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Obituaries
David Kearney
Apr 3, 2008
David Kearney, 87, of Shawnee, Kan., passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Graveside services will be held 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Leavenworth National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. on Wednesday at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, at 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas.
Velmeta Hillers
Apr 2, 2008
Velmeta Mae Hillers, daughter of Cleo and Clara Miller was born on May 7, 1939 in Kansas City, KS. She passed on April 2, 2008 at KC Hospice House. Velmeta attended Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa and received her Associates Degree in Secretarial Science. Velmeta married Duane Hillers on December 17, 1960. She is survived by her husband of 47...
Rosa Barber
Apr 2, 2008
Rosa Marie Barber passed away on April 2, 2008, at the age of 82, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Rosa was a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area, born on March 15, 1926, of Sicilian immigrants. Her maiden name was Vazzano. She graduated from Manual High and Vocational School and worked at Hall Brothers, the first of...
John Storrie
Apr 2, 2008
John H. Storrie, 100, Overland Park, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at The Forum of Overland Park. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2008, at Community Room Assisted Living Center of The Forum of Overland Park, 3509 W. 95th St., Overland Park. Cremation. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or...
Robert Crabtree
Apr 1, 2008
Robert G. Crabtree, age 76, of Overland Park, KS passed away Tuesday April 1, 2008 at Manor Care of Overland Park. Bob was born June 16, 1931. He was raised by his parents, Myrtle and LB, in Nevada, MO. Mr. Crabtree graduated with a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri. At MU, as an associate professor...
Onofrio Mannino
Mar 31, 2008
Onofrio Mannino, 87, of Leawood, KS passed away March 31, 2008. Onofrio was born May 22, 1920 in Carini, Sicily. He was married to his loving wife, Rosaria, for 69 years. Onofrio and Rosario had three children together. They came to America in 2002 to live with their son and his family. He was loved by everyone that he touched....
E. B. F
Mar 28, 2008
Eugene Frohoff, 78, of Overland Park passed away March 28, 2008. Visitation will be Sunday, March 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 with a prayer service at 6:30 at D.W.Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, March 31st at Church of the Nativity, 3800 W. 119th, Leawood, KS. Burial at...
Ruth Luther
Mar 28, 2008
Ruth Fern Schuler Luther, 86, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away March 28, 2008. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 2 at the Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home in El Paso. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in El Paso.
Verneice Tester
Mar 28, 2008
Verniece (Burr) Tester Burr was born March 1, 1908 and died March 28, 2008. She was born to Albert and Emma Lane, the fifth child of eight. She and her brother, Herbert, lived to be over one hundred. She was preceded in death by all her brothers and sisters and husband Clifford. After leaving Fort Scott, Kansas, Burr worked for...
Edith Brown
Mar 27, 2008
Edith Mae Brown, age 82, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Kansas City Hospice House. Mrs. Brown was born April 24, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was a 1943 graduate of Wyandotte High School. Edith worked for many years at Western Auto Supply Company and was a member of Oakland Park Baptist Church in...
Leon Andrews
Mar 27, 2008
Leon Andrews, 88, Kansas City, passed away March 27, 2008. Leon was a life member of the PGA. He was a well known teaching professional in the Kansas City area since 1958. He was instrumental in the construction of Indian Creek Golf Course, the Osawatomie Back Nine, and Rabbit Creek in Louisburg. He and his wife Bonnie owned and operated...
Louise Holtzinger
Mar 25, 2008
Anna Louise Nesselroad Crummett Rodemyer Holtzinger, age 91, passed away on March 25, 2008 in Billings, Montana. She was a loving wife, super mother, dedicated grandmother, great-grandmother and a wonderful, generous friend to everyone she met. Louise was born to Orley and Alice Nesselroad, June 10, 1916, was raised in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Central High School. Louise's...
Wayne Sloyer
Mar 25, 2008
Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Sloyer (USAF Ret.) passed away in Overland Park, KS on March 24, 2008 at the age of 63. Memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 27, at Atonement Lutheran Church, 9948 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. In lieu of flowers family requests contributions be made to the Atonement Lutheran Church for Mexico Mission. Born November 24,...
Rosemary Lindbloom
Mar 24, 2008
Rosemary Douglas Lindbloom, 92, Leawood, KS, passed away March 24, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital. Rosemary was born September 10, 1915 in Kansas City, MO. She married John L. Lindbloom on August 9, 1946. She was a member of the Leawood Singers, The Antique Collectibles, and The Leawood Women's Club. Rosemary was a highly accomplished pianist and loved music. Her...
Ethel Detrou
Mar 23, 2008
Ethel DeTrou, who made Oxford, Ohio her home for 48 years, passed away peacefully in Overland Park, Kansas on Easter Sunday, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband Don, but not before they were able to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by family and friends. Born in 1919, Ethel leaves behind two sons, Val and Dean; two...
Karen Taylor
Mar 22, 2008
Karen E. Taylor, age 68, of Overland Park, Ks, died on March 22, 2008 of cancer, surrounded by her family. A resident of Johnson County since 1948, she was born July 13, 1939 in Creston, Iowa to Walter Dean and Ramona (Van Velsan) Clayton. She graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in 1957 and enjoyed several careers throughout her life,...
Lucinda Hicks Allen
Mar 19, 2008
Lucinda Ann Hicks Allen, 77, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Mrs. Allen was born July 12, 1930, in Independence, Mo. She grew up near Robinson, Kan., where she graduated from Robinson High School in 1948. Following high school she went to St. Luke's Nursing School in Kansas City, Mo., where she graduated with a degree...
L. Buchan
Mar 18, 2008
L. Frank Buchan of Prairie Village peacefully passed away Tuesday, March 18 with his family holding his hands. Frank lived life to the fullest for 88 years having spent 65 of those years with the love of his life, Charlotte. Born December 28, 1919 in Kansas City, Kansas his parents were Paul and Helen Buchan. He graduated from Wyandotte High...
Ernest Estopare
Mar 17, 2008
Ernest (Ernie) Joseph Estopare Sr., 73 of Warsaw MO. Passed away peacefully, on Monday, March 17, 2008, surrounded by his family. He was born on July 7,1934 in Kansas City, MO. Ernie served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was a business owner, who resided in Naperville, Il., until his retirement two years ago. He...
Howard Turtle
Mar 16, 2008
Howard West Turtle, 95, of Overland Park, Kan., died March 16, 2008, at home. Mr. Turtle was a reporter and editor with The Kansas City Star 40 years. He was Sunday Editor from 1960 to 1970 and was editor of STAR Magazine from the magazine's founding in 1970 until his retirement in 1976. He was a member of the University...
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