The Lawson Review

The following deaths were recorded in the pages of The Lawson Review during 2006: December 3, 2005 -- Virgina Lake Fowler Durden, 85, Kirksville. December 14 -- Martha Evelyn Holder, 94, Richmond. December 21 -- Thomas L. Boch, Sunrise Beach. December 21 -- Judy McCowan, 64. December 25 -- Wayne Lee Byrd, 68, Pleasant Hill. December 25 -- Jordan Gavin Lightner, 18, Las Vegas, Nev. December 26 -- Alma Nolker, 98, Excelsior Springs. December 26 -- Larry Creason, 55, Rayville. December 26 -- Ethel M. Hendricks , 75, Excelsior Springs. December 26 -- Robert W. Jackson. December 27 -- Virgie F. Green, 87, Richmond. December 27 - Helen Park Ragan, 86, Kansas City. December 27 -- Anna Louise Hampton, 83, Wellington. December 27 -- Robert Andy Coleman, 78, Excelsior Springs. December 28 -- Melvin L. Thursby, Sr., 72. December 28 -- Roberta Jean Johnston, 76, Independence. December 29 -- Stacey E. Storm, 46, Grandview. December 29 -- Raymond Scott Filley, 47, Excelsior Springs. December 29 -- Lillian Eileen Alice (Giger) Sterling, 75, Excelsior Springs. December 31 -- Lela C. Sharp, 90, Lathrop. December 31 -- Anna Laureen Holderby, 58, Kansas City. January 2, 2006 -- John Glenn Vassmer, 88, Excelsior Springs. January 2 -- Ramona A. Leathers, 77, Richmond. January 2 -- David Eugene Shelton, 53, Excelsior Springs. January 3 -- Dianne Barnes, 56, Laurie. January 3 -- Helen Frances Miller, 87, Memphis, Tenn. January 4 -- Viola Edwards Thompson, 87, Oak Grove. January 4 -- Wanetta E. Curp, 92, Cowgill. January 5 -- Mildred L. Prichard, 83, Richmond. January 6 -- Phyllis G. Likes, 82, Overland Park, Kan. January 6 -- Florence Savage, 85, Cameron. January 6 -- Edward Nelson Dungy, 45. January 7 -- William Wheeler, 93, Gladstone. January 9 -- Natalie Maswich, 88, Excelsior Springs. January 9 -- Clyde F. Butler, 83, Independence. January 10 -- Phyllis Jean Zeigler, 62, Polo. January 11, Marjorie Marie Gulley, 75, Lawson. January 12 -- Dorris C. Kincaid, 81, Excelsior Springs. January 12 -- Loretta Craven, 81, Excelsior Springs. January 12 -- Johnny L. Manes, 59, Polo. January 12 -- Frederick Griffith Bohannon, 85. January 12 -- Albert Ed Johnson, 81, Collins. January 12 -- Gail LaVerne Goll, 67, Kansas City. January 13 -- Helen Marie Oden, 95, Lee's Summit. January 14 -- Wilson M. Love, 83, Richmond. January 14 -- Ethel V. Bowen, 83, Bethany. January 15 -- Julie Ann Barklage, 44, Polo. January 15 -- LeRoy Akers, 77, Independence. January 16 -- Earl Edward Norris, 78, Richmond. January 17 -- Marguerite L. Malott, 81, Independence. January 17 -- Claudie W. Howerton, 90, Richmond. January 17 -- Jerry E. Harrison, 53, Excelsior Springs. January 17 -- William Marshall Dotson, 87, Blue Springs. January 18 -- Wilbur Norris Battagler, 83, Orrick. January 18 -- Sarah Francine Lane, 62, Excelsior Springs. January 19 -- Michael Ray O'Dell, 52, Excelsior Springs. January 19 -- Maude LaBarr Hoel, 86, Blue Springs. January 19 -- Dorsey "Bert" Hale, 75, Lawson. January 20 -- Tamera Sue Godsey, 41, Excelsior Springs. January 21 -- Ada Eleanor Tolle, 97, Excelsior Springs. January 21 -- Bennie T. Blair, 90, Richmond. January 22 -- Allen V. Crowley, 91, Lathrop. January 23 -- William Ray Halstead, 72, Richmond. January 23 - - Cora May Jorgensen, 85, Richmond. January 23 -- James R. Dudgeon, 70, Deepwater. January 23 -- Marie T. "Mickey" Alley, 78, Independence. January 24 -- Virginia Hamacher Miller, 80, Kansas. January 24 -- Mary (Sissy) Gatrel, 73, Richmond. January 24 -- John B. "Jack" Ryan II, 71, Kansas City. January 24 -- Dennis J. Baker, 52, Excelsior Springs. January 24 -- Nava June Daugherty, 87, Excelsior Springs. January 25 -- Rowena A. Cain, 81, Camden. January 25 -- Janice Hedgpeth, 61, Lone Jack. January 25 -- Delanie Anne Drabek, 4 1/2, Lawson. January 25 -- Helen Walker, 85, Excelsior Springs. January 25 -- Lisa Thogerson, 43, Kearney. January 25 -- James L. Morgan, 69, Polo. January 26 -- Ronald L. Williams, 59, Kingston. January 26 -- Kenneth Robert Hieronymus, 76, Excelsior Springs. January 26 -- Helena Tincknell, 90, Rayville. January 27 -- Tim Young, 46, Richmond. January 27 -- Billy Martin, 71, Excelsior Springs. January 27 -- Aingeal Marie Stepp, 18 months old, Excelsior Springs. January 28 -- Robert Loomis, 69, Excelsior Springs. January 29 -- Barbara A. McElwee, 51, Kansas City. January 29 -- Dean Max Coffman, 77, Lawson. January 31 -- Norma Jean Mossberger, 77, Blue Springs. February 1 -- John "Jack" Brookshier, 78, Excelsior Springs. February 1 -- George T. Lusan, 61. February 2 -- Treva Stowers, 99, Lawson. February 2 -- Kenneth Stalder, 66, Excelsior Springs. February 2 -- William Eugene "Billy" Wilson, 45, Rayville. February 5 -- Ray Donald O'Dell, 77, Excelsior Springs. February 6 -- Eulan L. Prosser, 100, Independence. February 6 -- Susan Frances Huenefeld, 100, Wellington. February 7 -- Stanley Ray Wood, 79, Lawson. February 8 -- Velma Pulliam, 62, Edgerton. February 9 -- John Wesley Pennington V, infant. February 10 -- Rodger D. Green, 46, Richmond. February 10 -- Pauline E. Swofford, 71, Richmond. February 10 -- Eugene O. Marti, 74, Richmond. February 10 -- Flossie A. Walters, 76, Excelsior Springs. February 10 -- Margaret E. Lomeli, 65, Excelsior Springs. February 10 -- Ruby Ellen Martin, 81, Lawson. February 12 -- Juanita Pearl Smith, 84, Sedalia. February 14 -- Zeta Hall, 86, Kansas City. February 15 -- Gary Tyler Vaughn, 16, Orrick. February 16 -- Mary Adaline Steva, 90, Richmond. February 16 -- James Jefferson Smith, 64, Kansas City North. February 17 -- Hazel V. Patton, 92, Appleton City. February 18 -- Patricia Gagnon, 61, Kansas City. February 18 -- Patricia Mae Peak, 52, Excelsior Springs. February 19 -- Lincoln Dana, 87, Excelsior Springs. February 19 -- Lena Baldwin Pope, 86, Holt. February 21 -- Vernon Ogg, 87, Richmond. February 22 -- Max V. Mann, 82, Liberty. February 22 -- Judith Jenkins, 67, Excelsior Springs. February23 -- Joyce Lee Doering, 63, Lee's Summit. February 23 -- Joseph Edward Cox, 66, Liberty. February 24 -- Opal Landsdale, 78, Blue Springs. February 24 -- Betty Loraine Zeikle, 73, Florida. February 25 -- Wilfred E. Ostiquy, 82, Richmond. February 26 -- Geneive Lillian Seely Montgomery, 84, Houston, Tex. February 26 -- James Riley Bennett, 73, Lee's Summit. February 26 -- Juanita L. Schumache, 77, Belton. February 26 -- Edwin Ray Outlaw II, 56, Plattsburg. February 26 -- James Riley Bennett, 73, Lee's Summit. February 27 -- Mitchell Earl Evans, 49, Excelsior Springs. February 28 -- Roger L. Belveal, 60, Excelsior Springs. February 28 -- Kenneth M. Harris, 90, Warrensburg. March 1 -- Wanda Lee Blyth Bryan, 78, Richmond. March 2 -- Ralph "Rocky" Clemings, 88, Excelsior Springs. March 3 -- Temple Stockton Becker Vaughn, 99, Richmond. March 3 -- Tommy L. Evans, 70, Hardin. March 3 -- Paul Eugene Oswalt, 47, Kansas City. March 4 -- Christopher Lee Long, 33, Lawson. March 4 -- Mary Burge, 89, Overland Park, Kan. March 5 -- Mattie F. Clevenger, 92, Excelsior Springs. March 5 -- Thomas L. Rose, 69, Harlingen, Tex. March 6 -- Wilma Kincaid Yoakum, 86, Richmond. March 6 -- Stephen Dwayne Hopkins, 45, Excelsior Springs. March 7 -- James Paul Ahring, 36, Richmond. March 7 -- Doris Janet Adams, 70, Blue Springs. March 7 -- Mary Ruth Justus, 78, Polo. March 7 -- Marie Creek, 88, Cleveland, Okla. March 8 -- Helen Watkins, 82, Kearney. March 10 - - Bessie Mae Askren, 72, Lathrop. March 10 -- John Western Keller, 61, Trimble. March 11 -- Donald D. Kerns, 77, Excelsior Springs. March 12 -- Lola F. Dorton, 88, Orrick. March 12 -- Ruby Olivia (Shirley) Robertson, 84, Excelsior Springs. March 13 -- Connie K. Price, 58, Richmond. March 14 -- Dorothy Louise Bice, 84, Richmond. March 14 -- Audrey Jean Low, 57, Hardin. March 14 -- Bob Warden, 57, Excelsior Springs. March 15 -- Ronald Jack Stitt, 70, Kansas City. March 16 -- Paul Filley, 72, Excelsior Springs. March 16 -- Anthony Terranova, 54, Lee's Summit. March 17 -- Helen C. Whitworth, 83, Richmond. March 17 -- Lexi and Lillie Haddock, infant girls, Excelsior Springs. March 18 -- Marie Miller, 72, Richmond. March 18 -- Lulu (Gilmore) Johnston, 72, Excelsior Springs. March 19 -- Billy Wayne Justus, 37, Excelsior Springs. March 19 -- Mary Lewis, 75, Neosho. March 20 -- Nancy Joyce Prince, 68, Richmond. March 22 --Estalene Clark, 86, Lee's Summit. March 22 -- James Henry Arnold, 105, Fort Scott, Kan. March 24 -- Doris Peknik, 81. March 25 -- Claude Cyrus Barger, 89, Orrick. March 25 -- Ronda S. Barrett, 44, Richmond. March 25 -- Garnet Ann Eckert, 69, Kansas City. March 25 -- Thomas L. Craig, 83, McIntosh, N.M. March 26 -- Beverly Ann Johnson, 78, Claycomo. March 26 -- Irene L. Tucker, 87, Smithville. March 26 -- Virginia Reva Garrett, 91, Orrick. March 26 -- Iris Lenora Schmidt, 99. March 28 -- Ervin H. Miesner, 76, Piper, Kan. March 28 -- Patricia Pearl "Patty" Hale, 72, Lawson. March 28 -- Flossie C. Gulley, 80, Rayville. March 28 -- Hilda Henrietta Meyer, 89, Platte City. March 29 -- Helen Virginia Mullane, 87, Independence. March 30 -- Dora Grace Craven Harris, 93, Excelsior Springs. March 30 -- Anita L. Walter, 51, Grain Valley. March 30 -- Norman Sinclair, 67, Excelsior Springs. March 30 -- Harley R. Morton, Sunrise Beach. April 1 -- CWO3 Michael Lee Hartwick Jr., 37, Orrick. April 3 -- Dennis J. Horn, 53, Excelsior Springs. April 3 - - Zelma M. Fifer, 93, Norborne. April 7 -- Elton Brockman Beissenherz, 88, Lexington. April 7 -- Donald "Ty" Dooley, 43, Drumright, Okla. April 9 -- Edna Miller, 80, Excelsior Springs. April 12 -- John Hovan, 89, Excelsior Springs. April 12 -- Katherine E. Morton, Sunrise Beach. April 12 -- Leona Mae Briant, 63, Hardin. April 13 -- Marvin "Gene" O'Dell, 74, Lee's Summit. April 13 -- Della A. Brooks, Liberty. April 13 -- Mary Cringan, 83, Richmond. April 13 -- Earl Lee Shaw, 50, Excelsior Springs. April 13 -- Della Brooks, 85, Richmond. April 14 -- Vernia Pugh Ashbaugh, 88, Oak Grove. April 14 -- Fleta May Pulem, 90, Riverside. April 14 -- Hester Ohlhausen, 92, Weston. April 15 -- Jerry Wayne Ford, Richmond. April 15 -- Bonnie Joy Casto, 60, Excelsior Springs. April 16 -- Frances Pearl Pardee, 77, Excelsior Springs. April 16 -- Clarence Calvin Cooper, 77, Lawson. April 16 -- Nessie C. Shrarwder, 79, Richmond. April 16 -- Rodger Wayne Spor, 43, Camas, Wash. April 16 -- Rodger Wayne Spor, 43, Camas, Wash. April 16 -- Janet Manuele, 53, Cameron. April 17 -- Opal Crowley, 90, Excelsior Springs. April 17 -- Leonard A. Earring, 73, Lee's Summit. April 18 -- Danny Claypole, 58, Blue Springs. April 19 -- Jane Gulbrandson, 79, Liberty. April 19 -- Christopher Alan Purcell, 18, Richmond. April 20 -- Leola M. McPheeters, 92, Braymer. April 20 -- Edna Shanks, 88, Excelsior Springs. April 21 -- Terry Ray Hughes, 65, Kansas City. April 21 -- Terrance M. Tarwater, 58, Richmond. April 26 -- Lucille G. McNeill Clark, 89, Joplin. April 27 -- Ella Mae Boyer, 78, Chillicothe. April 27 -- Ruth LaRue (Witt) Sellars, 90, Wisconsin. April 28 -- Harvey Jewell Bellis, 89, Mission, Kan. April 30 -- Sandra Lea Gray, 68, Richmond. April 30 -- Carole Watkins, 67, Ventura, Calif. April 30 -- Ruby L. Watson, 98, Excelsior Springs. May 1 -- Marguerite Harrison, 89, Lexington. May 2 -- Elwynn Elliott, 71, Plattsburg. May 3 -- Lylianne Rose Barker, infant. May 4 -- Alice Ruth McKown, 88, Excelsior Springs. May 4 -- Ruth Plank, 82, Excelsior Springs. May 4 -- Ruth Pauline Balliett, 78, Kansas City. May 5 -- Benny Lee Fox, 50, Minnesota. May 5 -- Robert Earl Woods, 81, Excelsior Springs. May 5 -- Rena Eileen Shatswell, 80, Kansas City. May 5 -- Gertie Shipley, 89, Richmond. May 6 -- Gertrude E. Tebbe Sloan, 94, Kansas City, Kan. May 6 -- Charles E. Rendlen Jr., 86, Hannibal. May 6 -- James B. Davis Sr., 89, Summerfield, Fla. May 7 - - Carroll Laverne Geosling, 91, Excelsior Springs. May 8 -- Grace Mae Wetzel, 82, Excelsior Springs. May 8 -- Anthony F. Rivera, 59, Claycomo. May 9 -- Ralph W. Dale, 85, Excelsior Springs. May 11 -- Doris Ann Brown, 88, Richmond. May 11 -- Donald E. "Ed" Burkhart, 72, Lexington. May 11 -- Darrell C. Holt, 68, Lawson. May 11 -- Gertie Lee Turner (Herndon) Buckler, 96, Dearborn. May 11 -- Donna Sue Swafford, 61, Lawson. May 11 -- Harold E. Gordon, 83, Excelsior Springs. May 12 -- Dean L. Kline, 67, Excelsior Springs. May 12 -- Timothy Lee Anderson, 44, Excelsior Springs. May 12 -- George W. "Bill" Gardner, 81, Richmond. May 13 -- Ramona J. Epperson, 61, Osceola. May 14 -- Eula Beryl Proffitt, 95, Richmond. May 14 -- Eloise Crowley, 79, Lawson. May 18 -- Mildred Etta Wilcox Hoback, 93, Excelsior Springs. May 18 -- David L. Neal, 65, Bonner Springs. May 21 -- Helen T. Martin, 85, Excelsior Springs. May 22 -- Virginia Bucholtz Sharp, 82, Chariton. May 23 -- John Elliott, 83, Excelsior Springs. May 23 -- Joseph L. McCullough, 71, Independence. May 25 -- Emmett E. Titus, 78, Excelsior Springs. May 25 - - Lawrence Dale Stark, 83, Lawson. May 27 -- Truman Ferril Teegarden Sr., 62, Excelsior Springs. May 27 -- Dennis R. Howard, 49, Kansas City. May 27 -- Anna J. Oberst, 74, Gladstone. May 28 -- Herbert Due, 77, Excelsior Springs. May 28 -- James Lesley Lindsey, 77, Orrick. May 28 -- Laurilou Powell Foster Burke, 45. May 30 -- Charles W. Crowley, 66, Excelsior Springs. May 30 -- Joyce Audrey (Moore) Leeka, 64, Excelsior Springs. May 30 -- Robert Dickey Sr., Gladstone. May 31 -- Mabel Clare Butler, 81, Orrick. May 31 -- Douglas J. Fitzgerald, 70, Excelsior Springs. June 1 -- Lois Coats, 79, Lawson. June 1 -- Robert L. Bradley, 65, Gladstone. June 1 -- Gerald Harvey, 79, Marshall. June 2 -- Vernon Ray Duncan, 80, Excelsior Springs. June 2 -- Gladys Marie Schuetz, 102, Orrick. June 3 -- Marvin Woods Blankenship, 74, Platte City. June 3 -- Erma Jean Hendricks, 80, Excelsior Springs. June 3 -- Catherine (St. John) Woods. June 3 -- Jason Patrick