Obituaries

Thomas Stilwell

Thomas E. Stilwell, 77, Independence., Missouri, passed away April 17, 2018. A graveside service will be held 11 AM, Friday, April 27, 2018 at Mount Washington Cemetery (Enter Truman Road Gate). Memorials to Kansas City Hospice.

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Patricia Joann Lewis

Patricia J. Lewis, 87, died on April 23, 2018 at Provision Living in Columbia, MO. She was the daughter of Earl and Laura Matthews of Niles, MI and the wife of Frank Hoblick Jr. of Carthage, MO until his death in 1991. Together they raised four daughters. Pat was heard to say she led a…

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Neil Edwin Guenther

Neil Edwin Guenther, 81, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away peacefully in his home on April 21, 2018.  A memorial service will be held at 6:30pm, Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at Midtown Baptist Temple in Kansas City, Missouri. Neil was the 5th son born to Fred Arthur and Sarah Alice Guenther on December 31, 1936 in Yates…

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Catherine Ann “Kitty” Rauzi

Kitty Rauzi passed away peacefully on April 9, 2018 in Independence, Missouri at the age of 91 years.  She was born Catherine Ann Hasenzahl on October 22, 1926 to Alfred and Margaret Louise Hasenzahl, in Kansas City, where she grew up with her brother Charlie and sisters Mary Lou, Edna, and Dorothy.  Kitty graduated from…

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Chester Lee Johnson, Jr.

Chester Lee Johnson, Jr., 93, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri (formerly of Fallbrook, California), passed away Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at Saint Luke’s East Hospital, in the presence of his daughter, Janet Lynn Johnson, and her husband, Thomas Bauman, of Palatine, Illinois. He will be dearly missed by them and by his sisters Pauline Stears, of…

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Betty Black Benton

Betty Black Benton, 88, Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away April 18, 2018. A visitation will be held 9:00 – 10:00 AM, Monday, April 23, 2018 followed by a memorial service will be held 10:00 AM, Monday, April 23, 2018 at Blue Ridge Blvd United Methodist Church, 5505 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, Missouri. Betty Lou Black…

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Primitiva “Tivita” Castro

Memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. on April 21, 2018 at Graceway, 5460 Blue Ridge Cut-off, Kansas City, Misouri 64133. El 24 de febrero de 1936 nació en la ciudad de Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, una humilde y sencilla campesina llamada Primitiva Castro-Aponte, mejor conocida como “Tivita”. Al estar rodeada de un hermoso…

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Sharon Fayetta Edmondson

A Life to be Celebrated Mrs. Sharon Fayetta Edmondson was born August 22, 1948 in Emporia, Kansas, to her father Reverend John Henry Thompson Jr. a Pastor, and her mother Margaret Jessie Thompson (Walter) a seamstress. Sharon Edmondson is 1 out of 11 children. In her early life she was baptized into the Catholic Church at…

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Aaron Olsen

Aaron Robert Olsen, 26, our beloved son, brother, grandson, friend, and husband of Sarah will be greatly missed. He unexpectedly passed away on April 15th in his home. Aaron was known for his compassion, integrity, sense of humor, and will be missed immensely by everyone whose lives he touched.  The visitation will be held in…

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Genie McCowen

It is with great sorrow that the family of Genie (Hodes) McCowen announce her passing on April 15, 2018 after a lengthy illness. She was born on April 11, 1939 at home in Kansas City, MO to Katherine Rose and Herman J. Hodes, the 7th of 9 children. She attended Visitation Grade School and graduated…

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