Obituaries

Earnest A. "Ernie" Rea

Earnest A. "Ernie" Rea

Apr 12, 2021

Earnest Allen "Ernie" Rea of Garden City, Missouri was born May 17, 1928 in Austin, Missouri the son of Otis Allen and Ella Sylvia (Urton) Rea. He departed this life on Monday, April 12, 2021 at Holden Manor Care Center, Holden, Missouri at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 26 days. On September 4, 1946 Ernie married Norma...

Shad M. Rehms

Shad M. Rehms

Apr 9, 2021

Shad Michael Rehms, 47, of Osage Beach and Kansas City, was born June 4, 1973, in Kansas City, Missouri. He departed this life, Friday, April 9, 2021, at the Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach. Shad attended Raytown High School. On September 7, 1991, he was united in marriage to Rose Calvert in Kansas City. She survives but they were no...

William J. Copelin

William J. Copelin

Apr 9, 2021

William Joe “Billy Joe” Copelin, 71, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, was born, July 15, 1949, in Beaufort, North Carolina, the son of Elias Joe and Edith Marie (Walbaum) Copelin. He departed this life, Friday, April 9, 2021, at the Saint Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City. Billy Joe was a 1967 Ruskin High School graduate. He served in the United States...

Helen L. (Bagshaw) Kitchen

Helen L. (Bagshaw) Kitchen

Apr 8, 2021

Helen L. Kitchen, 97, of Oak Grove, departed this life, Thursday, April 8, 2021, at her home surrounded with love and family. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at the Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Pastor Matthew Miller, her grandson, will officiate. Private burial will follow in the Kingsville Cemetery. Casket bearers are Kenneth...

Doris R. Goddard

Doris R. Goddard

Apr 6, 2021

Doris Ramona Goddard, of Harrisonville, Missouri was born October 17, 1928 in Kansas City, Kansas the daughter of Clarence Perry and Hallie Ann (White) DeRossette. She departed this life on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at her home surrounded by love and family at the age of 92 years, 5 months and 20 days. On January 31, 1946, Doris was united...

Marjorie E. (McMillan) Dillon

Marjorie E. (McMillan) Dillon

Apr 6, 2021

Marjorie E. Dillon, 100, of Strasburg, was born, March 4, 1921, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of James R. and Evelyn L. (Greene) McMillan. She departed this life for her eternal home, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Blue Springs, Missouri. She went from the loving arms of her family to the loving arms of her Savior. She was a...

Bill Davidson

Bill Davidson

Apr 6, 2021

Bill Davidson, 100, of John Knox Village, Lee's Summit, departed this life, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at the Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Interment will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with full military honors by the United States Army and V.F.W. Post #3118 Honor Guard. Visitation will be...

Loraine Lynn (Ryberg) Stanley

Loraine Lynn (Ryberg) Stanley

Apr 6, 2021

Loraine Lynn (Ryberg) Stanley age 61 of St. Joseph, Missouri formerly of Creigthon, Missouri departed this life Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Mosaic Life Care, St. Joseph, Missouri. Loraine is survived by her three sons, Chris D. Ryberg and his wife Heather of St. Joseph, Missouri, Patrick Ryberg and his wife Shanda of Harrisonville, Missouri and Lucas Stanley and his...

Tabithia  Jean Riffle

Tabithia Jean Riffle

Apr 6, 2021

Tabithia Jean Riffle, 34, Garden City, Missouri departed this life on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at her home. She is survived by her father, Stephen Riffle and wife Mary, Garden City, Missouri; siblings, Chuck and wife Anna, Garden City, Missouri, Victoria, Peculiar, Missouri, Noah, Holden, Missouri, Rebecka and Roman both of Garden City, Missouri; a niece, Ashyton and a nephew,...

Coach Chuck Lliteras

Coach Chuck Lliteras

Apr 5, 2021

It's with great sadness that the family Coach Lliteras announces his sudden passing at the age of 66 on April 5th at Research Hospital in Kansas City. He was born in Alliance Nebraska to Robert and Mary Lliteras. After graduating high school he enlisted in the Army, where he rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. He served in the...