Dougan, 32, Richmond. June 3 -- Robert L. Cain, 82, Gladstone. June 4 -- Delbert "Buck" Kirtley, 71, Excelsior Springs. June 4 -- Edwin "Bud" McAfee, 85, Excelsior Springs. June 4 -- Orwen Rex Larson, 88, Richmond. June 8 -- John McDowell, 38, Liberty. June 8 -- John McDowell, 38, Liberty. June 9 -- Mildred H. Mullikin, 91, Lee's Summit. June 9 -- Betty Cates, 56, Lawson/Excelsior Springs. June 10 -- Mary Doyle. June 10 -- James L. Dennis Jr., 63, Gladstone. June 10 -- Louise E. Dison, 77, Excelsior Springs. June 11 -- Anna Mae Clancy, 82, Excelsior Springs. June 13 -- Earl D. Green, 69, Richmond. June 13 -- James A. Brassea, 78, Polo. June 14 -- Georgia Smith, 96, Excelsior Springs. June 14 -- Orbie Ray Banning, 70, Lawson. June 14 -- James M. Stafford, 87, Braymer. June 15 -- David K. Cole, 65, Richmond. June 15 -- Dorothy E. Bridges, 85, Hot Springs Village, Ark. June 16 -- Sammy Harold George Schreier, 63, Kansas City. June 17 -- John Wayne Kearney, 64, Lawson. June 17 -- Moneta G. Swenson, 95, Leawood, Kan. June 18 -- Evalena Frances (Teegarden) Kehr, 85, Rifle, Colo. June 20 -- Naomi Florence (Carl) Gruschka, 83, Kansas City. June 21 -- James Ira Moore, 70, Lexington. June 21 -- Clairebelle Parretta, 83, Lawson. June 22 -- Verna N. Goldsbury, 88. June 22 -- Verna Goldsbury, 88. June 23 -- Ramon Dean Mercer, 72, Excelsior Springs. June 23 -- Jerry S. Feeney, 84. June 24 -- Tommy Burnett, 64, Kansas City. June 24 -- Maggie Estes, 87, Richmond. June 26 -- Louise Suzy Jones, 95, Lee's Summit. June 27 -- Louise M. Caron, 87, Liberty. June 28 -- Saundra VanPelt Finneran. June 28 -- Vivian O. Hertzig, 88, Richmond. June 29 -- Anna M. Brassfield, 97, Excelsior Springs. June 30 -- Elinor Finke, 92, Independence. July 1 -- Abby Marie Templeton, 17, Polo. July 1 -- Anna Robinson, 94, Richmond. July 2 -- Rachel Marie Shurmantine Bell, 82, Lexington. July 2 -- Georgia Gibson, 85, Richmond. July 3 -- Velma Long, 84, Excelsior Springs. July 5 -- E. Fern Bright, 78, Kansas City, Kan. July 5 -- Clifton Woodward, 64, Kearney. July 5 -- Pauline (Granny) Hopkins, 97. July 5 -- Doris E. Turner, 83, Independence. July 6 -- Jenifer Howe, 32, Richmond. July 8 -- Senior Raymond Thompson, 89, Kansas City. July 9 -- Bonnie M. Gensler, 83, Holt. July 10 -- Doris Jean Thomas, 74, Richmond. July 10 -- Kathleen "Kate" Williams, 86, Richmond. July 11 -- Jakie C. Bingham, 65, North Kansas City. July 11 -- Mattie Ethel Duffett, 98, Lee's Summit. July 13 -- Pauline M. Denton, 98, Stet. July 13 -- Esther P. Goepfert, 98, Arley community. July 14 -- William E. "Bill" Humston, 76, Kansas City. July 15 -- David Nelson McDonald, 77, Gladstone. July 16 -- Edna Burl Beissenherz, 91, Lexington. July 16 -- Norman Swartzlander, 70, Excelsior Springs. July 16 -- Chelsea Nicole Breckenridge, 18, Excelsior Springs. July 17 -- William Clark "Bill" Wilson, 83, Brookfield. July 17 -- Catherine V. West, 83, Plattsburg. July 17 -- Harvey H. Thomas, 77, Lathrop. July 18 -- Pamela J. "Pam" Ellis, 51, Excelsior Springs. July 18 -- Florence "Granny" Rogers, 91, Rayville. July 19 -- James David (Jim) Thomas, 87, Lee's Summit. July 19 -- Floyd Wallace McCrary, 76, Excelsior Springs. July 20 - - Glenn T. Boyer, 104, Clay County. July 21 -- Sherry A. Howard, 62, Excelsior Springs. July 21 -- Jack N. Ponak, 73, Liberty. July 21 -- Donna Katherine Myers, 68, Polo. July 21 -- Dewey Shasteen, 52, Port Orange, Fla. July 21 -- Jennifer Louise Sisson Thompson, 56, Corpus