Benjamin “Ben” Swale, 83, Kearney, MO passed away January 15, 2004 at Liberty Hospital. Cremation. Graveside will be at Oak Wood Cemetery, Beloit, WI. Memorial contributions can be made to American Heart of Diabetes Assoc. Ben served in the US Coast Guard during WWII. He was Teamster for Local #41 for over 35 years. Survivors…

Benjamin Franklin Hanes, Jr., 69, Osage Beach, MO passed away January 15, 2004 at Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO. Cremation.

Carl T. Johnson, 74, Kansas City, MO passed away January 14, 2004. Military graveside services will be January 20, 2004 at Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Verne Nelson “Corky” Young ,73, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away January 14, 2004. Cremation. Memorial Services will be held at a later date in Hernando, Mississippi. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Heart of America Humane Society, PO Box 12703, Overland Park, KS 66282. Corky was born May 15, 1930 to Daniel…

Marjorie M. Slyker, 73, Kansas City, MO passed away January 11, 2004 at Barry Manor. Cremation.

David M. Gardner, 45, Columbia, MO passed away January 11, 2004 at Harry S. Truman VA Medical Center, Columbia, MO. Memorial Service 5-7:00 pm, Sunday, January 18 at Liberty Street Community of Christ Church, Independence, MO. Graveside service, 12:30 pm, Tuesday, January 20 at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS.

Beverly J. Fares, 54, Kansas City, MO passed away January 8, 2004 at her home. Cremation. Visitation will be 1-3:00 pm, Monday, January 12, 2004 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, MO. Beverly was born on May 16, 1949. She was a clerk at the Kansas City Hall in the Water Company for many…

Barbara “Babs” Lee Schmidt died January 7, 2004 at her home. She was born December 12, 1929 in Moberly, MO to Chester Royce Bousman and Sidney Odith Eubank Bousman. Her parents moved to Boonville, MO in 1930 when her dad “Chet” became the Projectionist at the famous Lyric Theater (the first opera house west of…

Patricia Gibson, 67, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away January 5, 2004 at home. Cremation.

Dorothy Williams, 93, Pleasant Valley, MO passed away January 5, 2004 at Pleasant Valley Manor. Cremation.