Derrill Ray Hamby of Kansas City, MO, passed away on December 6, 2021.  A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:30pm on Saturday, January 22, 2022, at Side Pockets in Lee’s Summit, MO. Derrill was born on August 17, 1958 in Kansas City, MO.  He loved college football and playing pool. He was preceded…

Gary Lynn Oppel was born in Alexandria, Minnesota in 1949 to Douglas and Wanda Oppel. He was the third oldest of four Oppel brothers. Gary spent many of his summers on the beautiful lakes of Minnesota fishing with his family. From a young age, Gary worked in the family shoe store called Oppel Shoe Store…

Lorrie Lomas-Brown, 60, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away January 10, 2022. Memorial services will be held, 10:00 am, Saturday,  January 22, 2022 at Evangelistic Center Church, Shawnee, KS. Lorrie was born on November 18th, 1961 in Midwest City, OK to Johnie and Mildred (Kizer) Lomas. She had 4 brothers and 4 sisters. Due to her father’s…

Ronald Dale Anderson of Beaverton, Oregon passed away surrounded by family on January 10, 2022 at University Hospital in Columbia Missouri. He was born on March 10, 1947 in Harrison, Arkansas to Myrtle (Fortner) and Nels Anderson. Ron grew up in Elkhart and Holyrood, KS and graduated from Elkhart, KS high school in 1965. He…

Lawrence “Larry” Kirk, 78, Independence, Missouri passed away January 4, 2022. A visitation will be held 10:00 – 11:00 AM, Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, Missouri. Services will follow at 11:00 AM. Burial in Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Higginsville, Missouri. He was born July 4, 1943…

Jeanette Sue Cloud Bulin, nee Ervin, was born in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, to Irma Lee and James Ervin. While completing her senior year of high school, she worked at Cakebox Bakery and developed a life-long love of baking. As a young woman, she lived in Japan, where her husband, Charles Cloud, was stationed. She loved…

Happel Ray Powell, aged 94, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away peacefully Friday, January 7, 2022. Ray was born on September 11, 1927, in rural western Tennessee, near Trenton. In 1928, the family moved to St. Louis County, Missouri. He attended Hancock High School in Lemay, Missouri, and graduated from Missouri University at Columbia in 1948. Ray spent 1950…

Louise L. Williams, 91, passed away on January 8, 2022.  She was born on March 19, 1930, in St. Edward, Nebraska to Robert Walter Horn and Ada Gertrude (Kane) Horn. Louise was one of seven siblings (Don, Dale, Jim, Kenneth, Lola, Baby Ruby and step siblings, Alvin, Eileen and Helen). Louise was raised in Kansas…

Richard Mack Kidwell, 79 of Bates City, Missouri passed away January 2, 2022. Memorial services with military honors will be held at 1st Baptist Church of Bates City on February 12, 2022 at 1:00pm.  A celebration of life dinner will be held in the fellowship room  immediately after services.  Memorial services will be officiated by…

William Nugent, 99, Independence, Missouri passed away January 7, 2022.  A memorial gathering will be held from 10:00 AM to Noon on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at Heartland, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd., Raytown, Missouri 64133. Burial and military honors will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery, 8251 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64138. William was born…