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Obituaries

Brown, Benjamin “Joe”

Benjamin Joseph Brown was born August 20, 1950 at Clinton Memorial hospital to Wilma Hestand Brown and Ben Brown.  He went to be with his Lord on August 21, 2023.   Joe met Pam in February 1983 and they were married in December of the same year.  Joe found the Lord at an early age...
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Self, Crystal

Crystal Lynn (Boyles) Self age 53, was born in Butler, MO to Clifford and Sandra Boyles on June 28, 1970.  She passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at home in Wheatland, MO. Crystal attended school in Montrose, MO.  She was a loving wife and homemaker.  She married William Self on April 3, 1986.  They...
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Erwine, Landa Rae

Landa Rae Cook came into this world April 13, 1944 in the Decatur County hospital, Leon, Iowa, not only welcomed by her mother, Goldie Olive Mae Cook and father, David Wayne Cook, but also by three older sisters, the youngest of which was ten years her senior–a position of privilege some would say–she, herself, would...
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Parsons, George K.

  George Parsons was born to Earl and Betty Parsons in Independence, MO on April 18, 1944. He went home to be with the Lord on July 31, 2023 at his home. George served in the Army and National Guard. He was preceded in death by his father Earl and mother Betty, uncle Thomas Stephenson,...
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Shearrer, Joseph A.

Joseph Aaron Shearrer was born to Frank and Virginia Bennett Shearrer on November 25, 1926. Joe joined the Marine Corp and served his country during World War II. After the war, he played semi-pro football and boxed professionally before joining the Detroit Police Department. Joe retired as a Detective Seargeant of homicide and then moved...
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Brown, William “Carl”

Carl Brown, 71, passed peacefully in his home in Harrisonville on Saturday, July 22, 2023 surrounded by loving family. Carl was born February 10, 1952 in Kermit, Texas to Charlie and Zada Brown. He spent his early childhood in Texas, New Mexico and Utah before moving to Osceola in 1960. He graduated from Osceola High...
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Bledsoe, Betty

Betty Jo Bledsoe was born to Ada and Joseph Samsel on June 24, 1940, on a farm north of Stockton, Missouri.  She enjoyed the farm life, cooking with her mother and riding the tractor with her father. Betty Jo married Fay Lavern Bledsoe, September 18, 1959.  From this union were born three children: Mitchell Edward...
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