Ruth Coleen Bond

April 14, 2020

Ruth Coleen Bond, 91, of Lee’s Summit, MO, passed on April 12, 2020. She was born March 24, 1929 to George and Lela (VanDusen) Bond near Tipton, MO. She attended Northeast High in Kansas City, married and later divorced Harry G. Easton, together they had three children. She then married and later divorced Lawrence “Pat”…

Larry Cooper

April 13, 2020

Larry Cooper passed away peacefully in his home on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.  Services provided by Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, Missouri. Larry was dearly loved by his wife, Sherry, married 50 years. He leaves; his son, Neil and his wife Cortney and grandchildren Logan, Brayton, Tatum and Lauren. His daughter, Alicia, married to…

Kevin Lee Gerke

April 13, 2020

Kevin Lee Gerke, 47, of Belton, Missouri passed away April 9, 2020 at his home. Kevin’s Celebration of Life is being planned for July and the family will update everyone as soon as a date and place can be posted. Kevin was born October 24, 1972 in Sedalia, Missouri.  He is a 1991 graduate of…

Pauline “Polly” Fajen

April 13, 2020

Pauline (Polly) Anne Fajen, 56, of Boonville, died on April 8, 2020. She was surrounded by loving care of family as she spent her final days in hospice, after a 21-year life with cancer. Polly was a determined lover of life, warm and fun, and a precious friend to many around the world. She was…

Candace Stevenson

April 11, 2020

Candace Stevenson, 36, of Columbia passed away at University Hospital on the evening of April 8, 2020 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Cremation has taken place and no services are scheduled at this time due to the orders of no public gatherings. The family will plan a celebration in her honor at a…

Steven Preston Burton

April 10, 2020

Steven Preston Burton 59, of Independence Mo passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Saint Luke’s Hospice House of Kansas City. Steve was the son of the late Donald and Mary E. Burton. He leaves behind one brother, Jack Burton, and six sisters, Elaine Selemaea, Barbara Adams, Helen Wright, Pam Hunsucker, Marcia (Dee Dee)…

James Richard Stith

April 10, 2020

James Richard Stith, 64, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away March 30, 2020 at St. Lukes Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri.  Services provided by Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, Missouri. James was born in Fowler, Colorado on July 20, 1955.  He went to Bonner Springs High School, Bonner Springs, Kansas in 1970s. Following high…

Amos Butch Young

April 9, 2020

Amos Butch Young, 67, of Lenexa, Kansas passed away April 2, 2020. Services were held at 1:30pm, April 7, 2020. Mr. Young was born on January 25, 1953 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Amos Young was a cab driver and businessman for 25 years. He was a man that loved his family. Amos will be truly missed.…

Anita M. O’Connell

April 8, 2020

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, Anita M. O’Connell, 95, of Kansas City, formerly of Sun City Center, FL and Rumford, ME, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Born in Solon, Maine, Anita was the daughter of the late John and Mina (Russell) Smith. She graduated from Mexico High School in 1942, and…

Juanita McBrayer

April 8, 2020

Juanita McBrayer, 99, of Raytown Missouri passed away April 7th, 2020 at Autumn Terrace Nursing Home. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Ms. McBrayer was born May 21, 1920 in Wellington, Missouri. Survivors include: Her son Robert Proctor, His Wife Carolyn Proctor, Her Daughter Roberta Best, 11 Grandchildren, 28 Great Grandchildren, 12…

Charles Chester Church, Jr.

April 4, 2020

It is with great sadness that we inform you of my father Charles Chester Church, Jr passing away on March 28, 2020. He was born in Port Huron, Michigan on April 19, 1929 to Eva (Ledsworth) and Charles C. Church. He is preceded in death by Grace E. (Crocker) Church his wife of 56 years,…

Mark J. Murray

April 3, 2020

Mark J. Murray, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away March 29, 2020 at home. Private family services will be held at a later date. Mr. Murray was born on April 19, 1958 in Kansas City, Missouri. Mark graduated in 1976 from Park Hill High School. He worked for the Aviation Department of Kansas City, Missouri.…

Robert M. Smoker

April 3, 2020

Robert M. Smoker, 88, of Tecumseh, Kansas went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 30, 2020 at Homestead Memory Care of Olathe, Kansas. He was born May 31, 1931 in Muncie, Indiana, the son of Zeno & Pauline Smoker. He is the oldest of 4 children. Robert “Bob” graduated from Selma…

Lorraine Kautter

April 2, 2020

Lorraine M. Kautter, 84, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away March 30, 2020 at Kansas City Hospice House. A private gathering will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, April 3, 2020 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, Missouri. Mrs. Kautter was born September 20, 1935 in Somersworth, New Hampshire. She was preceded in death…

Barbara Ellen Lockhart

March 30, 2020

Barbara Ellen (Yeado) Lockhart passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Hospice House of Kansas City. She was born May 16, 1948, in Kansas City, Missouri to Nora Mae and William Yeado. She was preceded in death by her mother, father and first husband, Bill Nevin. She graduated from Bishop Miege High School in 1966.…

Anne Doris (Renken) Marshall

March 26, 2020

Anne Doris (Renken) Marshall, 77, of Columbia, Missouri, passed away March 24, 2020 with her loving family by her side. She was born June 5, 1942 in Jefferson City, Missouri and taught in central Missouri for many years, notably at Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri. She is survived by daughter Tracy Marshall; son John…

Virginia Rose Long

March 25, 2020

Virginia Rose Long passed away Wednesday March 18, 2020 at her home in Belton, Missouri. Virginia was born on August 16, 1927 to Goldie Britton Schmoker and Hugh Grant Schmoker.  Virginia was the youngest of three children. Virginia attended the University of Nebraska before working as a telephone operator in Grand Island, Nebraska. It was…

Robert L. Prater

March 25, 2020

Robert Leonard Prater passed away March 23, 2020 at the age of 73 due to complications of Parkinson’s disease.  Bob was born May 17, 1946 to Madge (Leonard) and Lloyd Prater in Kansas City, Kansas. He attended school in Kansas City, Missouri, graduating from Southeast High School in 1964. Bob enrolled at Central Missouri University,…

William Farley

March 25, 2020

William Farley, 51, of Raytown, Missouri passed away March 21, 2020 at home. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Mr. Farley was born on June 4, 1968 in Hugo, OK. William was born with a CHD and defied many odds in his 51 years. He always had a smile on his face,…

Susan Marie VanHole

March 24, 2020

Susan Marie YanHole, 75, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away March 18, 2020 at home from cancer. Memorial services will take place at a later date. Ms. VanHole was born on July 12, 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware. Susan grew up traveling with her military family. She was a “Mother’s Day Out” teacher, Piano teacher and…