Jun 20, 2012

David R. Ziemer, Sr., 74, Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at North Kansas City Hospital.

David was born February 15, 1938, in Wausau, Wisconsin, to Roy and Arlie Ziemer. He enjoyed dealing and manufacturing fire arms. David especially enjoyed drag boat racing. He had been...

Jun 18, 2012

Linda Marie Taylor, 53, Shawnee, KS passed away Monday, June 18, 2012 at her home. Linda was born March 27, 1959 in Yuma, AZ toVernon and Madeline Stone. She married Robert Taylor on Nov. 7, 1977 in Shawnee, KS. Linda provided daycare in her home for over 20 years. She currently was employed with Shawnee Mission Medical...

Jun 16, 2012

Sheryl Elaine Brotbeck, 60, of Mission, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 16 2012, at home, surrounded by her loving family and friends.

Sheryl was born November 24, 1951, to the late Donald L. Paustian, Sr. and Lydia L. Gessell in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Sheryl graduated from Manhattan High School...

Jun 12, 2012

Robert C. Russell, 88, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away June 12, 2012.

Robert was born April 20, 1924, in Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from Bishop Ward High School in 1942. He served in the US Navy during WWII. Robert was united in marriage to his childhood sweetheart...

Jun 11, 2012

Dean M. Wells, 65, of Shawnee, passed away Monday, June 11, 2012, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Dean was born June 10, 1947, to the late Jack and Dorothy Wells in Kansas City, Kansas. Dean graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School in 1965. On February 20,...

Jun 11, 2012

Harold Thomas "Sarge" Tevis 84, Kansas City, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 11, 2012, at Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center in Shawnee, Kansas.

Harold was born January 7, 1928, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Ralph Sr. and Alice Tevis. He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and attended Wyandotte High...

Jun 11, 2012

Frances Helen Wiemann Yakle, 82, passed away June 11, 2012, in her residence at Shawnee Hills Senior Living in Shawnee, Kansas.

Fran, Frannie, or Grannie Frannie, being a favorite nickname by those who knew and loved her, was born in Burlington, Iowa, on November 13, 1929, to Arnold H....

Jun 9, 2012

Richard R. Beach, M.D., 88, Lenexa, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kansas.

Dick was born June 17, 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a veteran of the US Navy during WWII and the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was a...

Jun 8, 2012

Margaret L. Waszelewski, 95, Olathe, Kansas, passed away Friday, June 8, 2012, at the Evergreen Community of Johnson County, Olathe, Kansas.

Margaret is survived by her three daughters, Nancy Waselewski, Overland Park, Kansas, Judy Kopec, Clifton, New Jersey and Diane Conoscienti, Shawnee, Kansas; two sisters; and three grandchildren, Karl...

Jun 7, 2012

David Marvin Wooters, born October 26, 1944, to parents Eileen Gillikin and Ernest Marvin Wooters, passed on to glory June 7, 2012, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri.

David is survived by spouse Nila Arroyo Wooters; sister Lyn, a teacher, minister and missionary of the gospel,...

Jun 7, 2012

Linda Sue Coulter, born January 23, 1949, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012. Linda was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Virgil and Mabel Howell.

Linda met her husband when she was in 8th grade. At that time he told a friend that was standing by him, that he...

Jun 6, 2012

David Dale Graham, 59, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas.

Dave had a big heart that he was able to share with us but it could not sustain him through bypass surgery. When you hear a guitar play...

Jun 5, 2012

Harold E. Vaille, 76, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas.

Harold was born June 29, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Harry E. and Leah I. Vaille. He was a graduate of Shawnee Mission Rural High School. Harold had...

Jun 2, 2012

Robert N. Clark, of Shawnee, died Saturday, June 2, 2012, at Solari Hospice in Houston, Texas.

He was born July 10, 1926, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Orin and Mary Jo (Hitchman) Clark. He had a B.S. in chemistry from Sterling College and an M.S. in chemistry...

Jun 2, 2012

Mary M. Payne, 95, Shawnee, Kansas, died June 2, 2012, at Shawnee Gardens with her family at her side.

She was born to Joseph H. and Mary Ann Zahner on March 6, 1917, in Shawnee and was a lifelong resident. Mary was a lifelong member of St. Joseph Catholic...

May 31, 2012

George B. Brown, 88, of Lenexa, Kansas, formerly of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away May 31, 2012.

He was born October 4, 1923 in Topeka, Kansas. He served in the US Army during WWII. He was united in marriage to Phyllis Attebery in 1947, they moved to the Shawnee area...

May 30, 2012

Kathy Ann Metcalf, 59,Shawnee, KS passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at her home. Kathy was born Jan. 1, 1953 in Shawnee, KS to Jessie and Beverly Harris and was a lifelong area resident. She was a 1971 graduate of DeSoto High School. Kathy was employed at Hostess Brands for 19 years. She was preceded in death...

May 27, 2012

Lydia Lanell Gessell, 83, of Mission, KS, passed away Sunday, May 27, 2012. Lanell was born August 26, 1928 in Uvalde, TX to William and Nola Taylor Gallaway. She graduated as an RN in 1948 from the University of Texas School of Nursing at Galveston. While still only a senior in college, she and her twin sister...

May 26, 2012

Margaret Elizabeth Ream, 90, of Lenexa, passed away Saturday, May 26 at Lakeview Village. Margaret was born March 8, 1922, to the late Walter and Minna Clarke in Kansas City, Missouri.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles "Pep" Clarke, Walter S. Clarke, Jr. and two sisters, Ada Rose Clarke and Emma Flury....

May 26, 2012

Velma Louise Ashley, 84, of Merriam, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Velma was born March 16, 1928 to the late John and Bertha Myers in Iola, Kansas. She graduated from Iola High School in 1946. Later she attended the University of Beauty in Santa Ana, California and graduated...