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Obituaries
Penny Blake
Nov 23, 2007
Penny Brown Blake, 50, died on November 23. She is survived by husband, Dewayne Blake, a daughter, Ginger, a son, Austin, and two step children, Nathan and Natalie, her parents, William and Mary Jean Shoop, a brother, Gary Shoop and his wife, Pam, two nieces and one nephew. Penny?s growing up years where spent in St. Joseph, MO, where she...
Mrs. Denise Casey
Nov 23, 2007
Denise Gail Casey, 52, passed away following a courageous battle against breast cancer on November 23, 2007, with her family at her side. Denise was born Nov. 6, 1955, in Topeka, Kan. She graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 1973 and St. Luke's School of Nursing in 1976. She was married for 19 years to her husband, John....
Mr. J. Johnson
Nov 22, 2007
Mr. Johnson was born on January 10, 1921 and passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2007. Mr. Johnson was a resident of Overland Park, Kansas at the time of his passing.
Mr. Edward Rutter, Sr.
Nov 21, 2007
Edward Herbert Rutter Sr., 80, Leawood, Kansas passed away November 21, 2007 at home. Visitation will be at 10:30 Friday November 30, 2007 at Bethany Lutheran Church 9101 Lamar, Overland Park, Kansas. Memorial service will follow at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Grace Hospice and Bethany Lutheran Church. Edward was born July 9, 1942...
Marilyn Cook
Nov 20, 2007
Marilyn Lants Cook, 69, of Fairway, Kansas, passed away November 20, 2007, at the Johnson County Nursing Center, Olathe, Kansas. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, December 1, at the Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kan. Memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Johnson County Nursing Center, 11875 S. Sunset Dr., Suite 100,...
Lois (Denham Jacobsen
Nov 20, 2007
Lois Elaine (Denham) Jacobsen, 80, of Overland Park passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 during a short hospital stay. Lois was born Aug 4, 1927 in Cedar Creek, NE to Ray & Lena Denham as the second child of four. She worked for the US Gov't as a secretary. After retiring, she volunteered at Blue Valley School District. Lois...
Mr. Robert Birkenmeier
Nov 18, 2007
Robert Noegel Birkenmeier, 80, of Prairie Village, Kansas, died on November 18, 2007, at home. Bob was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 20, 1927, to Edward H. and Isabel Noegel Birkenmeier. He attended Susan R. Buder Elementary School and Southwest High School in St. Louis. Bob served in the Army of the United States in Italy following World...
Alta Bailey
Nov 16, 2007
Alta L. Bailey, age 90, Prairie Village, Kan., passed away Friday, November 16, 2007. Cremation, no services to be held in accordance with Alta's wishes. Inurnment in Letts Cemetery, Letts, Iowa. She is survived by her son, Kent Bailey, North Kansas City, Mo.; daughter, Kristen Bailey, Prairie Village; two nieces and two nephews.
Mrs. Pearlie Pierce
Nov 16, 2007
Pearlie Peterson Pierce of Olathe, Kan., passed away peacefully at home, Friday, November 16, 2007. Pearlie was born Feb. 14, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Leslie M. and Mabel (Bagley) Jones. She was united in marriage to George P. Peterson on June 11, 1949, who preceded her in death. Following her career as an Advertising Manager she retired from Sun...
Virginia Bracken
Nov 15, 2007
Virginia M. Bracken, Kansas City, Mo., died November 15, 2007. Virginia was born April 20, 1916, in Chicago, Ill. She attended Case Western University in Ohio. On November 2, 1946, she married John H. Bracken and Kansas City became her home. Virginia was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her grandchildren were the light of her life and she enjoyed...
Rex Crouch
Nov 12, 2007
Crouch, Rex E., 86, of Overland Park, KS passed away Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Rex was born on June 12, 1921 near Granby, MO. He spent his youth hunting and fishing in the rolling hills of southwest MO before moving to California in the early 1940?s. During World War II, Rex worked for Consolidated and...
Josef Wittmers
Nov 12, 2007
Josef Heinrich Wittmers, 83, passed away Monday, November 12, 2007. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 16th at Church of the Nativity, 3800 W. 119th Street, Leawood, Kansas. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. A gathering of family and friends will be held 6:00 ? 8:00 p.m. Thursday at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel,...
Lowell Wolverton
Nov 12, 2007
Lowell John Wolverton, 90, of Overland Park passed away Monday, November 12, 2007 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center from respiratory complications. Funeral service will be Friday, November 16, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Thursday, November 15, 2007 at the funeral chapel. In...
Fred Kinnairds
Nov 12, 2007
Fred L. Kinnaird, 98, Lenexa, Kansas passed away November 12, 2007. Graveside services will be Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, 13901 Blackbob Rd., Olathe, Kansas. Fred was a World War II Veteran and a Past Master of Masonic Lodge 220 AF & AM in Kansas City. Fred is survived by his wife of 71...
Richard Nilsson
Nov 10, 2007
Richard Stuart Nilsson, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away at his home on Saturday, November 10, 2007. Dick was born on October 11, 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the son of Agnes and Dr. Gustav Nilsson. He grew up in Omaha and Bloomingfield, Nebraska. He married Jane Walrath in 1939. Dick started his business career as a test...
Robert Rogers
Nov 9, 2007
Robert W. Rogers, 95, Fairway passed away November 9th, 2007 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Bob was born July 21, 1912 in Schenectady, NY to Arthur and Caroline Rogers. He moved to Plainfield, N.J. in the 1920?s. He began working at age 14 as a stock boy for Union News Co. in New York City, eventually becoming Executive Vice...
Marjorie Ripperger
Nov 5, 2007
Marjorie L. Ripperger, 83, of Prairie Village, Kansas passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by family and friends on Monday, November 5, 2007 after a long illness. Marjorie was born on July 8, 1924 in Winchester, KS to James Franklin and Ida Laurinda (Bromley) Conway and graduated from High School in California, Missouri in 1942. From then until the...
Dorothy Mackay
Nov 4, 2007
Dorothy J. Mackay, 84, of Overland Park, KS passed away Sunday, November 4, 2007 at her home. Visitation will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, November 9, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County...
Tillie Strecker
Nov 3, 2007
Tillie Strecker, 88, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007, at Oak Springs Nursing Home, Warrenton, Virginia. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Calvary Lutheran Church, 7500 Oak, Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, (913) 451-6180. Memorial contributions may be made to the Calvary Lutheran Church...
Imogene Owens
Nov 2, 2007
Imogene Owens, 82, Overland Park, KS joined her Savior in Heaven on Friday, November 2, 2007 while a resident of the Heritage Hall Nursing Facility in Centralia, MO. She was born January 17, 1925 on her family?s farm near West Fork, AR, the daughter of Emsley Ellis and Julia Deaton. Imogene retired from the Shawnee Mission School District following thirty...
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