Obituaries
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...
Mrs. Eleanor Browne
Oct 9, 2013
Karen Eleanor Browne passed away peacefully at home on October 9, 2013. She was a long-term member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Kansas City, Missouri and her memorial service will be held at the church at 11:30am on Saturday, October 19, 2013. Born to Lester and Eleanor Cremieux on January 18, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois, Karen was...
Mrs. Harriet McCool
Oct 7, 2013
Harriet Lynn McCool, 75 passed away Monday, October 7, 2013. She was known best as Lynn or "Little" Lynn born in Joplin, Missouri on August 4, 1938 to Fred P. and Agnes M. Hughes. Lynn was happily married to Lin ("Big" Lin) for 53 years, he always referred to her as his "Sweetie Pie" and she was the love of...
Jessie "Gene" Gaddy
Oct 3, 2013
JESSIE E. GADDY, 93, Mission, KS passed away Thursday, October 3, 2013. Mr. Gaddy is survived by his wife, Erma; one son, Steve Gaddy and his wife, Jeanann; two daughters, Janet Brammer and her husband, Larry and Pamela Gaddy-McLallen and her husband Dennis; two sisters, Kathleen Fischbach and Mary Tankersley; eight grandchildren, Jeff and Stacey Gaddy, Jennifer Jacobi, Mindy Shannon,...
Mrs. Wilma James
Oct 2, 2013
Wilma F. James, 78, of Basehor, KS, passed away peacefully at her home on October 2, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. Wilma was born on October 29, 1934, to Herman and Pauline Kleweno in Ness City, KS. After graduating from Bazine High School, she attended Fort Hays State University receiving both a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of...
Mr. Allan McGhee
Oct 2, 2013
Allan W. McGhee, 96, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on October 2, 2013 at home. A funeral service will be held at 1:30 pm on Monday, October 7, 2013 with visitation beginning one hour prior at Asbury United Methodist Church, 5400 W. 75th Street, Prairie Village, KS. Interment will follow in the Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of...
Donald Messmer
Sep 30, 2013
Donald Richard Messmer, age 62, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Monday, September 30, 2013. He was born on November 24, 1950 in Kansas City, MO the son of Otto and Lois Messmer. Don was the youngest of three children. He married Debbie Gold in Prarie Village,KS on Dec. 17, 1984. He attended Ruskin High School and later Penn...
Mrs. Patricia Kay Miller
Sep 26, 2013
Patricia (Pat) Kay Miller, age 79, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on September 26, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 with visitation beginning at 9:30 am at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS. Interment to follow in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, 13901 Blackbob Rd., Olathe,...
James McGinley
Sep 26, 2013
James Robert McGinley went to be with the Lord September 26, 2013. He was born Aug. 15, 1925, to Patrick and Margaret McGinley in Globe, Ariz. He graduated from Flagstaff High School and the University of Texas where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1943 and served as an Ensign in both...
Hugh Wiegman
Sep 25, 2013
Hugh Alan Wiegman, M.D., Leawood, KS, died September 25, 2013. The son of Henry Wiegman and Grace Margaret Herring, he was born January 24, 1934, in Hastings, NE. Dr. Wiegman graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, IA, in 1951 and from Iowa State University with a degree in chemical engineering in 1955. Following a short time working...
Janice LaHue
Sep 25, 2013
JANICE A. LaHUE, 66, Leawood, KS, passed away September 25th, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in New Albany, IN to James and Anna Mary Wantland on December 2nd, 1946. After moving to the area and graduating from Shawnee Mission East in 1964, she attended the University of Kansas. It was at KU that...
Mable Gable
Sep 24, 2013
Mable S. Gable, 90, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at University Hospital, Columbia, MO. Mable was born May 17, 1923, in Kansas City, KS, to Wilbur and Ida (Coleman) White. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1942. Mable married Lee Gable on June 5, 1943. She was primarily a homemaker and helped her husband, Lee, with his accounting...
Mr. Carl Sr.
Sep 18, 2013
Carl R. Wolf, Sr., 90, of Leawood, KS, passed away on Wednesday, September, 18, 2013. Carl was born on August 14, 1923 in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Ohio State University. Carl served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII, much of the time as the Commanding Officer of LCT323 in the South Pacific....
Mrs. Barbara Genore Lucy
Sep 17, 2013
BARBARA GENORE LUCY, 77, Overland Park, KS passed away September 17, 2013. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, 13901 Blackbob Rd, Olathe, KS 66062. Visitation will be 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210. Memorial contributions may...
Mrs. Arline Downs Latham
Sep 16, 2013
Arline Elizabeth Downs Latham, 93, passed away on September 16 at St. Luke's Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. Visitation will be prior to the service at 1:00 p.m. Arline will be interned at Forest Hill Cemetery during a family service. In...
Mrs. Charlotte Pierce
Sep 16, 2013
Charlotte M. Pierce, age 78, passed away Monday, September 16, 2013, in Wichita, KS. She was born June 2, 1935, in Russell, KS, to Luther and Nellie Hutchcraft. She was raised primarily in Ellinwood, KS. She graduated from Emporia State University with a degree in Elementary Education and taught school in the Shawnee Mission and Blue Valley School Districts, retiring...
Thomas Seitz
Sep 15, 2013
THOMAS L. SEITZ, 89, passed away on September 15, 2013 at Aberdeen Village in Olathe, where he lived for the past 8 years. Tom was born and raised in Jefferson, WI to Ernest B. and Rose A. Seitz. He has called Overland Park home since 1969. He attended Milwaukee School of Engineering where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering....
Mrs. Freda Zeko
Sep 15, 2013
Freda Gjebre Zeko left us in peace and with love and admiration on September 15, 2013 in Leawood, Kansas to join her beloved husband Fehmi Zeko who left us in 1997. Freda was raised in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Levzat & Muzejen Gjebre who immigrated to this great country from Albania before the Second World War. Freda and...
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