On Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, Arthur R. “Pete” Hartman, 79, passed away at his home in Excelsior Springs.    Services will be July 21, 2021, at 10 a.m., at Higginsville Veterans Cemetery. 

Mark Heavelow,71, of Lawson passed away July 7, 2021 at home. Mark was born July 15,1949.   He worked at Ford Motor Company for 30 years and was retired for 23 years, spending that time with his family.

Gregory Lynn Carroll, 66, of Lawson, MO passed away Sunday, July 11, 2021, at North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City, MO. Greg was born on Feb. 26, 1955, the son of William “Bill” and Bonnie (Marley) Carroll in Excelsior Springs, MO.

Richard Byron (Pope) Sager, 90, went to be with our Lord and Savior on the afternoon of Thursday, July 8, 2021, after a fall in his home on June 23. He was born on Dec. 26, 1930, the ninth and youngest child of Milton and Ethel (Clark) Sager in Centerville, Iowa.  

Laneta “Neta” Grace Sanders, 71, of Excelsior Springs, passed away Jan. 9, 2021. Graveside services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 17, 2021, at Hillcrest Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, MO.   Neta was born in Mexico, Mo., on July 13, 1949, the daughter of James and Louanna Halsey.

Shirley Jane Offutt, “Momma Coach”, 69 Of Lake Of The Ozarks at Gravois Mill, MO, passed away on Saturday, July 10, 2021 in her son’s home in Orrick, surrounded by her family.   She was born on December 24, 1951 on the family farm near Orrick to Luther Lee O’Dell, Sr and Vina Marie (Covey) O’Dell.

Geneva (O’Dell) Shelton, 90, a longtime resident of Excelsior Springs, passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2021, after a short stay at Liberty Hospital. Geneva was born July 7, 1930 in Ethel, Missouri, to Ollie and Mattie (Black) Cohoon.

Gary Dean Turner, 86 of rural Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away Wednesday morning at his home with his family surrounding him.

Lavene May Gillette-Cline-Baker, 96, passed away July 5, 2021.

Eric C. Brintzinghoffer, 75, passed away on July 4, 2021, at NorthCare Hospice House following complications from a fall.  He was born on Feb. 8, 1946, to Elizabeth (Wiggans) and James H. Brintzingerhoffer in Newark, N.J.