Obituaries

Mary “Claudine” Lindsay

Mary “Claudine” Lindsay

Mar 5, 2021

MARY “CLAUDINE” LINDSAY

Mary “Claudine” Lindsay, 81, of Carbondale, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 5, 2021, at Winter Meadow Homes of Carbondale. A visitation will be held from 11 AM-12:30 PM, Friday, March 12, 2021, at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, Missouri. Graveside services will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

Claudine was born...

Edward L. Sampson

Edward L. Sampson

Mar 4, 2021

Edward Louis Sampson, 91, of Kansas City, MO, departed this earth on March 4, 2021. While he is no longer with us in body, he lives on in each one of us through our memories. Homegoing services were held Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd., Kansas City, MO. Interment in Green Lawn Cemetery.

Edward...

Wilma Lois Roberts Bledsoe

Wilma Lois Roberts Bledsoe

Mar 4, 2021

Wilma Lois Roberts Bledsoe, 84, of Liberty, MO, passed away March 4, 2021. With the sunrise on that morning, our mom began her heavenly journey to rejoin our dad in the great beyond.

Wilma was born in Versailles, MO on December 24, 1936. She was married to Richard Bledsoe on September 9, 1955. Wilma worked in the banking industry for...

Paul G. Martin

Paul G. Martin

Mar 4, 2021

Paul Martin, 68 of Kansas City, MO passed away March 4, 2021.  He was born August 18, 1952 in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Shawnee Mission West high school. He was a retired sergeant in the Army National Guard. He retired from Bendix-Allied Signal-Honeywell after over thirty years as a machinist. Paul was an avid hunter and Chiefs fan....

Patricia “Pat” Cox

Patricia “Pat” Cox

Mar 4, 2021

Patricia (“Pat”) Lou Gabriel Cox passed away March 4, 2021, after 93 good years of living this life. She is survived by her children; Pamela, Steven, Christopher, Martin, Jennifer, along with 8 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren.

Born in Independence, MO, she loved and excelled in school; especially speech, debate, and drama, winning several state championships. She attended Northwestern University...

George A. Morgan

George A. Morgan

Mar 4, 2021

George Allen Morgan, 84, a lifelong Liberty and Kearney resident, passed away peacefully in the night on March 4, 2021, at his home.

George was born April 18, 1936, in Liberty, MO, the youngest of four children of Charles and Ardis (Barrington) Morgan. He served in the US Navy in the Pacific theater from 1954 to 1958, and later served...

Oliver E. Scrivener

Oliver E. Scrivener

Mar 3, 2021

Oliver E. Scrivener, 93, passed away March 3, 2021.

Ollie is survived by 2 brothers, 1 daughter, and 1 step-daughter: Otha Scrivener, Orlin Scrivener, Terri McMurry, Leisa Dawson. He was married to Margery from 1949-1978. They had 3 children: Tami, Terri, and Tim. He has 8 grandchildren that he loved to the moon and back. He was married to Ann...

Gerald J. Schroeder

Gerald J. Schroeder

Mar 2, 2021

Gerald (Jerry) Schroeder age 83, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away peacefully on March 2nd, 2021 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City Missouri. A funeral mass will be held at St. John Francis Regis at 10 am on Friday, March 12th, with burial services immediately following at Forest Hill / Calvary Cemetery. The wake will be from 6...

Robert E. “Bob” Goins

Robert E. “Bob” Goins

Mar 2, 2021

Robert Earl Goins, 67, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at his home in Independence, MO, with family at his side.

Bob was born July 9, 1953, in Kansas City, MO, the son of George "Bert" Goins, Sr. and Bessie Mae Clark Goins. Along with his parents, Bob was preceded in death by a brother, George Goins Jr....

Nancy Jean Nafus

Nancy Jean Nafus

Mar 1, 2021

Nancy Jean Nafus, 78, passed away March 1, 2021.  Private services with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Service Information: Nancy Jean Nafus, 78, passed away March 1, 2021.  Private services with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Clifford M. Smith

Clifford M. Smith

Mar 1, 2021

Clifford Smith passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday, March 1, 2021 in Overland Park, Kansas from natural causes.

