Frank A. Davidson, Jr., 71, Independence, died Thursday, Jan. 22 at his home. Mr. Davidson was a firefighter for the Independence Fire Department for 32 years. He is survived by his wife Beverly; son Mark, Glendale Ariz. and daughters Sandra Colebank, Independence and Barbara Benson, Glendale, Ariz. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Jan. 31…

Jay Burwell, 52, Salina, KS passed away January 19, 2004 at Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. Cremation.

Virginia Greer, 97, Kansas City, MO passed away January 19, 2004 at Overland Park Regional. Cremation.

Wallace Vance Keene, 68, Blue Springs, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at his home. Mr. Keene was born June 1, 1935, in Buffalo, Okla., and moved to Ottawa, Kan., in 1945, where he graduated high school. He entered the U.S. Army in 1954 and spent two years in the Far East. He graduated from Pittsburg…

Benjamin “Ben” Swale, 83, Kearney, MO passed away January 15, 2004 at Liberty Hospital. Cremation. Graveside will be at Oak Wood Cemetery, Beloit, WI. Memorial contributions can be made to American Heart of Diabetes Assoc. Ben served in the US Coast Guard during WWII. He was Teamster for Local #41 for over 35 years. Survivors…

Benjamin Franklin Hanes, Jr., 69, Osage Beach, MO passed away January 15, 2004 at Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO. Cremation.

Carl T. Johnson, 74, Kansas City, MO passed away January 14, 2004. Military graveside services will be January 20, 2004 at Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Verne Nelson “Corky” Young ,73, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away January 14, 2004. Cremation. Memorial Services will be held at a later date in Hernando, Mississippi. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Heart of America Humane Society, PO Box 12703, Overland Park, KS 66282. Corky was born May 15, 1930 to Daniel…

Marjorie M. Slyker, 73, Kansas City, MO passed away January 11, 2004 at Barry Manor. Cremation.

David M. Gardner, 45, Columbia, MO passed away January 11, 2004 at Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO. Memorial Service 5-7:00 pm, Sunday, January 18 at Liberty Street Community of Christ Church, Independence, MO. Graveside service, 12:30 pm, Tuesday, January 20 at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS.

Beverly J. Fares, 54, Kansas City, MO passed away January 8, 2004 at her home. Cremation. Visitation will be 1-3:00 pm, Monday, January 12, 2004 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, MO. Beverly was born on May 16, 1949. She was a clerk at the Kansas City Hall in the Water Company for many…

Barbara “Babs” Lee Schmidt died January 7, 2004 at her home. She was born December 12, 1929 in Moberly, MO to Chester Royce Bousman and Sidney Odith Eubank Bousman. Her parents moved to Boonville, MO in 1930 when her dad “Chet” became the Projectionist at the famous Lyric Theater (the first opera house west of…

Patricia Gibson, 67, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away January 5, 2004 at home. Cremation.

Dorothy Williams, 93, Pleasant Valley, MO passed away January 5, 2004 at Pleasant Valley Manor. Cremation.

Myrtle Niemann, 75, Overland Park, KS passed away January 3, 2004 at home. Cremation.

Vivian Fitch, 79, Kansas City, MO passed away January 2, 2005 at home. Cremation.

Betty Jane Baker, 80, Kansas City, MO passed away January 1, 2004 at home. Graveside service will be 11:00 am, Monday, January 5, 2004 at Blue Ridge Lawn Memorial Garden.

Nathaniel Woods, 79, Kansas City, MO passed away December 31, 2003 at Seasons Care Center, Kansas City, MO. Services will be held in Omaha, NE at a later date.

Gerald Richardson, 82, died Monday, December 31, 2003 at 2:05 P.M. at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Gerald was born March 17, 1922 in New Edinburg, Wyoming to Hugh and Lennie Richardson. He was to Margret Williams of Paola, Kansas on October 06, 1939. Gerald was a member of the Central Baptist Church in…

William Albert Henderson, Jr., 59, Kansas City, KS passed away December 28, 2003 at the VA Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Cremation.