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. 

Ricky Ray Hadlock, 58, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away on November  21,2021. 
Rick graduated in 1983 from Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at Ford Motor Company for 12.5 years. He left there to do HVAC. Rick loved to help people and could never tell people no. He loved to fix things  that others had given up on. He never met a stranger! He would give you the  shirt off his back. 

Betty (DeWeese) Swick , 92, a longtime Excelsior Springs resident, passed away November 26, 2021 at Kansas City Hospice House. 

Betty was born April 21, 1929 in Delta, Iowa, was one of 3 children of Sam and Fern (Feaster) DeWeese. 

Along with her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Swick, her brother Warren DeWeese, sister Wilda Hadley and grandson Adam Popejoy. 

Betty retired from the Excelsior Springs School District as a cook in the school cafeteria.  

Sherri Dawn Clymore, 46, Rayville, MO., passed away November 27, 2021 at 3:22pm.  Visitation will be held Thursday, December 2, 2021 from 10-11am with service following at Bross & Spidle Funeral Home, Excelsior Springs, MO.  Burial Elmira Cemetery, Elmira, MO. 

LaDonna Way, 74, of Excelsior Springs, MO passed away Nov. 12, 2021, at Excelsior Springs Nursing and Rehab.  

Visitation was held from 5-6:30 p.m., on Nov. 17, 2021, at Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs. 

James C. Johnson, 82, of Lawson, MO passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at North Care Hospice House. 

He was born on Sept. 20, 1939, in Kansas City, MO to Filo and Mary Johnson.  He worked for TWA for 40 plus years.   

He is survived by his son, Jamie (Terry) Johnson; daughter, Jewel (John) Bailey; granddaughters, April Richardson and Elizabeth Davis all of Lawson; and grandson, J.C. Bailey of Pennsylvania. 

Danette Rene Brown-Walter, Owner of Moonstone Massage in Parkville, MO,

was born November 7, 1986 and passed on November 13, 2021 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.

Merle Joy Teer, 93, passed away on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at the Veteran’s Home in Cameron, Missouri.  Merle was born in Hugo, Missouri on February 20, 1928 to Marion and Flora Childers Teer. 

He accepted the Lord at the age of six and was a member of the Dove Baptist Church.  He later attended the Woodland Baptist Church.

Phyllis O’Connell, 82, of Rayville, MO, passed away peacefully at home on November 11, 2021. Visitation will be held at 1:00 PM with the funeral service at 2:00 PM Monday, November 15, 2021, at St. Ann Parish; 1503 Tracy, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024 Please join us for refreshments in the church basement after returning from the gravesite. Phyl was born July 1, 1939, in Excelsior Springs, MO. She was a loving and intelligent Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend.