Area Obituaries

Joe Allen Sechrest 78, of Kingsville, Missouri passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday May 25, 2023. Joe was born December 16, 1944 to Jennings and Marie (Riddle) Sechrest in Kingsville. He graduated from Kingsville High School and soon after was drafted into the United States Army. He served as an MP during the…

Cleora was born June 29, 1934 at home in Centerview, Missouri the daughter of Cleo L. and Rose E. (Hill) Shaw. She graduated from College High in Warrensburg, Class of 52. She was united in marriage to Earl Dean Fox on August 2, 1952 in Arkansas. Cleora had worked at Unifem in Warrensburg and the…

Verda “Jeanett” Smith, 83, of Holden, Missouri passed away Friday May 26, 2023, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri. Jeanett was born in Warrensburg, Missouri on May 18, 1940, to Lawrence W. Smith and Julia Eva (Shackelford). She was one of ten children born to the couple. The family lived in Warrensburg until 1941…

Martin Allen Wright, 64 of Holden, Missouri passed away Friday, May 19, 2023 at Lee’s Summit Medical Center. Martin was born August 1, 1958 in Mexico, Missouri, the first child of Kester and Connie (Hobbs) Wright. He and his parents moved to Holden in the spring of 1962, calling Holden his home since that time.…

Claude Allen Bradbury, 84, formerly of Holden, Missouri passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday May 19, 2023, at his home in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. He was born the only child of Claude Thomas Bradbury and Peggy Louise (Clapper) Bradbury in Holden, Missouri on August 1, 1938. He attended and graduated from Holden High…

Helen Yvonne Cooper, 84, of Pleasant Hill, formerly of Kingsville, was born August 23, 1938, near Warsaw, Missouri, the daughter of John W. “Wib” and M. Helen (Smallwood) McMillin. She departed this life Sunday, May 14, 2023, at the Kansas City Hospice House with family by her side. Yvonne grew up in the Warsaw/Weaubleau area…

Frances (Frankie) Lorene Hancock, 98, of Holden, Missouri passed away peacefully, surrounded by family May 10, 2023 at Holden Manor Care Center. She was born September 12, 1924 to Clifford and Bessie Davis in Holden, Missouri. Frankie attended Pleasant View School, Medford, and was Salutatorian of her graduating class of 1941 Holden High School. She…

Carol Leslie, 87, formerly of Kingsville, MO, departed this life, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 in Lee’s Summit, MO. She was born October 20, 1935, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to Lloyd and Naomi Juedes. After graduating from Oshkosh High School, Carol attended nursing school in Chicago, Illinois and graduated as a Registered Nurse with the West Suburban…

Mary Frith Maloney, 75, of Warrensburg, Missouri died peacefully at John Knox Village Care Center in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, Tueday, May 9, 2023. She was born in Selma, Alabama to Rossie and Lula Mae (Campbell) Frith on December 17, 1947, and grew up on the family farm in Lawley, Alabama. Mary graduated from Wallace Community…

Pat Williams-Borer, 91, passed away on May 8, 2023 at Lee’s Summit Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Pat was born Patsy Jeanne on April 12, 1932 in Holden, Missouri to Wallace and Gertrude (Briscoe) Fitzgerel. Pat attended Round Grove School and Holden High School and graduated in 1950. She married Ray Williams of Sweet…