William Brian Buell of Independence, Missouri, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, December 31, 2007. Bill was 55 years old. For the past eight years Bill worked as a senior counselor for Missouri’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. His career with Vocational Rehabilitation involved evaluating and providing assistance…

Scooter Hockensmith, 67, passed away on December 31, 2007 in Lee’s Summit MO. Scooter was a loving wife, mother and Grandmother. Scooter was preceded by 3 loving husbands, Kermit Sterns, Stanley Campbell, and Darrell Hockensmith and one son, Ronald Sterns. Scooter was survived by 1 brother, Marvin McElwain, four children Monty Wayne, Ronda Jayne &…

William Brian Buell of Independence, Missouri passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, December 31, 2007. Bill was 55 years old. For the past 8 years Bill worked as a senior counselor for Missouri?s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. His career with Vocational Rehabilitation involved evaluating and providing assistance…

Ethil M. Savage, 49, Independence, MO passed away December 29, 2007 at home. Cremation. No services have been planned at this time.

Russell Chandler Hamblin, 39, Cameron, MO passed away December 29, 2007. Cremation. Services to be held at a later date.

Terry Lou Baskas, 49, Topeka, KS passed away December 28, 2007 in Topeka, KS. Cremation. Services to be held at a later date.

Billy Edward Mathis, 91, Kansas City, MO passed away December 28, 2007 at the KC Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. Cremation. Services to be held at a later date.

Clara Read Smith, 91, Independence, MO passed away December 28, 2007. Cremation. Service to be held at a later date.

Gary J. Trueblood passed from this life December 28, 2007, at age 71. Survivors include his wife Ramona; sister Shirley Schwab; niece Julie Koker; nephew Fred Schwab. Memorial service will be held at Faith Ministries World Outreach Center, 12222 Blue Ridge Ext., Grandview, Mo., on December 30, 2007, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers,…

Virginia Reed, beloved daughter of Willard Frank Whitman and Thomasina Crooker Whitman, passed away on December 27, 2007 at the Lee?s Summit Medical Center. She was born March 4, 1925 in Somerville, Massachusetts. She graduated from Belmont High School in Belmont, Massachusetts. She studied at Fisher Business College in Boston, Massachusetts. Before her marriage, she…