Area Obituaries

Martha Sue Gudde, 68, of Holden, Missouri passed away peacefully at Ridgecrest Care Center in Warrensburg, Missouri on Friday October 21, 2022. She was born Monday November 9, 1953, to Edward and Lela (Stutzman) Gudde. Sue lived in the Holden/Warrensburg area her whole life and attended Holden Schools. She worked most of her life in…

Rayne Shields, 23 of Holden, Missouri passed away unexpectedly Thursday, October 6, 2022 near Odessa, Missouri. Rayne was born September 5, 1999 in Blue Springs, Missouri, the son of Robert and Leizan (Doubenmier) Shields. He graduated from Holden High School, Class of 2018. He was a heavy equipment operator with Phillips Hardy, Inc. at the…

Melinda Lou Strate, 75, of Holden, Missouri, passed away peacefully at Holden Manor Care Center on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. Melinda was born on Tuesday August 12, 1947, to Roy O’Neal and Mabel Lewis O’Neal in Kansas City, Missouri. After completing high school, Melinda attended cosmetology school. After a short stint as a cosmetologist, she…

  Shirley Ruth (Niemeyer) Stumpff peacefully took her last earthly breath and her first breath with Jesus, surrounded by family, on September 30, 2022. Shirley was born on August 4, 1940 in London, Arkansas. She is survived by her two daughters, Deborah Stumpff (Noe Tabares) Albuquerque, NM and Becky Bryant (Lynn) Springfield, MO; her two…

Charles Marion Yancey, age 81, passed away at his home near Pittsville, Missouri on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Charlie was born on November 28, 1940 in Sedalia, Missouri, the son of Mary G. Fuller Yancey and Charles G. Yancey. He attended Miller Elementary School and was a 1959 graduate of College High School in Warrensburg,…

Cheryl Lee Wilson, 50 of Holden Missouri, passed away September 30, 2022, unexpectedly in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Cheryl was born January 23, 1972, to George Allen Williams and Sandra (Allen) Williams in Sedalia, Missouri. Cheryl lived in the Holden Area most of her life and attended Holden Schools. Cheryl was a truck driver for Rob’s…

Thomas Eugene Williams, 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Holden, Missouri on Saturday October 1, 2022. Tom was born Wednesday, December 4, 1940, to Eugene Harvey Williams and Helen (Bromley) Williams in Kansas City, Kansas. After high school Tom became a self-employed construction engineer. In 1960 he married the love of his life,…

Alan Vern Lloyd, 62, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022, with his family by his side. Alan was born Wednesday, November 11, 1959, in Washington, MO to Vern and Eleanor Lloyd. Along with his parents and older brother, Doug, the family moved from Herman, MO to Holden when Alan was 4 years old. His childhood…

Kaden Anthony Adams, 18 of Kingsville, Missouri passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Kaden was born July 30, 2004 in Kansas City, Missouri the son of Caleb Anthony Adams and Heather Louise Bledsoe. He lived in Harrisonville until the age of eleven, at which time, he moved to Kingsville. Kaden was a senior at…

John H. Ferguson, 87, of Kingsville, Missouri, departed this life on September 20, 2022, at the VA Hospital in Kansas City Missouri. “Honest John” as he was best known, was born Wednesday, November 7, 1934, as the only child of Horace and Dessie (Carr) Ferguson in Kansas City, Missouri. He lived in several places including…