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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.
Teresa "Terri" Gainey Lavin
Aug 22, 2021
Teresa “Terri” Gainey Lavin, 74, Overland Park, KS passed away, after a brief battle with cancer, Sunday, August 22, 2021 at home surrounded by family. A Rosary Recitation will be 9:30 am, followed by a visitation from 10-11:00 am and funeral mass at 11:00 am, Friday, August 27 at St. Ann Catholic Church, Prairie Village, KS. Cremation. Memorial contributions may...
Thomas J. Tush
Aug 22, 2021
Thomas J. Tush passed away at the age of 60 on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Advent Health Shawnee Mission, where he received excellent care. He was born on October 1, 1960 to Thomas C. Tush and Martha Stevenson in Kansas City, Kansas. Tom loved his family, spending time with kids, grandkids and holidays with extended family. Continuing the family...
Constance Yvonne Klein
Aug 21, 2021
Constance Yvonne Klein, 87, of Shawnee passed away Saturday, August 21, 2021 at her home. Visitation will be 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at the Amos Family Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 1 p.m. Tuesday, at St. Joseph Catholic Church. She will be laid to rest in St. Joseph Cemetery immediately following the...
Katrina Ann Buckmiller
Aug 21, 2021
Katrina Ann Buckmiller, 41, of Overland Park, KS passed away on August 21st, 2021. She was born on June 30th, 1980 in Naples, Italy to Joseph and Theresa Buckmiller. She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas M. Patrick, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Tiara (Thomas) Dunlop; grandson, Thomas Dunlop; parents, Joseph & Theresa Buckmiller; grandmother, Shirley...
Staci Denise Howard
Aug 20, 2021
Staci Denise (Dodson) Howard was born on February 16, 1982 to Bill and Dee Layne Dodson in Merriam, Kansas. At 39 years old, she passed on at home on Friday, August 20, 2021. A visitation will be held Saturday, August 28, 10:00 am – 11:00 am at the Amos Family Funeral Home; funeral services will begin immediately after, followed by...
Christian Leonel Cortes-Alfaro
Aug 20, 2021
Christian Leonel Cortes-Alfaro, 22, of Olathe, KS passed away unexpectedly while attending college at Fort Hay State University. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, August 26, 2021, at the Amos Family Funeral Home. A celebration of Christian’s life will follow the visitation at 4 p.m. at the funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to St....
Bernice L. Klein
Aug 20, 2021
Bernice Klein passed away on August 20, 2021 at Morningside Place Memory Care in Overland Park, Kansas. She was 89 years old. She was born in Merriam, Kansas on June 30, 1932 to Albert and Hattie Jenks, the only girl with three older brothers. Bernice met Harold Klein at Kenneth Smith Golf Company where she was working as a secretary...
Isabelle "Izzy" Grace Ford
Aug 19, 2021
Miss Isabelle “Izzy” Grace Ford, 16, of Shawnee, Kansas, joined the company of angels on August 19, 2021. Izzy was born in Shawnee, Kansas on February 8, 2005. She is survived by: her loving parents, Brandon and Stacy Ford and her best friend and sister Marley. Additionally by her grandparents: Chuck and Cindy Ford, Sandy and Leon Kremer and Jean...
William "Bill" Mullarky
Aug 18, 2021
William “Bill” C. Mullarky passed away on August 18th, 2021 in his home in Kansas City, Missouri. Bill was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Benjamin and Louise Mullarky on December 21st, 1924. He had a sister, Dorothy, with whom he grew up with in Kansas City. He graduated from Central High School in 1941 and he attended numerous alumni...
Melinda Sue Crook
Aug 17, 2021
Melinda Sue Crook, 33, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Tuesday, August 17th, 2021. Melinda was born July 2nd, 1988 to David and Diana Crook in Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up in Merriam, Kansas, where she was loved immensely by her sisters, friends, and community. Melinda graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree...
Vernon Edward Leat
Aug 17, 2021
Vernon Edward Leat, 64, of Shawnee, KS passed away Tuesday, August 17th at his home. Vernon was born April 24th, 1957 to William “Bill” and Vivian Leat in Kansas City, KS. He graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in 1975 where he played trumpet in the jazz and marching bands and was a star member of the debate team....
Dorothy Jean Matthews
Aug 16, 2021
Dorothy Jean Latham (Gilbert) Matthews, 87, of Overland Park, KS died Monday, August 16, 2021 in her home. She will be laid to rest in a private family ceremony at Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens. The family suggests memorial contributions in Dorothy’s honor be made to Rosebrook Center for Women, P.O. Box 320599, Kansas City, MO 64132. She was born May...
Bernice A. Hildenbrand
Aug 15, 2021
Known to many as Bee, she passed away just 2 weeks after her 99th birthday, and was the only child of Ed and Ellen Graichen, who lived in St. Louis. She met and married Frank Hildenbrand (d.2010) there, where they had a daughter, Kathy Johnson (Lee) of Denver, CO and son, Jim Hildenbrand (Laura) of Olathe KS. After 19 years...
Robin Snyder
Aug 12, 2021
Marian 'Robin' Snyder passed peacefully from this world on August 12, 2021 at the age of 77. She was born on July 10, 1944 in Kansas City, MO to Robert and Marian Snyder. She was loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed. Robin worked 25+ years at Johnson County Developmental Supports where she was a conscientious...
Joann Steiner
Aug 12, 2021
JoAnn Marie Steiner, 76, Shawnee, KS (formerly of Great Bend, KS) passed away Thursday, August 12, 2021 at the Overland Park Reg. Med. Ctr. Overland Park, KS. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday,, Aug. 24 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shawnee, KS. Visitation will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Committal service will be 1:00...
Barbara M. Tomassi
Aug 11, 2021
Barb Tomassi, 95, of Shawnee, passed away on Wednesday August 11, 2021. Barb is survived by her eight children: Bob, Bill, John, Steve, Mary, Joan, Sue and Jim, their spouses as well as 21 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. Barb was a registered nurse. She spent many years as a school nurse, retiring from the SMSD in 1987. Visitation: Sat....
Greg Fruehling
Aug 10, 2021
Greg Fruehling, 57, of Raymore, MO and Shawnee, KS passed away on August 10th, 2021. He was born on December 31st, 1963 in Kansas City, MO to William and Luella Fruehling. A visitation will take place on Saturday, August 14th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Amos Family Funeral Home in Shawnee, KS. Greg will be interred beside his mother,...
Janet Marie Page
Aug 9, 2021
Janet M. Page, 76, of Shawnee, KS, passed away on August 9, 2021. Janet was born July 28, 1945, in New York to William and Agnes Warmuth. She was united in marriage to her husband Dick on September 2, 1967. Janet was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years. Janet owned Janet’s Day Care for 30 years in...
Nancy May Chaffin
Aug 9, 2021
Nancy Chaffin, 86, of Basehor, KS passed away August 9th, 2021 in Bonner Springs, KS. A visitation will take place Saturday, August 21st from 10-11 AM at First Baptist Church of Basehor. A Celebration of Life will immediately follow at 11 AM. For anyone wishing to view Nancy’s service online, please access the live stream on the Facebook page for...
Alfred Samuel Hawkey, Jr.
Aug 8, 2021
Alfred Samuel (Sam) Hawkey, Jr. met his Savior on August 8, 2021 while residing at Village Shalom nursing home. Sam was the eldest son born in Newton, Kansas on February 10, 1931 to Dr. Alfred S. and Dorothea (Rodert) Hawkey. He spent the first ten years of his life in Newton. In 1941 he moved with his mother and two...
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