1926 in Leake County, Mississippi to the late Robert Samuel and Willie Ann (Eaks) Hicks.

She was born the 8th of 9 children in her family; raised on a cotton farm...

Jan 15, 2018

Thelma B. Appleby, 99, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away at the North Care Hospice House on Monday, January 15, 2018. Thelma was born April 27, 1918, to Thomas and Bessie (Linton) Johnson, in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Her mother passed away when Thelma was a year old and she and her brother Coleman was raised by her grandparents, Lou and...

Jan 14, 2018

Pamela Maxine Taylor, 71, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away at home, Sunday, January 14, 2018. Pam was born October 15, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Keith and Thelma (Livingston) Taylor. She went to school and graduated in 1964 from North Kansas City High School.Pam was a graduate of SWMSU. She worked most of her career in Criminal...

Jan 11, 2018

William Harvey “Bill” Hoover, 92, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018. He was born August 19, 1925 in Princeton, MO to the late Harry H. and Lenna (Shirley) Hoover.

Bill was an over the road truck driver for many years logging more than 4 Million miles. Upon his retirement he went to...

Jan 10, 2018

Lennie Dwayne Jackson, 54, of Liberty, Missouri, passed away, Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Lennie was born August 29, 1963 to Dwayne and Mary Ann (Pooler) Jackson in Smithville, Missouri. He went to school at Oak Park High School. He met Tara Williamson and on September 9, 1989 the couple married. Lennie was a skilled wood worker, carpenter, and craftsman...

Jan 9, 2018

Logan Nathan Garcia (22), only 8 days old, died on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Children’s Mercy Hospital.  He was born January 1, 2018 in Kansas City, MO the first born son of Sergio Nathan Garcia and Mayra Arely Gonzalez.

He will be missed by his parents, his sister Isabella Hernandez, grandparents Blanca and Juan Gonzalez and...

Jan 6, 2018

Vasthia Nevia Creagan, 96, Kansas City, MO passed away at North Care Hospice on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Nevia was born to David and Delpha (Casey) Rickard on April 14, 1921, in Denning, AR. After graduating high school, she married Dan Myers. She enjoyed traveling, dancing, and playing slots. She also played basketball til she was in her mid-30’s....

Jan 6, 2018

Ronald Francis Wise, 77, of Kansas City, MO, passed away at St Luke’s North on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Ron was born to Forrest and Bernice (Henry) Wise on April 30, 1940, in rural Cass, Co., MO. He attended High School at North East High School, and joined the Air Force shortly after high school. On April 13, 1974,...

Jan 5, 2018

James Arley Hadley, 89, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at the North Care Hospice House. Jim was born October 28, 1928, to Frank and Dorothea (Fisher) Hadley in Beatrice, Nebraska. He worked on the family farm through school and in January 1952 he was drafted into the Army for the Korean War, where he...

Jan 5, 2018

Claude Elwood Carver, 92, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018, at St Luke’s North Hospital-Barry Rd. Claude was born March 21, 1925, to Claude and Annabell (Gentry) Carver, in Miami, Missouri. Claude was active in school sports and was a member of the Slater High School’s undefeated Missouri Valley Conference Champions in 1942. He joined...

Jan 4, 2018

Wrenita Alice Owen born February 18, 1943 in Dumont, Texas to Jim Hollar and Birdie Hollar (later Mrs. Jim Edmondson) passed away January 4, 2017 while in care at St. Luke’s Plaza.

She graduated from Guthrie High School in Guthrie, Texas in 1961, where she was the homecoming queen.  Later, she attended Amarillo College receiving a degree. ...

Jan 3, 2018

Timothy Earl “Timmy” Lowrey, 52, of Kansas City, MO died suddenly, on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. He was born April 20, 1965, in Kansas City, to Martha and the late Daniel Lowrey,

He was the loving son of Martha Lowrey and his step-daddy Ernie Ratcliffe; dear brother of Lisa (Dr. Jack) Smalley; Cherished uncle of River Smalley....