May 23, 2016

Tom Engel, 83, Shawnee, KS, passed away May 23, 2016. Visitation, 5-7pm, Wed., Amos Family Funeral Home. Mass, 11am, Thur. St. Joseph Church, Shawnee. Survivors, wife, Virginia; children, Mike, John, Sharon, David, Katie; 8 grandchildren.

The family suggests contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

May 21, 2016

Roger J. Foley, 76, of Shawnee, KS, passed away, Saturday, May 21, 2016. Graveside services will be 1:30 p.m., Wednesday at the Leavenworth National Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Olathe Medical Center Hospice House.

Survivors include his wife, Diane Foley; daughter, Christine (Greg) Mitchell; grandchildren, Hawkeye and Jessica Mitchell; sister, Mary Ellen Frost; niece Kimberley...

May 20, 2016

Mary Alice (Edward) Geise, 83, passed away at home Friday, May 20, 2016.

Mrs. Geise was born in El Dorado, KS Dec. 6, 1932. She grew up in Wichita, KS attending East High School, graduating in 1950. Then going to Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS; graduating in 1954 with a Secondary and Elementary teaching...

May 19, 2016

John Wesley Beal, 74, Shawnee, KS passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, MO.

John was born April 30, 1942 in Colby, KS to Wesley Junior and Dorothy Margaret Beal. His father was killed in North Africa in 1943 during WWII. John was a 1960 graduate...

May 18, 2016

Dr. David Louis DeFeo, 73, Kansas City, MO passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.

David was born Feb. 4, 1943 in Kansas City, KS to Michael and Barbara DeFeo. He was a 1961 graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School, attended Kansas State...

May 17, 2016

John Patrick Heffernon, 73, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away Tuesday May 17, 2016 at home surrounded by his family.

John was born in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Shawnee, Kansas as a child. He went to St. Joseph Catholic Grade School and was in the 1960 graduating class of DeLaSalle Military Academy. John joined the Missouri...

May 12, 2016

Susan Marie Ryan, 53, of Shawnee, KS, passed away on May 12, 2016. She was born on Feb. 19, 1963, in KC, KS, to John and Rosemary Ryan. Susan is survived by her husband, Craig Pitts; two sons, Sean and JJ; daughter in law, Emily Seibolt; step daughter, Lauren Pitts; mother, Rosemary Ryan; grandson, Easton; siblings, Stephen...

May 12, 2016

Dorothy M. (Speichinger) VanBooven passed away May 12, 2016. Dorothy was born on July 9, 1942, in a farmhouse southeast of Mendon, Missouri to Francis and Agnes (Ostermann) Speichinger. She started school in a one room school house and completed her grade school and high school education in Brunswick, MO. Following High School, Dorothy entered St. Mary's...

May 12, 2016

James ‘Jim' Melvin, Sr., passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospice House in the company of ‘his girl' of 50 years and wife for 46 years, Theresa. Born September 12, 1949 to William and Margaret Melvin in Sabetha, KS, Jim was the second of five brothers and a sister before meeting his life-long better...

May 12, 2016

Helen Wendt, 98, of Merriam, KS/Lees Summit, MO, died Thursday, May 12, 2016. Helen was born in Kansas City Missouri, lived in Roeland Park, Merriam, Lee’s Summit, and Paola at the end of her life.

She was the daughter of George and Leona Fischer. She had a sister, Georgia Swartz and a brother, Karl Fischer all of...

May 10, 2016

Michael J. Finnerty, Jr. went to join his beloved wife early in the morning of May 10, 2016.

He was born May26, 1919 in NYC and later moved to Long Island, NY in 1929. During the depression years, he went to both public and Catholic schools. He was the second of four children born to...

May 10, 2016

Phyllis Vera Bremer, 87, of Prairie Village, Kansas was peacefully called to her eternal home on May 10, 2016. She was born January 8, 1929, in Ohio to Earnest E. and Violet K. (Peterson) Chambers. In 1935, Ernie and Violet along with Phyllis and her sister Beverley-Jean Chambers (Barr) of Sunnyvale CA, moved from Canton, Ohio to...

May 7, 2016

Marjorie A. Wallace, 90, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away on May 7, 2016. Marjorie was born November 13, 1925 in Meadville, Missouri to Lon and Hazel Horton. Marjorie is survived by her daughter, Sharie Wahaus, grandchildren; Michelle Shackley, Michael Callahan and Kelley Callahan, great-grandchildren; Jason (Tarrissa) Sturrock, Dean (Kelsey) Shackley, Makenzi Shackley and Mika Callahan, great-great-grandchildren; Cash Sturrock, Johnny...

May 7, 2016

Elmer “Gene” Renner, 88, of Leawood, KS passed away Saturday, May, 7, 2016. Gene is survived by his beloved wife Freida of 68 years; daughter Denise Carol Dahms (Steve); sister JoAnn Chapman; seven grandchildren Dustin Dodson, Brad (Julie) Dodson, Staci Howard, Tammy Laver and Carmen (Michael) Becker, Willy (Tina) Dahms, Steven Zeth Dahms; sixteen great grandchildren and many nieces...

May 3, 2016

Eleanor Townley LaCombe of Shawnee, KS, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, after a rare complication from a cardiac procedure.

She was born on September 22, 1926 to Ray and Edna (Moon) Townley. Eleanor grew up in Olathe, KS attending Central Grade School and graduated from Olathe High School in 1944. She lived in...

May 3, 2016

Al "Zack" Mellon, 67, Overland Park, KS (formerly of Lake of the Ozarks) passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.

Albert was born Sept. 25, 1948 in Kansas City, MO to Albert and Betty (Chambers) Mellon. He was a 1966 graduate of Shawnee Mission...

May 3, 2016

Kenneth Gerald Larson, 94, of Hastings, Michigan, formerly of Shawnee, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at MagnumCare of Hastings, after a short illness.

He was born October 28, 1921, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Henry and Elizabeth (Sterner) Larson, the fifth of ten children. He spent his childhood in Argentine, Kansas, and graduated from...

May 3, 2016

Nancy Sue Boyd, 79, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away peacefully on May 3, 2016.

She was born April 27, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri to Luther Allen McCullough and Etta McCullough.

Nancy's inspiration will live on through her son, Jeffrey J. Boyd of Olathe, Pamela E. Benton of Shawnee, Debra S. Conroy of Kansas City,...

May 2, 2016

Lena I. Vaughan, 88, passed away May 2, 2016 at Kansas City Hospice House.

Lena was born March 3, 1928 to Elmer P. Hardin and Hazel M. Hardin in Nevada, MO.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Vaughan and grandson Russell Slocum. Lena is survived by 2 daughters,...

May 2, 2016

James R. Rund "JR", 76, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on May 2, 2016.

He was born on June 16, 1939 in Chicago, IL, to James and Mary (McCauley) Rund. JR was an avid hunter and an endowment member of the NRA. He was also a member of Scottish Rite and Abdallah Shriners.

He...