Sandra Faye (Greathouse) Powell, 61, of Pleasant Hill, Mo., passed away March 14, 2013 at her home in Pleasant Hill, surrounded by her loving family.

Glenda Nell (Gillion) Johnson, 70, of Lee’s Summit, passed away March 14, 2013. She was a life-long Christian who loved the Lord. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend.

Mary E. Ensworth, 87, of Lee’s Summit, passed away on March 10, 2013 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City.

Elizabeth Ann (Maddison) Dietrich, 86, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2013.

Kenneth Webster Ritter, age 89, of Higginsville, Mo., died March 4, 2013 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Blue Springs, Mo.

Mel Wright, age 84, of Lee’s Summit, passed away on March 2, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City.

Michael (Mike) Dean Potts, 46, of Lee’s Summit, passed away on March 2, 2013 at the home.

Susan Virginia Hackett, 57, of Lee’s Summit, formerly of Strasburg, Missouri, departed this life March 2, 2013 at the Lee’s Summit Hospital surrounded with love and family, after a courageous and hard fought 2 ½ year battle with colon cancer.

Stephen M. Godfrey, 94 passed away Feb. 27, 2013 in Lee’s Summit.

Beulah I. Emry, 85, of Peculiar, passed away on March 4, 2013.

Justine Wayne Adams, 31, of Kansas City, died Feb. 22, 2013 as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident which occurred just west of Wichita, Kan.

Rosemary A. Moore, 82, of Lee’s Summit passed away Feb. 28, 2013 at her home.

John W. Klaus III, 51, of Lee’s Summit, passed away peacefully, Feb. 24, 2013, surrounded by family and friends, at Kansas City Hospice House, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Harold Joseph Braden, 91, of Lee’s Summit, passed away peacefully at John Knox Care Center on Feb. 26, 2013 during a snow storm, just as he entered the world on March 29, 1921.

Charlotte Ruth (Hoffman) Fallen passed away on Feb. 21, 2013 in Emporia, Kan. For the last two and a half years she resided at Sterling House Assisted Living, where she was compassionately cared for by the wonderful staff.