Articles for December 2020

Earl J. McElwee

December 19, 1932 – December 12, 2020 “Always remember that your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.” Zig Ziglar Earl McElwee was born December 19, 1932 in a little town near Braymer, Missouri, where he lived on his family’s modest farm, never...

Art Covey

On Thursday, December 10, 2020, Art Covey, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 79 from a long battle with prostate cancer. Art was born on October 12, 1941, in Sumner, Missouri, to William and Nannie (Hughes) Covey. At an early age, his family relocated to...

Winnefred Pauline McGuire

Winnefred Pauline McGuire, daughter of John and Tressie Allen, was born on July 18, 1938 and she departed this life December 9, 2020, at the age of 82 years. She was born and raised in Eldridge, Mo. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great grandmother, aunt, and friend. ...

Paul C. Kemp Sr.

November 22, 1932 – December 9, 2020 Paul Kemp passed away Wednesday morning, December 9, 2020 at Valley Manor Care and Rehabilitation facility, Excelsior Springs, Mo., from Parkinson’s disease. Paul was born to Paul Kemp Sr. and Pearl Pauline Adams in Kansas City, Mo. He married his wife, Carol...

Norma Lee Speak

Norma Speak of New Cambria, Mo., passed away November 24, 2020 in Lawson, Mo., from kidney cancer. Mrs. Speak was born March 14, 1944 in Old Joe, Arkansas. She was a homemaker, loved being a wife of 57 years and grandma to five grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. She...

Donald E. Phalp

Donald E. Phalp, 80, Orrick, Mo., passed away December 5, 2020 at North Kansas City Hospital. Mr. Phalp was born September 19, 1940 in Kansas City, Kans. He worked at Ford Motor Company in Claycomo, Mo., for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Phalp of Orrick,...

Joe Cook

Joe Cook passed away in his sleep in his apartment in Excelsior Springs on Thursday, December 3, 2020, after a long battle with diabetes. Joe was born on February 19, 1943 in Winchester, Virginia, the oldest son of Barton B. Cook and Daisy (Walters) Cook. Raised in a military...

Doris M. Kaiser

Doris M. Kaiser, 87, of Excelsior Springs, died December 1, 2020 at home surrounded by her loving family. Doris was born April 29, 1933 to the late Herbert E. and Ruth E. Shadwick Dungan. On September 24, 1950, she married her husband of 52 years, Thomas L. Kaiser, in...

Virgil Lee Newman

Virgil Lee Newman, 68, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away peacefully December 1, 2020 at home. Virgil was born April 5, 1952 to Elizabeth Ann Still and the late Virgil Jean Newman in Marceline, Mo. He graduated from Oak Park High School in 1970. Virgil settled in the Northland...