Obituaries

On Saturday October 21st, 2023, Monica Sue Browning left the ones she loved to go be with her beloved daughter Shelby. Monica was born June 17, 1952 in Independence Missouri. She graduated from Kingsville High School in 1970. She then attended Metropolitan…

Barbara Kay Dancy, a beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on her 83rd birthday, October 20, 2023. Surrounded by the love of her family, Barbara’s journey through life came full circle on this poignant day. Born in the orchard country of…

Marion Francis Nash, 81, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, October 15, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born January 16, 1942, in Los Angeles, California to Dorothea Goodsill and Albert Schaefer and raised in the loving home of…

John Cecil Franco, 82, passed away Friday, October 13, 2023 at home. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 20, 2023 with a visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. at Langsford Funeral Home. The burial will be at Lee’s Summit Historical Cemetery,…

Sue Lawson passed away peacefully on September 19, 2023 at the age of 77. She was born in Dallas, Texas on January 2, 1946 to Hazel and Guy Bright. They lived in Lubbock, TX and then moved to Lecompte, LA, and then…

December 2, 1949 ~ October 10, 2023 Teri Jean “Cushman” Stayton passed peacefully in her sleep on October 10, 2023, in Warsaw Mo. She was born December 2, 1949, to Floyd and Norva Haskins Cushman.  Teri grew up in Chanute Kansas. She…

Denise M. Kinnison Gentry, 53, of Lee’s Summit, MO, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on October 7, 2023. Denise showed her amazing strength while fighting breast cancer for many years.  A celebration of life will be held on Saturday,…

LaVerne Florence (Lickteig) Heider Harlow, 94, died on October 10, 2023. She was a resident of John Knox Village in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. LaVerne was born March 12, 1929, in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the second set of twins, fourth in birth…

Mary Ann Heuertz Gall was the second born of Anthony J. “Tony” and Anne Heuertz.  Due to her father’s work, she spent her childhood in Atchison and Dodge City, Kansas, moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, where she attended the Convent of the…

Agnes Marie Anderson, 81, of Smithton, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023, at Golden Age Living Center in Stover. She was born January 7, 1942, in Sedalia, a daughter of the late Raymond and Hulda (Wiechen) Anderson. Agnes was a graduate of…