Christi, Tex. July 21 -- Vivian Lorraine (Guorroto) Smith, 84, Clearwater, Fla. July 22 -- Robert E. Lana, 82, Kingston. July 24 -- Floyd Smith, 86, Cowgill. July 25 -- William H. Teegarden, 86, Downey, Calif. July 26 -- Harry E. Thomas, 78, Richmond. July 27 -- Melvin Heil, 92, Norborne. July 28 -- Francis William Mainz, 78, Lawson. July 28 -- James Edmond Uptergrove, 74, Weslaco, Tex. July 29 -- Charles J. Bryant, 86, Excelsior Springs. July 29 -- Darren Curtis Couts, 28, Sun City, Ariz. July 30 -- Charles Joseph Johnson, 34, Kansas City. July 30 -- Alice Alberta Carder, 77, Excelsior Springs. August 1 -- Theodore Felix Armes, Shreveport, La. August 1 -- Irene Spor Gorman, 85, Bella Vista, Ark. August 1 -- Gary Francis Bishop, 59, Excelsior Springs. August 1 -- Mildred Lucille (Wollard) Oliver, 88, Colorado Springs, Co. August 2 -- Robert D. "Bob" Chapman, 80, Richmond. August 3 -- Shirley L. House, 79, Independence. August 3 -- Rev. John E. Yocum, 70, Higginsville. August 4 -- Edna Marie Burch, 94, Excelsior Springs. August 5 -- Gregory H. Bakke, 66, Richmond. August 5 -- Gloria F. (Mullnix) Jenkins, 57, Independence. August 7 -- Elwood Church, 89, Lee's Summit. August 7 -- Troy Holman, 47, Wood Heights. August 8 -- Helen G. (Marple) Tucker, 86, Lakewood. August 8 -- Gladys M. Wesley Robinson, Kansas City. August 10 -- Virginia E. Sweatman, 85, Columbus, Kan. August 11 -- William D. "Bill" Smith, 67, Richmond. August 12 -- Eugene H. Richardson, 81, Lawson. August 12 -- Elma L. Gaunt, 88, Richmond. August 12 -- Michael "Mike" Purser, 35, Kansas City. August 12 -- Edgar "Gene" Decker, 83, Kansas City. August 13 -- William S. Wilson Jr., 81, Excelsior Springs. August 13 -- John M. Seedorff, 60, Excelsior Springs. August 14 -- Helen Katherine Orr Cave, 92, Excelsior Springs. August 14 -- Erna Helen Groner, 85, Raytown. August 14 -- LaVerne Summers Adams-Prugh, 86, Lawson. August 14 -- Roy A. Payne, 90, Lee's Summit. August 16 - - William J. "Billy" Graham Sr., 75, Richmond. August 17 -- Ruby F. Due, 86, Richmond. August 17 -- Helen J. Herod, 97, Richmond. August 19 -- Billy Wayne Thomas, 46, Lawson. August 21 -- Teressa Davenport, 73, Richmond. August 21 -- Viola Lemoine, 98, Excelsior Springs. August 23 - - Larry James McGhghy, 42, Independence. August 25 -- Thelma Bruns McCulloch, 91, Lee's Summit. August 25 -- William T. "Bill" Knapp, 87, Excelsior Springs. August 25 -- Frank J. Rash, 69. August 26 -- Flora M. Hannsz, 88, Orrick. August 26 -- Georgia M. Fields, 83, Overland Park, Kan. August 26 -- Frances Emilie Weigand, 87, Kansas City. August 27 -- Vonnell Elizabeth Short, 74, Excelsior Springs. August 27 -- Sharon Elaine Swope, 61, Richmond. August 28 -- Ruth V. Oster, 88, Richmond. August 29 -- Glennon J. (PA) Monnig, 77, Gladstone. August 29 -- Maezel Y. Baehr, 91, Excelsior Springs. August 30 -- Traci Ann Ervin, 38, Kearney. August 30 -- Stella Louise Cheek, 62, Holt. August 31 -- Scott Eugene Duffey, 48, Dover. August 31 -- James Rhodelander, 72, Kearney. September 1 -- Steven Leon Martin, 50, Parkville. September 1 -- Irene Lee Wiggin, 75, Gardner, Kan. September 2 -- Katherine Suzette Tackett, 43, Henrietta. September 4 -- Letha Watson Hixon, 95. September 4 -- Steve Peknik, 85, Excelsior Springs. September 6 -- Donna Mae Stephens, 91, Cowgill. September 6 -- Frederick Oscar Potter, 74, Lawson. September 6 -- Betty Jane Grauberger, 81, Richmond. September 6 -- Margaret Ann Borushko, 56, Holt. September 