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Obituaries
Lindo Lopez
Nov 30, 2013
Lindo Lopez, 76, of Shawnee, KS passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Menorah Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 9 at Prairie Baptist Church, 7416 Roe Ave., Prairie Village, KS. Friends may call from 4-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 8 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Contributions...
Wynona Kopmeyer
Nov 29, 2013
Wynona Bonita Gay (LaForte) (Hicks) Kopmeyer Wynona (Nona) Kopmeyer was born March 14, 1920 in Frontenac, Kansas to Julius Alexander LaForte and Rose May (Neet) LaForte. She was raised in this coal mining town in Southeast Kansas. Wynona was from a family of 14 brothers and sisters. She grew up in the roaring 20's and the depression era of the...
Samantha Hetherington
Nov 28, 2013
Samantha Elizabeth Hetherington, 23, passed away in her sleep on November 28, 2013. Samantha was born on January 3, 1990, in Kansas City, MO, to James Robert and Lisa (Reistroffer) Hetherington. Sam was a photographer, writer, artist, scrapbooker, activist, survivor, and a good friend. She loved music and hanging out with family and friends. She was preceded in death by...
Lois Rath
Nov 28, 2013
Lois A. Rath, 79, of Bella Vista, AR, passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2013 at the Specialty Hospital of Mid America, Overland Park, KS. She was born on September 9, 1934 to Irma (Maschke) and Albert Remde in Youngstown, OH. As a child she moved to various places, she attended schools in Detroit, MI, Waukegan, IL and went on...
Deborah Obermueller
Nov 23, 2013
Deborah Obermueller, 55, of Independence, MO, passed away November 23, 2013 . She was born on November 5, 1958 to Betty (Winn) and Billie Roberts in Overland Park, KS. She grew up in Overland Park and attended Shawnee Mission West High School. She was pursuing a degree in Counseling with an addiction recovery focus at Park University. She enjoyed live...
Leta Schirk
Nov 21, 2013
Leta (Armstrong) Schirk, 69, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013, at her home in Overland Park, KS. Leta was born January 25, 1944, in Salina, KS to Virginia (DeWitt) and Clarence Armstrong. She grew up in Salina where she attended school and graduated from Salina High School. Leta was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. On December 2, 1985,...
Mrs. Frances Laudie
Nov 21, 2013
Frances Marian Laudie, age 94, of Orem, UT passed away peacefully, on Thursday, November 21, 2013. She was born on November 16, 1919 in Kansas City, MO, to Mosher Shirley and Mary Emma Sweet Ford. She was the second of three daughters. Marian grew up in Kansas City, MO, and Independence, MO, graduating from William Chrisman High School in 1937....
Barbara Howard
Nov 21, 2013
Barbara June Howard, 65, of Overland Park, KS left this world on Thursday November 21st. She was born to Joan Morrison in Bowling Green, KY on September 7th, 1948. Barbara graduated from Hodgenville High School. Her senior year in high school she played saxophone with the marching band for the opening of the Kentucky Derby. She married and made her...
John Yager
Nov 20, 2013
John Henry Yager, 90, passed away Wednesday November 20, 2013. John was born on January 29,1923 in Warsaw Missouri. After graduating high school he moved to Kansas City in 1941. In 1942 he was drafted and served in the Air Force for 2 years repairing B24 Bombers in Norwich England. Following his service he joined the Merchant Marines and supplied...
Steven DeAtley
Nov 19, 2013
Steven R. DeAtley, 55, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at his home in Leawood, KS. Steve was born April 28, 1958, in Kansas City, MO, to Raymond C. and V. Jean DeAtley. He was a lifelong area resident. Steve spent 35 years working as a print shop supervisor for the Shawnee Mission School District. He loved the Kansas...
Mr. Keith Lading
Nov 18, 2013
Gregory Keith Lading, age 54, of Lenexa, KS passed away on November 18, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS with visitation beginning one hour prior. Interment will follow in Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens, 23215 W. 75th St., Shawnee, KS...
Mrs. Judith (Robinson) Needham
Nov 18, 2013
Judith Ruth (Robinson) Needham, 73, passed away Monday, November 18, 2013, at her home in Overland Park, KS. Judith was born February 19, 1940, in Rosebud, South Dakota on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation. She grew up in Omaha, NE, where she graduated from Central High School. Judith was a student in pre-med at KU when her mother became ill...
Mr. Kenneth Stewart
Nov 17, 2013
Kenneth M. Stewart, 92, of Overland Park, KS passed away on November 17, 2013. Kenneth, the son of Louis and Mayme Stewart, was born in Wellington, MO. His family moved to Lamont, MO where he graduated from Lamont High School class of 1939. He went on to the University of Missouri where he graduated in 1943. During World War II,...
Jeanne Tompkins
Nov 12, 2013
Jeanne Marie Tompkins, 87, of Prairie Village, KS ,passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Jeanne was born in Streator, Illinois September 10, 1926. Jeanne grew up in Streator and graduated from the Streator High School and then went on to the University of Illinois where she graduated in Journalism. She was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. Afterwards...
Mr. Christian Beattie
Nov 12, 2013
Christian Byler Beattie, age 41, of Overland Park, KS passed away on November 12, 2013 from acute myeloid leukemia. A funeral service will be held at 11:30 am on Friday, November 15, 2013 with visitation beginning one hour prior at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 13145 Blackbob Road, Olathe, KS 66062. Interment will follow in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, 13901 S...
Jean Niemann
Nov 10, 2013
Jean H. Niemann, 95, of Overland Park, passed away Sunday November 10, 2013 at Overland Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Jean was born on March 2, 1918 to Howard and Vida Turner in Kansas City, Kansas. She married Harold Niemann 1937. They made their home in Hutchinson, KS for over 50 years. Jean was a Docent at the Kansas Cosmosphere...
Buford Allen
Nov 10, 2013
Buford Allen, 91, of Merriam, KS, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Buford was born on November 16, 1921 to Ollie and Minnie Allen in Oklahoma City, OK. He grew up and attended school in Kansas City, KS and graduated from Sumner High School. He continued his education by attending University of North Carolina where...
Clara Pattimore
Nov 8, 2013
Clara J. Pattimore, 91, of Lee's Summit, MO, passed away on November 8, 2013. Clara was born on December 17, 1921 in Kansas City, MO to Alois and Stephanie Graham. Clara wed William Pattimore in 1947, who preceded her in death in 1992. Clara is survived by a sister, Julia Linquist of North Kansas City, MO, and a brother, Steve...
Ruth Kilcoyne
Nov 8, 2013
Ruth M. Kilcoyne, 87, of Raymore, MO, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013 at Foxwood Spring Assisted Living. Ruth was born on August 16, 1926 to Thomas and Maggie (Nipper) Langford in Moorehaven, FL. She grew up and attended schools in Moorehaven. She joined the United States Navy in 1944, and served in World War II. She met her husband...
John Malone
Nov 4, 2013
John T. Malone, age 70, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2013 at home. He was born on December 31, 1942 in Lawrence, KS to his parents, James B. and Agnes (Schwamborn) Malone. John was the sixth of seven children. He married Beth Dawson in Miami, Oklahoma on March 4, 2011. He grew up in Lawrence,...
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