Obituaries

Lila (Nicknames: Leela, Layla, Lilly, Lill) Alice Haris, 51, passed away on June 19, 2025 at 5:30 pm, in Kansas City, MO, of metastatic breast cancer. Leela was born in Houston, Texas, on May 29, 1974 at 2:08 am to parents Charlotte…

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROBERT LEE SIMMONSAugust 27, 1966 – June 15, 2025Lee’s Summit, Missouri Robert Lee Simmons, 58, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2025, surrounded by family. Born on August 27, 1966, Robert was a devoted…

Peggy Doughty (née Spillman)February 13, 1959 – May 9, 2025 With deep sorrow and loving remembrance, we announce the tragic passing of Peggy Doughty on May 9, 2025, at the age of 66. Born on February 13, 1959, Peggy spent most of…

Galen Lee Oden, 86, of Grandview, MO passed away peacefully on June 5, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Galen was born on August 23, 1938, in his grandparents’ home in Holton, KS to Leslie and Helen Oden. By 1949, Galen and his…

The family of Paul Samuel “Sonny” Carothers sadly announces his passing on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at home surrounded by family. Per Paul’s request there will be no funeral. A celebration of life will be held later this summer. Private family internment…

Blanton Hammond passed away May 19, 2025 in the home he loved. Blanton was born February 14, 1929, in Osceola, Missouri, to Thomas and Jewel Hammond. He had 12 siblings and is survived by none. Blanton graduated high school in Osceola in…

Barbara June (Reith) Crystal, the wife of the late Judge G.L. Crystal, passed away peacefully on May 16, 2025. She was born in rural Perry County, Illinois, the daughter of Oren J. and Dorethy Eunice Reith. She attended schools in Northern and…

Craig Ellis King, 71, formerly of Holden, MO and Sioux City, IA passed away peacefully on the evening of May 5, 2025, in Houston, TX surrounded by family. Craig moved to Houston, TX to live with his sister after being diagnosed in…

Lenard Eugene Lang, known as “Gene” a lifelong resident of Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away Saturday, May 3, 2025, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg, Missouri. Gene, who endured his last 16 years totally blind was 102 years old. Graveside service…

Nov 25, 1939 – May 01, 2025 Judy Marlene (Haines) Duncan, one of the most precious people you’d ever hope to meet, was elevated to the status of a heavenly angel on May 1,2025. Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Judy was…