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…

John Frank Vassar, 62, passed away December 26, 2007. Cremation. Services to be held at a later date.

Albert John Vaughn, 73, Belton, MO passed away December 26, 2007 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Cremation. Services to be held at a later date.

Lisa Kay Ellis, 47, Independence, MO, passed away Dec. 26, 2007 at Kansas University Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 2 PM Saturday Dec. 29, 2007 at Heartland Cremation and Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd. Raytown, MO 64133. Lisa was preceded in death by her father Henry Ellis. She is survived by…

Herb McClanahan passed away Dec. 25, 2007 at Edgewood Manor in Raytown, MO. Herb was preceded in death by his wife Ruth in October of 2007. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Greg Epperson, a son David McClanahan, and a grandson, Troy Epperson. Herb was a Korean War Veteran as a…

Herb McClanahan passed away Dec. 25, 2007 at Edgewood Manor in Raytown, MO. Herb was preceded in death by his wife Ruth in October of 2007. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Greg Epperson, a son David McClanahan, and a grandson, Troy Epperson. Herb was a Korean War Veteran as a…

Jessie L. Williams, 85, Kansas City, KS passed away December 24, 2007 at the VA Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Burial will be at Leavenworth National Cemetery on January 2, 2008 at 11 AM.

Jeretta Evelyn Overcast, 68, of New Cambria passed away December 24, 2007. Jeretta was born on June 24, 1939 in Waynesville, MO to the late Ada (Rigsby) and Raymond Chafen. There will be no services. She is survived by four children; Evelyn Walker, with whom she lived with in New Cambria, Jeretta Eileen Jennings of…

Harlan Sheldon, 91, Kansas City, Missouri, passed away December 22, 2007. A memorial service will be held 1PM Friday December 28th at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd Raytown.

Thane Delbert Croston, 91, Cameron, MO passed away December 22, 2007 at the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, KS. Cremation. Services to be held at a later date.