8 -- William Harce Brewer, 78. Water Valley, Miss. September 9 -- Gary L. F. Oldham, 58, Excelsior Springs. September 9 -- Maria Theresa Quimby, 62, Excelsior Springs. September 12 -- Larry A. Alter, 50, Independence. September 12 -- Annie B. Davis, 77, Sugar Creek. September 14 -- Charles A. Wilkinson, 59, Blue Springs. September 14 -- Clarence E. Creason Sr., 76, Richmond. September 15 -- Cletus R. Garrett, 61, Excelsior Springs. September 15 -- Jim Allen, 82, Excelsior Springs. September 15 -- Jackie R. Pollard, 65, Richmond. September 17 -- Helen Faye Turk, 83, Excelsior Springs. September 18 - - Martha Faye Lowman, 78, Hardin. September 18 -- Edgar Helterbrand, 55, Richmond. September 20 -- Willard Thomas Logan II, Phoenix, Arix. September 20 -- Clifton Dean Johnson, 83, Kansas City. September 20 -- Kathryn "Diane" Morris, 32, Cameron. September 20 -- Clark A. Nelson, 26, Cameron. September 20 -- T. Jay Wilson, 25, Missouri City. September 20 -- William Skidmore III, 23, Excelsior Springs. September 21 -- Donald B. Page, 82, Kansas City. September 22 -- Donna Jean Adams, 53, Richmond. September 22 -- R. Edward Brown, 63, Excelsior Springs. September 24 -- Mary K. Shipley, 74, Liberty. September 26 -- Ethylen Finstad, 78, Holt. September 27 -- Mike Fields, 46, Excelsior Springs. September 27 -- Kenneth Kendall Ketchum, 87, Lawson. September 28 -- James Keith "Jimmy" McCoy, 46, Lawson. September 28 -- Denzel G. Louder, 89, Gower. September 28 -- Ralph William Borgmier, 60, Lawson. September 29 -- Elizabeth Lee Aubrey, 94, Richmond. October 1 -- Wallace A. Clevenger, 68, Excelsior Springs. October 2 -- Richard E. Jones, 67, Kansas City. October 2 -- Raymond A. Blackburn, 59, Humphries. October 3 -- Ronnie A. Hibdon, 56, Blue Springs. October 3 -- Vicki L. Patterson, 58. October 5 -- Cramer Kincaid, 74, Richmond. October 5 -- Glen M. Michael, 85, Orrick. October 7 -- Charles Dean Shouse, Clinton. October 7 -- Teddy Adkison, 76, Kansas City. October 7 -- Kendell Dale Cunningham, 46, Kansas City. October 8 -- Mary Edith "Edie" Baker, 78, Rayville. October 8 -- Carolyn AnnaLee Walker McOsker, 63. October 8 -- Mary Ruth Owen, 73, Bates City. October 10 -- Vianna Woodroof Kuhn, 88, South Pasadena, Fla. October 12 -- Dorothy Louise Cobb, 81, Norborne. October 12 -- Wanda Sue Nagel, 67, Olathe, Kan. October 12 -- Wanda C. Washburn, 97, Richmond. October 12 -- Thelma Louise Wheeler, 84, Independence. October 13 -- Kenny Dossett, 93, Lawson. October 14 -- Nellie Mae Swope, 84, Lawson. October 14 -- Mildred Gray Mayfield, 93. October 15 -- John C. Arms, 82. October 17 -- Lela Faye (Boyer) Howard, 80, Hardin. October 18 -- Donald Lee Payne Jr., 74, Richmond. October 18 -- Suzanne Murphy, 60, Thousand Oaks, Calif. October 19 -- Eugenie M. Turner, 100, Kansas City. October 19 - - John Paden, 62, Clinton. October 21 -- Anna Mae Garrett, 90, Independence. October 23 -- Gail Byron Cox, 83, Lawson. October 25 -- Mary W. Young, 94, Liberty. October 28 -- Edith Anspaugh, 90, Excelsior Springs. October 28 -- Charles Vanburer Hargrove III, 30. October 29 -- Frances Lea Samborski, 76, Rayville. October 30 - - Orville "Glen" Brown, 80, Orrick. October 30 -- Freda F. Hurlbut, 86, Kansas City, Kan. October 30 -- Charles W. Patrick, 52, Kansas City. October 31 -- Terry Lee Pruett, 54, McPherson, Kan. October 31 -- Frank R. "Randy" Washburn, 97, Clearwater, Fla. October 31 -- George R. Myers, 66, and Glenda Sue Myers, 62, Edwards. October 