Garry "Cowboy" Prather

Garry "Cowboy" Prather

Apr 5, 2021

Garry Gail “Cowboy” Prather, of Harrisonville, Missouri, was born January 12, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Audrey and Wilma Lenore (Wiley) Prather. He departed this life on Monday, April 5, 2021 at the St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 70 years, 2 months and 24 days. On July 20, 1985, Garry was united...

Dorothy Mae Grah

Dorothy Mae Grah

Apr 3, 2021

Dorothy Mae Grah, of Garden City, Missouri was born September 23, 1930 in Hoxie, Kansas the daughter of Elva and Pauline (Brusch) Taylor. She departed this life on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at the Cass Regional Medical Center, Harrisonville, Missouri at the age of 90 years, 6 months and 11 days. On February 17, 1951, Dorothy was united in marriage...

James "Jim" Robert  Riffle, Sr.

James "Jim" Robert Riffle, Sr.

Apr 2, 2021

James "Jim" Robert Riffle, Sr., 83, Latour, Missouri was born July 10, 1937. The son of Frederick Thomas and Glada Elizabeth (Plank) Riffle. He departed this life April 2, 2021 at KU Medical Center surrounded by his loving family at the age of 83 years, 8 months and 23 days. On November 29, 1957 he married Shirley May Snell of...

Glenn A. Brons

Glenn A. Brons

Apr 2, 2021

Glenn Alexander Brons, 54, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, was born, May 7, 1966, in Alpine, Texas, the son of Tony Glenn Brons and Therese (Rommel) Brons Darnell. He departed this life, Friday, April 2, 2021, at the Kansas City Hospice House. Glenn was a 1984 graduate of North Shore High School in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Houston...

Donna B. (Uffelman) Knorr

Donna B. (Uffelman) Knorr

Mar 30, 2021

Donna Belle Knorr, 87, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, was born, March 25, 1934, in Seward, Nebraska, the daughter of Edmund Arnold and Esther Viola Amelia (Kottke) Uffelman. She departed this life, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at the Saint Luke’s East Hospital, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, surrounded with love and family. Donna was a 1952 Waco, Nebraska, High School graduate. On July...

Max Douglas Overbey

Max Douglas Overbey

Mar 27, 2021

Max Douglas Overbey was born December 3, 1963 in Clinton, Missouri the youngest son of Max Eugene and Glenna Jean Overbey. He attended school in Harrisonville where he graduated in 1981. Doug enjoyed sports including hunting, fishing, swimming, and water skiing. He really loved the outdoors and spent many happy hours with his cousins on their family farm near Mound...

Kevin L. Morris

Kevin L. Morris

Mar 27, 2021

Kevin L. Morris was born May 14, 1934 at the Ross family farm south of Creighton, Missouri. He departed this life on Saturday March 27, 2021 surrounded by his family in his home south of Creighton. He was 86 years old. Kevin moved to Venice California at the age of 7, his dad was a welder for Douglas Aircraft during...

Charles  Allen DeWitt

Charles Allen DeWitt

Mar 26, 2021

Charles Allen DeWitt, born in Independence, Missouri, on August 16, 1984 to Gary & Renee DeWitt, their oldest son. Charles Allen AKA Chuck Piston (don’t ask), this was his Facebook profile. He was such a private person for the most part unless he chose to welcome you into his world. They knew by the 3rd grade that they had a...

Charlotte A. Tillett

Charlotte A. Tillett

Mar 24, 2021

Charlotte Ann Tillett, 78, Blairstown, Missouri departed this life on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at her home when God called her to be by His side. She is survived by her husband, Leroy Tillett of the home; her children, Angela Rose Sidwell and husband Tony, Garden City, Missouri, Joseph Robert Sipple, Blairstown, Missouri, Richard Tillett and wife Michelle, Cleveland, Missouri,...

Sara  Lee Mutchler

Sara Lee Mutchler

Mar 21, 2021

Sara Lee Mutchler, 79, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, formerly of Rolla, Missouri, was born, October 11, 1941, at the Scott Air Force Base in Scott Field, Illinois, the daughter of Marshall Leonard and Bessie Lee (Thomas) Forrest. She departed this life, Sunday, March 21, 2021, at the Lee’s Summit Medical Center, Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Sara was a 1959 Clinton, Oklahoma...