Obituaries

Sherry Gibson

Sherry Gibson

Apr 24, 2015

Sherry Lou (Brown) Gibson passed away April 24, 2015. She was born in Lawton, OK, and raised there and in Tulsa. She was preceded in death by mother and father, Lola M. (Moore) and Gifford C. Brown, and twin brother, Jerry Mac Brown.  She is survived by loving husband of 62 years, Joe Berry Gibson; children Karyn Gibson (Chuck Turner), Cindy...

Frances Scott

Frances Scott

Apr 24, 2015

Frances (Frankie) L. Scott, 82, of Spring Hill, passed away on April 24, 2015 at Sunrise Senior Living of Overland Park.  Her passing followed a gradual decline in her health over the past several months.  Visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00pm on Friday, May 1 at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel ,11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210 with funeral services...

James Elliott

James Elliott

Apr 23, 2015

James "Jim" Richard Elliott, 90, passed away suddenly in the early hours of Thursday, April 23, 2015. Visitation will be Saturday, May 2, 1:30 - 2:30 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 21155 College Blvd, Olathe, KS, followed by a celebration of life service, also at church.  Burial will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. Jim was born on January 5, 1925 to...

Beth Bell

Beth Bell

Apr 23, 2015

Beth Lucille Bell, age 94, passed away on Wednesday April 22, 2015. She transitioned peacefully into heaven while enjoying her favorite weekly ritual, a trip to the hair salon at her nursing facility.  She will be reunited with her husband, Robert W. Bell when she is laid to rest in Parsons, Kansas. Beth is survived by her daughter Diann Bengtson, Jim...

Michael Wood

Michael Wood

Apr 23, 2015

Michael Wood, 67, passed away April 23, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri. Michael was born in Wichita, Kansas on January 13, 1948. He joined the Army in 1968 and was discharged in 1974.   Michael was stationed in Korea the whole period where he attained the rank of Sergeant and trained to be a computer operator. He received training through Federal...

Lois Murdock

Lois Murdock

Apr 20, 2015

Lois Anderson Murdock, 84, Prairie Village, KS, passed away on April 20, 2015. Lois was born August 18, 1930 in Hempstead, NY to Ernest and Gertrude Anderson. She was married on August 12, 1950 to Stuart L. Murdock. They resided in New York and California, moving to Kansas City in 1957.  She worked at Southwestern Bell for a few years and...

Robert Gaines Jr.

Robert Gaines Jr.

Apr 19, 2015

Robert Allen Gaines, Jr. was born on June 12, 1926 to Robert Allen Gaines and Edith Lucille Harris in their home at 6031 So. Benton, Kansas City, MO. He was raised to know the Lord, attending Linwood Presbyterian Church where he was a pulpit page, leading the congregation in prayer and hymns as a senior in high school. He graduated...

Stanley Hampton

Stanley Hampton

Apr 14, 2015

Stanley C. Hampton, 54, passed away on April 14, 2015 at the Kansas City Hospice House after a courageous battle with esophageal cancer. Stan was born on March 1, 1961 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He graduated from Oklahoma State in 1984 and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.  He worked for Farmer’s Insurance for 29 years. Stan was a bass...

Barbara Corkran

Barbara Corkran

Apr 13, 2015

Barbara Ellen Corkran, 47, passed away April 13, 2015 at Olathe Medical Center Hospice House.  Born April 16, 1967 to Jan and Keith Corkran she spent most of her childhood on the family farm near Stanley, Kansas.  Barbara’s early schooling included Montessori and sign language.  She graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1985. Throughout her early years she participated in Special...

WM. Kent Keltner

WM. Kent Keltner

Apr 12, 2015

Kent Keltner, 59, Overland Park, passed away April 12, 2015.  Kent was born on July 17, 1955 and lived his first 50 years in Westwood, KS before moving to The Forum of Overland Park in 2005.  He graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. Kent, always smiling, never let his disability affect his zest for life.  He was a member of Woodside Health...

