With deep sorrow we mourn the unexpected passing of Irene Jeffries, 73, on July 1, 2022. Irene was born January 29, 1949 to Lodis and Iris (Rock) Tuma. She lived and attended public schools in Belleville, Kansas. She was a pre-nursing student at Kansas State University for two years. There she met her soulmate, Phil, and began a wonderful 54-year journey with him through life. She earned a BSN degree in nursing at the KU Medical Center. She worked as an RN at several medical facilities in Massachusetts, Kansas, and Missouri.

Vicki Lynn Miles  

Vicki was born March 18, 1968, to Linda and Charlie Chouteau.  Vicki remained with her birth mother Linda when her step father Don Miles raised her, adding a brother John in 1970. Vicki graduated from Excelsior Springs High School in 1986, and cosmetology school following that. 

Reverend Phillip Dean Dillon, 81, of Excelsior Springs, went to be with Jesus on July 5, 2022. He passed away unexpectedly at Liberty Hospital with loving family at his side. 

Phil was born February 1, 1941, in rural Clay County, MO, the youngest of eight children of William Ira and Ethel (Colley) Dillon.  He graduated from Kearney High School and attended William Jewell College. Phil was united in marriage to Patsy Lea Hodgson on June 12, 1959 in Liberty, MO.  

Myron Leroy Hartman, 79, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2022, surrounded by his family.