Clifford was born January 29, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Center High School and from DeVry University. Soon after, he moved to Texas where he worked at Intermedics, Inc. on pacemakers and played bass guitar in three bands....

Reece O. Sparks

Reece O. Sparks

Feb 28, 2021

Reece Olney Sparks "Sparky", 78, a longtime Liberty resident, passed away February 28, 2021 in Liberty.

Reece was born April 1, 1942, in Eldon, MO, the eldest of four children of Reece Edward and Claudine (Wright) Sparks. He grew up in Eldon and graduated from high school there. Reece received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Industrial Arts from Central...

Teresa M. Mulvaney

Teresa M. Mulvaney

Feb 28, 2021

Teresa Marie Mulvaney, 68, of Liberty, Missouri went home to be with her Savior on February 28th, 2021 surrounded by her loving husband, daughter and son. She was born on February 10, 1953 at Research Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri to Bill and Juanita Weber. She grew up in Liberty where she went to Liberty High School, and continued to...

Earl C. Mccamis

Earl C. Mccamis

Feb 28, 2021

Earl C. McCamis, 96, passed away peacefully in his home February 28, 2021 surrounded by loved ones.

Earl was originally from Plattsburg, MO but has resided in Kansas City, MO for most of his adult life. He was the youngest of 4 siblings, who all preceded him in death.

Survived by his wife, Jeanette, 5 children, 10 grandchildren, 13+ great...

Douglas Lee Butler

Douglas Lee Butler

Feb 27, 2021

Douglas Lee Butler, 52, passed away February 27, 2021 at his home in Kansas City, Missouri. Doug was born May 28, 1968 in Wichita, Kansas. He served in the United States Army during the Gulf War. Doug loved his country, cars, dirt bikes, mixed martial arts and guns. He was an amazing artist that loved his dog and his rats....

Pauline (Tamburello) Crouse

Pauline (Tamburello) Crouse

Feb 27, 2021

Pauline Mary (Tamburello) Crouse, 77, a longtime Liberty resident, passed away unexpectedly on February 27, 2021.

Pauline was born February 5, 1944, in Kansas City, MO, one of nine children of Charles and Mary (Lombardo) Tamburello. She grew up in Northeast Kansas City and graduated from Glennon High School. Pauline was united in marriage to Robert Martin Crouse, and they...

Sr. Thomas A. Winston

Sr. Thomas A. Winston

Feb 27, 2021

Born April 4, 1918 in Vance, Mississippi to Peggy and Percy Winston. He passed away at home in Kansas City, Missouri on February 27, 2021 at the tender age of 102. Thomas was the youngest of 6 children and the last to join his parents and siblings in death. Thomas attended schools in Clarksdale, Mississippi completing the 8th Grade at...

Helen E. Merrell

Helen E. Merrell

Feb 25, 2021

Helen Elizabeth (Treece) Merrell, 94, a longtime Liberty resident, passed away February 25, 2021, at her home with family at her side.

Helen was born January 25, 1927, in Sweet Springs, MO, the daughter of Leroy Joseph and Nellie Lee (Gregg) Treece. She was married to Raymond Merrell on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1946, in Sweet Springs, MO. They moved...

Timothy John Hall

Timothy John Hall

Feb 23, 2021

Timothy John Hall, 62, of Liberty, MO, passed away unexpectedly on February 23, 2021, while on a GM work assignment in Arlington, TX.

Tim was born July 15, 1958, in Dayton, Ohio, the second of four children of John and Mary MacFarlane Hall. Tim attended Centerville High School where he graduated in 1976. Tim played trombone in the band and...

Lavera R. Flebbe

Lavera R. Flebbe

Feb 23, 2021

LaVera Ruth Damkroger Flebbe, 97, passed away on February 23, 2021 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri of natural causes. LaVera was born at the family home in rural DeWitt, Nebraska on November 21, 1923 to Emma Kracke and Herman Damkroger. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in DeWitt.

LaVera graduated DeWitt High School and...