Obituaries

Peter Sikkel

Oct 12, 2019

Peter C. Sikkel, 99, Overland Park, KS died October 12, 2019. A visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am with the funeral service being held at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Johnson County Funeral Chapel 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, Kansas. Entombment will be immediately following in Johnson County Memorial Gardens.

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Lola Browning

Oct 12, 2019

Lola Catherine Browning passed away peacefully at her home on October 12, 2019 at age 97.  Lola was born in Chicago, IL to Carlo and Corinna Tonelli in 1922, the youngest of four children.  Her parents immigrated to the U.S. from the Tuscany region of Italy.

Lola enjoyed a beautiful marriage to Clarence Sheldon Browning for 65...

Linda Drake

Oct 10, 2019

Linda Drake, 73, passed away October 10, 2019.

Private services will be held for the family.

Joseph Shipley

Oct 10, 2019

Joseph Raleigh Shipley, 86, passed away October 10, 2019.  Joe was born January 28, 1933, the youngest of three children, to Nathan W. and Eugenia M. (Stevenson) Shipley.  He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School (now Shawnee Mission North High School) in 1951.  He then attended the University of Kansas for one year, eventually coming to his senses and...

Betty Ink

Oct 7, 2019

Betty was born and raised in New Orleans, LA.  She and her family moved to the Kansas City area in 1959.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Avery Jerome Ink, SR, and two sons, Avery Jerome Ink, JR and Patrick Harrison Ink, and a brother, Richard Marceline Wambsgans.

She is survived by daughter Nancy Ink...

Letha Wubbenhorst

Oct 5, 2019

Letha Pauline Wubbenhorst, 93, passed away on October 5, 2019 in Sacramento, CA. She was born October 27, 1925, in Horton, KS to Glen and Alice (Wittwer) Kniffin.

Letha graduated from the Original Shawnee Mission High School in Shawnee, KS. After graduating she worked as a County Health Care Aid traveling with the nurse to the rural areas...

David Billings

Oct 4, 2019

David Del Billings, 62, of Mission, Kansas, passed away on October 4, 2019 in his home, surrounded by family and friends after a brave battle with cancer.

Dave was born in Kansas City and lived in the area all his life.  He graduated from Shawnee Mission West in 1974.  He attended HVAC School at Pittsburg State University,...

Anita Hoffman-Davis

Oct 4, 2019

Anita Hoffman Davis, 100, passed away October 4, 2019 at John Knox Village Hospice House in Lee’s Summit, MO.  She was born in Peru, Kansas March 19, 1919 to Paul Verner Aerdelman and Beulah Ruth Aerdelman.  She graduated from Burrton, KS High School in 1936.  Before moving to Overland Park, KS in 1961, she resided in Wichita, Hutchinson and...

Edward Sammarco

Oct 1, 2019

Edward L. Sammarco, 62, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away October 1, 2019, in his home surrounded by family after a courageous and inspirational battle with pancreatic cancer. He was preceded in death by his father, Virgil.

Edward grew up with four close-knit siblings in the Youngstown, Ohio, area. He graduated in 1975 from Cardinal Mooney Catholic...

Freida Hunt

Sep 30, 2019

Freida Hunt was born May 15, 1914 at her grandmother’s home in Pomona, KS. At the age of 105 she went to be with our Lord on September 30, 2019.

She was preceded in death by husband Orval Hunt, Son Don Hunt, Infant granddaughter, Penny Hunt, her parents Andrew Foster and Clara (Little) Foster, her siblings Lois...

Elton Mayse Jr.

Sep 29, 2019

Elton T. Mayse Jr., 92, passed away September 29, 2019. He heard his Saviour and Lord say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." He was a World War II veteran who came home after serving in the Pacific Theater to serve his Lord and Savior. It took 92 years to build his Mansion after spending 74 years with his high...

Robert Branning Jr.

Sep 29, 2019

Robert Fred Branning Jr. (Bob), 75, of Lenexa, KS, passed away peacefully in his  home on Sunday, September 29, 2019. Born in Galena, KS to Florence Maley and Robert Branning Sr. He lived most of his life in Lenexa, Kansas. Bob was an army veteran, avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and boating. He found great satisfaction in...

Richard (Dick) Huff

Sep 29, 2019

Richard (Dick) Lowell Huff, 82, died Sunday September 29, 2019 at Saint Luke’s South Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas.

He was born July 15, 1937 in Marysville, Kansas, the son of Ralph Wallace Huff and Mildred Henrietta Lewis Huff. He graduated from Brooks Country School, near Home City, 1951, Marysville High School, 1955 and University of Kansas, 1961....

Marilyn Schmidt

Sep 28, 2019

Marilyn Ann Schmidt 81, died on Sept. 28, 2019 at Overland Park Regional. She was born October 28, 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska the daughter of Everett Paul and Florence Ann (Bjornberg) Kunold. She retired after 25 years as the church secretary for the Leawood United Methodist Church. She married her High School Sweetheart Bob Schmidt and they were married for...

Gary Cooper

Sep 25, 2019

William Gary Cooper, 75, passed away peacefully at St. Joseph Medical Center September 25, 2019. lnurnment will be held at Johnson County Funeral Chapel and Memorial Gardens in Overland Park, Kansas. There will be no public service.

Gary was born July 12, 1944, in Stafford, Kansas, to Pauline and William Cooper. He grew up on the family...

Joseph Coulter

Sep 21, 2019

Joseph Coulter, a 29-year resident of Overland Park, Kansas passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019 at age 71 following a brief, yet fierce, battle with cancer.  He was a most devoted husband, father and grandfather.

Joe is survived by his wife, Lynda; daughter, Michele; son-in-law, Ken Bramble; and grandsons, Logan and Blake; and mother-in-law, Lucille Pilgrim and...

Sue Sumner

Sep 19, 2019

Sue Ann Sumner, 66, Overland Park, KS, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 with her family by her side.

She was a graduate of Emporia High School where she met the love of her life, Bob Sumner, her husband of 35 years. She was a cosmetologist and owned her own beauty shop for many years. She loved...

Chandler Hutcheson

Sep 17, 2019

Chandler Jeffery Hutcheson, 22, Leawood, passed away September 16, 2019.  An Open House will be held Friday September 27th at Blue Hills Country Club, 777 W Burning Tree Dr, Kansas City, MO 64145 from 6:30 - 9:00 PM.  A visitation will be held from 9:30 – 11:00 AM Saturday September 28th in the Sanctuary at the United Methodist Church...

Jacob Joseph Melendez

Sep 16, 2019

Jacob "Big Shmoke" Melendez, 21, passed away September 16, 2019. A funeral service will be held at 10 AM on Monday, September 23, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS.

Corine Savage

Sep 15, 2019

Corine Savage age 88 died on Sunday September 15, 2019 at the Kansas City Hospice House.

Visitation will be held from 11 am to 12 pm Saturday, September 21, 2019 at the Overland Park Church of Christ.

Funeral Service will be held at 12 pm Saturday 21, 2019 at the Overland Park Church of Christ.