Chester "Chet" Manley
Dec 10, 2023
Chester "Chet" Manley, 80, passed away December 10, 2023. Chet was born September 7, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri to Calvin C. Manley and Gertrude (Mann) Manley. He was a United States Marine Corp veteran. Chet was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and Nall Avenue Baptist Church. He was a Boilermaker and worked for Sears, the Kansas City Fire...
Joyce C. Tucking
Dec 9, 2023
Joyce Carolyn Tucking, 71, of Kearney, MO, passed away unexpectedly on December 9, 2023, at her home.
Joyce was born January 29, 1952, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the daughter of Norma Margaret (Dickson) and George Charles Rathburn. She was united in marriage to Harley J. Tucking on June 11, 1971. Joyce was a...
Bert L. Torrey
Dec 7, 2023
Despite being in the advanced stages of dementia, Bert Torrey was perfect. So perfect, he could walk on water. At least, that’s what he would tell anyone who asked how he was doing. “I’m perfect. I can walk on water. Just throw a cup on the ground and let me show you.”
At restaurants, as the server was...
Martha M. Shaffer
Dec 7, 2023
Martha Bell (Morris) Shaffer passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 7th, 2023.
Marty, later to be named “JuJu” by her great-grandchildren, was born in Kansas City, MO, June 12th, 1926. She was the sixth child born to her parents Frederick and Lula Morris. She was the last living member of her immediate family.
She was married to Herbert Donald Shaffer...
Debbie E. Hamilton
Dec 4, 2023
​Deborah E. Hamilton, 65, of Lake Waukomis, MO, passed away December 4, 2023, following a 15-month battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.
​Debbie was born June 9, 1958, in North Kansas City, MO, the youngest of three children of Robert and Elizabeth (Mills) Albertson. Her parents preceded her in death.
​Survivors include her sons, Jacob Hamilton (Ana) and Zane...
Curtis Robert Heil
Dec 1, 2023
Curtis Robert Heil, 45, of Bellevue, Washington, passed away on Friday, December 1, 2023. A Memorial visitation is scheduled from 2:00 – 3:00 PM on Friday, January 19, 2024 at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, 1640 N. State Route 291, Liberty, MO 64068. The family will have a private memorial service at a later time.
Curtis was born on February 13,...
Donald L. Hedrick
Nov 30, 2023
Donald L. Hedrick, 89, passed away at home, surrounded by family on November 30, 2023. Donald was preceded in death by his wife Miriam Hedrick, his parents William Harold Hedrick, Sr. and Mildred Rose Hedrick, brother William Harold Hedrick, Jr., sister Zelda Mae Logan, brother Fred Harvey Hedrick, sister Betty Thomas, sister Sharon Holmes, brother Raymond Rolland Hedrick and sister...
Rita Rose Lowe
Nov 29, 2023
Rita Rose Lowe
Oct. 18, 1931 – Nov. 29, 2023
Rita was born October 18, 1931, in Chester, SD to Gerald and Ann Christensen Fitzgerald.
She attended high school in Rapid City, SD, where she met the love of her life, Rollie Lowe. They were married in 1948.
Rollie and Rita moved to Kansas City, MO in 1950 and...
Patricia Louise (Lyons) Gerstner
Nov 29, 2023
Patricia Louise (Lyons) Gerstner passed away November 29, 2023, in Riverside, MO.
A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, December 23, 2023, visitation at 10am and services at 11am at Park Lawn Northland Chapel with Tim Fritson officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Patricia was born in Kansas City, MO...
Virginia L. Lee
Nov 29, 2023
Virginia L. Lee, beloved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother, peacefully departed this world on November 29th, 2023 surrounded by loved ones. She is preceded in death by her parents, James and Isabell Hill. Virginia is survived by her devoted husband, David Lee, and loving children, Nicole Lee and Aaron Lee. Cherished memories of her will forever remain in...
