Ellen "Dee" Skie, 87, Lawrence, Kan., died June 29, 2008. Born in KY, she married John Skie and lived in Lawrence for 58 years. Surviving are three daughters, including Debbie Scrivner, Leawood and three grandkids.

Douglas Panknin, 52, of Overland Park, Kan., 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 1972. After the military he followed in the family tradition working as…

Don Alleyson Jones, 79, of Weaubleau passed away June 28, 2008 at the Harry S. Truman VA Hospital in Columbia, MO.  Don was born on August 15, 1928 in Chatanooga, Tennessee to Allen and Rosalie (Radcliffe) Jones. 

Keim Djoa, 95, of St. Joseph, Missouri passed way on Friday, June 27, 2008.

Donna Consentino, 78, of Montezuma, Illinois, passed away, Friday, June 27, 2008 at Centerpoint Medical Center in Indpendence, Missouri.  

Homer Smith, 80, passed away June 26, 2008 at his home in Holden, MO.  Cremation.   Services have not been planned at this time. 

David Blaine Sims, 65, of Independence, Missouri passed way at Centerpoint Medical Center on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

Jane Elam, born Nov. 25, 1957, went home to the Lord on June 26, 2008, following a brief struggle with non-smoker’s lung cancer. After graduating from Shawnee Mission South High School, Jane earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1980. In 1991 she married Carleton Britt Elam. Jane worked in…

Bettyanne Pringle, Prairie Village, Kan., passed away June 25, 2008, of natural causes. She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Ernest Rees Pringle. Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Anne Kyser and Jan Michael; five grandchildren, Gianni Perry, Doug Kyser, Rees Michael, Sam Velie, Zoe Velie; and two great-grandchildren, Juliette Kyser and Elan Kyser.…

Jacquelyn Ann Duncan, 61, of Independence, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2008.