Daina Lynn Barnes, 54, of Buckner, MO passed away Sunday, August 27, 2023. Celebration of Life will be held at 5:00 – 7:00pm Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at Royer’s New Salem Funeral Home, Independence, MO. Daina was born in Independence, Missouri, to her parents, Bill and Ellen Hair. Daina married Timothy Barnes on September 23, 1988. Daina worked for a…
Michael Harold BarberJuly 9, 1955 - August 26, 2023 We gather to remember and honor the life of Michael Harold Barber, a husband, father and friend to many. Michael, better known as Mike, passed peacefully on August 26, 2023. He was born to Maxine and Harold Barber on July 9, 1955, in Raytown, MO. Mike touched the lives of all…
Rena Kay Peterson, 45, of Richmond, MO, passed away on August 26, 2023. She was born June 8, 1978 in Gladstone, Missouri. Rena was the daughter of John Howard and Barbara Jean Small of Gladstone, Missouri. She has two sisters, Tamara Michelle Pittman of Lebanon, Missouri and Christina Marie Marshall of Gladstone, Missouri. Rena also has an adopted son, Edward…
Barbara Orene Parks, 88, of Oak Grove, Missouri, passed away on Friday, August 25, 2023. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 31st at First Baptist Church of Oak Grove; burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until service time at the church. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made…
Barbara Jane Thomas, 81, of Independence, Missouri passed away on Monday, August 21, 2023. No services at this time. Memorial contributions can be made to: Sonshine Preschool and Zion Lutheran Church ~ 1202 W. Main St. Chanute, KS 66720. Barbara was born May 14, 1942 in Spencer, Iowa to Julius and Lucille (Schomburg) Sixta. She was very involved in the Lutheran…
Mabel Darlene Merritt, 73, of Grain Valley, Missouri passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2023. Visitation will be 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 1, 2023. Memorial Service to follow at 2:00 p.m. at Royer Funeral Home, Grain Valley, Missouri. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to: American Cancer Society at cancer.org or: Wounded Warrior Project at woundedwarriorproject.org Darlene was born…
Glenn Damon Winter of Blue Spring, MO passed away on Saturday, August 19th at the age of 76. He was born in Clarinda, Iowa to Dorothy Earle (Wright) and Rollo Wesley Winter on June 8, 1947. Damon graduated from Miami High School, Amoret, MO in 1965 and received his Associate’s Degree from Fort Scott College, Kansas. In his youth Damon…
John Charles Jons Jr., 89, of Centerview, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, August 19, 2023, at Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg, MO. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 26th at First Baptist Church of Oak Grove. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until service time at the church. John was born February 6,…
Ronnie E. Smith, 71, of Independence, MO passed away on Thursday August 17, 2023. He was born January 2, 1952, in Kansas City, Mo. To Cletus and Marion (Moore) Smith. Services are scheduled for September 1, 2023 visitation 9am and funeral to follow at 10am at Royer’s New Salem Funeral Home 1823 N Blue Mills Rd, Independence, Mo 64058 Ronnie was…
Shirley Lucile Hutcherson, 86, of Oak Grove, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs, MO. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, August 21st at the Church of Christ in Oak Grove. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church. In lieu of…