Obituaries

Jan 15, 2018

Thelma B. Appleby, 99, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away at the North Care Hospice House on Monday, January 15, 2018. Thelma was born April 27, 1918, to Thomas and Bessie (Linton) Johnson, in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Her mother passed away when Thelma was a year old and she and her brother Coleman was raised by her grandparents, Lou and...

Jan 14, 2018

Pamela Maxine Taylor, 71, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away at home, Sunday, January 14, 2018. Pam was born October 15, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Keith and Thelma (Livingston) Taylor. She went to school and graduated in 1964 from North Kansas City High School.Pam was a graduate of SWMSU. She worked most of her career in Criminal...

Jan 11, 2018

William Harvey “Bill” Hoover, 92, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2018. He was born August 19, 1925 in Princeton, MO to the late Harry H. and Lenna (Shirley) Hoover.

Bill was an over the road truck driver for many years logging more than 4 Million miles. Upon his retirement he went to...

Jan 10, 2018

Lennie Dwayne Jackson, 54, of Liberty, Missouri, passed away, Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Lennie was born August 29, 1963 to Dwayne and Mary Ann (Pooler) Jackson in Smithville, Missouri. He went to school at Oak Park High School. He met Tara Williamson and on September 9, 1989 the couple married. Lennie was a skilled wood worker, carpenter, and craftsman...

Jan 9, 2018

Logan Nathan Garcia (22), only 8 days old, died on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Children’s Mercy Hospital.  He was born January 1, 2018 in Kansas City, MO the first born son of Sergio Nathan Garcia and Mayra Arely Gonzalez.

He will be missed by his parents, his sister Isabella Hernandez, grandparents Blanca and Juan Gonzalez and...

Jan 6, 2018

Vasthia Nevia Creagan, 96, Kansas City, MO passed away at North Care Hospice on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Nevia was born to David and Delpha (Casey) Rickard on April 14, 1921, in Denning, AR. After graduating high school, she married Dan Myers. She enjoyed traveling, dancing, and playing slots. She also played basketball til she was in her mid-30’s....

Jan 6, 2018

Ronald Francis Wise, 77, of Kansas City, MO, passed away at St Luke’s North on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Ron was born to Forrest and Bernice (Henry) Wise on April 30, 1940, in rural Cass, Co., MO. He attended High School at North East High School, and joined the Air Force shortly after high school. On April 13, 1974,...

Jan 5, 2018

James Arley Hadley, 89, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at the North Care Hospice House. Jim was born October 28, 1928, to Frank and Dorothea (Fisher) Hadley in Beatrice, Nebraska. He worked on the family farm through school and in January 1952 he was drafted into the Army for the Korean War, where he...

Jan 5, 2018

Claude Elwood Carver, 92, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018, at St Luke’s North Hospital-Barry Rd. Claude was born March 21, 1925, to Claude and Annabell (Gentry) Carver, in Miami, Missouri. Claude was active in school sports and was a member of the Slater High School’s undefeated Missouri Valley Conference Champions in 1942. He joined...

Jan 4, 2018

Wrenita Alice Owen born February 18, 1943 in Dumont, Texas to Jim Hollar and Birdie Hollar (later Mrs. Jim Edmondson) passed away January 4, 2017 while in care at St. Luke’s Plaza.

She graduated from Guthrie High School in Guthrie, Texas in 1961, where she was the homecoming queen.  Later, she attended Amarillo College receiving a degree. ...

Jan 3, 2018

Timothy Earl “Timmy” Lowrey, 52, of Kansas City, MO died suddenly, on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. He was born April 20, 1965, in Kansas City, to Martha and the late Daniel Lowrey,

He was the loving son of Martha Lowrey and his step-daddy Ernie Ratcliffe; dear brother of Lisa (Dr. Jack) Smalley; Cherished uncle of River Smalley....

Jan 3, 2018

Gary Hamilton Gere, 72, of Lake Waukomis, Missouri, passed away peacefully surrounded by family members and the love of his life, his wife of 23 years, Janet Tripp Gere, at North Kansas City Hospice House.  Gary fought a valiant battle against end stage lung cancer, which was diagnosed in April 2017.  His pain and suffering ended on January 3,...

Jan 1, 2018

Hubert W. “Bill” Baugher, 95, of Kansas City, died on Thursday, October 18, 2018. He was born March 17, 1923 in Harris, Missouri to the late John and Esther (Cook) Baugher.

He attended high at school at Harris, Missouri, attended aeronautical school in Kansas City, and worked for Consolidated in San Diego until he received his draft...

Dec 31, 2017

Marguerite G. Woods, 86, of Kansas City, MO passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017.  She was born February 19, 1931, in Allegheny, PA to the late Everett E. and Marguerite (Kidd) Carnnahan.

She was a caring person who was always serving others, either her family, or in her position with the State of Kansas where she...

Dec 31, 2017

Norma J. Blackburn, 89, of Kansas City, MO, peacefully passed on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at home surrounded by family. She was born on April 16, 1928 to Perry Ernest and Altha Mae Plemmons of Iberia, MO. In the early years , she worked at a shoe factory in Richland, MO, where she met her husband, Carl Blackburn. Years...

Dec 30, 2017

Dorothy Y. Homan, 83, of Smithville, Missouri passed away on December 30, 2017.

Dorothy was born on March 31, 1934 to Rolla and Dorothy Scrimsher in Lamar, Missouri. She is survived by her son, Dwaine (Sherrie) Homan of Smithville, MO; her daughter, Diane (Wallace) MacAlpine of Olathe, KS; her grandchildren: Shawn (Laney) Homan of Minneapolis, KS; Aubrey...

Dec 28, 2017

John Rhone, 80, of Kansas City, MO, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa to the late Elmer and Margaret (Anderson) Rhone on January 20, 1937.

John proudly served in the U.S. Army, worked for PT&T, AT&T, Sprint. In his retirement he became a CPA and worked for H&R Block....

Dec 26, 2017

James “Jim” Lavern Johnson, 87, of Bolivar, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Manor Care, Springfield, Missouri from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. Jim was born August 30, 1930 in rural Island City, Missouri to Sammie and Mary (Smith) Johnson. After serving in the US Army and the Korean War, he married Beatrice Elizabeth (Betty) Mullen in...

Dec 23, 2017

Jacqueline C. "Jackie" Jones, 88, of Kansas City, MO passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2017. She was born October 25, 1929 in Tipton, MO, to the late Marvin and Delphia (Moon) Carey.

Jackie, as she was known to her friends, had a great sense of humor; she could be found sitting on the bench in front of...

Dec 20, 2017

Helen B. Sportsman, 93, of Kansas City, MO, passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017. Friends may call on the family at 11:00 on Wednesday, December 27, at the Lakeside Chapel at Terrace Park Funeral Home in Kansas City, MO, 801 NW 108th Street, Kansas City, MO. A sweet home-going service will follow at 12:00.

Helen was born August...