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Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
E. Warren Bell
Nov 12, 2021
E. Warren Bell, 93, of Leawood, Kansas passed away on November 12th, 2021. He was born on April 2nd, 1928 in Kansas City, Kansas to Jesse and Georgia Bell. A visitation will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 am on Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 at Amos Family Funeral Home. A funeral service will immediately follow at 11:30 am. Burial at...
Agnes M. States
Nov 11, 2021
Agnes States, 82, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on November 11th, 2021. She was born on November 13th, 1938 in Kimeo, Kansas to Joseph and Lelah Diederich. A visitation will take place on Monday, November 15th from 9:00 to 10:00 AM at Amos Family Funeral Home in Shawnee, Kansas. Funeral service to follow at 10:00 AM. Burial to take...
Marc W. Miller
Nov 11, 2021
Marc Miller, 53, of Kansas City, MO passed away on November 11th, 2021. He was born on May 14th, 1968 in Topeka, KS to Marjorie and Marvin Miller. A memorial service will take place on Monday, November 15th, 2021 at 3 PM at Amos Family Funeral Home in Shawnee, Kansas. Marc graduated from Shawnee Heights High School in Topeka, KS...
Jean A. Cramer
Nov 9, 2021
Jean Ruth Alvord was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts on September 4, 1923. Her father was a professor at Northeastern University and a civil engineer. She grew up and atttended high school in Melrose, Massachusetts with older sister Peggy and older brothers John & Graham. Her family spent most holidays and vacations visiting grandparents & other relatives in Maine. She...
Lorraine Hontz
Nov 5, 2021
Lorraine E. Hontz, 82, of North Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on November 5th, 2021. Lorraine was born on April 12th, 1939 and was the daughter of Dorothy Woods and Clifford Sulzner. She preceded her brother, Clifford Sulzner Jr and her daughter, Debra Miller in death. She was survived by her sister, Sharon Lewis, daughter Sandra Richardson, her grandchildren, James...
Phyllis A. Nason
Nov 5, 2021
Phyllis Ann Adams Nason, 87, passed away peacefully November 5, 2021 at the Nashville, TN home of her daughter, Corey Nason Reese and her husband, Jeff Reese, MD. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease more than 13 years ago and determinedly faced her disease with grace and resilience. Phyllis was a beloved wife, mother and grandmother, gifted gourmet cook, Master...
Joshua Kevin Dirks
Nov 4, 2021
Josh (Joshua) Kevin Dirks finished his ultimate race when he entered into heaven on Thursday November 4, 2021. Josh spent 43 days in the ICU at KU Med Center, fighting each day to come home to his wife and his children. Josh never quit. He never gave up. Throughout this battle he demonstrated to his children what the spirit of...
Lynn Sopko
Nov 3, 2021
Linda “Lynn” K Sopko, 74, of Shawnee, KS, passed away on Nov. 3, 2021. She was born on April 28, 1947 in Independence, MO. She was a graduate of Shawnee Mission North High School 1965. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Michael S. Sopko, daughter, Melissa Mac Donald, parents, Genna Lubbe, James E Griffin, Norman...
Vivian Kay Wertjes
Nov 2, 2021
Vivian Kay (Johnson) Wertjes, age 69, passed away peacefully at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Vivian was born on December 21, 1951 to Bobbie D. and Alice S. Johnson in Pattonsburg, Missouri. She attended Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, graduating in the class of 1970. She married her high school...
Ronald Raymond Kasten
Nov 2, 2021
Ronald R. Kasten, 73, passed away unexpectedly November 2nd, 2021. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, November 4th, 2021 at Calvary Lutheran Church, 7500 Oak St, Kansas City, Missouri 64114. A service will be held Friday, November 5th, 2021 11 a.m. also at Calvary Lutheran Church. Ronald was born May 21st, 1948 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin...
Anita Ray Dean
Oct 31, 2021
Anita Ray Dean, 53, Shawnee, KS (formerly of Crocker, MO) passed away Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021 in Miami, OK. Anita was born in Charleston, IL Feb. 6, 1968 to James and Wilma Row-land. She was a 1986 graduate of Crocker High School. She had recently started her career in cosmetology as a traveling esthetician. Anita was preceded in death by...
Mary Ann Jackson
Oct 31, 2021
Mary Ann Jackson, 89, passed away on Sunday, October 31, 2021, in Overland Park, Kansas. Mary was a woman of faith who loved the Lord. She was a dedicated wife, mother, grandma, granny, and friend. Mary was born in Rochester, Minnesota, on January 17, 1932, to Lawrence and Catherine Leonard. Mary and Charles Jackson were married in Rochester on...
Lila J. Collette
Oct 31, 2021
Lila J. (Shamburg) Collette passed away on October 31, 2021 at the age of 90 in Shawnee, Kansas, Born July 5, 1931 in Scottsville, Kansas, to Virgil Shamburg and Velma (Sadler) Shamburg, third in a family of 11 children. After graduating from Scottsville High School, she moved to Concordia, Kansas, where she met her future husband. She married Leland M....
Thea Ann Carter
Oct 29, 2021
Thea Ann Carter, daughter of Theadore and Joan Shafer, was born October 12, 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri. She departed this life, Friday, October 29, 2021 at home under the comfort and care of her family, at the age of fifty-six years, and 17 days. On December 14, 1985 in Linn Creek, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Michael...
Doris Fay Taylor
Oct 28, 2021
Doris Taylor, 82, of Merriam, KS passed away on October 28th, 2021. She was born on May 11th, 1939 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Loys & Gladys Gardner. Doris was employed as a nurse at Advent Health Shawnee Mission for over 20 years. After her retirement, she enjoyed spending time with her family. Doris is survived by her four children, seven...
Ruan Kay Hartis
Oct 27, 2021
Ruan Hartis, 70, of Eudora, Kansas passed away October 27th, 2021 after a three and a half year battle with cancer. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 am Thursday, November 4th, 2021 at the Amos Family Funeral Home, followed by a Celebration of Life at 11 am. Ruan was born October 22, 1951 in Marceline, Missouri to...
Nancy Keleher Banks
Oct 26, 2021
Nancy K. Banks, 64, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away unexpectedly October 26th, 2021. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, November 4th, 2021 at the Amos Family Funeral Home. A rosary will beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, November 5th at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church followed by Mass of Christian burial at 11:30. She will...
Thomas E. Clark, Sr.
Oct 26, 2021
Thomas E. Clark, Sr. (Tom), 87 of Lenexa, Kansas died October 26, 2021 at Lakeview Care Center, just one day shy of his 65th wedding anniversary. The rosary will be said at 9:50 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 1st at St. Joseph Catholic Church 11301 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203 (live-streamed at...
Max Murray
Oct 24, 2021
Max Richard Murray 97 of Merriam, KS passed away peacefully October 24, 2021 at Brookdale Rosehill in Shawnee, Kansas. Max was born in Shawnee, Kansas on February 15, 1924 to the late Maggielee Bookter and Robert Sheldon Murray. Max is a veteran of World War II, he served honorably in the Army Air Corp as an airplane mechanic with Air...
Diane Louise Brosnan
Oct 24, 2021
Diane Louise Brosnan entered into Eternal life on Sunday, October 24th, 2021. Diane was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Nov 24th, (Thanksgiving Day) 1949 to parents Robert & Hazel Martin. In 1966 she and her family moved to Shawnee, Kansas where she finished high school and went on to study Nursing. She met the love of her life, Neal Brosnan...
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