SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11 2018 33AObituariesKANSASCITY.COM James R. Love James R. Love, 87, of KCMO passed away Nov. 5, 2018. A Celebration of Life will be held at Country Club Christian Church on Jan.
11, 2019. Visit www.Terr aceParkFuneralHome.com for updated service details. William F. Mayer William F. Mayer, 82, passed Nov.
6, 2018. Visitation will be Thurs. Nov. 15 from 6-7 pm, service, 7 pm at Langsford Fu- neral Home. Cremation.
Ar- rangements by Langsford Funer- al Home, Summit, MO. Clyde A. Michael Clyde Arthur Michael, 93, of In- dependence, passed away Nov. 3, 2018. Graveside services will be 2 p.m.
Nov. 14 in Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. Arr: Royer Fu- neral Home, Oak Grove, Mo. Peggy J. Miller Peggy J.
(Manning, Wright, Nich- ols) Miller, 86, passed Nov. 5, 2018. She formerly resided in the K.C. area. Vis 10-11am, Service 11am Nov.
14, Jeffer- son Assembly of God, 8640 Clark Rd. Meriden, KS 66512. Susan Janette Miller Susan Janette Miller, 69, passed away on November 8, 2018 at her home in Olathe, KS. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, November 15 at at the Wesley Covenant Chapel, United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, KS, with visitation of- fered an hour prior to the serv- ice. To view the full obituary and leave a message for the family, visit www.PenwellGabel Olathe.com.
Margherita Palazzo Margherita Palazzo, 90, passed away November 6, 2018. Visita- tion will be 9 a.m. with the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 17, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 911 E. Missouri Kansas City, MO.
Inurnment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Margherita was born in Castelvetrano, Sicily, on October 13, 1928, to the late Francesco and Ingnazia Signorello. She married Carlo Palazzo on Sep- tember 12, 1964, and their son Francesco Palazzo was born on April 3, 1967. The fami- ly moved from Castelvetrano to the Northeast area of Kansas City, MO, in 1969. Her grandson Carlo Palazzo was born on April 3, 1996.
Margherita was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her son, Frank Pal- azzo; her grandson, Carlo Palaz- zo; and nephew, Joe Giglio. Condolences may be offered at www.passantinobros.com. Pamela Jo Smith Early in the morning, on Nov. 3, 2018, Pam went to be with her Lord and family who preceded her in death.
Her father, Thelwood Morgan; Mother, Jua- nita Morgan; Brothers, Edward Morgan and Thelwood Morgan and Sister Madeline Ross. Pam was born in Cairo, IL on April 24, 1951 and passed away in Lubbock, TX at the age of 67 after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Robert Smith; Son, Christopher Herlihy; Sisters, Bar- bara Kresse, Carolyn Heiman, Theresa Eiken and Deborah Ho- well. Pam retired from Medical Cen- ter Hospital in Odessa, TX. She enjoyed baking, yard work and caring for her flowers.
She was a gentle, caring, loving person who will be greatly missed. Services are pending at Floral Hills, in K.C., MO. D.W. SONS FLORAL HILLS FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY 816-353-1218 Anne Hamilton Payne Dec. 8, 1945 to Nov.5, 2018 Anne died peacefully on Novem- ber 5, 2018.
She was predeceased by her parents, Morton Payne, Kansas City prominent architect, and his wife, Barbara Davis Payne. Anne was a graduate of Shaw- nee Mission East High School and the University of Kansas where she majored in journal- ism. She began her career in adver- tising in what became her sec- ond home and city, San Francis- co, California. Northern Califor- nia became a favorite place for Anne and her parents joined her at their vacation home in Car- mel frequently during her sever- al years in San Francisco. She returned to Kansas City and continued her career with the firm of Valentine Radford Adver- tising and subsequently in mar- keting with George Butler Asso- ciates.
She was presented at the Jewel Ball and the B. O. T. A. R.
