Lance Hart Lamb passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospital. He was born in Oceanside, California on August 14, 1952, to Cecil (Bud) Lamb and Patricia Lamb (Hart). 

John Dale Howard Sr., 68, Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away Feb. 27, 2022, at Liberty Hospital.

James Edmund (Ed) Dixon died Feb. 25, 2022, at Green Hills Care Facility in Ames, IA. Ed was born Aug. 11, 1934, in Clinton, MO. In 1945 the family moved to Excelsior Springs, MO. Ed later moved to Ames, IA in 1956 where he lived until his death. In 1960, Ed married Eugenia Ann Moore. Two sons were born to this union. They later divorced. He was a member of the Iowa State faculty for 37 years.

Darlene Joyce (Hill) Wall, 86, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away Feb. 11, 2022, at Liberty Hospital from Covid complications.

Darlene was born on Dec. 7, 1935, in Lincoln, NE, and is the daughter of John Hill and Edna (McMicheal) Hill.

Jack Holtzclaw, 93, of Excelsior Springs, MO passed away Dec. 23, 2021, at home.

Patricia Darlene Wilson, 82, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away in her home on Feb. 11, 2022.  

She was born Feb. 7, 1940, in Excelsior Springs, MO.  

Marlyn Ray Atkinson of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at 9:20 a.m. after an extended illness. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. 

James Richard (Rick) Todd passed away Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, at Ray County Memorial Hospital.

Debra Fay “Debbie” Summers, 66, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away Feb. 8, 2022. 

Alyce Ann Hutchison of Richmond, MO passed away on Feb. 1, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospital Hospice House after a short battle with cancer. She was 49 years old.