6A KANSAS CITY STAR TUESDAY MAY 7 2024 Wichita, Kansas Dr. Marlin Eugene Berry, 68, died Thursday, May 2, 2024. Funeral Service will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 10, 2024, at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church in Wich- ita, KS. Full obituary at: www.dlwichita.com Dr. Marlin Berry May 2, 2024 Berry, Dr.
Marlin, 68 Wichita May 02 Downing Lahey East Mortuary Day, Donald, 67 Kansas City Apr 30 Golden Gate Funeral Cremation Services Giles, Jacqueline Ora, 73 Kansas City MO Apr 24 Mt Moriah, Newcomer Freeman Gray, Billy 95 Independence May 03 Speaks Suburban Chapel Hill, James Michael, 60 Overland Park May 02 Howell, Phyllis 92 Lenexa May 03 Amos Family Funeral Home Hughes, Linda Diane, 71 Richmond Apr 30 Thurman Funeral Home Kapp, William 48 Kansas City Apr 27 Muehlebach Funeral Home Lawlor, James, 84 Summit May 03 Speaks Suburban Chapel Olson, Mary, 91 Gladstone May 03 Terrace Park Funeral Home and Cemetery Rivers, Demarcus, 28 Kansas City Apr 24 Golden Gate Funeral Cremation Services Taylor, Paul Wesley, 81 KCMO Apr 23 E. S. Eley Sons Funeral Chapel Costelo, 81 Kansas City Apr 29 Golden Gate Funeral Cremation Services Weddle, Roger Paul, 90 Lexington Apr 27 Walker-Nadler-Fuller Wickman, G. Fred, 77 Kansas City Apr 27 Neptune Society of Kansas City OBITUARY INDEX Bold listings indicate expanded obituaries View and place obituaries at kansascity.com Contact our obituary at 816-234-4470 or NAME, AGE CITY DEATH ARRANGEMENTS Obituaries Obituaries Kansas City, Missouri William R. Kapp, 48, passed away on April 27, 2024.
A Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at Christ the King Catholic Church, 8510 Wornall Kansas City, MO 64114, starting at with a Rosary at and Mass to follow at Inter- ment will take place at Mt. Olivet Cemetery after mass. To view the obituary in its entirety, please visit: www. muehlebachchapel.com William R. Kapp August 27, 1975 April 27, 2024 Overland Park, Kansas James Michael Hill passed away suddenly while doing something he loved, taking his daily morning run.
Jim was born on February 5, 1964 in Overland Park, KS, the city where this country boy lived all the days of his life. He is preceded in death by his father, Fred L. Hill. Jim was a graduate of Shawnee Mission West High School and was involved in sports growing up, playing football and baseball. He was a proud member of the Hill- crest Hawks football team in junior high.
Jim was an Ea- gle Scout. Jim had a 32-year career with General Motors. He worked hard and was able to retire at 50 years old. He thoroughly enjoyed his 10 years of retirement with more hobbies than time. It is hard to say which hobby was his favorite use of time.
He was passionate about pheasant and quail hunting, learning at an early age on his Grandparents Hill farm in Hamilton, Mo. He was so generous in taking the time to take and teach two of his nephews, Jack and Beau, as well as step Grand- son Devin, to hunt. He had so much joy in recent years hunting with his beloved Llewellin Setter, Jennie. Jim was a runner and took nearly daily 5 mile runs. He proudly completed two half marathons, one in 2018 with his sister Kelly and nephew Jack crossing the line all together.
An avid Jim traveled far and wide to He with his Dad, brother Doug and brother in-law Keith in Canada. He also traveled to North Dako- ta, Minnesota and Missouri, but his heart loved Milford Lake in Kansas the most. He caught and cleaned thousands of crappie which he shared with family and friends. He was more than enthusiastic about crappie and could talk for hours in detail if he found an ear to listen. passion for Morel mushroom hunting is leg- endary.
Every spring life stopped and all that mat- tered was the mo- rels. He worked at climbing fences, crossing the Kansas River on a kayak, crawling through brush, coming across snakes, but nothing would stop him. He was always generous to give the precious Morels to family and friends, sharing the love he found in foraging. If only we knew where all of his spots are! Jim loved to be outdoors and was completely respect- ful of the environment, al- ways doing what would pro- tect and preserve it. Jim met his wife, Sheri, in 2003 while both were shop- ping at the Hallmark Store.
He was immedi- ately interested and passion- ate about Sheri. They had a wonderful and loving mar- riage of 10 years. Sheri was best friend and a won- derful listener. He cherished his marriage and was a fan- tastic husband. Sheri was the best thing that ever happened to Jim Hill.
