Marla Kay Wood
Jun 1, 2016
Marla Kay Wood, 57, of Quenemo, KS passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the University of Kansas Hospital.
Marla was born September 11, 1958 to the late Roy and Jimmie Margaret Cunningham in Dallas, TX. She is also preceded in death by a niece, Jimmie Alexandra DeFelice in 2009.
Marla...
Jean Little
May 30, 2016
Jean Little, 87, of Shawnee, KS, passed away, Monday, May 30, 2016.
She was born in Kansas City, KS and worked as a bookkeeper for Service Supply Plumbing for 30 years before retiring. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Jean was preceded in death by a...
Robert Arturo Valverde
May 30, 2016
Robert Arturo Valverde, 84, was born May 4th, 1932 in New York, NY and died May 30, 2016 at his home with his family by his side.
Robert was a graduate of Cardinal Hays High School in Bronx, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Fordham University, Bronx, New York. He...
Marilyn Ruth Conradt
May 29, 2016
Marilyn Ruth Conradt, 82, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away on May 29, 2016. Marilyn was born March 5, 1934 in Fort Madison, Iowa to Bernard and Agnes Taylor. She had a passion for the KC Royals, KU Basketball and many arts and crafts. Marilyn is survived by Thomas, her husband of 65 years, her sons: David (Maria),...
Michael J. Fern
May 27, 2016
Michael J. Fern, 73, Shawnee, KS passed away peacefully on Friday, May 27, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. Mike was the third of eight children and was born on July 10, 1942 in Wichita KS to Joseph and Constance Ryan Fern. He graduated from St. Joseph High School and Rockhurst College and received his advanced degrees...
Carl David Yancey, Jr.
May 23, 2016
Carl David Yancey, Jr., 76, Shawnee, KS passed away Monday, May 23, 2016 at the Shawnee Mission Med. Ctr., Merriam, KS.
Carl was born Jan. 21, 1940 in Kansas City, MO to Carl David and Margaret Yancey. He was a 1958 graduate of Shawnee Mission High School. Following high school, Carl joined the...
Thomas J. Engel
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.
Roger J. Foley, Usaf
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...
Mary Alice Geise
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...
John Wesley Beal
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...
Dr. David Louis Defeo
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...
John Patrick Heffernon
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...
Dorothy M. Vanbooven
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...
James M. Melvin, Sr.
May 12, 2016
James âJim' Melvin, Sr., passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospice House in the company of âhis 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...
Helen L. Wendt
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...
Susan Marie Ryan
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...
Phyllis Vera Bremer
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...
Michael J. Finnerty Jr.
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...
Elmer “Gene” Renner
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...
Marjorie A. Wallace
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...