Thea Kawakami, 60, Kansas City, Missouri passed away January 13, 2014 at home.  A visitation will be held 2:00-3:00PM, Friday, January 17, 2014 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, Missouri.  Funeral services will follow at 3:00 PM.  Burial in Brooking Cemetery, Raytown, Missouri. Thea was born November 10, 1953 in…

Daniel “Danny” Rannabargar, 62, Belton, Missouri passed away January 13, 2014.  Visitation will be held 10:00-11:00AM, Friday, January 17, 2014 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, MO.  Memorial services will follow at 11AM. Danny was born July 28, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri. He started his career as a carpenter with his dad and…

Cecil V. Williams, 77, of Tightwad, Missouri passed away peacefully at St. Joseph Hospital in the early morning of January 11, 2014, surrounded by his family and loved ones.  He put up a valiant fight, but ultimately lost the tough battle due to complications following a recent surgery.  He was preceded in death by his father and mother Cecil &…

Perry G. Parrigin, a widely known and well-respected member of the Columbia music community and a resident of Columbia for 60 years, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013, at The Neighborhoods by Tiger Place. He was 88 years old. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at the…

Michael E Mader, 62, Gardner, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 11, 2014 at home.  Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Community Foursquare Church, 119 E 9th, Ottawa, Kansas 66067. Memorial contributions may be made to House of Hope, 7044 Antioch Rd, Overland Park, KS 66204 or Prairie Spirit Rail…

Maurice H. Ellis, 92, of Columbia, died January 9 at University Hospital.  He was born June 3, 1921 in Osage Iowa, to the late Melvin and Dorothy  (Sniveley) Ellis.  On August 25, 1944, he was married to Marjorie Nash, who survives at the home. He joined the Navy in 1942 and was commissioned as a…