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Betty Imogene Gambreal
Aug 20, 2023
Betty Imogene Gambreal, 89, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on August 20, 2023.
Betty was born on February 20, 1934, in Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee. She was the youngest of eight children born to James “Jim” and Addie (Bumpus) Blackwell. When she was 14 years old, her family moved to Clarksville, TN where she met the love of...
Pamela S Gash
Aug 20, 2023
Pamela S. Crandall Gash, 67, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, August 20, 2023. She was born on Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kansas on September 8, 1955, to the late Arthur and Loretta (Schaffer) Crandall.
She is survived by her daughter Cheri (Matthew) Bonsignore, Son Stacy (Cecilia) Gash, grandchildren Adelaide, Skye and Camryn. She is also...
Tre Alexander Roschevitz
Aug 16, 2023
Tre Roschevitz, 17, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. He was born June 7, 2006.
Tre loved all that life had to offer and he made the most of his 17 years on earth. He enjoyed time going to concerts with friends, skateboarding, street art, and being with his family. He is an honorary member of the Corvette...
Rose Marie Glenn
Aug 11, 2023
Rose Marie Glenn was the first and only daughter born to the proud parents of Jane Hope Glenn (Hill) and Roy Edwin Glenn, Jr, in Los Angeles, California on January 19, 1962. She attended Cimmaron Avenue Elementary, Dodson Junior High, and San Pedro High School, graduating in 1979. From early on in her life, there were four things about...
Sharon Rose Martin
Aug 7, 2023
Sharon Rose Martin, 78, of Kansas City, MO, gained her Heavenly wings on August 7, 2023.
She was born to parents Harold Robert McGuire and Geneva Lucille Yeager, on June 25, 1945, in Gatesville, Texas. She met the love of her life, Kenneth Martin, on a blind date and from that moment they were inseparable. They were married on July 1, 1967, in Grandview, Missouri and were blessed with raising four children.Sharon enjoyed...
Cynthia Rae Searcy
Aug 7, 2023
Cynthia Rae Searcy passed away in her sleep on August 7, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her parents Maurice (Eddie) and Juanita Barker. She is survived by her husband, Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Kenny A. Searcy, daughter Anna Searcy, brothers Edward Barker (Kathy), Alan Barker (Marina), and Roger Barker, and five nephews and nieces. ...
LeeAnn Pack
Aug 7, 2023
LeeAnn Rothschild Ballew Pack, 82, of Smithville, Missouri passed away on August 7, 2023.
LeeAnn was born on May 1, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri to Bert Rothschild and Mary Margaret (Hill) Rothschild. She attended grade school at Henry Crump and graduated from Paseo High School. LeeAnn married Stephen Ballew in January of 1958, and had four children. They lived...
Anita Louise Noble
Aug 6, 2023
Anita Louise Noble, 77, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 6, 2023.
Anita was born on May 6, 1946 in Denver, Colorado to Lyle and Esther Peak. Her family moved to her adopted hometown of Quincy, Illinois where she graduated from Quincy High School in 1964. She continued her education at William...
Forrest C. Stewart
Aug 4, 2023
Forrest C. Stewart, 86, passed away on Friday, August 4, 2023. He was born November 29, 1936.
Forrest was raised in Kansas City, by his parents Henry and Orpha Hoelscher. He was a proud member of the Teamsters union. He retired from Consolidated Freight, (CF) after more than 20 years of service. Forrest was a man who loved life, the...
Wayne Keith Dyer
Jul 30, 2023
Wayne Keith Dyer, 64, of Topeka, Kansas passed away on July 30, 2023.
Wayne was born on April 27, 1959 near Jacksonville, North Carolina. His father served in the Marine Corp., which led the family to California where he graduated high school. Following in his father’s footsteps, Wayne also enlisted in the United States Marine Corp and...
Laborn "Jonesy" Lavon Jones
Jul 29, 2023
On August 4, 1945, in Lebanon, Missouri, Rev. Laborn Lavern and Agnes Ada (Pitts) Jones welcomed their fifth child, Laborn Lavon. He joined his siblings, Lavelle, Janice, Paul Dean and Janell. Lavon was raised in the Baptist faith and attended church wherever his father was pastoring. He was baptized at a young age by his father."Jonesy" as he was...
Melvin "Pete" Keith Shingleton
Jul 29, 2023
Melvin Keith "Pete" Shingleton, Kansas City North, passed away July 29 at the age of 94 after a long illness. Melvin was born February 22, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas to William and Mayme Shingleton. In 1948, he married Kathryn Jean Hulver in Excelsior Springs, MO. Melvin was preceded in death by his parents; 2 sisters, Maxine Scott and...
John Nielsen
Jul 26, 2023
Harold John Nielsen, 83, of Kansas City, MO, passed away on July 26, 2023. John was born October 5, 1939 to Arthur and Mabel Nielsen in Newark, NJ and raised in Canada, where he graduated from Wolfville Academy in Nova Scotia.
John returned to the United States and served in the Air Force before attending and graduating from Washburn University...
Karen Vansell
Jul 25, 2023
Karen S. Vansell, 70, of Blue Springs, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. She was born August 10, 1952, in St. Joseph, Missouri to the late Michael and Farolyn (Simpson) Lenz.
Karen lived a wonderful life enjoying time with her family, watching the Chiefs, shopping, playing bunco, working in the garden. She also loved to eat ice cream...
Danny Tucker
Jul 25, 2023
Danny Tucker, 87, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. He was born February 24, 1936, in Orrick, Missouri, to the late Cecil Tucker and Mildred (Barger) Sullenger.
Danny was meticulous with everything, his garage, yard, home, and vehicles. He got a lot of joy out of restoring his 1956 Mercury Montclair that he would take...
Tammie Cude
Jul 24, 2023
Tammie Roxanne (Springgate) Cude, age 65, of Kansas City, MO (formerly of Washington, Missouri) passed away quietly at home in her sleep on July 24, 2023. Tammie was born on September 19, 1957, in Franklin County, Missouri, the daughter of Robert (Bob) Thomas Springgate and Shirley Alma (Crump) Springgate.
As a child, Tammie moved to Florida with her parents. ...
Ronald Clinton Walker
Jul 24, 2023
Ronald Clinton Walker, 80, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on July 24, 2023.
Ron was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 19, 1942 to Clinton and Buelah Walker. His parents relocated to Orrick, Missouri where he graduated from Orrick High School in 1960. After moving to the Kansas City area he continued his education attending William Jewell College...
John "Jack" Leonard Oldag
Jul 24, 2023
John "Jack" Leonard Oldag, 76, passed away on July 24, 2023.
Jack was born on February 12, 1947 and raised in Postville, Iowa in Allamakee County.
The son of Leonard William Oldag and Velva Irene (Gilson) Oldag of Postville, Iowa. He married Nancy S. (Mathes) Oldag in 1972. They had two children; daughter, Julie Irene Oldag and son, Chad Leonard...
William "Andy" Hemphill
Jul 23, 2023
William Andrew “Andy” Hemphill II, of Kansas City, MO, passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2023, at the age of 79.
Andy was born and then raised by his widowed mother in Manhattan, KS (his father was killed in action in the South Pacific during WWII when Andy was a toddler). Andy developed a strong work ethic early on. He picked up...
Leonard Anthony Patrick
Jul 23, 2023
Leonard Anthony Patrick, 81 of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on July 23,2023.
Leonard was born on April 28, 1942, the second of three sons born to Joseph and Lillian Patrick. He spent the first eight years of his life in Staten Island, New York where he made cherished memories with the Italian side of his family. After his...
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