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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.
Barbara "Jeannie" Smith
Aug 5, 2021
Barbara Jean "Jeannie" Perdue Smith was born in a farmhouse in Mosby, Missouri to Percy Elbert Perdue and Mary Jane Thompson Perdue Courter on February 12, 1937. She started 1st grade at the age of 4 in a one room schoolhouse and moved to Paola, Kansas around the age of 11 years old. She met her future husband at a...
Stephanie Ann Stahl
Aug 5, 2021
Stephanie Ann Stahl passed August 5, 2021 at AdventHealth Medical Center, with family present. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 25, 1943 to Stephen and Helen Werkowitch. She grew up in a Shawnee, KS home built by her grandparents and attended St. Joseph Grade School, graduating from St. Joseph High School. She became a licensed cosmetologist and...
Roger Stanley Verrill
Aug 4, 2021
Roger Stanley Verrill, 87, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away August 4, 2021. Roger was born November 29, 1933 in Biddeford, Maine to Basil and Arieta Verrill. Roger was preceded in death by his parents; wife Hazel Verrill; brothers Donald and Larry Verrill. He is survived by his daughters Becky Fuller and her husband Warren, Dianne Verrill and his son Roger...
Eyvonne Esther Moore
Aug 4, 2021
Eyvonne Moore, 69 years old, succumbed to Covid 19 on Aug. 4, 2021. She was born 11/27/1951 in Kemmerer, Wy. She lived in Grandview, Mo. with her dear friend Lorenza Turner and her three four legged companions, LaLa, Kaydo & Freckles. Eyvonne retired from AT&T after 33 years. She is survived by her dear friends, Lorenza and Sandi Pointelin. Eyvonne...
Cody Allen Van Lerberg
Aug 3, 2021
Cody Allen Van Lerberg passed away unexpectedly on August 3, 2021 at the University of Kansas Medical Center at the age of 33. Cody was born in Roswell, Georgia on February 27, 1988 to Ward and Linda Van Lerberg, the first born of 4 children. He grew up in Olathe and graduated from Olathe Northwest High School. He married his...
Robert Eugene Mccoy
Aug 3, 2021
Robert E. McCoy 76, De Soto, KS passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at Olathe Medical Center. A funeral will be 11 am, Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at Eudora Baptist Church in Eudora, KS; burial in Shawnee Mission Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Monday, August 9, 2021 at the Amos Family Funeral Home....
Fern Coombs
Aug 2, 2021
“You taught us the courage of stars before you left How light carries on endlessly, even after death With shortness of breath, you explained the infinite How rare and beautiful it is to even exist” Fern Coombs, 93, was born on October 28th, 1927, in Bedford Iowa. She was the daughter of Bert Holland Hess and Mary Isabelle LeFever Hess....
Daniel J. Bohlken
Aug 1, 2021
Dan “Dirty” J. Bohlken, 59, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away peacefully August 1st, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on August 10th, 2021 at the Amos Family Funeral Home in Shawnee. Dan was born June 9th, 1962 in Nebraska City, Nebraska to Robert and Mary (Riley) Bohlken. Dan graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a...
William "Bill" Pearson
Jul 29, 2021
William "Bill" Joseph Pearson, 69 passed away on July 29, 2021 at Catholic Care Center, Bel Aire, KS. He was born in Pittsburg Kansas, November 5, 1951 to William Nelson and Mathilde(Jorg) Pearson. He graduated from St. Joseph High School, Shawnee, KS in 1969. A few years after graduating he attended a Trade school in Pittsburg, Ks. and returned to...
Bill Donald Stewart
Jul 28, 2021
Bill Stewart was called home to the Lord, quietly and peacefully on July 28, 2021. He was living at Brookdale Nursing Home in Shawnee, Kansas at the time. Billy Don was born August 16, 1928 in Dunlap, Kansas to Loren Lewelling and Abby Irene (McCabe) Stewart. His bachelor uncle was asked to file the registration of birth. On the way...
