Gary Kenneth Hoskins, 67, of Jefferson City, MO passed away January 3, 2015. Gary was born on January 8, 1947 in California, MO to Floyd and Mary (Dennis) Hoskins. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 2015, at the Church of the Nazarene, 202 Schumate Chapel Road, Jefferson City, MO with Pastor…

Howard Weigman, 56, of Raytown, Missouri passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015. Mr. Weigman was born March 11, 1958 in Kansas City, Kansas.  He loved serving the Lord through music, singing duets with his wife, Nancy, and playing bass guitar. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Maxine Weigman and a nephew,…

Deborah Elizabeth Arellano, 52, of Raytown, Missouri passed away peacefully at home. She was preceded in death by her husband Ronad G. Arellano. She is survived by her parents, Seth & Virginia Wade,  brother Lowell,  sister-in-law Angie, their sons Cody & Chase Wade, daughter Crystal and son Travis Casey and her grandchildren Cecelia & Myles…

Helen M. Beach, 86, of Tonganoxie, Kansas, originally of Westwood, Kansas passed away peacefully and went to be with the Lord on December 30, 2014. She had worked 22 years as a Consumer Product Specialist, Lamp Division for GTE Sylvania before retiring in 1986.  She was a member of Willard Avenue Baptist Church and enjoyed…

Sheila Laughlin, 59, passed away December 30, 2014 in Independence, MO surrounded by family and friends. Sheila was born August 20, 1955 in Kansas City to Verne and Ray Philpott, and lived her life in Eastern Jackson County. She graduated from Truman High School in 1973. She was a member of Job’s Daughters and spent…

Gerd (Lucie) Webb, 71, of Kansas City, MO passed away 12/27/2014 at the KC Hospice House from Cancer. Lucie was born 10/16/1943 in Oslo Norway, during the Nazi Occupation. She came to the United States in Oct of 1963. She worked for 3 different local hospitals, all which were in the same buildings for 35…

Phyllis Marie Brown died on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at 9:45 pm. She passed at home with her loved ones. She was preceded by her parents. Phyllis was born on February 25, 1948 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the first child of Jon Matthew and E. Maxine (Anderson) Preuitt. She married Edward Brown, III…

James Ehlers, 63, of Jefferson City, passed away Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at the Veterans Hospital in Columbia.  He is survived by his wife Tammy, four children, Carman, Daniel, Breanna and Crystal, four brothers, Dean, Sammy, Jackie and Johnny and one sister, Nancy.

Peter Hasselriis died Sunday, December 28, 2014, at home. Born in Forest Hills, New York, February 8, 1937 to Caspar Henrik Wolffsen Hasselriis IV and Doris Dodge, Pete graduated from Valley Stream High School in 1954. He received his BS in Music Education from the State University of New York-Fredonia. From 1958 to 1962, Pete…

Charles Barnes, 70, Belton, MO, formerly of Raytown, MO passed away December 27, 2014 at his home in Belton after a courageous battle with cancer.  A visitation will be held Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM with a funeral service to follow at 11:00 AM at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd.…

Eugene Carl Laemmli, 93, of Columbia, MO, passed away Wednesday, December 24th at Lenoir Woods in Columbia.  Memorial services will be held at Broadway Christian Church, Columbia, MO at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday January 3, 2015 followed by the internment of his ashes at the Broadway Christian Church Memorial Garden. Gene was born to the…

Nho Thi Masoner, 65, Kansas City, MO passed away December 26th, 2014 with her family by her side. Nho was born in 1949 to Thep Van Tran and Nam Thi Tran (Nguyen) in Saigon, Vietnam. She was married to the late David Masoner and had five children. After coming to the United States in 1970,…

Merle Dean Williams passed away unexpectedly December 26, 2015 at home.  Services will be at Heartland Cremation 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd. Raytown, MO on Saturday, January 3rd from 2 – 4pm.  Dean was born September 17, 1928 in Ottumwa, IA.  He was adopted by Floyd and Jennie (Haney) Williams.  He grew up and graduated in…

Sue Collier Horne, age 73, died December 16, 2014 at her home in Blue Springs, Missouri.  She was born near DeWitt, Missouri, February 14, 1941, the daughter of Marvin Junior Collier and Naomi Tietjens Collier.  She attended school at Bosworth, Missouri and graduated from Carrollton High School in 1959, then attended Central Missouri State University…

Lola Schneider, 80, of Jefferson City passed away Friday, December 19, 2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital.  A private memorial service will be held at a later date.  Lola was born June 2, 1934 in Linn, MO the daughter of Raymond and Mabel Curley.  Lola was united in marriage to Harold Schneider on August 30, 1952…

Harold Skrabal 66, of Columbia went home to be with Jesus on December 19, 2014, after a long and courageous battle with Giant Cell Myocarditis. His loving family was with him. A memorial service celebrating Harold’s life and faith will be held at Campus Lutheran Church on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 10:30 A.M.  A…