Ball and was a sustaining member of the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri. Throughout her life Anne re- turned to the Carmel area where she loved the ocean, the beach and the beautiful rocky coast of California and the Pa- cific Ocean. She found beauty in the gifts of nature and followed in her footsteps cap- turing that beauty with the color sense of a talented impression- ist artist. She was grateful for the many kindnesses of dear family and close friends and re- turned to them the same loving, giving and kindness. She was al- ways optimistic and faced her fi- nal health challenge with cour- age and hope.
She was inspiring to all who knew her and had a beauty that persisted through the daunting medical storm of Pancreatic Cancer. She is survived by her brother, Morton Payne III and his wife Libby of Oklahoma City, her niece, Mary Payne Moran and James Moran of Los Angeles, California and nephew, Matthew and Meg Payne of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and very special grandniece and grandnephews. At her passing she was sur- rounded by Morton and his wife, Libby, their children, Mary and Matthew and close friends in- cluding Nancy Gray and Bill Ross. The family wishes to thank all of her friends who have been so supportive and helpful in her fight with her illness. They also wish to thank the caregivers of the Kansas City Hospice, Hearts at Home and Comfort Care.
In lieu of flowers it was wish that contributions be made to the National Pancreatic Can- cer Foundation. They may be found online. Services will be held at 3:00 pm on Thursday November 8, 2018 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church located at 6401 Wornall Terrace. Barbara Jean (Rankins) Peeples Barbara Jean (Rankins) Pee- ples, of Harrisonville, MO, was born Oct.
7, 1939 in Booneville, AR and passed on Nov. 4, 2018 at Kansas City Hospice House. She will be missed! Jim Prather Jan. 7, 1939 Nov. 5, 2018 James Windsor Prather was born January 7, 1939, in North Kansas City, Missouri, to John Baruch (J.B.) and Viola Ruth Prather.
James and his older sister Martha enjoyed growing up on Prather Hill, and playing on the 80 acre farm that their Great Grandfather Baruch Prather purchased in 1831 (a short distance east of Avondale and North Kansas City, Missou- ri). Jim attended Cooley Elementa- ry School and North Kansas City High School, and graduated from William Jewell College in 1961, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Frater- nity. He honorably served on ac- tive duty in the United States Air Force in 1962. He worked for over 30 years in Agricultural for Farmland Industries, before branching off to start WilFarm, LLC with his respected colleagues and friends in the Ag-Chemical busi- ness, from which he retired. Jim attended Avondale United Methodist Church through his youth as his great grandparents were charter members.
It was there that he met the love of his life, Patsy Mathew Prather, and on June 20, 1964, they were united in marriage. He enjoyed many years as an active mem- ber in the Avondale UMC con- gregation, singing in the choir, serving and teaching in his Sun- day School class, and serving in his role on the committee. Jim loved to laugh, and to help others see the humor in any sit- uation. He had a lovely baritone singing voice, and performed several solos at church. His hob- bies include golfing, gardening and landscaping, fishing and boating at Tablerock lake, dot- ing on his wife, sister, daugh- ters, and granddaughters, and attending several with friends from high school, Sunday School, and his Corner Cafe group.
He will live on through the memories of all who knew him! Jim is preceded in death by his wife, Patsy Louise Mathew Prather, survived by his sister, Martha Prather Moore (Jim), two daughters, Suzanne Janette Prather Kirk (Steven), Rebecca Jane Prather Ballou (Trent), and two granddaughters, Meredith Louise and Caroline Jane Ballou. A celebration of life service in his honor will take place at 2pm on Nov. 18, Avondale Unit- ed Methodist Church, 3101 NE Winn Road, Kansas City, Mis- souri, with a visitation at 1pm. In lieu of flowers, the family sug- gests donations to Avondale UMC. Richard G.
Pugh, M.D. Richard G. Pugh, M.D., 99, of Blue Springs, passed Nov. 8, 2018. VisitationWed.
