Andrew Warren, 70, Kansas City, MO passed away August 26, 2015.  Andrew had a lifelong love of family, technology and eating catfish. He loved to take things apart for the sheer pleasure of seeing how it worked.  He graduated with an associates degree and went to Technical school. He went on to work as a…

Louis “Lou” Rinehart, 67, passed away August 26, 2015 peacefully at his home, surrounded by family.  A Celebration of Life service will be held 1:00 PM, Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Eastside Baptist Church, Independence, Missouri. Lou was born November 11, 1947 in Independence, Missouri to Jim & Goldie (Simmons) Rinehart.  He was an Air…

Donald L. Yerkes, 92, longtime resident of Independence, Kansas, died Saturday, August 22, 2015. He leaves his daughters, Pat Schabel of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Jan (Darrell) Voth of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; four grandchildren, Ryan Springer, Parkville, Mo.; Kelly (Kevin) Ikenberry, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kristen (Chris) Ridler, Kansas City, Missouri.; and Brady (Stefanie) Voth, Roeland…

Billy Meier, 76, Independence, Missouri passed away August 20, 2015 at home.  A visitation will be held 10:00 – 11:00 AM, Monday, August 24, 2015 at Immanuel Baptist Church, 112 W 23rd St, Independence, Missouri.  A funeral will follow at 11:00 AM.  Military graveside following at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, Missouri.  In lieu of flowers,…

Patricia “Pat” McKinney, 68, Blue Springs, Missouri passed away August 14, 2015 at her home.  A visitation will be held 1:00 – 2:30, Friday, August 21, 2015 with a celebration of life following at 2:30 PM at Lee’s Summit Christian Church. Pat was born September 20, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri.  She graduated from Raytown South…

Marie Rettelle age 76, passed away at 7:45PM on August 12, 2015 at Crown Care Nursing Home.  She was the daughter of the late August & Mary Lesouski, she was born March 22, 1939 in Brownsville, PA.  After high school Marie moved to MI with her older sister Irene.  In 1957 she married George Rettelle in…

David Lewis Greathouse, or as his friends knew him, “Captain Dave”, of Independence, Missouri passed away August 14, 2015 at his home from natural causes.  A visitation for David will be held on Wednesday, August 19th at 6:00pm at the Heartland Cremation & Burial Society located at 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, Missouri 64133. A eulogy…

Janet Smith, 57, of Grain Valley died at home Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015. Jan had a kind and generous heart and was loved by family and friends. She was known as Mama Jan to many. She was preceded in death by a son and widowed twice. She is survived by children Kirbi Hampton and Zachary…

Dorothy G. Hedrick, 81, of Raytown, Missouri, passed away July 10, 2015, with her family by her side. Dorothy was born March 31, 1934 to William and Agnes Ray in Higginsville, Missouri. A Celebration of Life will be held at 4:00 P.M., Saturday, August 22 at the Spring Valley Baptist Church, Raytown, Missouri.