Obituaries

Mark James Skeens

Mark James Skeens

Jul 19, 2018

Mark James Skeens, 45, of Lawson, MO, breathed his first breath in Heaven on July 19, 2018. He passed from this life at K.U. Medical Center with family at his side.

Visitation will be held from 5-8 pm Friday, July 27, and a service celebrating Mark's life will be held at 9:30 am Saturday, July 28, all at Pleasant Valley...

Jung Sook Kim Mathieu

Jung Sook Kim Mathieu

Jul 18, 2018

Jung Sook Kim Mathieu, 81, of Kansas City, MO, passed away July 18, 2018 at Oxford Grand Memory Care. Visitation will be held from 10-11AM, Monday, July 23, 2018 at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, 1640 North State Route 291, Liberty, MO. Committal services will follow at 12Noon at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Higginsville, MO.

Jung was born in Yongsan-Dong, Kaisung...

Nita R. Baltzell

Nita R. Baltzell

Jul 17, 2018

Nita Baltzell, 73, passed July 17, 2018. Visitation 1PM, service 2PM, Wednesday, July 25 at Park Lawn, 8251 Hillcrest Rd.; burial in Green Lawn Cemetery. Arr: Park Lawn 816-523-1234

Service Information: Service: 2PM, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Park Lawn Funeral Home

Visitation: 1-2PM, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Park Lawn Funeral Home

Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery

Agnes N. Forson

Agnes N. Forson

Jul 16, 2018

Agnes N. Forson, 83, passed away July 16, 2018. Agnes was born July 3, 1935 in Kansas City, MO to James and Nadine Fitzgerald. She is survived by sons Michael Porter, Jerry Foster and Willie Brown; daughters Kathy Porter, Connie Brown and Linda Foster; grandchildren: Lisa, Christine, Anna and Josh; and many other family members and friends.

Visitation will be...

Randy Ray Snorgrass

Randy Ray Snorgrass

Jul 16, 2018

Randy Ray Snorgrass, 62, of Grandview, passed away peacefully on July 16, 2018, at his home with family at his side. Visitation will begin at 5:30 pm, followed by a service celebrating Randy’s life at 6:30 pm, on Friday, July 20, at the Park Lawn Chapel, 8251 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, MO. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm...

Mary E. Cochrane

Mary E. Cochrane

Jul 15, 2018

Mary E. (Ault) Cochrane, 71, life long resident of Missouri, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2018, with her family by her side.

Visitation will begin at 1:00 p.m., followed by a graveside service at 2:00 p.m., on Friday, July 20th, at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd., Kansas City, Missouri.

Mary was born October 19, 1946, in Kansas...

Clara Fay Rinehart

Clara Fay Rinehart

Jul 14, 2018

Clara Fay (Murray) Rinehart, 94, a resident of Oak Pointe of Kearney, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2018, with family at her side. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am, followed by a service celebrating Clara's life at 11:00 am, on Saturday, July 21, at the First Christian Church, 2151 South Jefferson, Kearney. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested...

Arlene M. Jones

Arlene M. Jones

Jul 14, 2018

Arlene M. Jones, 97, passed away on July 14, 2018. She is survived by two children: Ray and Sandee Jones of Shell Knob, Mo., and Beth and Larry Heslop of Kansas City, Mo.

She leaves five devoted grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Arlene was multi-talented and active all her life.

During WWII, she worked at the military Quartermaster Depot...

M. Kathy Meppelink

M. Kathy Meppelink

Jul 13, 2018

M. Kathy Meppelink, 66, a resident of Lathrop for 32 years, passed away July 13, 2018, at Cameron Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 10 am until 12 noon Saturday, July 21, at Park Lawn Lathrop Chapel, 901 Clinton Street, Lathrop. Dinner will follow at the Lathrop American Legion Hall. Memorials to her husband Gerald would be very...

Loretta Ann Monnig

Loretta Ann Monnig

Jul 13, 2018

Loretta Monnig (Marek) passed away on Friday, July 13, 2018, at the age of 88.

The eldest of 4 siblings, Loretta was born in Hamden, Missouri to parents Tom and Elizabeth (Nanneman) Marek.  Loretta is preceded in death by her husband Fredrick J. “Jim” Monnig; son Gary Monnig; grandson Nicholas Monnig; sister Alice Stephens (Marek), and brother Andrew Marek. She is...

