Obituaries

Dorothy J. Vaughn

Dorothy J. Vaughn

Sep 24, 2018

Dorothy Jane Vaughn, 73, of Pleasant Hill, was born, October 11, 1944, in Kansas City, the daughter of Auda and Stella (McCalpin) Slagle. She departed this life, Monday, September 24, 2018, at the Lee’s Summit Medical Center Surrounded with love and family. On August 28, 1960, she was united in marriage to Richard Danny Vaughn in Greenwood. Dorothy was a...

Kinley Marie Pinkley

Kinley Marie Pinkley

Sep 22, 2018

Kinley Marie Pinkley, 8, of Blue Springs, was born, September 7, 2010, in Blue Springs, the daughter of Kyle Pinkley and Christie Ruth. She departed this life Saturday, September 22, 2018, at her home surrounded with love and family after a three year battle with Metachromatic Leukodystrophy. Kinley was a happy, outgoing little girl who treated everyone as a friend...

Dorothy J. Miller

Dorothy J. Miller

Sep 22, 2018

Dorothy Jean “Dottie” Miller, 75, of Pleasant Hill, was born, December 10, 1942, in Pleasant Hill, the daughter of Pete and Pauline (Smith) McMurphy. She departed this life, Saturday, September 22, 2018, at St. Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, surrounded with love and family. Dottie attended grade school in Pleasant Hill. The family moved to Butler in 1950 and she...

Kimberly Ann Voorhees

Kimberly Ann Voorhees

Sep 20, 2018

Kimberly Ann Voorhees, 57, of Climax Springs, Missouri, was born, August 4, 1961, in Harrisonville, Missouri, the daughter of James R. and Alice J. (Walker) Voorhees. She departed this life Thursday, September 20, 2018, at the Lake Regional Hospital, Osage Beach. Kim was a 1979, Pleasant Hill High School graduate. She furthered her education at the Central Missouri University in...

Mildred M. Fannan

Mildred M. Fannan

Sep 20, 2018

Mildred M. (Millie) Smith Fannan 88, Olathe, KS passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018 at the Olathe Hospice House with her family by her side. Millie was born January 19, 1930 in LaCygne, KS, the 8th of 10 children of Harry and Bertha Smith. On June 23, 1947, she married James M. Fannan in Olathe, Kansas. During their early years...

Phyllis J.  Barnes

Phyllis J. Barnes

Sep 18, 2018

Phyllis Jean Barnes passed away September 18, 2018. She was oldest of three children, born to Elberta Mae and Kenneth Eugene Brown on April 28, 1939 in Cockrell, Missouri. On January 8th, 1956, Phyllis married Claude Roswell Barnes while still attending North Kansas City High School. Phyllis often referred to herself as a domestic engineer, although there were odd jobs...

Doris "June" Shubert

Doris "June" Shubert

Sep 18, 2018

Doris "June" Shubert, 94, formerly of Lee's Summit, Missouri, (most recently Hopkins, Minnesota) died Tuesday, September 18. She was born June 10, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri; the daughter of Charles and Annabelle (Sexson) Poole. On December 6, 1945, she married Everett Walton Shubert in Kansas City, Kansas. June was a devoted Mother and homemaker her entire life. June was...

Rose Ellen Wittrig

Rose Ellen Wittrig

Sep 18, 2018

Rose Ellen Grieser Wittrig was born to Jacob O. Grieser and Rachel K. Erb Grieser on February 8, 1919 on a small farm in Beemer, Nebraska. She departed this life on September 18, 2018 just a few months before her 100th birthday. On March 4, 1941 she married Lyle Wittrig, and they were married 57 years. To this union four...

Janet S. (Moore) Gatson

Janet S. (Moore) Gatson

Sep 16, 2018

Janet S. Gaston, 73, of Garden City, Missouri, was born, July 19, 1945, in Coffeyville, Kansas, the daughter of Robert C. and Mina L. (Niswonger) Moore. She departed this life, Sunday, September 16, 2018, at her home surrounded with love and family. Janet was a 1963 Pleasant Hill High School graduate. On June 10, 1978, she was united in marriage...

Ted B. Tice

Ted B. Tice

Sep 16, 2018

Theodore “Ted” B. Tice, 77, of Kansas City was born, March 26, 1941, in Ohio. He departed this life, Sunday, September 16, 2018, at the Pleasant Hill Health and Rehab Center. Ted had been employed as a Printer for J&S Publications and as a dairy farmer. He truly enjoyed helping people in need by giving them rides, doing their laundry,...

