Dec 31, 2009

Elizabeth Ann Heble Rieke, 91, Mission Hills, passed away peacefully on December 31, 2009 at home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born April 1, 1918 in Hebron, Nebraska to Robert J. Heble and Elizabeth Greiveldinger Heble. Her family moved to Atwood, Kansas in 1926 where she grew...

Dec 31, 2009

Margaret Elizabeth Hanson, 89, died December 31, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Margaret was born June 24, 1920 in Osborne, Kansas. She attended Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. She was an Registered Nurse at the University of Kansas Medical Center for 34 years and also a...

Dec 31, 2009

Sipha Litthong, 75, Kansas City, Missouri, passed away December 31, 2009 at Research Medical Center.

Funeral Service

Funeral Services will be 4:00 p.m., Sunday, January 3, 2010 at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee.

Dec 30, 2009

Thomas Paul McMurray, Jr., 66, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at home surrounded by his loving family.

Tom was born March 11, 1943 to the late Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Paul McMurray, Sr. in Kansas City, Missouri. Tom attended De La Salle High School and...

Dec 29, 2009

Lowell L. Baird, 99, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away December 29, 2009.

He was born in Siloam Springs, Arkansas on April 15, 1910, and lived most of his life in the Wyandotte and Johnson County, Kansas areas. After graduating from Wyandotte High School in 1929, he served an apprenticeship...

Dec 29, 2009

Edmund C. Thomas, Jr., 92, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at his home.

Edmund was born April 21, 1917 in Kansas City, Kansas to Edmund and Georgia (Adams) Thomas. He graduated from Argentine High School and from Kansas State University with a B.S. Degree in Mechanical...

Dec 29, 2009

Allen Dean McCown, 67, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Allen was born in Tulsa, OK. He graduated from Hutchinson, KS High School in 1960. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1965 and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from...

Dec 28, 2009

Darryl Gregg Lafferty, 50, Lenexa, Kansas passed away Monday, Dec.ember 28, 2009 at St. Luke's South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas.

Darryl was born September 4, 1959 in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a 1977 graduate of DeSoto High School. Darryl was currently manager of Spectrum Carpets in Shawnee. He...

Dec 28, 2009

Shirley A. Seward, 74, Merriam, Kansas, passed away Monday, December 28, 2009, at home.

Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Edward B. Seward and is survived by two children Wendy Jones, Bellevue, Washington, and Barney Seward, Merriam, Kansas.

Visitation...

Dec 27, 2009

Nadine J. Roby, 82, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009 at her home.

Nadine was born June 18, 1927 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Roy K. and Dorothy (Elliott) Young. She retired from the IRS in 1991. She was a longtime member of the Overland Park Church...

Dec 27, 2009

Ralph M. Hankins, Jr., passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009 at Research Medical Center.

Ralph was preceded in death by his loving wife Bettie; two sisters InaMae and Cherry; and two brothers Jack and Keith. Survivors include two children Pamela (Joe) Stevens, Springhill, Kansas and Ralph (Robin) Hankins, Olathe,...

Dec 27, 2009

Julia Louise Minnie Kelly Polfer, 96, formerly of rural Olathe, passed away peacefully surrounded by family at 12:05 a.m., December 27, 2009 in Overland Park, Kansas.

Julia was born August 15, 1913 in Argentine, Kansas to Roy and Emma Kresin Kelly. After her father's untimely death, four-year-old Julia, her...

Dec 25, 2009

Raymond Webster Peterman, 91, Kansas City, Missouri, passed away Friday, December 25, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House.

Raymond was born on June 24, 1918 near Rich Hill, Missouri, the son of Joe Peterman, Jr. and Clara (Hall) Peterman. He graduated from Rich Hill High School in 1936....

Dec 24, 2009

Glen W. Norton of Olathe, Kansas, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2009 after his 84th birthday.

Glen was born December 23, 1925 to Harold and Margaret Norton residing in Westphalia, Kansas and attended high school in Abilene, Kansas. His formative years were spent on the family farm prior...

Dec 24, 2009

Ginny VanDerhagen, 84, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away December 24, 2009.

Ginny was born October 25, 1925 in Schenectady, New York to James and Margurite Fountain Woodward.

Ginny met her husband Frank VanDerhagen in 1946 in New York City. She moved...

Dec 23, 2009

Marie Ella Foster, 82, of Merriam, passed away Wednesday December 23, 2009 at her home.

Marie was born January 31, 1927 to the late Walter and Ella Brecheisen in Eudora, Kansas. She was the youngest of 9 children. Marie graduated from Eudora High School in 1945. After graduating high...

Dec 22, 2009

Sandy K. Heim, 65 of Shawnee, Kansas passed away December 22, 2009, peacefully at home.

She is survived by her devoted husband Roger Heim, and a son Clark Bono of Parkville, Missouri; daughters Wendi Bono of Shawnee, Kansas and Melissa Barron of Warrenton, Virginia; two sisters, Jennifer Hoffman and...

Dec 21, 2009

Jonathan Michael Etheridge, stillbirth, went to be with the Angels in Heaven Monday December 21, 2009.

Jonathan was born December 21, 2009 in Merriam, Kansas to Jesse and Joe Etheridge. Jonathan is survived by his loving parents, Jesse and Joe; two brothers, Julian and Joseph; grandparents, Veronica and James...

Dec 21, 2009

Marie A. James, 103, passed away on December 21, 2009 at the Shawnee Gardens Nursing Home.

Marie was born on March 11, 1906 in St. Mary's, Kansas to John and Eva (Martel) Storm. The family moved to Kansas City, Kansas when Marie was 12 years old. In June of...

Dec 20, 2009

Norma Thompson Recker, 85, Troutdale, Oregon, formerly of Mission, Kansas, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009

Norma was born in Mt. Carmel, Illinois on November 28, 1923. She attended nurses training at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and worked there as a registered nurse until her marriage to...