James Russell Nobe, 59, of Monroe City passed away November 12, 2007 at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran’s Hospital in Columbia. James was born on Sept. 15, 1948 to William and Zelma (Nation) Nobe.

HOLMAN, Dr. Carol Penny (ne. O’Lear) of Nevada, MO, died Monday, November 12. Born in Passaic, NJ, Penny lived in Mahwah, NJ before beginning graduate studies at Syracuse University where she met and married her husband Dr. Loyd Bruce Holman. She is survived by her husband, and their son Dr. Alexander Holman, his wife Emily,…

Kenneth Val Leroy Nixon, 66, of Columbia passed away November 11, 2007 at West Village Manor. Mr. Nixon was born on Sept. 17, 1941 in Washington, Missouri to Orville and Callie (Hyatt) Nixon. Kenneth is survived by many relatives and close friends from whose lives his absence will be greatly felt. Online

Julio Cancel, 69, Kansas City, MO, passed away Nov. 11, 2007. A memorial service is planned for 11 AM on Nov. 14, 2007, at McMurry United Methodist Church, 25 Eugene Field Road, Claycomo, MO 64119 (arr. Heartland Cremation and Burial Society, 816-313-1677)

David A. Herbst, 67, passed away Nov. 11. Memorial services 3 p.m. Fri., Nov. 16, at his home in Basehor, Kan., with his ashes to be scattered across the Sacramento Delta in California. He is survived by children Clint Herbst, Connie Giomi, Chris Herbst, Cory Herbst, 14 grandchildren and sister Karen Bopp of WA.

Garve M. Blanc, 54, Raytown, passed away Nov. 10, 2007. A memorial service will be held 2pm Saturday Nov. 17th at the LDS Church 5609 Norfleet KCMO. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Kansas City Hospice House.

Aaron Bradley Caldwell, age 22, passed away November 10, 2007 in his sleep at his apartment at Kansas University in Lawrence, KS. Aaron was born June 20, 1985 and lived in Shawnee Mission, KS until high school. He attended LD Bell High School in Hurst, TX. Aaron was a senior at Kansas University majoring in…

Joseph J. Blasy, 68, of Independence, died 11/9/07 at home. Joe was born in New England, ND to Joseph & Magdalena Blasy. He retired from Hallmark where he was employed as a computer analyst for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and children, Sandra & David Rapp and Steven; grandchildren Michael and…

William ?Bill? Francis Fox, 72, of Moberly passed away November 9, 2007 at his home. Bill was born on August 13, 1935 in St. Joseph, Missouri to William and Frances (Majeske) Fox. Services were held on Saturday, November 17th.

Spurgeon M. Smidt, 61, Topeka, KS passed away at the VA Medical Center in Topeka on November 8, 2007. Cremation. Services will be at a later date.