Joseph Curns, 66, Kansas City, MO, passed away Dec. 12, 2007 in Grandview. There will be a memorial service 10 AM on Monday Dec. 17, 2007 at Heartland Cremation and Burial Society 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd. Raytown, MO 64133. Mr. Joseph E. Curns (Pep) was born April 20, 1941 in Taft, OK, to the union…

Angel E. Cancel, 67, Puerto Rico, passed away December 12, 2007. Angel is survived by his mother Francisca Gonzalez & sister Evelyn Mayorga. He was preceded in death by his brother Julio Cancel.

Alice Mary O?Brien, 89, of Columbia entered into eternal rest December 11, 2007 at University Hospital. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church with Fr. Jeremy Secrist officiating. Alice was born April 11, 1918 in Madison, Maine to the late Ferdinand and Eleanora (Poirier) Allain.…

As a child, she loved reading ?Pollyanna,? the story of an 11-year-old who faced any challenge believing the glass was half full. Her family often referred to Anna Ruth as Pollyanna, because in many ways that?s who she was. Anna Ruth Shinn, 76, of Columbia, died December 11 as a result of Alzheimer?s disease. Her…

LeRoy Woodrow Post, 90, Raytown, MO passed away December 11, 2007. Cremation. Services to be held at a later date.

Mary Jane Charles, 56, of Liberty, Mo., passed away Monday, December 10, 2007, at the home. Memorial services will be held in the Liberty Christian Church 427 East Kansas, Liberty, (take Hwy. 152 east to Kansas St.) at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to Planned Parenthood or…

Conness Johnston Blair, a lifelong Joplin resident, died December 9, 2007 at Bishop Spencer Place, an Episcopal retirement community in Kansas City, where she had resided since September. Mrs. Blair was married to the late Charles David Blair of Joplin. She was 80 years old. Mrs. Blair was a 1945 graduate of Joplin High School…

Larry Stephen “Steve” Mullins, 57, passed away December 8, 2007 in Overland Park, Kansas. Memorial services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, December 22 in the Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel, Oklahoma City.

John C. Greig, 91, passed away Dec. 8, 2007, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Mo. He was born Sept. 18, 1916, in Winnipeg, Canada. John served as a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Training Group during WWII. During this time he met and married Mildred Williams. Following the war he worked for, and retired from…

Keith Jones Walker, 60, of Kansas City, MO, passed away December 8, 2007. Memorial services will be held 1 PM, Friday, Dec 14, 2007 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd., Raytown, MO. Beloved son of Luther and Kaythryn Walker, Keith was born on January 27, 1947. Keith grew up in Gashland,…