Patricia C. Dickey

Patricia C. Dickey

Jul 12, 2018

Service: 1PM, Monday, July 16, 2018 at Park Lawn Funeral Home

Visitation: 12-1PM, Monday July 16, 2018 at Park Lawn Funeral Home

Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery

Service Information: Service: 1PM, Monday, July 16, 2018 at Park Lawn Funeral Home

Visitation: 12-1PM, Monday July 16, 2018 at Park Lawn Funeral Home

Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery

Uda Lavone Stagner

Uda Lavone Stagner

Jul 12, 2018

Uda Lavone Stagner, 91, of Kearney, passed away July 12, 2018 at Liberty Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Monday, July 16, at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, I-35 at State Route 291, Liberty. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Chandler Baptist Church, where Uda was a member.

Uda was born November 14, 1926, in...

Bonnie Louise Elliott

Bonnie Louise Elliott

Jul 11, 2018

Bonnie Louise Elliott, 67, passed away July 11, 2018, at Liberty Hospital. She was born July 2, 1951, in Denver, Colorado, the daughter of Evelyn Viola (Leichliter) and Everett McGee. Along with her parents, Bonnie was preceded in death by four siblings.

Survivors include her husband, Ricky J. Elliott; children, Gary, Angela, Terry, Randy, Ronald, Katie and Charlotte; siblings, Everett,...

Thomas Paul Mattes

Thomas Paul Mattes

Jul 10, 2018

Thomas Paul Mattes, 50, of Kansas City, MO, formerly of Crystal Lake, IL, died Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Tom was born December 17, 1967, in Elk Grove Village, IL, the eldest of three children of Paul and Kathleen (Katschke) Mattes. Tom was a graduate of Crystal Lake Central High School and the University of Illinois-Champagne/Urbana, where he was a member...

Guadelupe  Muro

Guadelupe Muro

Jul 10, 2018

Guadalupe (Lupe) Andrade Muro went with the angels on July 10, 2018 at 4:30 in the afternoon.  Lupe was born on December 12, 1930 in Kansas City, MO where she lived all of her life.  Above all, she always put her family first and she considered everyone her family. She raised not just her own six children, she raised any...

Kathleen  Wackerly

Kathleen Wackerly

Jul 9, 2018

Kathleen Wackerly was born in Sulpher Rock, Arkansas on October 9th, 1934 and passed from this life In Kansas City, MO on Monday, July 9th, 2018 at the age of 83 years, 9 months. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Kathleen worked as a manager at Deluxe Cleaners for 18 years and worked for the...

Rita-Ann  Comfort

Rita-Ann Comfort

Jul 9, 2018

Rita-Ann Roessel Comfort, 88, passed away comfortably on July 9, 2018, slipping peacefully into the next life. She was born in Elmira Heights, New York, on June 27, 1930 as the only child to John Alan Roessel and Anna Frances Smitka.

She married Earle H. Comfort on August 15, 1959 and is survived by five children: Earle H. Comfort, Jr....

Robert E. Qualls

Robert E. Qualls

Jul 9, 2018

Graveside Service: 11AM, Monday, July 23, 2018 at Green Lawn Cemetery

Service Information: Graveside Service: 11AM, Monday, July 23, 2018 at Green Lawn Cemetery

John Calvin Soltys

John Calvin Soltys

Jul 4, 2018

John Calvin Soltys, born July 18, 1927; died July 4, 2018. John was born in Pound, Wisconsin, the son of Reverend Anthony Soltys and his wife Edna. John, his brothers Dan, Ted, sisters Alma and Jeanette moved to the Kansas City area when he was a toddler. Reverend Soltys led the 15th Street Baptist Church where John received his religious...

Robert Kevin Slates

Robert Kevin Slates

Jul 3, 2018

Robert Kevin Slates, 37, of Gladstone, passed away July 3, 2018, at NorthCare Hospice House. Visitation will be held from 1-3 pm Saturday, July 7, at Park Lawn Northland Chapel, I-35 at State Route 291, Liberty.

Robert was born February 14, 1981, in Kansas City, MO. He was preceded in death by his father, Eric Slates, Sr., and brother, Jeremiah...