Verilius “Verl” D. Schnepf, 84, of Sedalia, passed away April 11, 2018 at MU Hospital, Columbia, MO. He was born January 26, 1934 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, son of Conrad & Sylvia Horak Schnepf. During and after his graduation from Brandon (IA) High School, he worked with the livestock & farmed his family’s farm. He was proud…

Christina Bea Boston Nichols, 64, of Macon, Missouri, passed away April 15, 2018 at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Mrs. Nichols was born February 9, 1954 to Alzada Cosby Boston and Ray Boston, who preceded her in death.   Survivors include husband Lonnie J. Nichols and two sons, Chuck Shawn McKinstry and Christopher Ryan Nichols.…

Sheree Wilson-Haverland, 59, of Greenwood, MO passed away April 20, 2018. A Catholic Mass will be held at St. Bridget Parish in Pleasant Hill, MO, on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at 12 PM. Sheree was preceded in death by her parents Jim and Audie Wilson. Survivors include her husband, Paul Haverland, and her Godchildren, Mariah,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…