Obituaries

Bonnie Sue (Farmer Roe) Stone, 74, of Rayville, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Visitation will be 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs, (816) 637-3000. Funeral Services will…

William Sean McManus, 48, of Lee’s Summit, was born, August 28, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of William C. and Ann M. (Doughtery) McManus. He departed this life, Saturday, March 31, 2018, at his home. Sean was employed as a Salesman…

David “Duck” Heckadon, 65, of Lee’s Summit, MO passed away April 12, 2018 at his home. Visitation will be Wednesday April 25, at Langsford Funeral Home, from 10-11am. Memorial services will start at 11am. Burial will follow in Higginsville Veterans Cemetery at…

Travis Allen Kanies, 27, of Lee’s Summit, was born, October 16, 1990, in Independence, the son of Robert Kanies and Renea Matthes Mitra. He departed this life, Sunday, April 1, 2018, at his home in Lee’s Summit, MO. He was a 2009…

Betty Jo Simpson Spaar, 85, Odessa, died April 11, 2018, at Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lexington. Born January 24, 1933, in Brunswick, she was the daughter and only child of Lester and Madeline Blunt Simpson. She was a 1950 graduate of Holden…

Karen Jeanne Eckhoff, 61, of Independence, Missouri, was born, November 6, 1956, in Sedalia, Missouri, the daughter of John and Claire (Frerking) Kuddes. She was baptized on November 25, 1956 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sweet Springs, Missouri, and was confirmed and…

Harold L. Van Tuyl, of Lee’s Summit, MO, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2018 at the age of 91. Harold was born to parents William D. Van Tuyl and Lucie Elizabeth (Marston) Van Tuyl on February 16, 1927 in Bates City,…

Mary Elizabeth Ahlbrandt born June 30, 1929 to Bert and Vyra Sloan in Lee’s Summit, MO, passed March 15, 2018. She graduated from Lee’s Summit High School in 1947. Afterwards, she studied at the Conservatory of Music in Kansas City. Mary Elizabeth…

John Raymond Maggard, Jr. (Raymond) passed away March 7, 2018 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral services were held at Park Lawn Funeral Home in Kansas City, MO on Monday, March 12, 2018. Visitation was at 12:00 p.m. and the…

Robert O. Hartley “Bob”, 85, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on January 20, 2018. Bob was born to Orville and Mary Hartley on September 18, 1932. Bob was in the Air Force for 4 years and worked as one of…