Albert Leo Bentele, 82, of Independence, MO passed away on May 8th, 2022. Leo is survived by his daughter, Kim (Bentele) Fischer of Lee’s Summit, son, Randy and Cindy (Johnston) Bentele of Olathe, KS and the grandchildren he adored, Danielle Fischer of Phoenix, AZ, Bethany (Bentele) and Cory Peterson, and their child Lydia (great grandchild)…

Raymond Dean George, 32 passed away April 30, 2021. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am, Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, MO.

Mark Christopher Jones, age 48, passed away May 12, 2022, in Independence, MO. Memorial Service will be private. Mark was born December 13, 1973, in Kansas City, MO. He spent most of his career as a service technician in the motorcycle/ATV industry. He could fix almost anything and had the amazing ability to just wing…

Janet Rae (Crawford) Franklin, 92, of Columbia, MO, passed away on April 23rd, 2022.  She is predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Dean Franklin, whom she met at Cheney High School in Washington State, as well as her sister, Joan (Crawford) Odell, of Spokane, WA. She was born in Colfax, WA, and graduated from the…

Frances Culley Roe, beloved mother, passed away May 13, 2022 at age 90 in Columbia, Missouri. She was born June 22, 1931 in Carbon Hill, Alabama. Fran moved to Sedalia, Missouri with family as a teen ager and graduated from Smith Cotton High School. She lived there until she moved to Columbia where she worked…

Gregory Ray Wohler, 62, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2022. He was born June 4, 1959 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Paul and Alphia Wohler. He attended Chapel Elementary, Pittman Hills Junior High, and Raytown High School class of 1977. He was employed at Red Lobster, Butler Mfg., Libby Welding, Columbian Steel, SW Bell,…

Ralph Otto Schmidt, born March 25th, 1935, passed away on May 12th, 2022 at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, MO with his loving daughters Heidi Schmidt and Jackie Stump by his side. Visitation will be held at 10:00 am on June 2nd, followed by a memorial service at 11:00 am. Services will be held at…

Roxanne Olden, 74, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on May 10, 2022, after a years-long battle with COPD. Roxanne was born June 13, 1947, in the Ozark mountain town of Marshall, Arkansas, to schoolteachers Floyd and Lela (Fuller) Lawrence. Roxanne moved to Kansas at the age of four and had a happy…

Mary Lou Cupp, 83, of Independence, Missouri, passed away May 12, 2022. A celebration of life will be held at 10:00am, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in the Atrium Chapel at Unity Village, Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Mary Lou was born January 6, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was an elementary school teacher, Xerox trainer, realtor,…

Colin Keith Kemp-Byrd, 32, of Independence, MO passed away May 3, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00pm on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, MO. Visitation will be held at 2:00pm.  Colin loved playing soccer and basketball. He enjoyed music of all kinds and even taught himself how to…