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Recent obituaries in Bates and Cass County, MO.

The obituaries in the Bates and Cass Counties reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity Bates and Cass County, MO history and identity.

Virginia Jane Weber

Virginia Jane Weber

Jan 26, 2015

Virginia Jane Weber, 98, Archie, Missouri, died Monday, January 26, 2015 at Adrian Manor Nursing Home in Adrian, after an extensive illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Archie, Missouri with visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery in Drexel, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be...

Sandy Lee Flanders

Sandy Lee Flanders

Jan 24, 2015

Sandra "Sandy" Lee Flanders, 61, Branson, Missouri, died Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Harrisonville, Missouri. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Our Lady of the Presentation Catholic Church, 130 Northwest Murray Road, Lee's Summit, MO 64108, with visitation from 9:30-10:30. A reception will follow the service at 11:30 at the church. Sandy was...

Larry Wayne Bohannon

Larry Wayne Bohannon

Jan 21, 2015

Larry Wayne Bohannon, 68, Creighton, Missouri, died Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at K.U. Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 1:00-2:00. Inurnment will be in Urich Cemetery, Urich, Missouri following the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the...

Margaret Cecelia Fox

Margaret Cecelia Fox

Jan 20, 2015

Margaret Cecelia Kelley Fox, 83, Raymore, Missouri, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 in Raymore. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 23, 2015 at Lee's Summit Christian Church, 800 Northeast Tudor Road, Lee's Summit, Missouri with visitation from 10:00-11:00. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Orient Cemetery in Harrisonville. In lieu of...

Milton Oliver Huggins

Milton Oliver Huggins

Jan 20, 2015

Milton Oliver Huggins, 71, Garden City, Missouri, died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 10:00-11:00. Burial will be in Wills Cemetery, Peculiar, Missouri. Milton was born April 22, 1943 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Lars Albert...

Franklin Logan Wisely

Franklin Logan Wisely

Jan 19, 2015

Franklin Logan Wisely, 59, Butler, Missouri, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at his home. A memorial visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 7, 2015 at the Adrian United Methodist Church in Adrian, Missouri. Franklin was born June 22, 1955 in Lamar, Missouri, the son of Edwin Logan and Nadine Frances (Shepherd) Wisely. Franklin is survived by two...

Florence Marie Todd Edmonson

Florence Marie Todd Edmonson

Jan 18, 2015

Florence Marie Todd Edmonson, 86, Walnut Grove, Missouri, formerly of Harrisonville/Peculiar, Missouri, passed away Sunday morning, January 18, 2015 at her daughter's home in Willard, Missouri. Funeral services in Willard will be held 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Willard, Missouri. The family will receive friends from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Funeral...

Virginia "Ginny" Louise Zellmer

Virginia "Ginny" Louise Zellmer

Jan 14, 2015

Virginia "Ginny" Louise Zellmer, 78, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Golden Years Health Care, Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 19, 2015 at the Cornerstone Community Church in Harrisonville with burial in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Friends may call from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 18 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Memorial...

Linda G. Mix

Linda G. Mix

Jan 8, 2015

Linda G. Mix, 71, Peculiar, Missouri died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at her home in Peculiar. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri with visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery in Drexel, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to PKD Foundation (Kidney), P.O....

Mary Beth Brummett

Mary Beth Brummett

Jan 7, 2015

Mary Beth Brummett, 51, Archie, Missouri, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Golden Years Care Center in Harrisonville, Missouri. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian, Missouri with visitation from 1:00-3:00. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mary Brummett Memorial Fund, c/o Atkinson Funeral Home, P.O. Box...

Faye Warner

Faye Warner

Jan 3, 2015

Alta "Faye" Warner, 87, Harrisonville, Missouri, went home to be with our Lord on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Golden Years Care Center in Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 11:00-12:00. Burial will be in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Faye was born December 14,...

Kenneth "Kenny" Glen Mclain

Kenneth "Kenny" Glen Mclain

Jan 2, 2015

Kenneth "Kenny" Glen McLain, 89, Harrisonville, Missouri, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015, after a short illness, at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 10:30-11:00. Inurnment will be in Englewood Cemetery in Clinton, Missouri. In lieu of flowers,...

Edwin Benjamin Wilkinson

Edwin Benjamin Wilkinson

Jan 1, 2015

Edwin Benjamin Wilkinson, 94, Lone Jack, Missouri, died Thursday, January 1, 2015 at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg, Missouri. Masonic Service/Funeral service will be held beginning at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 Tuesday at the Atkinson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lone Jack Cemetery,...

Juan Gomez Lara

Juan Gomez Lara

Dec 31, 2014

Juan Gomez Lara, 88, Peculiar, Missouri, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 3, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Peculiar. Burial will be in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving, Texas. Juan was born May 23, 1926 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Alberto and Henrietta...

Betty Marie Enos

Betty Marie Enos

Dec 31, 2014

Betty Marie (Fortsch) Enos, 87, Adrian, Missouri, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at the Adrian United Methodist Church in Adrian, under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Home, Adrian, Missouri. Burial will be in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian. Friends may call...

Donovan "Don" Arthur Eberle

Donovan "Don" Arthur Eberle

Dec 25, 2014

Donovan "Don" Arthur Eberle, 87, Freeman, Missouri, died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 3, 2015 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri with visitation from 10:00-11:00. Burial will be in Freeman Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Salvation Army. Don...

Grover "G. C." Cleveland Shores

Grover "G. C." Cleveland Shores

Dec 24, 2014

Grover Cleveland "G. C." Shores, Jr., 80, Peculiar, Missouri, died Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 27 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Burial will be in West Union Cemetery, Cleveland, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the...

Ronnie Wayne Baskin

Ronnie Wayne Baskin

Dec 22, 2014

Ronnie Wayne Baskin, 50, Peculiar, Missouri, died Monday, December 22, 2014 at his home. Memorial services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Monday, December 29 at the First Baptist Church in Peculiar, with visitation from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Ronnie was born February 12, 1964 in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Danny Lemarr and Barbara Jeanette (Cole) Baskin. He was raised...

Gene Edwin Irvin

Gene Edwin Irvin

Dec 20, 2014

Gene Edwin Irvin, 78, Adrian, Missouri died Saturday, December 20, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the Adrian Optimist Building in Adrian with burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 27, also at the Adrian Optimist Building. Memorial...

Alice Maxine Bartles

Alice Maxine Bartles

Dec 20, 2014

Alice Maxine Bartles, 79, Appleton City, Missouri died Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Appleton City Manor, Appleton City, Missouri. A memorial graveside service will be held 10:30am Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. Alice was born January 22, 1935, to Estel Alvin and Alvin Pearl...

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