Obituaries
Ray Gann
Apr 7, 2016
Ray E. Gann, 89, Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Thursday April 7, 2016. Ray was born July 29, 1926 in Gentry, Arkansas to Harvey Edward Gann and Susan Zemma (Barnwell) Gann and was one of six children born to this union. He came to Kansas City, Missouri with his family in 1934 and graduated from Central High School. He was in...
Nedra Turner
Apr 6, 2016
Nedra Elaine Turner, 85, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. She was born on December 5, 1930, in LeMars, Iowa to Mabel Helena Rickleffs Wendt and Roy Wendt. She worked many years as a Legal/Executive Secretary. Her husband, M. Frank Turner, Jr., preceded her in death in 2011. Surviving are her daughters, Diana [Brian] Cage, Deb Harper; son, Dan...
Samuel Thomason
Apr 6, 2016
Samuel James Thomason was born & passed on April 6, 2016. He was born to Christopher (Kathryn) Thomason, in Olathe KS. Private services will be held by the family.
Nell Rucker
Apr 5, 2016
Nell J. Rucker passed away April 5, 2016. A visitation will be held on Monday April 11, 2016 from 10-11:00am at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel 11200 Metcalf with a graveside service immediately following in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Nell graduated from Salisbury Missouri High School in 1943. She was very active in the Salisbury High School Band, pep squad and editor...
Frances Sharpe
Apr 4, 2016
Frances Marilyn McKie "Mickey" Sharpe Our dear mother, mother-in-law and grandma Frances Marilyn McKie "Mickey" Sharpe chose to leave her family and join her two favorite men--Jesus Christ and her beloved Bill--on the most beautiful of spring days, April 4, 2016. More questions than answers remain about the incident that brought her to the ER, where she remained unresponsive until...
Judy Guyot
Apr 4, 2016
Judy Reed Guyot, age 76, of Overland Park, KS, passed away at home on April 4, 2016, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease and recent breast cancer. She was born April 27, 1939, in Lincoln, NB, to Forest B. (Frosty) and Ruth V. Reed. The family moved to the Kansas City metropolitan area in 1940 where Judy graduated from Southwest High...
Carolyn Perkins
Apr 2, 2016
Carolyn Perkins, nee Gregory, was born on August 21, 1927 in Woodston, KS. She moved to Osborne as a young girl where she lived until she graduated from High School in 1945. Carolyn attended Washburn University, graduating in 1950, where she earned a BA degree. While at Washburn she met her husband of 53 years, Floyd Perkins, whom she married on Oct 30,...
John(Bob) Goodin
Apr 1, 2016
John Robert (Bob) Goodin, 63, Leawood, Kansas passed away Friday April 1, 2016. Bob, was born October 26, 1952 to Sam and Nora (Blanken) Goodin and grew up on the family farm east of Clay Center, Kansas. He graduated from Clay Center High School in 1970 and attended Beloit Vo-Tech. He resided in Marion, KS from 1980-1996, moved to Wamego KS...
Eric Williams Jr.
Mar 30, 2016
Eric O. Williams, Jr. of Greenwood Terrace, Overland Park KS passed suddenly Wed. March 30, 2016 at home. He loved his Mizzou Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and western movies. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Lois M. (Miller) Williams of the home and their daughter, Marjorie (Margie) Williams of Grandview MO. Cremation, private memorial service with military...
Seth Beeker
Mar 29, 2016
Seth Willard “Will” Beeker passed away peacefully March 29, 2016 at Promise Hospital Overland Park, KS at the age of 92. One of three children, Willard was born in Yonkers, New York to Seth Avery Beeker and Mary Wicklow Carson Beeker October 24, 1923. After high School, Willard attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 1941 to 1943 before enlisting in...
Patricia Effie
Mar 29, 2016
Patricia Arden Eakin Effie, 84, passed away Tuesday night, March 29th surrounded by loved ones at Olathe Hospice House. As Always, she put up a Hard Fight right to her last breath! Pat was born on November 25th, 1931, to her parents; Glen E. Eakin and Verda Viola Weyer. She was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and her family soon moved...
Josiah Smith
Mar 28, 2016
Josiah E. Smith, 94, of Brooksville, Florida, went to be with his Lord on March 28, 2016, with family by his side. Josiah was born on January 21, 1922 in Blanco, Colorado. He grew up in Kansas City, KS where his mother raised him faithfully in the First Wesleyan Church. He grew up learning the sheet metal trade, and started...
Hattie Thompson
Mar 27, 2016
Hattie Thompson (Highfill), 93, Mission, KS, passed away on March 27, 2016 from natural causes. Hattie was born January 30, 1923, in Potter, KS, to Mary and Ben Highfill. She was married to Gerald Thompson for 62 years. Hattie graduated from Pittsburg State College with an education degree and taught school for a few years before devoting the following years...
David Stobie
Mar 26, 2016
David William Stobie died on March 26, 2016 after the return of and short battle with prostate cancer. He is preceded in death by his wife, Victoria "Tory" Ann Tether, and his parents, Gordon Kellie Stobie and Margaret Merle Skirving. He is survived by 5 children, Thomas (Barbara), Keith Adabie (Judy), Peter (Lisa), Jennifer Schumacher (Brian) and Paula Bolduc (Joseph)...
Sean O'Connor
Mar 25, 2016
Sean Patrick O’Connor, 20, of Overland Park, passed away March 25, 2016. He was born to Robert and Lisa O’Connor on April 12, 1995. Sean lived in and attended school in South Florida until his family moved to the Kansas City area in 2007. He attended Harmony Middle School and graduated from Blue Valley West in 2013. Sean initially attended...
Sharon Reed
Mar 25, 2016
Sharon V. Reed, 72, died peacefully surrounded by her sisters and other family on March 25, 2016 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Sharon was born to Guy Ralph & Ruth Reed on June 11, 1943 at home in Overland Park, Kansas. She attended several one room country schools. Her family moved to Lenexa, Kansas where she finished grade school....
Norma Lindsey
Mar 25, 2016
Norma Jack Lindsey, PhD. died on March 25, 2016 at her home. She was born in Van Zandt County, Texas in 1929, the eldest child and only daughter of Nora Velma Flovin Lindsey and Oscar Lee Lindsey. In time, there were born to this family two sons, Thomas Calvin Lindsey and Donald Lee Lindsey. Ms. Lindsey grew up in the...
Joseph Erker
Mar 25, 2016
Joseph J. Erker, 90, Overland Park, KS, passed away 25 March 2016 surrounded by family & friends. His love & legacy live on through his 3 children, 6 grandchildren & 3 great grandchildren. A true “gentleman” with a warm smile and humble nature, Joe touched the hearts and lives of everyone he met. He was a kind, generous man who shared...
Dale Kesl D.O.
Mar 23, 2016
Dale Kesl, 60, of Liberty, MO, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO after receiving a kidney transplant. Dale was raised in Helena, Arkansas from humble beginnings and he graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1978 with a double major in Biology and Chemistry. After college, Dale obtained his Doctorate...
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