Nov. 14 from 6-8pm with service on Nov. 15 at 10am, Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 39th Independence, MO 64055. Nadyne L. Ross Nadyne Ross, 83, passed away at her home with her son Jeff by her side on Monday, November 5, 2018 at 12:30 in the after- noon.
Born April 13, 1935, to Edward and Louise Fink, mom was a lifelong resident of Kan- sas City, Kansas. Nadyne Fink graduated from Wyandotte High School in May 1953 and was joined in mar- riage to Gerald Ross later that year. Mom and dad were blessed to be able to enjoy over 50 years of marriage together before his passing in 2003. Our loving mom was a home- maker who enjoyed being out- doors when she was younger where she tended to her yard, gardened and took trips to hike, backpack and camp. Mom loved many pets over her life, especially her cats.
In later years, mom relaxed with family and enjoyed watching television shows which she had carefully selected and recorded to her DVR. Nadyne was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved hus- band, Gerald Ross; her brothers, Marvin and Robert Fink; nieces as well as many cats and dogs. Memorial contributions may be made to Wayside Waifs, waysidewaifs.org/ Mom leaves behind her son Jeff Ross, Kansas City, Ks; her son and daughter-in-law, David and Stephanie Ross, Westminster, Co; her granddaughters, Alisha Ross, and Brittany Ross-Lucero (Amber Ross-Lucero); as well as other relatives and friends. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at at Chapel Hill Butler Funeral Home, 701 N. 94th Street, Kansas City, KS.
Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. To remember our loving moth- er, spend more time with your family and friends and feel free to leave memoires and condo- lences for Nadyne at www.cha- CHAPEL HILL-BUTLER FUNERAL HOME MEMORIAL GARDENS 913-334-3366 Dorothy C. Salminen Dorothy C. Salminen, 95, Kan- sas City, MO passed away on November 9, 2018. Condolen- ces may be left for the family at www.mtmoriah.net.
MT. MORIAH, NEWCOMER FREEMAN FUNERAL HOME MT. MORIAH CEMETERY SOUTH 816-942-2004 John Wesley Smith John Wesley Smith, 74, Kansas City, passed away at home Nov. 6, 2018 surround by fami- ly. Memorial service: Tues.
Nov. 13 at the American Legion, 7500 W. 75th St. OP, 1 p.m. with potluck to follow.
Henrietta Soverns Henrietta Soverns, 55, passed Nov. 1, 2018. Mass Sep. 12, Cathedral of St. Peter Church, 416 N.
14th St. KC, KS. Inurnment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, KCK. Skradski Funeral Home. Earl W.
Stafford Earl W. Stafford, 92, died Nov. 5, 2018. Visitation 10am, Me- morial Service 11am, Nov. 17, at EPIC Church, Indep, MO.
Arr: Park Lawn (816)523-1234. Jerald W. Stark Jerald W. Stark, 69, born April 4, 1949, in Big Spring, TX, died Nov. 5, 2018, in Indep, MO, the city where he grew up and lived most of his life.
Jerald proudly served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Viet- nam War and was recognized for his service receiving many commendations along with the Purple Heart. He believed edu- cation was a life-long pursuit and was a self-proclaimed of all His passion for learning and entrepreneurial spirit lead him to pursue many careers and hobbies. He was a letter carrier for the Postal Serv- ice, substitute teacher, scuba diver instructor, and handyman to name a few. He loved and cherished his family with who he shared his life.
He leaves his wife Catherine, daughter Erin, and his grand daughters Faith and Alana. A Honors will take place at Floral Hills Cemetery, KCMO, Sat. Nov. 17th, 11 a.m. D.W.
SONS FLORAL HILLS FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY 816-353-1218 Kenneth Asa Storms Kenneth Asa Storms, 93, of In- dependence, passed Nov. 7, 2018. Vis 10am, Service 11:30 am Nov. 13, Meyers Funeral Chapel, Blue Springs, MO. Burial with full military honors: Rich- mond Memorial Gardens Cem.
