Obituaries

Glenda K. Kiper

Glenda K. Kiper

Nov 9, 2019

Glenda K. Kiper, 73, passed away November 9, 2019.  Glenda was born June 26, 1946.  She was preceded in death by her husband Donald E. Kiper in 2009.  Survivors include her children: Charles Kiper, Teresa Thomas (Chester), Connie Vanderpool (Leon) and Lacy Kiper; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Visitation will be 9AM, with services at 10AM, Friday, November 15 at...

Clyde Thomas Hanks

Clyde Thomas Hanks

Nov 8, 2019

Clyde Thomas Hanks, 72, passed away November 8, 2019.  Visitation 1PM, service 2PM, Friday, November 15 at Park Lawn, 8251 Hillcrest Rd.; burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Service Information: Visitation 1PM, service 2PM, Friday, November 15 at Park Lawn, 8251 Hillcrest Rd.; burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Robert  Owen

Robert Owen

Nov 8, 2019

Robert Owen, 95, passed November 8, 2019. Celebration of life at Lakeview Village pending. Private burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Service Information: Celebration of life at Lakeview Village pending. Private burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

George Gerald Lewis

George Gerald Lewis

Nov 6, 2019

George Gerald Lewis, 75, of Pleasant Valley, passed away peacefully on November 6, 2019, at Pleasant Valley Manor. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am, followed by a service celebrating George's life at 10:30 am, on Sunday, November 10, at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, Liberty. Burial will follow at Glenridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's...

Morris Hartwell Heselton

Morris Hartwell Heselton

Nov 6, 2019

Morris H. Heselton

Morris H. Heselton, 90, passed away November 6, 2019. Morris was born September 20, 1929. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lucile and Cyril Heselton; daughter Jennifer Garten; and brother Cyril Heselton. Survivors include his wife Dolores Heselton; daughter Debbie Anderssen; 3 grandsons and 2 great grandchildren.

Service Information: Morris H. Heselton, 90, passed away...

Darlene Sue Betts

Darlene Sue Betts

Nov 6, 2019

Darlene Sue Betts, 76, passed away November 6, 2019. Services will be 10:30AM, Monday, November 11 at Park Lawn, 8251 Hillcrest Rd.; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Service Information: Services will be 10:30AM, Monday, November 11 at Park Lawn, 8251 Hillcrest Rd.; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Delores J. Link

Delores J. Link

Nov 5, 2019

Delores Jane Link, 85, a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area, died peacefully while surrounded by family on Tuesday, November 5.

Born in 1934 to Leo and Mildred Hill, she was Kansas City’s first-ever “Penny Baby” as her father paid for her birth entirely in pennies. She went to Westport High School and graduated in 1952.

Delores was active...

Oddie Pauline Frick

Oddie Pauline Frick

Nov 4, 2019

Oddie Pauline (Dillon) Frick, 89, a longtime Liberty resident, passed away November 4, 2019. Visitation will be held from 5-7 pm Monday, November 11, at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, I-35 at State Route 291, Liberty. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, November 12, at Providence Baptist Church, 12206 North Stark Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64167. Burial...

Dorothy M. Mitchell

Dorothy M. Mitchell

Nov 4, 2019

Dorothy M. Mitchell (Bochman) 87, passed away peacefully November 4, 2019 after a battle with cancer. She was born on January 31, 1932 in Windom, MN, the second of 4 children. She graduated from Windom High School in 1949, then attended Mankato State Teacher’s College where she received her degree in Art Education with a Minor in Physical Education and...

Shirley A. Mcgaugh

Shirley A. Mcgaugh

Nov 4, 2019

Shirley Ann Walker-McGaugh was born on December 9, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri to the union of Mack and Alberta Walker. She was the second child born to this union.

Shirley passed from this dimension to another on November 4, 2019. Her husband, Edgar McGaugh; mother and father, Mack and Alberta Walker; daughter, Charnese Wright, and son Anthony Bostic, preceded...

Jr. William G. Palmer

Jr. William G. Palmer

Nov 3, 2019

William Gordon Palmer Jr, 87, of Raytown, MO., born October 2, 1932 to William and Verlon Palmer, passed away quietly on November 3 in Overland Park, KS. "Bill," as his many friends and relatives knew him, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. In high school Bill took ROTC and graduated in 1949 from Central High in Kansas City. Following in...

Lucinda Gayle “Cindy” Forster

Lucinda Gayle “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, her daughter Rachel Whitton and her partner Brad, her son Tristan Whitton, and his partner Jessica, four very loved grandchildren- Tristan, Jay,...

Jerry J. Cook

Jerry J. Cook

Nov 2, 2019

Jerry Joe Cook, 87, of Pleasant Hill, MO, loving husband and father, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Jerry was born on August 15, 1932, in Smithton, MO the youngest son of Rev. Frank and Blanche (Davis) Cook.

He served four years in the Air Force, with most of his time in Guam. Jerry cherished...

Kenneth Jay Swails

Kenneth Jay Swails

Nov 2, 2019

Kenneth Jay Swails, 91, St. Charles, MO, (Kearney, MO 1976-2014), passed peacefully to be with his Lord on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at his home (Cedarhurst Senior Living Center) after a long illness with pneumonia and heart failure. His precious daughters, Susan and Sharon were at his side.

Kenneth was born on November 28, 1927 in St. Joseph, MO, to...

Stephen Eugene Holmes

Stephen Eugene Holmes

Nov 1, 2019

Stephen Eugene Holmes, 71, passed away November 1, 2019, at Tiffany Springs Health Care, surrounded by family. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am, followed by a celebration service at 11:00 am, on Saturday, November 9, at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, I-35 at State Route 291, Liberty, MO. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the K.U. Alzheimer's Disease Center...

Olen Ross Johnston

Olen Ross Johnston

Nov 1, 2019

Olen Ross Johnston, age 58, passed away November 1, 2019.

Funeral service will be 1PM, Monday, November 11, 2019, at Park Lawn Funeral Home. Family will greet friends prior to services beginning at 12Noon. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Service Information: Olen Ross Johnston, age 58, passed away November 1, 2019.

Funeral service will be 1PM, Monday, November...

Loretta Mae Hickman

Loretta Mae Hickman

Nov 1, 2019

Loretta Mae (Canole) Hickman, 81, of Sunrise Beach, MO, passed away November 1, 2019, at Liberty Hospital with family at her side. Visitation will begin at 1:00 pm, followed by a service celebrating Loretta's life at 2:00 pm, on Wednesday, November 6, at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, Liberty. Burial will follow at Glenridge Cemetery.

Loretta was born February 13, 1938,...

Rose M. Solo

Rose M. Solo

Oct 31, 2019

Rose Mary Solo, 90, of Kansas City, MO and formerly, a proud and longtime south Omaha girl, filled her life with her deep Catholic faith and an everlasting love for her family, friends and Italian food. She went home to heaven the morning of Thursday, October 31, the birthday of her eldest son and one day prior to All Saints...

Helen Ethyl Grubb

Helen Ethyl Grubb

Oct 31, 2019

Helen E. Grubb, 95, of Peculiar, Missouri, passed away at her home on Thursday, October 31, 2019.  A visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. followed by funeral services at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, Missouri.  Burial with military honors will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Helen was...

Shirlee J. Hardin-Vessel

Shirlee J. Hardin-Vessel

Oct 30, 2019

Shirlee J. Hardin-Vessel, 61, passed away October 30, 2019.  Visitation 12PM, service 1PM, Saturday, November 9 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd.; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Service Information: Visitation 12PM, service 1PM, Saturday, November 9 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd.; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.