Obituaries

Aug 22, 2023

Karen Kathryn (Knebel) Brooks passed away on August 22, 2023, after a ten -year struggle with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Karen was born on December 21, 1952, in Breese, Illinois. After several moves around the Midwest, the family settled in Kansas City, Missouri, where Karen graduated from Ruskin High School in 1970. Karen had a long relationship with the love...

Aug 20, 2023

 

Guy B. Kerns, 95, of Mission, KS, died peacefully at his home on August 20, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf with inurnment in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Wounded Warrior Project...

Aug 20, 2023

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Janice Elizabeth (Pitchforth) Cook. Janice peacefully left our midst on August 20, 2023, in Leawood, Kansas, at the age of 65. She was born on December 4, 1957, in Bountiful, Utah. She brought warmth and love to all who knew her.Janice leaves behind her beloved husband, Douglas Cook, who...

Aug 18, 2023

Ruth M. Blauw, 92, of Leawood, Kansas passed away August 18, 2023.

Ruth was born September 19, 1930 in Scranton, Kansas in Osage County to Clyde W. Smith and Florence Anderson Smith.

Ruth graduated from Washburn Rural High School, and then attended Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.

Ruth briefly served in the United States Air Force, and was honorably discharged...

Aug 18, 2023

Wanda Marie Fisher, nee McClintock, passed on August 18, 2023, her 97th birthday, at Life Care Center of Kansas City. She was born August 18, 1926 in Kansas City, Kansas to Daisy and Arthur McClintock. It was a large family and she was the oldest girl, so she helped care for her younger siblings. She also had an interest in...

Aug 12, 2023

Joyce Ann Whitehead, cherished wife and beloved mother and grandmother, 90, passed away after a short hospital stay on August 12, 2023, of a spontaneous subdural hematoma. Up until that moment, she was living an active, healthy, fulfilling life with her husband of 66 years, Dr. Richard E. Whitehead, in the Prairie Village home they shared for over five decades....

Aug 7, 2023

Aug 7, 2023

Doyle Ray Collier, 67, died August 7, 2023, in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on October 16, 1955, in Independence, MO the son of: John Robert Collier and Lula Mae Collier (Griffin).

Doyle began his career at the age of 17 and worked for more than 50 years making an incredible difference in many lives as a prosthetist....

Aug 6, 2023

 

Buena Aletha Abernathy peacefully passed away on August 6, 2023, at Brookdale in Overland Park, Kansas.

Buena was born on February 2, 1930, in West Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, to August A. and Ethel M. Jolley-Krekel. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Abernathy; her parents, August and Ethel Krekel; and her six siblings: Enid,...

Aug 5, 2023

Mary Jane “Jane” Hodges, 82, of Olathe, passed away peacefully at her home on August 5, 2023.  Funeral services will be held at 11:30am on Friday, August 11 at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel.  Private entombment will follow at the indoor mausoleum at Johnson County Memorial Gardens.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association or...

Aug 4, 2023

 

Blaire Avery Slawson was born peacefully at 3:41 a.m. on Friday, August 4, 2023 at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. She was beautiful and perfect in every way. Although brief, her parents will cherish every moment they shared with her.

 

Blaire is survived by her parents, Andrew and Tori Slawson of Kansas City, MO; her grandparents, Lynn...

Aug 4, 2023

 

Bruno L. Harper, 74, passed away unexpectedly in his home on August 4th, 2023. Bruno was born in Fort Benning, Minnesota on June 15, 1949, the son of James Harper and Sylvia Harper. Bruno spent most of his childhood in Minnesota working hard in school and playing sports. Bruno and his family moved to Tucson, Arizona just in time...

Aug 2, 2023

Clyde Hazel "Billie" Hall, 99, Overland Park, KS, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at Village at Mission, Prairie Village, Kansas.

Billie was born March 19, 1924 in Lauderdale County, Alabama to Fletcher Givens and Clara May Givens. Her father died when she was one year old. She grew up on her Pappy's farm in Alabama with her mother, aunts...

Aug 1, 2023

Noah Anderson passed away on August 1st, 2023, from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident.  Per his lifelong wish he was an organ and tissue donor.

Noah was born in Independence Missouri on December 5th, 1982, and came to Bill and Sue’s arms, becoming a loving son for 40 years.

Noah traveled to the beat of a different drum and...

Jul 31, 2023

Jerry W. Courtright, known as "Cowboy", passed away on July 31, 2023, at Shawnee Mission Advent Health. He was born on February 21, 1947, in Cook County, Illinois, and later moved to Kansas in 1951.Jerry had a strong work ethic and dedicated 35 years of his life to Ken-a-Vision. He was a skilled craftsman who specialized in building telescopes and...

Jul 30, 2023

Roger Keith Corder, the third child of loving parents, Nathan Gwin and Beatrice Elfreda (Trued) Corder, was born on January 1, 1944, in Kansas City, Missouri. 

He attended K-12 in the Center School District in Kansas City, Missouri.  During high school, he was on the track team and set a record in pole vault.  He graduated in 1962.   He worked...

Jul 29, 2023

Ruby Looney Wiley passed away July 29, 2023 in Overland Park, KS.  She was born November 6, 1927 in Whitton, AR. She graduated from Shawnee High School in Joiner, AR. She earned her bachelors degree from Arkansas State Teacher’s College in Conway, AR in 1949 and her masters degree in education from Webster University in 1951. She was an educator for 41 years. She taught in Memphis TN, Los Angles CA, & Kansas City MO. At the time of her retirement, she was a third grade teacher...

Jul 26, 2023

 

Susan Kay Gallagher was born December 7, 1953 in Bonne Terre, MO to William and Mabel Gallagher, joining brothers Mike and Tom. She attended Flat River and Sullivan, MO schools, and then continued on to East Central Jr. College and Southeast Missouri State University, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Management, and Rockhurst University, where she earned...

Jul 25, 2023

 

Phil Delbert Piatt was born in Hamilton, Kansas on November 5, 1932, son of Ruth E. Milliken Piatt and Phil Piatt Sr. who passed away in October of the same year. Mrs. Ruth Piatt studied at Emporia State Teachers’ College and University of Colorado. She was a career artist and teacher in Coffeyville, KS.

 

Phil graduated at the...

Jul 25, 2023

Charlotte A. Brown, 87, of Overland Park, KS passed away July 25, 2023, at Kingswood Senior Living Community in Kansas City, MO, surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. Visitation will be held Saturday, July 29 at 10:00 am, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 am at the Church of the Ascension, 9510 West 127th Street, Overland...