Obituaries

David Jester

Nov 11, 2019

David L. Jester, 71, of Gladstone, MO died on Monday, November 11, 2019.  He was born July 25, 1948, in Kansas City, MO to the late John and Ruth (Joplin) Jester.

He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam, was a past commander of VFW Post 4050 and then member of Gladstone Post 10906.  He worked for...

Fredrick Morrow

Nov 10, 2019

Fred Morrow, 92, of Kansas City, MO passed away on November 10, 2019. Funeral services will be held at Terrace Park Funeral Home Friday, November 15th at 2:00pm, with visitation at 1:00pm and burial following.

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Betty Wilson

Nov 9, 2019

Betty Lois Wilson, 90, passed away November 9, 2019. She was born in Blythville, Arkansas on January 7, 1929.

She was the Vice President of State Bank in Campbell, MO and was also a member of First Baptist Church of Campbell, MO. When she moved to the Kansas City area, she became a member of Linden Baptist...

Wilbur Jones

Nov 9, 2019

Wilbur “Dale” Jones, 85, of Kearney, Missouri passed away on November 9, 2019. Dale was born on February 26, 1934 to Wilbur and Etoile Jones in Montreal, Missouri. After high school, Dale joined the U.S. Army where he served for two years as a gunnery sergeant. During this time he and wife, Freda relocated from Kansas City to military...

Suzanne Hobson

Nov 7, 2019

Suzanne Marie Hobson, 78, passed away on November 7, 2019. A private celebration of her Suzanne's life will be held at a later date. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.

Carl Catt

Nov 4, 2019

Carl Ivor Catt, 59, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on November 4th, 2019.

Carl was born on December 16th, 1959 in Los Angeles, California to William and Bertha (Roths) Catt. In 1983 Bertha and Carl moved to Wichita, Kansas where Carl attended Wichita State University. While living in Wichita he met his wife of thirty two...

Cindy Forster

Nov 3, 2019

Lucinda Weamer Whitton Forster (Cindy Forster) 64, passed away Sunday, November 3rd after a valiant 12 year battle with breast cancer. Left on this earth to miss her deeply are her husband, Matt Forster, her sister Julia Weamer-Lee and husband Andrew Smith, and nephews Alex and Greg, her daughter Rachel Whitton and her partner Brad, her son Tristan Whitton,...

Evelyn Calhoun

Nov 2, 2019

Evelyn Ruth Calhoun, 95, passed away on November 2, 2019. Evelyn was born on May 8, 1924 in Abbeville, Mississippi to Walter and Annie (Whitehead) Stafford. She was one of the founding members of the Antioch Bible Baptist Church. Evelyn enjoyed knitting and crocheting, collecting Depression glass, but spending time with her family was always most important to her. Evelyn is...

Evelyn Calhoun

Nov 2, 2019

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Bernadean Gaulding

Oct 31, 2019

Lois Bernadean Crawford Gaulding, 90, of Wentworth, South Dakota, (formerly of Kansas City, MO), died peacefully in her home on October 31, 2019.  “Dean” was born in Ozark County Missouri on April 20, 1929, to John W. and Mabel G. (Stutsman) Crawford. Bernadean attended high school in Gainesville and then worked at Johnson’s Store on the square in downtown Gainesville. ...

Floyd Murphy

Oct 30, 2019

Floyd Wren Murphy, 85, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on October 30, 2019.

Floyd was born on August 20, 1934 in Edgerton, Missouri to Melvin and Alice (Lappine) Murphy and raised on the family farm in rural Missouri. Floyd learned early-on the importance of being a hard worker. His father taught him to weld and could fix...

Patricia Justis

Oct 29, 2019

Patricia Justis, 76, passed away October 29, 2019. She was born April 2, 1943 in Higginsville, MO.

She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for many years. Patricia served in the Army from 1962-1964 and was married to Franklin Lee Justis from 1962-1972. She never remarried because she was so...

Daisy Nettle

Oct 29, 2019

Daisy M. Nettle, 84, passed away October 29, 2019. Private services will be held for the family.

Janet Neds

Oct 26, 2019

Janet Lee Neds, 77, of Kansas City, MO, died October 26, 2019.  She was born in Great Bend, KS on May 15, 1942.  She graduated from Elk City High School and continued her education at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO.

Janet and Edward Neds were married on August 25, 1968 in Lafontaine, KS and moved to...

Alice "Sandi" Penko

Oct 26, 2019

Alice “Sandi” Penko passed away Friday, October 25th,  just before midnight. Like many others, she battled cancer. Those who knew her would not be surprised that she never gave up.  Quit was not in her DNA.

She is survived by her husband, Rod Penko, who shared 35 wonderful years with Alice; her two children, JoAnne Burns and...

Roberta Smith

Oct 19, 2019

Roberta Gail Smith, 84, recently of Cameron, MO, died peacefully, on Saturday, October 19, 2019.  She was born February 12, 1935, in Denver, CO to the late Lars and Ethel (Henson) Nerim.

Her home was the center of her world, she was a courageous homemaker and devoted wife of 67 years. She was the youngest of 10...

Don Riddle

Oct 18, 2019

Don Riddle, 89, recently of Overland Park, Kansas, died Friday, October 18, 2019.  He was born May 16, 1930, in Carthage, Missouri, to the late Floyd and Naomi (Roller) Riddle.

He was the loving father of Janet (Timothy) Owens and Steve (Laurie)Riddle; Cherished grandfather of Steven (Brittni), Rebecca (Wes), and Sam; great-grandfather of Ronnie, Marshall, Landon and...

Tamra Edds

Oct 14, 2019

Tamra Lynn (McOsker) Edds passed away on October 14, 2019, at the age of 58 years.

Tammy was born in Monterey, California to Bruce V.  and Barbara Rudd McOsker on July 20, 1961. After losing her mother less than a year later, she soon met Carolyn Walker McOsker who became her mom and best friend. Together with...

Cecil Woods

Oct 14, 2019

Cecil Dale Woods, 76, passed away on October 14, 2019. Dale was born at home during a snow storm on January 27, 1943 in Kansas City, MO to Ivan Earl and Juanita (Beller) Woods. He grew up in Harlem, MO and Kansas City North. Dale was a proud member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. Dale was an avid outdoorsman...

Leslie Beigel

Oct 8, 2019

Leslie (Buzz) Joseph Beigel of Smithville, Missouri passed away on Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 at the age of 92.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Darlene (nee:  Harms) of Onawa Iowa.  He was the son of Clifford Beigel and Dorothy (nee:  Chapman) of Onawa Iowa.  He was the father of Cindy (Lee) Hunold, Larry (Vickie) Beigel, Wesley...