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Katrice "Tae" La'Nae Williams
Mar 22, 2026
Katrice Williams (Tae), 32, of Kansas City, passed away March 22, 2026. She was born August 27, 1993 to Fredrick Williams and Katrenia Coppage.
A funeral service will be held April 11, 2026 at Rising Star Baptist Church, 1034 Walker Ave, Kansas City, KS 66104. The visitation will begin at 10:00am, the service will follow at 11:00am.
Joshette Elissa Stowell
Mar 20, 2026
Joshette E. Stowell (Josie Candillo), 54, of Independence, Missouri, passed away Friday, March 20, 2026.
Josie was born in Los Angeles, California on March 28, 1971 to Terry and Linda Candillo. She lived most of her life between Independence, MO and California. She attended William Chrisman High School then moved back to California where she met her husband Jeffery (Jeff) Stowell....
Kay Brooks
Mar 19, 2026
Kay Brooks 82, of Topeka passed away March 19, 2026. She was born August 14, 1943 to Olen Mumma and Juanita Foland.
Vonday Lashay Emanuel
Mar 18, 2026
Vonday Emanuel 60, of Kansas City passed away March 18, 2026. She was born September 13, 1965 to James Emanuel and Sandy K. Avalo.
Earlean Miller
Mar 17, 2026
Remembering Earlean
Earlean Miller, 84, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away peacefully on March 17, 2026 at home with her
family next to her. She was born in Lambert, Mississippi, to the late Albert Sr. and Birdellar Pryor.
Earlean was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmie Miller Sr.; her daughter, LaVoyce “Anne” Tucker; her great-granddaughter, Naomi Wood; and her siblings, Sugar Bell...
Joseph Leonard Mayfield
Mar 17, 2026
Joseph Mayfield 82, of Kansas City passed away March 17, 2026. He was born May 08, 1943 to Joseph Mayfield and Norma Lowry. He was Married to Lillian Mayfield.
Charles Earl Tate
Mar 16, 2026
Charles Earl Tate, 76, of Independence, Missouri, leaves behind a legacy shaped by his hands, his spirit, and the love he carried for his family.
Born on September 25, 1949, in Thomaston, Alabama, Charles was the son of Annie Pearl Tate and Morris Reaser, whose lives and lineage laid the foundation for the man he would become. His journey carried him...
Michael D. Cook
Mar 16, 2026
Michael D. Cook, 75, of Leavenworth passed away March 16, 2026. He was born January 04, 1951 to Lawrence L. Cook and Alice Cook.
Kristina A. Jenkins
Mar 16, 2026
Kristina Jenkins, 42, of Kansas City passed away March 16, 2026. She was born February 03, 1984 to Michael Emanuel and Teresa Emanuel.
Geraldine Hawkins
Mar 15, 2026
Geraldine “Jeri” Hawkins was born on October 29, 1947, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Parthenia
Hawkins and Oscar Jackson. She was the third of nine children.
In her youth, Geraldine accepted Christ, and as she matured, she embraced the Muslim faith as well. She found meaning in both spiritual paths, drawing wisdom from the Qur’an and the Holy Bible. Her faith was...
Kathy Marie Livingston
Mar 15, 2026
Kathy M Livingston, 52 of Hutchinson, KS, was born on September 24, 1971 and passed on March 15, 2026 at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center with her two daughters by her side.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Myrtle and Mike Engle.
She is survived by her three children, Ellisha Prebble, Robert Farrar, and Amanda Trout. She loved butterflies, her chosen...
Laura Claryn Darby
Mar 15, 2026
Laura “Claren” Rose Darby-Hickman was born to Hilda Chmilar and Clarence Darby on November 26th, 1949 in Whitehorse YT Canada. Laura had five siblings from both parents’ sides. Later on in 1963,Laura headed to Kansas City Missouri, USA. where she would reside.
While in Kansas City, Laura would have her first child, Paul Forsythe, at sixteen. Later on, Laura and Tommy...
Nelda Sue Johnson
Mar 15, 2026
Nelda Sue Johnson of Kansas City Missouri, went to her heavenly home on March 15, 2026. She was born November 22,1944, to William and Lois Brantley Johnson, in Fort Worth Texas.
Delta is preceded in death by her life partner , l Ladonna , Drury, sister Mary Hatton, brother-in-law James Hatton and her parents.
Nelda is survived by her niece, Kristina Rutherford...
Patrick K. Mallen
Mar 15, 2026
Patrick Mallen, 58, of St. Joseph, Missouri died peacefully on March 15th at Mosaic Hospital in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Patrick was born on May 11,1967 in Kansas City, Missouri, and was the son of Richard & Della Mallen (Plattsburg). He was preceded in death by his father Richard Mallen and wife Laneah Mallen.
Patrick is survived by his son Levi Mallen, mother...
Alvin Vernon Peal Jr.
Mar 15, 2026
Alvin Peal Jr., 71, of Independence passed away March 15, 2026. He was born November 01, 1954 to Alvin Peal Sr. and Jimmye Wilson.
Kathy Dekle
Mar 15, 2026
Kathy Ann Jestice-Dekle, 65 of Kansas City Kansas was called home by our Lord and Savior on March 15,2026. She was born and grew up on a farm in Corpus Christi, TX to Frances and Howard Jestice she has 4 brothers (Frank Mike, Howard and Norman Jestice and a sister Loraine Jestice- Yochim ( David)
Kathy married Art Dekle and moved...
Robert Dewayne Beasley
Mar 14, 2026
Robert Beasley, 67, of Overland Park, Ks, passed away March 14, 2026. He was born December 26, 1958 to Dayton and Alene Beasley.
Mark William Stitt
Mar 14, 2026
Mark William Stitt of Blue Springs, Missouri, passed away on March 14, 2026, at age 67. Mark was born on August 18, 1958, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Barney Stitt Jr. and Helen Stitt. Mark graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1976, later working in the Social Security Administration as a claims clerk until his retirement in 2015.
Mark had...
Willie Jean Williams
Mar 14, 2026
Willie J. Williams, 82, of Kansas City passed away March 14, 2026. She was born February 28, 1944 to John L. Findley and Pansey R. Harper.
Michael Scott Bentley
Mar 13, 2026
Michael Bentley ,70, of Belton passed away March 13, 2026. He was born February 03, 1956 to Ross Bentley and Delores Bentley.
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