Obituary - Ruth Ann Ballard

Ruth Ann Ballard

Ruth Ann Ballard, 76, of Pleasant Hill, was born, March 3, 1940, in St. Louis, the son of Marshall Alva and Lola Irene (McDaniel) Campbell. She departed this life, peacefully, Friday, December 30, 2016, at her home.

Ruth was a 1958 Pleasant Hill High School graduate.

Ruth had been employed as a fork lift operator for Bendix/Honeywell, retiring in 2007. Prior to that she had been employed by Western Electric and had also been a school bus driver in Pleasant Hill. She was a member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist church. She was a Life Member of the Ivy Leaf Chapter #215, Order of the Eastern Star and the IAM Union Local # 778. She enjoyed gardening, tending to flowers, working on the family farm, and spending time with her grandkids. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by two daughters Marsha (and Stan) Krummel of Spring Hill, Kansas, and Nancy (and Aaron) Miller of Pleasant Hill; four grandchildren, Rachel Krummel of Tacoma, Washington, Valerie (and Michael) McCord of Olathe, Kansas, Evan Miller and Brett Miller, both of Pleasant Hill; one sister, Irene Smith of Des Moines, Iowa; two cousins, Stephanie (and Sean) Clark of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Greg (and Dee) Smith of Des Moines; other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 4, 2016, at the Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Reverend Carl Knapp will officiate. Interment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Casket bearers are Kunio Dudgeon, Mike Griffith, Stan Krummel, Michael McCord, Aaron Miller, Brett Miller, and Evan Miller.

Memorial contributions are suggested to Cass County 4-H Horsemanship and may be sent in care of the funeral home.

Dense Fog Advisory

A Dense Fog Advisory (gray area) has been issued for most of Missouri and northeast Kansas until 3 AM. 

These are dangerous visibilities. 

Take caution if driving and allow extra time to reach your destination.

Harrisonville teen injured in Cass County Crash

On 1/2/17 around 5:43pm the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on South Cleveland Ave. just North of Route Y in rural Cass County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2002 Ford driven by 19 year old Amber K. Dalton of Harrisonville, Missouri traveled off the roadway, driver over corrected causing the vehicle to travel off the opposite side of the roadway striking a embankment and overturning. 

Amber K. Dalton sustained moderate injuries in this accident and she was transported by ambulance to Belton Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene by J's Southland Tow.


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Obituary - Lewis A, Cossins

Lewis A, Cossins, 74, Harrisonville, Missouri departed this life on Monday, January 2, 2017 at the Kansas City Hospice House surrounded by love and family.

Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2017 at the Faith Baptist Church, 23705 E. State Route 2, Harrisonville, Missouri with burial in the Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Missouri.

Family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2017 at the church.

A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Obituary - Jerry Ann Champ

Jerry Ann Champ, 78, Harrisonville, Missouri departed this life on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at the Golden Years Care Services, Harrisonville.

Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of the Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri

Service time and a complete obituary will be posted when the information becomes available.

Gas prices on the rise...

Almost 40 cents more than one year ago, the national average for a gallon of gasoline is at $2.35. In some places it's a much as 50 cents more. Locally, prices are actually less than the national average.

The price for a barrel of crude oil has been inching up over the last 4 months, and it appears that the hike may be here to stay for awhile as OPEC has cut production in an effort to get prices up.

OPEC has been feeling pressure to get prices up as U.S. production has increased over the last year or so.

Some good news? Compared to 1980 prices, gasoline has about doubled in price (as of today), while the cost of food is up 3 to 5 times what it was in 1980.

Updated Obituary - Hazel Joan Shelton

Hazel Joan Shelton

Hazel Joan (Hess) Shelton, born April 26, 1935, at Hume, Missouri to Norman Ray Hess and Vena Viola (Davidson) Hess passed quietly surrounded by her husband, James Kenneth Shelton, and her family on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. Hazel was married to Kenny Shelton, who survives the home, on July 4, 1954, at Independence Church, Hume, Missouri. Together they celebrated 62 years of marriage and raised six children: Blaine Shelton, and his wife, Susan, Madison, OH; Vena (Shelton) Cisco and Larry Gene Wilson, Nevada, MO; Lisa (Shelton) Miller, and her husband, Joe Miller, Nevada, MO; Roger Shelton, Carl Junction, MO; Rita Reed, and her husband, Rusty Reed, Nevada, MO; and Dana (Shelton) Goodwin, and her husband, Chris Goodwin, Overland Park, KS.

Hazel has 10 grandsons, 5 granddaughters, and 6 great grandchildren. Her grandchildren are Erin Shelton, Chicago, IL; Jacob Shelton, his wife, Amy, Madison OH; Brett Shelton, his partner, Paige Henry, Bashor, KS; Craig Shelton and his wife, Michelle, Grain Valley, MO; Kendra Cisco, Nevada, MO; Geoffrey Cisco and his wife, Stephanie, Wentzville, MO; Jennifer Greenlee, Oronogo, MO; Zachary Greenlee and his wife, Cristin, St. Louis, MO; Nathan Shelton, Madison OH and Jillian Shelton, Akron, OH; Jamie Shelton, Carl Junction, MO; Joseph Shelton, Carl Junction, MO; Cody Reed, Nevada, MO; Dillon Reed, Nevada, MO; and Penelope Goodwin, Overland Park, KS.

The great-grandchildren are Harper Greenlee, St. Louis, MO; Carson Uptegrove, Nevada, MO; Stella Shelton, Bashor, KS; Peyton Shelton, Madison, OH; Mason Cisco, Wentzville, MO; Mareus Mask, Oronogo, MO; and Hazel Mae Greenlee, St. Louis, MO, born the day after Mrs. Shelton’s death and named after her great-grandmother.

Mrs. Shelton is also survived by a brother, J.D. Hess, Hume, MO; and a sister, Helen Meek and her husband, Charles Meek, Richards, MO; sister-in-law Mildred Shelton, Ft. Scott, KS; and two aunts, Margaret Hess, Hume, MO; and Oleta Davidson, Hume, MO.

Family visitation will be held Monday, January 2, 2017, at Ferry Funeral Home between 6 pm and 8 pm. 

The funeral services will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1101 N. Olive, Nevada, Missouri, on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. with interment to follow at Click Cemetery. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the general fund for the LDS Church in care of Ferry Funeral Home.