The Hill siblings are a close-knit group. He was always looking for ways to spend time with his brother and sisters. Even one time challenging his sister, Julie, to apply and work with him at GM. She took the chal- lenge, and they worked side by side for six months com- pletely bonding over the ex- perience. Jim loved his family, and they loved him.
He was a son, husband, brother, Uncle, JimPa and he was the best you could ask of a person. Jim had many friends and neighbors he adored. He was especially comforted by his lifelong friendship with Rees Meisner. enthusiasm for life was infectious. He was in- terested in everyone and everything, which, in turn, made him interesting and most importantly, a friend to all he met.
He is survived by his wife, Sheri Hill; his dear mother, Joan Hill; siblings, Doug Hill (Barbara), Julie Man- gile (Keith), Kelly Stuckey (John); nieces and neph- ews, Dana Allison-Hill (Da- vid), Dr. Ricky Hill, Travis McWhorter, Kelly Campain, Jack Stuckey, Beau Stuckey; stepchildren, Stacey White (Mark), Chad Gasper (Char- lotte); step grandchildren, Devin Gasper, Alexis White, Patrick White, August Wessel; step Great Grand- daughter Alina June Wessel. A celebration of life will be planned with the date to be shared on family members social media pages and by text messages. Jim loved to hunt, run, forage, laugh, tell and lis- ten to stories. We will hold him with us when we do the same.
FISH ON Jim! James Michael Hill February 5, 1964 May 2, 2024 Independence, Missouri Billy L. Gray, 95 of Inde- pendence, MO passed away Friday, May 3, 2024 in the comfort of his home. Fu- neral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., May 8, 2024 at the Eastgate Chris- tian Church 4010 River Blvd, Independence, MO 64055 with graveside service at 2:00 p.m., Wed. at Engle- wood Cemetery in Clinton, MO. Visitation from 10-11 a.m., Wed.
at the church. Donations may to Eastgate Christian Church, KC Hos- pice 9001 State Line Road, Suite 300 KC, MO 64114 or a prayer or kind words in his memory. Billy was born January 30, 1929 in Clin- ton, MO to Fred B. and Ida (McLain) Gray. On March 14, 1952 Billy was unit- ed in marriage to Peggy L.
Dunning. He served in the National Guard. He retired from Bendix Corp. (Honey- well Ind.) after 40 years of service. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Peggy Gray of the home; their daughters, Cindy McKay and husband Dale of Independence, MO and Kim Stripling and hus- band John of Summit, MO; Online condolences may be expressed to the fam- ily at www.speakschapel.
com (Arrangements: Car- son-Speaks Chapel (816) 252-7900) Billy L. Gray January 30, 1929 May 3, 2024 have been caused by resuscitation efforts. An additional witness, who said he was the vic- son, later received a call that his mother had been found unresponsive in her room and had no pulse or brain activity. Hospital staff told him they tried to contact Wiggs, but he told them his vehicle work- ing. The witness told detec- tives that he picked up Wiggs and took him to the hospital to be with the victim.
At that point, Wiggs allegedly told the witness and a nurse that he had killed his wife by choking her. The Independence po- lice officer arrested Wiggs and placed him on an investigative hold for first-degree domestic assault. At the time, the victim had not been pro- nounced dead. Investigators later learned that the woman had no brain function and that medical staff would discontinue lifesaving measures, according the probable cause statement. Wiggs allegedly told detectives that he left the hospital after choking his wife and said he had at- tempted to kill her two other times while she was hospitalized, including when she was at a rehabil- itation facility for medical issues.
He allegedly told detec- tives that he killed the victim because he was depressed and care for her or afford her medical bills anymore. Andrea Klick: A man was charged with murder after authorities said he choked his wife to death in an Independence hospital Friday night. Jackson County prosecutors charged Ron- nie J. Wiggs of Independ- ence with second-degree murder Sunday after he allegedly choked the woman to death while she was at Centerpoint Med- ical Center, 19600 E. 39th St.
to get a new port for her dialysis. A uniformed Independ- ence police officer work- ing off-duty at the hospital responded to an assault in the intensive care unit on the sixth floor around 11:22 p.m., according to a probable cause statement. The victim was unre- sponsive and a Code Blue had been called earlier in the night around 8:30 p.m. Once a pulse was re- gained, she was moved to the second floor of the ICU. Wiggs told medical staff that he killed and choked the woman, prosecutors said.
A witness told detec- tives that the victim had been in her room and well as of 7:30 p.m., but when she checked on the wom- an an hour later, she initi- ated a Code Blue at the hospital, according to the probable cause statement. Another witness told detectives that there ap- peared to be suspicious injuries to the victim, including redness on the sides of her neck and a in the middle of her throat, ac- cording to the probable cause statement. The witness said those injuries Man charged with choking wife to death at area hospital BY ANDREA KLICK An 18-year-old Kansas City man hospitalized since the fatal mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl was booked into the Jackson County jail, a spokeswoman for the office said Friday afternoon. Dominic Miller was in the custody of the Jack- son County Of- fice, Capt. Ronda Mont- gomery said.
