Feb 21, 2013

Jake (Sonny) Smith, Jr., 75, passed away February 21, 2013, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.

He was born in 1937 in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Jake graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1955. Following high school, he proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Jake worked...

Feb 21, 2013

James L. Underwood, 75, of Merriam, Kansas, passed away peacefully on February 21, 2013. He was born February 7, 1938, in Hoopeston, Illinois, to Lillian Jean (Robertson) and Carroll Underwood.

Jim was a veteran of the United States Air Force. While serving in the Air Force in 1959, he...

Feb 20, 2013

Vivian Pauline Carrillo went to be with the Lord February 20, 2013.

Vivian was born October 16, 1924; she lived a full and happy life of 88 years. She graduated from Rosedale High School in 1942. Vivian enjoyed selling Avon for over 40 years, bowling, and loved to travel....

Feb 20, 2013

Jack Neumayer's life may have started as a blank canvas, but through his faith in God a masterpiece was created. That masterpiece was full of color - the colors of humility, kindness, caring, giving, teaching and above all humor.

His work was completed here on Earth on February 20th,...

Feb 19, 2013

Zelma Marie Bridges of Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of Halfway, Missouri, died on February 19, 2013, at the Rose Estates Assisted Living in Overland Park, Kansas.

Zelma was born on July 18, 1919, in Halfway, Missouri, the daughter of Allen Tine and Mary Belle Elliott Vincent. Zelma was united...

Feb 19, 2013

Thomas Beard, 86, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013.

Born March 15, 1926, he was a veteran of the Second World War, and a long-time employee at General Motors.

Tom is survived by Maye, his wife of 62...

Feb 19, 2013

Elizabeth (Libby) S. Terry, 86, formerly of Winchester, Virginia, died peacefully on February 19, 2013.

Winchester was Libby's home for most of her adult life, and her heart remained there until her death, although she moved to Overland Park, Kansas, several years ago to be near her only son...

Feb 18, 2013

Roland H. Hein, 82, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away February 18, 2013.

Roland was born August 27, 1930, in Gate, Oklahoma, the short grass country of the Oklahoma Panhandle, to Ruben and Elisabeth (Pankratz) Hein. He had an agricultural background and experienced the Depression and Dust Bowl which...

Feb 16, 2013

Douglas Everett Fisk was born July 20, 1919, in Providence, Rhode Island, to F.W. and Emma Fisk and died February 16, 2013, at Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kansas.

He graduated from Eastern Nazarene College with a degree in chemistry then did graduate work at MIT. During the war he worked...

Feb 15, 2013

Joseph Conry, 95, Sun City West, Arizona, died Friday, February 15, 2013. He was born March 20, 1917, near Paton, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents and younger brother, Gene.

Joseph graduated from the School of Business at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, in 1939. He was...

Feb 14, 2013

Jimmy Erny, 29, Kansas City, Kansas, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013, at his home.

Jimmy was born June 3, 1983, in Merriam, Kansas, to James A. and Yvette L. Erny. He was a 2001 graduate of Bishop Miege High School. Jimmy received a Criminal Justice Degree from Kansas...

Feb 12, 2013

Harold J. Shea, 80, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away, Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

Harold was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and has lived in Shawnee since 1960. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. He worked as Director of Labor Relations for the Louis Dreyfus Corporation and retired...

Feb 12, 2013

Robert A. Harrell, 87, Milhaven, Mission, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at his daughter’s home (Kathy H. Meadows) in North Carolina.

Robert was born December 6, 1925, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Leona E. Ricker and Jess A. Wyatt. He was a graduate of Turner High School....

Feb 12, 2013

Virgil Paul Bixler, 84, Eldorado Springs, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at his home.

Virgil was born November 24, 1928, near Waynoka, Oklahoma, to Roy Valentine and Gertie May Bixler. On June 14, 1945, Virgil married E. Grace Quinn in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.

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Feb 11, 2013

Jonnie Verstraete, 71, Lenexa, KS passed away Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS surrounded by her family and friends.

Jonnie was born August 27, 1941 in Kansas City, KS to Orman Lee and Mildred Cecile Peachey. She was a 1959 graduate of ShawneeMissionHigh...

Feb 10, 2013

Dixie Lee (Pratt) Van Lerberg, 78, of Shawnee, Kansas, born August 24, 1934, in Trenton, Missouri, left to be with the Lord, Jesus Christ on February 10, 2013.

Dixie struggled over ten years with Parkinson’s disease and later with Alzheimer’s disease. Before her illness, she was a lady of many talents...

Feb 8, 2013

Edith V. Sheahan, 95, of Mission, Kansas, passed away February 8, 2013. She was born December15, 1917, in the Chicago, Illinois, area where she grew up.

Edith and her husband had two children and moved to the Kansas City area in the 1950's. She was a charter member of...

Feb 8, 2013

Constance Darlene Morse, 54, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 8, 2013.

She is survived by her husband Barry Scot Morse of Gardner; two sons, Tyler Scot Morse of Olathe and Taylor Russell Morse of Gardner; seven brothers and sisters: Debbie Seutter, Brian Rothove, Brad Rothove, Gary Rothove,...

Feb 8, 2013

Helen Marie Sanderson Burchett passed away peacefully at Kansas City Hospice House on February 8, 2013.

She is survived by her children, Craig (Teri), Nancy (Ed), Brian, Karen (David) Ruggeri, and Brent.

Feb 8, 2013

Keith E. Irwin, 80, died Friday, February 8, 2013, at his home in Shawnee, Kansas.

Keith was born in Sabetha, Kansas, February 14, 1932, and grew up on a farm near Centralia, Kansas. He was the youngest child of Boyd and Margaret Frehe Irwin. He graduated from Centralia High...