James A. Dean also known as J.D was 55 years old, of Independence MO; went home to be with the Lord, on April 15, 2022. James had suffered with Cancer for the past year and a half. James A. Dean was born on October 31st 1966, In Hawaii to Milton Delaney Dean and Ethel Marie…

Judith Esther (Palm) Gates, 79, of Smithville, MO passed away peacefully in her home.  Judith was born January 6, 1943, in Boone, Iowa, and returned to her heavenly father on April 8, 2022.  Judy spent most of her career as a secretary for various companies.  Judy was a very tender woman, mother, and grandmother.  She…

Sheri Diane West, 63, of Kansas City, MO passed away January 5, 2022. A joint service for Gary and Sheri West will be held at 12:00pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, MO. Visitation will be held prior to the service at 11:00am. Gary and Sheri will be laid to…

Gary Lee West, 73, of Kansas City, MO passed away April 13, 2022. A joint service for Gary and Sheri West will be held at 12:00pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, MO. Visitation will be held prior to the service at 11:00am. Gary and Sheri will be laid to…

Charles Eldon Perkins, 86, of Columbia, MO died of kidney disease on March 28, 2022. He was born on May 28, 1935 in Augusta, IL where he graduated from high school. Later in his teenage years, he and his family moved to Beardstown, IL where he met his wife Kay and they wed on March…

Elaine T. Grev passed away at 4:50 AM on April 20, 2022 in South Hampton Place in Columbia, MO.  She was born on December 9, 1930 in Claude, Texas.  She graduated from Tulia, TX High School and then from North Texas State University in Denton, TX and from the University of MO in Music Education. …

Beloved husband, father and grandfather, Derrick “Rick” Riley Ebeirus, passed away on March 4th, 2022. After lengthy illnesses and Stage 4 High Grade Metastatic Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma, he passed peacefully with his loving family by his side at the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia. Born January 9th, 1961 to “Lafe” Ebeirus and Helen (Hodges)…

Sondra Diggs (Lewis) passed away early April 15, 2022 at the age of 73. Sondra was the second of five children born to Lillian and Charles Lewis, born in Boonville, MO. Sondra was raised in Kansas City, KS, and graduated from Sumner High School in 1966. She went on to attend Pittsburg State University where…

Vinton “Paul” Coffman, Jr., 80, of Independence, MO, passed away on Friday April 15, 2022. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church in Independence, MO. Paul was born December 31, 1941 in West Virginia, to Vinton Paul Sr. and Isabella (Poling) Coffman. Paul retired…