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Robert Robinson Sr.
May 28, 2017
Robert “Bob” Lee Robinson Sr. 65, of Kansas City, MO, died suddenly at North Kansas City Hospital on Sunday, May 28, 2017. He was born in Kansas City, MO on September 12, 1951. Bob, was one of ten children, he retired from the North Kansas City School District where he was a custodian at Northgate Elementary School. He proudly served in the...
Susan Shawver
May 28, 2017
Susan Lee Shawver, 63, passed away peacefully at North Kansas City Hospital on May 28, 2017. She was born on November 23, 1953, in Smithville, MO to Robert and Helen Wilson Shawver. Susan graduated from North Kansas City High School, attended Northwest Missouri State and St. Luke’s School of Nursing. She spent 35 years working as a Project Service Specialist...
Parker Blue
May 26, 2017
Parker Jarone Blue, 22, of Kansas City, MO, passed away at home, Friday, May 26, 2017. Parker Blue was born September 11, 1994 to John Bealue and Lortha Kaye in Liberia West Africa. He came to America with his family on December 12, 2005. Parker was a 2013 graduate of Smithville High School, where he played football. After graduation he studied...
Lloyd Stevens
May 22, 2017
Lloyd A. Stevens, 87, of Kansas City, MO passed away May 22, 2017. Lloyd was born September 24, 1924 in Pleasant Hill, MO and Kansas City has been his home for over 80 years. Lloyd retired from the Kansas City Fire Department and was a member of Local 42 International Association of Fire Fighters for over 50 years. He had...
James "Jim" Nelson
May 22, 2017
James “Jim” Ernest Nelson, 85, of Smithville, passed away Monday, May 22, 2017, at the Veterans Home in Cameron, MO due to complications of ALS. Jim was born May 19, 1932, to John and Thelma (Spangler) Nelson, in ST. Louis, MO. He graduated from East High School in 1949. He married Doris Turnbough, his childhood friend, October 31, 1952 in Mountain...
George Christner
May 22, 2017
George Arnold Christner, 91, of Kansas City, MO, passed away after a brief illness on May 22, 2017 at NorthCare Hospice House surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister and two brothers. Survivors include his wife of 67 years Flossie; his son Steven (Sandy); his granddaughters Heather Andrews (Colby) and Melissa Kimble...
Robert Kennedy
May 20, 2017
Robert Gene Kennedy passed away peacefully at home on May 20th with his beloved wife of 44 years, Virginia, and family by his side. At the time of his death he was 91 years old, an age he was proud to have reached. Born on May, 3 1926 in Hammond Indiana to Orville J. and Nina (Crumbliss) Kennedy, he was...
Mary Clark
May 18, 2017
Mary Ann Clark, 83, of Las Vegas, Nevada, formerly of Pleasant Valley, MO passed away peacefully May 18, 2017. She was born July 17, 1933 in Kansas City, MO to the late Onie and Lillie (Lapine) Minor. Preceding her in death; a sister, Katie Baker and brother, Onie Minor Jr. Mary Ann was a lifelong resident of Pleasant Valley, MO...
Edward Patterson
May 18, 2017
Edward Nicholas Patterson, 79, of Kansas City, died, Thursday, May 18, 2017 at NorthCare Hospice House. He was born April 23, 1938 in Lincoln, Nebraska to the late Edward V. and Julia (Kenkel) Patterson. Ed proudly served in the U.S. Navy then retired from the Ford Claycomo plant after 30 years of service; he enjoyed traveling, mostly to the west and...
Sharlynne White
May 16, 2017
Sharlynne Don White, 84, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away peacefully on May 16, 2017. She was born April 19, 1933 in Parnell, Missouri to the late Donald Jay and Victoria (Beavers) Wilkinson. Sharlynne grew up in Worth County, graduating from Worth County High School. She later met and married her husband, Ben White on August 3, 1957. To this...
Sharon Whipple-Timme
May 16, 2017
Sharon Marie (Whipple)Timme, age 75 of Pittsburg, Missouri died May 16, 2017 at NorthCare Hospice House in Kansas City. Sharon was born in Seattle Washington on December 7, 1941. Sharon lived in Kansas City, Missouri until 2001, when she moved to Pittsburg, Missouri, where she lived until her death. Sharon is preceded in death by her parents, Lester E. Beaty and...
Frankie Spinden
May 12, 2017
Frankie Larue Spinden, 90, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away peacefully at home Friday, May 12, 2017. Frankie was born on February 3, 1927, to Roscoe and Annie Belle (Scarborough) Sanders, in Electra, TX. She married Paul Oliver Spinden, June 21, 1944, in Electra. Her love of music started when she was three years old. She carried her passion throughout her...
Esther Friesen
May 9, 2017
Esther Anna Friesen, 66, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Esther was born, June 19, 1950, to Floyd and Polly (Yoder) Fry, in Hutchinson, Kansas. She graduated from Central Christian High School in Hutchinson, KS in 1968. Two years later, she married Galen Friesen on July 25. They then served together...
Larry Larson
May 8, 2017
Larry Larson, 74, of Kansas City died on Monday, May 8, 2017 surrounded by loved ones. He was born September 10, 1942 in Onawa, Iowa to the late Willard Larson and Eunice Sorenson Larson. Larry joined the service and served his country honorably. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he earned several medals including National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam...
Robert Burwell
May 8, 2017
Robert Todd Burwell, 63, formerly of the Kansas City area passed away May 8th at his residence in Phoenix, Arizona. Services and inurnment will be at Terrace Park Cemetery in KC, MO on August 19th at 1 pm. He was born in Kansas City on April 13, 1954 to Ann Todd (Swaney) Burwell and Walter Burwell. He was the youngest...
Warren Webster
Apr 30, 2017
Warren Leroy Webster, 96, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017, at the North Care Hospice House, in North Kansas City. He was born January 2, 1921, to Roy Ellis and Irene Sutter Webster, in Oronogo, MO. He joined the Army during World War II until his Honorable discharge in 1943. He worked as a machinist for...
Richard Gardner
Apr 29, 2017
Richard “Dick” Gardner died at home April 30, 2017. A Memorial Celebration will be held Friday, May 5, at 11:00 a.m. at Hillside Christian Church, 900 NE Vivion Road, Kansas City, MO, with visitation prior to the service at 10:00 a.m. Dick was a police officer with the Kansas City Police Dept for 26 years. As a very community minded person, he...
Brenda Elder
Apr 27, 2017
Brenda G. Elder, 65, of Gladstone, MO passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 27, 2017. She was born on March 28, 1952 in Mountain Home, Arkansas to Oakley and Violet (Harris) Elder. Brenda grew up in Gladstone, MO and graduated from Oak Park High School. She did office work for several businesses in the area over the years and currently...
Bonnie Waldon
Apr 27, 2017
Bonnie J. Waldon Bonnie J. Waldon. 76, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away, Thursday, April 27, 2017, at the Stone Crest Assisted Living, in Kansas City, MO. Bonnie was born March 6, 1941, to Carl and Margaret McDaniel Heide, in Greenfield, MO. She graduated from Paseo High School, in 1959, and was a proud member of the National Honor Society....
Jeffery Wishard
Apr 27, 2017
Jeffery Thomas Wishard, 47, Smithville, Missouri, passed away April 27, 2017. Jeff spent the majority of his career in law enforcement; first as a Police Officer in Alaska, then with the Kansas City Police Department where he served in many roles to include Police Officer and Detective. Jeff retired in 2006, after serving on the department’s FBI task force. Jeff was...
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