Gladys L. Taaffe Gladys L. Taaffe, 94, of Summit, MO, died Wed, Nov. 7, 2018. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, November 17, 2018, at Ridge Park Ceme- tery in Marshall. Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Janet "Lily" Vandendaele Janet "Lily" Vandendaele, 72, of KCMO died November 8, 2018 A memorial gathering November 14, at Heartland Cremation Bur So- ciety. A graveside will follow at at Floral Hills Cemetery. Robert Webster Robert Webster, 82, Parkville, MO died Nov.
7, 2018. Visitation 5-7pm Monday, Nov. 12, Meyers Northland Chapel. Private Com- mittal service at Leavenworth National Cemetery. Marjory E.
Weidmaier Marjory E. Weidmaier, 100, passed away November 6, 2018. Marjory was born Febru- ary 23, 1918, in Santa Rosa, Missouri to Charles A. Patridge and Cora A. Patridge Evans.
She is survived by her children, Paul E. Weidmaier, Marcia A. Williams and Clifton W. Weidmaier, grandchildren, Teresa M. Faust (Brian), Christo- pher P.
Weidmaier (Melissa), John D. Weidmaier (Lisa), Mary M. Hall (Don), Thomas C. Weidmaier (Tina), Steven E. Bishop, Michael A.
Bishop and Bradley V. Bishop (Sara); and 15 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Clifton Weidmaier; her parents Charles A. Patridge and Cora A. Patridge Evans; her sisters, Mary Weidmaier, Eva Mason, and Ve- ra Campbell; her brothers, DonPatridge, Arthur Patridge and Horace Patridge.
Visitation will be Wednesday, November 14th, from 10-11am at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 11822 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO, with Mass im- mediately following at 11am at the church. There will be a re- ception at St. Thomas More Catholic Church following the burial at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Condolences may be left online at www.mcgilleystatelinechapel. com. Arrangements, McGilley State Line Chapel, 12301 State Line Road, Kansas City, MO. 64145. McGILLEY MEMORIAL CHAPEL 816-942-6180 Charlene West Charlene West, 82, Rich Hill, MO died Nov.
9, 2018. 5-7 p.m., Funeral services, 10 a.m. Nov. 13, Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel Butler, Mo. Burial, Oak Hill Cem- etery, Butler, Mo.
Bertie Marie Wilson Bertie Marie Wilson passed away on the morning of Novem- ber 9, 2018, surrounded by lov- ing family friends. She was born in Shendoah, Iowa, then grew up in Jasper, Missouri. Bertie graduated from Jasper High School then moved to Kan- sas City, Kansas in 1942. She was a member of Brenner Heights Baptist Church. Bertie was part owner of two business- es in her lifetime Wilson Tool Die, Inc.
and Tax and Accounting, Inc. She was a sub- stitute school teacher for 4 years at Vance Elementary and White Church Elementary School. She was an active member of the Parent Teacher Association at Vance Elementa- ry, White Church Elementary and also Coronado Middle School. Her family and home were her passion and meant everything to her. She loved her country music, trips to Branson, Missou- ri and all her little kittens she had.
She was a proud mama of her babies and her home. Bertie worked hard in her yard and loved every minute of it. She married the love of her life, Marvin Keith Wilson. Surviving children are Larry Dean Wilson, Ronald Keith Wil- son, Stephen Allen Wilson, Joyce Marie Wilson (Speilman), Janice Sue Wilson (Anthony) and Julie Ann Wilson Bertie had 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She leaves her sister, Bobbie Ann Hartman (Cobb) of Spring- field, Missouri.
She also leaves loving nieces and nephews. Bertie was preceded in death by her parents, Iva Charles Waggoner, Brother Jack, Broth- er Floyd and Sister Bessie. Bertie had two special friends, Kylene Williams and Loretta Crawford and many more friends, both personal and busi- ness related. Funeral services will be Monday, November 12th at Chapel Hill Butler Fu- neral Home, 701 N. 94th KCK, with interment to follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.