31 -- Robert L. Ferriss Sr., 71, Excelsior Springs. November 1 -- Nellie Mae Randolph, 81, Turney. November 2 -- Donald Carl Clare, 74, Excelsior Springs. November 3 -- Charles A. "Tony Bandanna" Monteil, 52, Kansas City. November 4 -- Daniel Allen Peak, 47, Excelsior Springs. November 4 -- Dr. Donald G. Gray, 64, Blue Springs. November 4 -- Fred M. Greenstreet, 96, Kansas City. November 5 -- Carol A. Osterberg, 62. November 5 -- Lewis Clifford Spear, 65, Kingston. November 7 -- Ola H. McNelly, 90, Norborne. November 7 -- Karla Ann Wenzel Utley, 47, Hardin. November 9 -- Jane G. Goelet, 88, Carmichael, Calif. November 9 -- Eva Gaines, 86, Orrick. November 9 -- Grace Irene Simmermon, 88, Excelsior Springs. November 9 -- Robert C. Hendren, 82, North Kansas City. November 10 -- Robert M. Bessmer, 92, Buckner. November 10 -- Robert Carroll McKenzie, 82, Excelsior Springs. November 10 -- Leona Carmine Derstler, 93, Richmond. November 11 -- Sammie J. Finley, 91, Braymer. November 11 -- Katherine Sarah Criswell, Crystal Lakes. November 12 -- Hazel Kathryn Baxter, 83, Lawson. November 12 -- Betty J. Minton, 71, Excelsior Springs. November 12 -- Herbert L. Carpenter, 81, Olathe, Kan. November 13 -- Lesta Rachelle Dorton, 54, Independence. November 15 -- Norman P. Johnston, 74, Liberty. November 15 -- George W. Wegener, 80, Excelsior Springs. November 16 -- Richard T. Alter, 74, Independence. November 17 -- Wayne R. Mathison, 66, College Station, Tex. November 17 - - Mary Ellen (Crew) Shelton, 59, Excelsior Springs. November 18 -- Larry Stimelsky, 59, Kansas City. November 18 -- Albert Manning Jr., 74, Kidder. November 18 -- Mark K. Mason, 57, Gilbert, Ariz. November 19 -- Walter Wayne Peery, 57, Excelsior Springs. November 19 -- Loretta Jean Hartman, 78, Excelsior Springs. November 20 -- Golda Violet Litfin, 96, Excelsior Springs. November 22 -- Earl Joseph Heinrich, 76, Warsaw. November 22 -- Marylyn Rose Burns, 80, Norborne. November 22 -- Pansey Susan Davis, 35. November 23 -- Virginia E. Hoblia, 79. November 23 -- Cecil Ray "Zeke" Carpenter, 67, Lawson. November 25 -- Eleanor Rose Kirk, 78, Excelsior Springs. November 25 -- Mildred Marie East, 86, Lawson. November 27 -- Elizabeth Irene Taylor, 84. November 28 -- John H. Nelson, 74, Overland Park, Kan. November 30 -- John E. Douglas Jr., 84, Richmond. December 1 -- Herbert Militscher, 86, Excelsior Springs. December 2 -- Gerald W. "Jerry" Johnson, 64, Orrick. December 2 -- Robert E. Taylor, 84. December 3 -- John Ragle, 77. December 7 -- Delores J. Vaughn, 67, Richmond. December 7 -- Shirley Jean Meyer, 82, Norborne. December 8 -- Melvin L. Crouch, 87, Higginsville. December 8 -- Clifford Arno Gooch, 87, Orrick. December 9 -- Rev. Lee Eldon Calhoun, 94, Lawson. December 9 -- Samuel E. Norris Jr., 59, Camden. December 9 -- Goldie C. Brelsford, 83, Lawson. December 10 -- Hilda Louise Stephens, 79, Richmond. December 10 -- Nora E. Malloy, 94, Richmond. December 12 -- Betty Murray, 66, Excelsior Springs. December 13 -- Janet L. Clayton, 63, Lawson. December 13 - - Ida Mae Wheeler, 88, Hardin. December 13 -- Helen Eveline Agnes Rash, 86, Richmond. December 13 -- Dorothy M. Larson Walters, 84, Puyallup, Wash. December 14 -- Loretta Jean Carder, 40, Kansas City. December 15 -- Richard Anthony Howard, 27, Knob Noster. December 15 -- Paul Roy Schmidt, 67, Hardin. December 16 -- Jack Dee Dodd, 72, Richmond. December 18 -- John William Garfield Moss, 90, Excelsior Springs.