Obituaries

Dolores Hillstrom

Nov 25, 2018

Dolores Griessel Hobbs Cole Hillstrom, 83, of Kansas City, KS,  joyfully went home to her Lord and Savior on Sunday, November 25, 2018.

She was born to Marti and Dorothy (Mays) Griessel on May 22, 1935 and preceded in death by parents, husbands Robert "Vern" Hobbs, David Cole and James Hillstrom, brother Robert Griessel, and dear friend...

Won Lee

Nov 23, 2018

Won Lee, 80, of Overland Park, KS, died peacefully at his home on the morning of Friday, November 23, 2018 after a five-year struggle with cancer.

Won was born in Sinuiju, in what is now North Korea, the eldest son of nine siblings.  He escaped North Korea to the South with his father on a harrowing journey...

Vera Doull

Nov 23, 2018

Vera Mae Orsborn Doull, 89, of Olathe, KS died on November 23, 2018.

Vera was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 22, 1928 to Mabel Rumbaugh and John Savinorich Orsborn. Self-sufficient and independent, Vera earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Science (Physiology) from the University of Illinois, and was working on her PhD before marrying her...

Purd Wright III

Nov 22, 2018

Purd B Wright III, 88, passed away November 22, 2018.

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Charlotte Hilton

Nov 21, 2018

Charlotte Timmerman Hilton, 95, passed away on November 21, 2018. Private services will be held for the family. Inurnment will take place at Johnson County Memorial Gardens.

John Zayner

Nov 20, 2018

John B. Zayner, 77, passed away November 20, 2018. Services will be held in Chicago.

Marian Kuhl

Nov 16, 2018

Marian Augusta (Parmley) Kuhl was born May 29th, 1926 outside of Mineral Point, Wisconsin.  During her childhood her family moved throughout southwestern Wisconsin settling in the Watertown/Oconomowoc area.  The family dairy farm provided plenty of work for Marian and her three siblings; and there were hard times for the family, as for so many others during the Great Depression. ...

Patricia Billingsley

Nov 15, 2018

Patricia Ann (Waugh) Billingsley was born September 6 th , 1925 in Council Grove, Kansas. Her family moved to a ranch near Eskridge, Kansas when she was seven. She attended a one room school house near Eskridge where she rode a horse to school. Later they moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado and then Hollywood, California where she attended and...

Xu Liu

Nov 14, 2018

XU DONG LIU (JONATHAN LIU)

Xu Dong Liu, (aka Jonathan), 47 years old, of Moberly MO and Leawood KS, sadly died peacefully on November 14th, 2018 at St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. He was born on December 2nd, 1971, in Fujian, China. The Son of Yi Qui Liu and Xiu Yu Zhu.

He is survived by his wife Xue Jin Wang, and his three children...

Fern Coffin

Nov 13, 2018

Fern B. Coffin, 104, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 13, 2018.   She was born on a farm in Nevada, Iowa on October 29, 1914 and was preceded in death by her husband, James A. Coffin, whom she married in 1945 upon his return from military service with the US Army Air Corps in Europe

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Alan Graham

Nov 11, 2018

Alan Edward Graham, age 71, of Overland Park, Kansas, succumbed to cancer in the comfort of his home on Sunday, November 11th, surrounded by his family.  Born June 17th, 1947, in Fall River, Massachusetts, he was the second of four children to William and Florence Graham (nee Howarth).

After graduating from the University of Massachusetts, Alan met...

Nancy Hanahan

Nov 8, 2018

Nancy Jane Hanahan, age 79, died at 3:25 PM on November 8, 2018 at her home in Overland Park, Kansas, following a long and progressive illness, starting with the removal of her cancerous right lung 7 years ago. Nancy has been the wife of Lloyd B. Hanahan for 57 years and they have resided in Overland Park more than...

Helen Sanchez

Nov 6, 2018

Helen Louise Sanchez

Sunrise: January 24, 1931             Sunset: November 6, 2018

Helen L. Sanchez (Wesley) was the 4th child born to Leonard Wesley, Sr. and Delora (Pettie) Wesley.  She was raised in Sandy Ridge and Coffeyville, Kansas.  After college, Helen moved to Kansas City, Mo.  She worked for the Division of Employment Security and retired...

Robert Graf

Nov 4, 2018

Robert L. Graf, 94, of Overland Park, Kansas died on November 4, 2018 at his new home in Yukon, Oklahoma.

Mr. Graf was born October 2, 1924 to Irma and Louis Graf in Evansville, Indiana. He was happily married and devoted to his wife, Dorothy Cochran Graf, for over 70 years. Bob, as he was known, graduated...

Benjamin Jones

Nov 3, 2018

Benjamin Aaron Jones, 3 months, of Grandview, MO, passed away November 3, 2018.  Benjamin is survived by his parents, Ashley and Matthew Jones; and his brother, Tyler.

To our Squirmy Wormy,

We only got to enjoy you for such a short amount of time, but we loved every moment with you. We know you are in...

Wanda Verbeck

Nov 2, 2018

Wanda Hermann-Verbeck peacefully passed on from this life November 2, 2018 at Hospice House in Olathe, Kansas. She is survived by her husband Richard Verbeck.  They were best friends for 45 years, married in 2002 and remained loving and caring to each other into their golden years.  Also surviving is daughter Stephanie Brennecke (husband Kirk Brennecke), and daughter Jenifer...

Beulah Janssen

Nov 1, 2018

Beulah Margaret Janssen passed from this life on November 1, 2018 at age 105 at the Care Haven Home-Fontana House in Overland Park, KS. She was born February 14, 1913 on the family farm near Covert, Kansas to Albert and Minnie (Mauck) Montgomery. She had 4 sisters, Pansy, Gladys, Alberta, and Neva Lee and 2 brothers, Leslie and Eldon....

Pat Jacobs

Oct 31, 2018

Carolyn Patricia “Pat” Jacobs, 93, passed away on October 31, 2018.  Pat was preceded in death by her husband, Richard “Dick” Jacobs; her daughter Willa Jacobs Shaffer and son Stewart Jacobs; her brothers John, Bob, Jim and GW “Bill” Everly and her sister, Audrey Clark, and her first husband, Bill Spaulding.

Born Carolyn Patricia Everly, daughter of...

Billie Smith

Oct 31, 2018

Billie Sue Smith passed away peacefully on October 31st, at her home in Lenexa, Kansas.

Billie was born in Keener, Arkansas to Bascum and Zella Barnett on December 13th 1935.  She spent much of her childhood in Bergman, Arkansas with her aunt and uncle, Faye and Jim Davidson and their son, JC.  She graduated from Bergman High...

Jessie Boyd

Oct 29, 2018

Jessie Lee Boyd of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Monday, October 29, 2018 at the age of 99.  Jessie Lee was born on May 4, 1919 in Parsons, Kansas to George and Maude Tait.  She had three sisters, Ellen, Thelma, and Mozelle; and two brothers Edward and George.

She married William Elmer Boyd Jr of Parsons,...