JEFFERSON CITY – “At least” $4,348 collected in cash by former City Clerk Marla Berndt as sewer bill payments is unaccounted for in Homestead Village, a Ray County town of roughly 185 people near Excelsior Springs.
Berndt also allegedly failed to pay her own sewer bill and falsified ledgers to conceal non-payments, based on an investigation completed Wednesday by State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office.
Bruce Michael Huffman was born October 19, 1972. He went to meet the Lord on December 1, 2021.
Bruce grew up in Excelsior Springs, Mo. area and lived there most of his life. He graduated from Excelsior Springs High School. Bruce mainly worked in residential homes for the mentally and physically challenged young adults. A job he much enjoyed, and the young adults really liked him.
He attended St Ann Catholic Church when he was growing up.
He was preceded in death by the love of his life Billie Adams Huffman.
Local artist, Walter W. Coe, passed away on December 2 at 1:55 a.m. following a long illness.
Elizabeth S. McCauley, 78, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2021. Elizabeth was born on September 15, 1943, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Schwarzel) McCauley.
Elizabeth is preceded in death by both of her parents and her sister Margaret Peggy McCauley. She is survived by her life partner Rebecca McGuirt and brother Robert (Roberta) McCauley.