Glenna R. Ebbert
Jul 28, 2021
Glenna Ruth Zuck Ebbert, 84, Shawnee, KS, died July 28, 2021. Born in McPherson, KS, Feb. 9, 1937, to Joe Myers Zuck and Ruth Darlene Hawbaker. She had two siblings, Wayne J. Zuck (Randine) and is survived by Dr. Gary Dean Zuck (Connie) of Prairie Village, KS. In 1956, Glenna married Charles C. Ebbert who preceded her in death by...
Steven Nail
Jul 27, 2021
Steven Francis Nail, age 66, passed away unexpectedly on July 27, 2021, at his home in Amarillo, Texas. Steve was born on March 14, 1955 to Vernon G. and Mary. E. (Smith) Nail in Kansas City, Kansas. Steve is survived by a sister, Kathy (George) Dobbelaere of Shawnee, KS and a sister, Rita (Jim) Hayes of Blue Springs, MO. He...
James Edward Vanwagner
Jul 26, 2021
James Edward VanWagner, 77, passed away on July 26, 2021, surrounded by his wife and three sons at his home in Kansas City, Kansas. James was born on February 28, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri to Harris and Mildred VanWagner and was the youngest of 3 children. He graduated from Shawnee High School in 1962 and entered the United States...
Daniel John Straka
Jul 26, 2021
Dan Straka, of Lenexa, died July 26, 2021, at age 84, after a brief stay at Kansas City Hospice. He was the son of George and Elizabeth (Checkon) Straka and the youngest of seven siblings. All predeceased Dan. Due to the Depression, Dan was the first in his family to graduate from high school and complete several years of college....
Donald "Don" Meinert
Jul 25, 2021
Donald "Don" Joseph Meinert, 68, passed away Sunday, July 25th, 2021 at his home in Merriam, Kansas. Don was born and raised in Kansas City Missouri in May of 1953 to Eugene Meinert and Marian Harris. He also had a brother, Bobby Meinert, who passed away in 1977. In June of 1971, Don joined the Army and began his basic...
Gerald Edward Kern
Jul 24, 2021
Gerald “Jerry” Edward Kern, 72, of Jay, OK formerly of Overland Park, KS passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Jerry was born July 17, 1949 to the late James and Marceline Kern in Paola, KS. After graduating from Wea High School in 1967, Jerry attended Washburn University. He was drafted into the U.S. Army...
Laura Lou Blundell
Jul 24, 2021
Laura Lou Blundell, 88, of Lenexa, KS passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021 at Advent Health Shawnee Mission from a short non-COVID related illness. Family and friends mourn over the loss of their beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and aunt. She was the most loving and giving person in the world. Laura was born in St. Joseph Missouri to Fred...
Cynthia "Cindy" Reynolds
Jul 23, 2021
Cynthia “Cindy” Reynolds 73, Bucyrus KS passed away Friday, July 23, 2021 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am, Friday, July 30, 2021 at Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 22779 Metcalf Road, Bucyrus, KS 66013; burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler, Missouri. A visitation will be from 5:00 pm...
Cindy Lynn Butler
Jul 22, 2021
Cindy Lynn Butler passed away on July 22, 2021, after an incredibly courageous, yearlong battle with cancer. Cindy was born on January 31, 1957 in Heppner, Oregon. Cindy was born second to her sister, Stacey, who was born in 1955. Next came her brother Kevin, her Irish twin, born in December of 1957. In 1961 her little sister, Kellie, was...
Barbara Jo Harlow
Jul 22, 2021
Barbara Jo Harlow of Shawnee, KS. passed into eternal rest on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Barbara (Barb, Barbo, Mom, Grandma, Gi-Gi) lived a long, very full, and happy life. She made a positive impression on countless hears along the way. To know her was to love her. Barbara was born February 27, 1940, to the late Wright King and Orpha...
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