Parsing XML element values in Power Query

I need to parse some XML with data stored in element values (rather than attributes) in Power Query. This works fine as long as the elements don't have sub-elements as follows:

<people>
    <person id="1" gender="male">
        <name>Joe</name>
    </person>
    <person id="2" gender="female">
        <name>Sally</name>
    </person>
    <person id="3" gender="male">
        <name>Mike</name>
    </person>
</people>

When my element has sub-elements, Power Query assumes the column is a table datatype and ignores the element values (Joe, Sally, and Mike). It forces me to drill down into the table and provides access to the sub-element's attributes (abbreviated name, full name), which is not what I'm interested in.

<people>
    <person id="1" gender="male">
        <name>Joe<type value="abbreviated name" />
        </name>
    </person>
    <person id="2" gender="female">
        <name>Sally<type value="full name" />
        </name>
    </person>
    <person id="3" gender="male">
        <name>Mike<type value="abbreviated name" />
        </name>
    </person>
</people>

I don't need the data in the sub-elements, so any advice on removing them, parsing them, or deleting them would be much appreciated.