It is with a heavy heart from the family to announce that Billy Joe Smith, age 54 of Independence, MO passed away April 4th, 2021. He was a Son, Nephew, Brother, Uncle, Grandfather and Father as well as a friend to many. He loved deeply, caring for his nieces and nephews as if they were…

SMS (Ret.) Herbert “Herb” Sass, 97, died peacefully Friday, April 2. 2021 at Carnegie Village, Belton, Mo where he had resided since 2019. A veteran of World War II, flying 35 missions over Germany, served proudly in the United States Air Force for 23 years. SMS Sass was born on March 2, 1924 in Willow…

Aloah “Jean” McKinley, 89, passed away surrounded by her family on April 2, 2021. She was born on February 12, 1932 in Kansas City, MO and raised by George and Anna Stewart. She was a 1949 graduate of Northeast High School. Jean married James McKinley in 1949 and they were married for over 61 years,…

Anna Louise (Gunkel) Campbell passed away on March 26, 2021. Anna was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 20, 1929. At the age of two, her parents moved to Dayton, Ohio where she resided with her husband and children until moving to Overland Park, Kansas in 1968. Anna and her husband were graduates of Patterson…

Chantelle Lorraine Graves, 48, of Independence, MO passed away March 29,2021. Visitation will be held at 1:00pm on Monday, April 5, 2021 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, MO. Memorial service will be held following the visitation at 2:00pm. Click HERE to watch the memorial service live. Dear mama, I…

Bonnie Lou Brackett, 70, of Independence, Missouri passed away March 26, 2021 after a short battle with lung cancer. Bonnie was born on May 9, 1950 in Sedalia, MO to Earl and Betty Bergman. She was the oldest of four siblings. Bonnie attended William Chrisman and graduated from Truman High School. Early in the 1970’s…

Nancy Lea Goens, 72, passed away peacefully March 31, 2021, ending a long battle with cancer. Nancy was born March 17, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas to Leroy and Josephine Piland. Nancy is survived by her husband of 33 years, Timothy Allen Goens, her daughter Dianna Jo (Andy) Schreiner, her son Billy Joe (Jessica) Hercules,…

Barbara Elyse (Brown) Allegri, 73, of Kansas City, Missouri, went home to be with the Lord on the 30th day of March 2021, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Barbara was born on November 16, 1947 to Milton R. and Irene (Shaw) Brown. She had one brother, Milton D. Brown. On October 17,…

James W. Isaacson, formerly of Macon County, Missouri, passed away on March 19th, 2021 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mexico, Missouri. James was born on February 22, 1927 to Ivy and Lora Isaacson in Callao, Missouri. He was preceded in death by his spouse Donna M. Isaacson, whom he married on December 15, 1952.…

John B. Montgomery, Jr., 65, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on March 24, 2021. John was born December 31, 1955 in Topeka, Kansas. In his early adult life John was a hearing aid specialist who enjoyed improving the hearing and lives of his patients. He had a life-long love for fishing which led him…