Area Obituaries

Joel Paul Brandt, 32, of Marshall, Missouri, formerly of Sedalia, Missouri, passed away Monday, August 10, 2020. He was born on March 8, 1988, in Clinton, Missouri, the son of Shawn Paul Brandt and Michelle Joan Gregg. Joel attended Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia, the Class of 2006. He served in the United…

Raymond Louis Love, 86, of Raytown, Missouri, formerly of Independence and Holden, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020 at his home. Ray was born March 7, 1934 in Kansas City, son of Louis Benjamin Love and Florence Mary (Anderson) Love. He attended Grain Valley High School and also Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City.…

Paul Lester Biggs, most recently of Emporia, Kansas, died on Friday, July 17, 2020 at Newman Regional Health.  He was 80. Paul was born on August 13, 1939 in Lebanon, Missouri, the son of Elmer and Pauline Watson Biggs. He married Jimmie Joyce Garrett on August 5, 1961 in Kansas City, Missouri.  They lived their…

Donna P. Bolling, 73, of Forks Township, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020 in Manor Care, Easton, PA. She was the wife of Fred W. Bolling III. They were married 49 years before he passed away on March 30, 2020. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Chester P. and Edythe…

Stephanie Lynn Brown – Larsen, 39, of Holden, Missouri, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Barnes – Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Stephanie was born May 26, 1981 in Independence. She was raised in the Pittsville Community and attended Holden High School. She was a receptionist with Dr. Blum Veterinary Clinic in Holden at…

Mary Lynn Butler, 75, of Smithton, Missouri passed Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at home. Mary was born April 17, 1945 in Liberty, Missouri, the daughter of Lawrence Raymond and Virginia Ailene (Utley) Cunningham. She married David Butler in Liberty on June 23, 1989. They made their home in Holden, Missouri for 21 years and moved…

Dale Williams, a.k.a. “Dale the Barber,” age 83, of Warrensburg, Missouri, formerly of Holden, died July 11, 2020. Dale was born March 4, 1937, on West 3rd St., Holden, MO, the son of Harry S. Williams and Dorothy Frances Anders Williams. Dale was a 1955 Holden High School graduate. He graduated from Moler Barber College…

Barbara Jeanine Enyart, 76, of Sarasota, FL, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020 at Doctor’s Hospital. Jeanine was born October 29, 1943 in Holden, MO, to Chesley and Luevina Wallace. She attended Holden High School, where she participated in Glee Club and Future Homemakers of America. She graduated in 1961. She married Bud Enyart…

Dwight Duncan, 86, passed away June 22, 2020, at St. Luke’s East Hospital, Lee’s Summit, MO, with his wife and children by his side. Dwight was born November 26, 1933, in Kingsville, MO, the son of Leroy Camden Duncan and Edith (Nevils) Duncan Zvacek. He was a 1951 graduate of Kingsville High School and went…