Obituaries

Dale Carney
Mar 9, 2013
Dale Carney, 70, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013. Dale was born October 20, 1942, in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Westport High School and shortly after married his high school sweetheart, Janie Harrison. Dale was a devoted husband and father and spent most of his time coaching little league baseball, football and other activities. He worked for Safeway...
Marden Ruse
Mar 9, 2013
MARDEN MERLE RUSE, 88, Overland Park, KS passed away Saturday, March 9, 2013. He was born May 31, 1924 in Argonia, Kansas to Harry O. and Lois K. Ruse. He attended grade school in Argonia through the fifth grade. After moving to Wichita in 1935, he attended Wichita Public Schools, graduating from North High in 1942. He attended Wichita University...

Sally Abrams
Mar 9, 2013
Sally was born on October 9, 1929 and passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Sally was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri.

Melva Henderson
Mar 8, 2013
MELVA GRACE (STONES) HENDERSON, age 81, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Friday, March 8, 2013. She was born on August 3, 1931 in Lebanon, KS to her parents, Thomas Stones and Gertrude (Myers) Stones. Melva was the youngest of two children. She attended Lebanon High School and graduated in 1949. She married Ralph M. Henderson in Kansas City,...

William Harrison
Mar 8, 2013
William (Bill) Stodder Harrison, age 79, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Friday evening, March 8, 2013, in Overland Park, KS. Bill was born on April 26, 1933 in Kansas City, MO where he was the only son of William L. Harrison and Darthea Rose Stodder Harrison, who preceded him in death. He grew up in Mission Hills, KS...

Mary Kimbriel
Mar 6, 2013
Mary Louise Dake Yeamans Kimbriel, born May 21, 1916 in Mountain Grove, MO, passed away on March 6, 2013 at Overland Park Nursing and Rehab. Mary lived in Johnson County for ninety years and graduated from Shawnee Mission Rural in 1934. She married Donald B. Yeamans that same year. Mary then worked as a young mother, waitress, and dental assistant....
Marvin Perry
Mar 4, 2013
Marvin Keith Perry, age 77, of Overland Park, KS passed away on March 4, 2013. Keith was born in Casper, Wyoming. He graduated from Columbia University in New York and worked at Mutual Benefit in N.J. and KC, MO. He started Toastmasters in Crown Center as well as the Columbia University Club in Kansas City. He enjoyed traveling and gardening...

William Townsend
Mar 1, 2013
William was born on September 16, 1911 and passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013. William was a resident of Leawood, Kansas.

John O'Hara
Mar 1, 2013
John Raymond O'Hara, age 62, of Warsaw, Missouri, formerly of Kansas City, passed away February 28, 2013 at his home. He was born on August 3, 1950 in San Rafael, California. He grew up in Louisiana for a short time and then moved with his mother to San Francisco, California. He attended Sacred Heart High School and graduated from South...

Edward Mehl, Jr.
Feb 28, 2013
Edward Mehl Jr., 85, of O.P. KS passed away Feb. 28, 2013. One of six children, Ed was born July 12, 1927 in St. Louis to Edward and Violet Mehl. He graduated from Smith Cotton High School in Sedalia, MO in 1945. He served in the military for 2 years and worked at the US Postal Service as a mail...
Freida Meek
Feb 28, 2013
Freida Ann Meek, 74, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013. Freida was born April 9, 1938, in Hallsville, MO, to Harold and Maureen Long. She graduated from Southeast High School, Kansas City, MO, in 1956 and married Wayne Meek in 1958. In about 1981, Freida became a displayer for Home Interiors and Gifts, until 2006. She is preceded in death...

Robert Geraughty
Feb 26, 2013
Robert was born on April 27, 1919 and passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Robert was a resident of Lenexa, Kansas.

Barbara Sheldon
Feb 26, 2013
Barbara Ann Roesch Sheldon, 82, Cincinnati, Ohio, entered into eternal peace on February 26, 2013, at the Cincinnati Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Blue Ash, Ohio. Barbara was born on April 28, 1930 in Terre Haute, IN, daughter of the late Herman and Grace Roesch. She graduated from Wiley High School in 1947 and Indiana State University in 1951...
Bennie Hicks
Feb 24, 2013
Funeral services for Bennie D. Hicks, 81, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 27, 2013, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Ben passed away at 2:00 a.m., Sunday, February 24, 2013, at West Vue Nursing Center. He was born February 19, 1932, in Fulton County, Arkansas, to George "Dick" Hicks and Hazel Rhoads...
Ben Hicks
Feb 24, 2013
Ben Hicks passed away on Feb. 24th, 2013 in West Plains, Missouri. He was born Feb. 19, 1932 in Fulton Co. Arkansas to George "Dick" Hicks and Hazel Rhoads Hicks. He graduated from West Plains High School in 1949, and that same year married Lois Collins. Ben and Lois were married for over 50 years, until her passing in 2000....

Powell Groner, Jr.
Feb 24, 2013
Powell Campbell Groner, Jr. October 1, 1921 – February 24th, 2013 Powell C. Groner, Jr., 91, passed away February 24th, 2013 at Kingswood Senior Living Community. He was born in New York City, but lived most of his life in the Kansas City area. He attended Pembroke-Country Day School, now Pembroke Hill, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1943. He...

B Henry
Feb 23, 2013
B. Spencer Henry, 90, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2013. Spencer was born November 21, 1922, in Bay City, MI, to William and Freda (Weber) Henry. He married Lola Jane Lyon, on May 19, 1945. Spencer attended Duke University prior to his service in the Army and graduated from the University of Michigan in business administration in 1948. He worked...
Ching-wen Yang
Feb 22, 2013
Ching-wen Yang, 88, of Overland Park, passed away Feb. 22. He was born to the late Chi-ming and Jong Yang, Oct. 2, 1924, in Taichung, Taiwan. Ching-wen Yang received a BS in agricultural engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1951 and did advanced studies in the U.S. in 1955-56. He married the late Shue-in Huang in 1944, and they...

Thomas Mowrer
Feb 21, 2013
THOMAS "CRAIG" MOWRER, 56, Lenexa, KS passed away peacefully, February 21, 2013. A visitation will be held 11:30 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2013 at Hillcrest Covenant Church, 8801 Nall Ave., Prairie Village, KS 66207 with a funeral service to follow at 12:30 p.m.. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to the...
Michael Payton
Feb 20, 2013
Michael Gene Payton, 67, passed away on February 20, 2013, at home. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, February 25, 2013, beginning at 6 pm followed by a visitation at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS. Mike was born September 29, 1945 in Kansas City. He was a Vietnam Veteran and considered himself...
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