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.

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.

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

Randy Owens, 56, of Excelsior Springs, MO passed away June 29, 2022, from a car accident.   Mr. Owens was born Oct. 15, 1965, in Omaha, NE. Everyone described Randy as a one-of-a-kind guy. Randy was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and just being outside.

Angela "Angie" LeMay (Sundermeyer) Peebles, 61 of Excelsior Springs, MO, died June 25, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospice House following a seven-year battle with metastatic breast cancer.

Elsie Marie Tackett, 92, of Excelsior Springs, MO passed away on June 28, 2022.  

Beloved father and husband, William Hershall Gray, passed away on June 22, 2022.    Hershall was a life-long resident of Excelsior Springs and Wood Heights, MO and fought a valiant fight against cancer and heart failure over the past four years.

Dr. Arthur K. Roos of Liberty, MO lived a remarkable 96 years before passing away peacefully on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Art was born in a log cabin in Mt. Vernon, Indiana on July 15, 1925, to Arthur Christian and Elfrieda Morlock Roos.

Richard C. Waring, 86, Kearney, MO passed away July 4, 2022.  Richard was the oldest of three children born to Bert and Rita Waring. He grew up in Excelsior Springs and graduated from Excelsior Springs High School in 1954.