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Obituaries
Anna Mapes
Nov 3, 2013
ANNA MARIE (GUNNER) MAPES, 84, Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully at her home on November 3, 2013. She was born February 18, 1929 in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Michael Joseph and Ardath Franklin (Pickett) Gunner. She was a proud graduate of Wyandotte High School class of 1947. She graduated from KU Nursing School as an RN and...
Howard Weigman, Sr
Nov 3, 2013
Howard L. Weigman, 79, passed away on Sunday, November 3, 2013, at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Olathe, KS. He was born on January 21, 1934, in Weston, MO, to Donald H. and Opal Mae (Allen) Weigman. He served in the United States Army from 1953-1956 and was stationed in Etain and Toul, France. He attained the rank...
James Peters
Oct 29, 2013
James Arthur Peters of Overland Park, Kansas died in Christ on October 29. 2013 at Shawnee Mission Hospital Jim was born in Manhattan, Kansas on January 16, 1931; one of four children of William and Amanda Peters. He proudly served his Country in the US Air Force. He earned his Electrical Engineering degree from Kansas State University and his Masters...
Dr. A. Shafer
Oct 28, 2013
Dr. A. William Shafer, 85, peacefully passed in the presence of his family on October 28, 2013 in Kansas City, MO. Bill enjoyed retirement life with his wife, Betsy Thomas Dring Shafer, at Lake Quivira, KS as a committed family man, voracious reader and avid golfer. Bill was married to June Alefs Shafer for 49 years prior to her death...
Roy Vance
Oct 25, 2013
Roy Vance, 93, died peacefully on October 25, 2013. Born to Amanda and Walter Vance on April 12, 1920, Roy had an older sister Doris and a younger brother Leon. He grew up in Parsons, KS, where he graduated from high school, and then junior college. Throughout his youth, he enjoyed playing the trumpet and coronet in several jazz bands....
Jeanette Hermans
Oct 24, 2013
Jeannette (Goddijn) Hermans, 83, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013, at her residence. Jeannette was born June 27, 1930, in Nijmegen, Netherlands, to Johanus and Elisabeth Goddijn. She was the eldest of ten children. Jeannette worked as a medical technologist at St Joseph Hospital in the mid 1950's. She married Paul Hermans, in Kansas City, in 1954. They adopted three...
Terry Yake
Oct 24, 2013
Terry J. Yake, 71, Overland Park, KS, passed away on October 24, 2013, after a seven and a half year contest with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer and a more recent battle with a different, more aggressive type of cancer. Terry was born February, 14, 1942, in Huntington County, IN, the middle child of Herbert J. and Helen J. Yake. He is...
Robert Walton
Oct 23, 2013
Robert "Mack" Walton, age 91, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on October 23, 2013. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 26, 2013 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS beginning at 10 am with visitation one hour prior. Interment will follow at Antioch Pioneer Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to...
Harold Andersen
Oct 23, 2013
Harold 'Andy' F. Andersen, 85, of Overland Park, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at St. Luke's South Hospital. He was born on April 11, 1928. Harold was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was a Mason in Omaha. When Harold wasn't working, he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Survivors include his loving wife of 65...
Mrs. Elsie Critz Fry
Oct 22, 2013
Elsie May Critz Fry, 99, of Prairie Village, Kansas, traveled through a century of personal and global change guided by faith, hope, and love. A beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, she loved her family dearly. Determined to make a difference in the lives of others, her beliefs gave her strength to meet challenges. She died October 22, 2013, of...
Wlbur Copeland
Oct 20, 2013
Wilbur Clyde Copeland, 92, of Lenexa, Kansas went to be with his Lord on the Lord's Day, October 20, 2013. He was born on August 18, 1921 on a farm near Idana, Kansas, the fourth child of Bernard C. and Margaret Ewing Copeland. He attended the King country School and Clay Center Community High School. He attended Sterling College for...
Robert Fisher
Oct 20, 2013
Robert L Fisher, 90, of Olathe, Kansas (formerly of Overland Park) passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2013. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel at 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210. Visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Bob was born...
Ronald Eisenberg
Oct 19, 2013
RONALD V. EISENBERG, 64, Overland Park, KS, passed away October 19, 2013. Ron was born December 17, 1948 to Yale and Anne Eisenberg in Wichita, KS. His funeral was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at D. W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212, followed with a mausoleum entombment. Survivors include his sons,...
John Phillip Boyd
Oct 19, 2013
JOHN "JACK" PHILLIP BOYD, 79, Overland Park, KS, died at his home after a brief illness on October 19, 2013. He was the youngest of 8 children born to Erie and Ethel Boyd on November 19, 1933. Jack was raised in LaCygne, KS. After graduating from LRHS he married his high school sweetheart Betty and they moved to Overland Park...
Mr. Jonathan Jon" Leslie Lyle
Oct 15, 2013
Jonathan "Big Jon" Leslie Lyle, 66, automobile enthusiast and advocate for people with disabilities, died October 15 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, MO, from complications of a long-term illness. A Merriam, KS resident for more than 30 years, Lyle was born Aug. 27, 1947 in Lamesa, Texas to J.C. Cline and Yvonne Hardin. He grew up working in...
Mr. N. Bakke
Oct 13, 2013
Eric N. Bakke, 49, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2013. Eric was born on November 16, 1963, to Charlene (Fadness) and Richard Bakke in Marshalltown, Iowa. He graduated high school in 1982, after high school he continued his education at Devry University where he graduated in 1986. He married his high school sweetheart Lori (Beadle) Bakke, and been together ever...
Jean Wilson
Oct 13, 2013
JEAN AVON WILSON, 86, Shawnee Mission, KS passed away 13, October 2013 from heart failure. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. 16 October 2013 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210. Mrs. Wilson was born 19 June 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas. During her youth, Mom, an avid horsewoman, competed and showed horses...
Stanley Slagg
Oct 11, 2013
Attorney Stanley Dunbar Slagg, 82, passed away on October 11, 2013. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2013, at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Wesley Chapel, 13720 Roe Ave, Leawood, KS 66224. Burial will follow at Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, KS. The family will greet friends from 7:00 – 9:00 pm...
John Hanner
Oct 10, 2013
John Preston Hanner was part of America's greatest generation. John was born October 22nd, 1923 in Forsythe, Arkansas. Soon after, John's family relocated to Oklahoma City where he spent his childhood. Thankfully he survived the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. John graduated from Capital Hill High School in 1942. Like so many young men of his generation, John found...
Evelyne Sharpton
Oct 10, 2013
Evelyne Louise Sharpton, 79, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013. She was born August 12, 1934 in Berryville, Arkansas, to the late William and Rosa Cheesman. After Rosa's death in 1936, the family moved to Kansas where she attended Palco High School and was known as "Cheesy," an ornery, fun-loving prankster. In 1956, she married Kenneth Sharpton. The family moved...
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