Momma, you will truly be missed! Harold Kent Wilson Kent Wilson of Summit, MO passed quietly at his home on November 5, 2018. Kent was born in Windsor, MO on Au- gust 6, 1940. He met and mar- ried the love of his life, Sue Ken- nedy, and they have enjoyed 60 years of marriage. Kent and Sue moved to Summit af- ter Kent graduated from Central Missouri State University with a degree in education. He worked for for 27 years and in 1992, accepted a teaching posi- tion in business at DeVry Univer- sity.
He completed a MBA while at DeVry and retired in 2015. Kent was an avid hunter, angler, and loved playing competitive chess with family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Sue Wilson, brother Robert Lynn Wil- son, children Sherri Russell, Kenda Worsfold, Kyle Wilson, nephew Matt Wilson, niece Emi- ly Bowers, grandchildren Brady Wilson, Morgan Householder, Lauren Marcucci-Gravino, Mary Russell, Noah Wilson, Hannah Wilson, Eli Wilson, Tatum Wil- son, and great-grandchildren Henry Householder and William Householder. A private service of remem- brance will be held for family and a public internment will be held on Saturday, November 17that at Sum- mit Historical Cemetery, 806 SE Third Summit, MO 64063. In lieu of flowers, don- ations are gratefully accepted to The Quail Forever Habitat Or- ganization: org.
Arr: Signature Funerals, 816-214-5174. www.signaturef unerals.com. Polly E. Wilson Polly Wilson, age 67, of Inde- pendence, Missouri passed No- vember 5, 2018. Arrg.
Assur- ance Cremation Society 860 W. Blue Ridge Blvd. KcMo (816) 941-2273. Kevin Wohler Kevin Wohler, age 51, passed away on Oct. 28, 2018.
A visita- tion will be held from 10-11AM, with sharing of memories from 11AM-12PM, at Maple Hill Fu- neral Home in KCK. In Lieu of flowers, the family suggests me- morial contributions to Osteoge- nesis Imperfecta Foundation at, P.O Box 824061 Philadelphia, PA 19182. Windsor Drury Wright Windsor Drury Wright died Oct. 31 on his birthday at the age of 94. He is survived by his wife of 40 years Florence, step daugh- ters Barbara Furgason Kurz, MD, and Laura Burgess, sons-in-law Phillip Kurz and Gary Burgess, grandchildren Aaron and An- drew Burgess and Monica Kurz Solman and Melanie Kurz Beck and nephew Payson Todd.
Win, a true New Englander, moved to the Kansas City area in 2008 and resided at Santa Marta where he continued to enjoy his love of photography and genealogy. A graduate of Harvard University with a Bache- lor of Science Degree in Physics and advanced studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, Win was awarded pat- ents for satellite communica- tions technology. During his ca- reer he performed classified work for the U.S. government and worked for telecommunica- tions companies, including GTE. Win served in the U.S.
Navy as a radio operator. A generous, gentle soul, Win loved spending time hiking, sail- ing and pursuing his passion for outdoors photography from his property in the North East King- dom of Vermont. In 1997, Win and Florence donate 356 acres to the state of Vermont to es- tablish Sentinel Rock State Park, which continues to be en- joyed by the public to this day. A special thanks to his physi- cian Dr. John Dunlap and the staff of Santa Marta, including Karen Dionne Neville, Jon Percca and Rediet Fantaye.
Win was cremated and his re- mains will go home to New Eng- land in the summer of 2019 when a memorial service will be held in Westmore, Vermont. Arr: Signature Funerals, 816-214- 5174 IN LOVING MEMORY OF: JOHN P. WILBERT FEB. 25, 1918 NOV. 7, 2017 How do we convey how much you are missed? For one full year we have had to live without you in our lives, and not a day passes that some loving and happy memory of you come to we will all cherish forever.
You were the perfect example; because of it, we learned to de- velop a strong faith, good work ethic, persistence and determi- nation. The respect and admira- tion your family has for you is eternal. We all love and miss you terribly, Dad, Grandpa, Great-grandpa. May you rest in peace until we meet again.
