Obituaries

Jan 1, 2005

Walter V. Wisby, 83, Smithville, MO, passed away March 20, 2005. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 25 at Mt. Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home, with burial in Mt. Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Walter was preceded in death by his parents and two grandchildren. Survivors include his...

Apr 2, 2002

Patricia Lee Wright Zurbuchen, 70, of Liberty, MO, passed away April 2, 2002, at her home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at Mt. Moriah Terrace Park. Visitation will be 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery.

Pat was born April 21, 1931, in North Kansas City, MO,...

Nov 21, 1949

Earl L. Wheeler Jr., son of the late Earl and Helen (Daniels) Wheeler, was born on November 21, 1949 in Killeen, Texas and departed this life on January 11, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. At the time of his passing he was 69 years of age.

Earl spent the early years of his life living in Gladstone,...

Apr 18, 1941

Dianne M. Collins, 77, of Trimble, MO, died at NorthCare Hospice House on Sunday, May 6, 2018. She was born April 18, 1941 in Minneapolis, MN to the late Louis F. and Leone F. Oltman.

She lived in Trimble, MO for almost 40 years. During her early years she worked with her parents raising nationally-known Brittany Spaniels...

May 7, 1926

Juanita F. Thornton passed away peacefully on September 2nd at a nursing facility in Idaho.  Juanita was born on May 7th, 1926 in Glasgow, MO, the seventh of ten children born to Noble and Minnie Kivett.

After graduating from Glasgow High School where she was a majorette for the Marching Band, she moved to Kansas City, MO...

Oct 20, 1917

Natalie Phyllis Bunyard, 100, passed away in her home in Greenwood, Indiana on Sunday, September 9, 2018. She was born on October 20, 1917, in Darlington, Missouri to the late Dan and Maybelle (Walker) Cravens. She married Clifton K. Bunyard on March 3, 1946 in Independence, MO. They were married 60 years until his death in 2006. Survivors include...

Marian L. Gazaway, 75, of Gladstone, MO passed away August 17, 2011. Funeral services are 11:00 am Saturday August 20th at Linden Baptist Church, 611 NE 69th Street, Gladstone, MO. Visitation will be preceding services 9:30 - 11:00 am. Burial in Mount Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Linden Baptist Church.Marian was born...

Mildred "Millie" Klem, 75, of Liberty, MO passed away June 17, 2011. Memorial services are 10:00 am Tuesday June 21st at Mount Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home, with visitation 9:00 - 10:00 am. Private inurnment will be in Mount Moriah Terrace Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to Children's Mercy Hospital Pediatric Cardiology. Millie worked as a PBX operator at...

Henry F. Weaver, 90, of Kansas City, Mo passed away January 14, 2013 at St. Luke's Northland Hospital. Funeral services are 11:00 am Thursday January 17th at Barry Christian Church, with visitation preceding services 10:00 - 11:00 am. Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Barry Christian Church or Honor Flight of Kansas...

Dave "Taco" Ritacco, 45, of Smithville, Mo (formerly of the Racine, WI area) passed away April 4, 2011. Memorial services are 3:00 pm Saturday April 9th at Mount Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home, with visitation 1:30 - 3:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Dave Ritacco Memorial Fund for his children's education in care of...

Wilma (Gerry) Geraldine Clark Segrist, age 90 of Gladstone Missouri received her angel wings on February 25, 2012. Her last days were surrounded by Family and Friends that Gerry had touched throughout life. Please come celebrate Gerrys life on Thursday March 1st. Visitation will be at 1 pm, Funeral services will follow at 2 pm at Mount Moriah Terrace Park...

Richard "Dick" C. Lyon, 93, of Bella Vista, AR, died Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at Circle of Life Hospice House in Bentonville.  He was born January 19, 1917, in Jefferson, Iowa to Isaac Percy and Margaret Cox Lyon.Dick was raised in Jefferson, Iowa where the work at his father's drugstore encouraged him to pursue a career as a pharmacist for a...