Obituaries

Sep 9, 2018

Gerald Arthur Rath was born on January 22, 1933 to Gustave and Hulda (Kiepke) Rath in Sioux City Iowa. He graduated from Central High School in Sioux City in 1951. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1955, and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

After...

Sep 9, 2018

Channa M Haviland, born Oct 15, 1954 in Baumholder, Germany passed away Sept 9, 2018 in Phoenix, AZ.  Preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Marie Haviland and sister, Holly Poje.  Survivors include sister Lee Colvin, Prairie Village, and brothers Clifford Haviland, Overland Park, and Gary Haviland, Phoenix, AZ, many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.  Cremation and private...

Sep 5, 2018

Marcia Ruth Eberly was the daughter of Carl Switzer and Mary Grace Rader. The Switzers were early settlers in the Shawnee Mission community. She attended Park University where she met and married Charles D. Eberly. They were married for 65 years.

Elected as an Elder in the Shawnee Presbyterian Church, she was the first woman to serve...

Sep 5, 2018

Gerald Thomas (Jerry) Dick of Overland Park, KS, a former news editor and assistant managing editor of the Topeka Capital-Journal, passed away September 5, 2018, surrounded by family.  He was 94 years old.

Mr. Dick was born November 28, 1923, in Perry, KS, to Ira T. and Lenora (Vogel) Dick.  He was a 1941 graduate of Perry...

Sep 3, 2018

George Lyndes MacCurdy, a lifelong Kansas City resident born January 13, 1927, at Saint Luke’s Hospital, died peacefully the morning of September 3, 2018. He attended J.C. Nichols Grade School and graduated at the age of 16 from Southwest H.S. in 1943. He attended Kansas City Junior College from 1943-44 until he was old enough to enlist in the...

Sep 2, 2018

Elsa Brzozowski, age 99, died early Sunday morning, on September 2, 2018. Born Elsa Magda Mary Schembri on June 27, 1919, in Alexandria, Egypt, she was the eldest of five daughters born to Emilia and Xavier Schembri. Her parents were Italian immigrants to Egypt, where her father was employed as a manager in the Alexandria branch of Credit Lyonnais,...

Sep 2, 2018

Robert Charles Russell of Kansas City, Mo passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 2, 2018.  He was born on September 30, 1929 in Kansas City, Mo to Stanley P. and Hulda A. Russell.  Robert was preceded in death by his parents, brothers: Richard A. Russell, Stephen P. Russell, and half-brother James D. Reeves.  He is survived by his sister,...

Sep 1, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Elizabeth Ann Mattson-Gratwick (age 77), announces her passing. She was a lifelong  resident of Overland Park, a graduate of Shawnee Mission High School (now Shawnee Mission North), and attended Emporia State University. Ann died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by family, on Saturday, September 1st.

Ann is survived by...

Sep 1, 2018

Linda Susan Ponchur (Suzi), passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones on September 1, 2018. Suzi was a warrior and fought a courageous battle with cancer throughout various times of her adult life. She will be dearly missed by her family, friends, and the love of her life, Mark. Suzi was born on May 17, 1959...

Aug 30, 2018

David L Gannon, 78, of Overland Park, KS, passed away August 30, 2018

Dave was born to Raymond and Charlotte Yeager Gannon, April 12, 1940, in Flint, MI.  He was a natural born athlete, excelling in football, basketball and baseball in high school and college.  Dave married his best friend, Carol Noe, in 1961.  Soon after, Dave...

Aug 28, 2018

Dorothy Diann Veith, 66, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2018, surrounded by her loving children at home.

Diann was preceded in death by her father, Glover L. Williams in 2005 and her mother, Dorothy M. Williams in 2015. She is survived by her sisters, Sherry L. Lowry (Eldon), Leawood, KS, Linda L. Smith, Prairie Village, KS, and...

Aug 27, 2018

It is with heavy hearts, the family of Phillip W. Snyder, announce his passing on August 27, 2018.  Born January 3, 1935 in Louisville, KY and having grown up in the small town of Campbellsburg, Indiana, he played High School Basketball and the saxophone.  After High School graduation, he attended Indiana University School of Business and graduated in 1956....

Aug 27, 2018

Leo Jacob Schulteis passed away at Saint Luke’s South Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas on August 27, 2018 at the age of 94 years.

The youngest son of Henry Schulteis and Maria Katrina (Meier) Schulteis, Leo was born in Fairway, Kansas on July 6, 1924. He attended Westwood Grade School and Shawnee Mission High School. He started golfing at an early age, and was...

Aug 23, 2018

Joe K. Orr, 84, passed away on August 23, 2018. A visitation will be held from 10-11 AM, service 11 AM, on Monday, August 27, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS, with entombment to follow at Johnson County Memorial Gardens in the Indoor Mausoleum.

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Aug 22, 2018

Joseph Arthur Roland Marcouillier

Roland Marcouillier, 86, died on Wednesday August 22, 2018, from heart failure.

He was born in Lowell, MA on February 24, 1932, to the late Arthur and Lydia (Charette) Marcouillier and attended local schools until the young age of 12, when he began working at the local quarry.  He later went...

Aug 20, 2018

Howard Y. Griffeth, 96, of Olathe, KS, died August 20, 2018.

Howard was a WWII veteran of the Big Red One (First Infantry) serving as a US Army Captain. He served in all the major European Campaigns and Africa, including D-Day +12hrs and the Battle of Bulge.

Howard was born in Haddonfield, NJ and was...

Aug 18, 2018

June Marie Veenboer, 94, of Olathe, Kansas, died August 18, 2018.  She is survived by her daughter Melanie Shirk of Los Alamos, NM.

Aug 18, 2018

Marjorie Ann Reed, 90, of Kansas City, MO, passed away peacefully August 18, 2018.  Marjorie was preceded in death by her husband.  She is survived by her daughters, Donna Homer, Kansas City, MO; Lisa Schad, Marina del Rey, CA; Vicki Schad, Kansas City, MO and grandchildren.

Aug 17, 2018

On Friday, August 17, 2018, Ellen Maxine Chenoweth arrived in GLORY at the spunky age of 92.

Maxine was born on February 17, 1926 to Olive and Mack Fort in Grand Bay, Alabama.

In 1943, she caught the eye of a “yankee” soldier, Robert E. Chenoweth (Bob) who came in to her daddy’s general store...

Aug 16, 2018

Phyllis Jean (Heinke) Atchison, 85, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Thursday, August 16th, 2018 at Menorah Medical Center. Phyllis was born September 9, 1932 in Nebraska City, NE the last of 4 children amidst the poverty of the Great Depression. The situation became more difficult when at the age of three her parents divorced and her mother Dorothy...