Mary Ann (Merker) Hall, 69, Kansas City, Missouri passed away January 1, 2017.  Memorial services are pending.  Mary Ann was born December 23, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri.  She grew up in the St Francis Xavier parish and attended St. Francis grade school.  Mary Ann attended Southwest High School.  She married Lloyd Hall in 1971.…

Ethel “Fern” Tipton of Blue Springs, MO., formerly of Raytown, MO., passed away at the age of 93 on December 30, 2016. Fern was born on September 1, 1923 to Harmon Clyde and Effie Mabel Jinkens on the family farm in Wheatland, MO.  She came to Kansas City, MO at the age of 20 and…

Paul Henry Marshall, age 69, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Christmas Day, 2016 surrounded by loved ones in his home. It is believed that his death was related to Parkinson’s disease. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, January 13, 2017 at First Church of the Nazarene, 11811 State Line Road,…

Nadine Woodworth Wright, 82, of Independence, Missouri, passed away 12/21/2016 at home. Memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2016 at Heartland Cremation and Burial Society, Raytown, Missouri. Visitation will be held at 3:00 p.m., preceding the memorial service. Nadine was born 9/20/1934 in Kansas City, Missouri to Earl and Eleanor…

John W. Belger II passed away on December 26, 2016 at the age of 79. John was a man of simple pleasures; family, community, hard work, and personal accomplishments were his top priorities. Growing up on the family acreage near Raytown, Missouri he learned to “leave things better than he found them.” He passed this…

James (Jim) Redfern, 98, of Raytown, Missouri passed away December 20, 2016 at his residence. Jim was born in Sheffield, England in 1918 and emigrated to Canada with his family when he was 18 months old. The family eventually settled in Detroit, Michigan, and he became a naturalized citizen. After high school, Jim went to…

Betty Louise (Folkens) Thill, age 83 of Stockton, IL, died Sunday December 18, 2016 in Columbia, MO. She was born April 19, 1933, the daughter of Richard and Pearl Folkens. She was a 1951 graduate of Stockton High School, and later graduated from Olivet Nazarene College. Betty married Marvin Thill on August 12, 1954 in…

Marieann C. Gibson, 55 of Archie, Missouri passed away December 18, 2016 at Research Medical Center. A visitation will be held 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Wednesday, December 28, 2016 and memorial to follow on Thursday, December 29th at 10:30 AM at Archie United Methodist Church.  Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society…