Obituaries
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...
Wilbur Dean
Apr 27, 2017
Wilbur Archie Dean, known to friends as “Sonny”, of Kansas City, MO, a beloved father and grandfather passed away Monday, April 24, 2017 at Saint Luke’s North Hospital at the age of 76. Wilbur was born the son of Wilbur L. Dean and Anaise (Crittenden) on October 12, 1940 in Kansas City, MO. Survivors include two sons, Wilbur Christopher Dean and...
Valentina Kadochnikova
Apr 25, 2017
Valentina Kadochnikova passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at age 90. She was in her home in Kansas City, MO, surrounded by her loved ones. From her birth on April 5, 1927 to her death on Tuesday, she nourished all those around her with love. She was born in a small village called Berdanka to Galina and Ivan Varenik...
Ann Poston
Apr 21, 2017
Ann Genevieve Poston, 80, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away, Friday, April 21, 2017, peacefully at home in Kansas City, MO. Ann was born July 28, 1936 in Sioux City, IA to Francis and Marie Stanton Gales. She married Gerald Poston, June 27, 1959 and has been married for 57 years. Ann was a Nurse Practitioner, and loved her work...
Genevieve Purcell
Apr 16, 2017
Genevieve June Purcell, 92, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017, at the Mosaic Life Center in St Joseph, Missouri. Genevieve was born March 18, 1925, to the late George and Mary Drum Kramer, in Chicago, IL. She was married to James Francis Purcell, who preceded her in death in 1999. Private Service has been set. Burial will...
Doris Mandina
Apr 14, 2017
Doris M. Mandina, 91, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away April 14, 2017. She was born August 5, 1925 in Macon, Missouri to the late Frank Allen and Jennie L. (Mullinix) Cupp. Doris was a loving mom and grandma. She found joy in both her children and grandchildren and loved them unconditionally. Doris was also a loving wife. She met...
Bettye Gettings
Apr 10, 2017
Bettye Lou (Reid) Gettings, age 87, formerly of Smithville and Kearney, MO passed away peacefully on Monday, April 10th 2017 at North Care Hospice House in North Kansas City, Missouri, while receiving care for Alzheimer’s disease. Bettye was born in Amarillo, Texas, February 22, 1930. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Riverside, CA where she spent her...
Milton Stock
Apr 9, 2017
Milton Eugene Stock, 85, passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017 after suffering a stroke at the Liberty Health and Wellness Center, in Liberty, MO. Milton was born September 7, 1931 to Frank and Opal Borton Stock in Claycomo, MO. After graduation from high school, he married Kay Seibert. The couple had met at the skating rink and have been together...
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