Janet Bird, 62, of Marshall, MO passed away July 4, 2008 at her home.  Janet was born on April 17, 1946 in Calverly Yorkshire, England to Harold and Patricia (Hall) Knowles.  She is survived by her loving husband, Jerry Bird, and many other family members and friends who will miss her dearly.

      James “Bob” Granger, 81, Kansas City, MO passed away Thursday, July 3, 2008 at the Missouri Veterans Center in Cameron, MO. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 12th at 2:00 at The Park Hill Christian Church. Mr. Granger was born December 20, 1926 in Kansas City, MO to Hazel Marie…

Frances May Linder Massaro, 88, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Tues., 7/2/08. Cremation, no services. Loving daughter, sister, wife mother, grandmother & friend.

J. David Miller, 82, of Kansas City, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008. A memorial service will be held this Thursday, July 10th, at the Overland Park Christian Church at 7600 West 75th Street. Visitation with the family begins at 3:30 p.m. A Recognition and Celebration of Dave Miller’s life…

Beulah Ruth (Gromer) Meade, 98, passed away July 1st at Shangri-la Care Center in Blue Springs. Born Sept. 28, 1909, in Pattonsburg, MO, she was the daughter of Charles (Mud) and Martha Pearl Blankenship. She married Dr. Ray Gromer, a dentist, in 1934. He died in 1950. In 1955, she married Vern Meade, who died…

Jerome Paul Blegstad (Jerry), 63, of Kansas City, MO, passed away at his home on July 1, 2008. Jerry was born Oct. 16, 1944 in Manchester, N.H., the first of 2 children to Melford and Wanda Blegstad. A proud Army veteran of the Vietnam war, he enjoyed sports, especially baseball, music and competing in BBQ…

Robert (Radio) Adams, 55, Kansas City, KS, died June 30, 2008. Surviving are his wife, Martha; daughter, Kelly Sanders; son, Ian Cauble; 4 grandkids, Jamie, Kaeleb, Julie & Ashley. No services have been planned at this time.

Robert (Radio) Adams, 55, Kansas City, KS, died June 30, 2008. Surviving are his wife, Martha; daughter, Kelly Sanders; son, Ian Cauble; 4 grandkids, Jamie, Kaeleb, Julie & Ashley. No services have been planned at this time.

Douglas Panknin, 52 of Overland Park, KS., passed away June 28 at his home. Douglas was born Sept 17, 1955, in Kansas City to Jerry and JoAnne Panknin. He attended Southwest High School, Wentworth Military Academy, and UMKC before joining the Army in 197. After the military he followed in the family tradition working as…

Valerie Garton died at her home on June 29th  2008, after a long battle with cancer.  Valerie was 46.  She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Kevin Wilson, her daughter, Reed Wilson, her parents Stanley and Joyce Garton, and her brothers, Darryl and Scott Garton. Val grew up in Centralia and graduated from…