Addean V. Snyder
Nov 29, 2023
Addean V. Snyder, 86, passed away November 29., 2023. A Celebration of Addean's life will be 1PM, Monday, December 11 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd., Kansas City, Missouri.
Betty Joan Duxbury
Nov 28, 2023
Betty Joan Duxbury, age 92, of Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of Gladstone Missouri, passed away November 28, 2023. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Ira Witman Ostrom and Ruth Eleanor Ostrom. Betty was a stay-at-home mother and homemaker who went to work at La Petite Academy after her children were grown.
Betty was married for 72 years to...
Evelyn E. Vasalinda
Nov 26, 2023
Evelyn E. Vasalinda, 89, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023, at St. Joseph Health Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on January 14, 1934, in St. Louis, Missouri to Theodore and Dora Thierry.
Evelyn was the owner/operator of several Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores in the Kansas City area before retiring many years ago. She was active in...
Thomas F. Spreitzer Sr.
Nov 25, 2023
Thomas Franklin Spreitzer, Sr., 86, of the Kansas City Northland and formerly of Lake Lotawana, passed peacefully on November 25, 2023, surrounded by family at his home.
Tom was born October 5, 1937, in Kansas City, MO, the youngest of three children of Joseph Leonard and Elizabeth Eunice (Cahill) Spreitzer. Along with his parents, Tom was preceded...
Dorothy Lorraine Woolery Anderson-Conn
Nov 24, 2023
Dorothy Lorraine Woolery Anderson-Conn, 96, longtime resident of Lake Lotawana, passed away November 24, 2023. Visitation will begin at 11:00 am, followed by a service celebrating Dorothy’s life at 12 noon, on Friday, December 1, at Lake Lotawana Community United Methodist Church, 28901 NE Colbern Road, Lake Lotawana, MO. Private burial will be at Tuscumbia Cemetery, Tuscumbia, MO. In lieu...
Ruth Evelyn EuDaly
Nov 24, 2023
Ruth Evelyn EuDaly, age 90, passed away peacefully at home with her husband of 71 years, Jim, at her side on November 24, 2023. Ruth is survived by her husband and 4 sons: Jay and his wife, Andrea, of Kansas City, Missouri; Lon and his wife, Rebecca, of La Cygne, Kansas; Kevin and his wife, Nadean, of Palestine, Texas; Brian...
Alice Kathryn Kudart
Nov 20, 2023
Alice Kathryn Kudart was born in Odessa, Missouri on April 19, 1933 and passed away on November 20, 2023. She spent her early years living in a rural farming community. She moved to Kansas City with her mother and brother, and attended Paseo High School, graduating in 1951. Her husband, Donald Kudart, noticed the pretty young woman in red...
Lovice Marie Sprugel
Nov 20, 2023
Lovice Marie Sprugel passed peacefully in her sleep on November 20, 2023, at Pleasant Valley Manor Care Center. Visitation will begin at 12:30 pm, followed by a service celebrating Lovice’s life at 2:00 pm, on Saturday, November 25, at Liberty United Methodist Church, Liberty, Missouri. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery.
Lovice has entered the...
Doris M. Martin
Nov 20, 2023
Doris M. Martin passed on Monday, November 20, 2023. In her final days, she was surrounded and supported by her loving sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren.
She was born June 5, 1924 in a small farmhouse near Bendena, KS, the second child of Salem and Martha Jones and younger sister to Eugene. In 1931, her younger sister, Donna, was born.
...
Jolene Andrews
Nov 19, 2023
Jolene Andrews, 83, passed away November 19, 2023. Born February 26, 1940 in Sayre, Oklahoma to Milton and Iva Teakell, Jolene moved with her family to Grandview, MO in 1947. Jolene graduated from Grandview High School, and married her high school sweetheart Larry Andrews March 8, 1958.
God blessed them with five children: Brenda (Alan Meyers), Mark (Theresa Beck), Laura...
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