January 2023

Roger Lee Bahs, 91, Excelsior Springs, went home to heaven Jan. 14, 2023.

Beulah Fern (Barnes) Pulliam passed away on Jan. 13, 2023, at the age of 83 years and 26 days after a brief battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Dorothy (Dotty) Reed Stockdell, Lee’s Summit, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, two weeks before her 94th birthday.

Jack O’Dell of Excelsior Springs died Jan. 17, 2023, at Liberty Hospital of complications from sepsis.

Billy George Phillips of Big Timber passed away peacefully on Jan. 11, 2023, at the age of 80 at home, surrounded by his children.

Joyce Doerr, 81, of Excelsior Springs passed away Jan. 13, 2023, at home from progression of CREST syndrome.

Kearney spoiled Excelsior Springs’ hopes of a Senior Night victory when the schools met Jan. 11.

Lauren Park and Bailee Baxter couldn’t be defeated when they wrestled for Excelsior Springs High School Jan. 6 at the Kearney Varsity Girls Tournament.

Mark Bullimore, Excelsior Springs School District director of communications, offered the district and board of education a few metaphorical pats on the back when the board convened Tuesday night at the Support Services Center.

Excelsior Springs School District leaders were given a sense of what a new Lewis Elementary School might look like Tuesday night. Deputy Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson invited Patrick Smith, chief architect, to address the board during its monthly meeting.