obituaries

Apr 12, 2014

James Francis Davenport, 86, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Saturday, April 12, 2014 at Crown Care Center in Harrisonville. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, with visitation from 1:00-2:00.

Jim was born May 17, 1927 in Harrisonville, Missouri, the son of James Johnson and Hazel Dell...

Apr 9, 2014

Frances Elizabeth LaRue, 89, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Golden Years Care Center in Harrisonville.  Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville.  Burial will be in Clearfork Cemetery in Garden City, Missouri.  Visitation will be from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Atkinson Funeral Home.  Memorial...

Apr 9, 2014

Esther Marie Summers, 101, Raymore, Missouri, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Foxwood Springs Living Center in Raymore, Missouri.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian with visitation from 1:00-2:00.  Burial will be in Crescent Hill Cemetery in Adrian, Missouri.  Contributions may be made to the "Fellowship of John",...

Apr 9, 2014

Erin Sue (Jones) VanAcker, 39, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at Faith Baptist Church in Harrisonville with visitation from 12:30-2:00 at the church. Burial will be in Orient Cemetery in Harrisonville. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be...

Apr 5, 2014

Barbara Jean Jennings, 67, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville.  Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Harrisonville.  The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville....

Mar 27, 2014

Jenny Violet Floyd, 94, Grain Valley, Missouri, died Thursday, March 27, 2014 in Grain Valley.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church in Blue Springs, Missouri with visitation from 10:00-11:00.  Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Wills Cemetery in Peculiar, Missouri.  Memorial contributions may...

Mar 26, 2014

Ellen Elaine Cantrell, 57, Archie, Missouri, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Lee's Summit Medical Center in Lee's Summit, Missouri.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at the Archie School Dome in Archie, Missouri, with visitation from 12:30-2:00 p.m. at the Dome.  Burial will be in Crescent Hill Cemetery in Adrian, Missouri.

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Mar 25, 2014

Lucille Wilson, 86, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 29 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m.  Burial will be in Wills Cemetery in Peculiar, Missouri.

Lucille was born August 24, 1927 in Lebanon, Missouri, the...

Mar 23, 2014

Timothy James Flanner, 49, Harrisonville, MO, died Sunday, March 23, 2014 at his home.  Memorial services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 28 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 6:00-7:30.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to American Heart Association or the M.S. Foundation.

Tim was born October 18, 1964 in...

Mar 23, 2014

Elizabeth "Beth" Jane Willerton Courcy, 68, Archie, Missouri, died Sunday, March 23, 2014 at her home. A graveside/memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 at Crescent Hill Cemetery in Adrian, Missouri. Contributions may be made to the Adrian Ministerial Alliance.

Beth was born February 9, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of...

Mar 19, 2014

Carolyn "Carol" (Callaway) Register, 69, Harrisonville, Missouri, passed from this life on March 19, 2014…A beautiful day with temperatures in the upper 40's, a blue sky with scattered wispy clouds and a slight breeze…One that Carol would have been sure to enjoy sitting on her deck watching the birds at the feeder and eating grapes and drinking her morning...

Mar 15, 2014

Judith Nanette Brewster, 56, Kansas City, Mo died Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Vitas Hospice in Kansas City, MO.  Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Mo with Burial in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville.  Visitation will  be Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 p.m.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas City Zoo...

Mar 5, 2014

Jerry Steven Highfill, 62, Adrian, Missouri, died Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 10 at the Adrian Christian Church, Adrian, Missouri, with burial in Scott Cemetery, Amsterdam, Missouri. Visitation will be from...

Mar 4, 2014

Claude "Buck" Morgan, 80 of Freeman, Missouri, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 8 at the Freeman Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to...

Mar 3, 2014

Betty Jean Weir, 85, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in Conroe, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 13 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri, with visitation from 6:00-7:00. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 14 at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Harrisonville, Missouri. Betty was born September 11, 1928...

Feb 28, 2014

Robert Oliver Burns, 73, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at the Shangri-La Rehab & Living Center in Blue Springs, Missouri. Inurnment will be held at a later date. Robert was born September 26, 1940 in Higginsville, Missouri, the son of Joseph O. and Margaret Lucille (Wentworth) Burns. He married Marie Wardlow on November 28, 1959 in Higginsville. He...

Feb 19, 2014

Homer Lee Gregg, 95, Spring Hill, Kansas, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 24, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri. No visitation. Burial will be in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Homer was born August 26, 1918 in Creighton, Missouri, the son of Herman and Ethel (Barnard)...

Feb 15, 2014

Susan Lee Johnston, 84, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Meadow View Care Center in Harrisonville. A private memorial service will be held at a later date in the Quincy Cemetery in Corning, Iowa. Susan was born January 11, 1930 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard and Susan Lydia (Lauver) Brown. She was a bookkeeper and...

Feb 13, 2014

Robert Dale Smith, 35, Peculiar, Missouri, died Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Belton Regional Medical Center in Belton, Missouri. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 22 at Church On The Rock in Harrisonville, Missouri. Robert was born June 16, 1978 in Joplin, Missouri. He is survived by his mother, Debra Smith and one brother, Dustin Franklin,...

Feb 11, 2014

Linda Gayle (Best) Knoll, 59, Adrian, Missouri, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family. She died from complications due to breast cancer. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 14, 2014 at Belton Assembly of God, Belton, Missouri with visitation from 1:00-2:00 at the church. Burial will be in Scott Cemetery in...