Obituaries

John Biswell

Aug 12, 2022

John Joseph "JJ" Biswell, 69, of Kansas City, passed away on August 12, 2022 after a battle with ALS. He was preceded in death by his parents Warren and Rilma "Bessie" Biswell, his brother Tim Biswell, 3 nephews and a niece. He leaves behind a daughter Teresa Biswell, a son Danny Biswell, 5 grandchildren, an ex-wife Sharilyn Williams, his...

Helen Shawver

Aug 7, 2022

Helen Elizabeth Shawver passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 7, 2022. Visitation will be Tuesday, August 9 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Terrace Park, 801 NW 108th Street, Kansas City, MO 64155. Funeral services are private.

Helen was born on February 2, 1937, in Kansas City, MO to Arthur and Louise Wilson. She married Robert...

Doris Fox

Aug 4, 2022

Doris Ann Fox, 90, passed away on August 4, 2022. Doris was born on March 3, 1932 in Truxton, Missouri to Albert and Anna Anson.  She grew up in Montgomery City , Missouri where she met Dale Eugene Fox. The two were married on September 21, 1951 and were blessed with two children.  They lived most of their married...

Carolyn Newburn

Aug 4, 2022

Carolyn Newburn (87) of Kansas City, Missouri passed away peacefully at St. Luke's North Hospital on August 4th, 2022.

Carolyn was born in Belleville, Illinois on November 28th,1934 to the late Jesse Laverne and Edgar Noble Sanford. She attended Boonville High School in Boonville, MO and Central Methodist College in Fayette, MO.

After college, she...

Lloyd Anderson

Aug 3, 2022

Lloyd Anderson, 93 of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2022. He was born to the late Zana Anderson on November 8, 1928 in Steele, Missouri. Lloyd grew up on a farm where he cared for his mother from the age of 15.

Lloyd was a Brick Mason by trade for 75 years. He...

Virgle "Ernie" Taylor

Jul 28, 2022

Virgle LaVern “Ernie” Taylor, 92, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully on July 28, 2022. Ernie was born June 22, 1930in rural Harrison County, MO; the fourth of seven children born to Virgle and Daisy (Chaney) Taylor. After graduating from Washington rural High School in 1947, he followed the summer wheat harvest through Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraskaand South Dakota. He served in the United States Air Force, stationed at five different bases and ending his...

John Showalter

Jul 28, 2022

John A. Showalter, 75, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2022. He was born June 24, 1947, in Marshall, Missouri to the late John E. and Frances A. (Wagner) Showalter.

John graduated in 1965 from Paola High School and earned his bachelor's degree in 1969 and his Juris Doctorate in 1972, from Washburn...

Joyce Weatherly

Jul 28, 2022

Joyce Lavelle Weatherly, 97, of Smithville/Gladstone, Missouri passed away July 28, 2022, at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City, Missouri. Joyce was born on April 12, 1925, in Linn County, Missouri to the loving home of Linn and Lida Smith. She was united in marriage to John N. Weatherly, Sr. on May 29, 1942, in New Mexico. Joyce...

Pamela Peschang

Jul 26, 2022

Pamela Sue Peschang, 64, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away peacefully at her home on July 26, 2022 after an extended illness.  She was born to Cecil and the late Sandy Peschang on July 17, 1958.  She spent her adult life in the financial services industry and retired from Ameriprise Financial Services. The love Pam showed her life long...

Donovan Smith Jr.

Jul 26, 2022

Donovan Norman Smith Jr., 88, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on July 26, 2022.

Donovan was born on October 31, 1933 in a farmhouse in La Porte County, Indiana to Donovan N. Smith Sr. and Edith Mildred (Bruce) Smith. In 1949, his family relocated to Oregon where he graduated from Triangle Lake High School in 1951....

Merle Cox

Jul 23, 2022

Merle Tuller Cox of Kansas City, Missouri was born in Leon, Iowa on March 25, 1931 to Sidney Merle Tuller and Elsie Elizabeth Lentz Tuller, and peacefully passed at her daughter’s home in Gladstone, MO on July 23, 2022, at the age of 91.

Merle lived in Leon, IA in her early years. Her oldest sister was...

John Burke

Jul 22, 2022

John Anthony Burke, 80, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on July 22, 2022.

John (known as Jack) was born in East Newark, New Jersey on December 16, 1940, to David and Isabel Burke. After high school he joined the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Olathe, Kansas from 1960-1962, as well as Norfolk, Virginia aboard the...

Genevieve Conn

Jul 22, 2022

Genevieve A. Conn, 102 ,of Platte County passed away on July 22, 2022. A private service will be held at Terrace Park Cemetery.

Jacquetta Myers

Jul 20, 2022

Jacquetta Ann Myers, 91, of Kansas City, MO, peacefully entered the gates of Heaven with her daughter, Jenny, by her side on July 20, 2022. She was born to the late Wallace and Kathryn Quarles on September 17, 1930. She graduated high school from Northeast in Kansas City, MO, and married the most kind, gentle and handsome man, Kenneth...

Ralph Bishop

Jul 18, 2022

Ralph E. Bishop, 80, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022.

Ralph was born on May 7, 1942 in Miami, Missouri. After graduating from Marshall High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving from 1960-1964. He worked for Stampers/ConAgra Foods upon discharge, then started with Ford Motor Company in 1965. He retired from Ford in...

Janet Paskon

Jul 18, 2022

Janet Sue Paskon, 76, of Gladstone, MO passed away peacefully on July 18, 2022. She was born to the late John (Bob) R. and Mildred M. Grate on October 11, 1945.

Janet was a teacher for over 30 years with several districts, and finished her teaching career for the Kansas City, MO school district at the Holliday Montessori...

Leila Lotz

Jul 8, 2022

Leila Mae Lotz, 88, of Liberty, Missouri, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 8, 2022, at home. She was born July 25, 1933, in Kansas City, Missouri to the late John and Esther Swearingin. Leila lived in Liberty since moving there in 1958 where she and her late husband Paul raised three children.

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Evelyn Grill

Jul 5, 2022

Evelyn Melinda (Fazah) Grill, 94, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully on July 05, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Abraham and Bessie Fazah on February 16, 1928. She married the love of her life, John Grill, on December 30th 1950. Together they had five children.

Evelyn was employed as...

Frances "Fran" Palmer

Jul 4, 2022

Frances “Fran” Marion Palmer, 90, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Monday, July 4, 2022. She was born November 3, 1931, in Possum Hollow, Arkansas to the late Jesse and Ruth (Estes) Wright.

She was an educator, teaching mostly High School English at Kansas City area Christian schools. She and her late husband, Eugene, were longtime...

Marilyn Willis

Jun 30, 2022

Marilyn June (Miller) Willis, 94, of Kansas City, MO passed away peacefully on June 30, 2022. She was born to the late Ernest and Helen Miller on April 27, 1928. She became a loving wife to her husband, Charles Willis and was a homemaker and housewife to her family.

She was a woman of faith and belonged...