Obituaries

Jan 4, 2024

Helen L. Jewett of Overland Park, KS, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 4, 2024, at the age of 105.

Helen was born on June 22, 1918, in Galatia, Kansas to Mary and Oswald Shapland. She was the sixth of eight children. Her early years were spent in Lane County on the family farm. She attended Shortgrass, a...

Jan 4, 2024

Itaru “Steve” Watanabe, 90, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2024.  Services will be held on Friday, January 19, 2024, 2:00 p.m. at the Wesley Chapel of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, 13720 Roe Ave, Leawood, Kansas.

Steve was born the oldest of four brothers in Sapporo, Japan on June 20, 1933 to Eiichi and Fuji Watanabe and...

Jan 3, 2024

Steve Priest, age 79, of Warsaw, Missouri passed away January 3, 2024 at his home.  He was born in Sabetha, Kansas on January 20, 1944 to Gene and Mary (Meyers) Priest.  Steve grew up on a dairy farm located outside of Morrill, Kansas, a small rural farming community in Northeast Kansas.  He graduated from Morrill High School in 1962 and...

Jan 3, 2024

Our beloved husband, father, son, uncle, and friend, Piotr Michal Zygmunt died on Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024, at age 44, of a heart attack at our lakehouse, his happy place, in Linn Valley lakes.

 

Piotr was born to Jan and Ela Zygmunt on August 14, 1979 in Wroclaw, Poland. He moved with his parents to Lawrence, KS in 2nd grade in 1988....

Jan 2, 2024

 

Larry Michael Bartlett, 73, of Fontana, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on August 14, 1950, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of Wayne Locksley Bartlett, and May Rita Kinsella Bartlett. Mike graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1968 and enlisted in the Navy...

Jan 2, 2024

Marlene Elizabeth Luechtefeld, 80, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on January 2, 2023, with her family by her side.



She was born to the late William and Martha Rupp on May 27, 1943, in St. Louis, MO. Marlene graduated from Southwest High School in 1961, marrying her childhood sweetheart, William Eric Luechtefeld in December of that year. Together...

Jan 2, 2024

Rose Marie Sprague, age 82, of Olathe, KS passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. She was born July 26, 1941, in Columbus, KS, the daughter of Charles Edward and Bernice Marie Houser. In elementary school, Rose Marie was taught by her mother in a one-room rural schoolhouse. She graduated from Columbus High School and attended Pittsburg State University. Rose...

Jan 2, 2024

2024

Yolonda was born in 1930 in Chicago, IL. But a year later her parents returned to Kansas City, where Yolonda (who everyone knew as “Yonnie”) spent the rest of her 94 years. She grew up on Winthrop Road and went to J. C. Nichols school and Southwest High School, where she developed many, many lifelong friends. She also attended KCU,...

Jan 1, 2024

 

Betty was born in Kansas City Kansas, June 20, 1927 at the home of her father and mother, Ralph and Lillie Garvin and her two year old sister Mary. Her younger brother Ralph was born in 1931.

Her father died in early 1936, due to pneumonia ,when she was eight years old. Her youngest sister Geraldine,  was born in...

Dec 29, 2023

Kylie Ann Liston, 24, passed away on December 29, 2023 at home.

 

Kylie was born on October 15, 1999 in Overland Park Kansas. She graduated from Blue Valley High School in 2018. Kylie was involved in the drama department and enjoyed sharing her contagious laughter with others. She spent many years involved in cheerleading, sharing this love of cheer...

Dec 28, 2023

Mary Margaret Marts, 72, of Olathe, KS.  passed away on 12/28/23 in Seneca, KS.  after losing a battle with Cancer.

 

She was born in Kansas City, MO.  in 1951 to Elmer Lee Jones and Vivian Marie Jones.

She Graduated from Bishop Miege High School in 1969 and continued college at Jo. Co. Community College before starting her career of...

Dec 27, 2023

Betty passed away peacefully December 27th with loved ones by her side at the age of 85.

Born on a farm in Northeast Missouri she pursued her dreams after graduating high school by moving to Kansas City where she met and married Thomas G. Craney.  Together they had two children: Michael and Kelly.  Betty moved to Surprise Arizona in 2019...

Dec 27, 2023

Evan Robert Eisenreich, a beloved member of his family and community, passed away on December 27, 2023, in Overland Park, Kansas. Born on July 24, 1992, in Shawnee, Kansas, Evan lived a life filled with compassion, laughter, and an unwavering love for his family and friends.Evan's unique career path led him to the bustling restaurant industry. He dedicated himself to...

Dec 26, 2023

Hans Christian Ziller was born on September 5, 1928 in Freiburg, Germany to Hans Patriz and Maria Ziller. As a young man, Hans worked as the Service Manager at the local BP gas station where he befriended several American GIs after the war. One of those GIs sponsored Hans to immigrate to the United States, so in 1958, Hans travelled...

Dec 25, 2023

Iona Eleanore (Mersman) Oberzan, 93, passed away peacefully on the morning of December 25, 2023.  She was born in Richmond, KS to Christopher and Ida (Brummel) Mersman on December 17, 1930, the youngest of eight children.  She attended school in Richmond, Scipio, and Greeley, KS and married Edward M. Oberzan in 1950, raising seven children.  After the children were all...

Dec 23, 2023

Robert (Bob) Waisner 92 of Overland Park, Kansas passed away while recovering in Shawnee PARC rehabilitation facility.  He was scheduled to be released to his home on the day of his death.  God took him to his heavenly home instead.

Services will be held at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens on Friday the 29th of December.  Visitation will be at 9...

Dec 23, 2023

 

On Saturday morning, 23 December 2023, Richard Scott Dorman died quietly in his sleep at his home in Kansas City.  There was no sense of disturbance – only calm.  Known as “Scott” through most of his life, he had faced many medical challenges.  But there was no indication that any of them was a specific cause of death.  He...

Dec 22, 2023

Emily Carolyn Hogan Stiles, 86, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on December 22,2023. She was born on February 28,1937, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to George Donaghey (Don) and Thelma Louisa Hogan. At age 14, while playing flute at band camp in Gunnison, Colorado, she met clarinetist Merrill Stiles, who would become her husband of 65 years. Carolyn graduated from...

Dec 22, 2023

A friend to all and a stranger to no one, Nancy Lee Ballengee Heinz, Mom, and Nana, lived a full life to the very end as she passed away peacefully December 22, 2023. She spent 91 years on this good Earth doing for others including devoting full attention to raising her six children. She was born September 26, 1932, in...