Brian Ward Jerden, Sr.

Brian Ward Jerden, Sr.

Sep 15, 2018

Brian Ward Jerden, Sr., 71, of Lee’s Summit, was born, October 15, 1946, in Flint, Michigan, the son of Archie A. and Isabell M (Kirchner) Stowell. At the age of 5 he was adopted by William D. and Mary M. (MacLean) Jerden. He departed this life, Saturday, September 15, 2018, at his home. Brian was a 1964 Indianapolis, Indiana, South...

Jeffrey  Scot Henderson

Jeffrey Scot Henderson

Sep 14, 2018

Scot Henderson, 55, Grandview, Missouri departed this life on Friday, September 14, 2018 at Sunrise Beach, Missouri. Scot will be greatly missed and loved by his wife, Lisa Kresse Henderson, family and many friends. Cremation. A Celebration of Life Service was held Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at the Harrisonville Community Church, 1606 Chapel Drive, Harrisonville, Missouri. Local arrangements are under...

Raymond I. Swalley

Raymond I. Swalley

Sep 12, 2018

Raymond Irl Swalley of Garden City, Missouri was born October 31, 1933 in Pickering, Missouri the son of Burleigh Oakwell and Nina Veturia (Lamport) Swalley. He departed this life on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at Golden Years Care Services, Harrisonville, Missouri at the age of 84 years, 10 months and 12 days. On November 13, 1963 Raymond was united in...

Carol A. Cassity

Carol A. Cassity

Sep 11, 2018

Carol Ann Cassity, 76, of Pleasant Hill, formerly of Knob Noster, was born October 17, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Harry and Opal (O’Neal) Heerman. She departed this life, Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at her son’s home in Pleasant Hill. On August 26, 1961, she was united in marriage to David Harris Cassity in Elko, Nevada. He...

Arlene M. King

Arlene M. King

Sep 11, 2018

Arlene Maurice King of Garden City, Missouri was born November 5, 1928 in Drexel, Missouri the daughter of Otto Maurice and Eula Arlene (Hixson) Coleman. She departed this world on September 11, 2018 at the Benton House of Independence surrounded by love and family at the age of 89 years, 10 months and 6 days. At the age of 22,...

David L. Bridges

David L. Bridges

Sep 10, 2018

David L. Bridges of Harrisonville, Missouri was born August 24, 1943 the son of Leo H. Bridges and Dorothy C. (Cumpton) Fortsch in Knoxville, Tennessee. He departed this life on Monday, September 10, 2018 at St. Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. On Nov. 17, 1962, David was united in marriage to Anita L. King in Miami, OK. David served...

Floyd  Wayne Turner

Floyd Wayne Turner

Sep 9, 2018

Floyd Wayne Turner of Creighton, Missouri was born December 26, 1932 near Urich, Missouri the son of Aaron Ougburn and Adeline Bertha (Getz) Turner. He departed this life on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas surrounded by love and family at the age of 85 years, 8 months and 14 days. On...

Carolyn  Sue Brown

Carolyn Sue Brown

Sep 8, 2018

Carolyn Sue Brown of Harrisonville, Missouri was born November 15, 1948 in Parsons, Kansas the daughter of George and Mary Velta (Lakin) VonHolten. She departed this life on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at her home surrounded by love and family at the age of 69 years, 9 months and 24 days. On June 11, 1966 Carolyn was united in marriage...

Ruth A. (Holker) Adkins

Ruth A. (Holker) Adkins

Sep 6, 2018

Ruth Alice Adkins, 80, of Kingsville, Missouri, was born, January 4, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Orville L. Holker and Mildred A. (Anderson) Holker-Fowler. She departed this life Thursday, September 6, 2018, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. On May 25, 1955, she was united in marriage to Chester A. Adkins, in Kansas...

Neomi M. Carlyle

Neomi M. Carlyle

Aug 31, 2018

Neomi Maxine Brown was born July 27, 1922 in Daviess Co, MO to Lena Thelma (Moulin) and Niel Clifford Brown. Her siblings are Max Earl Brown, Holden, MO and Betty Eileen Planck, Tuscon, AZ. She was a 1940 graduate of Lone Jack, MO High School where she was the valedictorian. She later attended Central Business College, Sedalia, MO, and graduated...