Mary Schmidt

Mary Schmidt

Apr 11, 2015

Mary Jane “Jane” Schmidt, 85, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at KU Medical Center with her family beside her. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015, from 10:30 am – 11:30 am followed by the funeral from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm at the Unity Church of Overland Park, 10300 Antioch, Overland...

Bonnie Peterson

Bonnie Peterson

Apr 8, 2015

Bonnie Lou Peterson, PhD passed away on April 8, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Her family was with her when she passed. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM and visitation at 2 PM, Sunday, April 12, 2015 at First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway, Lawrence, KS. Bonnie Lou was born in Chillicothe, MO on September 9, 1943 to...

Ted Coleman

Ted Coleman

Apr 6, 2015

THEODORE L. COLEMAN Theodore L. Coleman “Ted”, 85, Prairie Village, Kansas passed away April 6, 2015 at St. Joseph Hospital.  Ted was born on September 30, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri.  He attended St. Peter’s grade school and Hogan High School before serving in the Korean War.  Upon his return from the war, he met and married Carolyn S. Benson, the love of...

Jeffrey Brooks

Jeffrey Brooks

Apr 5, 2015

Jeffrey Dean Brooks, of Bucyrus, KS passed away at home on April 5th, 2015, after a brief battle with lung cancer. He went to meet the Lord surrounded by friends, family, and angels. Jeff’s visitation will be Friday, April 10th from 6-8 p.m. at the Overland Park Church of Christ, 13400 W. 119th St. Funeral services will be held at...

Timothy Keith

Timothy Keith

Apr 4, 2015

Timothy J. Keith, 54, Overland Park, Kansas passed away at his home on April 4, 2015.  He was born on December 21, 1960 in Kenmore, N.D. and moved to the Overland Park area with his family at the age of three.  Tim attended East Antioch, Milburn Junior High, graduated from Shawnee Mission North High and vocational-technical school in Beloit, KS, for carpentry...

Richard McMorris

Richard McMorris

Apr 3, 2015

Richard Gene McMorris passed away at the age of 87 at Olathe Hospice in Olathe, KS. April 3, 2015. He was born in Decatur County Iowa, the youngest of eight children. He was a Korean War Veteran, a graduate of the University of Iowa, and retired from the practice of law in 1990. He leaves his wife Tippy, to whom...

Betty Wilmoth

Betty Wilmoth

Mar 30, 2015

Betty Wilmoth, 90, Olathe, Kansas, passed away on March 30, 2015, surrounded by family at Santa Marta from Alzheimers. Betty was born April 30, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri to Glen and Clara Crawford Sr.  People who knew Betty knew of her love and devotion to family, along with her extraordinary baking skills.  She will be remembered for her contagious laughter and...

C. Gustin

C. Gustin

Mar 30, 2015

C. Keith Gustin, 92, was born in Wymore, Nebraska on June 15, 1922 and died on March 30, 2015. Keith was the son of William Ora Gustin and Chloa Nutter Gustin. He is preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Esther, and brother Roe. Keith enlisted in the Army in 1942 and served as a weather officer for...

Robert Gudenkauf

Robert Gudenkauf

Mar 29, 2015

Robert (Bob) Mark Gudenkauf (63) passed away Palm Sunday (March 29, 2015) surrounded by his loving family.  He entered this life on October 18, 1951 in Seneca, Kansas.  He was the second child born to Hubert Mark and Ramona Gudenkauf.    Bob grew up in Frankfort, Kansas where he attended Annunciation Grade School and then graduated from Frankfort High School in 1969.  He attended Cloud...

Anne Ai

Anne Ai

Mar 29, 2015

Anne “Mama” Ai, age 68, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on  March 29, 2015, at her home. Anne was born November 15th, 1946, in Chung King, China. She left Chung King, China in 1950 and moved to Hong Kong where she received her elementary education. She then moved to Taiwan to continue with her high school and college education, graduating...

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