Obituaries

June 22, 1965 ~ October 20, 2023 Scott “Tyler” Stonum, 58, passed away on October 20, 2023. Tyler was born on June 22, 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri to Kent and Barbara Stonum.  After graduating from Lee’s Summit High School and earning…

Wayne Francis Wellman JR., 62, passed away Thursday, October 26th, 2023, at the University of Kansas Hospital after a courageous battle of a rare disease and cancer.   Wayne is the son of Peggy Reimer and the late Wayne Francis Wellman SR. who died before…

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…