Only hours earlier, she had said he was not being held at the detention center. Prosecutors charged Miller days after the mass shooting on Feb. 14 out- side Union Station, which injured at least 25 people, roughly half of them chil- dren. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 43-year-old Johnson County mother of two and a beloved party DJ, was killed. Miller is one of three men facing identical charges of second-degree felony murder and un- lawful use of a weapon, as well as two counts of armed criminal action.
The two other men charged with murder in the shooting are 23-year-old Lyndell Mays of Raytown and 20-year-old Terry J. Young of Kansas City. A dispute between two groups of people that quickly erupted into gun- fire led to the shooting. Gunfire from firearm struck and killed Lopez-Galvan, according to court documents. Pros- ecutors alleged that Mays drew and fired first.
Young can be seen in surveillance video draw- ing a gun, and he appears to shoot several times, a detective wrote in court documents. Under Missouri law, a person who did not pull the trigger can still be charged when someone is killed during the commis- sion of a dangerous felo- ny. Three teens have also been charged in the shooting. Earlier this week testimony began in a certification hearing for a 16-year-old boy who has been charged with one count of unlawful use of a weapon and one count of resisting arrest. The proceedings, which will resume later in May, could end in the boy be- ing prosecuted as an adult.
Another teen, a 15-year- old, also was charged on March 20 with unlawful use of a weapon for shoot- ing at a person and armed criminal action. That youth is due back in court for a detention hearing on May 15 and also may be tried as an adult. A certifi- cation hearing for that matter has not yet been set. A third teen was also detained on gun-related charges that do not rise to the level to be tried as an adult. Robert A.
Cronkleton: 816-234-4261, KC man, 18, jailed in Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting BY ROBERT A. CRONKLETON NEW YORK After weeks of student protests, Columbia Uni- versity announced Mon- day that it would be can- celing its main commence- ment ceremony, and hold- ing smaller ceremonies for each of its 19 colleges, mostly at its athletic com- plex some 100 blocks north. The main campus has been in a state of near lockdown since last Tuesday, when hun- dreds of police officers swarmed Hamilton Hall to remove some 46 pro- Palestinian protesters who had occupied the building and arrested more than 100 people protesting in and around the campus. Columbia has repeated- ly said the area remains a crime scene, leaving ques- tions as to how some 15,000 graduates and their guests could easily be admitted to celebrate the May 15 commencement. Dozens of police still sur- round the campus, and work to prepare the lawns for the massive ceremony had apparently ground to a halt.
Columbia President Minouche Shafik had previously cited her desire to host the graduation on campus as one of the key reasons that she called in police on April 30 to re- move both the occupiers from Hamilton Hall and the large tent encamp- ment that had taken over a central lawn for two weeks. But on Monday, Colum- bia officials explained that security was one of the main reasons for canceling the large commencement ceremony. have decided to make the centerpiece of our commencement activ- ities our class days and school-level ceremonies, where students are honor- ed individually alongside their peers, rather than the universitywide ceremony that is scheduled for May the university wrote in a statement. The school said it was still at the possi- bility of a festive event on May 15 to take the place of the large, formal ceremo- and that it would follow up with more de- tails. The celebrations for the different colleges will begin Friday and run through May 16.
Many of this graduating seniors, offi- cials had pointed out, also had their high school grad- uations canceled because of COVID-19 precautions, and many had started their college experience in remote learning. Parents from around the world will be flying in to celebrate commencement with their graduates, which include those com- pleting the undergraduate college, law school, med- ical school and many other degree programs. also do not want to deprive thousands of stu- dents and their families and friends of a gradua- tion Shafik said last week. of them are the first in their families to earn a uni- versity degree. We owe it to all of our graduates and their loved ones to honor their At other universities around the nation where protests have broken out, administrators have also canceled or altered com- mencement events out of concern that renewed protests would disrupt and tarnish the ceremonies.
Typically at Columbia, the heart of Morningside Heights cam- pus becomes a sweeping venue with bleacher seat- ing and thousands of grad- uates decked out in blue and white robes, arrayed around the steps of Low Library. The university president takes central stage, officially conferring the degrees on the gradu- ates from the different colleges. Two weeks ago, the university released a video of several graduates in their robes, explaining how important an in-per- son ceremony was to them. EDUARDO CUEVAS USA TODAY NETWORK Police in riot gear enter Hamilton Hall on Columbia University in New York on April 30. The main campus has been in a state of near lockdown since police removed protesters occupying the building.
Columbia University cancels main commencement ceremony BY SHARON OTTERMAN NYT News Service.
