Ella Williams
Dec 15, 2023
Ella Lee Williams, 87, beloved sister, mother, grandmother, and longtime Liberty resident, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends joining her Lord and Savior on December 15, 2023.
Ella was born July 1936, in Edgerton, MO, the eldest of seven children of Glenn and May Groom. She grew up in Gower, MO, graduating from Gower High...
Laura Jean Abrams
Dec 13, 2023
Laura Jean Abrams, 67, died Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at her home in Kansas City, MO.
She was a Platte County Election Judge and president of the Villas at Tiffany Woods Homeowners Association. After retiring from a long career in medical computer systems, she enjoyed what she called a “hobby job” at Rally House at Boardwalk. She was a...
Carla Jo Brickey
Dec 11, 2023
Carla Jo Brickey, 59, of the Kansas City Northland, passed away unexpectedly on December 11, 2023, in Liberty, MO.
Carla was born January 3, 1964, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Kenneth Ray and Patsy Jo (Woodard) Brickey. She was a graduate of Winnetonka High School. She worked as a check processor for Commerce Bank until her health...
Carlos D. Nix
Dec 11, 2023
Carlos Dewitt NixSunrise: April 5, 1939Sunset: December 11, 2023
Service Held AtSt Monica Catholic Church1616 Paseo BoulevardKansas City, Missouri
Monday December 18, 202311:00 A.M.
Father Leonard GicheruOfficiating
Carlos Dewitt Nix was born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 5, 1939. He departed this life December 11, 2023. His parents Robert E. Nix and Leontine Blakely, brothers Omar Nix Sr, Robert...
Mary I. Larison
Dec 11, 2023
Mary I. Larison, 91, passed away December 11, 2023. Memorial services will be 10AM, Tuesday, December 26 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd., Kansas City, Missouri; burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mary was born June 3, 1932, in Windsor, Missouri, to Gladys Carpenter and George H. Lilley. She graduated from Windsor High School. Mary was united in...
Mary Alice (Capps) Dobberstine
Dec 10, 2023
Mary Alice (Capps) Dobberstine, 79, a lifelong Liberty resident, passed away December 10, 2023, at Laurel at Norterre in Liberty, where she lived the past year and a half.
Mary Alice was born May 10, 1944, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Joe Hall Capps and Roberta Lou (Casteel) Capps. In 1965, she graduated Summa Cum Laude...
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...
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