Harold “Hal” LeRoy Mueller, 75, of Independence, Missouri passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2025. Visitation will be 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2025 at Royer Funeral Home, Grain Valley, Missouri. Hal was born July 9, 1950 to LeRoy Mueller and Wilma (House) Mueller. He graduated from Grain Valley High School in 1968, where he participated in many sports. Hal…
Janice Rae Gibler passed away peacefully on September 6, 2025. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Janice was born on October 2 1961 the daughter of Donna Follis and step daughter of Allen Follis. Janice was an Oak Grove graduate where she met her high school sweetheart Robert Gibler and married him in the summer…
Dorothy M. Reed, 94, of Kansas City, MO, went home to heaven on September 5, 2025. She was born in Topeka, KS, on December 12, 1930, to mother, Faye Gifford, and father, Roy Gifford. Dorothy had two sisters and three brothers. On September 15, 1947, she married Terry Reed. After their marriage, they started their family which consisted of six…
Eddie Leon Gooch, 80, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Born on July 16, 1945, in Brookfield, Missouri, Ed was the son of Charles Glen Gooch and Doris Eulieve Pulliam Gooch Riley. Visitation will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday October 25, 2025 at Blue Springs Christian Church, located at 7920 MO. 7 Highway, Blue Springs, Missouri…
Melanie Jo Wolfington passed away on September 4, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas, surrounded by family and friends. She was 42. Born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 31, 1983, Melanie was many things: an accident-prone kid, a nacho connoisseur, a cool mom, a collector of sunglasses, a walking rolodex of one-liners from her favorite movies and shows, a fearless roller…
Myrna Dee Howell passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 4, 2025. She was born on April 22, 1939, in Nebraska. Myrna is survived by brother, Gary, her son-in-law, Danny, her sons, Lance and Kirk, her 3 grandchildren Daniel, Douglas, and Meekah, as well as 6 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother, Leona, and her daughter, Denna.…
Thomas Evans Morehead, 70, of Blue Springs, Mo., died Saturday, August 30, 2025, after an eight-year battle with Antisynthetase syndrome, an uncurable autoimmune disorder. He passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family. Born in Trenton, Mo., to the late John and Jacqueline (Evans) Morehead, Tom was the second of six children. Raised in Liberty, Mo. and Warrensburg,…
Leone Rae (Johnson) Morton, 89, of Independence, Missouri, passed away Friday, August 29, 2025, with her loving family by her side. A Celebration of Life will be held Thursday, September 4,2025, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church – 17200 E. 39th St. Independence, MO. Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m. and Funeral following at 11:00 a.m. Leone was born on October…
You were always enough. Paul Raymond Webster was born on October 19, 1938 in Gravois Mills, MO, in the Ozark’s, to Earl and Lola Webster, one of seven children. During his last days, Paul was visited by his only grandson Tucker Pauley and wife Madeline Pauley. His only granddaughter, Paige Bolton spoke to him by phone, as he listened to…
Douglas MacArthur O’Neal, 82, of Oak Grove, Missouri, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at Lee’s Summit Medical Center in Lee’s Summit, MO. Services will be held on Saturday, August 30th at New Life Church in Oak Grove, with visitation from 10:30 a.m. to noon and funeral at noon, followed by burial in Valley Memorial Gardens in Grain Valley,…