Barbara Freschi Matteson, 69, of Hallsville, Missouri, passed away on November 30, 2018. The funeral mass will be held at Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church at Centralia, Missouri at 11:00 a.m. on December 8, 2018. Father James Offutt will be officiating. Private inurnment will be at a later date. A gathering of friends and family…

Michael Bruce Patterson, age 70, of Kansas City, Ks. passed away November 16, 2018 at KU Medical Center in Kansas City. A military burial to take place 10 am on December 14, 2018 at Veterans Cemetery, 1208 North College St. in Winfield, Ks.  Following burial services there will be a Celebration of Life in Wellington,…

Robert Eugene Truitt, 70, was born in Ozark, Missouri on April 21, 1948. Robert passed away on November 26, 2018 with his loving family by his side. His parents were Weldon Truitt and Clella Abney Truitt. Robert graduated from Marshfield High School and then joined the Navy as a Radarman. He worked for over 30…

Robert L. Chace (Bob) of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018.   A visitation will be held from  5:00PM – 6:00PM, Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd Raytown, Missouri 64133, with a memorial service to follow beginning at 6:00PM. Bob was born October 14, 1942…

Marine Veltrop Hopkins died November 6, 2018 at 99 years of age. She was born in Folk, Mo. March 10,1919, the third of six children of Martin Veltrop and Mary Massman Veltrop. After graduation from Westphalia High School, she moved to St. Louis for twenty years and worked as a seamstress and a bookkeeper. There…

William ‘Bill’ R. Closson, 66, of Independence, Missouri, transitioned to eternal life on Monday, November 19th, after a long valiant battle with Early On-Set Alzheimer’s disease. A Celebration of Life will be held at 3:00pm, Sunday, December 9, 2018 at Walnut Gardens~Community of Christ Church, 19201 E R.D. Mize Rd, Independence, MO. Bill was born…

Georgia “Lorraine” Ellis passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on November 15th, 2018 at Boone Hospital at the age of 90. Lorraine was born April 25th, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri to James Lorts and Mary (Ketchum) Lorts. She graduated from Enterprise Academy on May 19th, 1945 and then proceeded to go to college…

Audley L. O’Dell, age 88, of Independence, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018. He was born August 4, 1930 in Avondale, Missouri. He graduated from College High School in Warrensburg, MO in 1948 and completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from UMKC in 1961. He celebrated his sixty-ninth wedding anniversary with his high school sweetheart,…

Joanne Witting of Columbia, Missouri – formerly of Boonville, Missouri, passed away November 18, 2018 at her home. Joanne was born August 25, 1940 to William Joseph and Emma Bousek Duffy in Ames, Iowa. She graduated from Ames High School in 1958 and then went on to graduate from Minneapolis General Hospital School of X-Ray…

Betty Ruth Kluck, age 78, of Boonville, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2018 at University of Missouri Hospital with family by her side. She was born December 24, 1939 in Corbin, Kentucky. She married James Earl Kluck November 14, 1979. One sister, Carol Winfield, of Boonville, survives Betty. Betty is also survived by her six…

Emma Elizabeth Breshears, 81, of Independence, Missouri passed away November 12, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at Charity Missionary Baptist Church, 9300 Independence Ave Independence, MO 64053. Emma Elizabeth Payne, the youngest child of James Luther and Lillie Howard Payne, was born January 12th 1937 at…

Scott Allen Johnson, 54, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at home, surrounded by his loving family after battling brain cancer. Scott was born June 17, 1964 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1982. He married his wife Janie on April 21, 1995. He spent 38…

Esther Berniece (Jobst) Sherman passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on November 12, 2018 in her home at the age of 94. Esther was born on April 11, 1924 in Merriam, Kansas to John Ludwig Jobst and Beatrice May (Blackmore) Jobst. She graduated from Wellington High School in 1942. She was united in marriage…

  James W. Baldino, Jr., 79, of Mission, Kansas, formally from Nutley, New Jersey, and retired to Toms River, New Jersey in 1998. passed away November 11, 2018 at his home in Mission, Kansas. A memorial service will be held at 11:00AM, Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society in Raytown, Missouri.…

Sherry Lattin, 42, of Independence, Missouri passed away November 9, 2018 at Saint Luke’s Hospice House, from stage 4 colon cancer. A memorial service will be held at 1 o’clock pm, Friday, November 16, 2018 at Rose of Sharon, Kansas City, Missouri. Visitation will be held at 12 o’clock pm November 16, 2018. Mrs. Lattin…

Brandon Michael Whetsel, 37, of Lee’s Summit, MO, passed away on November 11, 2018,  at home with his family after an 18-month battle with peritoneal mesothelioma. He was born on January 16, 1981, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO, and was an only child to Tonya and Jim Whetsel. Brandon was an avid…