Harold Rader, 88, Kansas City, KS, passed away July 29, 2011 at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing Home. Harold served his country as a member of Air Force during WW II. After his service he was a milkman for Myers Dairy, among others. He loved telling jokes, and seeing the smile he left on the faces of…

CHARLES O. SHAW JR Charles O. Shaw Jr., 62, of Kansas City, MO, passed away July 26, 2011. A visitation will be held at 12 PM and a memorial service following at 1 PM, Monday August 1st, at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, MO. Survivors include, his son, Dennis, daughter,…

Ray Kampe, 51, Independence, MO passed away July 22, 2011 at his home.  A memorial service will be held 1 PM Friday July 29, 2011 at St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church, 2200 N. Blue Mills Road, Independence, MO. A graveside will follow the services at Oak Ridge Memory Gardens.  Ray was preceded in death…

Henry Surry Wood, 77, Recently moved from Heber Springs, Arkansas to Independence, MO, passed away July 22, 2011. Military graveside services will be held August 1, 2011, 10:00 AM at Oakland Fraternal Cemeteries, 2101 Barber Ave., Little Rock, AR 72206. Henry was born March 13, 1934.  Henry was a retired Deputy Jailer at Pulaski County…

Glenn  Woodrow Logan Jr. Glenn Logan, 88, died July 23, 2011. Born in KCMO, he served in the 2nd Armored Division of the Army in WWII. Retired from the Santa Fe RR after 32 years, he moved to Springfield, MO near the lakes where he loved fishing. Preceded in death by his wife of 53…

Benjamin Everett, 83 of Gunn City, Missouri, passed away July 21, 2011. Survivors include, his wife of 62 years, Martha; son Ivan Everett; daughters, Benita Nichol, Nancy Pierschbacher and Janet Robertson; 11 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.  

James F. Zaenger, 63, of Overland Park, KS passed away July 18, 2011 of natural causes.  A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 11:00 am at Christ Lutheran Church, Overland Park, KS.  Mr. Zaenger was born December 27, 1947 in Toledo, OH.  He graduated in 1965 from Start High School and…

Elaine Mae Sleper , 66, passed away July 21, 2011 at her home in Columbia, MO.  A celebration of life service will be held at Broadway Christian Church at 11:00 am on Monday, July 25, 2011.  Elaine was born on July 18, 1945, to Ehno and Elsie Folkerts in Titonka, Iowa. She married David A.…

Sandra Marie (Summers) Stewart, 63, of Raymore, MO passed away unexpectedly July 18, 2011. She is survived by her mother Bettie L. Summers, her husband of 42 years Kenneth E. Stewart, Sr, and three children Michele (Chad) Lira of Missouri, Debra (Steve) Golden of Georgia and Kenneth E. Stewart, Jr. (J.R.) of Utah, grandchildren Joseph…

Rita Lakay Freeman age 52, resident of Warsaw, MO passed away July 18, 2011 at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, MO. Mrs. Freeman was born January 19, 1959 in Nodaway County, MO. Rita loved spending time with her children, family and especially her grandchildren. Rita took great joy in helping others.  Born to and survived…

Muriel Bernice Boicourt, 91, of Mexico, passed away July 17, 2011 at Gamma Road Lodge in Wellsville, MO.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the First Church of the Nazarene in Mexico, MO.  Burial will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park in Mexico.  Visitation will be one hour…

Lilburn was born on Nov 1, 1931 in Ash Flat, AR, the daughter of Floyd Eleiner and Lois Nettie (Armstrong) Massey. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Flavel McBride Mears and four brothers, Lowell, Orvis, Gerald and Bud Massey.  She is survived by a daughter Sondra (Merrill Gordon) Collis;  a son…

James Murphy, 69, Kansas City, MO, passed away July 12, 2011. A military graveside service will be held 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 20th, at Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Billie Ramsey, 85, of Kansas City, MO passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Carondelet Manor.  A memorial service will be held at 2 PM Tuesday July 26, 2011 at Heartland Cremation, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd., Raytown, MO 64133.  An hour of visitation will precede the service and begin at 1 PM at the funeral…

Cynthia Lynn (House) Robinson, passed away July 16, 2011 at her home. She was first born to Ken and Barbara House. She is survived by her mother; one sister, Brenda Allen; two brothers, Ken and Kevin and husband Robbie. Private family services will be held.    

Hazel Jones, 86, Gladstone, MO, passed away July 2, 2011, at The Village Hospice House. Private services are planned.

Barbara Elizabeth Adams Newlon, 58, of Eagle Rock MO, passed away on Sunday June 26th 2011 in Kansas City, Kansas from acute liver failure. She was born in Kansas City, MO on August 30th 1952 to Wanda and Pharm Adams. Barb and her brother David Adams spent many summers in Jonesboro AR with extended family.…

Jean Wright, 88, Kansas City, MO died July 11, 2011 at her home, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was preceded in death by her husband Harlin Wright.  Jean was born in Kansas City, MO in 1923, she spent her early life in Collins, MO, where she met and married Harlin.  She was a…

HOWARD LESLIE SCOTT Howard Leslie Scott passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at Hidden Lake Care Center in Raytown.  He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 3, 1924 to Albert and Freeda (Van Benthuysen) Scott. During World War II Howard joined the U.S. Navy and served as an aircraft mechanic aboard the aircraft carrier…

Lu Brooks, 57, Raytown, MO passed away July 12, 2011 at her home. Services will be held from 3-5 PM, Sunday August 14, 2011 at the Sermon Community Center, 201 N. Dodgion, Independence, MO 64050, in the gymnasium. Lu is preceded in death by her father Frank Laster. She is survived by her husband Rick,…