Area Obituaries

Lowell G. Rector passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City the day before his 85th birthday. Lowell was born August 7, 1937, in Holden, MO, the son of Herbert R. and Helen F. (Hughes) Rector, and graduated from Holden High School Class of 1955. A farmer at heart, he…

Angel was born June 7, 2002 in Warrensburg, MO, the daughter of Glennon DeNoyer and Kathryn Lueken. She graduated from Holden High School, which is also where she worked in the coffee shop. Angel participated in the Special Olympics in Holden. She greatly enjoyed playing cards, family time, music, dancing and movies. Her favorite movie…

Myrtle “Evelyn” Colster, Centerview, MO, passed away Wednesday, August 3, at Lee’s Summit Medical Center. Evelyn was born October 21, 1941 in Clinton, Missouri, the daughter of William Grant Dean and Mabel Agnes (Barker) Dean. She graduated from Warrensburg High School. She was united in marriage to John Wilson Colster on August 16, 1958 in…

William Lee Snapp-Hayes, 92, peacefully passed away Friday, August 5, 2022, at Country Club Care Center in Warrensburg, Missouri. William (Bill) Hayes was born on Saturday, November 30, 1929, the second of three children, born to William P. Hayes and Orlena (Snapp) Hayes in Beaman, Missouri. William lived with his parents and worked as a…

John Michael Sechrest, 28, of Holden Missouri, passed away unexpectedly Saturday July 30, 2022. Michael was born Sunday, March 6, 1994, in Kansas City, Missouri, to John William Sechrest and Paula (Blankenship) Sechrest. Michael lived in Holden his whole life and graduated from Holden High School in 2012. Michael absolutely loved his Kansas City Chiefs…

The sales tax for the parks and stormwater was passed in April of 2017 which the city started receiving funds in the same year October 2017. It is set to expire September 30th of 2022. This is why the city council has voted unanimously to ask the voters of Holden to consider re-upping the Local…

LeRoy Oren VanGilder, 86, of Garden City, Missouri passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, July 22, 2022, surrounded by his loved ones. He was born in Vernon County, Missouri Friday, November 22, 1935, to Lloyd and Estella (Davis) VanGilder. LeRoy attended Scaley Bark grade school, from there going to and graduating from Holden…

Shirley passed away Friday, July 22, 2022 at Ignite Rehabilitation Center in Blue Springs. She was born August 31, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Robert and Bertha (Robison) Whitaker. She graduated from Loretto Academy in Kansas City and received her BS in Education from Central Missouri State Teacher’s College in Warrensburg. Shirley…

Homer Carroll Jarman, 88, of Centerview, Missouri, passed away Friday July 22, 2022. He was born on April 23, 1934 to the late Eugene Carroll and Enna Elizabeth (Windsor) Jarman. A lifelong resident of the Columbus area, he attended a one-room schoolhouse there from 1st through 6th grades. He graduated in 1952 from College High…