Shirley Ann Luke Schnell passed away in Independence, Missouri, on March 30, 2023. She was 86. Shirley was born in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, on January 17, 1937, to Hjalmar and Dorothy Ruth (Ledwein) Luke. She attended Saint Charles Borromeo grade school and St. Margaret’s Academy in downtown Minneapolis, graduating in June 1955. Shirley earned a…

Kenneth David Ireland, known by his friends and family as Dave and known to his grandkids as the historically un-killable man, left this Earth on Saturday April 1. On June 8, 1945 Dave was born in Kansas City, Missouri at St. Luke’s Hospital. Dave attended and graduated from Raytown South High School in 1964. After…

Marvin McDaniel, 78, of Gastonia, NC passed away April 2, 2023 at St Luke’s East Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Brevard, NC where he will be laid to rest with his late wife, Betty McDaniel. Marvin was born April 5, 1944 in Dayton, OH. Mr. McDaniel was a…

Retha Jeannette Salter, 87, of Independence, Missouri, passed away on March 31st, 2023, with family by her side. Jeannette was born on August 22, 1935, in Mendon, Missouri, to Virgil and Edith Myers, and was the second of their three daughters. She attended Rosedale High School and graduated in 1953. After graduation, she started work…

Keith Sydney Doyal, 62, of Kansas City, MO passed away on March 31, 2023 at home surrounded by loved ones. Keith was born April 2, 1960, in Kansas City, KS. His mother Gloria Doyal, father David Doyal, Jr., a brother Kevin Doyal and a daughter Brandi Ann Canton preceded him in death. A visitation and…

Shirley LaVerne McAfee Maupin Brown was born on September 2, 1938 in rural Orrick, MO, the daughter of Willis Washington and Lillith Mae (Duncan) McAfee. Shirley, 86, of Richmond MO passed away February 23, 2023 at Shirkey’s Nursing & Hospice from pulmonary failure. On July 9, 1955 Shirley was united in marriage to Robert Dean…

Ralph Richard Jones, 69, of Sugar Creek, MO passed away March 17, 2023 surrounded by his loved ones. Mr. Jones was born July 18, 1953 in Blooming Grove, IN. He was preceded in death by: parents, Ralph Ed Jones and Annabelle Jones; siblings, Louanna Welsh, Leroy Clarence Jones, Katherine June Jones, Floyd David Jones and…

Kimberly Schaedler, 53, of Kansas City, MO passed away March 26, 2023 from cancer. Memorial services will be held from 2:00pm- 4:00pm, Friday, April 7, 2023 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, MO 64133. Kimberly was born March 7, 1970 in Kansas City, MO. She was preceded in death by:…

Nellie Mae Abernathy age 91, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away peacefully on March 24, 2023 at University Health Skilled Nursing Facility Lakewood of Natural Causes. Nellie was born in Clinton Missouri, January 1, 1932, to Mr. LeeOtis and Mrs. Ollie Johnson-Coppage, and she was the second oldest of the six children. Nellie’s Siblings: Rozetta…

Winston A. Murphy, Sr., 82, of Overland Park, KS passed away March 22, 2023 at home from natural causes. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm, Friday, March 31, 2023 at 8809 W 106th Circle Overland Park, KS. Winston was born November 29, 1940 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He moved to New York in…

Sharon Ann Shook, 68, passed away on March 22, 2023 in her home in the company of her daughters. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, March 31, 2023 from 5-7pm, at Heartland Cremation and Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, Missouri 64133. Sharon was born November 9, 1954 in Yokosuka, Japan on…

Ramon Arcos Calderon, 61, of Independece, MO passed away March 23, 2023, in North Kansas City, MO. Mr. Calderon was born in 1962 in Tijuana Baja California, Mexico. Ramon was always there when you needed a hand or needed help fixing something. He was a jokester by heart. He loved having fun and making people…

Wanda Maxine McClenagan 4/9/36 – 3/19/23 Maxine, as everyone called her, was born on April 9, 1936 to Delbert M Reaves and Anna J. (Sanderson) Reaves in Keytesville, MO and grew up in Pleasant Hill, MO. She married Richard Ray McClenagan of Kansas City, MO, and to this union, 3 children were born: Richard Ray…

Leslie Lee Barton, Leslie Lee was born August 8th, 1946, the daughter of Mary Frances Atwood and Floyd Atwood. The couple soon divorced shortly after Leslie’s birth and Mary Atwood soon met and married Ralph Jackson Greathouse. Ralph and Mary took their daughter and moved to Deepwater Missouri, where they went on to have four…

William “Jack” Bennett, 91, of Kansas City, KS passed away March 19, 2023 at home. Jack was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather. Jack worked in the Dairy Business for 44 years. He was a long time member of White Church Christian Church. He was a Deacon, Elder, Boy Scout Leader for…

Janice Frerichs, very much a feminist before there was a popular term for it, finally capitulated on her right to self-determination, passing away on March 17, 2023, at the age of 90. Love, family, and friendship bound her to life. “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word.” Janice Mae…

James Dale Williams, 74, of Blue Springs, MO passed away March 16, 2023 at Centerpoint Hospital from a Heart Attack. A memorial gathering will be held from 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Friday, March 24, 2023 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, MO 64133. After the death of his parents, Dale and…

Mark L. Peckham, 61, of Blue Springs, MO passed away with family by his side on March 10, 2023, at Centerpoint Medical Center from complications due to pancreatic cancer. Mark was born on October 10, 1961, in Pryor, Oklahoma. He had a long fulfilling life of servicing his surrounding community and country. Mark served 6…