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Obituaries
Riley Killmer
Feb 14, 2008
Riley A. Killmer, beloved husband and father, Leawood, Kansas passed away peacefully on Thursday, the 14th of February at Good Samaritan Center, Olathe, KS. Riley was born October 15, 1917 to Riley McKee Killmer and Cora Killmer. Folk lore has it his grandmother gave birth to a child under a covered wagon in western Kansas during an Indian raid. Having...
Walker Sumner
Feb 14, 2008
Walker T. Sumner, Sr., age 84, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2008. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2008, at 2 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer's Sons, College and Metcalf. Walker was born on March 24, 1923, in Richards, Mo. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Helen Sumner, and his four children: Donna...
Frank Dixon
Feb 13, 2008
Frank Leroy Dixon, Jr., 82 years young, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at his home following a short illness and bout with cancer. . He was born March 13th, 1925 in Bushnell, Illinois, the son of Frank L. Dixon and Lucy Faye (Harrah) Dixon. Frank was the sixth of seven children. As a boy, Frank demonstrated the work ethic...
Helen Boote
Feb 12, 2008
Helen Louise Boote, 82, Overland Park, KS passed away Tuesday, February 12th at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday in the Chapel of Memories Indoor Mausoleum at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to Heartland Hospice, 1001 E. 101st Terrace, Suite 180, Kansas City, MO 64131. Helen was...
Helen Palm
Feb 12, 2008
Helen L. Palm, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Memorial services will be held 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 8, at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 1232 22nd St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. She was born on...
Neomia Hardin
Feb 10, 2008
Neomia Kay Hardin, age 69, of Shawnee and Overland Park , Kansas went to be with the Lord on February 10, 2008 at Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center, peacefully with her children by her side. Kay was born on December 11, 1938 in Kansas. Kay was the proud daughter of Ada and the late Clarence Hartman, and sister of Lyle and...
Mildred Louise Day
Feb 10, 2008
Day, Mildred Louise, 86, Shawnee, KS, passed away Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Funeral services will be 10 AM Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. Visitation will be from 5-7 PM Friday at the funeral home. Mildred married James W. Day on March 25, 1950. He preceded her in death on October 26, 2004....
Marilyn Corkran
Feb 9, 2008
Marilyn L. Corkran of Olathe, Kansas, passed away at home surrounded by her family on February 10, 2008, due to cancer at the age of 75. She was born in Iola, Kansas, April 18, 1932, to Walter and Gertrude Wright. She spent most of her life in the Kansas City area, graduating from Central High School. She had numerous careers...
Linda Vanderwerf
Feb 8, 2008
Linda K. Vanderwerf, 60, Kansas City, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 8, 2006. A gathering of family and friends will be 6:30 ? 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 14th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf.
David Logsdon
Feb 8, 2008
David Logsdon, age 46, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 8, 2008. David?s survivors include his daughters, Jessica and Lainey; sisters, Ann and Karen; and his brother, Doug. A celebration of David?s life will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 13th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas. The celebration will be preceded...
Lee Kennard
Feb 8, 2008
Lee B. Kennard, age 92, of Prairie Village, KS, died on February 8, 2008 at his home. He was born on August 5, 1915 to Levi Wilkinson Kennard and Mabel Christie Kennard of Omaha, NE. He attended Grinnell College from 1935-1936. On February 18, 1940 he married Maxine Lecky of Omaha. He began working for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company in...
George Wanninger
Feb 7, 2008
George T. Wanninger, 97, Leawood, passed away Thursday, February 07, 2008. George was born October 31, 1910 in Cincinnati, Ohio to George and Dora (Regner) Wanninger. Lovingly married for 36 years to wife Thelma (Thomas), who passed away in 1969. In 1935 he was transferred to St. Louis by Procter & Gamble. Later employed in various management positions by Rice...
Lili Wall
Feb 6, 2008
Lili A. Wall, 88, was artist, musician and world traveler Lili A. Wall grew up in a little United Nations ? or so it seemed. With a Latvian father and Ukrainian mother, her neighbors included Swedes, Poles, Germans, Czechs, Scots, Russians, and Italians. For added interest, her father was Lutheran, her mother Eastern Orthodox and she attended 7th Day Adventist...
Herma Ramey
Feb 4, 2008
Herma N. Ramey, 86, passed away Monday, February 4, 2008 at Stratford Common Assisted Living, Overland Park, KS. Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, February 6 at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. Friends may call on the family from 1-2 P.M. prior to the service at the chapel. Memorial contributions may be sent to Continua...
Joyce Mitchell
Feb 4, 2008
Joyce Valenti-Mitchell, (also loved as Nana) 70, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Monday, February 4th. Cremation, a memorial service was held in Omaha, Nebraska on Friday, February 8th. The family would like you to join in celebrating Joyce?s life with a gathering of family and friends 2:00 ? 4:00 p.m. Sunday, February 10th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson...
Dorothy Ukleja
Feb 3, 2008
Dorothy J. Ukleja (Betanski), 83, passed away on Feb. 3, 2008, at Merrill Gardens assisted living in Austin, Texas. She was born on Nov. 28, 1924, in Chicago, Ill. She was a devoted wife and mother and joins her beloved husband of 56 years, Leonard, who passed away in 2007. She is survived by her four children, Eileen, Garland, Texas,...
Valerie Salzmann
Feb 2, 2008
Salzmann, Valerie Lynn, 51, Overland Park, KS, passed away Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008. Valerie was born July 23, 1956 in St. Louis, MO, the daughter of Harold Vernon ?Brownie? and Eunice Irene (Jones) Hutson. She married Chris Salzmann on July 5, 1980 in St. Louis, MO. She was a loving wife and mother who gave to all and used her...
Ross Burns, Jr.
Feb 1, 2008
Dec. 11, 1922-Feb. 1, 2008 Ross E. Burns, Jr., 85, of Olathe, Kansas died on February 1, 2008 at Overland Park Regional Hospital. He was 85 years old. Ross was born on December 11, 1922 to Ross and Gertrude (Betty) Burns in Miami, Oklahoma. He grew up in Joplin, Missouri and graduated from the University of Missouri. He played center...
Dora Schulteis
Feb 1, 2008
Dora Elizabeth Schulteis (98), born August 4, 1909, passed away quietly and courageously Friday, February 1, at St. Luke?s Hospital due to complications from surgery. Dora was born in Block, Kansas to John and Lena Grother. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Henry Grother, Ernest Grother, Herman Grother and Walter Grother and beloved sister, Irene Thies....
Don Thomas
Jan 31, 2008
Don E. Thomas, 81, Overland Park, KS, passed away Thursday, January 31, 2008. Private inurnment will be at a later date in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you honor the memory of Don through a random act of kindness or contribution to the charity of the donor?s choice. Don was born January 16,...
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